https://blogs.4j.lane.edu/madisonstaff/2022/04/15/april-15-2022/
Hi Madison Family,
One things I enjoyed while teaching (and frankly when I was too tired to plan anything awesome, so it was literally born out of “Oh, no, what are we going to do today?”), I had students create a presentation to review with their classmates. It required very little work on my part and they had a great time. This post from T2T reminded me of it and I thought I’d share in case you’re looking for a low prep, high engagement activity. Here are this week’s updates:
| Mon, April 18 | Tue, April 19 | Wed, April 20 | Thur, April 21 | Fri, April 22 |
| 7:45 Climate Team | 8am – GLT | 7:45 Justice League
2:25 Fire Drill |
BSU – 3rd Period
NSU – 6th Period 2:45 – Staff Meeting |
MADISON INFORMATION
- Focus Slide: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17aDPappVbN-pxfZCSttdT-fqaD8ihn5MwQnA47GX4Ug/edit#slide=id.g1244f1c3ad9_0_0
- Staffing Update: I am excited to let you all know that Suzie McLauchlin has accepted a teaching position at Madison next year. She will be teaching one 6th grade SS, two Read180 classes and two French classes. Suzie is currently teaching at SEHS in the IHS program. Before moving to the USA, she taught SS, Philosophy and beginning English in France. If you know Suzie, please give her the warm Madison welcome.
- Congrats to our OBOB Team! Please join me in congratulating our OBOB Team. They represented Madison well. They were close to getting out of pool play but were just beaten out. Nice job Coach Shana!
- ACE Award Nominees: Every single person in education deserves to be recognized and celebrated this year for continuing to show up for kids and each other. There were a record breaking 234 nominations this year. Here are Madison Nominees: Misty, Christina, Heather, Allison, Maddy, Mike, Ms. T, Tyler, and Tim plus our volunteer Paul Bodin. Pretty awesome list!
- State Testing TAs – Thank you to Dorothy for organizing our session and thanks to all for your patience and active engagement as we made our way through Friday’s required training. If you haven’t yet gotten your signed test assurance form in, please put it in Gina’s mailbox. You can not get your login set-up until we have that signed form.
DISTRICT INFORMATION
- Repeat: Suicide Alert Meeting Info: This email from Lane County shares information about suicide prevention that applies to students as young as 4 years old. There’s a slide show, resources (including crisis support, counseling, support groups, bereavement services, and general websites), and a Toolkit for Schools. Just a reminder that if students report or make comments about suicidal ideations or threats of suicide, to immediately reach out to me and Dani so we can intervene.
- Repeat: Claim Your 4J Account: 4J Technology emailed staff a RapidIdentity Quicksheet on how to update your password and account security by Today. This will ensure your usernames and passwords are consistent across all 4J systems and make it easier for the tech department to integrate new systems. The short version is to go this link and follow the directions.
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND OTHER INFORMATION
- Reframing Assessments as Checkpoints: In this article from Edutopia, 5th grade teacher Steven Goldman discusses how his team rebranded tests as “checkpoints” and administered them every two weeks. In doing so, they saw not only an increase in learning, but a decrease in test anxiety as well. This shift in how both teachers and students viewed assessments created positive outcomes even in rooms where mistakes were normalized.
Next Week at a Glance:
| Mon, April 25 | Tue, April 26 | Wed, April 27 | Thur, April 28 | Fri, April 29 |
| Start of State Testing for Science
Focus Assemblies
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7:45- TLC
8am – Safety Meeting 9:15 – We go to Awbrey Park |
9:15 – We go to Spring Creek | LSU – 2nd Period
GSA – 6th Period Building PD – 2:45 |
We hope you have a great week!
Gina and Peter
