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After school schedule: Note: Schedule may change due to unforeseen events. Please be sure to confirm with Mrs. Kallas that she will be available for you after school. Monday: Until 3:15 Tuesday: Until 4:15 Wednesday: Until 3:15 Thursday: Until 3:15 Friday: Until 3:15 == =TEENS FOR JEANS = Continue to donate your denim to the TAFE Teens for Jeans service project! Ask your friends, relatives and neighbors to donate to a good cause! This project will be reported through the Project Visualize competition at the TAFE Teach Tomorrow Summit in February.

//** Be sure to have your BCTAL ID on your body in a visible location. **//
= //**Monday **// =
 * //We're still on the move. //**  The group leaders have met and have made a few changes to your seating chart to help everyone be successful in class. If you feel your location is not the best for you, please let me know immediately.

//**How Do They Know? **// How do teachers determine students' learning preferences without giving them an assessment?Through observation teachers hear and see clues that alert them to their learners' preferences.
 * What would you hear an analytical learner say?
 * What would you hear a global learner say?

After you read about this, complete the cut and paste activity and see if you can identify global and analytical learners.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Assignment: **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Did you miss some of this last week? Do you need to refresh or reinforce your knowledge? Watch this video to help you with your understanding of learning styles.

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Once you have finished, visit the Notebook page (see left navigation bar) and update your notebook. You may find that you are missing some assignments that need to be completed and turned in immediately.
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Update your Artifacts! **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Visit your Skyward account and make sure that your grades are what you think they are for all of your classes. It is a good practice to visit your account weekly at a minimum.
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px;">Have You Checked Your Grade in Skyward? **

=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 29px;">//**Tuesday**// = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">You have learned (or reaffirmed) much about yourself through the last exercises we have done. Read the following article about expressing your preferred styles. As you read, share and discuss with members in your group your preferred styles. On the profile sheet provided, fill in the information about yourself as you go.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Create Your Learning Profile **

[|What do You Know About Learning Styles?]



=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 29px;">//**Wednesday**// = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Now that you've look at how you best learn, your interests and your skills, what does this mean for you?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px;">Tell Others What This Means About You? **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Watch this video and listen to Jillian's story. Do you have a similar one? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">media type="youtube" key="KLi-vJSNP6U" height="315" width="420"

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Create a response that answers the questions on your profile sheet. Put your styles in a Tagxedo learning cloud and print!

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">On an index card, answer the following questions.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">What classroom activity do you like to do the most?
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">what "biased" or "unfair" labels have been placed on you based on your learning preferences?
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">If you could design your perfect study space, what two thins would it include?

= <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 29px;">//**Thursday**// = //**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px;">What is an Administrator? What Do Administrators Do? **//

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">With your table team, create a bubble map to describe the role of a principal and the responsibilities of the job. In the center bubble of your map write the word PRINCIPAL. Connect a bubble to the right of the center bubble that is titled, "Roles." To the left of the center bubble connect a new bubble that is titled "Responsibilities." List the roles and responsibilities of a principal in the appropriate bubbles.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Draw a blue star next to the roles and/or responsibilities in which a principal must exercise leadership.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Draw a green star next to the roles and/or responsibilities which require the principal to act as a manager.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Circle in gray those requiring action as a supervisor.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Draw a purple asterisk (*) next to those items which involve the community.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Use a red asterisk (*) to indicate items that require political leadership
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">A brown dot should be drawn next to the roles and responsibilities requiring the principal to be a mentor.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Use an orange square around items that require the principal to be a learner.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Add any other roles and responsibilities that a principal holds to your bubbles as you discuss. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">How are the roles and responsibilities similar to those of other bosses or managers in other jobs?

=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 29px;">//**Friday**// = =  <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 29px;">  =
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Who is the Principal from the Black Lagoon? **

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Listen as our team leaders introduce you the stereotypical threatening and scary principal. If you've ever been sent to the office, you may have conjured up all types of mental images about your principal or assistant principal.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">View <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Ten Characteristics of Effective Principals <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">.

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<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">After viewing, think about the following questions:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Do you have a desire to become an administrator in a school? Or in a business?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">How closely do you think your personal characteristics match those required to be an effective administrator?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">what might do to strengthen your personal characteristics to prepare for a possible futures career as an administrator?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">What are the pros and cons of being an administrator?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">What is it that you want to know about being an administrator? Next week a principal will visit our classroom to discuss his/her role as a campus leader. WIth your group, prepare questions to ask during the interview. Your questions should be well written. Next to your group's list of questions, write the name of the person who authored the question. You should have a minimum of one question per group member. You will get extra credit if your question is selected for discussion.