Transcript Springhouse Middle School 2013-2014

Springhouse
Middle School
2013-2014
Welcome Back!
• Welcome
• Staff updates
• SMS Kick-off 2013-2014
District Theme
Preparing Learners
to be Leaders
• TED Video Clip
• College and Career Readiness / 21st Century Skills
• Common Core
• Customize Learning
• Data Driven Decision Making
Technology has changed
the face of education
•Non-linear learning
(example:
Differentiated
instruction)
•Students must be
prepared for the world
they will enter
The reality is,
EVERY 60 Seconds…
• 100,000
s
• 1500 Blog Posts
• 600 new You Tube videos
• 2 million
searches
• 684,468 items shared on
• 3600 Instagram photos shared
• 48 hours of video uploaded onto
• 571 Websites created
(Social and Media Revolution Statistics, 2013)
Prior to Web 2.0
Media
(Radio,TV)
Friends
Family
Learner
Teachers,
Textbooks
coaches
Magazines
Student Learning Today
Since Facebook (2004)…PLN Paths
National Council of Teachers of English
(NCTE) 2008
Literacy Standards for 21st century readers and writers
• Develop proficiency with the tools of technology
• Build relationships with others to pose and solve
problems collaboratively and cross-culturally
• Design and share information for global communities to
meet a variety of purposes
• Manage, analyze and synthesize multiple streams of
simultaneous information
• Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multi-media
texts
• Attend to the ethical responsibilities required by these
complex environments
Interconnectedness: Moving Students Forward
ACADEMIC:
P.A. Common Core/ STEMM
DI: Blended Learning , Danielson’s Elements
of Effective Teaching
DATA: Keystone, PSSA, Study Island
Benchmark (Performance Tracker)
SOCIAL:
Anti-Bullying
Student Activities
Class Meetings / SRO
Guidance
EMOTIONAL:
Listening
Empathy
Building RELATIONSHIPS 
Student
Growth
Today’s Agenda
Assistant Principal Responsibilities
General Information
Bullying and Other Student Concerns
Security
Communication with Parents/ Students
Team Meetings/ Content Meetings
o Data and Professional Development Tools
• Budget
• 2012-2013 Data Review /SMS Data Goals
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BREAK
• Teacher Effectiveness – Procedural Implementation
Assistant Principal
Responsibilities
• Jeff – 6th Grade
7th Grade Piranhas
Barracudas
• Rob – 8th Grade
7th Grade Sharks
• Details to follow in email
General Information
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Attendance
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Hall Supervision
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7:30 – 7:45 and between classes
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Review IEP’s – S:Drive
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Parents’ Night
o Bulletin Boards – Display cases
o Unity Project – Corey Bergstein
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False alarms
o Motion detectors in the halls and
classrooms
o Do not hang anything from ceiling
More General Info
• Technology
o New Phone System – Set up voicemail today
o Home Access / Netbook Cart sign out – Joanne
Quinn
o Website
• Sunshine Fund – Kristin Yudt
• SSR – Star Testing – Mary Nomie
• District Calendar Distribution
• Substitute Teacher Information
o Emergency lesson plans, seating chart, class lists,
etc. – give to Team Leader (place in common
area)
o AESOP (Sub Plans)
o Crisis Plan for Substitutes / Garavanta Chair
Bullying and Other
Student Concerns
• Middle School Goal – reduce
bullying
• Committee Initiatives
• Class Meetings
• Other recommendations by
team
• Traffic Patterns (Interaction)
• Student Presentations
• PBS – (Parkland Behavioral
Strategies Program)
Security
• Seraph Report and changes to SMS
o Tightened Security at Front Desk – Escort
o Confront Visitors – Escort to Main Office
o SRO (School Resource Officer)
o Staff ID’s – Must Wear
o No Propping Doors Open
o Swipe Cards
o Front Doors
o Video Cameras
o Parking Spaces
o 7:15 Student Supervision
o Parent Drop Off / Pick Up
o 4:20 Parent Pick Up
o Drop off – Lunches, projects, etc. (Front vestibule - table)
• Review Crisis Management Plan and Springhouse Addendum
• Special Needs Evacuation
• Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting (CARR) Training
Communication
• Parent Communication
o Return of Parental Calls within 1 day (Parent contact
by team – 1st call by October 1, 2013)
• Parent University
o 10/24/13 – Milton Creagh
o 1/23/13 – Digital Learners and Research Today
o 4/24/14 – Cyber Safety and Social Networking
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(Raising Financially Responsible Kids)
• Student Communication
o Group Project Work Outside of School
o Cell Phone Use / Texting
Team Meetings/
Content Meetings
Minutes (S:Drive)
Student Data Reports
Performance Tracker
Study Island – Steve Hoffman
PD Tools/Teacher
Effectiveness
• Professional
Development/Hours/CPE
Updates/Attendance
• Content-Based Meetings
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Budget
• SMSP -- $10.00 – Budget requests
• SMS
o $ 5.00 FIELD TRIPS
o $ 4.00 INTERDISCIPLINARY
o $ 2.00 CLUBS
Other District
Initiatives
• Paperless Initiative – Parents received Echo Sign
information with incentive to update information by
September. Also, can receive information via Text if
choose.
o Open House- Computers available for parents to update information
(Student ID is required)
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Parkland APP / Also, SMS APP – Piloting
Blended Learning
Bleacher Project
IEP Plus Updates
Web Portal Updates
Data Driven Instruction – SMS Goal
• What does this mean?
o Action Plans: Utilize Performance Tracker Plus to create Individual action
plans based on data – can ‘Share’ via PTP
o Content Meetings/Team Meetings/Daily Instruction
o Study Island Benchmark Data – Same page
• Performance Tracker Plus
o PD Tools – Tutorials
• Differentiated Professional Development
o Professional Growth – PD Tools, PLN’s, etc.
• Teacher Effectiveness – Evidence
2012-2013 PSSA Data
• School Performance Profile
• PVAAS Launchpad
• Middle School Results
o Grade 6: Math down 9, Reading down 8
o Grade 7: Math down 3, Reading down 4
o Grade 8: Math down 6, Reading down 8,
Science down 8, Writing down 2
2012-2013 Keystone Data
References
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McElvanery, J. & Berge Z (2009). Weaving a personal web: Using online technologies to create
customized, connected, and dynamic learning environments. Canadian Journal of Learning and
Technology, V 35 (2).
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NCTE (2008). 21st Century Literacy's. Retrieved from http://www.ncte.org/governance/literacies
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Richardson, W. & Mancabelli, R. (2011). Personal learning networks: Using the power of connections to
transform education. Indiana: Solution Tree Press.
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Warlick, D. (2009). Grow your personal learning network. Learning and Leading with Technology.
Retrieved from http://landmarkproject.com/workshops/handouts/gyplnll.pdf.