GALLATIN COUNTY SCHOOLS

1. GALLATIN COUNTY SCHOOLS Opening Day August 8, 2012

2. WELCOME

3. WE BELIEVE: • All Gallatin County Students CAN BE Proficient Ready for college, career, and life. • Everything we do should be STUDENT centered • TEACHERS influence learning more than any other factor • TOGETHER,our schools, parents, and community help students reach their highest potential • Students learn best when what we want them to know and do is RIGOROUS and RELATIVEand we build positive RELATIONSHIPS with them.

4. The Commonwealth Commitment to College & Career Readiness • Our Goal: • The Gallatin County Public Schools pledge to increase the rate of college and career readiness of the graduates in our school district from 21% in 2010 to 61% in 2015. To meet this goal, 71 students in the 2010-2011 eighth grade class will need to be college and career ready, 54 more students than were college and career ready in the graduating class of 2010.

5. Our Students Must Meet Bench Marks on EXPLORE, PLAN, & ACTTo Be College & Career Ready

6. Introduction of Central Office Staff & Programs

7. Introduction of Principals and Each School’s New Teachers & Staff

8. District Maintenance, Food Service, & Transportation

9. On-Line Safety Training – Mr. Whalen http://gallatin.ky.safeschools.com/login

10. ENERGY MANAGERJohn Nipple

11. Guests with news you can use. • Commonwealth Credit Union • Deferred Comp • Annuity Associates • Gallatin County Public Library • KAPE – Heather Vires/Tammy Koerner • Humana

13. The Commonwealth Commitment to College and Career Readiness The undersigned, on behalf of the Gallatin County Public Schools, pledge to increase the rate of college and career readiness of the graduates in our school district from 21% in 2010 to 61% in 2015. To meet this goal, 71 students in the 2010-2011 eighth grade class will need to be college and career ready, 54 more students than were college and career ready in the graduating class of 2012. Note: The College and Career Readiness percentage rate is based on the individual goal for each district to increase its 2010 rate by 50% in 2015 (100% less 2010 rate; divided by 2, added to the 2010 rate) The College and Career Readiness rate was published in September 2010 and is available on the KDE website. Each district has a unique goal. Refer to the exact district numbers from the college/career readiness report. Based on information on the KDE website, your district goal is to increase the percentage of college and career ready students to 61%and to increase the number of college and career ready students by 54 in 2015 for a total of 71 students. Sonya Giles, Gallatin County Board Chair Dorothy B. Perkins, Superintendent

14. Expanded Learning Opportunities • http://colegacy.org/2012/04/elo_video/

15. My Mom

18. My Mom – She’s 86 Years Old and She Gets It!!! • Schools are going to have to change to keep up. • Must have soul • Computers will equalize the playing field between our kids and kids in other places • Future Classrooms will look much different than they do today • Not enough to pass the test – must be able to perform the skill • The earlier you speak to your child the more intelligent they will be (48 million words in first 36 months) Language development is key to self-esteem • Teach children how to be parents before they become parents. (Maybe in high school)

19. 21st Century Skills • Critical thinker • Problem solver • Team player • Flexible • Self-directed • Imaginative • Lifelong learner • Access and analyze information • Apply knowledge to new situation

20. 21st Century Students • Multi-taskers • Immediate gratification • Connected • Creative • Want to be respected

21. Learning and Innovation Skills • Critical thinking and problem solving • Communication • Collaboration • Creativity and Innovation

22. Digital Literacy Skills • Information • Media • Technology “Just having access to technology is not enough. It is the role of the teacher and the curriculum that is essential.” Mark Ellis – Board Member National County of Teachers of Mathematics

23. Life and Career Skills • Flexibility and adaptability • Initiative and self-direction • Social and cross-cultural interaction • Productivity and accountability • Leadership and responsibility

24. 21st Century Classrooms & Schools Focus on learning and assessment *Downplay memorization *Research, writing and oral communication *Demonstrate mastery

25. 21st Century Classrooms & Schools Motivate and engage students *Technology in the classroom *Relationships *Personalized learning *Real-world tasks

26. 21st Century Classrooms & Schools Accountability and development *Student and teacher performance *Use of data *Continuous improvement for students and teachers *Time for planning and developing

27. Leadership Roles for All of US • Set clear and high expectations • Create the conditions for success • Hold the system accountable • Create the public will to succeed • Learn as a team

28. Set Clear and High Expectations • Expect all students prepared for college or advanced training • Ensure that the curriculum emphasizes factual knowledge, how to find the right answer when there is one and how to apply what is learned to solve real world problems. • Expect standards and assessments aligned to 21st century skills • Expect that 21st century skills are taught within traditional content areas • Expect 21st century skills to be emphasized in extracurricular programs • Define the skills – what do they look in our district

29. Create the Conditions for Success • Provide time for teachers to develop the process to teach and assess 21st century skills • Support professional development in 21st century skills for teacher and administrators • Support funding for schools to enable them to foster 21st century learning • Consider the learning environment – strive for high performance environments focused innovation.

30. Hold the System Accountable • We are going to ask more of every child than ever before and we are going to deliver more than we ever have before. • Standards are statements of skills. • Curriculum is the roadmap used to teach.

31. Create the Public Will to Succeed • All of us our ambassadors for our school district *We must share with our community about what our children need to know and be able to do to be successful in the 21st century.

32. What will it look like? • All 8th Graders meet EXPLORE benchmarks • All 10th Graders meet PLAN benchmarks • All 11th Graders meet ACT benchmarks • End of Course Assessments in English II, Algebra II, Biology, and U.S. History that will count up to 20% of a students final grade.

33. What may be different in classrooms? • New emphasis on informational texts • Attention to increasing text complexity • Writing that goes beyond narratives • Application of math skills to real world problems • Focus on critical thinking and analysis

34. We can and will do this! • We have the people with the skills to make great things happen for our students. We must Believe and demonstrate what we believe through our Actions.

35. 21st Century Skills We are preparing students for their future and not our present or past.

36. MOMENTUM

37. KPR Academic Index Data *Transition Index

38. ACT RESULTS

40. BREAK After the Break – Classified Employees to HS Cafeteria to Meet with Classified Retirement Certified Employees remain here in the auditorium

41. KTRS • Kentucky Teacher Retirement System

42. CERTIFIED EVALUATION APPEALS PANEL • Board Policy – 03.18 – “The District shall establish a panel to hear appeals from summative evaluations as required by law.” • Election – “Two (2) members of the panel shall be elected by and from the certified employees of the District. Two (2) alternates shall also be elected by and from the certified employees, to serve in the event an elected member cannot serve. The board shall appoint one (1) certified employee and one (1) alternate certified employee to the panel (Ray Spahn, Lenny Whalen)

43. CERTIFIED EVALUATION APPEALS PANEL CONT.’D • Terms – All terms of panel members and alternates shall be for one (1) year and run from July 1 to June 30. Members may be reappointed or reelected. • Chairperson – The chairperson of the panel shall be the certified employee appointed by the Board.

44. Certified Evaluation Appeals Panel Cont.’d • APPEALS PANEL – • 1. • 2. • APPEALS PANEL ALTERNATES – • 1. • 2.

45. “Maximizing Student Learning & Achievement”Gallatin County School District Non-Negotiables2012-2013These are the mandatory expectations for ALL classrooms each and every day we open the doors of the Gallatin County Schools.

46. 1. Lesson Plans in hand are directly tied and appropriately paced to the most recent version of Core Content Standards. (CIITS) • 2. Clear, concise learning targets are posted in student friendly terms – i.e., I will or I can statements, and are referred to during instruction. Critical Vocabulary and Essential Questions/Success Criteria are utilized. • 3. Current student work (1 month or less) is posted with rubric/scoring guide and effective feedback is provided. • 4. Common Assessments/Learning Checks will be the mandatory method for assessing student learning. Analyze data and determine statement of next steps for student improvement • 5. Interim Assessment – Utilize MAP. Analyze results and determine a statement of next steps for student improvement. High School – e-PREP to prepare for ACT. • 6. Increasing Rigor – Formative assessments are utilized regularly in the classroom to check for student mastery. These assessments will utilize higher levels of critical thinking. • 7. Remediation, Re-teaching, & RTI will occur when students have not met benchmarks while instruction continues as per pacing guide. • 8. Teachers will use effective, researched-based practices (i.e., Thoughtful Ed., Stiggins, Rutherford) • 9. Bell to bell instruction must occur • 10. Student Engagement – students are actively engaged throughout class period. • 11. ALL classrooms are “Student-Centered, not Adult-Centered.” All decisions we make will be educationally sound and based on what is best for students.

47. LUNCH