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Comstock Middle School

Rooster Fellowship �Public Exhibition

Using Improvement Science to Create a Culture of Care �(“Team Student”) vs. Compliance (“Team School”)

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Meet the Team:

Trish Delzell

Brittany Doucette

Robin Clark

Dr. Kimberlee Armstrong

Assistant Principal

Teacher - Teen Living and Physical Education

Restorative Specialist

Associate Superintendent, Educational Services

Rooster Coach

Rebekah Pope

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Aim:

By May 2022, we will improve our baseline of 2.5 to 3.0 for male Reclassified English Learner students self-reporting that they agree with our focus question:

“I can be myself at school”

*After achieving our initial goal in January 2022, we established a new baseline of 2.95 and increased our improvement goal to 3.25.

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Cell phone policy change
Students chose to remain for a second semester.
Weekly SEL lessons with counselor started.
Marked decrease in fights/threats on campus.

Shift to school-wide focus; target students reported feeling “themselves” in the Teen Living class.

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Big Takeaways

Environment matters!

Assure classroom and school wide reflection and support of students, families, and staff

Fostering and maintaining relationships is imperative

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Wedge!

In Teen Living

Student-led re-decorating of classroom with images from identity groups and cultural heritage, and positive messages
Vision boards, focusing on student goals
Cooking projects (Native frybread, flan, pupusas, crepes, smoothies, waffles, pizzas…)
Class-wide empathy discussions
Individual empathy interviews
Open student responses in assignments
Wednesday SEL lessons with counselor (Why Try?)

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Spread!

School-wide

PE Class dance unit
Native club, GSA club with campus promotion and awareness campaigns, MeCha club (in progress)
Engaging lunch activities, school wide rallies, dance/carnival
Murals with Raizes Art Collective

3rd and 4th week of May (with Leadership, Teen Living, and students participating in the restorative process)
Themes of Multicultural welcome, positive affirmations
With Peace Poles through Veterans for Peace
Dedication ceremony at the end of the year

Book club next fall: option for all teachers (SchoolTalk)
8th grade legacy: bricks with inspiring messages, encouraging advice / favorite quote for incoming students
School-wide vision boards in PE, to be highlighted during student planning meetings
Rooster team training on school-wide mindfulness practices

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EMPATHY💜EQUITY💜INCLUSION💜DIVERSITY💜COMPASSION

“YOU have to be aware of your ENVIRONMENT, because it's not your ENVIRONMENT “