Madison Middle School

By barsotti_p 　https://blogs.4j.lane.edu/madisonstaff/2023/03/10/march-10th-2023/

Dear Madison Family,

Here are this week’s updates:

MADISON INFORMATION     

• This Year Staffing Update: 
  
  • 5.5 EA: Peter and Gina are looking to fill the EA that works mostly with Amy and students on her caseload.
  • 2023-24 Staffing: The staffing deadline was extended as they won’t provide us our SSC, ESC, and other staffing until March 15.
• Staffing for 23/24: The overall gist for next year is that our certified staff is one less. Our general fund classified staffing was cut by 0.25 hours for general EA staffing and +8.5 hours in special education. Finally, we are a school identified by the state as a school in need of improvement (targeted school), the state is giving us an extra $60,000 to improve instruction. 
  • Certified Allocations
    • We received 18 FTE for classrooms. This is the one less FTE as this year.
    • Our SPED FTE licensed staff remains the same.
    • Our counselor FTE remains the same.
    • ELD staffing have not yet been shared.
  • Classified Allocations
    • We received 32.75 hours which is a reduction of 0.25 hour per day from this year. 
    • Our special education hours were increased from 26.5 to 35 hours. 
  • Next Year Enrollment Projections: 
    • 6th Grade = 137 Students
    • 7th Grade = 145 Students
    • 8th Grade = 137 Students   
• Love Food, Not Waste: On March 20th, we are going to start a 4 day series during Focus on Food Waste.  We are creating the lessons for you.  Our Food recycling is going to start on 24th.  The other middle schools have started this process with different amount of success.  If this is something you are interested in, please let Peter know.  Here is a link to more information if you are courious what is coming your way.
     
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DISTRICT INFORMATION        

• ACE Award Nominations: Nominations for this year’s ACE awards are now open. Please visit the link here to nominate a Champion in Education. Nomination categories include Classified Staff, Licensed Staff, Volunteers, and Administrators. Nominations are open until March 31.
     
• March EdTech Newsletter: I know we get a lot of newsletters and I’m guilty of not really looking at them (don’t tell anyone). However, I found some really good resources in this month’s tech newsletter. Some topics you might be interested in include: building augmented reality escape room, a link to a podcast on helping kids with tech addiction, and the link to Novel_Effect’s March read aloud calendar. 
     
• Repeat: Summer School Job Opportunities: If you’re interested in working summer school or KITS, check out the job postings on the 4J website. There are classified and certified postings up. They’re listed under KITS and SEAL. ESY hasn’t opened their postings other than lead teacher. Summer school will run from June 29-August 15. 

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND OTHER INFORMATION   

• Novel Effect: If you haven’t checked out the Novel Effect app, and want to spice up your read alouds, take a few minutes to check it out. Novel Effect listens to you as you read and adds music and sound effects to key parts of the story. It has effects for hundred of your favorite read alouds.

Looking Ahead:

I hope you have a wonderful week!

Peter and Gina