Kays Creek Elementary 2017-2018

Goals for 2017-2018 Develop a school wide behavior program Teach and focus on a growth mindset Develop project based learning/ Project Lead the Way Make students and parents aware of attendance issues

School Wide Behavior Plan

Development of Behavior Plan and proposed timeline Step 1 Select Committee Members (Faculty and Parents) Step 2 Review Child Development Stages Step 3 Develop Plan Step 4 Share Plan with Faculty and Staff/PTA make changes as needed Step 5 Share final Plan with Parents

What is a growth mindset?

Video of Growth Mindset

Project Based Learning/Project Lead the Way

Comparison of Project Based Learning and Project Lead the Way – we will be doing both this year Students gain knowledge by working for an extended period of time on a problem or question The project includes content and skills that focuses on grade level learning Students develop critical thinking and problem solving and learn to self manage The project must be a real-world problem or task Students make their own decision about their work Students present their completed project to people beyond the classroom Project Lead the Way Interdisciplinary modules that have activities, projects and problems for students to solve Students discover the design process used by engineers Module areas include computer science, engineering and biomedical Grade level modules and aligned to the grade level standards Modules are hands on and relate to the world

Attendance

Attendance Facts What the research says Kays Creek Elementary 10 or more absences per year is deemed as a chronic attendance problem A chronic absenteeism problem is and indicator that students might drop out of high school There is a correlation between attendance and achievement 9% of students at Kay’s Creek during the 2016-2017 had 10 or more absences 13% of students at Kay’s Creek during the 2016-2017 had 9 or less absences

Davis District Grading Policy

Standards Rating Guide and what it means Mark of a 3 Mark of a 2 Mark of a 1 Has fully mastered the grade level standards and can work independently without support Working toward mastering the grade level standards and still needs support to continue learning those standards Struggles to understand the grade level standards and needs constant support in understanding those standards Student is ready for enrichment Student is working to learn grade level concepts Student is in need or remedial work Davis School District uses the grade level standards to determine academic success Students are scored based upon their proficiency of meeting the identified standard Most students should be working toward mastery not at mastery Increasing the rigor of the learning and raising the bar for mastery is the goal for improving critical thinking and problem solving

How Children Succeed

How to help our children succeed when others might fail

Some key points from the book:. 1. Non cognitive skills matter Some key points from the book: 1. Non cognitive skills matter. These are things like persistence, self control, curiosity, conscientiousness, grit and self confidence. 2. Close nurturing relationships with parents and caregivers build resilience. 3. Children need challenge and a little hardship and the possibility of failure to build character. 4. Students do better academically if they think they can learn something through hard work.

Back to School Open House Monday August 21st 6:00-7:30 Students are invited to come and meet their teacher. Be sure to watch your teachers Office Mix before coming. Teachers will be available for questions. There will not be a formal presentation from teachers. There will be a meeting at 6:00 pm for all parents.

We are looking forward to a great year!