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Cold Springs Middle
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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
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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
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ActionsAnd
Outcomes
Energy and Emotions
Questions and Reflections
Anticipation of the Future
Attention in the Present
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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• 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
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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
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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
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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.
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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