LASGS School Development Meeting Wednesday, Thursday, Friday June 23-25 2010 Notes Wednesday and Thursday, June

23, 2010 1. Revisit of (Summary of Needs Assessment) a. Attachment sent out through google docs b. Items discussed i. Expectations in the Classroom and at the School 1. Absent 2. Tardy 3. Discipline ii. First Week of School Plan 1. Possible assembly 2. See attachment sent by Naomi 3. Orientation for New Teachers 4. Orientation for New Students iii. Advisory 1. Common Practices 2. Monday and Wednesday (Community Circle), Thursday (Grade Check, Academic Day, Project Day), Friday (Community Building Day) 3. More competitions iv. Mission Statement (Tentatively Revised) 1. See attachment sent by Christian 2. See breakdown sent out to whole staff 3. Tying our practice to mission statement v. Common Practices 1. How do we grade the 8 learning outcomes? 2. Creating a progression of learning outcomes. 3. Know/Need to Know 4. Setting Benchmarks 5. Using Calendar 6. Modeling (Best Practices for Implementing Projects) vi. Electives 1. Should focus on needs of students (combination of enrichment and support classes) 2. Comprehensive strategy, teacher assignment needs to reflect school-wide strategy vii. Accountability 1. Who is responsible for what? 2. Point people for each responsibility 3. Adjunct Responsibilities viii. Assessments 1. How do measure success at our school?

Action Items: Anat Herzog 1. Balancing Sequence for Learning Outcomes for four years 2. Rewriting orientation powerpoint Kim Dawson 1. Rewriting Orientation powerpoint Jeff Heilweil, Naomi Sugimoto, Stephen Molstad 1. First Week of School Planning 2. REPORT OUT (Jeff Heilweil, Stephen Molstad, & Naomi Sugimoto) Monday 9/13/10 Day #1 8 - 8:30 am: Advisory (introduce ourselves, discuss seating chart in auditorium, entering auditorium protocol, buddy systems, attendance, etc.) 8:35 - 10 am: Block 1 (per 2/3) 10:05 - 11:30 am: Block 2 (per 3/4) 11:30-12 noon: LUNCH 12:05 - 1:30 pm: Block 3 (per 5/6) 1:35 - 3:20 pm: Elective(s) - Return to advisory, then take students down to ASSEMBLY** Tuesday 9/14/10 No Advisory 8 - 9: Block 1 9:05 - 10:05: Block 2 10:10 - 11:10: Block 3 11:10 - 11:40: Lunch / Dismissal 12:30 - 1:45: PD Wednesday 9/15/10 New "Regular" Schedule implemented: 8:00 - 9:25 : Block 1 9:30 - 10:55: Block 2 11:00 - 11:30: ADVISORY 11:30 - Noon: Lunch 12:05 - 1:30: Block 3 1:35 - 2:25: Elective* 2:30 - 3:20: Elective* Kim Dawson, Nicole Solig, Deborah Burnham, Bernie Terry 1. Advisory 2. Kim Dawson, Nicole Solig, Bernie Terry, and I met to discuss Advisory. We saw the problems/needs as: 1. Lack of consistency across advisories 2. Lack of support/access to resources

To over come these problems we suggest: 1. Continue the practice of "designated days", but honoring them and making them "sacred" -- no announcements, assemblies, activities. a. Monday, Wednesday -- Community Circle (check-ins) b. Thursday -- Grade checks, academic support, projects c. Friday -- community building 2. Model short advisory activities in PDs. 3. Make activities available in PeBL and resources such as craft supplies available. 4. Form a teacher support group (mentoring, brainstorming, etc.) 5. Organize "intra-advisory" activities, such as relay races in the quad, hall-bowling, spelling bee, math contest 6. Clearly define the role of adviser, especially as student advocate 7. Home visits a. Make home visits as a team. i. Accountability ii. Help overcome language barriers b. Create a check list of items to discuss, such as school-wide expectations, policies, grades, grade portal, grad requirements, etc. 8. Form a committee to make sure 2-6, 8b gets done and to address other needs as they come up. Next steps: 1. Populate PeBL with activities 2. Calendar Intra-advisory activities 3. Plan for time during Sept Orientation/PD Glen Hutloff, Alberto Castaeda, Christian Quintero, Anat Herzog 1. School Expectations (Discipline, Tardy, Absent) a. Process suggested 1. Clarify existing Expectations for Professionalism to staff and administrators 2. Communicate "Expectations for Professionalism" to staff and administrators in clear and concise way 3. Develop process to implement, enforce, achieve staff and student buy-in of discipline policy 4. Identify challenges in implementing policy 5. How to communicate the policy to students? Tentatively Schedule for August PD 4,5,6