Transcript PreK – 6 Academic Pillar

PreK – 6 Academic Pillar
PreK Discussion Points to Date:
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Reinstating one campus
Step Up To Quality rating
Licensure components/Compliance
Growth of Program to include any student
who wants to attend
Safety
Parent Involvement/Home Visits
Engagement in Schools
Scheduling – 4 vs. 5 days
Placement for Services
Transition – PreK/K class, Kindergarten +1
Partnering with Community-based
Programs/Services
3-5 year plan for additional funding
Connecting to Kindergarten experience
Academic Growth and Measuring Readiness
for School-Age experience
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Elementary Discussion Points to
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Collaborative activities utilizing technology and bussing
Shared experiences for all students – ie: all grade 6 students
go on same field experience
Attracting high quality, highly engaging, highly motivated staff
that understand the reward is the challenge in the most
professional sense.
Technology experience in elementary – overhaul, use of
tablets/handhelds, need for new
Proactive education that takes students out of traditional
classroom setting
Use of specials – how can we improve the experience and
offerings?
Change the way we use the library – ie: need to have
students have research opportunities, allow teachers to do
projects, update overall library experience
Need for computer classes, including typing at younger
grades
Foreign Language for students – Latin
Resource allocation related to textbooks – reality of
technology in industry vs. preference and access to texts
Reinstate textbook adoption cycle
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PreK Points to Ponder
Single Sex Classrooms
Impact of TGRG on
Structure of grades 3-4
Looping
Multi-age
International Baccalaureate
Theme-based Buildings
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Elementary Points to Ponder
• Single Sex Classrooms
• Impact of TGRG on
structure of grades 3-4
• Looping
• Multi-age
• International Baccalaureate
• Theme-based Buildings
• Transition to Middle School
• STEM
PreK – 6 Academic Pillar
PreK Points to Ponder
Pros of preschool classrooms being housed
in one building.
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Transportation is easier
Placement of students is not an issue
Working with parents
Pick up and drop offs are easier
Bigger play area - playground
More room for equipment
Centralized location of services
Itinerants in the same location is a
positive and also same with special
services
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Elementary Points to Ponder
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Teaming at elementary buildings (grade
vs. departmentalization)
Creating one campus and for what grade
levels per building?
What would one campus look like?
Benefits of having one campus?
Latin classes in the elementary grades
Elementary experience needs to connect
with students and families
Advantages of using online textbooks
would be?
Dis-advantages of using online textbooks
would be?
PreK – 6 Academic Pillar
PreK-K Points to Ponder
Elementary Points to Ponder
Cons of preschool classrooms being housed
in elementary buildings.
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Big playground area
Access
Hosting family functions is hard
Security is an issue with families coming
in and out
Dividing of siblings
SUTQ all sites would be a different
license
Transition to kindergarten classrooms
Building logistics
Staff meeting times don’t pertain to prek
staff
K-6 things don't pertain to preschool
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Keyboarding in the elementary building is
non-existent
Students are lacking skills with not using
the mouse and keyboard
BGSU Firelands is reinstating keyboarding
PreK – 6 Academic Pillar
PreK-K Points to Ponder
RCAAS Points to Ponder
Thoughts on prek-k, transitional K
Incorporating Art into the RCAAS
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Student appears ready at the beginning of
the year, but not ready at the end of the
year.
How can we do a better job of improving
our services?
How can we better advertise?
How can we engage families?
Resource Allocation
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Conversation of 4 vs. 5 days a week
What does this look like?
3 hour days is more time on task
PD on Fridays, SUTQ hrs.
4 days would leave Friday for parent
conferences
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What would this look like?
What specific Arts would we offer?
Create a survey to find out the public
opinion of an Art Academy. What would
be the pros and cons?
Partnering with area businesses
Community involvement
What do we need to offer now?
What will the Arts Academy look like in
the future?
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PreK-K Points to Ponder
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Outreach to parents master in-take form
Screening in August is out
3-5 year funding for more preschool
Preschool for all as a retention/recruitment piece
Connecting to kindergarten - field trips
Kindergarten Open House in the Spring
Meet and greet with kindergarten teachers
Kindergarten teachers talk with preschool parents
Portfolio Assessment - How do we measure growth?
Transportation for all preschool as ideal would look like?
Pick up and drop offs at day care centers
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SMS, SHS & CT Academic Pillar
SMS Points to Ponder
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Foreign language in the middle school
Leadership skills/community services
Reality of technology going with textbooks
online
Advantages of using online textbooks would
be?
Dis-advantages of using online textbooks
would be?
Relationships are important
Current experiences - social, life and
character building - advisory period
Forward thinking experiences - 8th grade
field trip to the islands
Middle School experience should be?
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SHS & CT Points to Ponder
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Proactive in getting out of the traditional
classroom and going with global
interaction
Leadership skills/community services
Reality of technology going with textbooks
online
Dis-advantages of using online textbooks
would be?
Advantages of using online textbooks
would be?
Concerns of Science hands-on science,
possibility of having a science coach
Project Lead the Way is tops in STEM
ACT prep courses and SAT prep courses vs.
study halls
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SMS Points to Ponder
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Career tech expansion down to the middle
school - growth of exposure
What gets kids excited to be successful in
the middle school?
More offering in the 7th grade
Trying college/career search to college credit
Revamping course at BGSU - career
counselor
Middle School Gateway to Technology is
part of STEM
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SHS & CT Points to Ponder
Role of STEM
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7-8 and 9-12+
Pathways to Career Tech (Home of
STEM)
Internship opportunities
How are these tied together?
College tours for students
Teams for 11th and 12th grades
Partnering with area partners (CP, FRMC)
Global experience/senior year
experience
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SHS & CT Points to Ponder
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What does reinvented Career Tech/Global look like?
What does comprehensive mean to us?
What does STEM mean to us?
1. Process by which a student selects a STEM Major
2. Then Senior Internship
3. Global Experience
Through all grades we need critical thinking skills.
Where are we lacking?
Do we need to look at the Guidance Office?
Revamp how we use our counselors in the middle school and high school? What is relevant
and meaningful?
Electives could be a route to change.
What do we hope to achieve with STEM? Define
Cracking the nut of SCS…….get every student thinking about college/CT.
Community aspirations for higher education.
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SMS, SHS & CT Academic Pillar
SHS & CT Points to Ponder
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What grades are the students leaving us?
Non-traditional students
What are the options for our students?
Definition of Success? College, Career, Military
Host career fair
Access to recruitment officers
Where are we in year 12 as Seniors?
Catching up kids/cruise control
AP#s dual enrollment, CT-articulation
Passage of OGTs/more kids struggling to meet new graduation requirements
What does the day look like?
Develop effective business/leadership programs with organizations.
Spend a week as a professional.
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