1. Kays Creek Elementary

2. 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

3. School Wide Behavior Plan

4. 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

5. What is a growth mindset?

6. Video of Growth Mindset

7. Project Based Learning/Project Lead the Way

8. 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

9. Attendance

10. 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 had 10 or more absences
13% of students at Kay’s Creek during the had 9 or less absences

11. Davis District Grading Policy

12. 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

13. How Children Succeed

14. How to help our children succeed when others might fail

15. 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 Close nurturing relationships with parents and caregivers build resilience Children need challenge and a little hardship and the possibility of failure to build character Students do better academically if they think they can learn something through hard work.

16. 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.

17. We are looking forward to a great year!