Elevating Exploration and Sparking Innovation... in MMSD!
The Spark
Joined February 2020
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Way to rep @MMSDschools, @leigh_vierstra & @BrianneCMonahan! Last week they presented our work around teacher morale at the @ed1stconsulting #SELinAction conference. Thanks all who came to learn, listen & engage with us! @GoNovoEd #LiberatoryDesign #innovation #research
You’ve heard about it & it’s finally here!
The MTI Education Justice Center is again offering @ja_madison's "Black History for a New Day" 2 ALL MMSD staff!
🔎"JA Black History” on the Talent Portal 2 join the fall cohort
Questions? Email Natasha: [email protected]
#ROCKiTMMSD + @MMSDschools Advanced Learning (AL) Dept teamed up to explore ways to improve programming at elem. The team collected data from immersion and interviews to discover areas to improve and test possible solutions. Stay tuned for a full case study soon! 🚀 #innovation
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Advanced Learning (AL) Dept leadership has been exploring ways to improve programming @ the elementary level to inform their five-year plan & strengthen the flow of useful, supportive info for their students.
ROCKiT is super excited to see where this work lands!
#ROCKiTMMSD #AL
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Teachers! As you prepare for the beginning of the 22-23SY check out this resource from our partners @standford d.school
dschool.stanford.edu/resourc…
#ROCKiTMMSD @MMSDSchools
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Our friends at the @standford d.school just released a book this past spring. #ROCKiTMMSD dug into this book and gave the Girl and the Chair tool a try to help us better define how to better solve a problem.
#ROCKiTMMSD
#MMSDSchools
#Innovation
#LiberatoryDesign
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In March #ROCKiTMMSD received a NoVo Ed grant to explore teacher morale. This summer a team of teachers/principals/district leaders came together 2 dig in& find opportunities 2 increase elementary teacher morale. Stay tuned 4 updates on this work! @MMSDschools @ed1stconsulting
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📢Hey, #NNERPP! Our very own @bethvaade, @MMSDschools R&I Ex Director & MEP co-director, is co-presenting a session this PM at the @RPP_Network Annual Forum. Join this workshop to examine what the priority milestones might be for RPPs & build upon the initial milestones checklist
ALT Screenshot of session description with photos of speakers Title: RPP MILESTONES: Prioritizing (and Reprioritizing) Goals Throughout the Lifespan of an RPP Beth Vaade MEP | Madison Metropolitan School District MEP Co-Director | Executive Director of Research & Innovation Sara Slaughter ERA New Orleans, Tulane University Associate Director of Communications and Operations
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The #MMSDschools Research & Innovation Department (R&I) has 3 new summer interns! Welcome to the team Maddy, Eliza and Nancy! #ROCKiTMMSD #Innovation #IRE #internships #AVID/TOPS @MMSDschools @BGCDC @UWSOE
Whew! Teachers have been rockin' & summer's just around the corner! It's no mystery that staff morale could use a boost, so ROCKiT's working w/staff @ Gompers & Orchard Ridge to explore, discover, create & test opportunities to increase morale @ MMSD #teachersrock #summeriscoming
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Screen time: Robots help kids attend class in a more natural way captimes.com/news/education/… via @CapTimes
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The school, among the 14 projects funded through the Madison Metropolitan School District’s Big Ideas funding, focuses on experiential learning for a small group of middle schoolers. captimes.com/news/education/…
Check out our June R&I Update!
Interested in learning about current projects &research w/n MMSD's Research & Innovation Dept., opportunities for educators, or access to cool tools to use in your work? Send us a message & we'll make sure you get future updates! #mmsdschools
Just a reminder MMSD students have no school on Friday May 27th, which is a staff only day. There is also no school on Monday May 30th, for Memorial Day.
Enjoy the extended weekend all and flex those innovative muscles =)
- The ROCKiT Innovation Team
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Congratulations to Research & Innovation team member Donald Dantzler Jr., as he was recently appointed to the @MadisonCollege Board of Trustees! He's the youngest member appointed in board history.
#InstitutionalResearchAndEvaluation #MMSD #BoardofTrustees #History #mmsdrockit
Congratulations to Research & Innovation's very own @BrianneCMonahan for an amazing joint presentation titled "Engaging with Research from the Practice Side: What do we do well and what could we do even better" at the ITPalooza: Celebrating Education Research & Policy in ITP III
Congratulations to all of the BIG Ideas teams on successful presentations & AMAZING projects this year! We're beyond proud of each & every team & excited to see you invoke transformation in MMSD!
Many thanks to council members for your honest feedback & dedication to this work!
Check out this awesome article about one of our #MMSDBIGIdeas. Congrats and thank you, Harry on all that you do for our scholars @MadisonEastHS! @MMSDschools @CarltonDJenkins captimes.com/news/education/…