Regional Design Team

Arredondo ElementaryFebruary 16, 2010

Arredondo ElementaryFebruary 16, 2010

Regional Design Team Objective

Regional Design Team Objective

Extension of last year’s Strategic Planning Committee

Work with middle and elementary schools to increase academic achievement and student enrollment

4 teams (1 Middle School and its Elementary Feeder Schools)

Extension of last year’s Strategic Planning Committee

Work with middle and elementary schools to increase academic achievement and student enrollment

4 teams (1 Middle School and its Elementary Feeder Schools)

Arredondo Elementary Arredondo Elementary

McKemy Middle School

STEAM - Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math

International Studies (attributes similar to International Baccalaureate)

McKemy Middle School

STEAM - Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math

International Studies (attributes similar to International Baccalaureate)

Connolly Middle School

Peggy Payne Academy AVID

Connolly Middle School

Peggy Payne Academy AVID

Arredondo Elementary Arredondo Elementary

Teaching the whole child Reading delivery system model Body-Brain compatible education Thinking Maps and Supplemental

programs School-wide Language learning model Grade-level “community service

projects”

Teaching the whole child Reading delivery system model Body-Brain compatible education Thinking Maps and Supplemental

programs School-wide Language learning model Grade-level “community service

projects”

Teaching the “Whole Child”Teaching the “Whole Child”

Academics

Social

Emotional

Academics

Social

Emotional

Reading Delivery System Model

Reading Delivery System Model

90 minute reading block 30 minute intervention Small group instruction Literacy stations Continuous assessment to monitor

student achievement

90 minute reading block 30 minute intervention Small group instruction Literacy stations Continuous assessment to monitor

student achievement

Body-Brain Compatible Education

Body-Brain Compatible Education

Warm environment conducive to student learning

Town Hall/Community Circle Life Skills/Life Long Guidelines Building a classroom community

Warm environment conducive to student learning

Town Hall/Community Circle Life Skills/Life Long Guidelines Building a classroom community

Thinking MapsThinking Maps

8 visual maps that represent 8 thought processes

Student built/created Write From the Beginning (using

the maps to organize writing) ELL Maps (differentiating maps to

meet the language levels of students

8 visual maps that represent 8 thought processes

Student built/created Write From the Beginning (using

the maps to organize writing) ELL Maps (differentiating maps to

meet the language levels of students

School-wide Language Learning Model

School-wide Language Learning Model

4-hour block (reading, writing, grammar, speaking, vocabulary)

Self-contained English Language Learner classrooms

Blended Classrooms (students on Individual Language Learning Plans)

4-hour block (reading, writing, grammar, speaking, vocabulary)

Self-contained English Language Learner classrooms

Blended Classrooms (students on Individual Language Learning Plans)

Grade-level Community Service Projects

Grade-level Community Service Projects

Each grade level chooses a project Students plan, problem-solve,

implement and reflect on project Possible “being there” field trip

experiences Opportunity to give back and be a part

of a larger community Teaching students to be responsible

citizens and contributors to their community

Each grade level chooses a project Students plan, problem-solve,

implement and reflect on project Possible “being there” field trip

experiences Opportunity to give back and be a part

of a larger community Teaching students to be responsible

citizens and contributors to their community

Community ForumCommunity Forum

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