Team Project Pan August 2022

Started this month in Ireland- The foundations Foils are from all of Ireland plus the month of August, everything else is just August. Then spent 5 more days in quarantine, because I got Covid in Ireland, then had family in town then begrudgingly went back to work.  

Had a goal of finishing up some foil packets and samples while traveling which I did and continued to use more during the month. I had Covid in August and as a result developed a less common symptom of extremely dry skin, lips and eyes. This made the experience of wearing much makeup especially heavier make up undesirable.  Pretty low key month over all.

Empties

Blaq under eye patches- finished last 2 on trip. Used one in between flights to try to ease really dry under eyes and the other to fight bags after limited rest. Nothing special eye patches aren’t really my thing I would not repurchase -$20

Glamglow Bubble Mask- I've used plenty of these before. I'm fairly certain this is my last one I wouldn't purchase them again, but would certainly use another one if I find more in my stash. Nothing special especially for the price. $9

Bite Mini Mascara- Not technically "Empty" but I'm calling it because I opened it at the start of June, 3 months and done especially with the minis, allergy season and travel. I do actually like this formula, it's very lengthening and lasts for at least 10 hours in the summer which for a non-waterproof product is about all I can ask for. (It may last longer but thats the length of my day in the summer)- but none of that matters because Bite Beauty has bit the dust and is no longer in business. $12

Farmacy Clearly Clean Cleansing Balm I've previously used up 2 Farmacy Green Clean Cleansing Balms and decided to switch to the fragrance free version this go round. That was a mistake- it's clearly a different formula and it simply doesn't get my face clean, but does leave a residue. $36

Fresh Sugar Lip Balm In caramel. This product is great for keeping in moisture you already have, but not so great at adding moisture. If you already have really dry lips this will not solve the problem. $18

Hempz Original Lotion I LOVE  this lotion. I love the smell (it transports me to a simpler time) and I love the way it leaves even my driest skin feeling silky smooth and moisturized. 100% will purchase again. $25

Marina By Earth Harbor- This month as I struggled with really dry skin, I was needing to apply heavy creams morning and night, but when I felt like I needed some additional moisture I used this. I filled 1 dropper and put it in my hands and then patted it onto my face and neck.  I have another Earth Harbor  Serum to use when then one is gone, but it's specifically for hydration. I have found I really like the brand. $38

Foil packs (I have packs of 10 foil sample foundations- each pack was $10- each time I finish 10 samples no matter the pack I will count it as 1 empty worth $10)

Laura Mercier tint- I have a full size of this in 1N2

•  1w1 2 uses- a little warmer than I typically wear but it was nice light coverage went well over sunscreen 
• 0w1 1 use- Closer to my shade than the first one I tried.  Very light coverage- works well on no make up makeup days. 
• 1C0 1 use- Close to my shade, but my skin has been so dry in Ireland that everything is a flaky mess. 
• 1N0- Close to my shade, picks up all the flakey patches on my skin right now. 

Illa Super Serum Skin Tint - No coverage not a fan of the serum consistency

•  ST4 Best shade match of the ones I tried 1 use very light weight but also almost no coverage- this will help even out tone but that’s it 
• ST3 1 use- This shade was to Light for me, but it did even out my redness- no real coverage though
• ST1 1 use- goes on with better coverage with a brush than a sponge. I feel like a ghost with this shade.  If you are very fair this range has something for you.  As for me I'm at home in quarantine so it doesn't matter how much I look like a ghost
• ST0.5  Extra fair doesn't even sound light enough for what this is.  I used it in conjunction with a foundation I enjoy but that is too dark one day and that worked, but I won't spend money on a mix in product.  I will say the product applies best with a brush over any other method. 

Sephora Best Skin Ever- Medium Coverage foundation- Buildable  I already own a full size of this foundation in 10N which is a close but not best fit. 

• 03P This is the lightest shade- It's way to light for me very milky pink 
• 11.5P This is probably my best fit shade think pink undertone suits be well. (10th Samples, 1 product $10)

Rare Beauty Foundation- Medium Coverage Foundation- Feels a little drying on my skin (I have dry skin already) After 8 hours makeup was already separating and had settled into all lines and pores

• 120C too light especially in summer - mixed with moisturizer to try to get better wear - it extended it about an hour but but that's not even enough for my school day. 
• 140W Is warmer than I traditionally wear- But I like it- especially for the summer. It wakes up my face. 
• Primer Sample- Feels like a silicone based primer it's fine-but I don't really see the purpose of primer on a daily basis. 
• 160C- I tried this with the primer sample and it's a great shade match. Unfortunately I'm experiencing extremely dry skin this month as a lingering post-Covid symptom and nothing seems to look good on my skin right now. 

Fenty Beauty Soft Matte Full coverage- You'd need your exact shade to make this work. Feels and looks like a clay mask and is way more coverage than I want to wear any day, but especially not daily coverage for me. I think full coverage makeup is on the way out; it looks fake. I'm pretty frustrated that the majority of the samples in the kits I got are Fenty Matte specifically, they have a tint product and a hydrating one and I would have liked to try those too. 

• 100- Basically White
• 105 - Very Yellow and also too light for me
• 110- Mixed it with moisturizer- less cakey but still too light for me. At one point in time I owned this shade because it's what matched in store, but I could never actually wear it (never trust the makeup counter lights- always get a sample) 
• 120 I don’t understand the Fenty range this color feels almost  okay while 150 is too light 
• 145 - Too olive for me
• 150 Should work for me based on other brands but it also felt way too light- likely as a result of how full coverage it is. 
• 185- Well this is my perfect shade match its way darker than I would ever think to buy- and I won't ever buy it because "cake face" isn't my style.  (10th Foundation 1 product = $10)

Other Foil Packets-not counted in empties or value. 

Glamglow Tropical Cleanse- Like all other glam glow products- this one burns, not as bad as the others, but it's pretty bad- especially anywhere near the eyes. 

Progress

Missha Soft Finish SPF50/PA+++- Korean skin care is the best and so far I'm loving this sunscreen. It has a light milky pink in color and blends into skin.  No noticeable flash back. It does leave a soft focus finish as advertised. Wore it under makeup in Europe and it was fine- I typically did sunscreen early and the  foundation after 30 minutes this seemed to work well. If you have darker skin you may not like this as it does leave a milky light pink finish on the skin. I used up close to half of the bottle in August, but was reapplying more than I will in the fall- should finish sometime in October. 

Eyeko Shadow Stick- This was my only eye make up on vacation- it was perfect for 10 days worth of light makeup days, After that I really needed to sharpen it and could no longer use it til I got home because the wood part of the pencil was scratchy. I continued use but less often once we got home and I had more colorful options 

Ivory Oak soap: I cut my large bar into 4 pieces for ease of use and finished 1 piece at home and brought another on vacay as my hand and body soap and used it up in 13 days; leaving me half the bar left to use at home (probably 2 months worth) Currently using the Oatmeal Honey- It has some grit in it, which I don't love. But I have put in an order for their fall collection which I know I love. 

Sephora Brow Pencil I have mine in medium brown.  It has more red in it than I like and feels a lot softer than what I'm use to.  I can and will use it, but I wont repurchase it and will spend the money to go back to what I know and like. 

Shiseido Face Cotton 165 Pack- I love these I know there are reusable options that are probably better for the planet, but I like these more. I got my last pack for $8 at Marshall's- A pack typically lasts me 3-4 months. 

Ren Toner I really believed in June that I'd be done with this by the end of August; and if my skin had behaved, I likely would have been; however, as a result of Covid I suffered from a number of skin issues and maybe used this product 2 times.  I plan to finish it by the end of the year, if not it will be decluttered due to being so old, but I can't use it much due to my current skin conditions, and healing those comes first. 

Declutter

GloWish Skin Tint- 2 Deluxe Samples- brought it with a bunch of foil packs on vacation- WAY TO DARK for me. I had it in the shade 03 light. It also pilled up when applied over sunscreen. Had to chuck it. No Price known. 

It Cosmetics Bye Bye Foundation - I have this in the wrong shade its too dark, It's at least 5 years old and is also not a formula I really like- Makes me feel cakey. $44

Incoming: 

I don't count my main fabfitfun box items as individual incoming because I get them so much below retail and cannot identify as specific price, but I do count the extra items I choose to add to the box; which I got for a discount; the price I identify here is the discounted price.  This quarter I got 2 Items from Earth Harbor: A hydrating serum and an oil cleanser $20 total and a matte lip balm $10. 

Running totals:

Empties: 53+ 9= 62                          Declutters: 56+3 = 59

1242.49+178 =1420.49                875.98 + 44 = $919.48

Clock Hours Target Setting

 During the summer of 2022 I completed 155.5 clock hours.  The reason for this- to work towards capping my pay scale.  In my district teachers are paid for the years of experience by rows and level of degree and additional learning credits they have by columns.  During the 2021-22 school year I moved columns to be at Masters + 45.  I wondered how quickly I could push to Masters +90 the top of our pay scale.  I realized I had credits from a grad program that never got added, so after adding those and 30 of my summer's clock hours that I completed before the end of the '22 school year I am at Masters and 55 credit hours.  This meant I needed 35 more quarter credit hours or 350 more clock hours to cap out.  Now this mission is how fast can I do this? 

So here is where we are at going into the school year

350-120 over the summer = 230 

Goal for this school year: 

100 Clock hours through WEA asynchronous PD- I will keep track of those similarly to 

25 Clock hours through a Personal Growth Plan 

10 Through OSPI Trainings 

50 through the PDs and Trainings of my normal Duties 

= 185 During the 2022-23 school year

230-185= 45 to be completed during the summer of '23. 

Move up pay scale for the 2023-24 school year. 

Is it ambitious- Yes. Am I motivated by money- yes I am. 

I'm also okay if I don't meet this goal.  My firm goal is to move columns during the 2023-24 school year. 

So if you work with me or know me, check in every once in a while and see how the progress is going.  It helps to know other people know I'm doing this, because it keeps me on track with the schedules I've made for myself.

-Signing off for now

C

Summer 2022 Trainings

 This is just a post on the trainings I completed this summer and if I'd recommend them.  My goal was to complete 100 clock hours between June 1st and August 25th (I start back to work on the 26th with required back to work trainings).  I exceeded my goal with 155.5 hours over 12 weeks (but taking 3 for vacation-no work at all) So I thought I'd take a moment to share what I did.  These trainings are for Washington Educators only.  Some of them are One-Offs but many are available on an ongoing basis. 

WEA Trainings: 

These trainings are free and are offered by the state union body. These are all synchronous zoom meetings.  10 Clock Hours total 

• Implicit Bias- Introduction and LGBTQ+ 3 Clock Hours
• Good training- An introduction I'm hoping for more in depth trainings to come in the fall. - This training has been offered in rotation for at least the last year on the WEA PD website. 
• Using Restorative Justice Practices in Education 4 Clock hours
• Good topic to be covering, but I don't feel the training was well run. I like getting templates and lists with ideas and the trainers actually refused to provide that when asked.  They said "We could but that's not the purpose of this training".  I don't feel like I left with any skills or enough knowledge to bring these principals into the classroom. 
• Implicit Bias- Introduction and Race & Ethnicity 3 Clock Hours
• Definitely a introductory training-But still totally worth it.
• I wanted to attend this prior to attending the Beyond Implicit Bias training - I'm glad I did
• Discipline Rate tracker
  
• It was really interesting and alarming to look at the difference between our district as a whole and the building I work in. 
• Used small groups effectively. 
• This training has been offered for the last 4+ years on rotation. 

OSPI Trainings: 

These trainings are free and are offered directly from the state- you can sign up using PDenroller.  These are a combination of Zoom Meetings and eLearning opportunities.  83.5 Clock hours total

Zoom Trainings

• Pause for Presence: The evolution of Healing-Centered Equity in Education 3 Clock Hours
• Group therapy time for teachers.  This was a really unique training. The realization that we need to take time for self-care and providing clock hours to do it. I wish OSPI would make this a series- I'd go every Month
• Financial Education Novice Teacher Training Grades 6-12 6 Clock hours
• Don't like the Novice teacher part fool you- its just for teachers who haven't gotten the financial literacy training before.  I am so glad I went. I feel like I have a clear place to pull standards from for my consumer math class as well as a bunch of resources I can use for my Math Models class when we get to our budgeting and finance unit.  
• 1 of the trainers got really easily side tracked, but the other 2 were great.  They also mailed me all of the materials on a flash drive so I can access anything we didn't cover
• Mentor Academy 101 12 Clock Hours
• Great Training- Provide plenty of time for active connection with other people in the training
• I am doing this training to be a better department chair and develop a stronger team that feels safe in trying new things. 
• I wonder if this training is required for all Mentors in my district and if not why? 
• Provides Time to actually Practice the work, do observations and discuss in groups 
• Graduation Equity Webinar Series 1.5 clock hours 
• Anxiety, School Avoidance and Reengagement 
• Video Webinar Streamed live to Youtube- Minimal Engagement 
• Sit and Get Training 
• Live Captioned and Signed by an ASL interpreter 
• The Way to Staff Welling Being in Schools: Creating a Wellness Committee 1 Clock hour
• Sit and get webinar
• Apparently the Wellness Committees are another state requirement with no funding. 
• Not entirely sure who thought asking teachers to do more with less would improve our wellness but they were wrong. 

WIDA Trainings- e Learning

• WIDA eWorkshop: Developing Language Learning in Mathematics 4 Clock Hours
• WIDA eWorkshop: Engaging Multilingual Learners in Science: Making Sense of Phenomena  4 Clock Hours
• WIDA eWorkshop: Social Studies: Engaging Multilingual learners through inquiry 4 Clock Hours
• WIDA eWorkshop: Classroom teachers: Engaging Multilingual Newcomers 2 Clock Hours
• WIDA Microlearning: Equity Focused PLCs: A resource Guide 1 Clock Hour
• WIDA eWorkshop: Home Languages in the Classroom 20 Clock hours 

If you plan to work through the WIDA materials- Give yourself at least 30 minutes per clock hour to learn and work through the materials. It's not something you can just rush through in an hour. I download all the readings and did them over a few days and then went back and answered all the questions on a final day. That's the system that works for me as I had all of my notes and had time to think about connections before answering the questions. 

I really like the interactive aspects of many of the WIDA offered trainings and did work my way through the workbooks as I did the trainings. I have a folder on my laptop of MLL supports broken down my category so I have easy access to resources during the school year.  I do think I'll bring some of the systems into my classroom next year. -Specifically templates that can easily be added to the support binder in my co-taught classes. 

Other e Learning

• Teachers working with Para Educators 25 Clock Hours 
• This has a lot of really great resources and in fact they have a para educator training that walks along side it that I will likely pull from for Para trainings next school year.
• If you are familiar with a lot of these concepts it will not take you 25 hours
• If working with paras is something that has been difficult for you and that you've struggled with give yourself the time to really dive into the learning. 

Other Educational Districts - 

Available through PDenroller - These trainings do have a fee associated with the clock hours- that fee is currently $3 per clock hour.  I don't mind paying a fee if other educational districts are putting on better trainings- which they are. 46 clock hours (Cost $138) 

• Co-teaching Formats: Choosing and Implementing in Virtual and Face-to-Face settings 1 Clock hour
• Honestly super easy refresher with some good ideas- I'd recommend for people who have never Co-taught before or 1st year partnerships. 
• Digital Navigation Services 3 Clock Hours 
• Focused on Gaps in Digital Access and Digitial Literacy
• Best thing I got from it is a reminder to access the Digital Literacy Curriculum by Grade Level 
• AESD: Foundations of Project Based Learning 18 STEM Clock hours 
• Really good training- Forced me to think about how to shift from Projected Oriented Learning to Project Based learning
• Each module worked through another section of filling in a planning template 
• I left with useable materials and a plan for the first unit. 
• I'd say I'm half way done with planning the first month of school. 
• Also bonus I got the require STEM clock hours I need to renew my math Cert. 
• I can never do the STEM trainings during the school year as they conflict with Special Ed Trainings. 
• Similar to the larger WIDA trainings I downloaded the readings and did them over several days before going back and answering all the learning prompts. 

• LMSS: Level up your Tech Game 3 Clock hours
• LMSS: Deep Dive Into Microsoft Teams for Secondary 12 Clock Hours
• Video Conferencing with Microsoft Teams 3 Clock hours
• AESD Professional Learning on Demand: LMS 101 Microsoft Teams 6 Clock hours

Everything to do with Microsoft teams would have been really helpful 2 years ago.  At this point the 101 and Video Conferencing were all things I felt proficient at already- could have skipped those.  The Deep Dive and Level up did teach me a few new things and certainly made me more comfortable setting up my class note book and using the features and tools imbedded in teams.  All that being said; these are a quick and easy way to get clock hours. 

My District Only:

Trainings I have to do for my job or that were offered through summer institute 

• Right Response Training 16 Clock Hours
• For those not familiar RR trainings is 3/4ths deescalation and how we shape experiences to limit negative outcomes
• I think every single person who works with children should do this portion of the training. 
• 1/4th of the training is hands on. 
• I have not put my hands on a child in 5 years I am grateful for that, but understand the need from the district to continue to have me certified given my role.