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Cold Springs Middle
Our Kids at a Glance
•1700 Students 6th-8th grade
•50% ESL Students and Growing
•50% Free and Reduced Lunch
Ethnic Composition - 7th Grade
36%
23%
22%
19%
Caucasian
AfricanAmerican
Hispanic
Asian
Appreciative Inquiry: A Model For Change
Define:What gives us
Focus
Destiny: What will
be…
Design: What should
be…
Dream: What might
be…
Cold Springs
MS
ActionsAnd
Outcomes
Energy and Emotions
Questions and Reflections
Anticipation of the Future
Attention in the Present
Cold Springs Middle School Appreciative Inquiry Conference ResultsJune 25-28, 2007
-Supportive and trusting administration
-Open communication and collaboration between faculty and administration-Shared vision -More ESL teachers-More time to plan effective lessons-Recognize success of students-Peer counseling-Collaboration of all staff in helping ESL students
Student AchievementProfessionalismCommunity Involvement
Themes
Wishes
We are educators committed to the academic achievement of
ALL students.
We are students
ourselves, committed to
growing professionally
and collaboratively as a learning community.
We are a school
community committed to meaningful
partnerships with parents, students, and
community members.
Blueprint for Supporting Staff and Overcoming Obstacles
Strategies
Celebrating Success
Using shared-decision making
Supporting professional learning communities
Open and Transparent Communication
Reviewing and adjusting SGP
Continuing the AI process
Proposition 1: Effective Professional Development
• “Unpacking” SOL
• Research Based Instructional
Practices
• Differentiated instruction
• Disaggregate Data
• Professional Learning Communities
• Scheduling: Observations, Common
Planning, Reflective Practices
• Need Based Staff Development
Professional Development
• Student achievement data will drive participation in local and national conferences.
• Schedule Trace Success http://www.tracesuccess.com/ • Recognize achievement of professional development goals and objectives• Student achievement data and teacher observations will drive staff
development
• Professional Learning
Communities
• Curriculum Mapping
• Unpack Standards
• Implement research-based
instructional strategies
• 4th and 9th Week Assessments
• Mentor opportunities for struggling
students
• Implement differentiated instruction
Provocative Proposition #2: Academic Press
Academic Press Continued
• Creative scheduling options – single
gender, double blocking/periods
• Integrate instructional technologies
• Implement Content Based ESL
• Pyramid of Interventions beginning
with the premise: “What we do when
students are not learning”
• Quarterly Data Presentations/Talks
– AYP Groups
– Quarterly Exam Grade Distribution
– SOL Strand Analysis
– Overall Grade Distribution
– Ethnicity
– Reflections/Actions/Steps/Strategies
– Tuning Protocol
Provocative Proposition #3: Collaboration between Students, Parents, Teachers, and the
Community
• Increase ESL parental involvement in parent-teacher-student conferences through:
– translated invitations– teacher and administrator phone calls– native language translators
• Welcome parents into the school building by:– Coffee with the Principal: morning, afternoon, and evening sessions
• Have a parent wait area/conference room stocked with soda, coffee, tea, and snacks
• Breakfast for new-comers each quarter
• Develop and implement meaningful opportunities for parent involvement
– International Night– Grade promotion ceremonies
Collaboration between Students, Parents, Teachers, and the Community
• Establish relationships with community and parents through:
– financial partnerships, strategies in the business world that work in the school
– resources in the community to improve/acquire resources
• Engage in community outreach programs such as coat and food drives
• Identify families in the school who would benefit from outreach
• Create student community service requirements
• Implement “Community Priorities Workshops” to allow community leaders, parents, and teachers to share current successes and future wishes for Cold Springs Middle School.
Our School Growth Plan Specific/Strategic, Measurable/Monitored, Action Oriented/Agreed Upon, Realistic/Results Oriented,
Timed/Tracked • S.M.A.R.T
• SGP is a living document
• Collaborative Effort
• Shared Decision
• Ownership
• Program Evaluation
• “Systems Thinking”
approach