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

VLL VISIT LAST FRIDAYThese are the students who are calling, e-mailing, and submitting those assignments. They have important questions and really need your help. My VLL visit was extremely rewarding, and I would recommend it each of you!

STUDENTS FIRST AWARD!This week’s recipients are

Darcey

Jen

Ginny

“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

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.

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.

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.

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 Holst1969

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