Webster City Middle School

“Where Academic

Excellence

and Character Count”

THANKS!Custodial Staff

Keith Thomason

Chuck Stein

Lynn Reinsch

Secretarial Staff

Barb

Mary Ellen

And Of Course, YOU!

Creating the Safe Environment for All With Norms/Ground Rules

Seek opportunities to get involved

Praise, no putdowns

Active Listening

Community Feeling – make everyone feel a part

Empathy -- put yourself in place of the

other person.

DOOR PRIZES

1) Check your chair!

2) It’s a team effort … what does it say?

Let’s See What Kids Can Do!

TEAMTogether

Everyone

Achieves

More!

SOCIAL

EMOTIONAL

ACADEMIC

PHYSICAL

Thinking About The Kids We Work With Each Day …

SOCIAL EMOTIONALACADEMIC PHYSICAL

Thinking About The Kids We Work With Each Day …

--2--What are some things

that you do/could do to take advantage of these characteristics to create more effective learning

situations?

--1--What do you see students doing

that reflect these characteristics?

With Decisions Being Made As A Teacher/Team, Continue to Ask…

 How will this decision assist

our unique students as

learners?

So, Why Are We Here? What Is Our Purpose?

We must be committed to doing whatever it takes to

provide higher levels of learning for

all students!

District Priorities….

Focused, Viable,

Consistent Curriculum

Consistency in Assessment and Grading

Equity For All Students

Use of Research and Best Practice

Variety of Instructional Strategies That Reach

All Learners

We’ll Continue Our Focus To Provide Higher Levels Of Learning For All At WCMS!

Enhance student social, emotional, and behavior development. (Relationships with Character Counts/Positive Behavior Supports)

Improve curriculum, instruction, and assessment through the Rigor and Relevance framework

Improve all student performance in all areas with specific focus in communication (reading comprehension*) and mathematics*.

(*Student Achievement Goals for

No Child Left Behind)

HOW … Continued Journey With Professional Learning Communities

Thinking About The Three Big Ideas Of A PLC …

A. Focus on Learning

B. Collaborative Culture

C. Focus on Results

Professional Learning Communities – A, B, and C

Conversation Process …

1.Find two other people…another grade level, another subject, etc. – just two individuals you do not regularly work with. (Paraeducators – join two other paras.)

2.Find a spot for your group & read the page silently to yourself. After the three of you have read the information, ask one person to be an A, a B, and a C.

A will facilitate the conversation around the “A” section/question: Learning.

B will facilitate the conversation around the “B” section/question: –

Collaborative Culture.

C will facilitate the conversation around the “C” section/question: – Focus on Results.

HOW … Continued Journey With Professional Learning Communities

Hearing Perspectives From Conference Attendees (Present and Past)

Where Are We?

You Know You Belong In A PLC If . . .

You believe the fundamental purpose of our school is to ensure all students learn at high levels and are a committed learner to make this a reality!

You think collaborative teamwork is a great way to continuously improve our school!

You are hungry for evidence that students are learning and are ready to respond when feedback

tells you otherwise.

LOGISTICS … Staff Handbook Highlights With “Smarter

Than a Fifth Grader”

Important People For Us … Our Guest Teachers!

Schedule For First Few Days ...

Other (Word of the Week, Voice Levels, Supplies for Kids, Special Ed. Schedules, Visits To Other Classrooms, Etc.)

Team Work Today and Through The Week …

Common Expectations for Students Logistics and Other Items To Begin Year Rigorous and Relevant Learning for Kids

Roles/Responsibilities of Team Members Team Norms (Approximately 6-8 ground

rules/norms that your team agrees upon)

Serve and support all of you who have direct contact with students each day

Continue the focus on high expectations for learning and positive behavior of all students

Continue to learn and work together with your teams to …

Develop and/or refine interventions based on formative assessments

Develop and/or refine intervention schedules for students

Be healthier, be a great family member and leader, take risks/make mistakes/bounce back, and have fun!

Our Personal Goals For the Year

Create learners, earners, and citizens … and

believe that you can make difference in someone else’s life everyday!

So, Our Challenge to You . . .