MECA: PBMS Week 2 by Don Stinson https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc Attendance, Behavior, & Families en-us 2021-06-13 01:36:49 UTC 2025-10-27 18:27:04 UTC hello@padlet.com Required: Project Information: School Report Card donstinson83 https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/620633544 Please visit this link to view instructions and submission information for the School Report Card project. This is our first project, and this will be due on Friday, June 18.

I have no preference for submission formats; that being said, if it would be easier for you, just let me know, and I'll choose a submission format for you! Sometimes, the less decisions we have to make, the better. Possible options are emailing or sharing to dstinson@vandercook.edu, uploading in a Padlet Portfolio, or uploading directly to Schoology.]]> 2020-06-10 12:53:41 UTC https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/620633544 Required: How can a family structure help us approach attendance and behavior with our students, classes, and programs? donstinson83 https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602933678 Consider various family structures, including nuclear families, step-families, single-parent families, grandparents raising children, teens raising children, foster families, mixed race families, same- parent families, and trans-racial families, to name a few.  If you're in an area affected by this, you should also consider gangs.]]> 2021-06-13 01:36:49 UTC https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602933678 Required: Read/View Powerpoint on Attendance donstinson83 https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602934085 Discussion not required but welcome.

Audio is available on some slides.]]> 2021-06-13 01:37:39 UTC https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602934085 Required: Read Restorative Justice: Major Study Finds Safer Schools, But Lower Test Scores for Black Student donstinson83 https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602934173 Discussion not required but welcome.]]> 2021-06-13 01:37:48 UTC https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602934173 Required: Attendance Cycles Discussion donstinson83 https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602934242 After viewing the presentation titled MECA: Attendance: can you relate to the attendance cycles? Is there anything that you might add, adjust, or delete?]]> 2021-06-13 01:37:56 UTC https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602934242 A Plethora of Restorative Practices Resources donstinson83 https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602934339 Larry Ferlazzo is a teacher based out of California. Here is a web page of his restorative practice links. It's from 2015 but if you want to start going down a restorative practices rabbit hole, here you go!]]> 2021-06-13 01:38:09 UTC https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602934339 Can Restorative Practices Improve School Climate and Curb Suspensions?An Evaluation of the Impact of Restorative Practices in a Mid-Sized Urban School District donstinson83 https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602934427 This is the research article that the restorative justice reading is based off of. I'm linking it for your reference. 132 pages, PDF.]]> 2021-06-13 01:38:18 UTC https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602934427 Optional Reading: Attendance Experiences donstinson83 https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602934576 An excerpt from an article I wrote on Low-Income Music programs and reflecting and encouraging attendance.]]> 2021-06-13 01:38:32 UTC https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602934576 Required: Interview: Melissa Gustafson-Hinds on Student Mobility and Attendance donstinson83 https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602934639 I had the chance to interview Dr. Melissa Gustafson-Hinds (MGH) a couple of years ago.  She teaches at O'Fallon Township High School, near Scott Air Force Base. 

Video begins at 7:08; relevant material ends at 12:18.

Summary: thinking "musical theater understudy" could provide solutions for planned or surprise absences in performance.  

*Disclaimer: this is from a podcast that I run; Youtube link is not monetized and I don't receive any financial benefit from you visiting this content.

Discussion not required but welcome.]]> 2021-06-13 01:38:39 UTC https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602934639 Required: Attendance Negotiables Discussion donstinson83 https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602934712 After viewing the presentation titled MECA: Attendance and reading the essay: What do you think are the negatives of negotiating with students on their level of participation in a music program?]]> 2021-06-13 01:38:47 UTC https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602934712 Resource: National Dropout Prevention Center donstinson83 https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602934897 2021-06-13 01:39:07 UTC https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602934897 SPENT: Online Board Game donstinson83 https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602934951 Click on the link to play the online game SPENT. SPENT was created to help explain the challenges that families affected by poverty face.]]> 2021-06-13 01:39:12 UTC https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602934951 Required Reading: Carrots and Sticks donstinson83 https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602935094 From Chris P. Gleason, Wisconsin Educator of the Year, 2017.

Discussion welcome but not required.

http://www.chrispgleason.com/]]> 2021-06-13 01:39:27 UTC https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602935094 Optional Discussion: East Aurora High School, Busing, and Chronic Truancy. donstinson83 https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602935382 I'm putting this discussion in the optional category.  It's fascinating to me, but it's more a of a district issue that wouldn't be helpful to our course beyond realizing what we can't control as music teachers. 

East Aurora High School in Aurora, IL had a truancy and attendance problem.  Many people blamed this on the fact that East Aurora did not have a busing service for its school.  In 2017, busing was implemented. 

I've linked a five year trend of East Aurora High School's truancy patterns.  When you look at this, does anything surprise you?  What questions come to mind when you see this data? edit 6/15: click on the five year trend to see information before and after busing was implemented.]]> 2021-06-13 01:40:00 UTC https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602935382 Required: Watch the Overview of Restorative Practices donstinson83 https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602935533 Discussion not required but welcome.]]> 2021-06-13 01:40:20 UTC https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602935533 Required: Restorative Practices: Your Experiences or Thoughts? donstinson83 https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602935612 Research on restorative practices are showing various results and some variables.  Experts in restorative practices say that it is a long term process.  Do you have any experience with restorative practices in your school or your music classroom?  If no, what are your assumptions about restorative practices after reading the article?

For those of you that teach in a rural area: do you see restorative practices as something that is necessary for your school or program?]]> 2021-06-13 01:40:30 UTC https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602935612 DOWNLOAD: Teaching Restorative Practices with Classroom Circles Manual donstinson83 https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602935809 This is not required reading for this course; however, this is a helpful manual to incorporate a complete package of relationship building and restorative practices in the classroom. If your school has not offered professional development in this area, this manual will at least give you a starting point of what to do and how to set up.]]> 2021-06-13 01:40:56 UTC https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602935809 Required: Daniel Pink: Autonomy, Mastery, Purpose donstinson83 https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602935877 Discussion not required but welcome.]]> 2021-06-13 01:41:04 UTC https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602935877 Required Discussion: What's the Worst that Could Happen? donstinson83 https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602935986 The theatre director at my school ran a small production at our school.  It was his first year teaching at our school.  Two weeks before the show, the lead actor moved away.  One week before the show, the understudy moved away.  No one else was able or willing to take the role.  The theatre director, in his first year, read from a script on stage to cover the missing part.  He did this over three shows.  

Is there an educational situation you've been in where you had to adapt, improvise, and overcome, similar to the situation above?  What did you do?  If not, is there a situation you are fearful of happening in your class or ensemble?]]> 2021-06-13 01:41:16 UTC https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602935986 Read Me First: Overview of the Week/Suggested Schedule donstinson83 https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602937611 Hi Everyone - welcome to Week 2!

If you'd prefer a cleaner layout, click here for a link to a document listing what is due this week.

This week is a little heftier for assignments as we begin to cover more material. I want to make sure you get your three credits worth! That being said, I'll remind everyone that I'm open to feedback. If you get through everything this week and feel like an adjustment needs to be made in terms of the workload, please let me know.

Padlet format: Unfortunately, we can either have it in nice clean rows, or we have it messy but collapsed comments. For now, we'll have to deal with what feels like "infinite scrolling" on the comments.

For the format this week, I have decided to post all required material on Sunday/Monday. Similar to last week, all required materials will be marked as "Required" and will be green. For the sake of discussion, we'll have all required materials due by Friday, June 18. 

School report card projects are also due on June 18. If you'd like to send me anything to look at before the due date, please feel free to email or share to dstinson@vandercook.edu

You can complete the material in any order that you'd like, but if you're a person that wants a little more structure, I might recommend the order listed in the course calendar.

I'll do responses and discussion participation in video and written response. My responses will be posted daily either in the form of comments or a video response. In the event of video responses, I'll make sure to tag your name in the video description so you can reference anything that is directed specifically toward you.

Finally - I've linked some of my own content this week.  I hope I am not coming off as "preachy" by supplying essays, research, or interviews I've done with other teachers.  Please accept this information as simply one educator sharing with other educators.]]> 2021-06-13 01:44:44 UTC https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602937611 Optional: Livestream, Friday, June 18, 1pm CST donstinson83 https://padlet.com/donstinson83/g3iu84n78g8n3agc/wish/1602944075 I'll be hosting a livestream on Youtube/Zoom on Friday, June 18, 1pm CST. The Youtube link is listed as MECA Week 2 Wrap-Up. 

Zoom info: Join Zoom Meeting
https://jths-org.zoom.us/j/86538801749?pwd=blBwMjdRWnN6dE1VWVhwQ2dyLy9DUT09

Meeting ID: 865 3880 1749
Passcode: 765944

I want to reiterate that this is completely optional. If you attend, we can talk about any of this or last week's content, and I'll go over some of our discussion regarding restorative justice and attendance. If you are unable or just want to attend, no worries at all. The session will be recorded so everyone can access later. 


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