FBLA Seymour Officer Make a Calendar & More Google Apps

It is so wonderful to work with students and see them excited for what they want to do.  Today was the day where Seymour officer plan their year.  I had prior today worked with Taylor (our president and current state officer) on ideas and thoughts for the year.  This was easy to do because we have spent over 2 weeks together this summer as well as the constant emails and text messages about projects.  Using gmail accounts I am hoping will make it easier to communicate, but I have to get the entire officer team use to login in and checking email (it is too slow and cumbersome, I will probably text them to check email).

We started the day talking about ideas and thoughts for the day and goals for the chapter.  We did a lot of talking at Local Officer Training in the Dells but three officers could not make it, so this was to be the time for the entire team to pull it together.  Unfortunately two officers did not show (I know they were out of the country early this summer but they had said they would be back by August 10, which is why we picked this date).  Anyway we had to work, so ides and projects were just assigned to them.  I took the ideas and dates and put them into the shared google calendar that I created.  Again I am hoping this will help them to realize time commitments.

Here is a screen shot of just one of our months that we planned.  We still don't have concession dates in the calendar because . . . . well I am not going to talk about it.  It makes my blood boil.  Anyway here is a screen shot.

Such is the day and life of an adviser of FBLA  I do really enjoy working with the students but you can see how my calendar is pretty busy and that does not include work assignments and of course family.

The day went very well, after I was done finishing the calendar for everyone the work for Freshman Orientation was completed.  We have a presentation to all incoming Freshman on the importance of being involved in extra-curricular in high school.  We don't just focus on FBLA, but all activities and sports and what it can do to help.

Also planned was permission slips for trips to Madison and Milwaukee.  The homecoming float design is done and I will have pictures after the parade (it should be fun).  We are having committees to work on all of this, so we have to get officers ready to have club members help with the projects.

I was at school from 8 to 4.  I did have a lengthy converstation with Andy our Tech Guru about Google apps and what he learned in a Webinar he did today, because I knew it was over my head.  He said he would do the serve side work, BIG SMILE.  He did give me some research on cost and size issues with a depolyment the size of the high school.  So I will be having more blog post on that topic.  I estimated that I would like to have it ready to roll out to the entire building at the start of 2nd Semester, but deploying and testing with students and staff during 2nd quarter.  I hope that is not too far off, but I also want to plan some training in there with my new Technology Coaching hours.

After work at school I came home and finished two photobooks I wanted to have done for FBLA.  I would say I have had 3 hours of work to create these albums for FBLA and tonight I can say they are ordered.  I will then have them for Freshman Orientation on August 22.  Here is a link to the blog post with one of the albums.

11 hours of work today.