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Hi All, 

What a weather weekend! I know I enjoyed the sunshine and spring weather yesterday. Today is feeling much more like a comfy, cozy day. Last week was a really nutty week with all the sickness. I appreciate your understanding and flexibility in all of the ways. 

Observations From the Field

• Teachers showcasing flexibility 
• Adults regulating before connecting with kids 
• Folks making VTCAP work in all the ways
• Students stepping up to be leaders---showcasing their best selves 
• People bringing connection by asking students genuine questions 
• Staff holding each other accountable to our norms in kindness and communication
• Folks noticing patterns of behavior in their class and taking steps to address the root cause.
• For example---wiggly bodies---introducing more whole class movement 

News and Announcements

• Letters of Intent: Please return your letters to Lori. If you have questions about your letter please let me know ASAP. 
• I'm looking into this Strategic Scheduling Bootcamp from the AOE. I'm wondering if a small group like 3-4 people may be interested in joining me. I know we've talked a lot about schedules and this seems like a great opportunity. Let me know by the end of day Monday if you're interested. Here's the link: Bootcamp Information.
• We will be testing with VTCAP next week. Please double check on space reservation. If we happened to double book something please allow the students to finish their assessments. 
• Please remember to: 
• Keep noise to a minimum in the hallways
• Covering supporting information in your classroom (posters/anchor charts/etc.) 
• Here is the link to the VTCAP Training document that we utilized during staff meeting. It also houses the newest Test Administrator's Manual that was just updated last week! 
• Cards and supporting materials will be printed and distributed tomorrow. 
• Here are the testing days/schedule and locations for groups outside of the general classroom setting: 

Week 2  —- April 7th — April 9th
Day/Date	Time	Who	Activity: Focus	Location
Tuesday, April 7th	9:15-10:45	Rob	Math Session 1	Christine – Jessica’s Office   Brittany—Conference Room
	1:45-3:00	Rob	Math Session 2	Christine— Jessica’s Office  Brittany– Conference Room
	9:15-10:45	Downing	Math Session 1	Addie — SPED Office   Jessica Maurais—  Music Room
	1:45-3:00	Downing	Math Session 2	Becky P—  SPED Office  Jessica Maurais— Music Room
Wednesday, April 8	10:15-11:30	Velez	Math Session 1	Christine— Art Room
	1:00-2:30	Velez	Math Session 2	Amadeus— His Space
Thursday, April 9th	10:15-11:30	Armstrong	Math Session 1	Becky P— Art Room  Kim Knapp– Her Space  Sarah D— EEE/Speech Room   Amadeus— His Office
	1:00-2:30	Armstrong	Math Session 2	Sarah D - EEE/Speech Room Amadeus— His Office  Celia Guggemos — Art Room  Kim Knapp— Her Space
	10:15-11:30	Wagner	Math Session 1	Megan Mitchell — Her space  Colby—  Library Office  Jessica Maurais– Her Office
	1:00-2:30	Wagner	Math Session 2	Megan Mitchell— Her Space  Jessica Maurais - Her Office Colby— Library Office

• • Upcoming Events: 
  • VTCAP Testing 
  • April 8th: Poetry in the Library 5:30-7:30 
  • April 16th: Reading to End Racism 
  • May 8th: 6th Grade Spaghetti Dinner 
  • May 19th: Art/Music Show 

Marshall Memo 1131

This week's quotes and articles come from Leadership Freak, The Guardian, Coaching Letter, Kappan, Education Gadfly, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Journal of the Learning Sciences, Reading Research Quarterly, The Paste Eater's Blog, Education Week, and Language Arts. The headlines:

• Tasks, time, teaching, and beliefs: what matters most?
• A teacher bonds with her struggling students over basketball
• Problematic and promising uses of AI in teacher evaluation
• Is artificial intelligence eroding our ability to think?
• Evolution: addressing misconceptions and scaffolding understanding
• Fifteen human rights in literacy classrooms
• Metaphors for high school
• Six-word epigrams for teachers
• Award-winning children's fiction

If you want an HTML version of this week's Memo, please click here. To listen to a podcast of last week's issue (#1130), click here. For a podcast of this week's Memo, just log in at www.marshallmemo.com later this week and click Podcasts. A correction in last week's Memo: the author of item #5 is Tacey Miller, not Tracey Miller. My apologies! The corrected Memo is on the website.

What's Happening at BES?

Monday 4/6	HJC 8:15
Tuesday 4/7
Wednesday 4/8	K-6 Teacher PD 8:20-9:20 Staff Meeting 3:10-4:45 Art Room  Community Library Night 5:30-7:30
Thursday  4/9
Friday 4/10	Team Meetings K-2 Academic 3-6 Attendance/Behavior

Where is Celia?

Monday 4/6	HJC 8:15 Union Meeting 9:15-10:00 Meeting with Kim 11:00-11:40 SPED Meeting 11:40 Celia and Julia 2:30-3:15
Tuesday 4/7	WCLT--- Celia Out until 12:00  Student Meeting 3:45
Wednesday 4/8	K-6 Teacher PD 8:20-9:20 Meeting 9:30-10:00 WCLT Nuts and Bolts 1:00-2:00 Staff Meeting 3:10-4:45 Art Room
Thursday  4/9	Student Meeting 8:00  Celia/Susanne Check In 10:00  BES SST 10:00-10:45 Meeting 1:00  2:55-3:25 Whole School Meeting
Friday 4/10	LAU Plan 7:30-8:30 Team Meetings K-2 Academic 3-6 Attendance/Behavior