HUMS staff week of May 6, 2019

Thank you for everything you do!  

ITEMS:

1.  Meetings
May 7 - TA Meeting (HUMS meeting - Kendra's room)

May 14 - Shared Staff Meeting

May 21 - Full Faculty (Part III of Recovery Session Planning)

May 28 - Learning Communities (end of year group work presentations)

May 30 - LT/DH Meeting

2. HUMS meeting

Agenda will be ready by Tuesday afternoon. Please send me items to discuss Included are:

SBAC review, fun night or not to fun night, 8th-grade dinner dance. spirit week activity, transition night (May 13th), Transition meetings, end of the year party etc..

3. I will be in classrooms for the next two to three weeks completing my observations for the year.

It has been a bit challenging to complete them on my original timeline. The office may not have an individual to accept students. Please contact the office for assistance.

4. 

Responsive Classroom FYI's

June 18 - 21 (@ Crossett Brook)

I don't have specific agendas for each day yet, but the days will run from 8:30 - 3:30 with an hour for lunch.

Here is the link for graduate credits (if you want credit) :  RC works with Brandman University to offer credits. Please register through Brandman. Here's the link for that: https://www.responsiveclassroom.org/professional-development-credit/

Middle School Course Bring social-emotional learning practices into your classroom with our Middle School Course!

Responsive Classroom is an evidence-based approach to teaching that's deeply rooted in social-emotional learning (SEL) and focused on engaging academics, positive community, effective management, and developmental awareness.

Benefits

• Research-based approach associated with higher academic achievement

• Reduction in problem behaviors

• Improvement in students' social skills

• More effective teaching through the use of practical and proven strategies

“Fun, informative and enlightening. I had more than a few 'lightbulb moments', and I feel my teaching

practice will greatly benefit from this experience. "- Bill Costanza, Teacher

Course Details In this interactive and engaging four-day course, you'll learn how to design and implement a middle school experience that's responsive to the developmental strengths and needs of young adolescents—while helping your students develop the academic and social skills they need to be successful. Topics will include:

• Creating a safe, positive, and inclusive community with the Responsive Classroom approach to discipline

• Holding Responsive Advisory Meetings—a core practice for middle school

• Using teacher language to encourage student engagement and help them become more responsible

and respectful

• Applying new strategies for effective classroom management

• And so much more

Resources to be handed out: Entry plan (electronic); one Responsive Classroom Middle School Essential Bundle; 30 copies each of Building an Academic Community and Yardsticks; a Consultant Observation and Feedback Visit (including access to the Kaleidoscope tool and one Quick Coaching Guide set of 30).

www.ResponsiveClassroom.org

5. Children’s Books About Women Leaders

            In this article in Social Studies for the Young Learner, Jesse Haight and Vanessa Boryenace (Clarion University of Pennsylvania) suggest books featuring strong female artists, athletes, historical figures, and environmental activists (more in next week’s Memo). Each is followed by the Lexile readability level (L); AD means adult-directed, NC non-conforming:

-  Bloom: A Story of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelliby K. Maclear (HarperCollins, 2018) 670L

-  Maya Angelouby L. Kaiser (Lincoln, 2016) Lexile not available

-  Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Linesby J.W. Harvey (Henry Holt 2017) 800L

-  Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings(about Alta Weiss) by D. Hopkinson (Aladdin, 2006) 570L

-  Founding Mothers: Remembering the Ladiesby C. Roberts (HarperCollins, 2014) 1120L

-  She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the Worldby C. Clinton (Philomel, 2017) NC1170L

-  Rad American Women A-Z: Rebels, Trailblazers, and Visionaries Who Shaped Our History and Our Future!by K. Schatz (City Lights, 2015) 1040L

-  Me Jane(about Jane Goodall) by P. McDonnell (Little Brown, 2011) 740L

-  Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenyaby D.J. Napoli (Simon and Schuster, 2010) AD710L

-  One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambiaby M. Paul (Millbrook, 2015) AD480L

-  The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City(about Kate Sessions)) by J.J. Hopkins (Beach Lane Books, 2013) 760L

-  Swimming with Sharks: The Daring Discoveries of Eugenia Clarkby H. Lang (INDPB, 2016) 770L

“Inspiring Young Girls’ Civic Engagement with Biographies of Women” by Jesse Haight and Vanessa Boryenace in Social Studies and the Young Learner, March/April 2019 (Vol. 31, #4, p. 9-14), https://bit.ly/2vsMATy