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A Brand New High School: Supporting Students and Teachers Through the
Leap
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Ben Fobert (Principal)
Brian Schum (Vice Principal)
Mountain House High School
Facebook: facebook.com/MHMustangs
Twitter: @MHHSMustangs
Website: mhhs.lammersvilleschooldistrict.net
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Objectives● Determine the systematic supports necessary to maintain the vision of an
evolving program and how they impact everything from teacher recruitment
practices, to finances, and technical considerations.
● Review the structural and support systems put into place to ensure the success
of teachers and students in the mastery based and blended learning
environment.
● Discuss strategies for engaging parents and community members as partners
to support innovative education programs.
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Part 1● Determine the systematic supports necessary to maintain the vision of an
evolving program and how they impact everything from teacher recruitment
practices, to finances, and technical considerations.
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Part 2
● Review the structural and support systems put into place to ensure the success
of teachers and students in the competency based and blended learning
environment.
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What do you think was the biggest problem we faced in our first year?
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Digital Native 21 Century
Learner
What was the biggest challenge
in year 1?
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Students were not
prepared to
succeed in the
environment that
we established.
Technical Skills
for 1:1
Classroom
Extra support
for Mastery
Based
Learning
What was the biggest challenge
in year 1?
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Normal Day
1st Period
2nd Period
3rd Period
4th Period
Lunch
5th Period
6th Period
Thursday
1st Period
2nd Period
Advisory
3rd Period
4th Period
Lunch
5th Period
6th Period
Friday
1st Period
2nd Period
3rd Period
4th Period
Lunch
5th Period
6th Period
1 Hour
Department
Collaboration
Original
Schedule
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1st Period
2nd Period
3rd Period
4th Period
SUCCESS!
Lunch
5th Period
6th Period
7th Period
1st Period
2nd Period
Flex
4th Period
SUCCESS!
Lunch
5th Period
6th Period
7th Period
1st Period
Collaboration
3rd Period
4th Period
SUCCESS!
Lunch
Prep
6th Period
7th Period
Modified
Schedule
Sample
Student
Schedule
Sample
Teacher
Schedule
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Flex Period
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SUCCESS!
• Students with Ds or Fs are assigned to first half hour of lunch
• Students with Cs and above enjoy an extended lunch
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Orientation and Advisory
Orientation• First 5 weeks of SUCCESS!• Chromebook care, using
email, Google Docs
Advisory• Once a week for entire year• Digital citizenship, mindset,
team building
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Department Collaboration
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Professional Development
• PD is purposeful, individualized, and embedded to support 21st century
learning environment.
• Focus on deliberate instructional strategies tied to initiatives of blended
learning, mastery based learning, and/or 21st century skills development.
• Teachers grow as professionals with opportunity to showcase their
expertise.
• School culture of collaboration and learning.
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Level Criteria
4 Advanced In addition to exhibiting level 3 performance, the student’s
responses demonstrate in-depth inferences and applications
that go beyond what was taught in class.
3 Proficient The student’s responses demonstrate no major errors
or omissions regarding any information and/or
processes.
(Learning objective goes here)
2 Basic The student’s responses indicate major errors or omissions
regarding the more complex ideas and processes; however,
they do not indicate major errors or omissions relative to the
simpler details and processes.
1 Not Yet The student provides responses that indicate a distinct lack
of understanding of the knowledge or skill.
Identifying a Need
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Professional DevelopmentQuestions
● How will your use of rubrics support our initiatives of
Blended Learning, Mastery Based Learning, and 21st
Century Skills?
● How will you communicate expectations to students?
● How will the use of rubrics impact student achievement?
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Part 3● Discuss strategies for engaging parents and community members as partners
to support innovative education programs.
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Deliberate Naming
Lunchtime Intervention
SUCCESS!
Intervention
Extra Help
Tutoring
Student Support
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Deliberate Naming
10% Assignments
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Parent University Nights