Academic ExcellenceIt's ALL about the LEARNING

Natasha Adams natasha.adams@foresthills.edu Lori Crowe lori.crowe@foresthills.edu

Pat Grove pat.grove@foresthills.eduDonna Lauver donna.lauver@foresthills.edu

Schools To Watch Conference Washington D.C. June 2010

Nagel Middle School--Nighthawks

Designated Ohio School to Watch 2010

Forest Hills School District

Suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio

Age: 11 years old school with middle school concept

Grade level configuration: 7-8

Schedule: 7 period day flex block + Advisory

Students: 1170

Faculty and Staff: 125

Rated Excellent or Excellent with Distinction since 2003

Met AYP 2007, 2008, 2009 Sub Group Information: .8% Hispanic, 93.9% White, 1.6% African American, 1.3% Asian, .2% Native American, 2.2% Other, 10 % Free/Reduced Lunch, .4% ELL, 11% Special Education

Promoting Academic Excellence

◆Developing a culture and climate focused on

LEARNING

◆Fostering growth of Professional LEARNING Communities (PLCs)

◆Visioning 21st century LEARNING through planning, professional development, and pilot projects

From 211 Degrees to 212 Degrees

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◆Living the Vision

◆Why are you here? To Learn

◆Nighthawks S.O.A.R.◆Student Success◆Organization◆Achievement◆Respect, Responsibilities, Relationships

212 degree FOCUS

Vision BELIEFS: Values Mission Strategic Priorities

Be a high performing & high achieving middle school that is:

Academically challengingDevelopmentally ResponsiveSocially Equitable

GOALS AREAS:(1) AchievementValue-Added(2) BehaviorDecrease number of referrals by 25%(3) One-School, Strong Teams Decrease number of candidates for retention (failing 2 or more subjects) by 50%

TEAMING: We are a learning

community where ALL are learners and work collaboratively in teams.

CHALLENGING ALL STUDENTS: We

provide students with high content, engaging, challenging, and satisfying schoolwork and activities.

YOUNG ADOLESCENTS HAVE UNIQUE NEEDS:We maximize exploratory selections for students.TEACHING AND LEARNING DRIVE THE SCHEDULE:We use flexible block scheduling to meet needs of students

STUDENTS SHOULD BE KNOWN

WELL: We have student/teacher

advisory time planned into the day.

COLLABORATION: We empower

teacher teams to make decisions about

time, space, students, and instruction.

TECHNOLGY IS A TEACHING AND

LEARNING TOOL. We integrate

technology into everything we do.

STUDENT INVOLVMENT: We encourage every student to be involved in at least one extracurricular activity.

Why are you here? To Learn

Nighthawks S.O.A.R.

Success

Organization

Achievement

Respect, responsibility & relationships

Essential Questions:If we believe in “Success for All Students” ----

All Students Can LEARN----What do we want them to learn?How will we know they have learned?How will we respond when they don’t learn?How can we extend and enrich the learning for students who have demonstrated proficiency?

-Build leadership capacity in students and staff Nagel L.A.B. Student Leadership Groups-Use data to drive decisions4 types of data (demographics, school processes, perceptions, student learning)Effective tools to collect-Articulate the Nagel WayCurriculum Assessment MapsStudent Academic/Behavior ExpectationsDiamond of Interventions & Enrichments (A/B/SE)PLC-Team Meeting PracticeTransitions (WEB, Advisory)

success for all students living the vision Nagel Middle School Strategic Plan

◆Living the Vision

◆Why are you here? To Learn

◆Nighthawks S.O.A.R.◆Student Success◆Organization◆Achievement◆Respect, Responsibilities, Relationships

212 degree FOCUS

◆Living the Vision

◆Why are you here? To Learn

◆Nighthawks S.O.A.R.◆Student Success◆Organization◆Achievement◆Respect, Responsibilities, Relationships

212 degree FOCUS

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212 Degrees LEADERSHIP

◆ Strength Finder 2.0 Teach with your Strengths Gallup Press

◆ Nagel L.A.B. (Teacher Leaders)o Leaders

o Achieverso Believers

◆ Team Leader Retreat-August

◆ Data Academy-Septembero Student Snap Shot Data Sheeto Academic Referral

212 Degrees COMMITTMENT

◆CAT-Content Area Teams

◆Interdisciplinary Teams

◆Job Embedded --Refresher schedule

◆Re-purpose staff meetings

◆Coaches and Instructional Specialists

◆Academic Tool Box --Literacy Strategies

212 Degrees COMMITTMENT

◆CAT-Content Area Teams

◆Interdisciplinary Teams

◆Job Embedded --Refresher schedule

◆Re-purpose staff meetings

◆Coaches and Instructional Specialists

◆Academic Tool Box --Literacy Strategies

212 Degrees COMMITTMENT

◆CAT-Content Area Teams◆Interdisciplinary Teams◆Job Embedded --Refresher

schedule◆Re-purpose staff meetings◆Coaches and Instructional

Specialists◆Academic Tool Box --

Literacy Strategies

212 Degrees Actions

◆Powerful Learning Practices

◆Pilot-Bring your own laptop

◆Nagel Ning

◆iPAD iLearn

It's Time to Turn up the

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