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A New Adventure...freshmen pioneers

A New Adventure...freshmen pioneers. Why????. A diploma with meaning Life-ready Habits that last a lifetime. How????. Use the technology Use the best of what we already know Change the system. What has changed. Time – no longer the biggest factor

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A New Adventure...freshmen pioneers

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  1. A New Adventure...freshmen pioneers

  2. Why???? • A diploma with meaning • Life-ready • Habits that last a lifetime

  3. How???? • Use the technology • Use the best of what we already know • Change the system

  4. What has changed... • Time – no longer the biggest factor • Success – re-calibrated and measure against the skills and knowledge needed • Culture – students have choices, but then have added responsibility

  5. Terms to hold on to... • MCL – Mass Customized Learning – attempting to have all students reach potential by ‘customizing’ instruction to their needs and abilities • MOD – Modular Scheduling – 21, 20-minute sections of time • Capacity Matrix – Identifies what a student should know and do, what they practice to develop the skills and knowledge, how they show they have mastered the topic • SOP – Standard Operating Procedures

  6. A few more terms to hold on to.. • Tiger Perch – upper balcony in commons • SAM – Student Achievement Module • IMC – Instructional Materials Center • SSS – Student Success Supervisor • Triangulated Counseling (TC) – Three adults for every one student • TAP – Teacher/Advisor Program • EduCate– Software program to track progress, better than Infinite Campus

  7. What will it all mean... • More face-to-face time – more intense relationship with instructors • Non-comparative education • More opportunity to accelerate and certainty of mastery • Maturity and ownership by students • More flexibility to pursue any avenue The world and all its treasures

  8. Some details...capacity matrix

  9. Schedule....

  10. SOP’s... • ID’s visible at all times • Arrive on time to each module • Purposeful movement • Computer always open to state email, always charged, schedule on desktop • Habits of Mind and Top 20 principles • Tiger Perch, Study Area, IMC SOP’s

  11. The first three.... • Orientation will last the first three days – Laptop and technology information Capacity matrix understanding and expectations Scheduling and practice SOP clarity Top 20 and Habits of Mind TAP and Triangulated Counseling (TC)

  12. Some announcements... • Follow on Twitter at @HarrisburgHigh • Follow on Facebook – harrisburghighschool41-2-sd • All students will need a graphing calculator by the first Monday – TI-84 or TI-83

  13. Questions??? • ?????

  14. Boldly go.....we are!!

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