Mid Semester

My day was looking up and then started to get crazy, so I jotted down the particulars. There are, gratefully, a chunk of days spent focusing on one thing. It can be a teaching day, or booktalk/checkout day, or book processing or ordering day and I really do enjoy those. And then you have a day like this where you are doing everything at once and finishing, and sometimes not even barely starting, anything.

1. Worked on finding the Destiny patron empowerment report and modifying it for my needs. Got it saved in favorite reports for easier retrieval next time. Helped a few students successfully log in and threatened them (re: offered bribes for proof of future success) into writing passwords and logins into the cover of their agenda.  (35 minutes)

2. Troubleshoot iRepsond (new student response system that was rolled out to school/county) with three teachers, principal, tech support, and company contact. Walked to classes, investigated issues, emailed and phone called reps and tried equipment in classrooms again. (70 minutes) This new equipment has been a huge time involvement already and will most likely continue to be as it is the new mandatory way to conduct benchmark testing. I was tasked responsible for inventory and distribution. Spent 3 plus hours labeling all units and remotes and assigning and checking out to staff.

3. Made banners for school displays for frantic teachers. (25 minutes)

4. Worked on the Go Places with Books program. Printed off wall summaries to bring to language arts meeting. At the meeting we talked about the particulars of the program and discussed celebration party dates and ideas. (35 minutes)

5. Went to math department meeting. Got them involved in the Books program—they will count the miles and chart the numbers in graphs. (20 minutes)

6. Worked on slides to go in the morning announcements. Did some character words to run long term and looked up Hispanic facts for Hispanic Heritage month. Had trouble with publisher and putting them into MovieMaker. (60 minutes)

7. Looked for last years banner for Hispanic Heritage month and printed list of books to pull. Helped tape up banner. (30minutes).

8. Read aloud with the small reading group. (25 minutes)

9. Worked with four periods of classes with finding books. Regular teacher was absent and so had a sub bring the classes. One class had to be taking back for repeated discipline issues. (4 hours)

10. Laptop not working for the classes coming in. Had to troubleshoot WIFI issues and eventually contact tech support and find another laptop which is not as easy as it sounds. We have four new teachers waiting on theirs and borrowing from library, and lots of broken laptops with a 4 week waiting list to get repaired. All available media center laptops currently being used somewhere. (25 minutes)

11. More iRespond issues. Had to talk to company rep and principal about problems then contact bookkeeper to order a slew of replacement batteries. Tracked down screwdriver which someone appropriated off my desk. (35 minutes).