SEEC Monthly
news & updates
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This month's newsletter highlights include:
- ND Reading & Math Corps virtual tutors, summer programming, and member highlights.
- Prioritized Instructional Planning Webinar Series
- 3 Ways to Engage with Science of Reading TODAY!
- NDMTSS 2021-2022 Training Calendar Draft
- Great Virtual Field Trip Options for your Classroom
- ND Afterschool Opportunities: Snap Circuits, Summer Conference registration open
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Wow - it has been quite a year! |
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Graphic Illustration by Florencia Capella | The Lily.
Take a moment... give yourself a pat on the back. Even more a high five, a hug, an A+. It has a been FULL YEAR of adapting, experimenting, growing, sharing, crying, overworking, dedication... you name it - YOU DID IT!
I hope you all had a chance to do a bit of relaxation and self-care for Spring Break. Taking a moment to reflect on all that has been done in this past year is crucial. Especially because we now know that we need to evaluate what we did. What worked? What didn't work? What MUST we keep for next year? What do we really need to improve upon?
This recent article from Education Week, titled " Lessons From the Pandemic That Can Improve Leading and Teaching", shares some great points on what we can take away from this crazy year. The article states, "People.. had to think about how they were structuring their assignments, how they were communicating what students were expected to do. That kind of rethinking of their work really helped people think about lesson-design or user-experience. What can I trim? What's not clear? Getting to the core of what you're asking students to do..."
The article then goes on to highlight:
- Thinking about the students' user-experience
- Immediate, more personal feedback
- Grade-band, content-area collaboration
- Competency and standards-based grading
- Making the most of after-school hours
- Remote options for school and other activities
- Doubling-down on social-emotional learning
- Clearer communication with parents
- Adaptable school leadership
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Two FREE Marzano Webinar Series |
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ND Multi-Tier System of Supports:
Supports: TATE, Behavior Interventions
to Support all Tiers, Leading
Implementation of Systemic SEL
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ND Afterschool Network:
understand how best the Network can
support programs statewide.
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ND Reading & Math Corps
Virtual Tutoring | Summer Programming
Math Corps Host Site Highlight
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Summer School Tutors!
Are you a current Reading Corps or Math Corps site and are looking to provide additional tutoring over the summer to boost student learning and make sure they're on track for next year?
The SEEC has an opportunity for you to provide a SUMMER session of Reading and/or Math Corps in your school that would follow the summer school schedule.
*One item to note is that this will count for a FULL year of service for the tutor. Tutors are only allowed 4 years of service. So please consider WHO would be the best tutor fit for this 100-hour tutor slot.
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Math Corps Q&A with Medina & Litchville-Marion
The SEEC launched Math Corps this year and even though it was not a typical year and we were navigating through a nationwide pandemic, we were still able to provide great intervention for these students in grades 4-8.
As we move into the 4th quarter of the year and Host Site applications will be opening for Schools to submit for the 2021-2022 year, we wanted to take a moment to ask our current sites a few questions.
We reached out to Media Elementary Principal Tara Hofmann and Litchville-Marion Elementary Principal Renee Bowen to hear how Math Corps is working for their students and staff.
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Member Highlight:
LaMoure's 21CCLC LEGO League Team!
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With a rookie team and a rookie coach, LaMoure's 21CCLC after-school LEGO League team started out not knowing what to expect.... BUT what the kids lacked in experience, they made up for in enthusiasm!
Although the team didn't advance to state, the season was still a success for this team of innovators. The skills that First Lego League teaches will stick with these kiddos for a long time. Keep up the great work!
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"The kids surprised me again and again as I sat back perplexed, while they forged ahead and figured things out. My favorite moment of the season was the first time the kids successfully programmed the robot to drive in a square. An onlooker watching the celebration might have easily assumed they had won the championship for all of the commotion!" - Hope Coleman, Lego League Coach (Also K-12 Librarian & Read 180 Instructor) at LaMoure. |
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Engage in the Science of Reading TODAY! |
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LETRS for Admins
Participants will overview the content from Volumes 1 & 2 to better support their staff members who are currently in or planning to start the LETRS professional development.
This fast-tracked course would be a great way to get a sense of what other teachers, principals, district curriculum specialists, and coaches are getting in LETRS professional development.
DPI has approved this course to utilize the $500 reimbursement Leadership Scholarship dollars for fees, travel, lodging, etc!
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Using SoR to Drive Decisions & Ensure Equity
In March, Dr. Matthew Burns presented information on how to use reading research to drive decisions around instruction and assessment.
Synthesis of key-takeaways
- There is no such thing as a universal intervention. Rater - target intervention in terms of specific skills using a diagnostic assessment.
- Effective intervention dosage can be accomplished in 15-20 minutes/day if you have selected the correctly matched intervention for the student.
- “Just teaching phonics itself is not representative of SoR” – Matt Burns
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K-6 ELA Curriculum Fair: March 30 & 31
As many districts have continued to expand their learning around the science of reading, they have asked what Tier 1 curriculum materials are well aligned to the research of how the brain learns to read.
We are inviting districts to bring a team of 3-4 people to one of our three sessions to browse materials that are aligned.
3 sessions:
- 8:30-11:30am, March 30
- 12:00-3:00pm, March 30
- 8:30-11:30am, March 31
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Spring Break away from the Classroom
Although not all teachers and students may have the opportunity to be a vacationer towards the equator, technology can provide everyone a chance to escape from the winter doldrums – and even be educational too!
This month’s slate of tech tools will dive into great opportunities for educators to engage their students in virtual field trips through National Geographic, Discovery Education, VirtualFieldTrips.org, and Google Arts & Culture – plus some additional resources for future use!
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National Geographic Education resources span across PreK-12 and across subjects: geography, earth science, biology, social studies, anthropology, engineering, physics, chemistry & more!
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Discovery Education provides tons of virtual field trips across the areas of science, environment, technology, agriculture, health/wellness.. plus each field trip comes with a companion guide with suggested standards-aligned, hands-on learning activities!
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VirtualFieldTrips.org has over 50, 15 to 30-minute ed videos spanning FIVE of the seven continents in the areas of geography, ancient civilizations, science, social studies, and language.
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- Field Trip Tools
- Livestream into your classroom
- Virtual Field Trip ideas
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Behavioral Health Resources for Educators |
The North Dakota Behavioral Health Division has a variety of resources, supports, and services for North Dakotans working in education.
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Need a midweek pick-me-up? Join us for support and encouragement while navigating the pandemic.
Mental Health Minute is an ongoing series touching on different aspects of mental wellness, from self-care, guided meditation, how to retain hope, and more. This series is designed to be a mid-week source of mental wellness support and encouragement.
All sessions are recorded and uploaded to the ND Behavioral Health Division YouTube channel - Access them here.
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Highlights / Articles Worth Sharing |
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Illuminate Education provides this one-hour webinar to help educators: + Learn to employ key data practices this spring to monitor student well-being and learning while also setting up for proactive student supports in the fall; + Unpack how key assessments provide visibility and clarity into each student’s needs (even remotely) and how assessments can be employed to accelerate learning and growth; + Explore a tiered framework for using instructional and intervention supports in a way that meets students’ needs without depleting resources or debilitating effectiveness! Learn more here.
- Discover how to focus your 2020-21 data culture around assessment and data literacy in order to equitably accelerate learning. This eBook provides strategies for setting up for success; sample exercises to help your team increase assessment and whole child data literacy, and norms for teachers and for leaders to support collaboration and data-driven decision-making.
Digital Citizenship Resources
- Help your high school students build and refine those same skills through engagement in this leadership curriculum, Building Tomorrow’s Leaders, developed by the North Dakota State University Extension Service with support from the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction.
- The Learner-Centered Teaching Community is an educator-driven group facilitated through the KnowledgeWorks Personalized Learning Community, an online network that connects personalized learning practitioners from multiple states, including North Dakota.
- Discussions via an easy-to-access mobile platform and regular virtual meetups will focus on creating a supportive space to share practical, relevant, and achievable strategies to build learner agency and design personalized, competency-based learning environments where every student feels like they belong.
Legislative Update Resources
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What's coming up on the SEEC Calendar... |
Anytime:
March
25: NDMTSS Evaluating Your System (5 of 6)
April
8: NDMTSS Developing Pathways for Academics (6 of 6)
15: NDMTSS Evaluating Your System (6 of 6)
May:
June:
August:
4: Healthy Schools Summit
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