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Transition Team Update

Corning Painted-Post High School. Transition Team Update. Objectives. Share progress on the following: Bell Schedule SOAR Time HAWK Day Course Offerings Staff and Student Orientation Privilege System Memorabilia. Bell Schedule - finalized. Schedule (45 minutes) 7:50-8:35 8:39-9:24

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Transition Team Update

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  1. Corning Painted-Post High School Transition Team Update

  2. Objectives • Share progress on the following: • Bell Schedule • SOAR Time • HAWK Day • Course Offerings • Staff and Student Orientation • Privilege System • Memorabilia

  3. Bell Schedule - finalized • Schedule (45 minutes) • 7:50-8:35 • 8:39-9:24 • 9:28-10:13 • 10:17-11:02 • 11:06-11:51 – Lunch/SOAR • 11:55-12:40 – Lunch/SOAR • 12:44-1:29 – Lunch/SOAR • 1:33-2:18 • 2:22-3:07

  4. Bell Schedule - Gains • Increased instructional time • Built in academic support opportunities for all • Increased opportunities for electives • Cafeteria efficiencies maximized

  5. Bell Schedule – Next Steps • Board approval • Develop variations on the schedule: • Late arrival • Homeroom when necessary • 5 minute passing time if necessary

  6. SOAR Time • Student Opportunities and Resources • 9th grade • Approaches to Learning • Possible Elective choice • 10th – 12th grade • Academic support Provides additional opportunities for clubs and activities in the future (Harrington’s Knitting Club)

  7. HAWK Day • Student Decrease pull-out time for special events • NWEA Testing, Class Meetings, Guest Speakers, and Event Fairs • Supervised by administration, support staff and student leadership teams • SEPTEMBER – • Grades 9 and 10 - NWEA testing and Motivational Speaker • Grades 11 and 12 – Motivational Speaker and Magazine Kickoff/Guidance Counselors

  8. HAWK Day • Teacher Embedded Professional Development opportunities • Collaboration with colleagues • Standardization • Curriculum Development (course and department) • SEPTEMBER • Matrix review • Common assessment review

  9. Course Offerings • Goals • Increase elective opportunities for ALL students • Generate student interest in elective courses • Create courses that require 21st Century Skills for college and the work place • Process • All teachers had the opportunity to submit course proposals • A committee representing administration, special education, teachers, guidance and helping teachers reviewed courses

  10. Course Offerings • Business and Technology • Digital Communication and Information Design • Event, Hospitality, and Tourism Management • Robotics I and II • English • Film Study and Production • Journalism and Communication for the 21st Century

  11. Course Offerings • Music • Electronic Music • Guitar • Men’s Chorus • Piano • Physical Education • Advanced Weight Training and Conditioning • Lifeguarding

  12. Course Offerings • Science • IB Environmental Systems/Societies SL • Sights and Sounds in the Physical World • The World in Motion • Special Education (not listed in course selection book) • CTE Career Exploration • College Readiness Math • General Education (not listed in course selection book) • Science at the Poles • Reading and Writing in the 21st Century

  13. Scheduling Timeline • Course selections (Jan. 17) • Teacher Schedule Survey (Jan. 17) • SchoolTool Created for C-PPHS (TBD) • Student meetings and Course selections entered in SchoolTool (Mar. 1) • Number of Sections Determined for Each Course (Mar. 31) • Staffing Requests/Budget Determinations (Apr. 1)

  14. Scheduling Timeline • Who is teaching What?????? (May 21) • Initial room targets (May 21) • Schedule Building (July 31) • Room Assignments (Aug. 10) • Teacher Schedules (Aug. 10) • Student Schedules (Aug. 21)

  15. Staff Orientation • September 2 and 3 • Day 1 – Traditional First Day • Staff Meeting • Workroom and Classroom Set-Up • Day 2 – Orientation to the Building and Transition Activities • Acclimation activities • Expectations and Procedures

  16. Student Orientation • September 4 and 5 • Sept 4: Grades 11 and 12 • Acclimation Activities • Mock Schedule • Building Tours • Sept 5: Grades 9 and 10 • Acclimation Activities with Big Brother/Big Sisters • Mock Schedule • Building Tours

  17. Clubs Merging • Maintaining all existing clubs in both buildings • Increased Opportunities for students • Example – same number of Drama/Musical productions • Working with Paul Webster and Jeff Delorme on consolidation plans and timeline • Process for Advisor Selection will not change • Year 1 – co-class officers for grades 10, 11, and 12

  18. Privilege System • Purpose • Engage students in a reward system for good citizenship and academic success • Conceptual Plans • Exit for ATL for second semester • Honors Passes • Library Access • Extended Lunch Period • Open Campus (12th grade)

  19. Memorabilia • Purpose • Determine what needs to be represented in the new building and community • Determine how it will be represented • Committee formation January/February • 2 Parent Organization Rep., Sports Booster Rep., Art and Music Teacher Rep., Drama Rep., Technology Rep., Historical Society Rep., Hall of Fame Committee Rep., Extra-classroom Activity Rep. from each current H.S. , and a High School Administration Rep.

  20. Work in Progress • Alma Mater • Submission was December 2013 • Band Uniforms • Working on 2nd mock uniform • Planning for BID process with Paul Webster • Community Access • Central Office and TT working together

  21. Work in Progress • Room Sharing Strategies • Expectations • Inventory and Moving • Continual discussions. Clarification and removal of excess • Administrative and Guidance Alignment • Determining roles • Aligning procedures

  22. Ongoing Planning and Next Steps • Student Leadership Meetings • Robin Sheehan meeting with Jr. and Sr. leadership • January 13th Joint Faculty Mtg • Moving Update • Master Schedule Timeline • Focus Group Feedback • Combined Faculty/Staff Activities • Course Selection Process Begins 2014-2015 • Bringing students together for elective presentations and Sophomore Career Day

  23. “Ask not what your District can do for you, but what you can do for your District.”

  24. Focus Group Feedback BACKGROUND • The Satori Group, Ltd. was asked to develop and facilitate a series of focus groups . • The focus groups were conducted in the Fall of 2013 and will be repeated in the Spring of 2014. • Purpose: To ensure that key stakeholder concerns are being addressed proactively. • Nineteen (19) focus groups were conducted in the Fall series, each having duration of 60-90 minutes. • Stakeholder participant groups were divided by grade level as follows: High School Parents, Students, Teachers and Staff; Middle School Parents, Students, Teachers and Staff; and Elementary Parents. The focus group questions and facilitation were designed to generate discussion about the 2014 transition to one middle school and one high school covering topics such as: • Safety • Extracurricular Activities • Transportation • Scheduling • Community Involvement

  25. Focus Group Feedback – The Unknown • The greatest concern for all stakeholders is the unknown. They are eager for communication, communication and more communication. They want as much information as possible as early as possible. Even if all the details have not been worked out, participants want to be trusted with what can be shared and to know what the tentative plans are. The more they know, the less anxious they are. • Teachers and Staff have the greatest anxiety and fear of the unknown. They are hungry for details about job placements, course offerings, and the timing and logistics of the physical move. Their concern, however, is clearly with the student’s best interest in mind. Teachers and Staff want to feel comfortable so they can better assist students and help make the transition the great opportunity that it has been promised to be.

  26. Unknowns • Student Safety/Emergency Preparedness/Building Access • Transportation/Bus Schedules/Congestion/Parking • Increased size (physical layout of the school, student body and class size) • Having enough extracurricular opportunities to include as many students as possible • Logistics of the physical move • Building Access/Early Access • Master Schedule

  27. Focus Group Feedback – Safety and Transportation • Safety is of paramount importance to all stakeholders. They feel it needs to be a top priority for the District. A number of safety concerns raised by stakeholders are related to the large school environment that will be created by the combined schools. All focus group participants want to feel that they and/or their children are safe in the school environment. Most feel that safety has not been a priority thus far. • Transportation is a critical concern. The top two issues include busing and traffic flow in and around the schools. Again, communication is a vital piece to helping stakeholders feel more comfortable.

  28. Safety and Transportation • Safety • Major priority • Cameras • Access to building • Transportation • Time change at all 3 levels • Communication for families • City students riding for the 1st time • Late Bus

  29. Focus Group Feedback – Opportunities and Excitement • Stakeholders have been told that the transition to one middle school and one high school is supposed to bring more and better opportunities to all; however, at this point, they feel like opportunities are being taken away. This is especially true with some of the larger extracurricular activities such as band, drama and modified sports. • Overall, student focus group participants are excited about the transition, citing that they are looking forward to making new friends and having new opportunities for class selection and extracurricular activities. They hope the transition will create a more united town

  30. Perceptions Are Not Reality! • High School participants feel that there are two distinct cultures between the current buildings. • WHS participants feel they are the “outsiders” and will be treated as such. • EHS participants feel like the “powers that be” are largely from WHS and therefore, they are not well represented.

  31. Packing and Moving Reminders • Weeding out • Packing and labeling • Send your questions and concerns to the Transition Team

  32. Next Steps • Scheduling Feedback • Surveys due to Robin by Friday, Jan. 17th • Feedback on this presentation • Combined Faculty Meeting – Monday, Feb. 10th – 3:30pm – NEW AUDITORIUM • Department Meetings today • Elective Presentation Planning – Common message

  33. Department Meetings:Course Selection & Common Message • English – Room 102 • Humanities – Room 105 • Science – Room 111 • Math – Room 311 • Language B – Room 107 • Art/Music – Room 104 • Business/Tech – Room 113 • PE/Health – Room 315 • Special Education – Room 313 • Guidance – Guidance Office

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