Escambia County Science In-Service August 19, 2009

Fill out your Teaching Assignment Sheet & Pick up a door prize ticket & an agenda

Jeremy Lowery, HS Instructional Coach Sandra Porras, Flight Adventure Deck

Recognition

Science Olympiad

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PATS center placed 12 th State competition at the

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Head Coach: Rebecca Haddocks along with Andy Roberts, Steve Harrell

Science Olympiad

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West Florida: placed 7

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out of 40 teams at the state competition.

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Head Coach: Cheyenna Novotny

2008 Emerald Coast BEST Robotics Competition BEST Project Engineering Notebook award: 3 rd place: West Florida Tech Gulf Power Blood, Sweat, and Duct Tape Award – Bellview Middle

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Regional Science Fair

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School Award: Pensacola High School

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Teacher Award: Pam Hicks from WHS

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Fair Director’s Award: Kathy Smith from PHS

State Science Fair Student Honors 5 students from PHS 1 student from Washington 1 student from Escambia 2 students from Workman 1 student from Bellview

ISEF –Reno Nevada 5 students from PHS 2 Individual Projects 1 Team Project This year will be held in San Jose, CA

Teachers of the Year

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Andrea Hussey – Workman Middle

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Rebecca Haddocks- PATS Center

Student Achievements on FCAT in 2009

23- 8 th graders made a 5 on the Science FCAT (2 students made a perfect score) 19 – 11 th graders made a 5 on the Science FCAT (1 student made a perfect score)

Bailey Middle Brown Barge Middle Ernest Ward Middle Ferry Pass Middle Ransom Middle Workman Middle Pensacola High Tate High West Florida High Beulah Charter Jackie Harris Congratulations to … 541 594 606 534 592 515 502 499 572 521 586 B B B A B A A A A A A

11 out of 18 middle and high schools were an A or a B!! - 61%

2009-2010 Focus

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District Focused Curriculum Goals All schools will score a “C” or above on the state accountability system.

The district will double the number of students scoring at the highest levels (4 & 5) in Reading, Math and Science.

Within 3 years (by the 2012-2013 school) 90% of all 2 nd grade students will read on grade level.

District Focused Curriculum Goals 4.

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Schools will reduce the number of OSS by at least 10% by providing alternative consequences that will change behavior.

High schools will increase the graduation rates by at least 3%.

The district will create a premier middle school at Warrington Middle.

Differentiated Accountability Schools

 All Middle and High Schools are identified as a Differentiated Accountability schools except for Brown Barge Middle and Beulah Academy of Science.

District Responsibilities

 Support Learning Communities  Classroom Walkthroughs  Classroom Observations  Follow DOE directives  Professional Development

           What does good teaching and learning look like?

Common board configuration (Date, Agenda, Benchmark, Objective, Homework) Bell to Bell Instruction Procedures and Routines are established.

Lesson planning is clear and implemented.

Multiple activities taking place throughout the lesson.

Use of a bell ringer (or CIM).

Writing and Reading are integrated in all subject areas.

Teachers provide multiple examples to ensure student understanding.

Graphic organizers are used to capture and explain concepts. Students are THINKING, DISCUSSING, QUESTIONING.

Higher Order Questions are used consistently and naturally.

What does good instructional look like…(cont.)              Students raise their hands. Wait time is given. Benchmarks are explicitly taught and unwrapped for students.

Data is used to differentiate instruction.

Manipulatives are used in math and science.

Students are discussing the text in reading and language arts classes.

Limited use of worksheets and textbook.

Assigning work v. teaching is understood. Work and concepts are taught at grade level.

Projects are not frothy. Coloring is limited in primary grades. Movies support instruction. Immediate feedback is provided for student work. Rubrics are used to grade assignments. Model work is identified. Vocabulary is explicitly taught with word walls in all content areas.

   Additional Points for Science and Writing Notebook for writing and vocabulary (includes reading and math).

Notebook and schedule for labs. Create a lab schedule.

Writing process must include (frequent prompts, graded by teachers AND students, constant use of rubric by teachers AND students). Store student work. Students should edit each other’s papers.

Learning Communities A group of teachers that:      Focus on Learning Collaboratively work to learn instructional strategies for increasing student learning Immediately implement strategies in the classroom Strive for continuous improvement Assess the effectiveness of the identified strategy.

Learning Communities  Integrated II Teachers – September 9   6 th grade ScienceTeachers – September 21 Biology I Teachers – September 24 sign up during your breakout session

2008-2009 FCAT Science District Goals

Goal for 8th grade Science FCAT : district average proficiency was to meet or exceed the state average Results: district average proficiency on the 8th grade FCAT Science decreased by 2% (from 36% in 08 to 34% in 09) we did not meet the state average of 41%, we missed beating the state average this year by 7%

2008-2009 FCAT Science District Goals

Goal for 11th grade FCAT Science: district average proficiency to increase by 5 % to 44%.

Results: District average proficiency on the 11 th grade FCAT Science dropped by 1%, went from 39% in 08 to 38% in 09 Good news: we still beat the state average of 37%

Congratulations

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Escambia High School 1% increase in proficiency Pensacola High School 2% increase in proficiency West Florida Tech 1% increase in proficiency Ferrypass Middle 1% increase in proficiency

Congratulations to schools beating or tying the state average

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West Florida Tech Washington High Pensacola High Tate High Northview High Ernest Ward Middle Ransom Middle Bailey Middle Brown Barge Middle

Upcoming Workshop dates       September 9: Integrated II Workshop September 17: Lab Management and Inquiry Based Lab Practices for Middle and High September 21: PLC for 6 th Grade Science Teachers September 24: PLC for Biology I Teachers October 15 & December 1: Effective Questioning through Inquiry K-8 November 12 &17: CRISS for Science Teachers

55 th Annual West Panhandle Regional Science and Engineering Fair Scheduled for January 25, 2009 at UWF

55 th Annual West Panhandle Regional Science and Engineering Fair

• Rules meeting on September 15th,

2009, in Room 119 at the Hall Center at 4:30

• All schools who plan to participate

must send a representative to the meeting

No SUBJECT AREA EXAMS scheduled for 09-10 school year except for 6th Grade Science (pre-test & post test) (possibility of a end of course exam for Biology)

Where to Find the Next Generation Standards and New Course Descriptions

www.fldoestem.org

www.floridastandards.org

GOALS & CHALLENGE 2009-2010

2009 - 2010 : 8 39%.

th grade FCAT Science district average proficiency to increase by 5% to 2009-2010 : 11 42%.

th grade FCAT Science district average proficiency to increase by 5% to

         Other Items of Interest Integrated Science I (now taught in 8 th grade)

Performance Tasks are gone for next year!!

09-10 -6th graders will take the new 8 th 2012 grade FCAT in 09-10 -8 th graders will take the State End of Course Exam for Biology (10th grade) in 2012 This summer 7 th grade science curriculum will be aligned to the new benchmarks 11 th grade students that a poor performance on FCAT= another science class 6th grade teachers can view the item bank after school 4:30 – 5:30 between Aug 26-28.

5 th period block Labs-Strand H

Directions              6 th 7 th 8 th grade Teachers- Bldg 25, rm 113 grade Teachers – Bldg 25, rm 114 grade Teachers – Bldg 25, rm 115 Integrated I Science- Bldg 3, rm 317 Biology I- Bldg 5, Vet lab Chemistry- Bldg 3,rm 315 Anatomy & Physiology- Bldg 5, rm 509 Marine Science- Bldg 26, rm 206 Environmental- Auditorium Integrated II Science-Auditorium Physics- Bldg 26, rm 208 Zoology-Bldg 26, rm 215

Everyone will meet back in the auditorium at 10:45 for door prizes and to complete evaluation