In honor of President's Day, our students had a holiday yesterday leaving my staff to a professional development day. We had a fantastic morning working through some much needed discussions involving student achievement followed by a time devoted strictly to my teachers working in curriculum. Forgive me for bragging, but these are the hardest working staff members I've ever seen around. Truly they are.
The point of my post is what we did towards the end of our day. I've written a few times on the work of Dan Pink and have searched for ways to incorporate some of his ideals into my professional life whenever I could. I continued my research and found several principals who've written on the use of a FedEx day on their campus and decided it was time to take the plunge.
I saved the final hour and half as our FedEx time....also known as time for creativity and non-commissioned work. I gave the staff a few ideas that other teachers had and set them on their way. The only stipulation was that they had to share out their ideas via Twitter. What they came up with was outstanding! See for yourself...
Two ladies put their heads together and created large zeros to hang in each hallway to serve as a reminder for our students to remain silent while passing through. I loved how their project will impact the entire campus.
The same goes for one of my grade level teams. They have organized a chili cook-off to celebrate Texas Public Schools Week. And the best part? I get to be a judge. Yum!
Two special teachers collaborated and searched through our literacy library brainstorming for ideas.
Another entire grade level team developed math stations for their students and worked diligently to located the resources they needed to implement their ideas.
Lots of ladies hopped on the Internets and researched ideas on Pinterest. I even saw students products hanging in the hallways today!
There were teachers exploring sensory integration, music for the classroom and even creating the Rio Grande River.
Will this be something we dedicate time to in the future? Absolutely!
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