SamTastic Weekly Tip - 4/11/22: Visit the new SAM websites

Today’s Tip: Visit the new SAM websites.

Congratulations to Jim Mercer. He has finished the new NSIP websites. You can access the home page directly by using this address: www.SamProcess.com You can also get to the new website by using:

www.SamsConnect.com

or www.NationalSams.com

These addresses show a welcome page, that we use for marketing, with an option to reach the NSIP home page. Additionally, we now have a direct link for TimeTrack access: www.TimeTracklogin.com You can still get to TimeTrack at each of the three website addresses, too.

The new website is more secure, has easier navigation and allows us to host videos without ads. The new website also has an easy to use search function at the bottom of each page. Additionally, most website content is now accessible via any online search engine: Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc.

Have a SamTastic Week,

Mark Shellinger

NSIP Director

SamTastic Weekly Tip - 4/4/22: Consider who most needs your help.

Today’s Tip: Consider who most needs your help.

The SAM process asks you to consider each day how you can positively impact teaching and learning. School leaders, administrators, and teachers, strive to help everyone. But the amount of time they give each person must be based on need.

As a SAM team, you can easily identify who you have spent the most time with this school year by opening your dashboard. During your SAM Daily Meeting, try this:

1. As a team, identify three people on staff who are most in need of improvement.

2. Open your TimeTrack Dashboard. Open the chart, top right, showing the time you’ve spent with each member of your staff. Are the three staff members you identified in the top 10?

3. Click the Focus button on the chart, top right. Do you need to update the list of staff members identified in TimeTrack as needing more of the leader’s time? Go to the TimeTrack logo upper, left, select Settings, Individual and Group Set-up. Simply click the focus button to the left of the educator’s name.

Reflecting on the impact of your instructional time is an important step in moving practice forward.

SamTastic Weekly Tip - 3/28/22

Today’s Tip: Accept this, the fourth of eight invitations, to see keynote clips and breakout sessions in HD from the January 2022 National SAM Conference.

Dr. Da’Mond Holt engaged and delighted attendees. You can see his keynote on trauma here: https://youtu.be/gs-Q71Kil0g

During your SAM Daily Meeting schedule time this week to see this video. You may want to show clips at your next staff meeting, too.

Now is the time to plan to attend the 16th Annual National SAM Conference, JW Marriott Starr Pass, Tucson, Arizona, Thursday, February 2, 2023 ~ Sunday, February 5, 2023. Registration opens Labor Day but don’t wait. Include the conference in your budget for next school year, $2,295. This covers all costs except airfare.