BUILDING A CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE

Who we were in 2013Millcreek Elementary School

2012-2013

• Discipline Referrals – 276 (82 suspensions/86% of those minority)

• State Accountability Score- 37% Needs Improvement/Focus School

• 62% Teacher Turnover Annually

Relating a School to a Hospital

Extending professionalism and continual learning throughout the building

Why do people desire to go to a University Hospital?

• They have the best doctors• They are teaching the strongest students• It is bound in research• They have intensive instructional rounds• Constant learning is an expectation• There is on-time (live) immediate feedback

• You have an experienced practitioner there at all times

How does this relate?

All these items are what we want out of great teachers!

TALME MODEL

• Summer Retreat

• Instructional Leadership Team

• Instructional Rounds

• Massive Professional Development

• PAWS Program

• Teacher Spotlight

• Friday Teacher Appreciation

• Teacher Newsletter

• Staff Social Committee

• Professional Growth/PLC

What We Do:7 Areas of Focus

Relationships

• Staff to Student Connections

• Staff to Staff Connections – PAW Partners, Coaching, Secret Pals

• Principal’s Book Club

• Pride Groups

• Mentors

Academic Engagement/Growth

• Targeting Tier 2 Interventions

• Workshop Model

• Kagan

• Intentional Data Monitoring

• Enrichment Friday

• Reading Wonders

• My Math

• Common Planning

• Coach and Enrich

• LIM Notebooks

• Entrepreneur Fair

Social-Emotional Learning

• 7 Habits

• Second Step

• PBIS

• PRIDE Groups

• Mentor

• Groups—Skills, Support

• Individual counseling

• School-based mental health clinician

• Mobile assessments

• Tier II/Tier III interventions

• Safety Patrol

Staff Support/Development

• Instructional Coaching

• Annual Staff Retreat

• Professional Learning Communities

• Observation Cycle

• Instructional Leadership Team

• Friday extended planning to goal-set

• Reduced Staff Turnover

Family Engagement

• Title 1 Parent Nights – Parent University• Parent Classes through Lion’s Den• PTA Involvement• Leader in Me Parent Training• Lion’s Den Parent Program Classes • Cooking classes• Nutrition• Job Fair

Extended Learning

• Lion’s Den

• Enrichment

• Chinese

• 5th grade Washington, DC

• Junior Achievement

• Dollars and Sense

• Outdoor Classroom

Community Partners

• Partnership with UK College of Education

• Partners for Youth• Local Businesses• Community Mental Health• Neighborhood Associations• Faith Point Church

• Trinity Hill Church

• Trinity Church

• Lexington Baptist Temple

• Northeast Christian Church

• UK Dental Bus

• 4-H

• And many more

Mission Statements

Quotes from “What Makes a Star Teacher?”

Dr. Nicholas D. HartlepSara McCubbins

Illinois State University Dept. of Educational Administration and Foundations

Villegas and Lucas (2002) outline six characteristics of socially and culturally responsive teachers—teachers who:

1. Are conscious of their own way of perceiving reality based on their background2. Are positive and have high expectations for all students3. Have high efficacy4. Understand and can support how students build knowledge5. Care about students’ lives6. Create opportunities for students that build on prior knowledge and promote future growth

Why Teachers come to TALME

• . Teachers know that if they come to The Academy for Leadership at Millcreek the following will happen:

• They will learn from the best teachers the district/state has to offer.

• They will receive the best PD (local/in-state/out-of-state) we can find to match their desired professional growth.

Why teachers come to TALME

• We will focus on changing lives for the better, assuring they are supported and given the resources to be the best they can be.

• Finally, we all agree that we can look across a desk and have the same goals and expectations for each student we would have for our own child, no matter the race, religion or ethnic background.

• We focus on addressing the 4 capacities many businesses use to cultivate greatness.

Two Parts

• Intellectual Proficiency

• The knowledge, expertise, and understand that people leading and engaging in the field must hold

• Will (Growth Mindset/Grit)

• Interest, patience and persistence needed to implement what is needed for reform

Plus, we have a ball!

• https://photos.app.goo.gl/jkQy1QT6ztbyNpoq1

Who We Are Now…

• Less than 20 Discipline referrals\4 suspension in 2016-17 school year

• State Accountability Score- 56% High Progressing School• 88% Teacher Sustainability

• Entrepreneur Fair• Academic Team• Academic-Driven Athletics• Martial Arts• Art Clubs (orchestra/band, piano, guitar, visual art etc.)

• K.I.N.G.’s Club (Keeping Inner-city Neighborhood’s Great)• Leadership Day• Dazzling Diva

• Lion’s Den• 5th Grade Trip to DC (for FREE!)

• And much more to motivate our students to explore excellence

Why it is important to me…..

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