Student Ownership of Grades, Behaviors, & Relationships PLC and THE LEADER IN ME

Virginia E. George Elementary School Rural Northwest Missouri 245 PreK-5 th Grade Students/2 sections of each grade School-wide Title Building/64% free/reduced Before and After School Child Care 6:15-5:30 five days per week 4 day school week Tuesday-Friday Professional Development-2 Mondays per month 5 th year PLC

Virginia E. George Elementary PLC Focus on Learning Culture of Collaboration Focus on Results LIM Leadership Environment Integrated Curriculum & Instruction Staff Collaboration Student Leadership Parent & Community Engagement Goal Tracking Measurable Results

Focus on Results Goal Tracking Measurable Results Leadership Environment-Teacher & Student Data Notebooks Culture of Collaboration Curriculum & Instruction Integration Staff Collaboration Data Notebooks Leadership Environment with Common Language Student Leadership Parent & Community Collaboration Focus on Learning Goal Tracking Data Notebooks Student Conferencing & Student Led Conferences Leadership Environment

The Leader in Me Developing Leaders, One Child at a Time Creating a Culture of Leadership Common language built on The 7 Habits to Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey in student friendly terminology –Be Proactive  You’re in Charge –Begin With the End in Mind  Have a Plan –Put First Things First  Work First, Then Play –Think Win-Win  Everyone Can Win –Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood  Listen Before You Talk –Synergize  Together is Better –Sharpen the Saw  Balance Feels Best

Collaborative Focus on Student Learning Mission Statements Goal Setting Student Data Notebooks Data Team Meetings Student Leadership Teacher and Student Collaboration Professional Development

Class Mission Statements

Learners Today-Leaders Tomorrow Mrs. Humphrey’s First Graders will “put first things first” to learn all we can so we will be smart grown-ups! Preschool’s Mission: We will be kind, be smart, follow directions, and keep our hands to ourselves. The Mission of Mrs. Newman’s 4 th grade class is to be leaders and successful students of Virginia E. George Elementary School who work hard to achieve our goals by using the 7 Habits. We, the Second Grade Rockers, will be brave and not be scared to take a challenge. When challenges come our way, we will be proactive.

Goal Setting

Building level goals: –VEG K-5 Students scoring proficient or higher on CBM Math will increase from 62.6% on fall benchmark to 84% at spring benchmark by May Teacher goals: –100% of Kindergarten students will be able to fluently identify all upper and lower case letters by December 2013.

Goal Setting Grade level/classroom goals: –100% of fifth graders will increase their minimum amount of continuous running from one minute to four minutes by the end of the school year. Student goals: –I will spell 20 words correctly on my weekly spelling test. I will practice with my mom/dad. I will take a quiz with my mom.

Data Notebook Tour

Student Data Notebooks Students learn how to be in charge of their learning. –Set goals –Monitor goals –Accountability partners

Student Data Notebooks Teachers help students set goals Looks different at various grade levels Student driven Sent home daily/weekly

Notebook Items Consistent Throughout the Building: –7 Habits Tree –Class Mission –Monthly Behavior Chart –Goals

Data Teams Agenda, norms Discuss student growth and challenges Grade level teams meet once per week Meeting reports are posted in teacher workroom Lots of brainstorming Vertical data teams meet

Data Driven Instruction Goal Setting –Building level goals –Teachers set and monitor goals –Student goals Data Analysis –Be careful of data overload –What do we use and what can we get rid of? –Looking at student work

Student Leaders

Safety Patrol Green Team Tech Leaders Good Deeds TriLEARNathon Lost & Found Mail Carriers Grounds Crew Bus Leaders Public Relations Greeters Student Council Breakfast Leaders Lunch Leaders Morning News Announcers Interior Decorators Music Leaders

Collaboration

Teacher & Student Collaboration Students and teachers work together to make V.E.G. a better place to learn. Create scoring guides together Students are able to express and implement ideas Student conferencing Student led conferences Student mentors

Professional Development Driven by teachers’ needs Common focus Mission & vision, smart goals, unwrapping standards Book study Administration participates in PD Off site work day

Celebrations

Begin with the end in mind!

Contact Information Albany R-III School District, Virginia E. George Elementary School, 202 South East St. Albany, MO phone (660) ; fax (660) Beth Comer, Kindergarten teacher Sandy Seipel, Elementary principal Kendra Watson, Fourth grade teacher Cindy Wilson, Reading teacher Materials used by V.E.G. teachers and students are from various sources and have been adapted to fit the needs of our students.