Week of September 23

Creating Cultures of Thinking: The 8 Forces We Must Master to Truly Transform our Schools.

This chapter explores why the culture of the school and classroom matters and how schools enculturate students into ways of being through the messages they send about learning and thinking. It looks at traditional messages schools have sent in the past, the dominant messages being sent presently, and the new messages we need to send as we think about preparing students for the future. The Eight Cultural Forces are presented as a grounded theory to understand the mechanisms of enculturation.

Pay particular attention to:

Page 17 and the "survival skills"

Page 21 and the metaphor of culture as a story we tell

Page 31 and 32 about the kinds of thinking we value

Trust-Based Relational Intervention is a model for interacting with students that is being adopted by our district and by the Kootenai County Juvenile Justice. Keith Orchard and Andi West are conducting trainings in every building. The first one is for 3 hours, followed by 1.5 hours once a month. We are sandwiched between other trainings that day, hence the late start time. Classified and certified staff are invited to this first session. Because of the weird time, we will serve lunch (Carusos)

Conferences are around the corner. Angie and Val are providing a sit-down dinner for the families. They did this a couple of years and it was quite well received.

What kinds of thinking have your students been doing? How can this be showcased for parents for parents to see and appreciate the hard work their teens have been doing?

Bus/Parking lot duty: Hamill and Higgs

Monday 9/23: PD Day TBRI training: Collaboration Agenda

Tuesday 9/24: 
Wednesday 9/25:  
Thursday 9/26: 

Friday 9/27: 

Bus/Parking lot duty:  Levy and Eastman

Monday 9/30:  Non Work Day

Tuesday 10/1: 
Wednesday 10/2:  
Thursday 10/3: Parent/Student Conferences 2:30 - 6:30 

Friday 10/4: Staff Pd: Gizmo