FORT GIBSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Working to Prepare All Students to be Career / College Ready by Graduation

DISTRICT MISSION (VISION) Our Vision Fort Gibson Schools will provide students a premier education for an ever-changing tomorrow. Our Mission Empower Students To Achieve! Our Primary aim is not to enable students to do well in school, but to rather to do well outside of school. -McNulty

CORE VALUES We will provide a positive school culture with a reputation for excellence. We will foster, promote, and recognize good citizenship, leadership, manners, and service. We will properly prepare students for post secondary opportunities. We will meet the needs of all students by providing a balance of premier academic and extracurricular opportunities. We will provide a seamless education that produces leading scores on assessments.

SUCCESS BY DESIGN NOT BY CHANCE The board, administration, staff, and community of Fort Gibson have a reputation of high standards and a commitment to excellence. State and Federal leaders are searching for common educational standards. We already have what we refer to as the “Fort Gibson Standard”. The Fort Gibson Standard consists of many components that far exceed what will be developed on a state or national level. Our standards are delineated in a plan that will result in Fort Gibson providing a premier education for its students.

FTG STANDARD!!! Increased Graduation Standards Graduation Portfolio Requirement BYOD digital learning program and only OK school to have virtual snow days! Pay in upper-tier of the State and best staff in the World! Initiatives in increasing: Oklahoma Academic All Staters, National Merit Finalists, ACT score ! Tremendous Facilities Tremendous Board and Foundation Support Pre-School and Tiny Tiger Program Robotics, MS Technology, and STEM initiative First class activities achieving at the highest level Advocacy for ALL students! Over 188,000 meals served and thousands of miles of safe transport of students every year

WHERE WILL WE BE IN 1 YEAR! Students Reading, Writing, Reasoning, and Speaking in all classes. Students and teachers using digital resources in the classroom and through virtual learning opportunities. Students creating educational products in a variety of ways including but not limited to using: text, audio, imaging, and video. Students learning through relevant and rigorous opportunities specifically designed for their needs and career ambitions.

A LEARNING PLATFORM FOR STUDENTS

THREE LEGGED STOOL OF TEACHER SUCCESS Relationships Relevance Rigor

WITHOUT APPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIPS – STUDENTS WILL NOT LEARN Relationships Student Advocacy, Capturing Kids Hearts Personalized Education Plans Classroom Management, District Procedures

WITHOUT RELEVANCE, STUDENTS WON’T CARE TO LEARN! Relevance Extracurricular Participation, Differentiated Learning, Global Learning Lexile Reading Levels, Career Pathways, STEM Character Ed, Service Learning, Peer Mentoring

WITHOUT RELEVANCE, STUDENTS WON’T CARE TO LEARN! Rigor RWSR (Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Reasoning) Competency Based Standards AP, Concurrent, Digital Classes, Competitive Activities Quad D Creative Products (Text, Audio, Video, Imaging, etc…)

RIGORRIGOR RELEVANCE A B D C Rigor/Relevance Framework Recall, facts, observations, demonstrate (Basic Facts) Assessments Summarize, analyze, organize, evaluate (Thinking in one subject) Predict, design, create, innovate (no right answers) Apply, relate, demonstrate (apply to real world) High Low

Textbooks limited due to more use of personalized digital content. Students and teachers will advance effectiveness of student led PTC’s and measure them. RWSR skills will be identified and noted in use in classroom. Teachers will continue to identify competency based standards for benchmarks and chart them Textbooks and worksheets only used on a limited basis as teachers become more aware of the power of digital content in meeting the personal learning needs of students. Teachers continue to use measured results from survey data to improve student led PTC’s. Teachers will use benchmark charts to improve benchmark test data. RWSR strategies continue to be documented in classroom Textbooks and worksheets only used on a limited basis as teachers become more aware of the power of digital content in meeting the personal learning needs of students. Teachers continue to use measured results from survey data to improve student led PTC’s. Teachers will use benchmark charts to improve benchmark test data. RWSR strategies continue to be documented in classroom. Vote bond for new technology, curriculum, facility needs Textbooks and worksheets only used on a limited basis as teachers become more aware of the power of digital content in meeting the personal learning needs of students. Teachers continue to use measured results from survey data to improve student led PTC’s. Teachers will use benchmark charts to improve benchmark test data. RWSR strategies continue to be documented in classroom.

RELATIONSHIPS Focus for Advocacy Goals Student led Parent Teacher Conference with student advocate 5-12 Advocate meets parents and student and sets goals Advocate makes monthly contact with parent Advocate makes weekly contact with student Students learn Leadership skills in line with “The Leader in Me” concepts. Classroom Management Master Teachers teach all teachers on PD day. Reinforce on Early Out Wed.

RELEVANCE Focus for : Instructional Strategies Teachers will utilize digital curriculum as a way to personalize learning. Review instructional strategies best practices at early out Wednesdays TLE, McREL growth measures will be tied to classroom practices Global ELL program will continue to expand to elementary and middle school Best practices will be demonstrated by master teachers at early out Wednesdays!

RIGOR Focus for : Standards Teachers will continue to blend New State standards with 21 st Century Teaching Strategies. Benchmarks and Assessments Comprehensive Pre, mid year, and post tests RWSR embedded in all unit/lesson designs and activities ACT and State Testing