WELCOME!!!

APRIL 5, 2012SKELLY UPPER AUDITORIUM

Skelly Elementary Community Night

Agenda

Housekeeping ItemsOverview—Skelly Improvement Process Strategic Plan for 2012-2013 School YearClassroom Visits

Housekeeping Items

OCCT Testing April 10-14—Grades 3-6How you can help… Make sure students are here and on time every day Ensure your student gets plenty of sleep Talk about the importance of doing their Personal Best Sign up to be a test monitor!!!

Last Day of School—May 18th Summer School

Door Prize DrawingsLost and Found

Skelly School Improvement Process 2011-2012

BRIDGES Cohort in Fall 2011 Blending Research, Instruction, and Data to Grow

Effective Schools Group of schools working together to improve student

achievement.Three Important Steps:

1. Developed a new VISION for Skelly2. Developed a School Wide Instructional Focus

Statement3. Determined Best Practices to Implement

Staff participation in Professional Development

OUR VISION

Our “dream” for Skelly—What we hope to be looking forward to the future…

Our vision is to be a nationally recognized model for life-long learning with a focus on highly engaging academic rigor, continuous professional development, and community involvement.

INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS

What skill, if our students are able to be successful, will have the greatest impact in ALL grade levels, across ALL contents areas, for ALL students?

What will give us the most “bang for our buck?”

Staff worked together and unanimously agreed…

…READING AND CONTENT COMPREHENSION!!!

INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS STATEMENT

The looong version…

A community wide effort to have all Skelly students show growth in reading and content

comprehension with the ability to demonstrate knowledge through written and oral expression, through the implementation of a common set of

engaging BEST PRACTICES in reading and writing in all classes as measured by DIBELS, SRI, OCCT, WIDA, teacher-made assessments

and school-wide writing assessments.

INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS STATEMENT

Which basically means…

All Skelly students will show growth in reading and content comprehension with the ability to demonstrate understanding through speaking

and writing.

INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS STATEMENT

And in “KID-FRIENDLY” terms…

Skelly Scholars…READ TO KNOW!READ TO GROW!

READY TO SHOW!

BEST PRACTICES

Research-Based Teaching Strategies that Support our Instructional Focus

Started with 7…teachers worked collaboratively to determine top 3 to implement school-wide. In EVERY class at EVERY grade and EVERY subject.

THINKING MAPSACADEMIC VOCABULARYCOOPERATIVE LEARNING

THINKING MAPS

Visual thinking tools that foster and encourage lifelong learning.

Consists of eight maps that correspond with fundamental thinking processes.

Maps are a "common visual language" for students in all subject areas (Grades K-12).

Maps are used by Colleges and Universities Statewide

*For more information, visit www.thinkingmaps.com

Planning for 2012-2013Priority Initiatives

Continue work to support our Vision, Instructional Focus, and Best Practices Professional Development and Ongoing

ImplementationImplementation of a Balanced Literacy

Framework Additional Information in Fall 2012

Year 2 Implementation of Positive Behavior Intervention Support (PBIS)

Continue to strengthen teacher collaboration through Professional Learning Communities

Begin the journey of becoming a Community School

COMMUNITY SUPPORT

Art Rogers, Lead Pastor—Skelly Drive Baptist Church Mentors Tutors Library Volunteers Journal Readers Read Across America Volunteers

Classroom Visits

Learn more and see student work and examples of Thinking Maps

See agenda for classroom assignmentsHave fun!!!