Transcript P.R.I.D.E. Summer Retreat August

P.R.I.D.E. Summer Retreat
August 15 & 18
Getting Strategic About Student
Achievement
Clear Learning Targets
– Review District Vision/ Mission/ Core Beliefs/ District Strategies
– Audit current PRIDE practices and District practices to determine how effective
they are at supporting the District’s strategies.
– Review the District Focus Areas
– Review all roles in the building that support staff efforts to implement District
strategies.
– Review the PRIDE data picture to analyze our current effectiveness in meeting
the District vision/mission/core beliefs
– Develop a school-wide best practices plan for how PRIDE students will achieve
building goals. (i.e. common classroom practices, common supports, student
engagement practices, evidence of rigorous instruction, evidence of literacy
instruction, etc…)
– Develop a walk through document, in conjunction with the principal, to assist with
analyzing the effectiveness of implementation of school best practice plan.
– Discuss and create strategic action team system for planning, developing, and
implementing strategies for improving student achievement and school
effectiveness in supporting District Strategies.
– Complete a text-based discussion of the 15 Fixes for Broken Grades and discuss
how a teaching and learning action team could use the ideas from the book to
develop a school policy on grading.
District Vision
• VISION Preparing All Students for
Success in A Global Economy
P.A.S.S.A.G.E.
District Strategies
Mission & Core Beliefs
P.R.I.D.E. - Acting
Strategically to
Support Student
Learning and
Achievement
Vision
Mission
• We will prepare all students for college
and life by providing a challenging
curriculum (RIGOR) that connects
students’ lives and their future
(RELEVANCE) in a safe, supportive, and
nurturing environment (RELATIONSHIPS).
Core Beliefs
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CORE BELIEFS We believe in our students! As a result of our deep-rooted commitment to our
students, the following core beliefs guide our work:
Students are fundamental to our mission and their best interests should be central to all decisionmaking.
Improved academic achievement is the result of the professional practices of our teachers and
leaders, not the economic, ethnic, or linguistic characteristics of our students.
Knowledge enhances our lives because it provides us with a greater understanding of ourselves
and the world around us.
Every student should have equal opportunities to develop individual talents.
Students need to be prepared to participate productively in a diverse global and highly
technological society.
Our schools should advocate responsible citizenship, ethical behavior, and respect for diversity.
The learning process is enhanced by caring relationships built on mutual respect, self-discipline,
and responsibility.
Accountability for results incorporates focused planning, strategic data analysis, and vigilant
monitoring.
The learning environment must encourage students to think critically, synthesize information,
develop decision-making skills, work collaboratively, and apply their knowledge.
Creating a culture of collaborative partnerships and building staff capacity are essential to
ensuring academic excellence.
Education is a partnership among students, staff, families, and our communities.
Audit of Current Practices
Supporting and reinforcing a culture of collaboration.
• P.R.I.D.E. Practices
– Freshmen Teaming
– Leaders With
P.R.I.D.E.
– Collaboration
Committees
– Prof. Dev. Retreats &
In-services
– 10th Grade Teaming
• District Practices
– PLCs (example)
– District Prof. Dev.
– Support for P.D./Time
out of class, etc.
– Literacy Coaches
– Staff Development
Coaches
– KWF Literacy & Math
– Mentors (E.Y.T.)
Audit of Current Practices
Recruiting, developing, and retaining highly effective staff.
• P.R.I.D.E.
-Freshmen Team participated
In interview process
• District
-Principal Interview Committee
-Teacher interview Committee
-Mentoring
-EYT
-Entry Year Program
-Professional Development for
All to build skills & knowledge
base
-Professional Development
Conferences & National Speakers
At District P.D.
Audit of Current Practices
Using data effectively for strategic action.
• P.R.I.D.E.
– Examine Achievement Gap
data to create awareness.
(next steps?)
– Data communication needs
improvement- more timely.
– PRIDE’s Literacy Plan created
based on MAP & OGT results
– Targeted intervention for OGT
remediation
– KLT strategies tested for
effectiveness
– Use of Formative &
Summative Assessments
– How do we get more serious
student buy-in for test taking?
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– Data Liaison position
created & maintained
– OGT results, MAP,
practice OGT
– Director of
Assessment &
Accountability
– Special Ed.
Assessments to
determine necessary
services
Audit of Current Practice
Ensuring access to global content and the development of
21st Century competencies.
• P.R.I.D.E.
– Bob Swaggard is a
visionary of usage of
technology & accessing the
library
– Staff has applied &
received technology grants
– Most PRIDE meetings
include technology
– Use of on-line grade book
& integrating technology
into curriculum
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– Suppporting labs and on
line resources, buying
subscriptions to databases
and school and home (24
hour access)
– Technology grants for
equipment
– Multiple in-service
workshops available
– Laptop Initiative
– Can we create a program
where teachers & students
help teachers with
technology needs?
Audit of Current Practices
Improving staff effectiveness with appropriate instructional materials, methodologies, and
professional development.
• P.R.I.D.E.
– Summer Retreat
– PLC work
– Co-Curricular Involvement
(relationships)
– Use data for planning
– Online Grade book
– Team Conferences
– Using Literacy best
practices in PLC work
– Focused intervention for
achievement (OGT)
– Create High Quality
Teaching Standards
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Nov. P.D. Day
KLT Training
Allow for student voice
MAP testing, PSAT
Improve communication
between home & school
Literacy, Math Cadres
Focus on Academic
Achievement
Supports/Coaches
New Staff Orientation
Audit of Current Practices
Accepting our responsibility to provide support and remove
barriers related to Equity & Access.
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On-Line Grading
PRIDE Website
Newsletter
Teaming/Seminar (4 year
planning w/students)
– SGT school Information
Magnet
– Parent Nights (Dinner with
the Doctor & PRIDE Frosh
Orientation)
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AVID
CHUH Website
E-mail updates/mailings
OGT intervention sessions
S.L.I.C.K.
Orientations
Connect Ed messages
District Calendar
Guidance Counseling & 8th grade
scheduling
8th grade Open Houses
Special Help
Literacy & Math Cadres
Online textbooks & resources
PSEO’s
Transition
Read/Write Connections
Alg Lab
Read 180
How do we organize & align supports to
create coherence in our system?
District-wide Focus Areas
• PLCs – Effective Collaboration (norms /
protocols / focus on learning / student work /
results-orientation)
• Pyramid of Support – Monitoring Student
Learning / RTI: Positive Behavior Supports
• Culture – Monitoring for Equity & Access /
Attitudes & Beliefs that support 21st Century
Competencies
• Instructional Practices – Making Explicit
Learning Intentions / Rigor (Task & Student
Responses) / RTI : How do we respond when
kids don’t learn
Supports in the Building/Roles
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Data Liaisons
Literacy & P.D. Coaches
Department Liaisons
Teacher Leaders
Administrators
Monitors & Security
Librarians & Media Specialists
Joel Gulko (AP, AVID, Student
Activities)
• Relationship Building
• Mentor Teachers (Laurie
Chapman)
• Blockson & Attendance
• Counselors (Tandra)
• Positive Behavior
Supports
• Coaches & Athletics
• Office Staff
• Success Connect
• Yvette & Spec. Ed.
• Student Groups (LWP,
Link Crew)
• College & Career Centers
10th Grade Data & Targets
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06-07
07-08
08-09 Target
08-09 Stretch
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Reading
Writing
Math
Science Soc. Stud.
11th Grade Date & Targets
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08-09 Target
08-09 Stretch
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Reading Writing
Math
Science
Soc.
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Principal Supports for Student
Achievement
• Develop with the P.R.I.D.E staff a school wide
best-practice plan for improving student
achievement. (Focus on common instructional
methods, assessment methods, classroom
design, student supports, etc…)
• Develop, with the staff, an assessment tool for
analyzing classroom implementation of the plan.
(Walk through document)
Best Practice Foci
• Research-Based Common Instruction Methods: Literacy strategies,
questioning strategies, writing strategies, differentiation, KLT, etc…
• Assessment Methods: Assessment for learning, warm-up, exit pass,
formative assessment, summative assessment, common
assessments, etc…
• Classroom Design: Explicit Learning Intentions posted, class rules
posted, standards and Grade Level Indicators posted, current
student work posted w/ rubrics, word walls, discipline plan posted,
etc…
• Student Supports: Pyramid of interventions, Response To
Interventions, special help time posted, student of week identified,
data used to identify weaknesses, differentiation, etc…
• Other areas? Work in teams to brainstorm what we, as the
P.R.I.D.E. staff, will expect in all P.R.I.D.E. classrooms. The
information will be used to develop a walk through data collection
template so we can document the success of our plan.
Research-Based Common
Instruction Methods
• Post Learning Objectives- tied to
standards in student friendly language
• Daily Warm-Ups
• Model Exemplars
• Appeal to varied learning styles
Assessment Methods
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Use formative & summative
Warm-ups & Sponge Activities
Exit Slip
Demonstrate Exemplars & Use rubrics
Use Costas Level of Questioning
Reflect on Assessment to see if instruction
has hit the target
Classroom Design
• Discipline Plan & Rules Posted- these
need to be common and consistent
(positive)
• Student friendly standards & indicatorsUse of Power Standards
• Post student work as exemplars
• Daily written agendas and objectives
Student Supports
• Pyramid of Interventions (systemic)
• Common F.A. Prevention Plan
• Posting Teacher Schedules & their weekly
availability
• Plan for positive reinforcement in each
classroom
OTHER?
Walk Through Template
• Ideas for topics to look for:
How can we be efficient in planning
and implementing ideas for our
small school?
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Shared Governance Team:
Action Teams:
Research Best-Practices:
Strategic Measurable Attainable Results
Oriented Time-bound Goals:
• Built on the foundation laid out in the DISTRICT
STRAGTEGIES and FOCUS AREAS
Brainstorming Actions Teams
Example of researching best
practices using a text-based
discussion
• Form four groups and utilize text-based
discussion protocol to examine A Repair Kit for
Grading: 15 Fixes for broken grades.
• Each group will be assigned a chapter to review
and discuss using guided questions. (30
Minutes)
• Groups will jigsaw the book and report to the
whole staff possible implications for PRIDE
grading practices learned from their discussion.
(30 minutes)