Welcoming all to the last #MEMSPAchat of the school year.
Challenge now: Text or call 2 friends to see if they will join us tonight....
Questions starting 8:07pm.
TOPIC:
Summer Time: Learning, Leading & Growth
Love this #MEMSPAchat idea...
Chat starting now === Challenge now: Text or call 2 friends to see if they will join us tonight....
Questions starting 8:07pm.
TOPIC:
Summer Time: Learning, Leading & Growth
Welcoming all to the last #MEMSPAchat of the school year.
Challenge now: Text or call 2 friends to see if they will join us tonight....
Questions starting 8:07pm.
TOPIC:
Summer Time: Learning, Leading & Growth
Hi to #MEMSPAchat from Connecticut. Those who attended or followed last month’s #EDParentCamp, where the subject was preventing the summer slide, may want to tune in!
Welcoming all to the last #MEMSPAchat of the school year.
Challenge now: Text or call 2 friends to see if they will join us tonight....
Questions starting 8:07pm.
TOPIC:
Summer Time: Learning, Leading & Growth
A1: Spring data (local and state) is used to identify those students who need additional support over the summer. Teacher thinking is combined with those data sets to identify kids #memspachat
A1b: Looking at criteria for next year to make S's more accountable at the middle school level... i.e. required summer intervention if they fail both semesters or possible retention..? #MEMSPAchat
Becky Biedermann from Marysville, checking in! Dinner took longer than expected @JunctionBuoy I’ll be lurking for a few until we get settled. #MEMSPAchat
A1 Teachers make recommendations based on a number of factors (many center in classroom assessment) and it actually starts in our district at “spring” conferences in late February #MEMSPAchat
A1: Students on IEP's that need added support, in addition, our students on an IRIP, students who are in need and need books @ home for the summer. We started in April! #MEMSPAchat
A1: this year wanted to identify ALL students for summer learning so we did a district wide book drive and we are getting books into the hands of every elementary student! In addition we have a limited summer school program which is invite only based on reading data. #MEMSPAchat
A1: We use iReady reading scores to identify (along with teacher referrals) & have several options with summer library programs, Madonna University programs, and some district Title programs. #MEMSPAchat
A1: Multiple metrics like Dibbles, NWEA and (most importantly) need at the elementary level out here. We wish we could do more to create exciting opportunities that draw the kids we need most!! #MEMSPAchat
A1: It has been an ongoing process with our RTI program. We put together book boxes, set them up with @RazKid accounts, @khanacademy, and sign them up for summer enrichment. We have done away with "Summer School" #MEMSPAchat
A1: We create summer packets for all our students with skill builders and enrichment activities to keep their brains active. I wish we offered more catch up growth opportunities though...#MEMSPAchat
A1: To start, we look at anybody below the 60th percentile on the NWEA. Multiple data points are helpful, but teachers know students best. We rely heavily on their recommendations. #MEMSPAChat
A1: We have certain accounts open all summer for kids, we have an ELL reading program for our EL kids with EMU, and programs for special ed. students. We start identifying in May and work closely with community education to get kids registered. #MEMSPAchat
A1: It has been an ongoing process with our RTI program. We put together book boxes, set them up with @RazKid accounts, @khanacademy, and sign them up for summer enrichment. We have done away with "Summer School" #MEMSPAchat
Any classroom teacher can provide a recommendation based on a number of factors. But the truth is that every student need some support in summer to avoid a long learning gap. #MEMSPAchat
#MEMSPAchat A1 - I challenged a student last week to read 25 books this summer and to log it for a prize in August. She reached goal yesterday. Sometimes, it’s just a little motivation.
A2: Big plans for summer support in 2019...in the meantime, open school library weekly for all students. Volunteer in the local trailer park for "Meet Up and Eat Up" each week. Provide LLI to targeted students in late July and early August for a jump start #memspachat
A2: We have our Summer Enrichment program available to all Ss in the district. Our librarian opens up the Library every Wednesday for the families. Again, Raz, Kahn, ABCya, Starfall...etc..#MEMSPAchat
#HVSREADS this summer is our first time attempt at offering our students books at local events like movies in the park, at the local libraries and more. Trying to get books into their hands! #MEMSPAchat
A2: we are 1:1 and all students have Raz Kids & IXL available. We can monitor who uses it and who doesn’t. We need to analyze data and determine if there is a correlation between participation with the apps and reduced summer slide. #MEMSPAchat
A2: #memspachat last year we ran a summer "Camp Read" program. We focused on 1 book, had a "campout", and started each session with Playworks type team building activities.
A2: Our ELL tutors run a reading/writing program in collaboration with EMU Writing Collaborative. We provide transportation from a local trailer park area so kids can come to school in the summer #MEMSPAchat
Now it is kind of like a summer of #TLAP activities. Students show up because they want to, not because they have to. Plus, we feed them. So far, we are getting that return on investment. #MEMSPAchat
We have literacy and math camps, including @KidsStandard writing camp, but they are offered through Community Ed. In advanced classes in middle school, there are requirements to complete certain online chapters and take tests. A2 #MEMSPAchat
A2: We offer a summer tutoring program for students on an IEP or identified at-risk at low/no cost taught by a certified teacher. Also Lexia for students who were using during the school year and RAZ Kids. #MEMSPAchat
A2: We scheduled 9 Tuesdays over the summer to deliver free books and food bags to identified families. Our Bookmobile is pretty amazing... all volunteers and donations! #MEMSPAchat
A1: Students on an IEP or students whom parents have inquired about summer learning. We are fortunate to have a Community Education that offers summer opportunities. Conversations begin in May. #MEMSPAchat
#MEMSPAchat A1 - I challenged a student last week to read 25 books this summer and to log it for a prize in August. She reached goal yesterday. Sometimes, it’s just a little motivation.
Q3: Is the summer programming in your school/district encouraged or mandatory for some particular students if retention could be an option? #MEMSPAchat
Q3: Is the summer programming in your school/district encouraged or mandatory for some particular students if retention could be an option? #MEMSPAchat
Q3: Is the summer programming in your school/district encouraged or mandatory for some particular students if retention could be an option? #MEMSPAchat
Q3: Is the summer programming in your school/district encouraged or mandatory for some particular students if retention could be an option? #MEMSPAchat
A3: Not mandatory, but def looking at options. Looking at requirements for making S's go, or interventions, at the MS level if they fail certain classes. #MEMSPAchat
A3: At our level, everything is optional. I believe secondary has mandatory credit recovery for some students/classes. We try to make the summer learning options FUN for kids! #MEMSPAchat
Q3: Is the summer programming in your school/district encouraged or mandatory for some particular students if retention could be an option? #MEMSPAchat
Q3: Is the summer programming in your school/district encouraged or mandatory for some particular students if retention could be an option? #MEMSPAchat
My 8th grade daughter is looking to take Geometry classes over summer to test out and get into Algebra 2 in the 9th grade. So these summer options are open to various kids at the secondary level. A3 #MEMSPAchat
Our daughters are in plenty of summer (camp) enrichment programs. But as I was helping my 3rd grader today with homework in math, where she's getting intervention, I wonder what we can do from home during the summer to keep up math. Open to suggestions. #EDParentCamp#MEMSPAchat
A4: First goal: Rejuvenate. Second goal: Most staff is attending Rick Wormeli in order to start the conversation of standards-based grading #MEMSPAchat
A4: I go back and forth on this one. Our staff is very well-read and self-motivated. Because of that, they will come to me or talk with each other on books to read or strategies to investigate. Nothing official on my end, as they own so much of their learning already #memspachat
A4: Our summer retreat in July brings us together and planning for the 2018-2019 school year. We'll be reading Edupreneur as part of this work. #MEMSPAchat
A4: No reading or mandatory info, but we are starting The Positivity Project next year. Info will be shared through Facebook, email, text, etc for T's to see at their leisure. August will be HUGE! #MEMSPAchat
A4: Of course, wouldn't want my team to get bored! We are diving back into Cultures of Thinking and Making Thinking Visible over the summer for our continued focus in the new year. Next year COT and culture are the major topics of our focus. #MEMSPAchat
A4: I always give my teachers a book, so we can have common reading over the summer. It's optional, but I feel that just all having the same book in our hands can lead to some common goal setting & positive energy! #MEMSPAchat
Q5: What plans for learning do you have this summer? Professional Development, conference, reading…? (MEMSPA Summer Leadership: https://t.co/dgCDAXc2Nt) #MEMSPAchat
Yeah this has been a huge revelation for me this year. Have y'all thought about how to bring the community into supporting your Ts/Ss in or out of the classroom? #MEMSPAchat
A5: This I cannot do with less then 240 Characters - Tons of book - too many to list. I will #BookSnaps them throughout the Summer. MEMSPA Summer Leadership Summit, MACUL functions, #LOTLS, @FutureReady webinars, @sigad_macul webinars #MEMSPAchat
Q5: What plans for learning do you have this summer? Professional Development, conference, reading…? (MEMSPA Summer Leadership: https://t.co/dgCDAXc2Nt) #MEMSPAchat
A5) Lots of reflecting; preparing for becoming a school-wide Title I school; strengthening PBIS practices; enhancing environmental education opportunities; relaxing and rejuvenating. #MEMSPAChat
Q5: What plans for learning do you have this summer? Professional Development, conference, reading…? (MEMSPA Summer Leadership: https://t.co/dgCDAXc2Nt) #MEMSPAchat
Q5: What plans for learning do you have this summer? Professional Development, conference, reading…? (MEMSPA Summer Leadership: https://t.co/dgCDAXc2Nt) #MEMSPAchat
Q5: What plans for learning do you have this summer? Professional Development, conference, reading…? (MEMSPA Summer Leadership: https://t.co/dgCDAXc2Nt) #MEMSPAchat
A5: A large stack of books is always calling to me!! Culture is my focus this summer. Looking forward to digging in and pulling this hamster off of the wheel!! #MEMSPAchat
Q5: What plans for learning do you have this summer? Professional Development, conference, reading…? (MEMSPA Summer Leadership: https://t.co/dgCDAXc2Nt) #MEMSPAchat
A5 - beging classes for my Ed-Specialist degree. Lots of reading to further my understanding of students with trauma backgrounds. Continuing to explore for best math intervention practices and strategies #memspachat
Want to meet and greet as well as learn how to lead even better than you do? Come to the Summer Leadership Institute!!!
CLICK HERE: https://t.co/QKMmwFejRa#MEMSPAchat and @MrDomagalski will see you there!
A5: #MEMSPASLI in Grand Rapids, #NPC18 in Chicago, and Michigan Education Conference in Grand Rapids. Going to be a BUSY summer of learning! #MEMSPAchat
Q5: What plans for learning do you have this summer? Professional Development, conference, reading…? (MEMSPA Summer Leadership: https://t.co/dgCDAXc2Nt) #MEMSPAchat
Hey #MEMSPAchat friends ... just getting in from running a workshop with admins on designing #STEM LATIC middle schools ... and facilitating #LATICchat on makerspaces ... but I had to pop in and start reading the thread! Happy Thursday.
A6: Recognition that we need to slow down, step back, and refocus as a staff to move forward for our students. 2018/2019 should be an exciting one for our staff and students! #MEMSPAchat
A6: Building relationships and working w/ new staff so they know me as a leader. It's a new time, a new tone. Year 2 of vision is always more exciting from all the moving seeds planted in year 1. #MEMSPAchat
Q6: Can't name just one. #1: Our MTTS Team is going slow to go fast, but we did some excellent, excellent work looking at interventions. #2: Personalized/Flipped Learning for SI #3: Saying "yes" to TEDx at Heritage. #MEMSPAchat
A6: Creating a teach learning environment while getting eSpark up and running with my "partner in crime", my Instructional Coach @BSaidWright#MEMSPAchat
A5) Hmmm ... does writing a leadership book count? I'll be doing a lot of reading on the research side! Totally consumed by designing student-driven learning environments. #MEMSPAchat
A6: I bought these much needed hooks for my lunchroom! (Proud of that:) All other great accomplishments came from my amazing staff this year! #MEMSPAchat
A6: I have significantly more ideas on how to personalize learning experiences for students and we have started to embed those into different parts of our day and year #memspachat
A6: So proud of the completion of our new STEM lab. We are now a local model for flexible work spaces and a new and more dynamic setting for technology integration in what used to be a traditional computer lab. #MEMSPAchat
A6 Moving from Western Australia to Michigan and connecting with so many awesome educators through #memspa while learning about teaching, learning and leading in Michigan #memspachat
A7: One of the most important jobs of a principal is having a highly effective teacher in every classroom of the school. I still need to get better at figuring out how to support each individual teacher in a way that allows them to be their best self for our kids #memspachat
A6: Starting in a new building and honoring what's been done but also looking at our systems and processes to add value and help us move forward. #memspachat
A7: Is it too much to say EVERYTHING!?!?! I make so many rookie mistakes all day! So I guess I need more time; time to learn, time to make more mistakes and time to build my capacity for being a great leader! #MEMSPAchat
A7: There is so much! But 1st things first...get back to taking care of my people first. Helping to find their strengths and giving them opportunity to grow! #MEMSPAchat
A6: Pushing myself out of my comfort zone: new school, new team, & incredible challenges at the building and district level. Is survival an accomplishment? :) #MEMSPAchat
#memspachat A7: Tech tips for dummies. Google Docs. Working with children from poverty. A second round of Debbie @debbiemcfalone McFalone's "Highly Engaged Classroom".
A7: How to support the 10-15% of students who need positive behavior supports. Finding the balance between appropriate support and maintaining high-expectations while working through challenges. #MEMSPAchat
Give yourself a break. Year 1 is a blur of ideas. Year 2 is I know what I want, but how do I get to everything. Year 3.. I love it when a plan comes together. #memspachat
A7: Any leader worth their salt is always working on a handful of new and different things. We strive to get out of our comfort zone and grow in order to show! So much out there! #MEMSPAchat
A8: Love what #MEMSPAchat has become.
Gotta say how proud I am of all moderators this year and EVERYONE who has participated to make it such an awesome learning platform!
THANK YOU #MEMSPAchat
A8: You are all incredibly inspirational...thank you for all of the great learning that happens week in and week out! See you in August!!! Thank you #MEMSPAchat leaders!
Visiting other schools is the BEST! I've visited nearly 10 schools over the last month and a half to meet super educators and learn - and theres's been so much to learn and get excited about! #memspachat
A8: "Don't fake the funk on a nasty dunk!" -Shaq No matter the remaining days, bring it for staff and students to model what these last days can be for everyone. #MEMSPAchat
A8: To our entire #MEMSPAChat PLN Peeps... THANK YOU! You make me better. A special shout out to @jon_wennstrom & @MrDomagalski for encouraging me to moderate my 1st chat this year. I'm blessed to be connected to all of you. Have a GREAT summer. Hugs to all.
A8: A special thank you to the best PLN on the web and the State. Because of you, I am a better person everyday and my Ts, my Ss, my wife, and my daughter thank you for that. I have the best job in the world and the best supporting cast at my fingertips. Thank you. #MEMSPAchat
A8: We are part of the greatest profession in the world. We know that every child, staff member, n parent matter. The opportunity that is in front of us to impact those lives every single day is a blessing. Even on your toughest days, it's the most rewarding job ever #memspachat
A8: It's an honor to chat with all of you! I learn so much each time. Thank you for sharing your passion and wisdom! Have a wonderful summer. #MEMSPAChat
I'm confident (relatively certain) I would have figured this whole "leader" thing out eventually, but thanks to @MEMSPA I have been able to build a network of positive ppl and influences that has changed the direction of my mindset! Thank you #MEMSPAchat for your endless support!
A8: So fitting for the end of May. Kudos to you all for making a difference in the lives of so many of the kids in your own world. Thanks for sharing your insights, ideas, resources and the occasional chuckle. #MEMSPAchat is my PLN!! I look forward to connecting again soon.
