The Ideal Graduate

We had a great PD day on January 3rd!  Thank you for all of your hard work and great team effort.  After that meeting, and reading the articles that we discussed, it seemed like my inbox filled up with content about Project Based learning and the importance of thinking about skills students need in the workplace such as communication, problem solving, and more!  

Two authors that are great to follow and learn more about PBL are: 

      Trevor Muir, who just recently posted this article, "The Ideal Graduate".  You can find him on Facebook.  He posts a lot of great things and has useful content.

       John Spencer, who wrote one of the articles we read last week and has some great content when it comes to Project Based Learning.  He uses the acronym LAUNCH for his design thinking (PBL) framework.  You can find him on YouTube.  

L: Look, Listen, and Learn

A: Ask Tons of Questions

U: Understanding the Process or Problem

N: Navigate Ideas

C: Create a Prototype

H: Highlight and Fix

Launch to an Authentic Audience

Important Information: 

PD Day Follow Up:  Thanks for a great working day!  Just a few quick reminders:

    * Data Sheets - For core content classes in the meeting a reminder that your quarter 2 power standard student data is due in Jody's mailbox.  I received a few, but not all of them.  You can find a link to the data sheet HERE.  Please do this by Wednesday.  

    * Scope & Sequence - I had a lot of great conversations over scope and sequences with everyone.  Great work.  Remember, this should be a living document, one that we update each year and continue to grow with it. 

    * MTSS Form - Thank you to those who filled out the MTSS Form.  If you haven't already and have some students that are struggling, please fill out the form by Wednesday this week.  We will be having an MTSS meeting soon.  HERE is the form.  

    * WIN - Data sheets from WIN show that you are pulling a wide variety of students!  Great job!  Please continue to utilize your data to determine who you will pull for remediation.  

    * Tutoring - Just a reminder we do have after school tutoring options and for upper level students, we have a tutor that can help them during first WIN.  Kacey Dyer will be taking Alyssa Hill's place and she can help with upper level math, etc.  Please utilize her.  You can email her with information to help her get started helping students.  

Visitors:  Brownstown Central will be visiting on Thursday morning to see our CTE programs.  Please welcome our visitors to the building!  ;-)

PBL Training - Don't forget that Dawn and Emily will be leading a PBL session after school in Dawn's room from 3:15 - 4:15.  You will earn $50 by attending!

NAPE (National Alliance for Partntership in Equity) Gathering - Early in the fall, we attended a training through Toyota to work on developing an equity mindset, specifically when it comes to a varitey of students entering CTE fields, including Manufacturing (That is why Toyota sponsored it! ;-))  Looking at our data, we realized that we do not have very many boys or girls in non-traditional careers, especially girls in advanced manufacturing, construction or diesel.  This Friday, Jane has invited a small group of girls to the library who are in these fields, to get their take on why our data is that way.  As we gather data we hope to start having a positive impact that encourages more females into these career fields.  Thanks, Jane!

Cheers to our Pep Block and the positive way they cheered on the Commodores Saturday in the Coaches Vs. Cancer games.  All athletes gave their best in both the girls and boys games.  We are proud of them!!!