This is an article written by Tom Whitby for ASCD Edge. Tom is a college/university professor and can be followed on twitter at @Tomwhitby. I found the article less about twitter and more about a philosophical change in education from teaching to learning. Tom focuses on how students are learning in the 21st Century, and suggests that educators need to have a "growth mindset" and be willing to come out of their comfort zones as life long learners. One way to do that is to develop and expand your Professional Learning Network, or PLN. This can be done in your school as you expand your connections with people in your building, or as Tom suggests, on social media via Twitter. I personally believe twitter has allowed me to share ideas, build connections outside school walls, and learn from the great minds in education all over the world. I challenge you to continue to push yourself to learn, and truly focus on what students are learning in your classes vs. what we are teaching and expect them to learn - do they match? Take on a growth mindset and look to expand your PLN to assist you in your growth as life long learners. I look to facilitate a twitter 101 session at our next Unconference faculty meeting and hope to see you there!
Bill
We are excited to hold our first ever Professional Unconference today from 2:45-3:45 in lieu of our traditional faculty meeting. Thank you to today's facilitators for stepping up to lead important discussions! There will be sign in sheets on the table outside the library for you to sign before you leave for the day. For Details on today's event & schedules click HERE
DESE Has Chosen Our District for a Comprehensive Review
DESE will be visiting MRSD November 14-17. Please see the following attachments that will provide an outline of the visit and specific activities DESE will conduct while here. Let's show them the great things happening at our school and look forward to feedback that can constructively move us forward.
Our Tiered intervention and supports for this school year are beginning to hit on all cylinders and data is indicating great progress. We started with summer programs for our students and now are focusing on identifying our struggling learners through grade 8 team meetings, progress reports/report cards and our SST process. Our academic support center is an excellent avenue for our struggling students to receive targeted intervention and support. For this to work we need everyone to be on board- this is a school community effort.
WHAT WE DO IN THE ACADEMIC CENTER
- One-semester and/or full-year course that runs five blocks of the school day
- Students use class time to complete schoolwork from other academic course and gain subject-specific instructional support
- Students are referred via guidance and the SST process
- Upperclass student mentors are able to sign up to provide social and academic support to students in the center
WHAT I NEED FROM TEACHERS
- Memorize which students of yours are in the academic center, and cc me (Caitlyn Coughlin) on all relevant email communication
- If you have comments or concerns regarding a student for ANY reason - good or bad - contact me.
- Drop off any work that you would like students to complete during their time in the center. There is a blue folder on the desk in the academic center to sing in work. You can also drop materials off in my mailbox (with instructions please!) at any time.
I will be sending out Google Classroom invitations to every teacher who shares at least one student with me. I would like teachers to join that classroom and stay involved with the activity of that page. Two-way communication is key for student success in this program!
Thank you,
Caitlyn
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The athletic Department is looking for staff to work winter sports contests- scoreboard, announcer, ticket taker and security. Great way to get involved and earn some $ for holiday shopping! Contact Karen Guillemette if interested at kguillemette@monomoy.edu
Everyone should have paperwork in your mailboxes on our new and improved Student Support Team process. Please review the forms and feel free to ask any follow-up questions - direct questions to Ms. Police. The Student Support Team will be prepared to clarify the process at an upcoming faculty meeting as well.
Importantly, we hope this process will allow for some collaborative problem solving to address any chronic students concerns.
For your planning purposes here is the Enrichment Calendar - which you'll see is a work in progress. Thank you George, Bob, and Lisa for all your efforts making this a special program for our kids. Enrichment Block Schedule 2016.2017. **The November 2, 2016 Enrichment will have students reporting to their attendance rooms and taking the Youth Risk Behavior Survey. This data is extremely important and will be used to compare with our 2014 data and continue to proactively guide our decision with the health and well being of our students. Please encourage students to take this very seriously.
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