Students in these classes answered over 1,000 questions each this past week:
Avondale Elementary
Jamie Harris
Sandra Martin
Lilla Norris
Inglenook K-8
Kimberly Stewart (over 2,000 questions answered)
Glennita Bell
Annie Montgomery
Calvin Barlow
Central
Park Elementary
Kira Lawson- Pierce
Progress on Getting Students into Stride
For Calhoun County, Corey Murray has exported information from iNOW and imported it in Stride. From there each of the three high schools will go to "Import Students" and grab those students from the Master Roster.
For Birmingham City Schools, Dr. Kecia Chapman has prepared an export from iNOW and I received that Friday. Over the coming week, I will be importing that data into Stride and directly into each class. My to-do list for Monday includes calls to discuss with principals how they would like their upper grades configured and confirming teacher changes from last year.
Quite a few teachers in Birmingham went ahead and entered their own students into Stride so they could get up and going quicker. Thanks for that extra initiative!
There Have Been Hiccups
The Stride interface went through a major upgrade. For example, your students have probably noticed the "Progress Bar." More on the enhancements later.
At the same time, there have been glitches that were found as teachers and students began working in the program. Much work has happened over the past week fixing computer code.
One Thing You Can Do Now
Communication in any arena is a good thing. With 16 schools, keeping everyone informed is a challenge. Emailing each school and asking each contact person to forward the email adds one more "to-do" for those contact people. Plus, with overflowing email inboxes, it's easy to miss something. So, one missed email would mean the entire faculty would miss that information.
This blog is the place I can put information and it be available to you as soon as I hit the "publish" button.
Here's the easy way to stay on top of it all... If you have not already done so, please go to the sidebar and enter your email address. Watch for a confirmation email and be sure to approve it. Every time something is posted here, it will wind up in your email. Plus, you can always come directly to this blog to see anything that has been posted in the past.
Once you have signed up, encourage other teachers to do the same. I've always been a fan of using technology to make life easier. This blog is just one example.
