Hawk Herald
News and Notes for Teachers- Feb 26
Dear Staff
We are back in the thick of things. Don't forget to do the advisory lessons and keep up the good work of being present in the hallways. Kids notice.
Mary
AVID site team
Eastwood DLP visit
Secondary Leadership Collaboration
Meetings and Events
Monday-26
- Advisory Lesson-https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Aq60jUFQ0EVnate0SteRtk6aQoD519mAw36KUV95HMo/edit?ts=5a8f670a#slide=id.p
- Assistant Meeting 8:45
Tuesday-27 ELPA testing begins
- Team Meetings-Cooper hawks and Red-tails Pod 4
- Advisory Lesson https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1CO5W8duCKj77NfhiF4BHalDvWhrvgjkH7u5MkYe3eXM/edit?ts=5a872be7#slide=id.p
- Academic Planning Night at Hilhi 6:00pm
Wednesday-28
- Academic Seminar 7:50
- Attendance 10:10
- Trauma Informed Task Force 3:30
Thursday-1 Voluntary Transfer Deadline
- Team Meetings-Sparrow hawks and Royal hawks pod 1
- Secondary Leadership Collaboration 8:00 AC 100
- FAMU Inservice in Library
Friday-2
- SST
Mid-year Goal Reviews in Perform
Amplify PD for MS science teachers
PD for all middle school science teachers on April 3. Seventh grade teachers will attend from 8:00 - 11:30, and eighth grade science teachers will attend from 12:30 - 4:00. Please share this information with your teachers. Instructional coaches supporting science teachers are welcome to attend. For more information, please click HERE.
Changemakers
In this New York Times column, David Brooks says that low-level, repetitive work is rapidly being taken over by machines. In the emerging economy, he believes, rule-followers who plod through mechanical work will find themselves out of work, and the advantage will go to changemakers – “people who can see the patterns around them, identify the problems in any situation, figure out ways to solve the problem, organize fluid teams, lead collective action and then continually adapt as situations change… It doesn’t matter if you are working in the cafeteria or the inspection line of a plant, companies will now only hire people who can see problems and organize responses.”
How can we develop this capacity in children? Imagine a 12-year-old girl telling a parent about an interpersonal problem at school. “This is a big moment,” says Brooks. “You pause what you are doing and ask her if there’s anything she thinks she can do to solve the problem, not just for this situation but for the next time it happens, too. Very few kids take action to solve the first problem they see, but eventually they come back having conceived and owning an idea. They organize their friends and do something. The adult job now is to get out of the way. Put the kids in charge. Once a kid has had an idea, built a team, and changed her world, she’s a changemaker. She has the power. She’ll go on to organize more teams. She will always be needed.”
One of the key qualities of changemakers is cognitive empathy – the ability to perceive how people are feeling in evolving circumstances. Another quality is agency – the belief that you can and must make a difference. “Today,” says Brooks, “schools have to develop the curriculums and assessments to make the changemaking mentality universal. They have to understand this is their criterion for success… Millions of people don’t feel that they can take control of their own lives. If we could give everyone the chance to experience an agency moment, to express love and respect in action, the ramifications really could change the world.”
South Meadows Middle School
Email: mendezm@hsd.k12.or.us
Website: http://schools.hsd.k12.or.us/southmeadows
Location: 4690 Southeast Davis Road, Hillsboro, OR, United States
Phone: 503-844-1220
Facebook: facebook.com/SouthMeadowsMiddleSchool