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Model Schools Conference

Model Schools Conference. Model Schools: Brockton High School. By the Numbers: Comprehensive 9-12 Enrollment: 4,135 Poverty Level: 72% Minority population: 73% 50 different languages 50% speak another language in the home 12% in Transitional Bilingual Ed.

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Model Schools Conference

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  1. Model Schools Conference

  2. Model Schools: Brockton High School • By the Numbers: • Comprehensive 9-12 • Enrollment: 4,135 • Poverty Level: 72% • Minority population: 73% • 50 different languages • 50% speak another language in the home • 12% in Transitional Bilingual Ed. • 11% receive Special Education Services Demographics: 57% Black - includes African American, Cape Verdean, Haitian, Jamaican, and others 26% White 14% Hispanic 2.5% Asian .5% Native American

  3. The Mooring Mast (nonfiction piece on the Empire State Building and dirigibles) Shakespearean Sonnet # 73 Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (3 page excerpt) Making Humus by Composting by Liz Ball Proof (four page play excerpt by David Auburn) ELA MCAS SELECTIONS (2010):

  4. 2011-2012 MME Scores County Wide

  5. State Testing: Then & Now MCAS 1998 Failure ELA – 44% (Sped – 78%) MATH – 75% (Sped – 98%) MCAS 2011 Failure ELA – 4% MATH – 12% MCAS 2011 Advanced+Proficient ELA – 78% MATH– 64% MCAS 1998 Advanced+Proficient ELA – 22% MATH– 7%

  6. How did they do it? They “changed the learning conditions for ALL students by focusing on the adults who teach them.”

  7. Brockton High’s turn-around FOUR STEPS: Empowered a team Focused on Literacy for ALL, NO exceptions Implemented with fidelity and according to a plan Monitored like crazy!

  8. Other Improvements: * Focus on School Wide Literacy * Inclusion for Special Education Students * Change of Levels/College Ready for ALL * Reduction in Freshmen Retention Rate

  9. Model Schools: La Quinta High School LQHS Demographics • 3000 students • Hispanic: 58% • White: 35% • English Learners: 5% • Poverty: 45% • Students w/ Disabilities: 8% • Graduation Rate 95% • 3000 students • Hispanic: 58% • White: 35% • English Learners: 5% • Poverty: 45% • Students w/ Disabilities: 8% • Graduation Rate 95%

  10. Model Schools: La Quinta High School LQHS Recognitions • Four time CA Distinguished School and Exemplary CTE Program Awards • Newsweek’s America’s Best High Schools: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 • US News & World Report America’s Best High Schools, 2012 (top 4% in nation, top 7% in state) • County H.S. Model of Excellence • International Center Model School: 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012

  11. Model Schools: La Quinta High School 5 Key Instructional Practices School wide • Critical Thinking/Rigor • Clear Leaning Task • Academic Language Strategies • Increased Guided & Structured Practice • Relevance through Gold Seal Lessons

  12. THINK DIFFERENTLY

  13. RE-IMAGINE

  14. The Flipped Classroom Kids today: @ Learn anywhere, anytime, with and from anyone @ Always on, always connected, expecting collaboration @ Need to be engaged and involved @ Demand personalized learning experiences

  15. The Flipped Classroom YouTube + Katie Gimbar: FIZZ Institute Jim Warford Khan Academy “Curriculum is not just a textbook anymore. It is videos, Podcasts, Wikis, blogs, and YouTube videos”

  16. The Flipped Classroom

  17. “It’s OUR Time!”

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