Hi All,
I hope that you enjoyed the milder temperatures and even got some vitamin D in this week. I want to take a moment to say thank you for all you do and did to make it a successful first week back after a break. Mary Oliver writes so beautifully and this poem spoke to the simplicity of gratitude for the sun and a slow pause to appreciate all that nature has to offer us.
Observations from the Field
- I saw initiative-- a teammate saw something that wasn't working and took it upon themselves to create something the did all the things
- Teachers greeting students with care, making eye contact
- Adults solving problems at eye level with students
- People stepping in and up to ensure that testing was covered
- People stopping by the office when their charge wasn't there to see what they can do to help
- Teamwork-- a group of parents and teachers working together to ensure a successful night
- Questioning-- I saw folks asking clarifying questions when something didn't seem right.
- Don't forget to fill out this survey Math Night Survey
- Please take a look at the LCAP which has the Mid-year Assessments that need to be completed.
Upcoming Dates
1/20 Inservice 8:00 start at U-32
1/15 All School Meeting
1/21 Joelle 1/2 Day Visit
1/22 Den Groups
1/26-1/30 Circus Residency
1/30 BES Circus
- Please see this announcement from VPA Leads this week:
- National Guard Educator Toolkit and Survey: As many are aware, the Vermont Air National Guard recently underwent a major deployment. Such events can cause significant disruption in the lives of military families, including students. To support students and families that have been impacted, the Family Readiness Program of the Vermont National Air Guard has developed a toolkit for educators, entitled “Hearts on the Homefront.” By completing the Hearts on the Homefront Educator Toolkit Survey, educators, childcare providers, foster parents and afterschool providers can gain access to a toolkit with a wealth of information regarding military culture, suggested supportive language for engaging with impacted students, and general considerations in supporting children through deployments, as well as information about the general impacts of having a military parent or caregiver. This toolkit offers a host of resources to ensure that our military children and families have the support they need as they maintain stability through deployment.
Marshall Memo 1119
It's time for my annual inventory of the publications from which I've summarized the most articles since beginning the Memo in 2003:
- Education Week
- Educational Leadership
- Kappan
- The New York Times
- Harvard Business Review
- Principal Leadership
- Edutopia
- The Reading Teacher
- The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Education Gadfly
- American Educator
Here's a different rank-order: the publications that have had the most "classic" articles so far - those I consider the best of the best:
- Cult of Pedagogy
- Kappan
- The Learning Professional
- American Educator
- The Reading Teacher
- Educational Researcher
- Harvard Business Review
- The New York Times
- Elementary School Journal
- Educational Leadership
- The Chronicle of Higher Education
This week's quotes and articles come from The New York Times, The New Yorker, Leadership, American Educator (more next week), Education Week, Experimental History, Teachers College Record, Elementary School Journal, The Principal Center, Language Arts, School Library Journal, and Cult of Pedagogy. Here are the headlines:
- Are smarter people happier, and if not, why not?
- Dealing with the emotional demands of teaching
- Three school practices that help new teachers stick around
- Instructional leadership and schoolwide systems
- Integrating key components of early reading instruction
- Is the LETRS program better than other literacy PD?
- Grant opportunities for school libraries
- Recommended tech tools
If you want an HTML version of this week's Memo, please click here. To listen to a podcast of last week's issue (#1118), click here. For a podcast of this week's Memo, just log in at www.marshallmemo.com later this week and click Podcasts.
- Here is a signup for continued math PD with Curriculum Associates (iReady Math). If you click on the picture it should bring you to the link to sign up. If not, try this!
Crayola Creativity Week
Ready to bring even more creativity to your classroom? Horace Mann is a proud sponsor of Crayola Creativity Week where imagination takes center stage! Sign up for free and get:
- 7 days of ready-to-use resources you can download immediately.
- Celebrity-led activity videos to inspire your students.
- Virtual classroom visits and giveaways to make learning even more exciting.
- Access to resources that support literacy, STEAM and social-emotional learning all
year long. - The chance to win a four-day, all-expense paid vacation to focus on your creativity, confidence and leadership or $500 in Crayola art supplies.
Sign up today Thank you for everything you do to inspire students each day.
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