I hope you had a great Teacher Appreciation Week, Nurse's Day, and Food & Nutrition Services Week. We have a wonderful staff who are all EDUCATORS - each of us have a role in educating our 600 learners. So, regardless of the "title" of the week, thank you for all you do. You are amazing!
Class Placements:
Next Tuesday, teachers in grades 1-4 will be subbed out to create class lists for the 18-19 school year (see building newsletter for the schedule). After this is complete, I will get input from specialists, intervention, and other programming.
As you remember, we are clustering students to support our co-teaching model. Next year, EL teachers will support: Liz (Kindergarten & 1st Grade), Caryn (2nd & 3rd Grade), & Laurie (4th & 5th Grade). In addition to this, our new special education model will provide support to each grade level through a special education teacher. Those teachers are not placed at this time.
Classroom rosters are being built around student needs and what environment/model is most supportive to each need. I look forward to continuing our inclusive model!
Taste of McKinley:
We had a great event last night - our first annual Taste of McKinley! A huge thank you to our committee - Laurie Wolhart, Tamra Gonzalez, Jess Zupansic, Paige Gilligan, Sonya David, Sami Bishop, Jill Born-Akers, Libby Zeman, & Rachel Peterson. Below are some pictures of our fun event:
Mentoring for Student Teachers:
From Katie Coudron & Jane Sorenson...
We would like to recognize the following McKinley teachers who completed a four day mentor professional development series, Mentoring for Student Teacher Success, with the Minnesota Educators Partnership. Thank you Kayla Davis, Sami Nelson, Rachael Eickhoff and Karla Wilke!
Participants effectively used mentoring language and tools
to accelerate teacher candidate practice and improve student learning.
The initiative was funded through a grant from the Bush Foundation and included
teachers within the 10 partner districts with Minnesota State
University-Mankato.
Building Weekly Newsletter:
Click here to access the building weekly newsletter
McKinleyStrong Educator of the Week:
Since it's Educator's Appreciation Week, the McKinleyStrong Educator goes to the entire staff! I am continually amazed at the way we build relationships, support students and families, and provide an inclusive environment for all. I'm honored to work with you!
Have a great weekend, everyone!
-Justin
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