November

Faculty Meeting

Be the change

Logistics

• FCPS Staff Survey
• FCPS Student Survey
• Panther Time
• Approximately 6 minutes
• Switch period 2 & 3 on Friday-CTC Visits
• Consider joining PTA

Gateway Circle Talk

• From our Rosenshine’s PL so far, which of the principles or strategies have you tried in your class? Discuss how it went, how did students respond?

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2022-2023 TMS SIP Plan

Staff Presentation

Session Goals

You will be able to:

• Outline the process of development of the TMS School Improvement Plan
• Review prior work that has prepared TMS staff effectively implement the (SIP) plan
• Determine strategies and tactics used during instruction to support students in meeting the learning targets of the (SIP) plan.

Root Cause Analysis...What is it?

Drilling down the why...

Students at TMS are underperforming in math and language arts due to a variety of factors such as; attendance issues which cause gaps in learning fundamental skills, social-emotional regulation concerns among special education and FARM qualifying students, as well as a disconnect of and to the relevance of curricular content.

Theory of Action

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If we

• Utilize consistent behavioral and academic expectations/norms

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• Monitor qualitative and quantitative data related to priority curricular standards through the ALP process, (attendance, academics, and MTSS supports) while planning for quality differentiated instruction

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• Invest in SEL, strategic professional learning and apply the strategies

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Then all students, specifically our combined priority group, will

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• Decrease in negative student behaviors resulting in an increase in favorable response to EOY Culture Climate Survey

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• Increase student engagement and accelerate academic growth at the same rate as their grade level peers.

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• Be better able to regulate emotions, focus on learning, and have a greater sense of belonging

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TMS Goals for 2022-2023

Goal #1

Culture and Climate Goal

The percentage of favorable responses on the Systemic Social Emotional Learning survey will be 75% or higher on the 2022-2023 EOY FCPS Survey

Goal #2

Culture and Climate-Attendance

Reduce the number of students who are chronically absent from YTD 28.3% (149 Students) to 18% or (95 students)

Goal #3

Student Achievement (ELA)

55% of students will meet grade level expectations on i-Ready reading assessment.

Goal #4

Student Achievement (Math)

55% of students will meet grade level expectations on i-Ready math assessment.

Goal #5 Student Achievement TSI Goal:

92% of students who receive special education services have not met the Fall 2022 BOY i-Ready Assessment. (8% have met the BOY goal.)

Review of some of the work we’ve done to set the stage for the work ahead...

Prof. Dev.

Prof. Dev.

Questioning Strategies

Have you understood?

What have you understood?

Cold Calling

Say It Again,

Say It Better

Think

Pair

Share

Top Three

Depth of Knowledge

Question Development

• Decide on your purpose.
• Select content: Important vs. Trivial
• Ask extended response questions that require content answers.
• Script your questions: Arrange in logical sequence
• Avoid implied responses...”Don’t we all agree....”
• Anticipate possible responses. (Allows you to focus on clarity of phrasing, focused on goals, and flexibility of student responses.)
• What are some typical misconceptions leading to incorrect answers?
• Open or Closed?
• Type of response: definition, example, solution?
• Strategies for handling incorrect answers?
• What about no answers at all?

Example 1: Material Presented Without Dual Coding

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What does the expression ‘blow one’s top’ mean?

a. to feel hot

b. to feel angry

c. to feel stupid

d. to be in windy weather

Example 1: Material Presented With Dual Coding

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What does the expression ‘blow one’s top’ mean?

a. to feel hot

b. to feel angry

c. to feel stupid

d. to be in windy weather

Example 2: Material Presented Without Dual Coding

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Read

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Respond to the questions.

How did you do?

1. Harry
2. Geography Department
3. Fatima, Tom, Joe, Tania

Example 2: Material Presented With Dual Coding

Upcoming PD

Upcoming PD

So...what’s ahead?

Strategies & Tactics

• Use retrieval strategies during instruction
• Daily, Weekly, Monthly
• Provide high quality questioning
• Ask variety of questions
• Check for student understanding
• Sequence Concepts & Modeling
• Present new material in small steps (make learning visible)
• Provide models and scaffolds for difficult tasks
• Stages of Practice
• Guide student practice
• Obtain High Success Rate
• Independent Application

Walk-through tool used to provide positive & actionable feedback on instruction.

Continued Professional Development on Rosenshine’s Principles & 2nd Semester Learning Walks

Effective ALP Time

• Curriculum unpacking
• Lesson development with instructional supports
• Use student work samples for analysis
• Embed High Yield Instructional Practices

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Strategic & Purposeful Tutoring

• Plan tutoring session during Pather Time and support student success.
• Reteach when necessary
• Scaffold learning (Up or Down )
• Fade supports when no longer needed
• Build Independence in skill & task completion

(SIP) Checkpoints

First week of November January 2023 End of Year

• Review & Evaluate Data
• Adjust growth targets

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• Complete Root Cause Analysis
• Develop Theory of Action
• Data
• Implement Plan

• Evaluate data
• Celebrate goals met
• Reevaluate and determine next steps

Why ALL teachers MATTER!

• Investment (knowing the plan) and ownership (taking responsibility for the plan) increases its overall effectiveness.
• Informational texts are used in all content areas. Instruction in reading is not the work of a few, but the work of all teachers.
• Making learning visible enables learners to see authentic real-world problem-solving in action and supports executive functioning skill development.
• Achievement Matters! What teachers do in classrooms daily impact students in the years ahead.