school overview we will be a reward school by 2015 and say we did it together!
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School overview
We will be a reward school by 2015 and say we did it together!
-Building Operations Manager -Family & Community Liaison -Special Education Instructor -Continuous Improvement Specialist -Mental Health Practitioner -Math Interventionist -Science Specialist -Stipends for curriculum development
and Professional Development
Federally funded school improvement grant
Focus Rating 2010 (15.08%)
Focus Rating 2011 (18.34%)
Focus Rating 2012 (7.03%)
Focus Rating 2013 (96.52%)
-Increased learning time-High expectations for all-Quickly meeting student need to resource-Alignment of the adults in the building in language and behaviors (standards and norms)
-There are 7 days in a week, and SOMEDAY isn’t one of them. (Creating a sense of urgency).
Approaches to closing the achievement gap.
MMR 2010 (4.78%)
MMR 2011(8.78%)
MMR 2012 (3.49%)
MMR 2013 (64.9%)
Change is the end result of all true learning--Leo
Buscaglia
-Expectations, expectations, expectations -Empowering the adults w/in the school - Teaming and collaboration -Developing people (Take fear out of the
system) -Laser focus on results -Professional development -Listening (people side of change) -Can do spirit and empowering students,
families and staff -We will not settle for the status quo.
Intentionality
12Q Gallop Poll
What does the staff have to say?
Do you know what is expected of you at work?
At work, do you have the opportunity to do what you do best every day?
Practice Profiles: Job embedded professional development Plan
Present instructional strategy at a staff meetingModel instructional strategyPlan a lesson together as a Professional Learning Community
DoApply instructional strategy during lesson
StudyObserve and reflect upon chosen instructional strategy
ActAdjust practice to align with feedback
Do you have the materials and equipment to do your work right?
In the last seven days, have you received recognition for doing good work?
Does your supervisor, or someone at work, seem to care about you as a person?
Is there someone at work who encourages your development?
At work, do your opinions seems to count?
Does the mission/purpose of your company make you feel your job is important?
Staff survey results informed decision making and became the foundation for our school improvement plan (SIP)
The goal of school turnaround should be this: “move educators beyond and through complexity to find not simplistic solutions, but elegant simplicity.”--Ann Conzemious More Than A Smart Goal
Why opinions matter...
A. Time to collaborateB. Use data to inform instructionC. Professional developmentD. Get student/adult behavior under control so A, B, and C get done
What does elegant simplicity look like?
Are your associates (fellow employees) committed to doing quality work?
Do you have a best friend at work?
In the last year, have you had opportunities to learn and grow?
In the last six months, has someone at work
talked to you about your progress?
Evaluation
Unconscious incompetence
Coaching
Conscious competence
Unconscious competence
Conscious incompetence
Developing our Team
Identify behavior
Label behavior
Cognitive dissonance creates ownership of behavior
Planning of future behaviors
Accounta-bility with evaluation and coaching to close the loop
Facilitation of employee thinking and learning through questioning
Questioning Leads to Change
Principal
Leadership Team
Certified Staff / Support Staff
BOMDATA COACH
Continuous Improvement
Specialist(CIS)
Family and Community
Liaison
PLC PLC PLC PLCPLC PLC
MDE (NE COE)
ISD 709
Reports to Coordinate / SupportCollaborate
Laura MacArthur Organization Chart
Para-professional
Behavior Team
Intervention Team
-Time -Turning around a school is difficult
work -Scheduling to be within contract
language -Communicating information to all staff
to ensure fidelity of implementation -Keeping employee engagement high
while managing so much change
Challenges
-Meeting families where they are at -Monthly Peacemaker assemblies -Family nights with a focus on building-wide
goals -Student goal setting -School communication daily, weekly
monthly -If positive changes are happening at home,
families will see the benefit to what we are doing at school and partner with us
Family Engagement
will do what others won’t; so tomorrow, I can
Americorp, Reading Corp, Math Corp Valley Youth Center Community Action Duluth United Way Men as Peacemakers YWCA Local universities Children’s Dental Services Harbor Town Rotary West Duluth Business Club Northwood Children’s Home
Community Partnerships
Thoughtful, strategic, and efficient use of funding can greatly impact student achievement.
A healthy West Duluth starts with Laura MacArthur Elementary School!