MAKING A DIFFERENCE WITH OUR STUDENTS AND OUR SCHOOL

MARCI WALDRON-KUHN

OVERVIEW Demographics History of how MHS adopted Advisement and Portfolio History of how MMS adopted Resource How did we do it? What is Advisement? Examples of Lesson Plans What is Portfolio? Examples of Student Portfolios Utilization of WisCareers MMS Resource Student-Parent Conferencing Raising the Rigor Are all the changes worth it?

Questions

DEMOGRAPHICS Population (2010 census): 1,442 Total MHS school enrollment for the 2012-

2013 school year was: 289. For the 2013-14 school year we have: 273

The graduating class of 2013 had an enrollment of: 76.

2014 = 68 2015 = 68 2016 = 76 2017 = 61

Steady Declining

EnrollmentSince 2007-08

HISTORY OF ADOPTION EXPLORE and PLAN Needs Assessments

Study skills Career Planning

ACT score improvement Senior Exit Surveys Counseling State Standards – meet the gaps Asset Survey Making Connections Economy changes Switch Schedule 8 period day to 4 period

block

HOW DID WE DO IT? 1st year 2009-2010 at the HS

Block ScheduleAdvisementPortfolioStudent-Parent Meetings 8th and 10th

ACT test prep onsite with our instructors

Reality Store

2ND YEAR 2010-2011 HS AND MS:

Implemented in Middle School for a 6-12 philosophy

Academic DaysWisconsin Education Fair – 11th

Student-Parent Meetings 8th, 10th, and 12th

Careers in the Cafe

3RD YEAR 2011-2012:Best Work by grade levelVideo Tutorials MS and HSWisCareers 6-12Spring Academic Day in MSRtISTAR testing - PMStandardized Test Prep

4TH YEAR – 2012-13Fall and Spring Academic Days

6-12Middle School Resource = PBIS

and RTIMiddle School Capstone class 6-

8High School – RTI interventions

5TH YEAR 2013-14 RTI enrichment/intervention 2 days per week SNAP – Students Needing Assistance Period

3 days per week Advisement Monday - Guidance Lesson Plans Wednesday – Grade Checks Friday – Computer Lab/Soft Skills Development

Enrichment 45 class for English and Math For 9th and 10th grade

WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR RTI? Rigorous curriculum has improved instruction

for all students – GRR as well as college/AP classes

Using PLC time to look at multiple data points for students and using that data to make decisions

Creating opportunities for small group instruction in class

Documentation and communication logs SNAP Enrichment courses

WHAT DOES RTI LOOK LIKE? RtI Flow Chart RtI Google Docs RtI – SIT Process RtI – Math Enrichment RtI – English Enrichment SNAP

RTI FLOW CHART

RTI STUDENT GOOGLE FORM

SIT REFERRAL PROCESS

SNAP FORM

WILL VS SKILLS Skill – Progress monitor and enrichment

Will – Guidance PLC

RTI COMMITTEE Consists of:

High School Principal Academic Advisor/Social Studies Teacher Science Teacher Reading Specialist/English Teacher Special Education Teacher Math Teacher Director of Auxiliary Services

Meet for a full day every 6 weeks to review process, documentation, data

ENGLISH INTERVENTION CHART/PM

GUIDANCE PLC Will Students

Engage RTI Forms Grades DEWS SWIS Attendance

WHAT IS ADVISEMENT? 10-14 students with one faculty advisement

leaders These advisement leaders stay with their group

of students throughout their high school career Year 1

2 times per month 22 minutes Lesson Day

Year 2 Daily 24 minutes – MS and HS Lesson Day, Computer Lab Day, and Grade Check

Day, Team Building Day

WHAT IS THE ROLE OF AN ADVISOR? Students go to person Here to help students be successful Help students develop their educational and

career plan Grade Checks Course Scheduling one on one with an adult

from school Mentor Screen for students needing more assistance

SO, WHAT DO WE DO IN ADVISEMENT? Advisement periods are 24 minutes long

During this time they have lessons on a variety of topics that will help prepare students to be successful in high school and successful after high school

Learn how to develop their student portfolio

GRADE LEVEL FOCUS 9th grade –

Transition to HS Student readiness skills Learning style Community service Interests and skills linking to post secondary

plans Relationships Online safety EXPLORE

10th grade – Career/post secondary exploration Career Expo Work values Relationships Online safety WKCE PLAN

11th grade- Career/post secondary exploration Relationships Online safety Wisconsin Education Fair Job shadows College applications Reality Store Activity sheets PSAT, ACT, ACCUPLACER, ASVAB

12th grade- Post secondary applications Scholarship completion Resumes Cover letters Mock interviews College admission essays Letters of recommendation Job hunting Reality Store Relationships Online safety Transition to post-secondary

WHAT IS THE PORTFOLIO? Each student at Mishicot High School

develops a student portfolio The purpose of the portfolio is for students to

see and be able to show the link between what they did during high school with what they are going to do after high school

The portfolio is a tool to show student growth and their preparedness for life after high school

EXAMPLES OF STUDENT PORTFOLIOS Biographical Information Assessments Post Secondary Planning Employability Job Shadow Best Works – Smart Balanced Assessment

link Paperwork/Awards Resources

STUDENT PARENT CONFERENCING 8th and 10th implemented 2009-10 Implemented 5th and 12th 2010-11

8TH GRADE FOCUS transition to HS HS graduation requirements career vs. classes needed in HS test score interpretation

10TH GRADE FOCUS Review credits/portfolio Post secondary options Youth Options Youth Apprentice Standardized tests Test score interpretation College credits in HS Timelines for high school

12TH GRADE FOCUS Review credits/portfolio Post secondary plans How to apply to school Scholarships Test score interpretation Financial aid

UTILIZATION OF WISCAREERS

COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS We could not put on our programming

without community support.

COMMUNITY PARTNERS JOB SHADOWS

Schenck and Associates Lords and Ladies Bank First National Trendsetters Pagel’s Ponderosa Dairy Manitowoc School District Holy Family Memorial Hospital & clinics Denmark School District Aurora Hospital Valders School District Flying Pig Art Gallery Woodland Face Veneer Krajnik Chevrolet Manitowoc Cranes YMCAMr. Otek Fox 11 News VanLanen Printing Black Wolf Run Golf Course Shimek Furniture Wolf Cycle and Fitness Cretton Enterprises Holiday Inn Lisa Grens, Lawyer Festival Foods Department of Natural

Resources

Jim Reif Builders LTC Holschbach Excavating LDI Oak Ridge Custom Cabinets Mishicot School District Green Bay Gamblers UWGB Instrumental Music Company Guitar Center Point Beach Nuclear Plant Two Rivers Vet Clinic Just Orthodontics Thilmany Papers Let Me Be Frank Productions Lakeshore Pharmacy Rehab Plus Therapy and Sports Med Herff Jones City of Manitowoc Police Department Bud Willmans Tamarack Behavioral Health Center NWTC Manitowoc County Human Services Lakeshore Humane

Society Candy Apply Tattoo Memorial Drive Vet

Clinic Manitowoc Health and Rehab Center

COMMUNITY PARTNERS JOB SHADOWS

COMMUNITY PARTNERS MOCK INTERVIEWS Mishicot Police Department Heartland Business Aurora Medical Center KCM Excavating Holy Family Hospital Nelson Trucking Two Rivers Fire Department Vinton Dowco Trendsetters Herald Times Reporter Equine Enterprises Veterinary Associates Department of Natural Resources Mishicot Veterinary Clinic Manitowoc County Human Services

Holschbach Excavating Mishicot School District 4 Seasons Lawn Care Capital Civic Center Mishicot Veterinary GJ’s Salon and Spa Lords n’ Ladies Kohler Company First Chrysler Point Beach Nuclear Plan Courthouse Pub

COMMUNITY PARTNERS CAREERS IN THE CAFE

Silver Lake College Associated Bank Wilfert Farms Aurora Medical Group MAGIC Rahr West Art Museum UW Manitowoc Rising Start Stables Subway Denmark State Bank ENCAP Lakeland Care District Kadow Plumbing and Heating Fox Hills Manitowoc Police DepartmentCarpenters Local

731 Central Bark Doggy Day Care Mishicot Ambulance Mishicot Police Department Mishicot Dental

COMMUNITY PARTNERS REALITY STORE Manitowoc County Chamber of Commerce American Red Cross Americorp Associated Bank, N.A.Aurora Medical Center Bank First National Brandt Buses, Incorporated Camera Case Wireless Capitol Civic Centre Denmark State Bank First American Title Insurance Co. Formrite Companies Hair With Flair Lakeshore Humane Society Hawkins, Ash, Baptie & Co., LLP Heritage Real Estate, Inc. Holiday House Holy Family Memorial J & K  Sports Complex LLC Lakeshore District/Bay Lakes Council Boy Scouts Lakeshore Technical College Manitowoc County Farm Bureau Manitowoc County Job Center Manitowoc Cranes Manitowoc Health & Rehabilitation Center Manitowoc Public School District Maritime Insurance Group,

Inc. Nichols Electric Inc. Rising Star Stables SEEK Careers/Staffing, Inc. Silver Lake College Union State Bank Wilfert Farms, LLC 

COMMUNITY PARTNERS ACADEMIC DAYS

Manitowoc County RSVP Center Big Brothers/Big Sisters Domestic Violence Center Northridge Rehabilitation Center Peter’s Pantry Woodland Dunes Manitowoc School Forest Lester Library Hope House Camp Tapawingo UWGB St. Norbert College Silver Lake College UW Manitowoc LTC Orion

COMMUNITY PARTNERS YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP

Holiday Inn Manitowoc Cranes LDI Hannah Home Shoto Corporation Memorial Drive Vet. Clinic Shady Lane Nursing Home St. Mary’s Nursing Home Manitowoc Health and Rehab Center Aurora Hospital Safranski Brothers Auto

CHANGES IN SCHEDULING AND

POST SECONDARY PLANNING GOES HAND AND HAND

WITH MORE RIGOR IN THE CLASSROOM

INCREASING CREDIT REQUIREMENTS Class of 2011 = 24.5 credits to graduate Class of 2012 = 26.5 credits

Increase of 1 elective, .5 English and .5 Social Studies

Class of 2013 and 2014 = 28.5 creditsIncrease of Electives

Class of 2015 = 28.5 creditsIncrease of 1 credit of Math

Class of 2016 = 28.5 credits   Change in the additional Math credit to

Algebra 2

CREDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR CLASS OF 2016 AND BEYOND

4.5 credits – English – English Survey (1 credit), Exp Lit and Writing (1 credit),  R and I (.5 credit), World Literature(1 credit) and American Lit or British Lit (1 credit)

3.5 credits – Social Studies – World History (1 credit), US History 10 (1 credit), Government (.5 credit), US History 11 (.5 credit), Economics (.5 credit)

2.00 credits – Science – Earth Science (1 credit), Biology (1 credit)                                    

3.00 credits – Mathematics – Algebra (1 credit), Geometry (1 credit), Algebra 2 (1 credit)

1.50 credits – Physical Education must include Fit Freshmen (.5 credit), Fit for Life 1 or Performance Enhancement 1 (.5 credit), and any other PE course (.5 credit)

.50 credit   – Health If this was met in Middle School, this will not be a credit on your transcript

12.50 elective credits if you need to take Health in High School or 13.00 elective credits

1.0 Credit - Career Portfolio

ARE ALL THE CHANGES WORTH IT?

HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETION RATE

POST SECONDARY PLANS

HOW DO OUR STUDENTS PERFORM ON THE ACT?

2011-12 ACT results, MHS had highest ACT scores in the county!

2012-13 over 70% of our students took the ACT

COLLEGE COURSE OFFERINGS 2010-11 2010-11 = 12 college credits AP Courses: AP Psychology, AP Calculus College Credit Courses: We offered Honors English and Advanced

Chemistry for dual credit through Silver Lake College. We offered Large Animal Science through LTC.

Articulated Credit: The following classes were articulated with Lakeshore Technical College:

Computer Applications, Accounting 1, Advanced Accounting.

COLLEGE COURSE OFFERINGS 2011-12 2011-12 = 18 college credits AP classes offered at MHS: AP Calculus, AP

Psychology Other AP classes were available through distance

education and online providers. College Credit Courses: We offered Honors English and Advanced Chemistry for

dual credit through Silver Lake College. We offered Large Animal Science, AP Psychology, Medical Terminology, Marketing through Lakeshore Technical College.

Articulated Credit: The following classes were articulated with Lakeshore Technical College:

Computer Applications, Accounting 1, Advanced Accounting, Marketing, College Math, Mini Chopper, Research and Inquiry.

COLLEGE COURSE OFFERINGS 2012-13 2012-13 = 30 college credits possible AP Courses: AP Calculus, AP Psychology, AP US History College Credit Courses: We offer Honors English and

Advanced Chemistry for dual credit through Silver Lake College. We offer AP Psychology, Medical Terminology, Marketing through Lakeshore Technical College. We offer Business Management and AP Psychology through UW-Green Bay. We offer Calculus and Pre-Calculus through Lakeland College.

Articulated Credit: The following classes are articulated with Lakeshore Technical College: Computer Applications, Accounting 1, Advanced Accounting, Marketing, College Math, Mini Chopper, Research and Inquiry, Chemistry, Advanced Chemistry, Psychology, Sociology, Electricity.

COLLEGE COURSE OFFERINGS FOR THE 2014-15 SCHOOL YEAR CHANGES AP Courses:

AP US History AP Calculus AP Psychology AP Government AP Biology AP Literature

2015-16 AP Calculus

4 year college courses English Literature 3 credits English Composition 3 credits Oral Communications 3 credits CAPP Spanish 5 credits Sociology 3 credits Psychology 3 credits Business and It’s Env. 3 credits Adv. Chemistry 3 credits Pre Calculus 3 credits Calculus 3 credits

Total 32 credits

THAT IS THE POSSIBILITY OF 50

COLLEGE CREDITS IN HIGH SCHOOL FOR

APPROXIMATELY $4,500

OPTIONS AT THE TECH COLLEGE LEVEL Transcripted courses

Written Communications College Mathematics Psychology Sociology Medical Terminology Introduction to Automation Introduction to Fanuc Industrial Robotics

Advanced Standing Accounting, Adv. Accounting Adv. Chem Web Design Computer Applications Marketing Research and Inquiry

COLLEGE COURSE OFFERINGS In 4 years years, we have increased from

12 - 4 year college credit course offerings to 32 - 4 year college credits

In 4 years, we have increased AP from 2 classes to 6 classes

In 3 years, we have increased Advanced Standing Classes/transcripted courses through LTC from 3 course to 13 courses.

ACCESS TO OUR INFO

QUESTIONS?

mkuhn@mishicot.k12.wi.us 920-755-3283

www.mishicot.k12.wi.us