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The document outlines the daily schedule and activities of a school principal over the course of two days. On the first day, the principal helped proctor MAP testing in the morning, had lunch off campus, and answered staff questions in the afternoon. The second day included organizing the daily tasks, conducting classroom observations where essential questions were often not posted, addressing a student disagreement at lunch, and holding an after-school school improvement meeting about essential questions.

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Principalday

The document outlines the daily schedule and activities of a school principal over the course of two days. On the first day, the principal helped proctor MAP testing in the morning, had lunch off campus, and answered staff questions in the afternoon. The second day included organizing the daily tasks, conducting classroom observations where essential questions were often not posted, addressing a student disagreement at lunch, and holding an after-school school improvement meeting about essential questions.

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Day 1: March 9, 2015

Time
Location Activity
7:15 8:15 a.m.

Office

8:15 11:45 a.m.

Computer
Lab
McDonalds Principal advice; take an hour everyday to yourself. Get off
campus if you can it will help you keep your sanity.
Computer
Proctor MAP testing; help students when able and needed.
Lab
Office
Read and check emails; sign papers for compliance director
Answer staff questions as they come in.

12:00 1:15 p.m.


1:30 3:30 p.m.
3:30 4:30 p.m.

Prepare office staff for absence of principal


Referrals go to Mrs. Crowder,
Prepare testing coordinator with a list for make-up tests

Day 2: March 24, 2015


Time

Location

Activity

7:15 8:15 a.m.

Office

8:15 9:00 a.m.

Computer
Lab
Classroom
s

Organize the day


Create the daily to do list
Check in with administrative assistant and compliance officer
Nothing to report from Janitorial staff
Staff stop in to say good morning
Prepare testing coordinator with a list of students who need to
make-up tests
Complete walk-thrus around the school, spend between 3-10
minutes in each room, noting areas of concerns
Began in 6th grade; reviewing for M-STEP; effective use of
questioning; student-led process to answer questions; essential
questions are not posted
5th grade; reviewing for M-STEP (noticed collaboration); student
focused, student led; essential questions not posted
3/2 Split; brain break; students engaged in online competitive
learning games (by choice), dancing, free choice- but controlled,
essential questions not posted
3rd grade; brain break while 10 students are out retesting, essential
questions not posted
Kinder; substitute (my class), students engaged in centers, many off
task; some essential questions posted
Kinder; large group teacher guided lesson while students have
snack; essential questions not posted.
Make notes about areas of concern to discuss with staff; student
disagreement arises called to cafeteria
Addressed students of concern; sent to the office
Monitored flow of upper elementary lunch before meeting with

9:05 10:45 a.m.

10:45 11:15 a.m.

Office

11:15 11:30 a.m.

Cafeteria

11:30 a.m.
1:00 p.m.

Office

1:00 2:00 p.m.


2:00 3:30 p.m.

Office
Classroom
s

3:30 4:00 p.m.


4:00 6:30 p.m.

Classroom

students from disagreement


Student discipline issues;
beginning with the upper elementary disagreement,
then two fights with 1st graders; distraught teacher (I stepped out)
Check emails; make parent phone calls; eat lunch
Continue walk-thrus
2nd grade; students on computers working on educationcity;
essential questions posted
1st grade; students in large group; review; no essential questions
posted; possible concern about classroom environment, safety to
make mistakes
4th grade; students in large group; all engaged and on task; essential
questions posted
Teacher bus duties; administration in office
School- Improvement meeting (run by me)
Discussing importance of essential questions

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