January 05th, 2022

Welcome to the January edition of the PL Lighthouse!
This monthly email blast and webpage has been designed to serve much like a lighthouse, to serve as a way forward and help in navigating through the busy school year. Nothing else speaks of safety in the face of adversity and challenge quite like the lighthouse. 

Congratulations to Vanessa on Her New Role
Vanessa will be building on her entrepreneurial spirit as the NEW Manager of Big Idea Programming to bring opportunities to students and staff to share their 'Big Ideas' with the community.  Joining the district in 2006, she coached and taught at the middle school level for 8 years before building her skills as an instructional coach and moving into her role as a Personalized Learning Coordinator.  She will be transitioning into her new role over the spring and will continue to support her schools until a new PL Coordinator is hired. When she’s not working, you can find her cheering on her favorite sports team, traveling to visit family and friends near and far, or relaxing on a warm, sunny beach.

QB PL Huddle | January 12th, 1:00-3:00 PM
We're looking forward to seeing all QBs together, virtually, Wednesday, January 12th from 1:00-3:00! Please see the updated calendar invite for Zoom information. During our time, we'll be preparing for design studio, team design excursions, and previewing our work around the BL Progressions this upcoming semester.

Pre-Work:
The Modern Classrooms Project will be presenting during our huddle. Please watch one of the videos below get an overview of the work they do to support teachers.

• Elementary Video
• Secondary Video

Design Studio | January 25th, 8:30-11:30 AM
This month's Design Studio will be two part! The morning workshop [8:30-11:30 AM] will be for principals, QBs, and other leadership team members and focused specifically on PL implementation on your campus. After lunch, our second design excursion workshop [1:00-4:00 PM] will launch with your selected teams (QBs will submit and prepare for this during the January 12th QB Huddle). You can find the Zoom links to both parts on the update calendar invites. 

RBL + MIZ QB Huddle | January 13th, 1:00-2:30 pm
We are looking forward to virtually seeing all RBL QBs Thursday January 13th for an operational huddle.  This month, RBL and MIZ QBs will be required to attend both PL and RBL January Huddles.

While we understand the challenges that come from meeting consecutive days, we feel that this month’s huddle will be helpful in making sure that your campus is moving in the right direction for the new semester.  During our time together we will review lessons learned from the Fall semester, grant requirements, we will discuss metric goals and progress as well as building culture around the BL Progressions.

SAVE THE DATE
We are so excited to announce we will be hosting a Google Virtual Summit on Saturday, April 23rd. This virtual summit will be from 9:00 AM-3:00 PM with sessions (45-60 minutes) throughout the day.

Interested or know someone who may be interested in leading a session? Fill out or share this form. ​

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