Launch
News & Notes for East Middle Faculty and Staff
East was well represented at Ky.Council for Teachers of English Conference
What I learned last week at OVEC
Why did it resonate? Because it is the next layer of our vision for East Middle.
In this passage, I saw the convergence of Thinking Strategies, Authentic Learning and Assessment, and Personalized Learning. Here it is...
Creating a Different Story for Schools
"Creating a new story requires us not only to rethink the purpose and vision of education but also to examine the way schools operate and function as delivery agents of that vision. To change the story and achieve different outcomes, such as those set forth previously, we must send new messages about what learning is and how it happens. Crafting and sending new messages is not an easy task. It requires us to really walk the talk. The old story and its accompanying practices are quite ingrained in us as students, teachers, and parents, making it easy to fall into familiar ways of doing things. In the following chapters, we will focus on how we can marshal and master the forces at work within group culture in a way that will enable us to enact a different story. But first, we must allow ourselves to dream a new vision and articulate its essence." - from Creating Cultures of Thinking by R. Ritchhart
Build your BK in preparation for upcoming Personalized Learning conversations...
http://www.learningpersonalized.com/
http://immooc.org/2017/02/11/the-innovatorsmindset-mooc-starting-february-27-2017-immooc/
http://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/7109
http://k12education.gatesfoundation.org/2016/10/personalized-learning-helping-teachers-spark-a-love-of-learning-in-every-student/?gclid=CNOfkOLKrtICFYi4wAodP9kLVQ
https://www.edsurge.com/research/guides/what-personalized-learning-looks-like-across-the-country-the-2017-fifty-states-project
Takeaway from Lead and Learn Friday
This week's data team and team planning should focus on using the tools in MAP to pinpoint the skills these kiddos need to become assessment proficient. I'll share those spreadsheets in a separate email.
Who will work with them in 6th period?
Are there upcoming lessons that could boost these skills for all students?
How can Social Studies, Science, and Related Arts teachers help?
Can we invite them for ESS?
PROGRAM REVIEW- WE ALL HAVE EVIDENCE TO SHARE
What's going on this week at East?
Yankee Candle Fundraiser kickoff in the gym 2:15-2:40 6th grade; 3-3:25 7th grade
Tues - Data Team meetings
1-7th ELA
3-6th ELA
4th-6Sci
5th-7SciFaculty meeting - Wisconsin visit sharing & discourse (review links above in preparation)
Wed - Team Leader meeting 7:30- conference talk
Thurs - Data Team meetings
1st period- 7 SS
3rd period- 6 SS
4th period – 6 ma
5th period – 7 ma
Band Spaghetti Dinner; join us in the cafeteria or order takeout to support!! 5-7 pm
Fri - I Team Conversations- continuing "Bubble" convo and planning
Cox's Whereabouts
Tues - at East; Data Teams; Faculty
Wed - at East; Spaghetti Dinner 5-7
Thurs - KASA Deeper Learning Session in Louisville with Mr. Roettger & Ms. Wilt
Fri - at East; I-Teams