August 21, 2014
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 NLSA
Congrats to the 7 schools receiving accreditation, including NEWLHS and WVLHS both receiving dual accreditation with AdvancEd. NLSA reminders were emailed and can be found here: http://www.nwdlcms.org/uploads/NWD_Accreditation_Overview_2014-15.pdf
 Written Curriculum
At Trego, the principals decided to host a webinar for the principal and teacher leader regarding this product. Look for information for our first principal academy on October 2. This would be a great tool since 14 of our 16 accredited schools are preparing for a visit in 4-5 years.
 Early Childhood Academy
The EC Directors attending the NWD EC Conference met to consider using an EC Cabinet to plan EC Director Academies throughout the year. That team is being recruited right now, planning will start in September. More to come.
 LEA Awards
Nominations are accepted only online. Information and access to the forms are now available under the Awards tab on the LEA.org website. One award not directly tied to any LEA Network is Leader in Outreach. Find out more about this award, and consider nominating a colleague.
 5 Skill Sets for the 21st Century
What does rigorous instruction look like? Use this website at your next faculty or PLC meeting. If you aren't leading the discussion on great teaching, who is? http://edge.ascd.org/blogpost/five-skill-sets-for-a-21st-century-world-and-their-instructional-implications
 Classroom Walkthroughs on the Listserv
Did you catch this post? iWalk and iObservation were also highlighted.

I use eWalk--it is pretty robust in features and is free in the Apple App Store.  I now have staff members doing walk throughs as well.  This works out well as we can determine what kind of data we want to collect and then everyone plays a part in collecting it.  This year we will develop department specific walk throughs.  

 

 St. James in the News
WOW! http://www.wearegreenbay.com/1fulltext-news/d/story/two-private-schools-in-shawano-team-up-to-add-new/39057/joTrLybzckCKWTRS061aEg#.U-ICNWyMWpw.gmail
 Save the Date
  • SWD Principals Conference September 23
  • Pre-Retirement Workshop October 17-18
  • Principal Academy October 2
  • PCWC October 23-24
  • NLSW January 25-31
  • WCRIS February 6
  • Principal Academy February 10
  • LEA Administrators Conference February 12-14
  • Principal Academy APril 9
  • NLSA and Non-NLSA Annual Summary Due May 15
Enjoy the honeymoon. These people need you.
DJ Schult
Assistant to the President
dj@nwdlcms.org
NORTH WISCONSIN DISTRICT OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH MISSOURI SYNOD
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