February 11, 2021

Dylan was nominated by his Science teacher to be Jepson's student of the week! 

 

From the book Your Students, My Students, Our Students explores the hard truths of current special education practice and outlines five essential disruptions to the status quo. Authors Lee Ann Jung, Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher, and Julie Kroener show you how to establish a school culture that champions equity and inclusion. Remember this is the group of students at our school that continue to not make the growth that is needed on SBAC and MAP. Our work with Lori can help narrow that gap. 

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1. Build the belief among school teams that every student has value as an individual and is worthy of time, attention, and membership in every opportunity schools and society have to offer. 

2. See students with disabilities as general education students. 

3. Do not assign any students to a "track"; deliver instruction to students with disabilities in the general education classroom.

4. Ensure every student receives quality core instruction every day. When students don't respond to instruction, consider changes to the instruction itself. 

5. Provide every student with access to accommodations and modifications when these are needed. 

6. Supply students who need support with evidence-based interventions that support the skill and help them achieve meaningful growth. 

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To realize authentic and equitable inclusion, we must relentlessly and collectively pursue change. This book—written not for "special educators" or "general educators" but for all educators—addresses the challenges, maps out the solutions, and provides tools and inspiration for the work ahead. Real-life examples of empowerment and success illustrate just what's possible when educators commit to the belief that every student belongs to all of us and all students deserve learning experiences that will equip them to live full and rewarding lives.

Google Meet Invader Solutions! *REMINDER*

We seem to have surges of students who are not from GVMS coming into Google Meets again. Here are some quick fixes to help control it:

Utilize the Quick Access feature of Google Meet to be disabled By default, it is enabled. This setting allows any Student within the FSUSD network to join a Meet without requesting access to the Meet.

Use only the Meet link in Google Classroom (only your legit Students), regenerate it after each Meet concludes (so that other Students can't join a Meet using the old Meet ID), and once Students have joined, disable Quick Access to force any others wishing to join to generate a Join Request.

To disable Quick Access, go to the bottom right corner of the Google Meet screen, click the 3 vertical dots, click Settings, click Host controls and disabled Quick Access (left/Gray). Google Meet will remember this setting upon exit from the Meet, so if you want it enabled for the next Meet, you will have to enable it before you leave the Meet.

Another suggestion is that when you leave the Meet, select the option that says 'End meeting for all' to ensure all Students are removed from the Meet.

To regenerate the Meet link, go to the Google Classroom Stream tab, click the cog/gear at the top right, scroll down to the camera icon on the green background, and on the right, click the drop down and click Reset. Now close the window by clicking the big 'X' at the top left. Click on the regenerated link to enter the new Meet and establish yourself as Host, disable Quick Access unless you want it to remain enabled, then leave the Meet as normal.

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Observable Fish Moments at SV:

Be There: Thank you for being there for each other!! 

Play: Have a fun 4 day weekend!! 

Choose your attitude: Be kind. Be kind. Be kind. Be kind. 

Make Their Day:  Thank you Heather H. and Daniel for having lunch with a student in the garden!