Friday was a great day for TPS! The ribbon cutting and the groundbreaking were both long awaited events for our school. I saw many people on campus Friday that date back to the beginnings of Trinity school. It is extremely important to remember the history of our school and those who have helped make Trinity what it is today. I am grateful to all those who have gone before us. Brannen reminded the students in chapel that they are on a journey here at Trinity and to make the most of each day. I remind us, as a faculty of that, as well. Each decision or adjustment we make to curriculum and instruction at this school is vitally important to the future of this school. Thank you for being reflective as you make informed decisions for the students at Trinity.
Jung and Briggs/Myers Typology Test
Thank you for taking the personality assessment! What interesting findings for a faculty to be able to use as we break into groups this year. As many of you noticed (and mentioned to me!), you were not working in homogeneous groupings during the last faculty meeting where we focused on goal setting! I will flip it around at times to see if you notice!
Let me give you some summary of our faculty findings for our 29 faculty members and 1 administrator, just for fun!
ESFJ 10 faculty members
ENFJ 7 faculty members
INFJ 5 faculty members
ISFJ 3 faculty members
ISTJ 1 faculty member
ENTJ 1 faculty member
ESTJ 1 faculty member
ESFP 1 faculty member
These summaries of the four criteria helped me out a lot when trying to reflect on my own findings.
(Note: Carl Jung's typology contained the first three criteria then Isabel Briggs-Myers added the fourth criteria!)
Criteria #1: Extraversion-Introversion defines the source and direction of energy expression for a person.
Extravert---mainly in the external world; Introvert---mainly in the internal world---operative word here is "mainly"! We all have combinations of both depending on our rolls in different areas home, work, church, extended family, etc.
Criteria #2: Sensing-Intuition defines the method of information perception by the person.
Sensing---a person believes mainly information he/she receives directly from the external world; Intuition---a person believes mainly information he/she receives from the internal or imaginative world. (once again note the word: "mainly"!)
Criteria #3: Thinking-Feeling defines how the person processes information.
Thinking---person makes decisions mainly through logic: Feeling---person makes a decision based mainly on emotion.
Criteria #4: Judging-Perceiving defines how a person implements the information he or she processed.
Judging---person organizes all his/her life events and acts strictly according to plans; Perceiving---he/she is inclined to improvise and seek alternatives.
If you have not given this to any of those at home or in your extended family . . . I encourage you to do so! We have used this at Thanksgiving before and gotten a big laugh out of it as folks see who they are most like and most not like!!!! You have to have a sense of humor or it will spoil your Thanksgiving--beware--use it with the right mix of people!!!
What I like to take from this is the "'uniqueness" of each person! How God created us in a unique way and even something that may appear on paper to be a negative can be used as a huge positive depending on your roll at the time! Another great idea is that even though something is our "mainly" type mode of operating . . . it doesn't have to cause communication problems. If we need to be flexible and operate in another mode to interact as a team ---we can choose to be reflective and alter our responses so that a person of a different mode can truly understand our intentions on a given subject! If we just ask, God is gracious to give us the thoughts and words to show others our true heart. He desires for us to get along peacefully and in harmony. Thank you again for taking the time and effort to do this little exercise. I pray it has been enlightening to you as a professional on a team as well as just plain fun!
Homecoming Week!
Dress Up Days:
Monday: Tie Dye Day (this set out to be tie dye tops only with uniform bottoms--not sure that was made totally clear in print so . . . be flexible on this one for bottoms on Monday!)
Pep Rally at 2:30 in the South (old) gym--you have a seating chart--do not panic if you sit in the wrong spot--just enjoy and be safe! I have warned parents that we might be a few minutes late loading due to this at the end of the day. Please try to be packed up prior to the pep rally.
Tuesday: Book Character Day
Wednesday: Crayon Day-- dress all in one color--once again be flexible on bottoms, shoes, etc.
Thursday: Crazy Hair/Hat Day
Friday: You have a seating chart for the parade--11:15 is the parade time so begin coming outside around 11:00! You will need to return to your room to vote on the floats and give out lunch tickets. Parents should come to the room to gather children, tickets, etc., and proceed to the concession area to get lunch then onto the marked picnic area near the north gym circular drive area.
Upcoming dates:
Accreditation visit Oct. 5-7 Please organize your work samples and email Laura Williams as she asked last week--if you will CC me on that as well in case I get asked about work samples.
Oct. 15 Parent Conferences (We will have heavy snacks and drink refreshments provided for teachers that day to help you stay energized!! Lunch type items will be delivered around 10:45 or so in case you would like to take a lunch break and turn your lights off and close your door for a bit!) This is a long but extremely important day for you as well as your parents. Thank you for all the preparation!
One on One teacher meetings--I am thoroughly enjoying visiting each one of you and hearing the neat things taking place in your room and more over in your thinking as you strive to meet the needs in your classroom! Bless you!
Walk Throughs--What a blessing it is to walk through and see the many things going on each day all over our campus! Thank you for the planning and preparation that goes into differentiated instruction for one on one communication with our students.
Blessings for a great week,
Tami
Ecclesiastes 3:11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also
set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done
from beginning to end.
