Download - The american revolution dc final
Presenters:Dr. Louis Algaze, Principal
Ms. Donna Valls, SLC FacilitatorMr. James Sechrist, Math Dept. Chair/Redesign Team
Ms. Rossana Lopez, Lead TeacherMr. Gaston Rodriguez, Lead TeacherMs. Katerina Nadel, Lead Teacher
THE CALL TO CHANGE- WHY -
• National Model for Secondary School Reform
• Preparing students to meet the challenges of the ever-changing global economy
• Decreasing the drop-out rate/increasing the graduation rate
• Transforming the role of the educator
“AIN’T NO STOPPING US NOW”
Ice BreakerChallenges to SSR:
Facility, infrastructure, planning, redesign We're on the move … We've got the groove
There've been so many things that have held us down But now it looks like things are finally comin' around
I know we've got a long long way to go And where we'll end up … I don't know But we won't let nothing hold us back
We gonna get ourselves together … We gonna polish up our act And if you've ever been held down before
I know that you refuse to be held down any more Don't you let nothing, nothing … Nothing stand in your way
I know you know someone who's got a negative vibe And if you only help it will only keep it alive
They really don't have nowhere to go Ask 'em where they're going … They don't know I know that you refuse to be held down any more
Ain't no stoppin' us now … We're on the move
TRIALS TO ACHIEVING REVOLUTION
• Teacher buy-in is not always there• Scheduling• Coordination• Extended periods for academy
planning/electives• Not having extra periods for electives (vs.
Requirements)• Physical space• Multiple teaching preps• New law: Selection of major
TRIBULATIONS TO REVOLUTION
• Difficulty in “getting off the ground.”• Need for “tweaking” for individual school.• What works in one school may not work in another.• No blueprint• Student transience is an issue• Buy-in from teachers is essential• Transition from middle school critical (articulation
and coordination)
REVOLUTION: THE APPROACH
Demographics
• Population we serve• Faculty/staff• Free/reduced lunch• Student mobility rate• School enhancements
OUR ACADEMIES
Established Academies:• AOIT• Biomedical• Sports Marketing, Management & Entertainment• Engineering• Teaching• Fine Arts
Proposed Academies:• 9th Grade Academy – USA (07/08)• Law Studies (07/08)• Finance (08/09)• Hospitality and Tourism (08/09)
FACILITY REDESIGN
Science labsEASE – Engineering AcademyESE classrooms AOIT – Technology AcademyAM2ASE – Marketing AcademyLaw AcademyFine Arts AcademyABC – Biomedical Academy / HOSATeaching AcademyUSA – Freshman Academy
2nd floor
Ground floor
9th GRADE ACADEMYUndergraduate Studies Academy
• Transition• Selection of Major in 8th grade (law)• 9th Grade Team• Patriot Tools for Success• Introduction to Academies• High School Portfolio• Literacy Initiative• Personalization
REDESIGN: FACULTY/STAFF
• Redefining the roles of the counselors• Changing the roles of administration• Readjusting roles of support staff• “Eminent Domain”• Realigning the roles of the teachers• The “JP” Academy
REVOLUTION: OBSTACLES
• Funding – sustainability• Administrative transitions• Common planning• Bell schedule• Personnel changes• Electives• 8 period schedule
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Dr. Louis Algaze – [email protected] Valls – [email protected] Sechrist – [email protected] Lopez – [email protected] Rodriguez – [email protected]
Katerina Nadel – [email protected]
Revolutions are not made by men in spectacles.
Oliver Wendell Holmes