https://blogs.4j.lane.edu/madisonstaff/2022/11/10/november-10th-2022/
Dear Monarchs,
It’s finally here! Enjoy the 3 day weekend!!! Thanks to everyone who showed up for collaboration and PD today. Your participation is noticed and appreciated.
Here are this week’s updates.
Mon, Nov 14 | Tue, Nov 15 | Wed, Nov 16 | Thur, Nov 17 | Fri, Nov 18 |
7:45 Optional Ruby Bridges Walk
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7:45 Climate Team
3:45 Justice League |
8:00 – Safety Team | NASU 2nd Period – 904
LSU 3rd Period – 402 BSU 4th period – art rm GSA 6th Period – cafe
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MADISON INFORMATION
- Staffing Update: We interviewed on Wednesday for the open registrar position. Thank you to Queenie and Amy for serving on the interview team. We are currently checking references and share any updates on hires.
- Notes from Friday Staff Collaboration – If you missed Friday morning’s discussion and grade level time, please look over these notes from that time. Key topics included:
- Group agreements around kids in hallways and classrooms during break and lunch
- Updated Teacher Supervision Schedule
- Early Warning Data 40+ percent of our students received D or lower, any next steps to help these students?
- Look at GL systems discuss data. Is there something that we can do to improve any systems for our grade level?
- Please call or email home for any students in your Focus class who are failing multiple classes or really really struggling with attendance. Try to learn a bit about the home situation and how you, as their Madison advisor, can best be supporting their success.GLT:
Early Warning Data Conversation
- Look at Trimester 2 students and see if you want to change any students around to help your class dynamics
- District Support – Please join us in welcoming Joel Lavin, SSD SPED administrator, who will be in the building for several hours each week, in coming weeks, to help support students and also helping with some office supervision in service of releasing Peter and Gina to be in classrooms.
- North Region Ruby Bridges Walk, Monday, Nov. 14:
For anyone interested, we will be meeting on the 14th of November at 7:45 a.m. at Daysprings church on the corner of River Road and Howard Ave and walk down river road..sidewalk to North’s football field to release balloons.
We will have snacks provided by the school and one or two of our students will be speaking about the life of Ruby Bridges before we start walking that morning.
Any District staff that would like to join is welcome to.
DISTRICT INFORMATION
- Friday PD Day: They have paused all Friday PD until January, with the exception of Teacher Choice PD days.
- District Building Support: Teachers received emails last week from our content TOSAs letting you know they are all being temporarily reassigned to support buildings. There are 3 things happening to support schools:
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- Behavior Systems Teams: 4 elementary schools and 2 middle schools will get a team of 3-4 people who will come in this month and possibly next to help establish systems around and respond to student behavior. Those schools are Chavez, Spring Creek, Gilham, McCornack, Kelly, and Cal Young.
- Triage Supports: Much like last year, there will be a team assigned to help cover absences that aren’t being filled.
- Administrative Relief: We’re told that district administrators will be assigned to buildings in the middle of the day (10am-1pm or so) to free up principals to support instruction or strengthen systems. We don’t yet know when or how often these supports will be provided.
- Behavior Systems Teams: 4 elementary schools and 2 middle schools will get a team of 3-4 people who will come in this month and possibly next to help establish systems around and respond to student behavior. Those schools are Chavez, Spring Creek, Gilham, McCornack, Kelly, and Cal Young.
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- Repeat: Vector/Safe Schools Training: You should have received your Safe Schools training link. It does seem to have fewer modules this year than in years past. If for some reason you didn’t receive this email, please email Melissia Morphis at morphis_m@4j.lane.edu and cc me.
Looking Ahead:
Mon, Nov 21 | Tue, Nov 22 | Wed, Nov 23 | Thur, Nov 24 | Fri, Nov 25 |
4:00 P&G to all admin mtg
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7:45 Combined TLC and AVID site council meeting |
8:00 GLT |
No School – Thanksgiving Break
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No School – Thanksgiving Break
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Have a wonderful weekend!
Peter and Gina
In honor of Daylight Savings & these first few days of
arriving in the dark and leaving in the dark.