weekly upda

1. RODGERS’ POD NEWS
Welcome to Diana our new Team Member!
Please add her to IM and welcome her to our team
dwigg@lfvs.net.
Welcome to Melissa as she transitions today from rock
star full-time instructor to our rock star part-time team
grading specialist. Graders touch many students per day
with personalized contact, so we value you, Melissa!
Melissa

2. STUDENTS FIRST AWARD!
This week’s
recipients are
Darcey
Jen
Ginny

3. “WHY ME?”
 Darcey -Why you?-Your Students, Peer
Coaching, Fine Arts Club
 Jen -Why you?-Your Students, Coaching,
Challenging yourself for constant
improvement and sharing best practices to
help others improve
 Ginny -Why you?-Your Students, Credit
Recovery, Journalism, Always taking the
challenge to help the organization by
navigating new territory/courses

4. THIS WEEK: NON-WORKERS
 Please sort by last assignment turned in date.
 Make contact (a personal phone call is best) with
students who have not submitted work since August
1st and encourage work or begin the withdrawal
process.
 Offer one-on-one assistance, help them set up the
assignment, or provide encouragement that
completion can be around the corner. Do what you
can to help them succeed, but if there are no
extenuating circumstances, remind the students that
they may take the course at a later date.
 Begin the withdrawal process as needed.

5. MATT’S MONDAY CHALLENGE
 Next week, the teachers with the largest
decrease in non-workers will receive the
Student’s First Award (A Celebrate You Day)
for helping those non-workers succeed.

6. THANK YOU!
 Thank you to Amos for volunteering to teach
CR full-time.
 Thank you to Gigi, James, and Christy for
collaboration.
 Thank you to Richard for taking the live
lesson plunge.
 Thank you to Lindsay for her action research
with her contest.

7. SHARE FAIR
Jen’s favorite poem:
"GOALS"
As I paused to think of something that sets some men apart,
It seemed to me that goals in life must be the place to start.
Imagine playing football on an unmarked field of green;
Not a goal line to be sought and not a goal post to be seen.
It would be an aimless battle were there nothing to be gained;
Without a thing to strive for, not a score to be attained.
We must have purpose in our lives, for the flame that warms the soul
Is an everlasting vision, every man must have his goal.
Written by Art Holst
1969

8. QUOTES FOR THE WEEK
 “Many of life's failures are men who did not
realize how close they were to success when
they gave up.” Thomas Edison
 “The best thing about the future is that it only
comes one day at a time.” Abraham Lincoln