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Always Remember

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Attitude Is Everything!

SACMake It A Great Day,The Choice Is Yours

Ensure Success for Every StudentTurning Points

Involve parents and community

Teach a curriculum based on how students learn

Use instructional methods that prepare all students

Organize relationships for learning

Provide a safe and healthy

environment

Govern democratically,

involve all school staff members

Staff schools w/ expert teachers on

adolescent behavior

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Secondary Alternative Program Vision

Attitude is Everything. It is the responsibility of all S.A.C. staff to find and implement strategies to change a student’s attitude / behavior (decision making) in order to return to their home campus and become successful (decision making).

Vision, Mission,

AndSchool Climate

What is expected all year long???

Appropriate Behavior Positive Attitude Focus Punctuality/ Be Prepared Self- Enrichment Motivation

EXEMPLARY!!!! Vision, Mission,

AndSchool Climate

Strategies for Success

Individualized Instruction Best Practices Counseling Conflict Resolution Character Education Celebrate Success

Physical training (PT)– to instill control, discipline, and structure

Attitude + Academics + Attendance

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SUCCESS

Vision, Mission,

AndSchool Climate

Community Involvement

Continue working with: Harlingen Police Department JJAEP Justice of the Peace Buckner Family and Youth Services for Violence and Family

Conflict, The Texas Department of Human Services, Texas

Department of Health, Tropical Texas Mental Health and Mental Retardation,

Seaborne Challenge Program, Southwest Keys youth facility Tamayo House youth facility Vision,

Mission,And

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Components to an Effective AEPfrom Jim Walsh Legal Digest Expert

Components to an Effective AEP First, the principal wants to be there Second, big emphasis on home visits — getting to

know what dynamics are going on away from school. Both teachers and counselors at the Harlingen SAC placed high value on home visits.

Third, there was real instruction from real teachers and real counseling from real counselors. He saw teachers teaching and counselors counseling.

Fourth, there is a strong disciplinary component to the program; it is clearly discipline, not punishment.Vision,

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Professional Learning Communitya school in which WE WILL

Provide positive and immediate feedback to our students.

All students produce quality work Utilize specific instructional

strategies, interventions, and tools

Empower students to explore their interests

Provide opportunities to excel. Focus on results – STUDENT

ACHIEVEMENT Continue to emphasize Community

Service


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The Four Keys to a Successful PLC

Mission: Clarifies Priorities/

Sharpens Focus

Vision: Gives Direction

Values: Guides Behavior

Goals: Establish PrioritiesProfessional

LearningCommunities

“What do we hope to become at some point in the future?”

•Vision


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“How must we behave to create the school that will achieve our purpose?”

•Values


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“What results do we seek and how will we know we are making progress?”

•Goals


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Are You Part of a Professional Learning Community?

It is time for everyone to be pointed in the same direction and working on

the same agenda!ProfessionalLearning

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Leadership Qualities Create cohesion &

community support Spends time and

energy carrying out the mission.

Programs are supervised, monitored and evaluated.

Expectations for teachers, staff and students are clearly stated.

Positive school climate is promoted.

Team builder Empower others Competitive,

ambitious, productive Encourage creativity Seven Habits practice

– Place First Things First

Keep a cool head in a midst of a crisis


Expectations

School Climate

Safe, orderly, clean and nurturing environment.

Teachers and staff believe it is their responsibility to teach all students.

Clear rules, policies and expectations are in place.

Consistently enforced. “Zero tolerance” for drugs, weapons, and gang

related activities. Students are rewarded for academic

and proper decision making. Spirit of praise among the community.


Expectations

High Expectations

Shared belief that ALL STUDENTS CAN LEARN.

Implement Best Practices and effective programs.

Teachers and administrators demonstrate positive behaviors.

Emphasize commended performance for our higher achieving students. Communicating

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Measurement Data analysis by administrators, teachers and

parents to carefully define what needs to be addressed.

Benchmarking (C.B.A.) for evaluation and modifications of curriculum and programs.

Test results are used to diagnosis individual student’s strengths and weaknesses.

The administrators are responsible for managing the STAAR, monitoring student progress, conducting staff development, and supervising school-wide instructional changes based on the data.

Celebrate campus accomplishments. Communicating

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Expectations

Instructional Focus

Emphasize Value Added __________ Common goals set by teachers,

administrators, parents, and community. Campus Action Plan devised by SBDM Goals displayed throughout the school. All of the principal’s decisions support

the campus vision. Utilize Cscope and DMAC as our

instructional guide. Communicating

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More rigorous than TAKSGreater emphasis on

alignment to college and career readiness

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Student learning Curriculum

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GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

Plan for phase-out of HS TAKS and phase-in of EOC assessments

*Out-of-school testers and 12th grade retesters

2010–2011 2011–2012 2012–2013 2013–2014 2014–2015

GR 9 TAKS EOC EOC EOC EOC

GR 10 TAKS TAKS EOC EOC EOC

GR 11 TAKS TAKS TAKS EOC EOC

GR 12 TAKS* TAKS* TAKS* TAKS* EOC or TAKS*

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Reading3-8

Math3-8

Writing4 & 7

Science5 & 8

Social Studies

8

STAAR Assessments Grades 3-8

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English I, II, III

Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II

Biology, Chemistry, Physics

World Geography, World History, U.S. History Curriculum

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Communicating Strategies for Success

Utilize support staff during regular intervention times, at each grade level

Take inventory of campus Tier II intervention products and prioritize intervention options

Maintain regular office hours for the Parent Center and utilize the Parent Support Specialist (PSS) for regular parent and community outreach and education

Increase parent and student awareness of the impact of absences and tardies on academic success.

Team meetings to monitor student progress, and

Discuss student expectations and academic rigor

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Five Year PlanCommunications and

Involvement Increase student pride in academics

and self esteem Increase parent pride and ownership of

the campus Increase parent communication

through the internet, email newsletters, and automated phone system.

Provide parents with appropriate school information.

Create opportunities for parents to become involved with their child's education.

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How to assure the highest level of Safety

-Develop A Feeling of Belonging –

-Knowing Each Student Personally –

-Having Adult Mentors and Friends –

-Fair Discipline Management System -Strategies forAt-RiskStudents

Positive Proactive Discipline

&TEC Chapter 37

It is not unreasonable for every parent,

with a child in the public schools, to expect that their child would have at least one professional adult at school that knows their child’s name and is considered a friend and mentor.

“Home Room Concept”Strategies for

At-RiskStudents

Develop aPositive School Climate!

To assure: Effective Discipline School Safety Successful Learning

having a positive-proactive philosophy along with clear goals is

imperative to maintaining a successful discipline program in a

school. Strategies for

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Positive Proactive Discipline!

“Positive Proactive Discipline”, is a concept that promotes a focus on basic

student needs and effective learning methods that revolve around the relationships that are part of all school settings.

It includes “dignity” and “respect”

of all students as a basic foundation of a successful educational-disciplinary program.

Strategies forAt-RiskStudents

Notice positive behavior when it happens

We certainly notice negative behavior

“Acknowledge” & “look for” Positive Behavior much more often then negative behavior

3,4,5 times more

Positive Proactive Discipline


Students meeting their needs with proper decision making.

Chapter 37; Section 37.008 requires all school districts to teach “Self-

Discipline” in all DAEP’s

Do you teach students “Self-discipline”?

is the only way to establish long term results that are reliable and last.

is a value system that serves as a base line for decision making.

Without “self discipline” or “self control”

you have “external discipline” or “external

control”.

“Self-discipline”


If your discipline management system focuses on “Self discipline”

it will emphasize “making decisions” that help the student

succeed. A good approach is always to emphasize to the student

“How did this decision help you”?

Self-Discipline



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SAC Program Evaluations5 main components of

evaluation

Student Achievement• What are the school completion rates?• How many students are making a smooth transition (How many

repeaters?)

Curriculum and Instruction• Ensure teaching methods are up-to-date• Novanet updates• Utilitze Cscope and DMAC as a guide

Professional Development• Increase opportunities for Professional Learning Opportunities• Allow time for Eduphoria in-service

Family and Community Involvement• How are parents and community involved in school decisions?• Can parents develop their parenting skills?

School Context and Organization• How large are the classes? Max 15:1 ratio• Do teachers and staff have a voice in the decision making process?

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1. Have students feel connected with friends, staff and school

2. Develop a sense of community within the school

3. Respect and show care for students

4. Celebrate student success

5. Keep parents informed and involved with school activities and their student’s progress

6. Involve students in promotion of school climate efforts

7. Set clear rules and consequences with consistent enforcement

How to focus on Positive School Climate

How Should We Respond When Kids Don’t Learn?

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1. Teach Character Education

2. Reach kids before gangs do

3. Use gang strike forces to intervene with gang-related students

4. At-risk and severe behavior problem students interact with caring adults (mentor)

5. Ensure students are engaged in school work that is challenging and engaging

6. Provide adult supervision in the hallways

7. Combat truancy

8. Create school pride

How to focus on Positive School Climate

How Should We Respond When Kids Don’t Learn?

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Why Parents Get Involved

Understand they should be involved

Feel capable of making a contribution

Feel invited by the school and their children

Parents are more likely to become involved when they:

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Definition of An Effective School

An EFFECTIVE SCHOOL is one in which all students learn the specified curriculum regardless of factors in their backgrounds which have ordinarily been identified as those which prevent such learning.


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