DIOCESE OF TOLEDO
PRINCIPALS’
BULLETIN
DECEMBER 7,
2007
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FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT…
Advent activities: Some of our parishes and schools have
submitted their advent activities to the Diocesan Communication
Office. A listing with a brief description of each has been posted on
the diocesan web page. They can be found at: www.toledodiocese.org/content/view/711/288
Thanks to those who submitted their activities. (Others may want to
copy!) If you would like to share your parish or school’s
advent activity, contact Colleen Buckman at 419-244-6711, ext. 149 or
e-mail her at cbuckman@toledodiocese.org
UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS:
If you missed these upcoming dates in last week’s Bulletin, be
sure to add them to your school calendars.
Winter Regional Meetings: Tuesday, January 15 at Defiance Catholic
School, Defiance;
Wednesday, January 16 at St. Patrick of Heatherdowns, Toledo;
Thursday, January 17 at Immaculate Conception, Bellevue. Pick the one nearest you!
August Leadership Institute: Tuesday, August 5, 2008, Maumee Bay State Park
Catholic Educators’ Conference: Friday, September
19, 2008 at the Stranahan Theatre, Toledo.
All teacher and principals (K-12) will be invited! Use this date as
one of your professional development dates.
Fall Principals’ Institute: Thursday, October 16 –
Friday, October 17, 2008 at Sawmill Creek Resort, Huron, Ohio.
“Golden Apple”
Awards - 2008: For the third consecutive year, nine outstanding
teachers (7 elementary and 2 high school) will be honored. The
banquet date will be June 5, 2008 at The Toledo Club in Toledo. Information packets with
all the details will be sent to Principals in early January, 2008.
“One Faith…Many Blessings” tuition scholarships
and grants for continuing education: The process for 2008-09 will
begin this coming March, 2008. Information will be sent to schools in
late February.
UPCOMING BULLETINS:
Please note that there will be a Principal’s Bulletin next
Friday, December 14. There will not be a Principals’ Bulletin
on Friday, December 21 or December 28.
There will not be a Teachers’ Bulletin during the month of
December. The next Teachers’ Bulletin will be Friday, January
11.
WRITING COMPETENCY TEST:
Scoring of the 2007 Writing Competency Test (grades 4, 6, 8) is
complete. Principals will receive the Writing Competency Results Summary
including the Diocesan Results Summary via U. S. Mail. Student essays
are available for pick up from the Catholic Schools office in the Catholic Center. Student papers not
picked up will be returned to principals at Winter Regional meetings.
EMERGENCY EVACUATION (FIRE) DRILLS NOTIFICATION:
This is a reminder that in addition to notifying your local
police/sheriff department about your lockdown drill, schools are also
required to do fire drills. In addition to conducting the fire
drills, schools must also submit a copy of their “Record of Emergency
Evacuation Drill” sheet to the State Fire Marshal within the first
three months of school. Code 405.1.1.1 states: “Such fire
drill records shall be submitted within the first three months and again during
the last three months of a school’s operation during each school year
to the Office of the State Fire Marshall.” If you have
not already done this, you can find the directions and address at:
http://com.state.oh.us/sfm/app/FireDrillInstructionCard.pdf
SPECIAL EDUCATION:
The following is from Marsha Rivas, Director of the Equal Access
Ministry for the Diocese of Toledo:
Do you have special education experience? Would you be willing to
share your expertise with other Diocesan teachers and catechists? Please
contact Marsha at: mrivas@toledodiocese.org or
419-244-6711, ext. 528
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY:
eTech’s Promising Practices Video Library:
The purpose of this video library is to visually document the
exceptional strategies and techniques educational organizations utilize to
manage, support and integrate technology into the classroom. Key to these
strategies is the exemplary practices in professional development that
assists school staff in sustaining the success and momentum of school and
district initiatives driven by promising practices in technology use and
management. As this library continues to capture such practices, it is
eTech Ohio's desire to continue receiving viable examples of effective
practice that enhance the building of new infrastructure, advance inquiry
in emerging technologies, build the case for technology by proven results
in student achievement and promote innovative professional development
communities through out the State of Ohio.
Discussion topics include:
·
Enhancing and changing the work: Testimonies from school staff
emphasizes the demonstrative enhancing of student work and the evolution of
teacher delivery through the integration of technology.
·
Transforming the school environment: Testimonies from school staff
explores how the integration and effective use of technology has
transformed school environment and culture.
·
Empowering teachers and enabling students: Testimonies from school
staff focuses on how technology has empowered teachers to deliver
hard-to-teach subjects and enabled students to learn hard to understand
content.
·
Harnessing greater data-driven decision making: Testimonies from
school staff concentrates on harnessing greater data-driven decision making
at both the administrative and classroom levels.
·
Building greater capacity: Testimonies provided by school staff
reveals how technology integration has built a greater capacity for
classroom teachers to deliver instruction in differentiated learning
situations.
·
Preparing student for higher learning and for the future workforce:
Testimonies from school staff exhibits how technology prepares students for
institutions of higher learning and the 21st century workforce.
·
Influencing professional development: Testimonies from school staff
displays how technology integration has influenced the nature and quality
of professional development delivered to school employees.
These videos can be found on eTech’s website at http://www.etech.ohio.gov/programs/promising_practices/
ADMINISTRATIVE COST REIMBURSEMENT:
Several principals have reported that they have received their ACR
check in the mail. These checks are dated December 4. If you
have not received your check by today, we have been told that you will
“probably” not receive your check until January. All this
is very confusing and troubling. We will continue to sort this out as
best we can and communicate our findings to you ASAP.