CSUCI Science Carnival November 2nd
Our friends at CSUCI are holding their annual Science Fair this Saturday, November 2, 2013. The Rio School District will be sending students and teachers to experience this excellent hands on learning experience.
CSUCI Science Carnival November 2nd
New Mission, Vision & Goals
Greetings Students, Staff, and Families, Recently the Board of Trustees of the Rio School District took three giant steps towards becoming a world class learning organization. We attended the annual Edleader21 conference, we adopted a new mission, vision, and set of long terms goals (Vision mission goals Adopted october 16…
Successful Schools = Successful People
Recently, I read an article from the Journal of School Public Relations. It talked about the results of surveys of 20,000 students, parents, and schools and their thoughts on their schools. The findings of the surveys were fascinating and the author generated ten tips for various roles in the schooling…
Images
These paintings and photographs represent some of the artistic output of JP. They were requested for viewing at a recent career day by Gabby (student) at Rio del Valle Middle School.
Words
Here are some words we have been using and th8inking about lately: World Class Ranking among the foremost in the world; of an international standard of excellence; of the highest order: a world-class figure skater. Great, as in importance, concern, or notoriety. Professionals Developing…not Professional Development Professional development..to teachers.. usually means workshops,…
Books
The Leader’s Guide to 21st century Education Measurement Euler’s Gem The Rise of the Creative Class Revisited Whole new mind World class learners Thinking in Systems Bakhtin and the Human Sciences Here are some great links to explore Bakhtin’s thoughts and their relation to education. What Every Principal…
Teachers Matter in This World
All over the world, teachers matter to children, to learners of all ages, to society, to the evolution of the human species. All over the world, teachers matter in the little things they do and the big things they do. They make a difference by being an important person in…
VCSTEAMN Colloquium # 2…..Materials
The Ventura County Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts,Mathematics Network (VCSTEAMN) is bringing our second Colloquium to our community of Educators. Our first Symmetry Colloquium was great…. Our 2nd colloquium will be all about MATERIALS…. and will be held on May 29, 2013…a Wednesday from 4:30 to 6:30 pm. Check out this great…
Earth Day 2013
Today, April 22, 2013 is the official Earth Day. The first Earth Day has its origins in nearby Santa Barbara. Gaylord Nelson, then a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, inspired by the 1969 massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, California and other events of the late sixties, worked to push environmental…
21st Century Education
In keeping with our aim to provide a 21st Century Education for our students, the Rio School District recently became part of a world class network of forward thinking school Districts. The group is called Edleader21 and we are excited to join and contribute to the network and look forward…
Great Local Educator; Bonnie Walters
Recently, the Ventura County Star published an article highlighting a great local educator; Bonnie Walters. Bonnie now works at the California Oil Museum in Santa Paula and is doing great work making science come alive for students, teachers, and learners of all ages. In past years, it was my fortune…
math minds and math learning leaders 2013
Improving math education and math learning for students has been a major focus of my work in the past ten years. Among current influences on the path math education should be going are the following math minds and math learning leaders of 2013. Check them out. Arthur Benjamin Conrad Wolfram…
Spring Break
The Rio School District is going on a Spring Break for two weeks, the last week of March and the first week of April. We hope that each student, each family, and each employee is able to take the time to rest, renew, recharge, relax, and then return to school…
Loss of a Great Local Educator; Deloris Carn
Recently, I received some very sad news, that a mentor, colleague, and friend, Deloris Carn had passed away. I am so sad I did not get a chance to talk and have lunch with her in the few months since she had moved from Oxnard to the East Coast. Ms.…
Migrant Regional Speech & Debate Tournament 3.16.13
This Saturday, Rio Vista Middle School is hosting the annual Ventura County Migrant Regional Speech & Debate Tournament. I am looking forward to speaking at the event, just before the students receive their awards. In thinking about themes for my brief talk I am considering the following; the power of…
RIOSUPTwords
RIOSUPTwords is another in a line of new tumblr blogs I am experimenting with. Words mean alot to me. Words often have multiple meanings and need context to understand what they are conveying… So this little blog is a place to come to think about words that important in the…
Using Tumblr
Greetings folks who are reading my new attempts at using social media…. Here’s some news.. I have been using Tumblr recently and liking it. Its easy to use and has decent aesthetics. However, I realized that my RIOSUPTimages tumblr does not display the nice image gallery when using the Firefox…
Friend Raiser 2.28.13
On 2.28.13 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm, the Rio School District held a FRIEND RAISER EVENT. It was an excellent evening in which invited partners had the opportunity to view student work, enjoy music by the Pacifica High School Jazz Band, the California Lutheran University Honors String Quartet, and the Vista…
RIOSUPTbooks
As the superintendent of the Rio School District, I am always reading but basically I have been reading one thing or another (and usually multiple books) since I was five years old or so. This blog is a place to follow along with books that are impacting my “superintendenting” work,…
The Rio Indigenous Project
The Rio Indigenous Project is a new collaboration, engaging the staff and partners of the Rio School District and the Mixteco community in a learning and development process with three basic aims; these are the three legs of the stool; Develop a website that enables learning centered on Mixteco culture,…
Superintendent Commentary in Ventura County Star 2.8.13
Superintendent Commentary in Ventura County Star 2.8.13
World Class Learning Organization 12.4.12
World Class Learning Organization 12.4.12
Superintendent Commentary in Ventura County Star 8.4.12
Superintendent Commentary in Ventura County Star 8.4.12
Superintendent’s Academy Links
STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) Integration Time and Date Culturally Situated Design Tools Songs of Insects Causes of Color Quilts & Hadron Colliders Snowflake Math Arts and Writing Tagxedo (Blending Photos and Words) On-Line Learning Khan Academy FreeRice.com Mangahigh.com NeuroScience for Kids Neuroscience for Kids