Calendar of Mentor Services
"Mentor Mondays"
QUARTER 1 - Getting Started on the Right Foot!
Aug 1 - MM: School Tools Help Desk Infinite Campus (Cabalce); Laminator (Rabe); Library Services (Yamamoto), Chromebook Training (Kaitoku); RFA Form (Lum); L/Notes/Telephone (Higa); Scanning your documents (Lau); Brochure on CSSS (Sasamura), N203 Lab Use Guidelines (Kaitoku) Aug 8 - MM: All things Google (K. Kaitoku, J. Chow) - HH203- After a couple of years, we are feeling a bit more comfortable with Google. Not! Get your questions answered here! Jay will also share ideas on how to incorporate google in your instruction and student learning. Basics: Why google drive and how do I get there?, How do I edit a document that was shared with me?, How do I share a document with others?, google drive possibilities, google tips. Aug 15 - MM: 2 Choices! Choice 1: Help with the Data Process Templates (J. Wisler) - HH203 You learned about the new templates in your first LT meeting. Still not sure? Joe will be hear to answer your questions. Choice 2: Using Google Voice (J. Chow) - HH204 Learn what it is and how it can be used in your classroom. Aug 19 - Statehood Day (Holiday) Aug 22 - MM: Teacher Webpage as a Communication/Learning Tool (K. Kaitoku) - HH203 Google sites? Weebly? Other website development programs? Kristy will share the pros and cons and things to consider when creating a site. Aug 29- MM: Introduction to Naviance for Classroom Teachers (T. Sanchez) - HH101 Learn more about Naviance and how you might incorporate the program into your lessons. All students have an account that follows them from freshmen to senior years, creating an electronic portfolio. She may also be sharing a new way to process Letters of Recommendations. Sep 5 - HOLIDAY (Labor Day) Sep 12 - MM: Using PLATO in your Classroom - HH203 Our school has a schoolwide license for PLATO. Learn about the different modules that might be useful in your class Sep 19 - MM: AVID Strategies (R. Domingo) - HH203 Learn about the different AVID strategies and how it can help your students. Rudy, an AVID trainer, will be sharing tips and tricks. Sep 26 - MM: SPED 101 (M. Asuncion, S. Villaruz, J. Okuma) Have special needs students in your class? How do you know? Whose their Care Coordinator? How do I prepare for an IEP meeting? How do I read an IEP? These questions and more will be answered! IEP sample, Monitoring Data Sheet sample, Q and A Oct 3-7 - Assessment Week |
QUARTER 2 - EES Components: Review and Tips
Learn from the administrators who will be observing you for EES what they are looking for for each component. Oct 17 - PD Day Oct 24 - MM: EES: 2B: Establishing a Culture of Learning (K. Kawamura) 2B Information, Activities Oct 31 - Parent Conference Week Nov 7 - MM: EES: 2D: Managing Student Behavior (L. Pe'a) 2D Handouts Nov 14 - MM: EES: 3B: Discussion and Questioning (J. Nakamoto) 3B Handouts Nov 21 - QC Volleyball week Nov 28 - MM: EES: 3C: Student Engagement (B. McCorkell) 3C Handouts, PowerPoint Dec 5 - MM: EES: 3D: Assessment (J. Okuma) - rescheduled (see Q3) Dec 18 - Assessment Week |
QUARTER 3
Jan 9 - PD Day Jan 16 - Martin Luther King Jr (Holiday) Jan 23 - MM: EES 3D - Assessment (J. Okuma) - Library The last in the series of Danielson components to prepare you for the EES observations. Assessment information. Jan 30 - MM: Tech Tool - Padlet - Library Padlet is a simple, free web 2.0 tool that teachers can use as an instructional tool as well as a tool for student products. Feb 6 - MM: Tech Tool - Popplet - Library Popplet is a free web 2.0 tool that is similar to prezi. Great alternative to a Powerpoint presentation. Feb 13 - Teacher Institute Day Feb 20 - President's Day (Holiday) Feb 27 - MM: Tech Tool - Piktochart - Library Use Piktochart, a free web 2.0 tool to create effective posters for information and presentations. March 6 - MM: Rubrics as Assessment - Library Learn about the different type of rubrics teacher and students can create to evaluate learning products. Added tool: Thinglink |
QUARTER 4
March 27 - Kuhio Day (Holiday) Apr 3 - MM: Keepvid.com/Google Cast (K. Kaitoku) Want to show YouTube videos for your class, but is being blocked? Convert these videos at home and bring to school using keepvid.com. Want to use your chrome books to present on your TV? Apr 10 - MM: Quizlet (M. Aguirre) Sra Aguirre will share how easy it is to use Quizlet in your class and will share tips and tricks. Apr 17- MM: Google Forms/Docs and Autocrat (J. Chow) Flexible, easy to use document merge tool that creates PDF or shared Documents from spreadsheet data. Apr 24 - MM: Virtual Reality(J. Chow) - POSTPONED for HSTA meeting What's the hype with VR and how can it be used in the classroom? Find some ideas here! May 1 - MM: EDpuzzle(J. Chow) Get more from your videos by using EdPuzzle, a free web tool. EDpuzzle is a web-based interactive video and formative assessment tool that gives teachers a set of tools to crop an existing online video to the moments needed for a specific teaching purpose. May 8 - MM: Google classroom (J. Chow) Learn how to use the chromebooks for more than typing papers and internet searching. |