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On the Road to School Improvement: A Comprehensive Independent Study Program

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On the Road to School Improvement: A Comprehensive Independent Study Program

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    1. On the Road to School Improvement: A Comprehensive Independent Study Program Guy Malain, Assistant Principal Laura Carlisle, Teacher North State Independence High School

    2. 2006/07 Student Enrollment -- Racial and Ethnic Subgroups

    3. Special Programs

    4. API Base Data

    5. North State Independence High School 2002/03 Changed from a program in the Shasta Union High School District to a school One large classroom with students earning credit from packets of work Little or no consistency between teachers

    6. North State Independence High School 2003/04 Teachers utilize hand-me-down-textbooks instead of packets Teachers begin to develop common curriculum State testing of 9th through 11th grade combined in a large gym with rental tables and chairs

    7. North State Independence High School 2005/06 Move to new campus with 4 classrooms, a computer center, and office Cal-SAFE program housed on campus Augmented mathematics classes Enroll 50 plus students from a failed independent study school

    8. North State Independence High School 2006/07 Counselor and Assistant Principal added to staff Augmented classes in math, science, computer applications, CAHSEE ELA & Math Prep and art Received a High Priority School Grant totaling $480K for four years Receive Six Year WASC Accreditation State testing on campus in small groups with teachers

    9. North State Independence High School 2007/08 Add augmented classes of Orientation, Intensive Reading, and Spanish Embed literacy strategies throughout the curriculum Curriculum standardized so that each teacher teaches the same curriculum (differentiated as needed)

    10. North State Independence High School 2007/08 continued Create a master schedule for augmented classes Implement Data Wise formative unit assessments for each core course Moodle based interactive web site

    11. Diverse Strategies for Diverse Needs OdysseyWare Personalized online learning program United Streaming Digital video-on-demand and online teaching service Moodle Course management system to help educators create effective online learning communities Video Text Math Tom Clark’s program

    12. Implementing Literacy Strategies & Student Engagement

    13. The Road to Orientation 85% of our Teaching Staff attended Literacy Boot Camp and AB466 Fast Track Reading Materials training last summer Leadership Team decided that we wanted all of our students to have these literacy strategies in their tool boxes First 4 weeks of school, all returning and new students had an orientation class All incoming students have a 4 week orientation class that start as soon as a new session starts

    14. Orientation Classes Four 90 minute augmented classes 6 hours of total instructional seat-time Students have an Orientation Packet to complete between their intake appointment and their first meeting with their supervisorial teacher to provide a basis for attendance credit No more than 25 students in a class are provided with group and individual activities as well as independent projects

    15. Reading Strategies Focus is on the Pre-reading, During-Reading and Post-Reading process of our extended style of Cornell Notes Saves students time & effort Provides clear & useful tool Highlight website tools Review Literacy Strategies for Reading using graphic organizers

    16. Writing Strategies Give students “the inside track” on what they need to be able to be successful Learning styles/Multiple Intelligences Writing strong paragraphs Writing strong essays Review of Cornell Notes for other uses such as movies, etc Peer Evaluations of Cornell Notes

    17. Research Strategies Plagiarism Unit Review District Academic Honesty Policy Respond to Articles on Discussion Board MLA Citation Discussion Academic Writing Research on the Internet & evaluating sources Organizing research

    18. Week 4: Organizational Strategies Using graphic organizers Calendar ideas Organizing ideas Study skills Work habits Test taking strategies

    19. Instructional Implementation Creative Conversations Individualized Instruction Differentiated Direction Meetings with Multiple Students

    20. Questions? http://nsihs.suhsd.net http://www.shasta.owotw.com http://www.unitedstreaming.com gmalain@suhsd.net lcarlisle@suhsd.net

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