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Curriculum Night 2014

Curriculum Night 2014. Bryan Kerachsky Principal Haddam Elementary School. Groups/Teachers. Food Service PTO Staff Library Website: www.bhklibraries.weebly.com. Principal Information. Taught/Coached for 10 years in Tolland Public Schools Came to RSD 17 in 2009

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Curriculum Night 2014

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  1. Curriculum Night 2014 Bryan Kerachsky Principal Haddam Elementary School

  2. Groups/Teachers • Food Service • PTO • Staff • Library Website: www.bhklibraries.weebly.com

  3. Principal Information • Taught/Coached for 10 years in Tolland Public Schools • Came to RSD 17 in 2009 • Elementary Teaching and Learning Specialist • K-12 English Language Arts Coordinator • 2 interim principal terms here at Haddam Elementary • Family • 3 Kids, ages 14, 4, and almost 3. • My wife is a 4th grade teacher in Vernon • Blog • www.hesprincipal.com

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  5. District News Haddam-Killingworth High School was just named to America’s Top Schools by Newsweek. We were 1 of 12 schools in CT to receive the honor.

  6. CT Core Standards • CT Standards • Common Core State Standards (CCSS) • Connecticut adopted these standards in July 2010 • www.PTA.org has a great site for parents to look at the CCSS • Why these standards? The English language arts and mathematics standards: • Align with college and work expectations; • Are clear, understandable, consistent; • Include rigorous content and application of knowledge; • Build on strengths and lessons of current state standards; and • Prepare all students for success in global economy and society. They do not: • Dictate how teachers teach • Dictate what instructional / curricular materials should be used

  7. ELA Shifts • Build knowledge through content-rich nonfiction text • Reading, writing and speaking grounded in evidence from the text, using literal and informational text. • Regular practice with complex text and its academic language ELA Shifts http://www.achievethecore.org/downloads/E0702_Description_of_the_Common_Core_Shifts.pdf

  8. Math Shifts • Focus strongly on where the Standards focus • Coherence: Think across grades and link to major topics within grades • Rigor in major topics pursue: • Conceptual understanding • Procedural skill and fluency • Application with equal intensity Math Shifts http://www.achievethecore.org/downloads/E0702_Description_of_the_Common_Core_Shifts.pdf

  9. Math 1st Grade Topics

  10. Math 2nd Grade Topics

  11. Math 3rd Grade Math Topics

  12. 4th Grade Math Topics

  13. Bottom line: • Read • Write • Talk/Speak • Lot of student discourse • Listen • Think Critically • Think Creatively • Problem Solve • Be Mathematicians • Be Historians • Be Scientists • Be Investigators • Be Lifelong Readers Throughout the year, I will demonstrate what this looks like through my blog.

  14. What’s Going On at Haddam Elementary School? • New Parking Lot • New Basketball Hoops…..coming very soon • Looking to do some murals around the school • Strengthening of the PTO • New Hires/Transfers • Kelly Johnson, Music Teacher • Judy Nacca, Reading Support • Deb Slowik, Math Support • Pam Rich, 4th Grade Teacher • Paige Boudreau, Kindergarten • Kathleen King, 1st grade paraprofessional • Marlou French, 1st grade paraprofessional • Lisa Palmieri, K paraprofessional

  15. What’s Going On at Haddam Elementary School? Student Expectations: • Positive Behavior Supports • Staff/Students will be working on this to finalize for next year • Common behavior expectations for classroom, hallways, cafe, bathrooms, etc… • Advocate for themselves • Independence/Agency

  16. Independence and Agency Student Agency refers to a combination of academic mindsets and learning strategies that have been demonstrated to advance achievement. Academic mindsets are evident in students who feel a sense of belonging in school; believe they have the capacity to learn, and see value in their participation.

  17. Continuous Improvement Plans 2013-2014 Continuous Improvement Plan Goals: • Students will improve their literacy and numeracy skills as measured by district and state assessments. • Haddam Elementary will continue to develop its community internally and externally. Objectives: • To increase reading stamina. • To increase writing stamina. • To increase students’ understanding of numbers and operations and their ability to use these concepts in flexible ways to solve problems. • To continue to build a positive and safe school community. 2014-2015 Continuous Improvement Plans will be published in October 2013.

  18. Parent Volunteers Please sign up with your classroom teacher. Please let me know if you have any ideas for things to do around the school that we and the PTO could work together on. Our hope is for you to know that our school is your school. Email me with ideas: bkerachsky@rsd17.org

  19. HAVE A GREAT 2014-2015 SCHOOL YEAR!

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