2011-12

Simple and Systematic

Mission and Focus

• To inspire our students with a passion for learning, empowered to pursue their dreams confidently and creatively, while contributing to our community, nation, and world.

Focus – depends on data, currently:Improving Math Achievement Improving Literacy for All Building Relationships

Proactive Intervention(P.I.) + Response to Intervention(RtI)

• What are they and how do they work together to help more students achieve?

*Achievement is defined by Annual Yearly Progress on FCAT and Student Grades

P.I.

• This begins with a core academic team’s early look at lagging indicators - student FCAT scores(AYP), previous year grades, attend., disc. What AYP subgroup(s) are underperforming?Why are they underperforming?What to do about it?When?Working? If not What now? Semi Quarterly review

by teams

RtI – School Wide and Team

• Response to Intervention is about providing good instruction and interventions to students based on their needs.

• Interventions are tiered, not students

RtI School-Wide

• The basis of RtI is good instruction for all(tier 1 interventions for all)

RtI School Wide cont’d

• Early Warning system – looking at grades, discipline, and attendance

• Gives you data on: – students to provide interventions for– students to reward

RtI School Wide cont’d

Early warning system data• Quarterly data review to determine school-

wide interventions(programs)by SLT/DST• Keep 5 B’s & discipline system• Add PBS – for example: No C’s, less than 2

referrals, less than 4 absences = ability to listen to mp3 and seating preference during lunch.

RtI – Teams

This is by nature a little more reactive• Look at data semi- quarterly • See which students are not being successful• Provide them with interventions you do not

provide for all (tier 2 interventions)

Tier 2 Interventions

Documenting Tier 2 Effectiveness

• Grades, attendance, discipline• Scatter plot or class graph of grades• Story behind the grade

That is it - simple.

• Child study/RtI kicks in - in very few cases

Tier 3

Curriculum &Instruction

• Written (Core Curriculum)• Intended (What you teach)• Learned (What students learn)

• Continued use of FOCUS to inform our instruction (FAIR, SRI, used as well)

Professional Development

• Rigor & EngagementAVID(Socratic Seminar,…….) Small Group InstructionCo-operative LearningD.O.K. (evaluate ourselves & question stems)

More Systems/Simplification

• Morning Meetings :Monday – Teachers in classTuesday – DST, SLT, Dept., Team all strategically

scheduledWednesday – Parent Conf. Thursday – Teachers in classFriday – Parent Conf. • Parent Conference requests communicated by

team contacts with front desk

More Systems/Simpl. Cont’d

• Achievement Contracts – included in agenda• Bathroom passes in agenda?• Laminated D.O.K. posters for every classroom• Every team one Service-Learning project?• Other ideas to improve?