Boeckman Middle School 2012-13 Tuesday, August 28, 2012
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Welcome Back!
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Nuts and Bolts Rosie Pfarr-Baker (St. Olaf) Thank yous
Custodial Staff Jim, Dennis, Al, Howard, & Greg Tammy, Linda
and Becky Schedule/Picture day volunteers Chad and Nicole - WEB New
ISD 192 Staff: Emily Fischer (6 th LA), Rob Jacobs (Tech Ed), Tech
Ed New/Returning to BMS: Jennie Asleson (DCD), Kendra Caduff (EBD),
Mauri Deer (French), Rita Fleming (ESL), Jessica Lee (Spanish),
Lori Moen (Computer)
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Introduction Educator 7 th Grade Science Lakeville 7-9
Technology Coordinator Lakeville Assistant Principal FMSW Assistant
Principal DMS Family Sara Senior Analytical Chemist 3M Children
Hannah (16) & Seth (11) Community Farmington resident 15 yrs
Youth coach hockey, basketball, baseball
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Introduction Free Time (yeah right ) Kids activities Dog Bike
road riding and motorcycle Outdoors Cabin Hunting Fishing ATVs,
Snowmobiles, etc. Construction projects Cabin Home remodeling
projects Cooking
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Introduction Middle School Special time Special people Special
place What fuels my spark Helping others learn Learning new things
myself People Kids Trying to create an environment where kids and
staff feel energized and excited to be everyday The belief that we
can create a school, a learning environment, where every student is
truly engaged in becoming the lifelong learner they are passionate
about.
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ISD 192 Movin & Shakin Grounding our beliefs/values,
mission/vision, and our strategies/path to get there Strategic
planning Customized learning
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Strategic Planning Strategic plan - ISD 192 HomepageISD 192
Homepage Who we are and what we WANT TO BE rather than a checklist
of things to cross off Provides the ability for all staff to
connect Next steps will involve building teams teacher leaders,
parents, etc. Redefine the look and feel of School Improvement
Planning and PDP development Special thanks to Lynda Ihlan
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Customized Learning- document document iPads teacher &
student Teachers do some sharing later about what you learned this
summer Early Adopters Process applications, multi-pair review,
allocation numbers, district parameters, back to building principal
Bellmont, Buelo, Fleenor, Ihlan, Meinke, Palodichuk, Ryba,
Winkworth Student iPads 1730 arrived in mid-July (cases followed
shortly after) Lots of process pieces being worked out FHS devices
will be delivered first with rest to follow beginning second week
of school 1:1 timeline will be dependent Apps Work in progress,
synching process, 1:1, free vs paid, etc.
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Customized Learning Schoology Learning Management System Tool
to enhance communication, collaboration, instruction, resource
management, and data acquisition in an online environment Focus
group came together last year to define features and identify a
product. Schoology.com Schoology.com Repository for your resources
Share with other teachers Share with students Interaction Groups
teacher groups, student groups, parents, etc Posts, discussions,
polls, quizzes, tests, etc. Migrate away from rSchools over the
course of the year
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Customized Learning Google Accounts for students On the
horizon? Student email? Google docs Excellent compatibility with
Schoology Document creation Document collaboration Video & You
Tube For staff Google docs, forms, webpages, etc. You Tube
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Reorganizing to make it happen Teaching and Learning Department
Barb Duffrin Director of Educational Programs Caleb Drexler Booth
Director of Teaching and Learning Charles Duarte Head of
Instructional Technology Sharon Davenport Data and Assessment
Coordinator Dan Pickens Digital Learning Specialist Brianna Buck
Digital Learning Specialist Technology Department Nate Simon
Director
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How are we doing? Data District MCA documentdocument Highlights
Reading Significant and systemic growth (past 6 years) Outperformed
state average in ALL grades Math MCA-III (2 nd year of test) Growth
in almost all grade levels Outperformed state in almost all grade
levels Middle Schools READING MCA 2012 Grade 6Grade 7Grade 8
BMS85.678.577.6 State76.371.472.4 MATH MCA 2012 Grade 6Grade 7Grade
8 BMS72.159.866.9 State59.958.662.0
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Calendar Items NWEA Testing Math and Reading for grades 6 &
7 Explore Testing Grade 8 Homecoming FHS students coming during
Tiger Times Sept. 19 & 21 Float building/Pep fest? Magazine
Fundraiser kick off Sept. 20 th FHS marching band concert November
2 nd Conferences Oct. 11 & 16
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Building Meetings Dates for Calendar handouthandout Team
Leaders need rep from each team (explore/elective ?) Team Planning
switch Tuesdays
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Back to School Night Structure 5:45-6:15PM House meetings Large
group Odyssey move to Auditorium Titan move to Little Theater Focus
items Family Web Access (Campus) & paperless report cards 6:15
7:30PM - Open meet and greet Those staff shared between buildings
signage with contact information
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Miscellaneous Computers Re-imaged to Windows 7 Set up printers
Teachers with a primary location other than BMS (or two rooms) may
have one computer that is older Very short machines in the building
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/help/getting-started
(Meinke)
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/help/getting-started
Schoology intro Building or district session possible
https://sites.google.com/site/schoologyhowtos/
https://sites.google.com/site/schoologyhowtos/ See Tammy (Monday,
Wednesday, Thursday) Planners, supply requests, papers, information
update, etc. Hall supervision & bus supervision schedules
Observation schedules Class sizes
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PLCs Richard Dewey Initiatives of the past 7-8 years UBD,
curriculum mapping, unpacking standards, rSchools website,
strategic planning, Infinite Campus adoption, building improvement
planning, common summative/formative assessments, new math series,
readers/writers workshop, Lucy Calkins, Optimal Learning
Model/Gradual release, Flipped classroom, etc. Fair amount of staff
change in that time, building transitions, various levels of
individual success, various degrees of implementation, shaped our
values/beliefs, etc. Building Capacity in the system Regardless of
building, department, team, etc. with everything that has happened,
it would seem difficult to have remained unchanged over the past
7-8 years Individually we have all grown and learned new ways to do
things and impact student achievement. Each of us is highly
unlikely to have mastered everything. Collectively we have
tremendous knowledge, skills, and the power to visualize a new
tomorrow and the capacity to bring it into being. Rethinking
Education -
http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_changing_education_paradigms.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_changing_education_paradigms.html