This week in San Diego, I had the honor of listing to education guru and author, Dr. Douglas Fischer. (You may recognize him as the Fisher in the Fisher and Frey books that we read all of the time.) He is an education researcher and author of many books. He also still teaches one section of English 9 in the San Diego school systems.
His presentation was on SEL and the importance of it in our school systems. He shared many great things (and I am sure will be in a book we will need to purchase, soon. Lol!) that I will try to share with you in the next few weeks.
One of the articles he mentioned was about student engagement. The research he shared talks about student disengagement and the 9 identified challenges for students and what we as teachers can do to help our students with these struggles.
To the left, you will see a chart that lines everything up in an easy to read way. I would encourage you to read the article as well - it is short and sweet and you will find the link below! (You can read the chart easier in the article as well.) Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
Article is
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Important Information:
House Leader Meeting - Monday, April 11th - First WIN- Lauren said it would be quick. We appreciate and are excited about the great things to come for House thanks to all of you! Rock, Paper, Scissor activity this week!!!
RECN Meeting - This week, Dana, Laura and I will be traveling to Indy on Tuesday for another RECN network meeting. This meeting is for the Early College Grant that we have. We will share with you what we learn!
Container Home Raffle - Just a reminder that we are in the last days to purchase tickets for the container home our construction class is building! You can buy one ticket for $20 or 6 for $100!!! Raffle will be the 15th!
Faculty Meeting - Our next faculty meeting will be Tuesday, April 19th at 7:25 a.m.
Student Interviews - Dana and Mike are gathering up business partners for our annual interview program. All juniors will have a 15 minute interview with a business partner on either Wednesday, April 20 or Thursday, April 21st. This interview will serve many purposes including: work ethic certification requirements, internship opportunities for next year, jobs for students going straight to work and just good experience! Thanks for Jennifer Ball and Alyssa Howe for helping pull together lessons about how to interview and Dana for helping students with resumes! A schedule will be shared soon.
Surprise and Delight - We will have a cookout for students on Friday, April 22nd during their assigned lunch periods. In the past, this has happened during Commodore Pride day, but we are spreading the wealth a bit. Be on the look out for a lunch-time whiffle ball tourney and some other fun activities during lunch!
Celebration:
Congratulations to Josh Craney, Blake Tucker and Jolene Lagrange for making it to the state level for the construction Skills USA Contest. They not only received a high ranking at the district level that led them to the state, but they also received a scholarship from Vincennes University! GREAT JOB!
Congratulations to Andrea and our high school band for earning a Gold Rating at their contest Friday night. They didn't think they sounded very good - but they are wrong. They were AMAZING!! The band banquet is May 5th if you would like to catch their wonderful sounds!
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