october 6, 2015. welcome/sign in ice breaker uip innovation timeline and plan report cards,...
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Welcome/Sign In Ice Breaker UIP Innovation Timeline and Plan Report Cards, Parent Conferences Great things happening at Boston
◦ Fund Raising ◦ Anything else
PTO Meeting◦ Sign In◦ PTO Meaning and Why it is important◦ Vision and next steps◦ Closing
Agenda
Our UIP is due to the district on Nov. 1st, the major components are:◦ Observation Feedback, focused on growth and
support for teachers’ effectiveness ◦ Data Driven Instruction, focused on making
decisions in the school and in the classroom based on what students understand and what they don’t understand
◦ Culture, focused on establishing and creating a positive culture for students, parents, and community as a whole
UIP Unified Improvement Plan
We are creating an Innovation plan for Boston’s future.◦ What can we do within our school to be more
effective in helping our students’ academics?◦ What will be our focus?◦ We are visiting other schools in Denver and New
York to get ideas of schools that are effective.◦ The School Design Team will do the initial leg work
and communicate information over the next few months.
Innovation Timeline and Plan
Principal 5 Teachers
◦ Kinder◦ 1st grade◦ 4th grade◦ 5th grade◦ 7/8 grade◦ 7/8 grade
Classified Staff Community Member/Parent Meet weekly for the next couple of months
School Design Team
School Design Team ScheduleSept 17 ILT Selection of School Design Team & Root Cause Analysis
Sept 18 Send home SDT Community piece.Call parents who were interested and have them fill out application
Sept 22 Ruth Finalize Community member of Design TeamSept 30 Staff Meeting Share findings of SRAOct 1 School Design Team Meeting Overview, process, calendar ,SRA info, applications, Zone and pillars
Oct 6 School Design Team Meeting Prepare for Vision and Mission facilitation -Homework, look at other innovation schools and plans, what has worked (from Mass Insight). Mass Insight arrange innovation school visits for individuals/small groups and provide a information “catcher” to bring back to SDT.
Oct 6 Parent Meeting Share SDT Process and Innovation Zone processOct 9 Teachers/Staff Vision and Mission for Boston’s future (what do we want this school to be and what are our values that drive
our vision)This work grounds the process of Innovation
Oct 12-16 School Design Team Individuals and/or small group visit innovation schools
Oct 22 School Design Team What if – brainstorm possibilities, Mass Insight will help plan facilitation for this meeting with Ruth prior to meeting. All staff invited to get all ideas down.
Oct 29 School Design Team Narrow possibilities more, Pros and Cons of possibilities. Generate prototyping list
Oct 28 Staff Meeting Share out what occurred in SDT meeting, solicit feedback from staff
Nov 1 Innovation Application Writer Prepopulate Innovation Application sectionsNov 5 School Design Team Narrow possibilities more, Pros and Cons of possibilities. Generate prototyping list
Nov 10 Parent Meeting State of the School Design processNov 11 Staff Meeting Share out Innovation process and updatesNov 12 School Design Team Waivers needed to support the plan. Superintendent Munn, Mass Insight will share how to remove barriers
that may exist as district or state level.
Nov 19 School Design Team Refine plan for successDec 1ish Community/Parent Meeting Public Hearing UIP & Innovation Plan
Dec 1 Innovation Application Writer Send electronic draft to SDTDec 2 Staff Meeting Share out Innovation process and updatesDec 3 School Design Team Review Draft and revise/refineDec 10 School Design Team Review Draft and revise/refineDec 11 Innovation Application Writer Send new electronic draft to SDTDec 17 School Design Team Review Draft and revise/refineDec 20 Innovation Application Writer Send new electronic draft to SDT and District for FeedbackJan 4ish School Design Team Review Feedback and make revisions to planJan 6 Staff Meeting Share out Innovation PlanJan 8 Innovation Application Writer Send “final” draft to SDT and DistrictJan 12 Community/Parent Meeting Presentation of Innovation planJan 19 APS Board Meeting Presentation of Innovation plans to School BoardJan APS BOE submits Innovation plans to the State
November Parent Meeting ◦ We will share what has been happening◦ Discuss possible structures that could be
effective. (creative time to think about what is posible)
Community Input
School Design Team◦ Oct 1, first meeting◦ Oct 12-17, visit other schools◦ Oct 19-23, list all ideas and possibilities◦ Nov, gather ideas from community◦ Nov-Dec, refine and create a plan◦ Dec, submit plan to district◦ Jan, submit plan to state
Innovation Timeline
Parent Teacher Conferences are scheduled Oct 20th, 21st
◦ K-5 individual appointments◦ 6-8 open conference style
Report Cards◦ Standard based grading
https://sites.google.com/a/aurorak12.org/aps-elementary-resources/report-card-revision-info
Report Cards will be given out to parents at conferences.
Report Cards/Parent Teacher Conferences
Bikes and Bikes and More Bikes◦ Tuesday
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◦ Friday
Great Things Happening at Boston!