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MILLTOWN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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Introduction

MILLTOWN PUBLIC SCHOOLS ORGANIZATIONAL CHART

Board of Education

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Parkview School

Students: 325

Teachers: 31

Parkview Elementary School PreK half-day inclusion PSD full and half-day

Kindergarten half day Grades 1-3 Resource Rooms In-class support Pull-out

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Joyce Kilmer

Students: 391

Teachers: 36

Joyce Kilmer Middle School Grade 4 Homerooms

Grade 5 Homerooms and

departmentalized math

Grade 6-8 middle school LA and Math block scheduling Elective choices by semester

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SpotswoodHigh

School Milltown Students at

Spotswood High School average approx. 287

Spotswood Send-receive district for Milltown high school

aged students. • Tuition-based

Bi-district articulation meetings Two committee meetings annually One full Board meeting annually Surveys:

• Referendum • Needs Assessment

Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools No tuition

• 14 students approximate average

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Community Partners

• Milltown Parent Teacher Association (PTA) • Milltown Education Foundation (MEF) • Milltown Public Library • Milltown Alliance • Home Depot – Milltown • Target – Milltown • Rutgers Cooperative Extension – Middlesex

County • Bronson & Guthlein Funeral Home • Crabiel Home for Funerals • American Legion – Joyce Kilmer Post #25 • St. Paul’s Church – Milltown • Our Lady of Lourdes – Milltown • VFW – Post #2319 • Rangers Athletic Club

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Facilities Projects

Safety Grant

Lunch Program

Facilities Projects: recent examples

• HVAC system • Security cameras • Classroom storage space • Playground equipment

Safety Grant: awarded annually • $2,500 toward repairs or upgrades

Lunch Program Upgrade: • Online system to allow parents to pay by

credit card for student lunches.

Instruction and Programs

• Curriculum • Enrichment/G&T/Honors • Instructional Programs • Curriculum Compacting • Kindergarten GOLD • Special Education • JK Electives • ESL • Extra Curricular Activities • Technology

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Curriculum

Curriculum Aligned to CCSS and NJCCS and

NGSS Common Assessments Mastery of standards Reteaching and reassessment toward

mastery Teacher-developed Measuring Up

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Instructional

Program

Highlights

PreK Creative Curriculum Trial-based

Kindergarten Teaching Strategies GOLD

Gr. 1-5 Balanced literacy Math RtI

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Kindergarten

Teaching Strategies

GOLD

Kindergarten State Initiative

A research-based, developmentally appropriate system for assessing the development and learning of children from birth through kindergarten

Based on 38 objectives that are predictors

of school success; Aligned with New Jersey’s early learning

standards, the Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework, and the Common Core State Standards for kindergarten

http://www.state.nj.us/education/ece/rttt/njkea/overview.pdf

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JK Electives

Video Tech Geometry Creative Arts Cultural Awareness Geography Passport Study Skills Robotics STEM DECA Intro Career Readiness

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Extra

Curricular Activities

Arts: • Art Club • Instrumental Music • Chorus • School Play • School Musical • Band Concerts

Athletics: • Boys’/Girls’ Basketball • Boys’/Girls’ Soccer • Boys’ Baseball • Girls’ Softball • Cheerleading • School Field Day

Community: • Veteran’s Day Luncheon • Green Club & School Gardens • SACC • Enrich & Grow • Student Leadership Corp • March Madness

Academics: • Family Science • Family Literacy • Math Stars • Rosetta Stone Lunch Club • Tech Club • Homework Club • Peer Tutoring Club • Student Council • National Junior Honor Society • Honor Roll Breakfast – quarterly • Student of the Month Luncheons • Kindergarten Promotion • 3rd Grade Fly Up

8th Grade Activities: • Haunted River Walk • Camp Mason • Career Day • Jeopardy • Variety Show • Youth in Government • 8th Grade Promotion

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Enrichment

Gifted & Talented

Honor Classes

Enrichment grades K-3 cross-curricular K-2 once a week grade 3, two times a week G&T grades 4-5 cross-curricular three times a week Honors grades 6-8 Language arts and Math daily course

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ENRICHMENT

K - 3

Visual/spatial perception - mental manipulation of shapes...visual/logic puzzles Divergent thinking - creative and inventive thinking… board game creating Evaluative Thinking - judging… making choices Convergent thinking - deductive logic, analytical thinking...word puzzles, analogies, coding/decoding Holiday shopping project - evaluative thinking, budgeting, spending Additional seasonal projects – TBD Winter and Spring projects

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GIFTED & TALENTED

Grades 4 - 5

Mysteries/Detectives Stories - students will analyze and solve mysteries Creative Writing - develop stories on various topics Presentation Skills - speaking and listening… conducting interviews and giving presentations Document Based Questions - using nonfiction passages Map Making - learn to read and create a map Fantasy Stories - creating and writing stories Operation and Algebraic Thinking - solving problems Measurement and Data - gathering facts Number and Operations - base ten and fraction problems

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HONORS

Grades 6 - 8

Honors Language Arts Summary Honors English Language Arts coursework follows the

grade level curriculum at an accelerated pace, examining topics on deeper and more complex levels

while making cross curricular connections and emphasizing individuality and creativity.

Math

Grade 6 Honors: Uses a combination of 6th & 7th grade standards. Major

Projects are implemented.

Grade 7 Pre-Algebra Honors: Combines 7th and 8th grade standards.

Increase pace and rigor.

Grade 8 Algebra Honors: This is a true high school algebra course, no 8th grade

standards are used. All 8th graders take Algebra PARCC. This class moves to either Honors Geometry or College Prep

Geometry in high school.

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Curriculum Compacting

Social Studies and Science

21st Century Learning Rubrics

Information Literacy Creativity and Innovation

Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Communication and Collaborative

Initiative and Self-Direction Leadership and Response

Students who are not formally identified as gifted but consistently perform in the top tier of the class

Eligibility Criteria Grade 3 Academic Criteria

• Identified as enrichment, or • Lexile reading level of 750 or above

and an A in Reading/Language Arts in previous MP

Teacher Recommendation Criteria • Able to use time wisely when working

independently • Able to work productively and

cooperatively with peers

Eligibility Criteria Grades 4 - 7 Academic Criteria

• Identified as G & T, or • 91 or above average on content area

tests in the previous MP, and • Average of an A on report card for

that content area in the previous MP Teacher Recommendation Criteria

• Able to use time wisely when working independently

• Able to work productively and cooperatively with peers

Highly Capable Learning Criteria

Criteria subject to change.

Differentiated Instructional Design

Compacting

Guided Preview Compacting

Pretest Compacting

Reteach Retest Extension

Activity

91 or higher on pretest

84-90 on pretest

Compacting

Guided Preview Compacting

Pretest Extension

Activity

91 or higher on retest

Compacting

Guided Preview Compacting

Pretest Regular

Instruction Retest Regular

Instruction

Below 84 on pretest Below 91 on retest

MP 1: Native American Tribes ○ Information Literacy

MP 2: Life in the Colonies ○ Creativity and Innovation

MP 3: Loyalists and Patriots ○ Communication and Collaboration

MP 4: Changing Ecosystems ○ Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

21st Century Compacting Projects

Projects subject to change.

5th Grade 4th Grade

MP 1: Regions of NJ ○ Initiative and Self-Direction

MP 2: American Revolution ○ Communication and Collaboration

MP 3: Civil War ○ Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

MP 4: G&T only ○ Inventions ○ Creativity and Innovation

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Special Education

½ Integrated Preschool Classes ½ Day Preschool Disabled Class Full Day ABA Based Preschool

Disabled Class Supplementary Instruction Pull Out Resource In Class Resource Special Classes 8th Grade Career Choices Vo-tech Out of District High School students at Spotswood

High School or Out of District

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ESL Program

Goals Fluent communication Academic success Focus content-based activities listening and speaking skills basic interpersonal communication skills reading and writing abilities critical thinking skills Rosetta Stone Language Club Program: • Exploratory Foreign Language Club

Goal: 8th grade student to explore a foreign language

• Heritage Speakers Goal: To give native language support to advanced students

• Dual Generational Teaching Goal: To give support to both parents and students.

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Technology

• Chromebooks •Student Chromebooks in each 6-8 grade classroom •Teacher Chromebooks in all grade levels •1 Chromebook carts for each grade 1-5

• iPads

•29 iPads – special needs students

• Science lab laptops –Pitsco Synergy Lab has 16 Dell Laptops –Lego Robotics Lab has 16 Dell Laptops

• Type 2 Learn: Keyboarding program (Middle School) • Typing Training: Keyboarding program (K-8)

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Technology

Google Platform • District is registered Google domain • Student, staff and Board member Gmail

accounts • Integration of Google Classroom

Genesis (Student Data Management System) • Genesis Parent Portal

• Bio information • Attendance • Gradebook • Schedule • Report cards

• Genesis Employee Portal • Evaluation system • PD tracking • Bio information

• IEP Direct • Special Education tracking

Prevention and Intervention

• HIB

• I&RS

• Dyslexia Screening

• Reading Recovery

• Fundations

• Kindergarten Extended Day

• Leveled Literacy Interventions (LLI)

• Student to Student

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HIB

School Anti-Bullying Coordinator Mrs. Janet Ferlazzo, Director of Elem. Ed.

School Anti-Bullying Specialists

Mrs. Jennifer Pinnella – PV Ms. Megan Rademacher – JK

HIB Preventions Programs: Big Brother/Big Sister Rachel’s Challenge

Middle School Advisors Bully Boxes

Positive Behavior Supports Responsive Classroom

Morning Meeting The First Six Weeks of School

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I&RS Teams

Principals monitor student progress with team support.

Parkview School: Eric Siegel, Principal Grade Level Team Chairs

K - Ilona Molnar 1 - Nicole Fricke

2 - Kate Hunt 3- Amy Klinger

Joyce Kilmer School: Bill Veit, Principal

Janet Ferlazzo Lauren Imparato Kathy McCarthy

CST Consultation Ashley Costanzo Kimberlee Murray Jackie Cameron

Form 1 Form 2

Intervention & Referral Services

Intervention and Referral Services (I&RS) Team

MISSION STATEMENT

To ascertain the challenges of individual students and provide appropriate,

tiered interventions to promote student success at school

Tier 2

Tier 1

Tier 3

Tier I

Homogeneous Grouping & Differentiation in Math

Guided Reading Groups TenMarks Reading Eggs Study Guides Differentiated Instruction and

Classroom Strategies Basic Academic and Behavior

Classroom Strategies as outlined on I&RS Folder

Tier 2

Targeted Workbooks and Software Math or LA Elective in Middle School Student to Student Tutoring Daily Guided Reading (Increased frequency) Flexible Math Foundational Skills Groups School-based group Counseling School-based group Social Skills Read With Me Home-School Connection Summer Camp (K-3rd) Phonics First (2nd-3rd) ALEKS Multiplication (3rd-5th) Reading Plus (4th -5th) Extra Help Before and After School Homework Club Writers’ Workshop with general education ICS

Tier 3 • Private/Individual Counseling • Individualized Proficiency Practice • Parent Volunteer Tutoring • Reading Recovery (1st) • Leveled Literacy Intervention (2nd -3rd) • Wilson Fundations • Wilson Just Words • Kindergarten Extended Day • Individualized Behavior Plans • Academic Accommodations

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Dyslexia Screening

Screening Protocol Flowchart

Journey’s Reading Levels Dyslexia Warning Sign Checklist Predicative Assessment of Reading

(PAR)

Interventions Fundations Just Words Wilson

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Fundations

Multisensory, structured language programs

for students in K-3 based on the Wilson Reading System.

Phonemic awareness Phonics/ word study High frequency word study Reading fluency Vocabulary Comprehension strategies Handwriting Spelling

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Just Words

Sophisticated study of word structure

with explicit teaching of “how English works” for both decoding and spelling automaticity.

Highly explicit, multisensory decoding and spelling program for students in grades 4–12 and adults.

Currently implemented in Joyce Kilmer

in 4th grade, based on student needs

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Wilson Reading

Based on phonological-coding research and Orton-Gillingham principles.

Intensive program for students in grades 2-12 and adults with word-level deficits who are not making sufficient progress through their current intervention.

Phonemic awareness Decoding and word study Sight word recognition Spelling Fluency Vocabulary Oral expressive language development Comprehension

Professional Development

• Mentoring Plan • Professional Learning Communities (PLC’s) • Professional Development Plan

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Mentoring Plan

The Milltown School District believes that both the Novice and veteran teacher will benefit and grow in their profession through a formal induction program.

Focus:

Professional growth Support Guidance Collaborative and reflective

practices

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Professional Learning

Communities (PLCs)

• Green Team Focus: Sustainability

• CCSS Math Focus: Mathematical Practices

• Assessment Focus: Reading Benchmarks

• CCSS LA Focus: Multiple Text Essays

• Google Superusers Focus: Google Platform

• Genesis Focus: Lesson Planner Module

• RtI Focus: Tiered Intervention

• PBS/School Safety Team – Parkview Focus: HIB & School Safety

• PBS/School Safety Team – Joyce Kilmer Focus: HIB & School Safety

2015-16 school year

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Professional Learning Community SMARTGoal Worksheet

PLC Name: Multiple Text Essays

PLC Leader: Marissa Boylston

Team Members: Michelle Pierson, Heather Seeman, Krystyna Herko, Heather Vitale, Nina Marinello, William Zahorchak

Alignment to District Goals Instructional Strategy Focus

Description of Problem Benefit of Strategy

Professional Development Goal: (teacher-based outcome)

To research and develop new student and teacher materials to implement this skill.

PLC SMART Goal: (measurable student-based evaluation)

______% of students will score a 3 or above on the multiple text essay using the CONDENSED SCORING RUBRIC FOR PROSE CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE ITEMS for PARCC

(percentage to be determined after pre-assessment)

Additional Comments or Funding Requests:

X Academic Excellence: Curriculum and Instruction Multiple Text Essays Communication & Technology: Genesis and Tech Integration Life Long Learning: Green initiatives Adapt to a Changing World: Initiatives for Change

Analyze two or more texts and be able to provide textual support/evidence when writing an essay

For students to become proficient in answering multiple text essays using text evidence and prepare for the upcoming PARCC assessment

2015-16

school year

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Professional Learning Community

SMARTGoal Worksheet

PLC Name: Multiple Text Essays

PLC Leader: Marissa Boylston

Team Members: Michelle Pierson, Heather Seeman, Krystyna Herko, Heather Vitale, Nina Marinello, William Zahorchak

Alignment to District GoalsInstructional Strategy Focus

( XAcademic Excellence: Curriculum and InstructionMultiple Text Essays Communication & Technology: Genesis and Tech Integration Life Long Learning: Green initiatives Adapt to a Changing World: Initiatives for Change)

Description of ProblemBenefit of Strategy

(Analyze two or more texts and be able to provide textual support/evidence when writing an essay) (For students to become proficient in answering multiple text essays using text evidence and prepare for the upcoming PARCC assessment )

Professional Development Goal: (teacher-based outcome)

To research and develop new student and teacher materials to implement this skill.

PLC SMART Goal: (measurable student-based evaluation)

______% of students will score a 3 or above on the multiple text essay using the CONDENSED SCORING RUBRIC FOR PROSE CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE ITEMS for PARCC

(percentage to be determined after pre-assessment)

Additional Comments or Funding Requests:

PLC ACTION PLAN

PLC Name: Multiple Text Essays

Attendance and participation in PLCs is reflected in Domain 4.

Meeting Date Agenda Benchmark Objective Meeting Interim Misc.

9/21/15 Develop SMARTGoal

Develop pre-assessment for perfectly paired passages

1. Give pre-assessment to students and score

2. Gather information on instructional strategy

Look through teacher materials

11/4/15

Discuss chosen instructional strategy focus and how to integrate and implement it in content area/grade level

Develop integration plan for three trials Implement first trial using instructional strategy

Offer suggestions on how to track data

1/11/16

Discuss strengths and weaknesses associated with first trial Bring in scored first trial and analyze the

results.

1. Make adjustments to integration strategy based on PLC discussion and first trial results

2. Give second trial

Data from each member due at each meeting

3/14/16

Discuss strengths and weaknesses associated with second trial

1. Bring in scored second trial and analyze the results.

2. Discuss challenges related to teaching the skills.

1. Continue to make adjustments to integration strategy based on PLC discussion and second trial results

2. Give third trial (post-assessment)

Data from each member due at each meeting

4/25/16

Finalize goal attainment summary. Submit and discuss data regarding all trials and goal attainment

1. Bring scored third trial(post-assessment)

2. Analyze results of third trial(post-assessment)

Ideas for continued integration of the strategy

Final PLC report due by May 1st

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Capacity Building

Parkview School Grade Level Chairperson:

Preschool/Kindergarten Ilona Molnar 1st Grade Nicole Fricke 2nd Grade Katherine Hunt 3rd Grade Amy Klinger 4th Grade Jill Maiorano 5th Grade Andrea Brunner

Joyce Kilmer School Department Chairperson:

6-8 Social Studies Lauren Imparato 6-8 Science Matt Eckert 6-8 Math Sara McGowan* 6-8 Language Arts Heather Vitale*

*Math and LA peer coaches

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Professional Development

Plan

Professional development activities are linked to the goals developed from:

• The annual needs assessment survey • State mandated training • State and/or district initiatives • Professional development is planned to address both adult and student learning needs

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