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Litchfield Middle School Proposal for 2015-2016 and Beyond

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Litchfield Middle SchoolProposal for 2015-2016 and Beyond

Transition to Middle School ModelTraditional Middle School Traditional Junior High School

Student-oriented Subject-centered Emphasis is on both cognitive and affective

development Emphasis is on cognitive development

Teachers and students organized in grade-level interdisciplinary teams

Teachers organized in subject-based departments

Experiential approaches to instruction Traditional instruction dominates Allows for block and flexible scheduling;

Allows for looping Six to eight class periods

Provides exploratory, academic, and nonacademic classes

Provides academic classes

Offers advisor/advisee, teacher/student opportunities

Offers study hall and/or homeroom

Team classrooms in close proximity Classrooms arranged randomly or by subject or grade level

Young Adolescents

Young people undergo more rapid and profound personal changes during the years between 10 and 15

than at any other period of time in their lives.

IntellectuallyPhysicallyEmotionallySociallyMorally

Roll Out Plan to Faculty and Board of Education

May 8th – Middle School Teachers

May 13th – All Faculty

May 14th – Curriculum Programs & Personnel Sub-committee

June 3rd - Presentation to the Board of Education

Work We Will Do To Create Litchfield Middle School

Mission and Expectations• Stakeholder Input• Decide What We

Stand For• Develop our core

values and beliefs

Curriculum Review• Incorporate

personalized learning• Project based learning• Interdisciplinary

Units• Advisory

Professional Development• Middle School

Specific• Through Team and

Faculty Meeting time• Critical Attributes

Build a Unique Experience for Young Adolescents• Student-Centered• Student Development• Student Ownership

Separating the Middle School and High School

Explicit leadership – 1 principal for each schoolSRBI/Dean of Students – High SchoolDepartment Chairs – Middle School High SchoolDedicated MS only School CounselorSeparate MS Entrance

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$6319

-$6312

Logistical Changes For Next Year

Old Room New Room

Nurse’s Office MS Main Office – with principal and secretary

Trainer’s Room MS School Counselor

Room 601 MS Lunchroom/Workroom

Room 224 MS Special Education

Room 307 HS Faculty Lunchroom

Room 212 Technology and Robotics

Faculty Lunchroom Nurse and Trainer Office

Dedicated and Explicit Middle School Programming is Critical for Optimal Student Growth and Success

Middle grades schools should transmit a core of common, substantial knowledge to all

students by utilizing cooperative learning and

other techniques suitable for this developmental phase.- Anthony Jackson & Gayle Davis, Turning Points 2000