JCISD LEARNING SERVICES UPDATE
Volume 3, Issue 2
Happy Holidays from Learning Services!
Support Attendance in the Winter Months
These tough, but common winter conditions mean it is even more important to remind parents about the importance of good attendance so they are motivated to make every effort to get their children to school despite the challenges! Absences, even if they are excused, can add up to academic trouble.
The tools and resources in this winter messaging toolkit (on this page, below) can help parents and community members develop strategies and plans to overcome weather-related barriers that stand in the way of getting children to school. While such extra steps are important for all families, they are even more important for low-income students who are more likely to depend on public transit or walking to get to school, both of which can be easily disrupted in bad weather. These same students are less likely to have access to good health care, making them more susceptible to colds and other ailments.
Start preparing your Green School Applications Now!
During the program's inaugural year, 18 state schools participated. This past academic year saw over 650 participating schools with 25 schools from Jackson County being recognized. Congratulations to you all!
REMEMBER - only applications submitted through the MGS Online App Link between January 1 and March 1 will be reviewed for acceptance. Be thorough and complete in your submission.
You can find links to the worksheet and application here.
We're here if you have questions!
Nominate a MiSTEM Region 2 Educator of the Year Award
Two educators will be recognized: • STEM Educator of the Year Award: The award recognizes a consistent record of outstanding teaching and related activities in STEM fields, focusing on the last 5 years accomplishments. • STEM Integration Educator of the Year Award: The award recognizes an educator who primarily teaches outside of traditional STEM-fields and who has a consistent record of integration of STEM-principles and high quality STEM-related experiences for students, focusing on the last 5 years accomplishments.
The deadline for nominations will be Friday, December 20, 2019.
Click here for more information!
Mary Howard is coming to Northwest High School!
Jackson ISD is excited to announce that Dr. Mary Howard will be sharing her expertise on "Increasing Your Reading Intervention Impact" in March at Northwest High School!
Dr. Mary Howard is a powerhouse consultant and dynamic seminar leader. She has often been described as a “teachers’ teacher,” gifted with a special insight into classroom realities and a master at translating research into practice. An educator for almost five decades, she combines extensive experiences as a special education, Title 1 and Reading RecoveryTM teacher and continues to provide in-school support as a reading consultant and literacy coach. She is the author of RTI from All Sides: What Every Teacher Needs to Know (Heinemann, 2009).
Her seminars are fast paced and inspiring, filled with rich literacy strategies that can be immediately implemented across the curriculum. Mary understands classrooms of today and has supported teachers in all fifty states in creating high quality literacy experiences. Her no-nonsense approach gives teachers a deeper understanding of the learning process, enabling them to transform the teaching process into a powerful tool to maximize the potential of every child.
Join us to learn how to increase the effectiveness of your literacy interventions and fine tune your program so it functions at the maximum level.
Target Audience: K-5 General and Special Education Teachers and School Administrators of Jackson County, Michigan.
Register NOW!
Vaping Solution Room Day 1 Success!
JCISD has teamed together with educators, administrators, law enforcement agencies, public health consultants and government representatives to pull together a plan of action in regards to the recent vaping epidemic. In November Eric Swihart kicked off our first Solution Room and it was a huge success! Terrific information was shared in a space that was energized with leading edge plans to get ahead of this health threat. The team will reconvene on December 9th to continue making progress on this nation wide epidemic. Please join us if you want to be a part of this very important process. Email Eric at eric.swihart@jcisd.org for more information.
Upcoming Science PD Opportunities:
Math Academy List
Learning Services Updates Quarterly
ADDITIONAL LINKS
LEARNING SERVICES TEAM CONTACT INFORMATION
Director of Instruction and Learning Services
- Tovah Sheldon, tovah.sheldon@jcisd.org, (517) 990-3612
- Dan Luciani, dan.luciani@jcisd.org, (517) 768-5238
Data and Assessment
- Jennifer Fox, Jennifer.fox@jcisd.org, (517) 768-5212
- Deb Spencer (Support), deb.spencer@jcisd.org, (517) 768-5175
Early Childhood (Birth to Grade 3) / Great Start Collaborative / GSRP Preschool
- Jean Allison, jean.allison@jcisd.org, (517) 990-6710
- Wendy Bell, wendy.bell@jcisd.org, (517) 990-8046
- Christina Blackwell, christina.blackwell@jcisd.org, (517) 990-8015
- Catherine Brubaker, catherine.brubaker@jcisd.org
- Kelly Friedland, kelly.friedland@jcisd.org, (517) 990-3625
- Kelly Sheppard, kelly.sheppard@jcisd.org (517) 768-5281
- Deb Spencer (Support), deb.spencer@jcisd.org, (517) 768-5175
Literacy
- Maeghan McCormick, maeghan.mccormick@jcisd.org, (517) 768-5191
- Sandy White, sandra.white@jcisd.org, (517) 990-6718
- Amanda McCabe, amanda.mccabe@jcisd.org, (517) 990-8049
- Tammy Minder (Support), tammy.minder@jcisd.org, (517) 768-5158
Mathematics / Science
- Heather Holshoe, heather.holshoe@jcisd.org, (517) 768-5151
- William Montgomery, william.montgomery@jcisd.org, (517) 990-6717
- Angela Maddox (Support, SCECHs),angela.maddox@jcisd.org, (517) 768-5251
School Improvement
- Jessica Bucklin, jessica.bucklin@jcisd.org, (517) 768-5759
- Jennifer Fox, jennifer.fox@jcisd.org, (517) 768-5212
- Dan Luciani, dan.luciani@jcisd.org, (517) 768-5238
- Deb Spencer (Support), deb.spencer@jcisd.org, (517) 768-5175
Whole Child / School Health / Project AWARE / Attendance and Homeless Programs
- Janelle Buchler, janelle.buchler@jcisd.org, (517) 787-5903
- Eric Swihart, eric.swihart@jcisd.org,
- Rebecca Hurst, rebecca.hurst@jcisd.org,
- Caitlin Williams, caitlin.williams@jcisd.org, (517) 768-5264
- Kelsea Jabkiewicz, kelsea.jabkiewicz@jcisd.org
- Angela Maddox (Support), angela.maddox@jcisd.org, (517) 768-5251