Strong Responsive Start

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AGENDA

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PD Norms

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Objectives

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Why do we have a SRS?

What is the rationale?

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Everybody Writes

In your participant packet answer the following two questions:

1. What are the most important lessons and activities you should conduct with students in the opening days and weeks of school to build strong classroom culture?
2. What is the impact when these lessons and activities are done well - and the impact when they are not done well?

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Research says…

“Students who experience a positive and engaging start to the school year are more likely to achieve higher academic outcomes. The first few weeks of school set the tone for the entire academic year, with well-structured and supportive beginnings leading to increased student engagement and improved academic performance.”

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• American Educational Research Association Study

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Core Idea

A Strong Responsive Start is the essential process to setting foundational culture. It is the construction of the garden bed and the filling of the soil that allows for growth and development.

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How do we implement SRS?

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Universal Resources

Day-by-Day; Step-by-Step Plans

Classroom Creation

3 Key Concepts for SRS

CGC Leadership will provide universal resources for selected culture components to create alignment and consistency

Each classroom should have an explicit day-by-day plan for which culture components are to be installed, practiced, or reviewed.

Individual Classrooms will create lessons and activities for selected culture components to allow for autonomy and customization

3 Pronged Approach to SRS

Mini-Lessons

Embedded Lessons

Explicit, step-by-step, direct instruction to students taught during the first 3 days of school that require extended time and practice.

Full Lessons

Explicit, step-by-step, direct instruction to students taught during the first 13 days of school that require less time and practice and can be combined together with other items.

Embedded instruction that is incorporated into existing academic lesson plans during the first 13 days of school - and beyond.

Core Idea

You do not rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level of your systems.

High quality SRS plans require systematic implementation of foundational culture.

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What are the key components?

What are the specific culture pieces that make up SRS?

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SRS Components

1. School-wide Routines
2. Classroom Routines
3. Norms, Expectations, & Policies
4. Community Building
5. Joy, Rituals, & Celebration
6. Discipline & Consequences

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At the heart of any school culture is strong scholar-teacher relationships and strong systems of structure and support. This school will embed carefully and intentionally lay the foundation for our guiding principles that define our student culture: Trauma-informed and Structured, Culturally Responsive and Anti-Racist, and Invested and Engaged. Weeks 1-7 are about having a laser-like focus on our goal of establishing classroom that produce maximum learning and maximum belonging.

Full Lessons

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Mini-Lessons

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Embedded Lessons

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Overview

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Core Idea

Classroom culture is not what you you hope for. It’s what you hear, see, and feel everyday.

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See It: What does a strong roll out look like?

How do teachers effectively model culture components for students?

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What makes them effective?

Would you consider them to be a Full Lesson, Mini-Lesson, or Embedded Lesson?

Examine the following sample SRS Lessons.

• 15 SRS CM Scenarios
• Math.21-22.2.U1.L1.S3 Embed T/T
• Classroom Routines Sample Deck
• Sample Classroom Procedures
• Arrival, Dismissal 2017 PPT.ppt

Name it: High Quality Roll Out

1. Start with the Why: Give a relevant rationale.
2. Clear, step-by-step explanation
3. Model
4. Build momentum and make it fun, incentivized, or competitive
5. Practice
6. Deliver Feedback and Hold the Bar
7. Reward, Mark Progress, Or Goal Set

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Either you set and uphold the culture in your classroom - or your students will set it for you.

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Name it: So what are the steps to take?

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Name it: SRS Roll-Out

Examine the School Plan [Add Link]

• What do you notice about the SRS Plan?
• What is included? What is not?

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Name it: SRS Expectations

1. Use the School SRS Plan to guide your daily plan. Ensure all you meet all guidance given.
2. Have a minute-by-minute, daily plan for which SRS components you are teaching.
3. Prepare full, mini, and embedded lessons & activities to each of the required components directly and explicitly to students.
4. Execute each lesson with a high prioritization on setting the bar, upholding the bar, practice, and feedback directly to students.
5. Meet the CFS for systems & routines as outlined in the Culture Playbook.

Do It: Apply the Learning

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Do it: Prep

Using the following list of classroom procedures [link here] or the procedure of your choice, prepare a roll-out script (a set of step-by-step instructions) you will use to ‘teach’ this procedure to your students.

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Do it: Go Live

In triads, take turns teaching your procedure.

Role 1: Teacher

Role 2: Student

Role 3: Coach

*After the Teacher delivers their step-by-step instructions, the Coach will provide feedback*

*Rotate so each person is in each role*

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Core Idea

"The fight is won or lost far away from the witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, well before I dance under the lights."

• Muhammed Ali, World Champion

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Reflect: What is sitting with you at this moment?

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Next Steps & Follow Up

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• Practice Lab | Tomorrow we have Critical Routines Practice Lab!
• Individual SRS Plans & Student Facing Resources (First 3 Days) |
• Due: EOD DATE
• Submit Here [link here]

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Next Steps

• SRS Monitoring Plan
• Leaders will be monitoring, observing, coaching, and modeling each day to ensure that what we see matches what is on paper.
• You will be coached in-the-moment - this is support, not judgement
• Culture Walkthroughs with Culture Rubric
• We will use our Culture Rubric to monitor and assess the implementation of SRS. This data is critical to determining how successful we are in our implementation. All schools will collect and report data to the network.
• Thursday PD Time
• In order to best support teachers in implementing SRS and key teacher moves, we will prioritize our Thursday PD time to sharpen our skills.

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Follow Up

Core Idea

Be intentional.

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Fit the pieces together like a beautiful puzzle.

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Every piece matters to make the picture whole - and beautiful.

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