OPENING

MEETING
“It’s Intentional”
Getting Back to the Basics……

Northern Nash High School

2017-2018
 START-UPS
• WELCOME
• PURPOSE: To outline our instructional focus for
the 2017-18 school year

BEGIN with the

END in MIND….
 DESIRED OUTCOMES:

By the end of this meeting we will have …

1. Welcome/Introduction of Staff (New to Northern)

2. Reviewed Pertinent Staff Information
3. Discussed Vision & Goals NNHS-NRMPS 2017-18
4. Reviewed Preliminary Data 2016-17
5. Discuss Changes of Student/Staff Handbooks
6. Discussed Teacher Evaluation Process (Orientation)
7. Reviewed Crisis Plan/ Safety Updates/Safety Video

Stakeholders
ACCOUNTABILITY UPDATES
• 2016-2017 DATA
● SPG Indicators
● EOC’s, ACT, WorkKeys, MCR, CGR
● Preliminary Assessment Results
 ACCOUNTABILITY UPDATES
• EOC Results: Percent Proficient
Composite Composite
15-16 16-17

ENG II
43% 41%

Biology
35% 58%

Math I
27% 46%
 ACCOUNTABILITY UPDATES
• ACT & WorkKeys Results: Percent
Proficient
15-16 16-17
Composite Composite

ACT 45% 42%

WorkKeys 79% 67%

 ACCOUNTABILITY UPDATES
• Math Course Rigor

MCR-Math III

2015-16 95%
2016-17 95%
 ACCOUNTABILITY UPDATES
• 4 Year Graduation Cohort Rate

2015-16 2016-17

86% 90%
ACCOUNTABILITY UPDATES

• NNHS School Performance Grades

2014-15 55 C-
2015-16 54 D (LP)
2016-17 63 C
 ACCOUNTABILITY UPDATES
• School Performance Grade
Subject Ach. Growth Perf Grade
Overall 63
Eng 41
Math 46
Bio 58

School Ach. Not Grade Met Grade Exceeds Grade

Score Met
NNHS 63 60 C 64 C 67 C

•The "Overall Achievement" value in the chart on the far right [SPGSTAT-School
Performance Grade] is the 80% value in the SPG formula. The growth conversion
will be 20%.

• Achievement X .8 + Growth X .2 = SPG Score

• Achievement for SPG is based on Grade Level Proficiency (GLP = 3/4/5)
 ACCOUNTABILITY UPDATES
• What’s New……………….

o SPG moves to 10 point for 17-18

o Low performing school is still D or F
and does not exceed growth
o Low performing district is still more
than half of schools
o Math III will remain a field test this
year but will become an EOC next year
2018-19. (This is for the students who
test Math I in middle school)
 ACCOUNTABILITY UPDATES
• What We Did Well 16-17
● Improved our SPG
● Implemented an Intervention/Enrichment
Schedule Knight Time
● Increased and implemented more data
analysis within our PLC’s using TIPS II
model
● Increased our GCR
● Decreased the number of failed courses
from 582 to 520
 ACCOUNTABILITY UPDATES

• AREAS WE NEED IMPROVEMENT

● RELATIONSHIPS
● Delivery of Instruction
● Maximize Instructional Time (Bell to Bell
KT)
● Attendance/ Staff & Students
LOOKING AHEAD……..

• Today represents a restart

• Commit to burying ideas and practices that are
not bearing fruit
• Commit to making improvements on processes
• No new initiatives (Refine what we currently
have in place)
Time of Reflection

Coherence Mind Set

LOOKING AHEAD………

High Performing High Poverty Readiness Triangle

READINESS TO LEARN
• Safety, Discipline & Engagement
• Action Against Adversity
• Close student-Adult Relationships
READINESS TO TEACH
• Shared Responsibility for Achievement
• Personalization of Instruction
• Professional Teaching Culture
READINESS TO ACT
• Resource Authority
• Resource Ingenuity
• Agility in the Face of Turbulence
 OVERVIEW AND VISION

High Performing High Poverty Readiness Triangle

READINESS TO LEARN
*CONTINUE SCHOOL CULTURE TRENDS*
• Caring Relationships and Advocacy
• High Expectations
• Commitment to Equity
• Professional Accountability for Learning
• Courage and Will to Take Action
 OVERVIEW AND VISION

High Performing High Poverty Readiness Triangle

READINESS TO LEARN
HEALTHY, SAFE and SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT
✓ Establish a safe environment
✓ Develop an understanding of student needs and
interventions (MTSS)
✓ Engage Structures/Processes that promote
relationships
✓ Engage Parents/Families As Partners
✓ Build Partnerships
(Business/Industry/Faith-Based)
 OVERVIEW AND VISION

High Performing High Poverty Readiness Triangle

READINESS TO TEACH
ACTIONS
✓ Focus on Learning
✓ Build Leadership Capacity
✓ Foster Healthy, Safe, Supportive, Learning
Environments
 LOOKING AHEAD…………
High Performing High Poverty Readiness Triangle
READINESS TO TEACH
➢ Professional Teaching Culture
➢ Structures that Support Collaboration
 LOOKING AHEAD…………
High Performing High Poverty Readiness Triangle
READINESS TO ACT
• Resource Authority
• Use leadership to influence others
• Resource Ingenuity
• Be clever, apply ideas to solve problems
and meet challenges
• Agility in the Face of Turbulence
• Agility and turbulence is our current reality
 LOOKING AHEAD………..
High Performing High Poverty Readiness Triangle
READINESS TO ACT
➢ NRMPS employs highly effective leaders at all levels within the
organization.
➢ There are pockets of excellence as it relates to using student
data to drive and inform professional practice and school-level
decisions.
➢ However, we lack the consistency of a Common Instructional
Framework. During this Leadership session today we will begin
the critical work of reshaping how we examine, discuss and
improve the essential work of high quality teaching and
learning.
LOOKING AHEAD……..

• Students First
• Build Collaborative Learning Teams
• Back to the Basics-Embrace the
Instructional Framework
2017-18 NRMS INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS
RELATIONSHIPS
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REALITY
NRMS System Focus: Elementary Schools –
Fundamentals of Teaching, School Initiatives
2017-18 NRMS INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS

• Essential question-objectives
and intended outcomes
Learning

Clarity
• I can statement
Purpose • Learning target
Closure
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2017-18 NRMS INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS
Student Friendly Learning Purpose
The student friendly learning purpose
should ...
provide students with learning direction for the lesson

be visible in the classroom (whiteboard, bulletin board,

poster, etc) for students to see and teachers to refer
back to throughout the lesson

be written in a student friendly language not a verbatim

standard from the course of study

use formats that can be easily understood and identified

by students (I can, SWBAT, etc)

1-3 minutes maximum time

2017-18 NRMS INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS
• Student Friendly Learning Purpose

Verbatim Standard
Objective 3.01 - The learner will examine the key
elements of the NRMPS Instructional
Framework in order to identify essential
components that are necessary to understand the
instructional direction of the district.
Student Friendly Learning Purpose
I can identify the parts of the new NRMS
Instructional Framework and how the framework
should be used to increase learning.
2017-18 NRMS Instructional focus

Model of

Clarity
Learning
NRMPS
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Anticipatory • Review-why
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• Anticipatory Set
It provides opportunities to:
• Preview~ warm up activities designed to stimulate
interest or provoke curiosity (Why is it worth
their time and effort?)
• Make Connections (What~ Background
information, anecdotes, interesting or compelling
facts or how the lesson prepare students for their
futures, embed familiar concepts and vocabulary
• Prior Knowledge (activate the student’s existing
knowledge of the content knowledge, review data)
• Provide continuity from previous lesson to the
current lesson if applicable
• 3-5 minutes maximum time
2017-18 NRMS Instructional focus

Model of

Clarity
Closure
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Instructional • Direct Instruction

Delivery • Guided Instruction
• Collaborative Instruction
• Independent Instruction
 Direct
Guided
Collaborative INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY
Independent
2017-18 NRMS INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS

• Direct Instruction
Teacher Actions -
• Instructor-centered model of teaching
• Primarily used to convey information
• Establishes goals and purpose of the lesson
• Uses think aloud - talks through the process
of solving the problems
Student Actions -
• Actively listen
• Takes notes
• Asks for clarification
2017-18 NRMS INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS

• Guided Practice
What is it?
● During this time, the support from the
teacher gradually decreases with scaffolding
for some learners as needed (teacher pauses
for student practice, formative assessments).
● The primary place where the teacher uncovers
misunderstandings, misconceptions, or
mistakes.
● Provides students with opportunities with
more practice on the task or new learning.
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“Collaborative
learning
transfers more
responsibility to
the student, yet
provides them
with peer
support.”
(Fisher & Frey, 2008)

https://www.teachingchan
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2017-18 NRMS INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS
COLLABORATIVE INSTRUCTION

THINK ● How would using the

elements of direct
instruction, guided practice,
collaborative practice and
INK independent practice change
the way you plan your
lessons?
PAIR
● What are the benefits of
structuring lessons in this
way?

SQUARE
2017-18 NRMS INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS

Independent Instruction
What is it?
• Students demonstrate understanding
of the learning purpose
● Making sense of the problem
● Leading discussions
● Questions thinking
● Problem-solving
● Summarizing
● Evaluating
● Creating
2017-18 NRMS INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS

• Independent Instruction Activity-Summarizing

• 3…2..1 Activity
● Name 3 components of the NRMS instructional
framework
● Name 2 things that I have learned that I did not
know before
● Name 1 thing you would like to learn more about
2017-18 NRMS INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS

Model of

Clarity
NRMPS Learning
Closure Purpose
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●A final check for
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2017-18 NRMS INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS

• Assessment
• Preview
• Exit Ticket
Closure
• Product

Clarity
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 “IT’S INTENTIONAL”
❑ Instructional Goals
❑ 1. All staff will model and
utilize Best Instructional
Practices-especially a
focus for our BT’s
❑ 2. Unpacking meaningful
data and giving
foundation/base to data.
❑ 3. Continue to you create
and build a professional
teaching culture within
our building.
❑ Instructional
Non-Negotiables
❑ 1. lesson plans being
consistent; learning
objectives / essential
questions displayed in
every classroom that are
written in student friendly
language
❑ 2. Maximize instructional
time; teaching Bell-to-Bell
and following the NRMS
Instructional Framework
CONTINUED………….
❑ Professional Learning Goals

❑ 1. During the 2017-2018 academic year, all

admin will provide comprehensive support to all
staff in implementing best instructional
practices…(ex. PD)
❑ 2. During the 2017-2018 academic year, admin
and lead teachers will conduct weekly
walk-throughs and provide timely feedback,
etc..(highlighting +’s/A’s)
❑ 3. Admin, counselors and MTSS/BAIT will
collaborate to identify and support students with
high risk attendance issues.
QUESTIONS/CONCERNS
 ADJOURN
• Next Meeting-September
th
6
• Exit Ticket