Metro+State

=How might Metro State help Georgetown Community School?= This brainstorming was started by the open house I just happened to go by on June 20th 2009. Web site: [|www.mscd.edu]

Possibilities – who knows what the limits are?
 * Music department - David Kish - music ed guru -- didn't meet, dkish@mscd.edu
 * He called 6/23/09 - -our brainstorming
 * He appreciated that we were trying to come up with creative ways to add music instead of take it away due to budget constraints.
 * He asked what I envisioned -- I mentioned that I would like music at least once a week for students so they could learn to appreciate music, sing, and play instruments (he said 4-6th grade would be appropriate for instruments). I would also like the infants, toddlers, and preschool to have some exposure -- at least a few minutes of listening to music.
 * Dr. Kish mentioned that his students don't have classes in Fridays - maybe he can sell them on a 10 week project to come up here in pairs and work with our students. They don't start classes until late August, but he would talk to them. He would only send students that have been fingerprinted and through the beginning music educator classes. He would help the students come up with a curriculum.
 * He thought that perhaps the Music Educators Association could adopt us as a service project.
 * He asked if there were funds to pay the students for gas. I said we could come up with some funds. I mentioned a lady that started funding the music program might be willing to donate more money with an exciting program we were talking about.
 * I also mentioned other alternatives were the after school program.
 * Early Childhood Education, Mary Jo Pollman (she took my name, phone, but I should have taken her card) LM 7/22/09
 * Find qualified employees for our Early Learning Center (ELC)
 * Infant Supervisor
 * Assistant to director
 * Aide (ELC and lunch)
 * Career Center www.mscd.edu/~career, 303-556-3664, Tivoli 215
 * Help with posting ELC jobs above
 * Cooperative Education Internship Center Brenda Sabo, Coordinator, sabo@mscd.edu
 * Internships
 * Theater, Marilyn A. Hetzel, Ph.D., Director of Theatre, hetzelm@mscd.edu
 * In original conversation, we discussed:
 * Theater day reprisal (what we did 2 years ago -- talk with Linda)
 * Performances (she said they were free) for our school
 * Dr. Hetzel wrote back and I responded on 6/23/09 with other suggestions including modeling a day a week like the one for music mentioned above. She responded again 6/23/09. Most everyone out until later in the summer. Scott Lubinski went to Georgetown Elementary in 5th and 6th grade and is now on their faculty.
 * Education Department -- help finding resources for:
 * Tier 2 Response to Intervention students in Math especially
 * After school tutors for reading and math
 * Work with teachers and community members to create history and nature stepping out opportunities
 * Classroom aide in exchange for mentoring by one of our teachers
 * Help organize and participate in our other events: Snow day, Santa Lucia, Fire Safety day
 * Other possibilities
 * Library/Media center help
 * Counseling work one-on-one with students who have problems
 * Grant and fund raising help
 * Future design of building (one entrance for security)
 * Professional development for our staff and myself, courses that look interesting:
 * RDG 3110-3 Foundations of Literacy Instruction in Grades P-6
 * EDU 3600-2 Teaching Writing K-6
 * RDG Literacy Instructions in Grades K-6
 * EDU Integrated Methods of Teaching Language Arts and the Social Sciences
 * EDU Integrated Methods of Teaching Science, Mathematics & Health: K-6
 * Laborers to help with projects that need to get done?
 * Painting building, new fence for ELC, refinish gym floor

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