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Where have all the Principals gone?
http://www.naesp.org/ContentLoad.do?contentId=257

K-12 Jobs.com - http://www.k12jobs.com/

Job Fair

The Spring Job Fair: April 4th

http://www.teachoregon.com/ospa/opef/ePage.aspx?ePage=27

Julio is in Beaverton!

Julio has been the Summer School Principal and will start as the
Assistant Principal at Aloha-Park Elementary in two weeks! Yeah Julio!

I've been discovered! :) "Bloggin' Boo!"

I've been discovered!! :) Massachusetts Institute of Technology has
picked little old me to be a subject in their weblog survey!
Actually they found my newest blog, used to try to sell my house
(http://cravenstreet.blogspot.com), to be part of a random survey.
Now if someone would discover the blog who also wants to buy the
house! :)

In case you want to participate please go to this website to put in
your two cents worth! :) http://blogsurvey.media.mit.edu/ and send
house buyers my way!

Raising Free Range Children

Jamie McKenzie says...

"In many cases — those districts which fail to clarify learning goals
and fund professional development — the answer will be "No!" There is
no credible evidence that networks improve student reading, math or
thinking skills unless they are in service of carefully crafted
learning programs which show students how to interpret information and
make up their own minds. ...

"In the best cases - with the right program planning and robust
professional development - schools will use these new tools and
resources in ways which will improve student performance on high stakes
state tests. ...

"This article will show how schools may take advantage of these
electronic networks to raise a generation of free range students —
young people capable of navigating through a complex, often
disorganized information landscape while making up their own minds
about the important issues of their lives and their times. ...

"The same skills which allow students to make up their own minds will
serve them well on Life’s tests as well as increasingly challenging
state tests. ..."

http://fno.org/text/grazing.html

Intel Leadership Forum

For Aspiring and successfully placed administrators there is an Intel
Leadership Forum on May 24th from 8-12 at Waldo Middle School. There
are still openings for participants who want to come and learn about
technology in a leadership role, have a great breakfast, and maybe win
some freebies! :) Here is a link to check out this and other Intel
classes in your area: http://tinyurl.com/beh8m

There will also be a "Teaching Thinking with Technology" during the
week of July 11th at Leslie Middle School in Salem! :) Stay tuned for
more details for you or your staff! :) Isn't that fun to think of!

Congratulations to our TEAM

Yeah for Steve and Annie! It is such a reassuring feeling that really
great people are moving into our schools! You folks will make such a
difference!

Check out the new links on the right. Map too!

The map is a live feed which is also looking for area blogs.

The links on the right are from one of my Furl catagories. Furl.net is a way to catagorize weblinks and then having them automatically update on a blog or webpage. You can "nab" them as you are surfing and pop them into the right catagory. Then they are fresh on your web or blog page.

Gary's Books

The Recess Queen by Alexis O'Neill and Laura Huliska-Beith
Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed by Emily Pearson
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
The Dot by Peter Reynolds (this one I read to teachers).

Closing the Gap Conference

http://www.ode.state.or.us/initiatives/closinggap/2005/conference.aspx

Everything ESL

Everything ESL has ideas on making the new comers in your school feel welcome. This site also includes lesson plans and other ideas. Those of you who are experts in this field please take a look and let me know if it is a site worth keeping in our list.

ELL Information - ORTESOL

Please visit the ORTESOL web site (http://www.ortesol.org) for information about the following:

Job opportunities: Several institutions are hiring for this summer and next fall. Check the Job Bank: http://www.ortesol.org/jobbank.htm

Call for articles for the May issue of the ORTESOL Newsletter. Please contact Rene Pearson: rpearson@pdx.edu Deadline is May 6.

Call for papers: The ORTESOL Journal is accepting full-length articles (2,500 to 5,000 words) and shorter articles (500 words) for this year's volume. For more information, go to: http://www.ortesol.org/journal-cfp.htm

Free TESOL memberships. More information on page 3 of the Winter 2005 ORTESOL Newsletter: http://www.ortesol.org/news/index.htm (The password is: ortnews)

ESL Awareness Week is the last week of April:
http://www.ortesol.org/eslawareness.htm

The annual fall conference is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, November 4 and 5. It will be held in Portland at St. Mary's Academy.

Google Scholar Search

This is a beta (new and not quite perfect) version of a search engine for us! Search through journal articles, abstracts and other scholarly literature at http://scholar.google.com/

Technology Presentation

Summary of the Tech Presentation:
Boo's Links: beepforsheep.blogspot.com
Drew's Links: www.mrhinds.com
Dan's Phone: Treo 650
Quick... Wink... What phone do you have? We will fix this next week!

Book Recommendation

A Lesson Before Dying

by Ernest J. Gaines

Lizi's Stats!!! She's ALIVE!!

Bib Name Age M/F City State Country Ctz *
14288 Aguilar-Nelson, Lizi P. 36 F Salem OR USA
Checkpoints 5k 10k 15k 20k Half 25k 30k 35k 40k
0:27:34 0:55:12 1:23:50 1:54:20 2:01:07 2:28:19 3:04:31 3:44:52 4:29:26
Finish Pace Projected Time Official Time Net Time Overall Gender Division
0:10:58 5:02:56 4:47:30 15291 5615 3319

You can look her up here...

Data Base Initiative Informationhttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif

www.ode.state.or.us - Oregon Department of Education Main Web Page

School Profile

School Finance Page has other profiles and searches you can perform.

Zero Tolerance Discipline Policieshttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif

Here is a link to an interesting report regarding the use of zero tolerance discipline policies in public schools and the increasing number of referrals to the juvenile justice system. It is titled "Education on Lockdown: The Schoolhouse to Jailhouse Track."

Executive Summary on the advancement project website - The complete link is http://www.advancementproject.org//reports/EOLexecsum.pdf

International Very Good Looking, Dang Smart Woman's Day!

Today is International Very Good Looking, Dang Smart
Woman's Day, so please send this message to someone
you think fits this description. Please do not send
it back to me as I have already received it from a
Very Good Looking, Dang Smart Woman! And remember
this motto to live by: Life should NOT be a journey
to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in
an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to
skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the
other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and
screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!" Have a wonderful
day!

Cultural books shared at Curriculum today

We are looking at doing a book study on cultural issues next year. We are looking at these two books. I though you might want to add them to your suggested reading list :) .

• The Culturally Proficient School
: An Implementation Guide for School Leaders by Randall B. Lindsey, Laraine M. Roberts & Franklin CampbellJones

• Cultural Proficiency
: A Manual for School Leaders by Randall B. Lindsey, Kikanza Nuri Robins & Raymond D. Terrell

The first contains situations for discussions while the second has more "white space" and informaiton to lead staff development activities.