Transcript TASK FORCE CALL TO ARMS

Henninger High School
Faculty Meeting
th
April 16 , 2012
2008 Cohort:
Growth in Each Regents Requirement
Sept '11
70%
65%
March '12
70%
68%
62%
62%
57%
56%
54%
48%
Math
Science
Global
US History
ELA
2008 Cohort: Growth
Sept '11
March '12
81%
77%
68%
60%
53%
72%
76%
71%
65%
60%
50%
40%
0
1
2
3
4
5
2008 Cohort Current Status
# Needs
March '12
88%
68%
72%
77%
81%
60%
53%
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Student Student Name Grade # Remediation Credits Math ELA Global US Science Has Foreign
Id
Last-First-Middle
Needs Spectrum
History
IEP Lang
1010925 Adams, Damaris
995365
7543893
7
12
2
3
21
69
65
61
52
65
N
Adams, Kyle
12
0
0
20
72
73
57
P
73
Y
Adams, Kyle J
12
0
0
22.5
79
67
72
71
79
N
54
= Score greater than 64 on Regents
Exam or more than 16.5 credits,
= Score of 55-64 on Regents Exam,
= Score less than 55 or less than 16.5
credits.
Henninger High School
2012 TASK FORCE
CALL TO ARMS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc
Professional Development
•
Amy
Falcinelli
•
Barb Boland
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Alana Groth
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Gina Terzini
•
Jordan
Weismore
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Identify professional development needs
through qualitative and quantitative data
analysis,
Identify professional development
opportunities for teachers,
Develop a two-year professional
development plan for the school,
Develop schedules and budgetary
recommendations to provide professional
development to staff.
Professional Development
•
Amy
Falcinelli
•
Barb Boland
•
Alana Groth
•
Gina Terzini
•
Jordan
Weismore
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Met: 3/30/12
Update: Data is a critical determinant to the
type of PD that should be offered; the greatest
professional development needs can be
determined by an analysis of student
results. Benchmark assessments can help
teachers to determine teaching and reteaching priorities. PD must be specific to the
needs of teachers, and consistency with the
PD that is offers has a greater impact. Staff
must be continually supported as they deal
with changes occurring in the building and
follow through needs to be a priority.
Positive Behavior Supports and Interventions
Chris Blitman
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Isabel Carciofolo
Elizabeth Magnarelli
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Margaret Mcrobbie
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Jill Porter
Neil Prince
Erik Saroney
Michael Schug,
Mark Vinciquerra
Evaluate and improve the current
PBIS plan,
Monitor plan and implementation,
Maintain, and communicate with
staff, data that is directly related to
student behavior.
Positive Behavior Supports and Interventions
Chris Blitman
Isabel Carciofolo
Elizabeth Magnarelli
Margaret Mcrobbie
Jill Porter
Neil Prince
Erik Saroney
Michael Schug,
Mark Vinciquerra
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Next meeting:
Update: we reviewed the report
from the Dr. Barbara, Director of
School Reform. The dress code
powerpoint was reviewed and
evaluated for presentations in
classes.
Curriculum Implementation
•
Brewster, Michelle
•
Egerbrecht, Kari
•
Pascarella, Lynn
•
Perrotta, Frank
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Rombel, Megan
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Tucker, Jay
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Zimar, Chad
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McCarthy, Mindy
Identify and/or create courses that meet
the needs of students, aligned with the
mission and vision of the school
Identify and/or develop current
curriculum
Determine best practices with regards to
time, pedagogy and technology to
deliver the curriculum
Curriculum Implementation
•
Brewster, Michelle
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Egerbrecht, Kari
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Pascarella, Lynn
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Perrotta, Frank
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Rombel, Megan
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Tucker, Jay
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Zimar, Chad
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McCarthy, Mindy
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Next meeting: 4/23/12
Update: We will be accepting feedback
from all members of the faculty and staff
regarding curriculum. If you have any
suggestions or ideas, please contact
any member of the committee via email, flyer, or other means. We meet in
room 228. All guest are welcome.
Master Schedule
Department
Chairs
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Identify curriculum needs through
the use of student data,
Identify staffing needs,
Develop the master schedule.
English Language Learners
•
Castrello, Alana
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DeTore, Suzanne
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Germain, Todd
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Spohn, Joann
•
Zogg, William
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Anderson, John
•
Socia, Jackie
Discuss the structure of the current ELL
program and the services at Henninger
for this population.
Investigate ways to improve the ELL
program and the services for these
students.
Give the Master Scheduling Task Force
input on how the improved program will
impact scheduling for the ELL students in
the 2012-2013 school year.
English Language Learners
•
Castrello, Alana
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•
DeTore, Suzanne
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•
Germain, Todd
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Spohn, Joann
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Zogg, William
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Anderson, John
•
Socia, Jackie
Next Meeting: 4/20/12
Update: The ELL Task Force is currently
documenting the program that we have
been implementing for this population.
Two members of the task force (Suzanne
Detore and Jackie Socia) will go to
Fowler and possibly Nottingham to
investigate ways that their programs are
implemented. Then the task force will
begin developing a new plan for our
ELLs.
Special Education
Atkins, Tom
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DeCarlo, Tina
Ludovici, Ronni
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Nicotra, Allyssa
Garofalo, Rocky
Oster, Sarah
Porter, Jill
Porter, Bryan
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Determine current status of special
education programs: define Special
Education Services,
Research and identify effective
special education programming that
should be implemented at
Henninger,
Design and align the special
education program with the core
curriculum and IDEA.
Special Education
Atkins, Tom
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DeCarlo, Tina
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Ludovici, Ronni
Nicotra, Allyssa
Garofalo, Rocky
Oster, Sarah
Porter, Jill
Porter, Bryan
Next meeting: 4/16/12
Update: To the current continuum, we
would like to possibly add Collaborative
Team Teaching, and a Special Ed service
between the 12:1:1 Special Class and 15:1
Prioritized Curriculum class. We are
looking at the Resource program and how
best to service these students to pass
Regents and RCT exams. 12:1:1 students
will need to earn credit due to the ruling that
the IEP Diploma will no longer be available
after June of 2013.
Instructional Data
•
Cosgrove, Kristin
•
Pelcher, Melanie
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Weldert, Chris
•
Louer, Cathy
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Organize data from benchmark,
state and other assessments,
Schedule and organize data
meetings,
Communicate with the Professional
Development Task Force,
Identify RTI needs,
Expand graduation initiatives.
Instructional Data
•
Cosgrove, Kristin
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Pelcher, Melanie
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Weldert, Chris
•
Louer, Cathy
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Next meeting: 4/23/12
Update: We are currently redesigning the
benchmark data analysis forms and revising
the data meeting process. The form should be
more user-friendly, visual and a true progressmonitoring tool. We envision data meetings
that are less evaluative and more diagnostic. A
database of aggregated data would allow us to
compare student achievement results by skill
or question type, and thereby inform our
strategies for reteaching and options for PD.
Benchmark Four window: May 21st-June 1st for
Regents classes; June 4th-12th for non-Reg.
School Climate and Culture Task Force
•
Baade, Kristina
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Lockwood, Jennifer
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Polanasky, Rachel
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Oster, Sara
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Porter, Bryan
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Pollard, Andrea
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Archambeault, Paige
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Duffy, Kelley
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DeMott, Bernie
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Develop and administer surveys to
identify specific cultural needs within
the school,
Develop and organize events
(freshman orientation, parent nights,
staff celebrations…),
Communicate and recruit staff to
participate in organized events,
Revise and coordinate volunteer
program at Henninger.
OUR MISSION:
Our mission is to create a building wide community of tolerance, dignity, pride and acceptance of all individuals
(Academic, Athletic and beyond}.
~Increasing School Pride & Student Involvement
What we’re doing this year and beyond:
~Combating Bullying:
Library display case
Day of Silence:
 T-shirts and rainbow ribbons for staff and
students
 PowerPoint presentation for students (social
studies teachers)
 Speaking cards for students taking vow of
silence
~Improving Parent Involvement
Collaborating with the PTO
 Developing a resource for parents on all
information they need about 9th grade-college
 Assisting with the after prom party
Day of Silence
 Student Council and GSA Students/student
reading statistics during announcements
“Rep your class” dance
Students instead of staff reading announcements
Honor Roll breakfast
~Supporting school climate
Honor roll wall/display case
 Improved and increased “signage”
 Sign outside school or scrolling sign
updated with seniors college acceptance
 Consistent signs (same “no cell phone” sign
in each classroom)
~Increasing staff camaraderie
 Staff BBQ
NATIONAL DAY OF
SILENCE
April 20, 2012
What is it?
• The National Day of Silence is a day of action in
which students across the country vow to take a
form of silence to call attention to the silencing
effect of anti-Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Transgendered bullying and harassment in
schools.
• The goal of the Day of Silence is to make
schools safer for all students, regardless of
sexual orientation and gender identity or
expression.
Our Role in National Day of
Silence
• On Friday April 20th, students and staff will have
the opportunity to show their support by:
– Wearing rainbow ribbons which will be distributed by
Student Council members and GSA members during
lunches on Thursday April 19th
– Wearing t-shirts which will be sold during the week of
April 20th
– Taking a vow of silence; students who wish to remain
silent for the day on April 20th will be given a card to
wear which will let others know why they are not
speaking for the day.
Think B4 You Speak
Creating a safe environment for all students
begins with one simple act: thinking before you
speak.
Click here:Think B4 You Speak 30sec video
A Thin Line
Words=Wounds
There’s a thin line between free speech
and hate speech, will you stand up
against it or just stand by?
Click to view a clip from MTV's antibullying campaign
Click here to see Vinny from MTV's
“Jersey Shore” speak about bullying
Budget & Finance
• Grefer,
Joseph
• Minutoli,
John
• DiFlorio,
Rob
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Maintain financial records,
Administer grant monies
accordingly,
Communicate budget and finance
information to staff.
Budget & Finance
• Grefer,
Joseph
• Minutoli,
John
• DiFlorio,
Rob
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Next meeting:
Update: $5,632 from soda machines
was spent on senior class (stoles
and mugs for graduation). Senior
class money can be used to fund
other events.
Crisis Management
•Darlene Tallman
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•Lori McIntyre
•Doreen Cua-Bertrand
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•Sue Hurwitz
•Erica Brier-Kennedy
•Ed Blasland
•Juliana Herron
•Jackie Losurdo
•Joyce Suslovic
•Erin Truex
•Mike Meola
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Redesign the Crisis Management
handbook.
Inform staff about possible key crisis
events, and the plan for handling those
events.
Hold crisis event drills.
Ensure that each classroom and office
has a working flashlight.
Crisis Management
•Darlene Tallman
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•Lori McIntyre
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•Doreen Cua-Bertrand
•Sue Hurwitz
•Erica Brier-Kennedy
•Ed Blasland
•Juliana Herron
•Jackie Losurdo
•Joyce Suslovic
•Erin Truex
•Mike Meola
Next Meeting: 4/23/12
Update: The Crisis Management Team has
redesigned the handbook that will be used for
any crisis events. The handbook will be
distributed at a faculty meeting. The task
force discussed various ways that crises
should be handled, especially lock-down
situations. The team will plan at least two lock
down drills before the end of this school year.
Jill Stewart will poll the staff to ensure that
each classroom and office has a working
flashlight.
Technology Advisement
•
Hartnett, Betsy
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Rowe, Jodi
•
Tierney, Patrick
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Organize and evaluate current
technology needs,
Create a two-year technology
implementation plan,
Communicate routinely with each
task force to determine needs and
plans for implementation.
Technology Advisement
•
Hartnett, Betsy
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Rowe, Jodi
•
Tierney, Patrick
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Met: 4/2/12
Update: Ensure student success. To
accomplish this, organizing and
evaluating the current technology
needs, creating a two-year
implementation plan and
communicating routinely with each
task force to determine needs and
plans for implementation must
commence.
On Track
•
Corcoran, Carolyn
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Ruddy, Pat
•
Moser, Karen
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Fiello, Scott
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O’Leary, Sean
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Bondi, Bill
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Vision: Establish a cohesive community
that enhances a strong learning
environment.
Mission: Promote positive teacherstudent relations through mentoring and
relationship techniques to build school
community and culture and help students
achieve success in school and beyond.
On Track
•
Corcoran, Carolyn
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Ruddy, Pat
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Moser, Karen
•
Fiello, Scott
•
O’Leary, Sean
•
Bondi, Bill
•
Williams, Marinda
Next Meeting: 4/20/12
Update: On Track is investigating ways to
implement our mission statement and achieve
our vision. We seek to strike a balance
between what is required of students by the
State and our desire to promote mastery of
content and skills. We believe expanding the
adoption list to other cohorts and providing
specific training on mentoring techniques will
build on student-student and teacher-student
relationships. Organizing structured time for
training and mentoring is our first task.