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Orientation Session

SDE SPECIAL SERVICES. Orientation Session. Mary Alice Harris, SST Team 7. PURPOSE for PRESENCE. To help implement SDE goals for all students in Alabama schools. To assist this school in improving student achievement. Learning readiness for all students Public confidence in education

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Orientation Session

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  1. SDE SPECIAL SERVICES Orientation Session Mary Alice Harris, SST Team 7

  2. PURPOSE for PRESENCE • To help implement SDE goals for allstudents in Alabama schools. • To assist this school in improvingstudent achievement.

  3. Learning readinessfor all students Public confidence in education Accountability and decision making High academic standards for all students Safe and disciplined learning environments Adequate resources for quality education SDE GOALS • Well-qualified teachers and other school personnel

  4. ACADEMIC ACCOUNTABILITY • Use nationally normed test to assess student achievement. • Assist schools that have a majority of students scoring below the national norm. • Develop assistance programs for students scoring below the national norm. • Establish a program of self-help and state intervention. • Assist local boards of education that have a majority of low performing students

  5. On-site Support System • Assign a “practicing professional” (me) • Provide intensive and sustained support to ensure that significant improvement or a Clear status is attained ** Focus on MLK’s current status

  6. 2001-2002 Status • Reason for current status • Show a decrease in the number of students scoring in the low stanine range "Failed in Caution Improvement"

  7. General "SST" Tasks • Assist with the development of School Improvement Plan (SIP). Conduct a self-study. Examine causes of low student achievement. Develop a plan for improvement. Help monitor and evaluate SIP implementation

  8. Work as a catalyst for change • Help identity and eliminate “change barriers” • Collaborate with the LEA and SDE NOTE: Don’t let the things you can’t change stop you from changing the things that you can change. SIP

  9. Assist school in collecting, analyzing, and interpreting school data SAT 9 ~ 2001 GRADE SIX

  10. Assist teachers with profiling SAT 9 scores • Share strategies to help teachers use profiles to direct instruction • Provide monitoring forms to ensure that SAT 9 skills are taught • Encourage teachers to include test-taking tactics in daily instruction

  11. Share SDE resources and assist staff with effective use in classrooms. > SDE Resources CD > Courses of Study> Compendium Supplements > Pathways to Learning> Pacing Charts > Specification Documents

  12. Student Outcomes Students will: Introduce Taught Thoroughly Mastered Not Introduced Not Thoroughly Taught • Facilitate curriculum alignment with the Course of study Course of Study - English Language Arts - 5 Grade Effective Communicators & Lifelong Enjoyers and Appreciators of Language Area Comprehension Read a variety of materials and R genres encountered in daily life.. Textual . Functional . Recreational

  13. Assist teaching and learning in the classroom > Explain the use of SDE instructional checklists > Visit classrooms (observation only)>Provide constructive feedback> Model “best practices”> Help monitor lesson plan development and implementation> Maintain SIP performance indicators checklists

  14. Assist with student-centered activities> Help identify and provide remedial assistance for low performing students> Help students set achievable goals> Conduct mini workshops ( EX: Target Your Studies)> Encourage and help teachers recognize/reward student accomplishments

  15. Help provide needs-based professional development activities > Broker or provide in-services > Encourage grade/subject area planning and sharing > Monitor actual practice of new learning > Help mentor new comers to the professional

  16. Support parent-centered and community connected activities Help CELEBRATE the school's attainment of a CLEAR status !

  17. Greeting/Warm-up( “C” in the Box ) Purpose for Presence State Department Goals Academic Accountability On-site Support Core SST Tasks AGENDA Southlawn Middle School August 23, 2001

  18. READY/SET/GO!! A bird __ a vegetable __ a beverage __ a sheep __ to look __ yourself __ a verb __ an insect __ means debt __ sight organ __ Indian tent__ all right __ What for? __ body of water __ ABC's and EFG"s Use a letter of the alphabet to match each definition.

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