1. FUTURA Developing the Intellect through Inquiry and Investigation
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Systems - Fall 2017

2. Meet the Teacher
Ms. Beth Marks

3. Meet the Administration
Dean:
Tricia Valenti
Principal:
Chris Knott
Assistant Principal: Andrew Lynch

4. Creightons Corner FUTURA Center Schedule
Serving:
Monday- Out of the Building
Tuesday- Moorefield Station, Grade 4
Wednesday- Moorefield Station, Grade 5
Thursday- Creightons Corner, Grade 5
Friday- Creightons Corner, Grade 4

5. FUTURA Goals
#1 To become divergent creative thinkers who recognize problems and solve them.
#2 To construct personal meaning and understanding of others and of the world around them.
#3 To develop the capacity for self assessment. (ownership of the learning)

6. Expectations Involvement Collaboration Ownership Problem Solving
Involvement in active learning
Development and use of planning strategies
Utilization of problem solving techniques
Application of core content learning to projects and products
Flexibility and critical thinking
Collaboration with fellow students
Perseverance and task commitment
Maintenance of proper classroom decorum

7. The Leader in Me

8. Overview of The Leader in Me
Is a process designed to help teachers develop leadership skills in their students.
Helps students discover their unique strengths.
Gives all students an opportunity to shine—to become leaders.
Helps infuse the language of the 7 Habits into all the curriculum.

9. The 7 Habits and Life Skills
What Parents and Business Leaders Want
21st Century Life Skills
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People®
INDEPENDENCE
Habits 1–3
Goal setting
Organization
Time management
Planning
Initiative
Responsibility
Self-direction
Personal productivity
Be Proactive®
Begin With the End in Mind®
Put First Things First®
INTERDEPENDENCE
Habits 4–6
Teamwork
Conflict management
Creativity
Analytical skills
Problem solving
Communication
Collaboration
Cross-cultural skills
Think Win-Win®
Seek First to Understand,
Then to Be Understood®
Synergize®
RENEWAL
Habit 7
Fun
Desire to learn
Good health and hygiene
Meaningful work
Emotional stability
Technical skills
Sharpen the Saw®
(Body, Heart, Mind, Spirit)
The 7 Habits and Life Skills

10. Habit 1— Be Proactive You’re in charge of yourself.
I have a “Can Do” attitude and always try my best at everything I do.
I follow directions and do the right thing without being asked, even when nobody is looking.
I choose my actions,
attitudes, and moods and don’t
blame others for my wrongdoing.

11. Habit 2 — Begin with the End in Mind Have a plan.
I plan ahead and set goals for myself.
I am prepared at all times.
I think about how the choices I make now will affect my future.
I think about the positive or negative consequences of my actions before I act.

12. Habit 3 - Put First Things First Work first, THEN play.
I do the things that I HAVE to do before I get to do the things that I WANT to do.
I stay focused on what I’m doing and try to minimize distractions if I get off task.
I spend my time on the things that are the most important.

13. Habit 4 - Think Win-Win Everyone can win.
I am a PROBLEM–SOLVER when an issue comes up with another person.
I think about what other people want and not just what I want.
I am kind to others and try to think of ways to make everyone happy.

14. Habit 5 - Seek First To Understand, Then to Be Understood
Listen before you talk.
I listen to others without interrupting.
I raise my hand when I want to speak and wait patiently to be called on.
I don’t blurt out.
I try to understand other
people’s views and feelings,
even if they are different from my own.

15. Habit 6 - Synergize Together is better.
I get along well with other people and work well in groups.
I value the strengths of others and allow myself to learn from them.
I know that by working together as a team we can get more done and come up with better solutions than we could alone.

16. Habit 7 - Sharpen the Saw Balance is best.
I take care of my body by eating right, exercising, and getting enough sleep.
I balance my time between school, community activities,
family, and friends.
I am always learning how to become a better person.

17. Quote
“Leadership is communicating a person’s worth and potential so clearly that they are inspired to see it in themselves.”
—Dr. Stephen R. Covey

18. Systems: Discover The Essential Understandings
Systems have a function/use (fit the needs of the designer/user)
Systems have a plan/design
Systems have parts that interact
Systems have boundaries/rules
Systems can change (often when one part changes, the whole system may change)

19. Possible Topics Under Systems
Natural Systems
Culture as a system
Inventions
Solar System
Number Systems
Systems of Problem Solviing
inductive and deductive reasoning
THE STOCK MARKET!

20. Independent Interest Centers
Satisfy curiosities
Develop tenacity
Foster independence
Goals:
To provide FUTURA students with opportunities to both satisfy and elicit their intense curiosity.
Provide real world application of knowledge and interactions with the thinking of professionals within the field of interest or topic.
FUTURA students have the opportunity to choose activities based on interest and learning style while working at their own individual pace.
Encourage independent thinking, risk-taking, creative and critical thinking.
Students learn task commitment and time management skills.
Reflect on individual accomplishments and set goals.
Some possible center topics: Art, Algebra, Titanic, Medieval Times, Reading/Blooms Taxonomy, Pen Pal Projects! Explain Crochet

21. BYOT- Bring Your Own Technology
Research
E Pen Pals
Stock Market
Creating

22. Assessments 1st Skill 2nd 1 2 3 4 5 6 S T Goal Setting
Given the opportunity, the student does not demonstrate this skill
Attempts to set goals but unable to meet them
Sets appropriate goals and works to meet them with guidance
Independently sets appropriate goals and works to meet them
Independently sets and meets appropriate goals
Independently sets and meets appropriately challenging goals
Formal Assessments are given at the end of each semester.
(late January and June)
Informal Assessments are ongoing. These will be in your child’s FUTURA binder with major projects/centers work.
Students are often asked to complete self-assessments prior to teacher evaluation of various products. This allows them to reflect on their learning and make comments/suggestions prior to another’s evaluation.
Have a copy of the assessment to hand out to parents at event.

23. Our Typical Day Interest Centers Structures Curriculum
Enrichment
Lunch and Recess
Recess usually at 12:00
Lunch is at 12:15
Return to base school at 1:45
Students are transported by bus from their home school to and from Creightons Corner Elementary.

24. Your Attendance Is Important To Us!
Please call both
your home school and
Creightons Corner
Students don’t get to opt in and out of FUTURA. FUTURA Attendance Policy!!! (new)
If there is an issue at the home school (special event, stressed out about work) please let us know so we can intervene
If your child is going to be late to school, please drive him or her to FUTURA center and our office will alert the base school when your child arrives
Tardy? Bring your child directly to FUTURA, not base school.

25. Hungry?
Students may bring their lunches from home or buy at the FUTURA center.
The lunch account is connected to your child’s base school. Please make sure your child has money on his/her account if he/she plans to buy lunch when at FUTURA.
Please send your child with a nutritious, nut-free, mid-morning snack.
Lunch Time is 11:25

26. Communication Binder FUTURA News Completed Assignments and Graded
Rubrics
FUTURA News

27. FUTURA Website

28. Required Forms at FUTURA
Emergency Form
Media Release/Acceptable Use Policy Form
Please REGISTER your device!
Bloomz registration
Emergency form (comes from the home school)
Student rights and responsibilities form also includes Internet Access Form
Permission for Video Taping and Photograph Form.
Even though you signed one with your student’s first day packet we need our own at this center.
Emergency

29. Medicines at FUTURA Treatment Plans Medications
Due to liability reasons, students are not allowed to carry their medicines back and forth on the bus to and from FUTURA UNLESS they have a prescription to carry their meds with them at all times.
Parents are encouraged to have an EpiPen and/or inhaler at both school locations.
There are stock EpiPens at each school in case of emergency.
Please contact the Health Services Office with any questions.

30. Make-Up Work Policy 2 Days to make up work Let us know…
Should only have to make up work that is absolutely essential.
Protocol: if there is an issue, contact classroom teacher first, and then seek help from me, if needed.

31. Worried? At Base School I have trouble getting them to understand me.
It’s hard to get along with kids my own age.
I don’t like being labeled “gifted” by kids.
I dislike being teased about being smart.
I don’t like it when somebody gives me the brush off for doing better than they do.
I have trouble coping with the way peers act. Sometimes they seem so slow to learn.
I think I should be the leader because I know more. Sometimes, I’m bossy, and my friends don’t like it.
It can be hard for me to work in a group because I want the work to be perfect.
Sometimes I think I know more than the teacher.
At FUTURA
Status change
Too many leaders
Missing base school
Make up work
Overcoming academic challenge

32. Withdrawals or Changes in Placement
If, for any reason, a student needs to withdraw from the program, a parent conference will be scheduled. There is a form to be filled out, signed and returned to your child’s SEARCH teacher or us, and we will forward it to the GT office. Your child may choose to opt back in at any time beginning the NEXT school year.
Mention FUTURA Attendance Policy: 4 absences = possible conference

33. Bloomz: Communication
Every parent’s will be included, even if you don’t sign up.
Will be an invitation link for each separate class