Hello everyone!
I will be remote teaching beginning April 1st and it'll be a new adventure for us all.
I know this will be a challenge for many but I also know that it'll be an opportunity for me to grow and strengthen my technical understanding and that I will provide educational and exciting lessons and mini drawing projects for your student. My learning platform will be through google classroom and your student should have received an invite from me to join. It will be important for your student to check in to see what lessons or project is planned for the week and to keep up with those lessons and not get behind for they will be graded regularly. If you need to email me I will be glad to respond as quickly as I can and will try to respond within 24 hrs. of receiving your email.
My office hours are from 10:00 am-11:00 am and then again from 2:00-3:00 pm. Those are the times I will be checking my email and will try to respond during especially during those office hours.
You can contact me at this email address: Linda.Richardson@adams12.orgThank you so much for your patience during this new process of online remote teaching.
I look forward to connecting with my art students.
Thank you,
Linda Richardson
Remote Learning Attendance Policy
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All core content and electives teachers will record weekly attendance in Infinite Campus.
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Attendance will be taken every Friday starting April 3, 2020.
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Student attendance will be accounted for by teachers gathering and keeping track of evidence/artifacts (writings, videos, worksheets, projects) that students complete aligned to expectations outlined by the teacher.
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Students must attempt the assigned task(s) to be considered ‘present’ during that week of remote learning.
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If a student is not ‘attending’ based on these parameters, the teacher or appropriate designee will contact the family to determine what adjustments or modifications might be needed to help the student engage successfully in the remote learning experience.
Remote Learning Grading Policy
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All core content and electives teachers will record weekly grades in Infinite Campus.
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Grades will be entered weekly starting the week of Friday, April 10, 2020.
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Weekly assignments due on Fridays will be graded and entered by the following Friday.
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Student grades will be recorded based on teachers gathering and keeping track of evidence/artifacts (writings, videos, worksheets, projects) that students complete aligned to expectations outlined by the teacher.
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Teachers will post rubrics with assignments that clearly outline the grading expectations for that particular assignment.
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The method of assessment, grading, and providing feedback to students is left to the discretion of common-course teams with guidance and approval from the administrator assigned to that grade level or department.
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Assignments will stay open after the deadline for grading and feedback, but attendance will not be changed.
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Retakes and multiple assessments will be allowed.
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Student grades will be recorded based on the Adams 12 Standards-Based Grading Scale:
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4 - Exceeds the Standard
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3 - Meets the Standard
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2 - Approaches the Standard
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1 - Does Not Meet the Standard
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M -Missing
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Hello, my name is Linda Richardson and am the art teacher at Silver Hills Middle School. I am originally from Indiana, but accepted my first teaching job in Arizona and was excited to begin my career in education in the West. About 4 years later, my family decided to move to Colorado and soon after accepted a position teaching art through Adams 12 school district. My Bachelor's Degree is from DePauw University in Greencastle Indiana, my Masters of Fine Arts degree is from the University of Minnesota, and I also received my teaching certificate (K-12) from Indiana University where I studied education. I also studied in New York city (a program through DePauw) and apprenticed two artists in the Soho area. I had the opportunity right out of college to travel to Dordogne France where I took summer courses through Parsons School of Paris.