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High School 2022 Board Update. February 23, 2017. Tonight. Update the board on the work of the HS2022 team to date Answer questions and get feedback about our work and our next steps. Goal.
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High School 2022 Board Update February 23, 2017
Tonight • Update the board on the work of the HS2022 team to date • Answer questions and get feedback about our work and our next steps
Goal • By February 2017, the Board will identify a vision for high schools using multiple sources of information, data and feedback that prepares young people to graduate ready to enter adult life.
Project Charter • Committees: Steering Committee, High School Council, Community Advisory Committee • Stakeholder Engagement: Community Outreach, School Board Work Sessions, Community Event • Deliverables: Video, Website, Program Guide, Pathways, New Policy
High School 2022 Website • Rationale for Change • Current Research • Stakeholder meetings • Videos • A Day in the Life of a Student
Community Outreach • Parent Council • Teacher Advisory • Employee Advisory • Community Groups • Principal coffees/PTO meetings • High school site based teams • Most Likely to Succeed event
Community Advisory Council • Committee Membership • Valerie Gregory - Associate Dean of Admissions, UVA • Jennie Chiu - Professor, UVA Curry (Teacher Education, Instruction) • Missy Gupton - Region Manager, VA Association of General Contractors • David Touve - Director, UVA ilab • John Donnelley - Vice President, PVCC • Frank Squillace - Vice President, Chamber of Commerce • Erika Viccelio - Executive Vice President, United Way • Julian Waters - Student, Western Albemarle • ZaakirTameez - Student, UVA; Director of State Relations, UVA Student Council • Keaton Wadzinski - Student, UVA; Founder, ReinventED Labs • Kimberly Link - Associate Director, UVA Internship Center
High School Council • 5 high school teachers • Robbie Wendell; Megan Panek; Sarah Severs; Molly Miracle; Andrea Beardsley • 5 high school administrators • Middle school administrator • Lead instructional coaches • Site-based feedback teams at each school
High School Council • Six full day meetings at the iLab • Creation and leadership for site based feedback meetings • Development of the program guide
Draft Program Guide • Conceptual Map of the High School Experience • Profile of an Albemarle Graduate • Operating Principles • Big Ideas • High school trail map • Ninth grade experience
Profile of an Albemarle Graduate • ACPS graduates will be: • Self-advocates • Effective communicators and collaborators • Academically accomplished • Responsible Citizens • Critical Thinkers • Creative Problem Solvers
Operating Principles • Encourage students to pursue their passions • Develop and implement flexible learning and scheduling practices to meet student learning strengths • Develop and implement fair and equitable grading practices • Ensure equity of opportunity for all students
Big Ideas—strategies to make it happen • Grade level themes • Self discovery and foundations • Collaboration and discovery • Community and connections • Passion and transition • Grade level seminar courses • Authentic problem-solving challenges • Interdisciplinary Instruction • Alternative paths to credit • Culminating experiences • Student ownership • Program evaluation
Ninth Grade Experience • Self-discovery and foundations • Freshman Seminar • Interdisciplinary Instruction • CWRA+
High school beyond the ninth grade • Lots of work still to do on defining, developing and implementing our programs • Four-year process for the complete program guide • Learn from our experiences along the way to develop our next steps in high schools
Space/Capacity Implications • How has HS2022 impacted the direction of the facility changes that we are making in the modernization project?
Next Steps • Incorporate board feedback • Communication strategy for all stakeholders • Creation of implementation charter and key metrics
Key questions for tonight • How is this proposal similar to or different from the vision you as board members were developing for our high school experience? • How does the profile of an Albemarle Graduate create the besthigh school experience possible for our students? • What elements of the program guide are you most intrigued by and why? • What elements of the board vision for high schools are missing from the program guide?