{"id":1071,"date":"2016-11-02T12:12:41","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T19:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/?p=1071"},"modified":"2016-11-02T12:14:10","modified_gmt":"2016-11-02T19:14:10","slug":"the-macc-mini-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/2016\/11\/02\/the-macc-mini-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"The MACC Mini-Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>NEW JOB POSTING:&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>The MACC Mini-Brain!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1072 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2016\/11\/minibrain.jpeg\" alt=\"minibrain\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2016\/11\/minibrain.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/files\/2016\/11\/minibrain-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There is a new position opening up in the Suncrest MACC 6\/7 program: the MACC Mini-Brain.<\/p>\n<p>The Mini-Brain is a job similar to \u201cclass president.\u201d&nbsp; The role of the Mini-Brain is to be the teacher when Mr. Gaitens isn\u2019t in the room or when he doesn\u2019t feel like being the teacher.&nbsp; The Mini-Brain is to Mr. Gaitens as Robin is to Batman.&nbsp; The Mini-Brain is a natural leader, fair, kind, and helps mediate conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>(Full disclosure: this idea was stolen directly &#8211; and then adapted &#8211; from the incomparable Ms. Cowan, founder of the Cap Hill MACC Pack.)<\/p>\n<p>Duties:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Records attendance<\/li>\n<li>Leads students to the gym and Music and sends people to start again if they are talking while in the halls<\/li>\n<li>Helps Mr. Gaitens make decisions, such as:<br \/>\n&#8211; what activities to do for D.P.A.<br \/>\n&#8211; when to take breaks<br \/>\n&#8211; what movie to watch for the end of term celebration<br \/>\n&#8211; how much milk and sugar to put in his coffee (remember: we are only capable of 7-8 truly thoughtful decisions a day)<br \/>\n&#8211; things he doesn\u2019t want to think about<\/li>\n<li>Controls the class jobs basket<\/li>\n<li>Helps classmates solve minor conflicts<\/li>\n<li>Holds the tie-breaking vote in the case of a tie in class votes<\/li>\n<li>Reminds people to do their jobs<\/li>\n<li>Welcomes guests to the room<\/li>\n<li>Politely corrects Mr. Gaitens\u2019s spelling errors (and French pronunciation, if so able)<\/li>\n<li>Sighs wearily at the P.A. system when there are too many announcements<\/li>\n<li>Other duties as they arise<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mandatory Skills\/Assets \u2013 some combination of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kind<\/li>\n<li>Fair<\/li>\n<li>Well-organized<\/li>\n<li>Makes good choices<\/li>\n<li>Is a natural leader<\/li>\n<li>Trustworthy<\/li>\n<li>Responsible<\/li>\n<li>Respectful<\/li>\n<li>Safe<\/li>\n<li>Sense of humor<\/li>\n<li>Patient<\/li>\n<li>Heart of gold<\/li>\n<li>Friendly<\/li>\n<li>Welcoming<\/li>\n<li>Optimistic<\/li>\n<li>Perseveres<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Project Outline:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hello, Leaders of Tomorrow.&nbsp; Welcome to your first campaign.<\/p>\n<p>For a combination of Social Studies, Career Education, Writing, Math, and Art, you will each create a two-part project to determine the first MACC Mini-Brain!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Part One:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Remember that letter and package from President Obama that we explored (click <a href=\"http:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/1de038d05fb41cf0a5e52f609\/files\/15c8caf6-156e-4b88-a41f-a93ccaf35064.pdf\">here<\/a>)? For Part One of the campaign for Mini-Brain project, you will each create your own version of that document.&nbsp; It will contain:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>A persuasive essay, explaining why you should be the first MACC Mini-Brain. In this essay, you will try to win our votes by explain how and why you best fit the Mini-Brain job description.<\/li>\n<li>A campaign poster, done on 8.5 x 11 paper or cardstock. This can be a self-portrait, like the photo of President Obama that was in the package we explored, or a catchy and meaningful visual with a catchy and persuasive slogan; or some combination of those two representations.<\/li>\n<li>Creative choice: remember the bios of the two Obama dogs? What would <strong>you<\/strong> use on this third page, to humanize yourself, grab our hearts, and tell us more about your values?<\/li>\n<li>A written interview, in which you answer the same questions that President Obama answered, with the idea of being truthful and showing your personality, but also trying to win our votes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Part Two:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Details to follow!&nbsp; I figure this would be enough to explode your (mini-)brains for the time being\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Good luck!&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW JOB POSTING:&nbsp;The MACC Mini-Brain! There is a new position opening up in the Suncrest MACC 6\/7 program: the MACC Mini-Brain. The Mini-Brain is a job similar to \u201cclass president.\u201d&nbsp; The role of the Mini-Brain is to be the teacher &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/2016\/11\/02\/the-macc-mini-brain\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6195,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1071"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1071"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1074,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1071\/revisions\/1074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gaitensp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}