Dr. Darl Kiernan Lauren Torvinen

SHIFTING THE NEGATIVE TO THE POSITIVE: LOCAL TEACHER HEROES ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE!

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Today’s Objectives• To share some of the encouraging and positive developments we have gathered in our work

• To encourage your sharing of positive development in your work

• To share and model some purposeful strategies

• To provide you with an opportunity to think about your own action steps

Struggling to be heard: Chapter 9 “Anyone attempting to change public education faces and uphill battle just to get his or her message heard. The institution is big and culturally entrenched. Most educators are overburdened.”

What has led to the overburden?

Step 1: Shift your attention to the positive.

“If we constantly choose to focus on the negative things that occur in our classrooms, our schools, and our district, then we become more negative. Conversely, when we choose to put our attention on the hopeful, encouraging, positive developments that occur within our schools, we become more positive.”

Graduation Measures: 2011-2012 Star Rating Points Earned

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IEP ELL FRL Hispanic/Latino

10.6% 11.8% 50.4% 50.3%

Essential Question

How do we become more intentional with our use of effective literacy strategies and materials aligned to the CCSS, to foster more literate students?

College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading

Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity 10. Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently.

These kids don’t read!

Why students don’t read what we assign

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gokm9RUr4ME

Your Turn

•What is one negative image that you would like to address in your setting?

•What is the first step in changing this negative perception?

Step 2: Stop badmouthing each other!

•Please turn to page 185.

•Stop and Say Something.

Stop badmouthing each other!

Your Turn

What is your action step?

Step 3: Share your successes with the community

This is really important information.

I’d like clarification or elaboration.

I knew this already.

Begin by defining your community

Student

“It is a helpful class. I enjoyed it. This year was a lot easier because of this class. When I first came to this class I didn’t like to do anything like Reading or Writing. But thanks to Mrs. Z and Mrs. G. it’s my favorite thing to do when I’m in school. This class is very helpful.” (9th grader)

Shared data during PLCs

11th and 12th graders who participated in the literacy support class showed more growth (53pts) than students who did not participate in the intervention (48pts) (average growth)

Sample size= 106 students

64% increased their total spelling scores

Begin by defining your community

Administration

I loved reading the student comments and am happy to see the students were able to understand their growth and how the Literacy Support class contributed to it. Thank you for all your efforts and positive energy this year. I believe both you and Lauren provided an environment where some of our teachers were able to overcome their anxiety working on something they never planned to have to do in a secondary school. For other teachers, it provided an opportunity to make a commitment to focus on what they understand is important; but may never have been able to devote the time because they were struggling with embedding it into their curriculum. Thank you so much!

Nevada Department of Education

“This specific design for early intervention at the high school level holds great promise. It holds the potential of providing a high quality model-not only for this local district, but for the entire nation.” Dr. Kevin Laxalt

Our community continues to grow!

@WCSDStrivRdrsHS

Your Turn

Who is your community?

What would you like to share?

Where will you begin?

Step 4: Sustain the effort!

Graduation Measures: 2013-2014 Star Rating Points

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IEP ELL FRL Hispanic/Latino

10.4% 10.8% 45.1 .% 53.2%

Kids are reading now!

School Year Number of books checked out

2012-2013 2,5042013-2014 9,945

1st Time HSPE Pass Rates by Ethnicity

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1st Time HSPE Pass Rates by Ethnicity -- Reading

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1st Time HSPE Pass Rates by Special Programs

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1st Time HSPE Pass Rates by Special Programs -- Read-ing

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12th Grade HSPE Pass Rates by Ethnicity

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12th Grade HSPE Pass Rates by Special Programs

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Step 5: Start Now! No more excuses.

THANK YOU!