The PLC Continuum and University Partnership: An Important Ongoing MissionHarvey R. Allen, Monmouth UniversityJoseph Saxton, Barnegat High School, University of Phoenix

Enhance Instruction Engage Students Extend Learning

Year 1 – From Chaos to a Clear FocusJanuary 2010-June 2010•Collect Baseline data•Develop a Mission Statement•Create a Professional Development Team

Stephen Covey

Private Victory Comes Before Public Victory

Re-Design: Essentially in House.

Where to Begin?

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OHI Results

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Key to DimensionsII=Institutional IntegrityIS=Initiating StructureC=ConsiderationPI=Principal Inf luenceRS=Resource SupportM=MoraleAI=Academic Integrity

Discipline Data 4018 referrals 183 total suspensions

Anecdotal conversations Negative conversations leading to

misperceptions High School Quality Survey Block Survey

Professional Development Team Process Utilized Shared Leadership University Support

Mobilize teachers Set goals and Implement plan based

on gathered data Delayed Openings/ Faculty Meetings Training Focus

Develop a Clear Mission Statement that commits all stakeholders to instructional goals, priorities, assessment measures, and accountability

Process = Mission + Belief Statements + Culture Shift Clear Focus

Barnegat High School, in partnership with our community, will provide a safe, innovative, and nurturing school environment where students are valued and treated with dignity and respect as the staff prepares and engages them in meaningful, differentiated learning experiences that will promote social responsibility and cultivate future academic and workforce success.

Banner in Foyer of High School Posted in Every Classroom On every e-mail/document Focusing Agent

To refocus our use of time so students are deeply engaged with learning and to provide staff with training to use time differently by incorporating multiple instructional strategies into the class.

Teachers mobilized into true PLCs Delayed Openings Block schedule fully in place Engagement Strategies Differentiated Instruction

To create an orderly and business – like learning environment where the school climate is not oppressive and conducive to teaching and learning.

Teachers handling classroom discipline

Class Management better

Reduction in overall discipline

All Day Detention

Reinforce basic procedures and protocols

Create School-wide Discipline Handbook

First Day Workshops – First Day of School, Establishing Routines & Procedures, Developing Classroom Rules

Develop a culture that promotes the positive where all staff believe that students can achieve mastery of subject area content, self, and school behavioral norms

Establish a teacher recognition program

New Student Orientation Program

New Teacher Orientation Program

Student Recognition Manual

Identify and Re-Orient Toxic Subculture

State of the Bengals Address

BENGAL STATE OF THE UNION

Implement a public relations program that will connect the school to vital stakeholders and highlight the achievement and accomplishments of staff and student

Monmouth University – vital relationship – guidance and support

Public Relations Plan HS website re-

tooling Parent Portal Teacher websites Announcements

Parent Advisory Committee

Effective Communication Loop

Year 2 – Form PLCs to address “Best Practices”• Form PLCs to address “Best

Practices” • Use Monmouth University as a

Resource• Examine the data

Professional Development Team-PLCs Planning for the Block Engagement Strategies Classroom Management Time Management Brain Based Learning Dealing with Difficult Students Differentiated Instructional Strategies

Description 2009-2010

2010-2011

Insubordination 219 100Class Lateness 76 32Leaving School w/o Permission

28 19

Disruptive/ Inappropriate Behavior

Altercations

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PLCs Characteristics of Effective

Teaching and What it Looks Like in the Classroom

Common Language Creating Plans Focused on Learning

with the End in Mind Examine the data

A culture now exists where all staff believe that students can achieve.

A positive learning environment exists that is conducive to teaching and learning.

Students are now consistently engaged in meaningful learning.

Teachers are focused more on student learning than on teaching.

Community support is growing

Assist in the development and implementation, Provide feedback regarding the strategies being

taught to teachers by professional development trainers. Support, encourage and affirm.

Disseminate research and best practices that help enhance student achievement.

Train the Professional Development Team in Understanding by Design.

Train HS staff to use assessments that focus on assessing student learning

Provides great advice in our brainstorming sessions and gives direction as to current trends/best practices in education.

Focused our professional development, aware of trends and best practices in education

Provided valuable feedback and guidance from a knowledgeable and impartial source.

Excellent vehicle of higher learning and continued growth for us and our students.

Provided support and direction which has helped us to feel more confident in and out of the classroom.

Guided the direction of the school as we move from teaching to learning

Presented material related to teaching and learning in an effective and simple way.

School Spirit highest in school history School and staff moving in same

direction – real learning community Different feel in the building, lower

stress for students, fewer incidents, Bengal Pride Inside New Jersey - #1, #2

Respect and Trust