April Continued

I have been busy making site visits and working on the final report, as well as Camp Invention and the Final Showcase event.  The invitation list for the showcase takes a lot of time, because people change in their job roles, so a list from last year is not necessarily still valid.  I checked and rechecked principal names, and superintendent names, and added people from CSI-OSO, and had many, many changes in other categories as well.  The list was checked by Jeanne, and parts by Jim, and checked by Deb Johnson, as well as Kim Martin.  Each eye that viewed the list was helpful in some aspect.  I had Jenny Becker check the Rockwell names, and the IMSEP gang checked their realm. Finally, the invitations went to print. 

I met with Kim Martin, who was very helpful in telling me what we do to get the final report done.  I hadn't realized  how that should be organized, so I spent time on that so that it would be a work in progress that wouldn't sneak up on me as a colossal surprise at the last moment. 

I'm going to a Camp Invention training for directors tonight from 5-8.  I'm hoping that this is helpful in showing me the big picture of what I will be pulling together.  I visited Yukiko's camp, but the nuts and bolts of it are interestingly unfolding.

Yesterday Jim and I drove to HLV, which is quite a drive.  We met with Joy Dolmage, who is an amazing hero to me (as all these sites have).  She is a first year site, so we carefully went over the procedures for filling out her final report and how to get reimbursed for expenses  before the deadline approaches.

Another thing I am working on is Monday's Project Day at GWAEA.  Staff will be sharing with each other what they are working on for the agency. I will be sharing a STEM display. I am also looking forward to learning from the other displays.

Final Preparations

  The two main events that require a lot of time for me right now are the Final STEM Showcase and Camp Invention.
   The Final STEM Showcase will be held on May 19.  Jim told me that this would require a lot of time and that TIR's in the past of mentioned what a lot of work it is, so he told me that I'd want to get started on it.  The first thing I did was to dig into the computer files to find clues as to what I needed to do.  I printed off what I thought would be valid, and began working on the invitation list, which is quite extensive.  There are 136 people on the list to invite.  This list is being checked by those at Rockwell, Jeanne, Jim and then I am also using the online District Directory.  We added several categories of people to attend, such as math consultants and curriculum directors.  After this list is finalized I will send invitations. I'm waiting to hear if Jeanne wants Save The Date invitations first.
  The second event is Camp Invention. Camp Invention has a big binder that I'm working on getting through. It is full of procedures as well as programing.  I have a meeting today with my camp parent and my on site teacher to touch base on our registration numbers (which are at 16 so far)  and see if there are any questions they have.

  I met with Jim yesterday.  He wants to meet personally with the new sites as well as a couple of the old ones to go over how to write the final reports.  It is such a pleasure to work with someone so thorough, organized and knowledgeable about everything.  I'd have to say he's the highest quality administrator I've ever worked with directly. I have started setting these meetings up, and have two responses confirmed.  I just love it when people do things right!