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WHAT DID THE DATA SAY?
JK – 8 MATH PROGRAM
PREK–12 WORLD LANGUAGE PROGRAM
PREK – 6 LITERACY PROGRAM
ROLE OF STAKEHOLDERS
Board of Trustees$$$$$
Master Teacher Program
Professional development
Commitment to change
Head of School & Division LeadershipVision and experience
Decision making criteria
ParentsBuy in and support
Faculty
Professional Development Best Practices
PD tied to:
Strategic goals
Best practices
Types of PD:
Road trips
Task Forces
Visiting Scholars
Summer Reading
Summer grants
Teacher’s Observations
Workbooks, Workbooks, Workbooks
Dabbling at Whole Language instruction
Where is the differentiation?
The Need for Change…ERBReports
Math scores higher than reading scores
Auditory and reading comprehension gaps
Division Head Observations
Don’t change during the first year. Really?
The snowball is getting larger…
Professional Development = Consultants & Literacy Scholars
Heinemann comprehension and reading assessment
consultants
Intermediate and middle school literacy consultant
Faculty buy in of consultants: Why?
Pacing and plan for consultant visits
Professional ReadingMosaic of ThoughtKeene and Zimmerman
Strategies That WorkHarvery
Best PracticesZemelman, Daniels, & Hyde
A Guide to Benchmark Assessment System
Fountas & Pinnell
The Continuum of Literacy Learning
Fountas & Pinnell
Making the Most of Small GroupsDebbie Diller
6 + 1 Traits of WritingRuth Culham
The Fluent ReaderRasinski
A Whole New MindDaniel Pink
Apprenticeship in LiteracyDorn, French, & Jones
Faculty TeamsConsideration of Strengths and Placement
Safe Supported Opportunity to Learn
Time to Learn on the Job
Input from Faculty
Integration & DifferentiationWhy Integrate?
Time
Authenticity
More comprehensive
Differentiate?
Small Groups
Individualized assessment
Assessment/Reporting
Formative Assessment
Developing writing rubrics to correlate with WRAP
Implementing running record assessment in reading using F&P and DRA
Utilizing EDM assessment with math boxes and open response
Anecdotal notes
Summative AssessmentTeaching with the end in mind by developing a
standards based report card
Identifying and aligning standards in literacy, math,
social studies, and science
Developing quarterly expectations and assigning
benchmarks
Report CardsNew format identifying key standards in content areas
New format identifying benchmark expectations by quarter insteadof grades
Transitioning from grades to benchmark assignment: Secure, Developing, Below, Needs Improvement
Parent education
Assessment + Reporting = Change in Instruction
Fewer worksheets
More small group work
More differentiated groups
More independent differentiation
More leveled reading instruction
• More opportunity for independent goals
• More opportunity for project learning
• More creative, authentic, and integrative instruction
• More reading/writing workshop instruction
Higher ERB scores
Where are we now?
Our Mantra: What is good for the girls?
We continue to “Tweak”.
More Professional Development
Professional Development
Phonics refinement 1st/2nd
Literacy Lab 3rd /4th
Closing divisional gaps
Literacy Specialist for Classrooms
EDM Resident Experts
Creativity is a Priority
Creating Faculty Leadership
Technology Integration
First Grade:BALANCING & WEIGHING
BALLET
ARCHITECTURE
SKATING TIGHT ROPE WALKING
ENGINEERINGGYMNASTICS
Exploring & Designing
Based on a true story of a boy who wanted to fly his kite across the Niagra River to help build a bridge. He succeeded in landing it from the Canadian side to the American side. Soon after, the first suspension bridge was built across the great Niagra Gorge.
Filmmaking: shorts
Reading Geography
Science Listening
Technology Speaking
Imaginative Thinking Writing
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by
Brian Selznick
Content Study: 1st Half
Silent films by Georges Melies, Charlie Chaplin, Edison and
Lumiere Brothers
Pixar shorts and other shorts on YouTube
Jacob Burns Film Institute’s kids videos
Lincoln Center Institute
EberleEberle’’s Strategy: s Strategy:
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Key IdeasKey IdeasBuilding Vocabulary
analyzing plot with storyboardingimaginative thinking skills:brainstorming, noticing deeply, adapting, asking questions, identifying patterns, making connections, reflecting
collaborative problem-solving skillstechnologycreating a short film with criteria
VIQ: Questions?Can integration be relevant to the present lives of the students?
Do the activities ignite the students’ imaginative thinking and awareness to their imagination and others’ thinking?
Can teachers access the school’s curriculum with the selected focus?
Is support for the multi-disciplined process?
ProductionProduction
Language Arts
Technology
Criteria ListMain idea
Clear message
Two or more characters
Chase scene
Three or more locations
Beginning, middle and end
Now… Where Are We Heading?
Innovation/Creativity Task Force
Reggio-inspired Early Childhood Program
STEM initiatives
K-12 Conversations by Curriculum Teams
Teacher-leader resident experts
Hutchison LEADS
Integration..integration..integration
Feel free to contact us…Laurie Stanton
Assistant Head for [email protected]
Noel BrewsterLower School Head
Susan Hale1st Grade Teacher
Cathleen Sibley3rd Grade Teacher