Educating Our Eagles - Issue Nine

SUMMER WORK
Elyse Mercier (Mt. Everett Special Education)
completed a class called Foundations of
Restorative Practices which starts her work
towards a graduate certificate in Restorative
Practices through the Internation Institute
for Restorative Practices. The course focused
on the foundations of restorative practices
as an evolving field of study, explored the
emotional, relational, and ecological theories
underpinning restorative principles, and
the importance of engaging with others in
equity-oriented relationships.
Kari Giordano (Mt. Everett Art) completed
a course called Photographic Sustainable
Strategies through Falmouth University.
The course focused on the methods and
approaches we use to produce photographic
work and how we carry those out responsibly
for a shared future.
Victoria Aldam (Mt. Everett English)
completed a Masters of English through
Southern New Hampshire University. The
program focused on both creative and
communication skills and covered a myriad
of historic and contemporary topics in
literature. The program culminated in a
thesis paper that Victoria wrote about how
Shakespeare used his feminine characters as
catalysts throughout each of his three famous
tragedies: Hamlet, Othello and Macbeth.
Sarah Cooke (South Egremont School)
earned a Certificate of Advanced Graduate
Study with MCLA this summer.
Neal Barbieri (Mt. Everett Mathematics)
completed a graduate course called
Mathematical Modelling for Educators
through MCLA. The course was designed
for K-12 educators who are already
teaching mathematics but want to support
their pedagogy by incorporating real-life
mathematical modelling projects. The course
explored the tools necessary to create and
adapt modelling projects, keeping in mind
the current best practices in assessment and
transparency, with a focus on writing and
coding in mathematics.
Ashley Barrett (UME Third Grade)
completed a course called CORE's Reading
Fundamentals training through the Mass
Literacy: Open Access Professional Learning
(OAPL) initiative. The course focused on
the foundational concepts of the science of
reading for all grade levels, covering the early
grade basics as well as adolescent literacy and
high-leverage intervention topics.
Tanya Michaud attended a weeklong EPI
(Ecology Project International) course, in
the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Science
educators from all over the U.S. came
together to work with researchers to learn
about the conservation efforts made for
local amphibians, buffalo, pronghorns, and
wolf populations. We created NGSS-aligned
lessons using the 5E Learning Cycle model.
More importantly, we had the opportunity
to put on waders and survey ponds for
amphibian life, walk within proximity of the
buffalo, and hear the wolves howl and the
baby elk bellow!
Mr. Maier took the secondary MTEL exam
to qualify for Massachusetts State Teacher
Certification and passed it, even though,
through no fault of his own, he wasn’t given
sufficient time to complete the exam!
Elizabeth Petty (Music) completed two
courses over the summer focusing on English
Language Learners and Visual-Spatial
Learners.
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