Here are your Monday Minutes for February 22-26, 2021. 

Please make a point of reading this email every Monday (or Tuesday), as it highlights key department announcements, opportunities, and events, particularly events hosted by one of the Department of Education’s student clubs. It covers everything you need to know in a single email message.

From the Department Head 

Dear Students and Colleagues,

Public Schools Week is February 22-26. Let’s celebrate the great things happening each day in Montana’s public schools and the opportunities that our school district partners provide in order to prepare our amazing future educators and school/district leaders.  Please consider using the resources available in the Public Schools Week Social Media Toolkit and share your stories.  Additional resources can be found at Learning First.

We also celebrate Kindness in Graduate Education Week. Our hats are off to graduate students who teach and assist with research in our department, as well as those earning a degree and working in education settings.

Public Schools Week. Child walking to school. "The expert in anything was once a beginner." Helen Hayes. Kindness in graduate eduction week. Joined hands. February 15 to 24, 2021.

Take good care,

 Ann Dutton Ewbank's signature 

Dr. Ann Ewbank

From the Advising Office

  • Students in 5-12 or K-12 education majors planning to take practicum (EDP 304 & 305) in Fall 2021 should plan to attend one of the following two meetings:
  • Elementary Education and P-3 majors planning to take your first practicum (EDP 301) in Fall 2021 should plan to attend one of the following meetings:
  • Elementary Education, General Science Broadfield, and Social Studies Broadfield majors planning to student teach in Fall 2021 should set up a graduation advising appointment with David or Cyndi by February 24. Students in other teaching majors will need to meet with their departmental advisors. Graduation applications are due March 1.
  • The Education Advising Center is currently offering remote advising only.
    • Phone or Webex Appointments: M-F, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm, as available. You can schedule appointments at www.montana.edu/education/advising/calendars.html.
    • And, as always, you can contact us via email or phone. We’re available to respond during normal business hours (M-F, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm).
  • All Monday Minutes are archived and available for your reference.
  • Make sure to check the MSU COVID-19 webpage frequently as university and system-wide updates are available all in one place.

Events

  • On February 25, 2-3pm, the Library of Congress National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Jason Reynolds will discuss his ambassadorship, including his recent “GRAB THE MIC: Tell Your Story” virtual tour, with Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. Through his platform Reynolds has directed his focus as ambassador by empowering students to embrace and share their own personal stories.

Jason Reynolds. Library of Congress, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opportunities

    • Applicant must be female.
    • Applicant must be a resident or former resident of Gallatin County, Montana and a graduate of Bozeman High School or Belgrade High School.
    • Applicant must be a full-time student entering their junior or senior of any post-secondary school in the United States.
    • Applicant must have maintained continuous enrollment at a post-secondary school, unless medical or financial difficulties required an interruption in continuous enrollment.
    • Applicant must demonstrate a cumulative GPA of 3.0 for all post-secondary studies.
    • Applicant must demonstrate financial need.
  • Summer nanny wanted for 9-year-old girl: Summer Nanny for 9 year old girl: Hello! We are looking for a nanny who overflows with awesomeness to join our family! We are a family of 3 humans and 2 pets.   We have a  9 year old girl who really enjoys learning, outdoors, and lots of sports.  We have two pets – a black lab named Wayne and a fish named Rainbow. This job ideally begins between mid May to the 1st week of June and lasts through August.  Duties would include child supervision with a combination of learning and outdoorsy summer activities, light housekeeping, preparation of meals, minor errands (groceries runs) and creating activities (swimming, biking, STEM projects, playdates, reading, art projects, adventure).  We absolutely love our time together, so if we can’t be there, we want to find someone with the same values to be there in place of us. 

    Nanny should understand this job allows play dates, may require carpooling to activities (ie, a birthday party or swimming lessons), positive reinforcement for light chores/projects around the house, clean up after play dates, and organizing a schedule.  Nanny should be flexible and be ok to work around our weekly schedules (schedule will be fairly consistent for days/times needed but could change based on our work load or weekend camping plans). We hope to find someone who is mindful of covid safety to keep us all healthy and embraces fresh air activities whenever possible.  We hope to find someone who appreciates the outdoors and learning as much as we do, is dependable, responsible, and a good communicator.  

    Pay will be through a W2 wage from $13-15. Most weeks this would be 4 ½ days (Monday-Thursday, 1/2 day Friday). We have a vehicle nanny can use during work hours, but will need to get to/from our house.  We may have periods of time we are out of town or have relatives in town…so much still to be determined with covid.  Ansley may attend 1-2 week long camps.  During those times, work would still be available if nanny is interested in helping with house projects (filing, creating lists, organizing garage, goodwill runs, planting flowers, etc…).

    Example of a day:
    • Work shift 7:30-5:15.  Make breakfast, have 1 hour of “chore time” such as making bed, folding clothes and putting away, Put dishes in dishwasher.  Go for a bike ride on trails, swim at the pool, or hike Sypes Canyon. Make lunch.  Read, stem project, piano practice, or art project.  Supervise play date (ex. Slip and slide in the yard). Prep or make dinner to be ready at 5:15 for family using hello fresh boxed ingredients and instructions. 
    • Work shift 8-5.  Make breakfast. Drive to Bogert Pool for swimming lesson.  Pick up grocery list at Safeway. Painting project in the back yard.  Turn on the Roomba (will vacuum downstairs on its own) and make lunch.  Bike ride to the park and play on climbing rock. Read for 30 minutes.  Prep dinner and put dishes in dishwasher and clean off counter tops.   Water plants outside. 

Our dog Wayne goes to work with us, but may be home some days too and would need to have a walk or hike on those days.

This job would likely be up to 32-42 hours per week, 9-10 weeks out of 12 weeks (June-August). May hours would very and be less (like 5-15 hours/week) if available.

Please send resumes or inquiries to Christi Coubrough at [email protected]. 

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Resources

  • Please join us on March 2nd at 6pm MST for the next webinar in the Library Media Certificate webinar series. Dr. Kayte Kaminski, Assistant Dean/Director of Student Success in the College of Education, Health, and Human Development will present “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice.” Join this session for a discussion on identity, privilege, power, bias, and equity, and how all of these can play a role in your relationships with others and your career. Register here to attend and/or receive a recording link after the webinar.

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  • Congratulations to our MSU Awards for Excellence recipients who were recently honored:
    • Sierra Fisher-Dykman
      Major: Elementary Education, Special Education
      Hometown: Bozeman, MT
      Mentor: Dr. Jody Bartz
    • Jade Williamson
      Major: Secondary Education, Social Studies Broadfield
      Hometown: Kaiserslautern, Germany
      Mentor: Ms. Tina Cusker
  • Are you on social media? So is the Department of Education and the College of EHHD. Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/edubozmt/ and on Twitter @MSU_EHHD (https://twitter.com/MSU_EHHD).

 

Take care,

David Reese
Academic Advisor
MSU Department of Education
[email protected]
406.994.5948
he/him/his

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