Mike Riley, PrincipalBrandy Day, Assistant PrincipalTrey Davis, Faculty Liaison to the
SAP Leadership Committee Jodie Davis, School Achievement
Plan Coordinator
Clearbrook Middle School Leadership Team
Appreciative Inquiry at Clearbrook Middle
School
Our Students
Our Faculty
Our Community
Clearbrook Middle School
Teachers and administrators are collegial and collaborative with all stakeholders to support high student achievement.
Students are afforded opportunities to exhibit responsible citizenship and become productive members of society.
Provocative Propositions
Accentuate the positive
Create and nurture a Professional Learning Communities (PLC)
Handle kids with care
Invest in our stakeholders
Eliminate the negatives
Value time
Engage all learners
A.C.H.I.E.V.E. Model
Professional Learning CommunitiesVertical and
Horizontal ArticulationAligned lesson plansValid and reliable
assessmentsPedagogical
excellenceReflective practice
Enhancing Teacher Efficacy
Mentoring ProgramEffective pairingsGenerational
workforce
Positive Behavior SupportPBS is a new
approach to student discipline that focuses on prevention , not reaction.
It is a systems change method that promotes positive behavior in students.
Three-tiered systemPrimary Preventive
StrategiesSecondary
Preventive Strategies
Tertiary Preventive Strategies
Differentiated InstructionStaff Development
What Every Teacher Should Know: Instructional Accountability at CMS
Paula Brown, Hampton City Schools
Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement
Teacher-led staff developmentThree-year plan
Attend one year, present the next
Professional Development opportunities
Enhance professional expertise
Involve the entire faculty
Response to InterventionIdentify students at
risk for poor learning outcomes
Monitor student progress
Provide evidence-based interventions Tiered instruction Decrease discipline
referrals Increase student
achievement Increase parent
involvement
Adjust the intensity and nature of interventions depending on a student’s responsiveness
Identify students with learning disabilities or other disabilities
Creative Scheduling: social studies department
Time 6th 7th 8th
8:00-8:10 Home Room Home Room Home Room
8:10-9:00 Science LA/Math 7 RTI
9:00-9:50 LA(Grammar) History LA/Pre-A
9:50-10:45 History Science LA/Algebra
10:45-11:35 RTI LA/ Pre-A Science
11:35-12:25 LA (Literature) RTI History
12:25-1:10 Lunch Lunch Lunch
1:15-2:00 Elective Elective Elective
2:00-2:45 Math LA (Literature) LA (Literature)
2:45-2:50 Home Room Home Room Home Room
2:50 Dismissal Dismissal Dismissal
Community Volunteer ProgramEstablish a
“Volunteers for Education” programProvide struggling
students extra help needed to succeed academically
Resource for volunteer tutors
Volunteers need not be current or former educators
Volunteer form
Time commitmentOnce a week, 45
minute sessionsCould be working
one-on-one, in small groups, or in the classroom- where ever the need is greatest
Teachers, guidance counselors and subject specialists provide ongoing assistance
Cultural Heritage WeekIn association with
World Heritage DaySponsored by the PTARequest parent
volunteers to speak and share the history of their culture
Recruit community leaders to speak of their culture
Utilize Foreign Exchange Students as available
Lesson plans connected to SOLs in History and Social Studies
Each class sponsors a booth in the week-ending celebration Arts Crafts Games Food
What to Expect When You’re In Middle School“The Mysteries of
Middle School are Revealed!”
Rising 6th graders are hosted by rising 8th graders to learn what they have to look forward to in middle school
Older students get a chance to “shine”
If funds are available, purchase Introduction to Middle School by Sara Davis Powell for each student
Encourage open dialogue with parents/guardians and community stakeholders on matters impacting the school
First Thursday of every month during the school year
Refreshments provided
Principal’s Round Table
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