1. Guyan Valley Middle School SSOS Presentation Jeremy Brunty, Principal Johnna Davis, Literacy Coach Gerald Hartley, RLA 8 Amy Messinger, Math 6 Esther Nelson, TIS Steve Pauley, Mentor

2. 1 2 3 Reading Literacy Student Engagement School Culture (1) Focus Goals

3. (1 A) Reading Literacy… Literacy Coach SRI System 44 READ 180 ReadAbout SRA REWARDS WV Writes PLATO Acuity

4. (1B) Student Engagement Instructional Practices Inventory (IPI) WV Writes techSteps Learning Focused Practices DOK Training and Implementation Test Talks Adopt a Student Professional Development on Motivating Middle level learners

5. (1C) School Culture Celebrating successes PLC Training and Implementation Increase involvement in leadership team Grade level teams Department teams Stonewall Retreat (Student Engagement & Exhibiting a Positive Attitude) Team Building Retreat (Summer 2011)

6. (2 & 3) Progress & Evidence on Action Steps 1)Reading Literacy * SRISRI * READ 180 * AcuityAcuity 2) Student Engagement * techStepstechSteps * PBLsPBLs * Morning tutoring sessions * Arts – Clay CenterArts – Clay Center 3) School Culture * Respect & Protect * Celebrating student successesCelebrating student successes * Increasing Parent Involvement

7. (4) Leadership Team LearningChanging Increase Representation Addition of a staff member from Spec. Ed and Related Arts Increase awareness of tasksInvite staff members to attend meetings Under attendance in after school programMorning tutoring sessions/homework DP21Form an attendance task force SMART Goals & Norms Established by grade level and department teams SIG and 5 Year Strategic PlanCopies given to all staff members Data drives instructionUsing data to assess our needs

8. (5) What We Have Learned about Our Staff Areas of strengths * Open minded about school improvement * Use of technology * Take risks * Frequent communication on student performance * Caring and compassionate staff * Teaching styles Areas of potential growth * Varying rates of progression toward school improvement * Mission Statement and Goals * Classroom management * Co-teaching

9. (6) What We Have Learned about Our Students LearningAlterations Severity of reading deficiency Revamped scheduling, class design, programs, and lesson plans Emerging readersSRA and System 44 Deficiency in awareness of being successful Celebrations, test talks, quick feedback, and conversation to encourage the desire to be successful

10. (7) Tentative Areas of Focus for 2011-2012 Reading and writing literacy Student engagement Student data notebooks Student leadership Support for standards-based instruction Enrichment School Culture Developing school mission statement, core beliefs, and vision statement Team building & celebrating teacher successes

11. (7) Tentative Areas of Focus for 2011-2012 Reading and writing literacy Student engagement Student data notebooks Student leadership Support for standards-based instruction Enrichment School Culture Developing school mission statement, core beliefs, and vision statement Team building and celebrating teacher successes

12. (8) Keeping the Momentum and Progress Going Data notebooks Data Walls Scheduled intervention PLCs Test talks Summer retreat for staff Collaboration on mission statement and core beliefs Writing literacy Higher level instructional practices Using data from formative assessments SMART goals

14. WV Writes Rubric Organization Development Sentence Structure Word Choice/Grammar Use Mechanics Holistic Score

15. techSteps Creativity and Innovation Communication and Collaboration Research and Information Fluency Critical Thinking, Problem Solving Digital Citizenship Technology Operations and Concepts

17. SRI