Freshman Academies in Ascension ParishFreshman Academies in Ascension Parish Every Child Successful in an Ever-changing World

Patrice Pujol – Assistant Superintendent

Traci McCorkle – Associate Principal

Amanda Mayeaux – Associate Principal

Why Freshman Academies?Why Freshman Academies?

District Non-negotiablesDistrict Non-negotiables

Associate Principal Dedicated to the Freshman Academy

Teaming

Philosophy of Failure is Not an Option

District SupportDistrict Support

Associate Principal Salary

Teaming Staffing Collective Wisdom ~ Problem Solving

Philosophy of Failure is Not an Option Professional Development (Randy Thompson)

Collective Wisdom ~ Problem Solving

East Ascension High SchoolEast Ascension High School

Traci McCorkle - Associate Principal

The ChallengeThe Challenge

Non-Negotiables PBS Teaming Failure Is Not An Option

First Year “MUSTS” Faculty Selection Team Coordination Master Schedule Location Training

PBS Success in getting to know students and

challenging them to do well as a team Working as a team with parents and administrators

to implement various interventions to help improve student behavior

Looking forward to focusing more on rewards

The RideThe Ride

Failure Is Not An Option ABC Not Yet ~ Re-teach/Re-test

Show us your EA spirit! Lunch Lab Flexibility of schedule Physical Science failures Making deliberate strides to achieve our philosophy

Consistent practiceProfessional dialogue

The RideThe Ride

Teaming Student Support

Thumbs meetingsTeam/student meetingsBeing known and valued

Teacher SupportCamaraderie Professional dialogue/affirmation

Parent SupportIncreased contactParents as partners in the process

The RideThe Ride

PBS & Failure Is Not An Option thoughts from teachers

“More difficult than teaming…These are very good ideas, but must be fleshed out more completely for us…by us.”

“Our outlook on ‘failure is not an option’ has been a good guide for the teachers as to how we should view individual students and their successes.”

“ABC not yet was another good try, but the logistics were not there yet.”

Reflection and RefocusReflection and Refocus

Teaming thoughts from teachers

“I think that teaming has been very successful in our attempts to produce a true academy.”

“Teaming was not a chore but a time to be able to share concerns/problems about a student and the other person understood what you were talking about.”

“To me, teaming has been the true strength of our academy this year.”

Reflection and RefocusReflection and Refocus

Donaldsonville High SchoolDonaldsonville High School

Amanda Mayeaux - Associate Principal

Donaldsonville High School

TeamingTeaming

Easy as Academics, Behavior, Culture

AcademicsAcademics

Standards have been established across the team for grading, homework, make-up work, and test regulations.

Standards for student work are used.

Teams work together to establish assessment standards and to discuss lesson design.

Reading standard is used across the team.

BehaviorBehavior

Standard behavior expectations across the team. Team meetings with students and parents. Freedom to move students between classes as an

intervention.

Application of PBS with team incentives.

Frequent communication with home for positive and negative concerns.

Established culture of high expectations and allowed students to own their team identities.

Portfolio “Show-Off Days” for families

Team-Building activities

CultureCulture

Student-driven activities like service-learning projects and field trips

Final Notes

Location, location, location Ownership Reflection

Freshman Academies in Ascension ParishFreshman Academies in Ascension Parish Every Child Successful in an Ever-changing World

Patrice Pujol – Assistant Superintendent

Traci McCorkle – Associate Principal

Amanda Mayeaux – Associate Principal