Hi All,
I hope that all is going well and that you are staying warm. I'm grateful for the sunshine and also wondering why it needs to be so darn cold to be sunny! I wanted to take a moment to thank you all again for making Friday night so special for so many kids. We had a very full house and it was a lovely night of community. Look a the JOY from the faces of the PK kids watching dress rehearsal.
I'm looking forward to another opportunity to bring our families together on Math Night, February 17th.
Observations from the Field
- Saw lots of teachers meeting with students for lunches and playing with kids in practice
- Teams problem solving to meet the needs of kids
- Staff advocating for what is best for students
- Staff showing excitement for thinking about school in different ways
- Staff supporting families by giving them rides to performances
- Creative problem solving to make sure families get the food that they need
News and Announcements
- Gearing up for the DESSA
- If you could login to Aperture Education. Please check your class roster and report to Tim Couture if something is missing or needs to be added
- Friendly reminder--- I'm working hard to respond to emails in a more timely manner. My time frame is to respond within 24 hours. If you need an immediate response off hours please call/text or check in with Lori and have her reach out to me.
- You may have noticed that we have new partnerships with some Mental Health providers. This is apart of our newly defined approach to creating pathways to supports for students. This partnership does not cost the school any money, the school counselors are screened using out background check/fingerprint process and clinicians are required to take insurance. The approval of the partnerships is contingent on space in the building. If you have any questions please let me know! Please see the approach that was shared with our broader community:
Berlin Mental Health Approach
Berlin Elementary School recognizes the need for families and students to have access to regular, supportive mental health care. Our School Counselor is always available to support students, help with resources and connect families with additional services.
When a student and family wishes to access services for longer periods of time, or with outside trained professionals, Berlin Elementary will assist and support by:
→ Maintaining a current list of providers that accept insurance locally
→ Assisting with referral and waitlist processes
→ Decreasing barriers to accessing mental health services by supporting students in connecting with clinicians during the school day
At times, the best way to connect students with clinicians and ensure that necessary care is provided is to offer use of space in the building, and access during school hours. For this to happen,
Parents inform BES School Counselor and/or Principal of need
BES coordinates with family to align scheduling in the least disruptive way to student’s
learning
BES Counselor and Provider coordinate care
Marshall Memo 1122
This week's quotes and articles come from School Administrator, The Monthly Dispatch, Transcend, Ithaca College, Shanahan on Literacy, Scientists in the Making, The Journal of the Learning Sciences, Principal Leadership, and Edutopia. The headlines:
- Using GenAI as a butler, a thinking partner, and a sparring partner
- A vision for effective schools in the age of AI
- Phonics, structured literacy, and comprehensive literacy
- Timothy Shanahan on when to start teaching reading
- Unpacking Tier 3 science words so students understand
- Using students' everyday knowledge in math assessments
- Onboarding a newly hired administrator
- How to handle a meeting on problematic student behavior
If you want an HTML version of this week's Memo, please click here. To listen to a podcast of last week's issue (#1121), click here. For a podcast of this week's Memo, just log in at www.marshallmemo.com later this week and click Podcasts.
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