Friday Memo: September 8, 2017
Fox PD Offerings
Scholarship Winners
At our August 22, 2017 faculty meeting we chose Autumn Hale to receive the 2017 Medart, Inc. Scholarship. This is awarded to an outstanding student enrolled in an education-related field of study. There are no funds attached to this scholarship, but it is an honor and one that Autumn can add to her resume.
We chose Madeline Smith to be the recipient of the 2017 Commerce Bank Scholarship. This is also awarded to an outstanding student enrolled in an education-related field of study with no funds attached. Madeline can add this well-deserved honor to her resume as well.
Congratulations to both girls!
Meals for Millions
Sheri Brandt and her daughter participated in the Meals for Millions that was held Saturday, August 26, 2017 at the St. Charles Family Arena. Ruth Banks, MBU Adjunct, and her daughter also helped; as well as our new campus minister, Aaron Lumpkin and his two sons. It was a great event that helped many.
EPP/DESE Business Meeting
Susan Hladky, Angela McGowan, Jan Speck, and I attended the EPP/DESE Business meeting on Wednesday, September 6 in Columbia, MO. Pearson and ETS presented updates and resources related to the assessments for our students. We also had an opportunity to meet the new Director for the Office of Educator Quality. Dr. Suzanne Hull has replaced Hap Hairston and will lead Missouri's Educator Preparation Programs into the future.
Google in the Classroom
Susan Hladky, Alicia Noddings, Tammy Cox, Michael Broombaugh, Jerry McKittrick and I met today to discuss using Google Drive, Classroom, Docs, etc. in our classrooms. Our students are already using this and we need to make sure we are giving them what they will need when they graduate and begin teaching. I'm looking forward to learning with you all in some upcoming faculty meetings. Michael Broombaugh was showing us some of the ways he integrates google drive into his elementary math and science methods classes. I am so proud of the way he is integrating technology into his classroom. Our students need to see us modeling and integrating technology.
EDUC 303 Methods of Teaching & Differentiated Instruction Class
Mary Ann Bouas spoke to Mark Engelhardt's class about working with students who are English language learners.
Upcoming CAEP Data Review Meetings
We will be reviewing CAEP data at upcoming faculty and director meetings. Some of you may also be emailed by Nancy to set up a meeting with me to review data specific to your course, RLC, or program. I look forward to digging into the data analysis with you to Review, Reflect, and Revise our programs to pursue excellence in all areas!
Meeting Reminders
September 12: Faculty Meeting at 10:15 a.m. in FLD 115. Meet at the rotunda for the group picture before meeting.
Closing Thoughts
Are you addicted to your smartphone? Kathleen Bauer, adjunct and teacher at Rossman Elementary, shared the following idea related to millennials and their addiction to their phones. I have a feeling most of are more millennial than we think...
1 Davis, S. (n.d) Addicted to your smartphone? Here’s what to do. Retrieved from http://www.webmd.com/balance/guide/addicted-your-smartphone-what-to-do (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
One of our excellent school district partners is the Fox C-6 School District. They have invited any MBU faculty in the Education division to attend any of their professional development opportunities for free! This is an incredible blessing to each of you not only because it is offered at no cost, but more importantly because the PD is being offered to ensure that teachers (and the future teachers we train) are learning best teaching practices and specific content. Fox's Beginning Teaching Assistance Program (BTAP) document above describes the workshops designed to be brief meetings to learn about best practice related to instruction to help support new teachers. Amy said, "We would love to see students leaving university with some background knowledge in any of these topics so we would love for your professors to attend." Alicia Noddings, Susan Hladky, Tammy Cox, and Teresa Tesreau-Boggs attended a Google PD opportunity at Fox this summer and will be sharing what they learned at our upcoming PD meeting.
The administration at Fox has also invited us to participate in any of their PEP classes. See details at the end of this Friday Memo. If you are interested in attending one or more of the BTAP or PEP workshops, please email Nancy of your interest.
Scholarship Winners
At our August 22, 2017 faculty meeting we chose Autumn Hale to receive the 2017 Medart, Inc. Scholarship. This is awarded to an outstanding student enrolled in an education-related field of study. There are no funds attached to this scholarship, but it is an honor and one that Autumn can add to her resume.
Sheri Brandt and her daughter participated in the Meals for Millions that was held Saturday, August 26, 2017 at the St. Charles Family Arena. Ruth Banks, MBU Adjunct, and her daughter also helped; as well as our new campus minister, Aaron Lumpkin and his two sons. It was a great event that helped many.
EPP/DESE Business Meeting
Susan Hladky, Angela McGowan, Jan Speck, and I attended the EPP/DESE Business meeting on Wednesday, September 6 in Columbia, MO. Pearson and ETS presented updates and resources related to the assessments for our students. We also had an opportunity to meet the new Director for the Office of Educator Quality. Dr. Suzanne Hull has replaced Hap Hairston and will lead Missouri's Educator Preparation Programs into the future.
Google in the Classroom
Susan Hladky, Alicia Noddings, Tammy Cox, Michael Broombaugh, Jerry McKittrick and I met today to discuss using Google Drive, Classroom, Docs, etc. in our classrooms. Our students are already using this and we need to make sure we are giving them what they will need when they graduate and begin teaching. I'm looking forward to learning with you all in some upcoming faculty meetings. Michael Broombaugh was showing us some of the ways he integrates google drive into his elementary math and science methods classes. I am so proud of the way he is integrating technology into his classroom. Our students need to see us modeling and integrating technology.
EDUC 303 Methods of Teaching & Differentiated Instruction Class
Mary Ann Bouas spoke to Mark Engelhardt's class about working with students who are English language learners.
Upcoming CAEP Data Review Meetings
We will be reviewing CAEP data at upcoming faculty and director meetings. Some of you may also be emailed by Nancy to set up a meeting with me to review data specific to your course, RLC, or program. I look forward to digging into the data analysis with you to Review, Reflect, and Revise our programs to pursue excellence in all areas!
Meeting Reminders
September 12: Faculty Meeting at 10:15 a.m. in FLD 115. Meet at the rotunda for the group picture before meeting.
Closing Thoughts
Are you addicted to your smartphone? Kathleen Bauer, adjunct and teacher at Rossman Elementary, shared the following idea related to millennials and their addiction to their phones. I have a feeling most of are more millennial than we think...
The Millennials are characterized as the digital natives who cannot live
without technology. Their cell phone always has to be within reach!
I say it’s not just the Millennials who’ve grown overly attached to their
phones. I see people from all four generations checking their phones
constantly during meetings or even during a brief water cooler conversation.
According to Dr. David Greenfield, Computer technologies can be
addictive, he says, because they're "psychoactive." That is, they
alter mood and often trigger enjoyable feelings. Email, in particular, gives us
satisfaction due to what psychologists call "variable ratio
reinforcement." That is, we never know when we'll get a satisfying email,
so we keep checking, over and over again. "It's like slot machines," Greenfield
says. "We're seeking that pleasurable hit." 1 Are you addicted to your cell
phone? Your email? Try leaving your cell phone (tablet and any
other device that has email and internet capability) in your office instead of
taking it with you to a meeting. How does being without “connectivity” make you
feel? Are you anxious? Distracted?If this exercise proves that you
can’t live without your phone and you were born before 1982, then you might be
more “millennial” than you thought!
1 Davis, S. (n.d) Addicted to your smartphone? Here’s what to do. Retrieved from http://www.webmd.com/balance/guide/addicted-your-smartphone-what-to-do (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Fox C-6 Fall 2017 PEP Offerings
ELA
Course: Reading Assessment PEP
Facilitators: Lynn Orton and Amanda Davis
Dates: 9/18, 9/25, 10/2, 10/9, 10/16, 10/23 from 4:15-5:30pm
Location: Simpson Elementary Library
Description: This course is designed to align with the balanced literacy approach for teachers in the Fox C-6 School District. Within this course, teachers will learn how to implement reading assessment that drives instruction. Teachers will unpack the Benchmark Assessment the Fox C-6 District will be utilizing, learn how to give the assessment, and analyze how the results can guide reading instruction. An in depth look at running records will also take place, how they can determine what reading strategies a student is and is not using, and how they can be used to guide instruction in guided reading groups. This course is designed for the general education classroom teacher and the special education teacher. This course will improve teacher reading assessment practices to assist students in meeting rigorous reading performance standards.
Social Studies
Course: Inquiry in the Social Studies Classroom
Facilitators: Jordan McGaughey
Dates: 9/27, 10/11, 10/25, 11/8, 11/20 All meetings will be held from 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Location: Seckman High School room 250
Description: This PEP will aim to provide extended training to 6-12th grade Social Studies teachers on how to best implement inquiry based learning strategies within their classrooms. This PEP will go into depth on how to frame social studies classes around the idea of investigation, inquiry and engagement through strategies that are designed to analyze historical sources and evidence in an attempt to form and test hypotheses about past events. Strategies that will be emphasized will include reading and writing exercises such as Document Based Questions (DBQ), investigation of online source databases and resources, examination of technological tools for teachers to examine (I.E. Google Earth and Expeditions to Engage in Virtual Field Trips), and many other resources designed to challenge and engage students through inquiry based learning.
Science
Course: Creating Anchor Lessons in Science K-12 Using the New Missouri Learning Standards
Facilitators: Robin Greene
Dates:
Session 1: 9/18, 10/2, 10/16, 10/30, 11/13, 11/27 from 3:15pm-5:15pm
Session 2: 9/20, 10/4, 10/18, 11/1, 11/15, 11/29 from4:15pm-6:15pm
Location: TBD
Description: This course is designed to create engaging lessons in science classrooms of the Fox C-6 School District using the new Missouri Learning Standards. Lessons will incorporate science and engineering practices, crosscutting concepts and disciplinary core ideas for specific grade spans. Best practices in science instruction will be incorporated in achor lessons. Some of these include inquiry, critical thinking, and claim evidence reasoning strategies.
Math
Course: Collaborating in the Math Classroom
Facilitators: Eva Rudolph
Dates: TBD
Location: TBD
Description: How do we get students to talk about math? In this workshop, participants will gain an understanding of the essential components of a collaborative classroom and learn strategies and tools for creating a community of math learners who listen and talk with each other about their thinking. We will discuss a variety of techniques including first days activities, group roles, collaborative lesson structure, and other best practices that encourage student collaboration.
Instructional Technology
Course: Google Educator Level 1 Certification Workshop
Facilitators: JP Prezzavento
Dates: 9/14, 9/28, 10/12, 11/2, 11/16, 11/30 from 4:15pm-5:45pm
Location: Fox HS Library Media Center
Description: This course will walk educators through Google’s fundamental training course and prepare them for the Google Educator Level 1 exam. Google Educator certifications are valuable to teachers because they help educators see how to effectively and efficiently implement Google tools in the classroom and give educators confidence in their skills to implement Google tools and to share their knowledge with others. Using the Google Training Center as a guide, participants will explore Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, Classroom, Sites, YouTube, and more as we prepare to become Google Certified Educators. Click here for a an overview of each course meeting.
NOTE: This is a new course. Educators who have previously enrolled in any Chrome Academy for Missouri Baptist Credit can earn an additional 3 credit hours through this PEP.
Course: Chrome Academy - INTERMEDIATE Cohort
Facilitators: Jen Walter
Dates: 9.19, 10.3, 10.17, 11.7, 11.28, 12.5 from 4:15pm-5:45pm
Location: Seckman Elementary School Library
Description: The INTERMEDIATE Chrome Academy cohort is designed for K-12 educators who want to learn how to implement Google tools in the classroom. The Intermediate cohort is designed for educators who have some experience using Google tools in the classroom but are still working on mastering the basics of integrating Google tools in the classroom. Participants will leave this workshop with the ability to integrate Google for Education tools in their classes and a tool belt of communication tools and learning activities that can be immediately implemented in the classroom. Topics of learning will include Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Classroom, and more. Click here for an overview of each course meeting.
NOTE: This is a NOT new course. Educators who have previously enrolled in the Introductory Chrome Academy for Missouri Baptist Credit will not be able to register for Missouri Baptist credit for this course.
Design Thinking
Course: Instructional Innovation Incubator
Facilitators: JP Prezzavento
Dates: This YEAR LONG cohort meets from 4:30-6:30pm on: 9/25, 10/23, 11/13, 1/22, 5/7/2018
Location: Meetings will rotate between Fox HS Library and Oakville HS Library
Description: The Instructional Innovation Incubator (I3) is a year-long cohort that brings together teams of educators from the Fox and Mehlville School Districts to learn about the Design Thinking process. Throughout the year, teams will identify a school/community issue and complete a Design Thinking project to help solve that issue (student engagement, learning space design, and school culture are a few examples). This is an excellent opportunity for building leadership teams to collaborate around and apply the Design Thinking process to your building's needs!
Click here for an overview of the Design Thinking process.
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