Transcript LHS – A New Chapter

“A New Chapter and a New Day”
An Update on the School Improvement Grant
Staff Meeting
Friday, August 5, 2011
9:30 a.m.
LHS Commons
 Teaching
 Student
Excellence
Learning
 Teamwork
and Collaboration
Curriculum
Assessment
Instruction
Professional Learning Communities
Student Engagement
Any district or building initiative that we will
implement over the next three years will
center on these five focus areas.
 Curriculum
will be aligned to College
Readiness Standards and eventually to the
Common Core Standards.
 English/Language
Arts will be aligned to CRS
first semester and aligned to the Common Core
second semester.
 All
other subjects will have curriculum aligned
to CRS this year and work towards Common
Core Standards in years two and three of SIG.
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Students will be assessed regularly using Scantron &
Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI).
Scantron/SRI will be administered three times a year in
reading & math.
An enrichment period will support the work of our students,
and interim assessments will be used to determine their
academic progress.
Scantron and SRI will provide professional development on
the implementation of these assessments.
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The Danielson Framework for Teaching is the
instructional framework for LHS.
Instructional Coaches will provide support, as well as
Administrators, and representatives from the American
Institutes for Research (A.I.R.)/Learning Point will
conduct informal classroom observations in the fall and
spring using the CLASS Tool.
The LHS Freshman Academy will be a pilot site for the
new teacher evaluation system based on the Danielson
Framework.
 Grade
9 – The Freshman Academy will receive
support from A.I.R. (materials, assessment
structure, and instructional strategies) for the
enrichment period.
 Grades
10-12 will receive support from the
Learning Strategist and Data Manager
(materials, assessment structures, instructional
strategies) for the enrichment period.
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All teachers will participate in a departmental PLC. In addition,
freshman teachers will participate in an academy PLC.
LHS will also have an Instructional Leadership Team (ILT) and a
Site Leadership Team (SLT).
The ILT will focus on curriculum, instruction, assessment, and
student engagement.
The Site Leadership Team (SLT) will monitor the progress of the
SIG initiatives. This group will include ILT members, parents,
students, district, and community partners.
The ILT will participate in a Leadership Retreat conducted by
A.I.R. and will have on-site support and continued training during
years 1-3.
Departments will receive support from A.I.R. during years 1-3.
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Student engagement in classroom learning is a focus areas.
Freshmen Forward will include information and activities that will
support our incoming freshmen as they enter high school.
Freshman First Week will continue to support our students in their
transition to high school.
Student Engagement is vital to student learning.
Student Engagement will be assessed during classroom
observations.
 The
implementation of numerous initiatives
has taken place.
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Staff members have worked hard.
 Positive
changes have been made.
 Improved
our school culture/climate
 Improved
attendance and discipline
 Established
a positive presence in the
community
 Improved
 Built
morale and school spirit
relationships with families
When written in Chinese, the word
"crisis" is composed of two
characters. One represents danger
and the other represents
opportunity.
 John F. Kennedy
 If
you do what you’ve always done, you will get
what you’ve always gotten.
 With
the awarding of the School Improvement
Grant, we have a chance, over the next three
years, to do things differently that will directly
and positively impact the lives of our students.
 In
spite of obstacles that we may encounter, we
must all be committed to the idea of doing
things differently, and begin to think, act, and
work differently.
 Data
tells us that our students continue to
fall below benchmark.
 Incoming
freshmen are below
benchmark in core areas.
 Many
of our students have been socially
promoted and may never have
experienced academic success.
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are raising the bar.
 We
are asking more from our students and
their parents.
I
am expecting more from myself.
I
am expecting more from each one of you.
Plan: Increase the rigor in every class
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Align curriculum to the College Readiness Standards and
the Common Core Standards.
Enrichment time for all students
Regularly scheduled universal screeners – Scantron and
Scholastic Reading Inventory
PLCs – Departmental and Freshman Academy
Student Engagement
Additional Supports for Staff -- Teacher Instructional
Leaders, District Transformation Officer, On-Site
Coordinator, Learning Strategist, Data Manager, and the
Administration will be providing ongoing support for
teaching and learning.
The Freshman Academy will be a pilot site for the new
teacher evaluation system in year 1.
I
am committed to leading this building into a new
era.
I
am committed to doing everything I can to help
our students become successful not only in school
and for life after graduation.
I
am committed to providing support to all of our
staff that will help them acquire the necessary
skills and tools for to enhance and improve
classroom instruction.
 Here
is what I hope the results will be:
Assessments will indicate that our students
are improving in every academic area.
Every child will be functioning at or above
grade level when they graduate.
THROUGH TEAMWORK
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Our students’ success depends on everyone’s support.
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Higher expectations
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Increased rigorous instruction in all classrooms
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Improved communication among all stakeholders
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Improved test scores for students
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Increased graduation and attendance rates
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Improved relationships with students and families
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Fewer failures per class – increased credits for our kids
 District
SIG Transformation Officer
 On-Site
SIG Coordinator
 Learning
 Data
Manager
 Teacher
 Most
Strategist
Instructional Leaders
of all, I am counting on all of you!
 These
changes are necessary to move us
forward.
 My
administrative team is on board.
 Open
Door Policy
 Questions
 100%
/ Wonderings / Ideas
Staff Involvement and Participation -TOGETHER we CAN and WILL do it!!!