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The Blueprint: 2013-2014

Sign in as you arrive Complete the Do Now Complete at least 1 “praise post-it”. The Blueprint: 2013-2014. Ranson Middle, an International Baccalaureate World School. Do Now- Gallery Walk.

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The Blueprint: 2013-2014

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  1. Sign in as you arrive • Complete the Do Now • Complete at least 1 “praise post-it” The Blueprint: 2013-2014 Ranson Middle, an International Baccalaureate World School

  2. Do Now- Gallery Walk Visit the posters around the room. Reflect on their meaning. React to the quote by writing on the poster. What does it mean? How does it apply to school turnaround? How does it apply to the work we are doing at Ranson IB?

  3. Agenda • Welcome & Norms • Reflecting on our Race • Blueprint for Success in 2013-2014 • Aligned Staff • Teaching & Learning • Culture • System & Operations • Closure & Vision Setting

  4. Desired Outcomes • By the end of today’s retreat, the Ranson IB staff will: • Celebrate our work from the 2012-2013 school year • Reflect on our work from the 2012-2013 school year • Introduce new staff members and 2013-2014 staffing roster • Understand key initiatives that are on the blueprint for the 2013-2014 school year • Understand non-negotiables related to those key initiatives • Present goals for the 2013-2014 school year

  5. Working Agreements • Become and remain open to new ideas • Be fully engaged and present • Honor time agreements • Speak your truth respectfully • Share responsibility for the success of our work together • Silence/vibrate all technology

  6. 9:35 Reflecting on our Race

  7. Reflecting on our Race

  8. Grows & Glows: A Socratic Seminar

  9. Our objective for this activity is to… Analyze our academic and school culture grows and glows for Ranson IB Middle School during the 2012-2013 school year! Purpose

  10. Seating Arrangements: Sit with your current grade level 6th 7th 8th * Elective and Support Staff will be spread amongst grade levels Materials… Group: Large Sticky Poster Individual: Sticky Notes (Post-it Notes)

  11. 1. Write on 4 different sticky notes … • Glows • 2 for school culture • 2 for academic culture • Grows • 2 of the most urgent growth areas for our school culture • 2 of the most urgent growth areas for academic culture 2. Place your sticky note(s) on your respective grade level poster 3. Form group chairs into a circle around poster Prompt: Reflect on this past school year

  12. Facilitators Role includes… • Asking teachers within their circle what topics they want to discuss first • Keeping discussion going or move on if the topic is dead • Keeping side conversations at a minimum • Choosing a topic that many teachers seem to be interested in or have questions about (possibly group similar stickies)

  13. Discussion Rules(Friendly reminder for participants): • Take turns: don’t talk over each other • Everyone participates • If you disagree, do it politely and respectfully • Speak to fellow teachers; not to facilitators

  14. Discussion Opener… What are our top glows and grows this year? Think on multiple levels: • Whole school • Grade level • Team(s) • Certain groups of scholars • Particular scholar • Individual

  15. Conversational Scaffolding Follow-up • Clarifying questions for teachers to ask of each other • Are you saying that…? • Can you further explain with some examples? Allow for reasonable amounts of silence • Even if it makes everyone nervous • Eventuallysomeone will remember something he/she wants to discuss

  16. Defining School Culture • School culture can be defined as: • the beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors which characterize a school” (Phillips, 1996, p. 1). • School culture is the shared experiences both in school and out of school (traditions and celebrations) that create a sense of community, family, and team membership. People in any healthy organization must have agreement on how to do things and what is worth doing. Staff stability and common goals permeate the school. Time is set aside for school-wide recognition of all school stakeholders. Common agreement on curricular and instructional components, as well as order and discipline, are established through consensus. Open and honest communication is encouraged and there is an abundance of humor and trust.Tangible support from leaders at the school and district levels is also present.

  17. Taking it to a new level: Core Values • Respect:  Choosing to be considerate of your speech, your actions, and your interactions.  • Responsibility:  Choosing to take ownership of your choices and attitude, understanding how these impact your learning, and your community.  • Perseverance:  Choosing to keep a determined and optimistic spirit to accomplish a goal, even when it is really difficult.  • Citizenship:  Choosing to be a positive contributor to my community, understanding that we are all interconnected and it is our collective responsibility to improve our school and our world.

  18. Culture Cadre Focus: • Norming school-wide expectations • Creating a sustainable incentive system to reward scholars consistently and fairly • Increasing student involvement • Building a true Ranson team among all adults in the building

  19. But before we get there… • How can we take the pockets of success we’ve had this year and expand those experiences to become school wide victories? • Our heart and soul goal is to give our scholars a real shot at success—both academically AND socially.

  20. Let’s be honest… Who hasn’t thought: • “UGH—that’s the other teacher’s class. She needs to get it together.” • “I can only control what happens in my classroom. The rest is what it is!” • “Ranson’s all about these new initiatives. That doesn’t work here. Why create more for us to do?”

  21. The good news! • We complain because we care.  • The cadre’s goal is to offer solutions to the things that have driven us crazy this year! • We want to work in an “I’ve got your back” kind of building amongst all adults – support staff, secretaries, administration & teachers • We want to build a TEAM—not a new club.

  22. We need YOU! • Please feel free to offer feedback through your reflection on your sticky notes! • In August I’ll be sending out a Google Form that you can send us at any time to help shape how things look and feel at Ranson. • Come to a Cadre meeting • Email any person on the Cadre!

  23. Reflect… Based on the conversations you had... Create Two New Stickies… • One for a “Grow” for school culture—how can we build a “I’ve got your back” team? • A Second for a “Glow”—let’s celebrate the little and not-so-little victories  • Add them to your original poster or nearby

  24. Gallery Crawl Take time as the music plays to circulate and read the other grade levels’ posters. When the music stops, please return to your base group.

  25. 10:15 2012-2013 Ranson IB Goals • By June 2013: • 70% of our scholars will be proficient as measured by End-of-Grade tests and Summative Assessments • 60% of our scholars will show positive growth on Common Interim Assessments • average OSS days per scholar will decrease from 2.47 to 2 • average unexcused absences per scholar will decrease from 5.8 to 4.5 • average absences per teacher will decrease from 9.7 to 6

  26. Goal: By June 2013, average absences per teacher will decrease from 9.7 to 6 Teacher Perfect Attendance AARON Everett Marilyn Giles

  27. Please note: Absences do not include Annual Leave of Workshops • Goal: By June 2013, average absences per teacher will decrease from 9.7 to 6

  28. Goal: By June 2013, average unexcused absences per scholar will decrease from 5.8 to 4.5 Scholar Perfect Attendance

  29. Goal: By June 2013, average unexcused absences per scholar will decrease from 5.8 to 4.5

  30. Goal: By June 2013, average OSS days per scholar will decrease from 2.47 to 2 • This year, we started the year with a “hot list” of scholars who had 90% of the OSS days. There were 36 seventh & eight grade scholars on that list. (9 of the original group no longer attend Ranson IB) • Results • The average OSS days for this group decreased from 16 to 9 days. • 22/27 (81%) scholars decreased their OSS days. The most drastic was Anniyah Ball-Ward, who had 27 OSS days in 11-12 and had 0 days this school year! • 7 scholars did not receive a single day of OSS!!!!

  31. Goal: By June 2013, average OSS days per scholar will decrease from 2.47 to 2

  32. Goal: By June 2013, average OSS days per scholar will decrease from 2.47 to 2

  33. 10:25 Academic Goals • 70% of our scholars will be proficient as measured by End-of-Grade tests and Summative Assessments • 60% of our scholars will show positive growth on Common Interim Assessments

  34. I-Ready Pre & Post Data 666 of 745 6th and 7th grade ELA scholars were assessed.

  35. Overall Math Proficiency Data from CIAs to Mock

  36. Discovery Ed Math Data

  37. Overall ELA Proficiency Data from CIAs to Mock

  38. Discovery Ed ELA Data

  39. 10:35 The Blueprint: 2013-2014

  40. Blueprint for Success: Aligned Staff

  41. Leadership Innovation Our greatest fear is that we are great beyond measure…

  42. Staff Rosters

  43. Priorities in making Staff Assignments • Based on needs of scholars and providing their best chance at success and to reach our mission. • Teacher student achievement data • Successes from this year (& previous years if we have it) • Building strong PLCs • Building strong interdisciplinary teams • Minimizing the number of new teachers on a PLC/ team (new to Ranson IB and new to teaching)

  44. Teacher Team Structures to drive Instructional Improvement • Each grade level will have Grade Level Chair(s) who will work collaboratively with the School Culture Cadre’ & GLAs to lead cultural initiatives and improvements for systems & operations

  45. Professional Learning Structures to drive Instructional Improvement • Instructional Coaching Caseloads will begin in August to provide 100% of teachers with weekly feedback and observations • Emerging Leaders (current & alum) will be utilized to provide coaching through the coaching caseload model • We will utilize technology such as Google Docs to stay inter-connected with the work • Process for identifying PLC leads

  46. Welcome to Ranson IB! • Veronica Talton, Chorus • Ensley Gilchrist, EC ELA Resource • Vera Woolard, Title I Coach

  47. Emerging Leaders • Allison Muriithi, PE/Health Teacher • Tara Anderson, Math 6 & Blended Learning Teacher • Colleen Rogers, EC 7 Teacher • Bobby Miles, Science 7 • Molly Whelan, Math 7 & Blended Learning Teacher • Chastity Goodwin, EC 8 Teacher • Marcus Harrell, ELA 8 Teacher • Elizabeth Cox, Math 8 Teacher • This brings us to 16 ELP Alum and participants at Ranson IB! • 11-12 Bertrand, Howard, Thomas, Virella (4) • 12-13 Iyonmahan, A. Jackson, Osborne, Palmer, Robinson (4) • 13-14 8

  48. 13-14 Instructional Leadership Team • Vera Woolard, Title I Coach (SS, ELA, Humanities) • vera.woolard@cms.k12.nc.us • Thomas Kirkley, Title I Coach (Math 8, Sci, CTE) • thomas.kirkley@cms.k12.nc.us • Romain Bertrand, Multi-Classroom Leader Math 6 & 7 • Shanniska Howard, Literacy Facilitator (SS, ELA) • Monica Palmer, EC Facilitator (EC, cross-content) • TBD, 6th GLA(cross-content) • Erica Jordan-Thomas, 7th GLA (cross-content) • TBD, 8th GLA (cross-content) • Alison Harris, Principal (cross-content)

  49. Grade Level Structure

  50. 10:55 THANK YOU, OAK GROVE UMC!

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