January 29, 2010

• 7 Habits Training -- Room 2101 JSU Inservice Center May 10-12.   Confirmed.
• Annual Sexual Harassment Prevention Training

To: All Full-Time JSU Faculty and Staff
From: Human Resources
Subject: 2010 Sexual Harassment Prevention Training
Date: January 25, 2010

It is time again for our annual Sexual Harassment Prevention Training. The online program allows you to take the training at your leisure. It may be taken all in one session or you may bookmark and return at a later time. You will need to allow up to two hours to take the training program. You may locate the training on the HR website at http://training.newmedialearning.com/psh/jacksonvillestu/. Once you enter the program, you will select a track appropriate to your position: Supervisory, Non-supervisory, Faculty, etc. You may choose the full course or the refresher course. (Note: the refresher course is condensed and requires a higher level of understanding thus a higher pass score on the exam.)

There will be a test at the end that you are required to pass. When you pass the exam, HR will be notified of the successful completion. You will also be given the option of printing a completion certificate. Please print and retain in your files. This is required training and must be completed on an annual basis. Please complete this program by April 15, 2010.

If you have taken this course since July 1, 2009, you are not required to take the program again until the 2011 training program. ( Jerry, Kay and Donna probablycompleted their course after July 1.)

Please contact Judy Harrison, email at harrison@jsu.edu or call X8569, if you have questions.

• February 19 we will be offering Photo Story training to our year 3 and beyond schools.  Eric will facilitate.  We are ordering equipment to use with Photo Story.  For the training we will use Erics.
• March 5 we will offer The "T" in AMSTI, Beyond Paper and Pencil, Technology as a Teaching Tool using Clickers,  blogs, and wikis.  (MSP money)
• We need to offer compressed training during the summer too and hopefully we will not offer any during the school year.  So add the compressed training to your list of summer offerings complete with dates. 
• Steve Ricks sent an email Tuesday, January 26th  requesting a list of  what wkshops/training each site will be offering this summer. Very timely since we are working on our list.  I replied to him I would our list of offereings and dates to him by February 8.
• ACHE workshops :  Waiting on confirmation of dates but the range of possibilities are listed.  Math Content building  K-5  April 27-29,  6th-12th  May 4-6.  Science Content building  K-5  May 4-6 and 6th -8th  April 27-29.
• Housekeeping:  Now that we have 7 specialists and 4 cameras, please leave the cameras in the vault and check them out as needed.  Return to the vault when not in use at a school / classroom. THANKS

January 22, 2010

• Nancy D. said: Dr. Carr came home yesterday (Thursday) and is doing a little better today Hope he takes it easy and does not try to come back to work too soon!
• For our meeting on Jan. 25, please list your concerns/issues/problems on a notecard. One issue per note card. On the back of that notecard, list solutions.  Place in the big envelope labeled "issues and solutions" .  These will provide part of our agenda for the day.
• April State wide Staff meeting will be held here.   April 6 - 8.  Both science and math.
• 7 Habits Training for ALL AMSTI JSU May 10 -12.  We are combining with AMSTI UAB and AMSTI Athens.  Training will be by Shelly Hollis.  It will be held at the JSU InService Center pending confirmation of the availability of the room.
• Statement of Economic Interests Form

The Ethics Commission prefers that the SEI be completed on-line. To access the form, go to
http://ethics.alabama.gov/;
then FORMS & FAQS;
then STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS
Once you begin the form you will have approximately one hour to complete it. At the end of the form you will be given an opportunity to review before submitting. If you include an e-mail address, you will receive a confirmation code that your submission has been successful. The confirmation e-mail will direct you to a location to view and print your submitted form.
NOTE: THE SEI MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010.
To document that you have been notified of the requirement to complete the SEI, please reply to this message.
Thank you and I am available if you have questions.
Karen C. Davis
Director, Human Resources
Jacksonville State University
700 Pelham Road N
Jacksonville, AL 36265
256-782-5007 phone
256-782-5579 fax
kdavis@jsu.edu - email

• This is the banana activity that some of you asked about that Charlene has used with our 5E model lessons. See the email below.

Joyce M. Waid
AMSTI-Athens Director

From: Charlene Tibbals

Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 1:22 PM

To: Joyce Waid

Subject: RE: banana activity

I had to get to a computer since we are having problems with our blackberries since the upgrade. Here is the Math/Science activity we took the banana 5E activity from. I got it for $2 at Activities Integrating Math & Science. I am forwarding the PDF but I don't give it to teachers because of the copyright.(Tanya has saved the PDF to the G Drive -- PD folder, 5E folder)

Specialists may want to go to the website and see all that is available. All activities follow the inquiry model.

I have included a few other activities for different grade levels. Share at will.

Charlene Tibbals

AMSTI Math Specialist

Visit my blog at: www.amsti.blogspot.com

January 15, 2010

• From : Martha Ann Allison:  It is important that you are aware of upcoming on-site teaching that is being coordinated between ASIM and the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. HAIB has developed several labs for ASIM and has offered to co-teach these with the specialists in area classrooms. The dates they will be in each region are listed below.

Agenda for ASIM & HAIB - JSU Biology
Wed AM - Genetic students at Pell City High School doing the HNPCC lab the the Gene & Consequences lab
Wed PM - Genetic students at Pell City High School doing the HNPCC lab the the Gene & Consequences lab
Thur AM - AP Biology students at Pell City High School doing the Expanded DNA extraction lab and the Gene & Consequences lab

• Our book study on The Art of Connecting by O.S. Hawkins has been canceled.
• For our meeting on Jan. 25, please list your concerns/issues/problems on a notecard.  One issue per note card.  On the back of that notecard, list solutions. 
• From Pam Williams concerning the content building on Feb. 24:  Tanya,
  
  That date is during the director’s meeting. Right now, the meeting is tentative. There is a possibility that it will be changed or canceled. Mr. Ricks will provide more details about the meeting at a later time.
  
  
  
  
  
• Scott Foresman has given permission to share the Pearson SuccessNet codes for the New Investigation with AMSTI schools that have already completed year 2 which do not have the new edition. 
• Lynn and Tanya are working on a distribution plan.  Has to be controlled and flyers given to individual AMSTI teachers, not faxed or email.  Details to follow.
• We can hold a workshop: Beyond Paper and Pencil, the "T" in AMSTI and help year 3 AMSTI  teachers learn to use the SuccessNet. - Think about it
Hi Tanya, I want to touch base and make sure you all know that I have moved positions. I am now at Coldwater Elementary School. I look forward to continuing working with you and your staff in my new position. I hope you have a great weekend. MM Michael Maniscalco Assistant Principal Coldwater Elementary School (256) 241-3870 fax (256) 236-6061
• The April State meeting will be math and science specialist.  Dates April 6,7, and 8.  Place is yet to be decided.   

Begin thinking...and putting together, choosing dates....  workshops to offer this summer -  We need dates and get them scheduled and let the schools know about them.

• GLOBE and Math go together like Milk and Oreo's
• Alphebet Soup : COS,ARMT, SAT10, AHSGE and ASA -
•       basically a worksession to help the teachers find the test objectives in the COS and correlate to AMSTI materials
• How about a GLOBE for year 3 schools - to help reinforce protocals - maybe go through some they didn't do in SI or some that are really difficult, kinda as a refresher...  Just a thought, science folks let me know what you think. 
• AMSTI Instructional Stratgies -- maybe Mary and Sue what yall did for Duran
• 5E's
• Merging old and new: Turning Textbook Lessons into AMSTI lessons