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Part II. Identifying Essential StandardsDeveloping Common AssessmentsAcademic InterventionsAction Orientation and Experimentation. What do we want students to know?. Identify Essential Standards/Outcomes"Pace them per quarterIdentify instructional material necessary to ensure mastery of standa
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1. Building a High-Performing PLC from the Ground Up: The Levey Middle School StoryPart II PLC Institute
Anthony Muhammad, PhD Welcome and Overview – Cass
Logistics: facility, bathrooms, etc.
Purpose & Expectations
Process (modeling / adding tools)
Context of this Orientation in line of becoming an associate
Intros to the team (Janet, Jeff, Cass) as modeling to their intros
Check-in / Introductions – Janet
2 Truths and a Lie
Sign ‘non-compete’ forms?Welcome and Overview – Cass
Logistics: facility, bathrooms, etc.
Purpose & Expectations
Process (modeling / adding tools)
Context of this Orientation in line of becoming an associate
Intros to the team (Janet, Jeff, Cass) as modeling to their intros
Check-in / Introductions – Janet
2 Truths and a Lie
Sign ‘non-compete’ forms?
2. Part II Identifying Essential Standards
Developing Common Assessments
Academic Interventions
Action Orientation and Experimentation
3. What do we want students to know? Identify “Essential Standards/Outcomes”
Pace them per quarter
Identify instructional material necessary to ensure mastery of standards by the students
4. How do we know if students have learned? Develop common assessments
Common assessments measure if students can perform the identified tasks
Common assessments should be given at least each quarter in each core subject matter
Common assessments should not exceed 25 questions
Assessments should be developed by the teachers that teach the content
Assessment questions should be similar to the modality used on the state assessment
5. Exploring the Assessment Data Pre-question before moving to Question #3
“How do we respond when students do not learn?”
Ask:
Why didn’t they learn?
“Levey Student Learning Survey”
6. Pyramid of InterventionsHow do we respond when students do not learn? Homework lunch
In-school tutors
Student Support Specialist
After-school tutoring
Student Success Plan
Title 1 Summer Institute
7. Action Orientation and Experimentation Development of pilot programs and innovations related to the staff members new level of proficiency
Hip-Hop Literacy Program
Screen Writing Class
Business Program and Levey Dollar Store
8. Levey Results Reading
2000 – 30% Proficient (State Avg. 68%)
2005 – 88% Proficient (State Avg. 62%)
Math
2000 – 31% Proficient (State Avg. 54%)
2005 – 76% Proficient (State Avg. 62%)
9. The Tradition Continues Math 81% Proficient (State avg. 61%)
Reading 79% Proficient (State avg. 59%)
Science 75% Proficient (State avg. 62%)
Social Studies 73% Proficient (State avg. 41%)
10. Other Levey Victories 2004-2005 school year, 6 students failed one or more academic classes, down from 150 in 2002
2004-2005 school year, 148 student suspensions, down from over 3000 during the 2001-2002 school year
52% of Levey students are on the honor roll
18 charitable student service learning projects completed during the 2004-2005 school year
Trailblazing “Hip-Hop” class that links literacy to pop culture
Business course and student run store offered for students in grades 6, 7, and 8 – “The Levey Dollar Store”
11. Contact Information
Anthony Muhammad
newfrontier21@comcast.net