Marshall Middle School

1. Marshall Middle School Be brave.

2. Content • Data Overview • Academic Awareness – Response to data • Behavior – A proactive and positive approach • Culture Shifts – The means and the ends

3. Projected Demographics

4. AIMSWeb Screener • MAZE: Measures comprehension • R-CBM: Measures reading fluency • M-COMP: Measures computation skills • M-CAP: Measures application of math skills

5. 6th Grade AIMSWeb Progress

6. 7th Grade AIMSWeb Progress

7. 8th Grade AIMSWeb Progress

8. Math Assessment Trend Data

9. Reading Assessment Trend Data

10. Reading Assessment Subgroup Data • Free and Reduced Lunch: +14.2% • ELL: +14.2% • African American: +43.8 • White: +17.5 • Hispanic: +10.4 • SPED: +6.2

11. 2013 State AMO Status - Marshall

12. 2013 District AMO Status – USD 259

13. Academics Response to Data

14. Multi-Tiered Academic Supports • District Placement/Curriculum Protocol * • Core + Interventions • Targeted Interventions in Core • Building-Wide Strategies • Tiered Interventions • PLL Groups • Math Navigator / Mastery • Extended Learning Opportunities • Jumpstart • Boost

15. Data-Driven • Quadrant Sorts vs. Tier Transition Reports * • Data OneNote / Response to Data • Curriculum Planning Days w/Curriculum Coaches • Progress Monitoring

16. Staff Development • Ron Clark Academy (Atlanta) • Safe & Civil Schools Conference (Portland) • Harvard Urban School Leadership (Boston) • Plain Talk About Reading (New Orleans) • Explicit Instruction TOT (Wichita/Anita Archer) • CHAMPs TOT (Wichita/Mike Booher) • Summer Paid Professional Development Opportunities • Love & Logic (Wichita) • Building Capacity – Staff Presentations In-Service, District In-Service & Learning Labs, National Conferences (Orlando – America’s Choice National Conference) • AVID Summer Institute (Dallas)

17. Where are we going… • Before School Tutoring Room • Strengthening the Core: Explicit Instruction • Data-Driven Decisions and Accountability • Implementing Common Core in all Content Areas • AVID Demonstration Status

18. Process • As you think about the content you’ve seen so far, what might be some barriers to implementation that you have in your building? • What have you seen so far that may help you overcome those barriers?

19. Behavior A positive and proactive approach

20. Attendance and Mobility

22. Behavior Process – From 2012 - Present

23. Rotation Document Common Area Observation Tool

24. 1st hour

25. Where are we going… • Standardized Documentation Tool for Academic/Behavior Data (OneNote) • Behavior Specialist on staff • Recovery Room • Additional Full-time Counselor • Continued Training on Tiered Behaviors • Book Study: Discipline in the Secondary Classroom & Explicit Instruction • Grade Level Team Time weekly devoted to behavior

26. Process • What data might be important to consider when making decisions regarding behavior in your building? • How do you currently communicate your behavioral expectations with students and staff? • What do you do well? What might need to be changed?

27. Culture Shifts We are here for the kids. We are here for each other.

28. Culture Shifts • Scheduling • Core & Intervention • Grade Level & Content • Intentional Placement • Professional Development • Data Driven • Needs Assessment • Looking out, not down (Travel) • Empowerment • Building Capacity / High Expectations • Shared Mission & Narrowed Focus • Student Leadership / Family Engagement

29. Problem Solving Process

30. Where are we going… Where are we going… • Objective Data & Evaluation • Empowering Stakeholders • Informed Leadership: Principal Perspective • Full-Time Family Engagement & Community in Schools Staff

31. Process • Culture – you either teach it or tolerate it. What do you teach? What do you tolerate? • What are some specific steps you can take to improve culture in your building?

32. Thank You! Q&A Session