1. BEXLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL Report to Board of Education February 2015

2. IB MYP

3.  Unit planning process  Self-study begins in 2015 / Monitoring of unit plans  Site visit in the fall of 2016 – dual MS/HS  Concurrency of learning requirement (Design and Arts)  Personal Project

4. WE HAD A GREAT YEAR IN 2013-14…

5. INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES = INCREASED ACHIEVEMENT

6. …BUT WE CAN DO EVEN BETTER! COMPARISON SCHOOLS PERFORMANCE INDEX GAP CLOSING VALUE ADDED ECON. DISADVANTAGED Larson MS (Grandview)109.3AA12.6% Granville MS108.5BC5% Hastings MS (UA)108.1BA<1% Jones MS (UA)107.9AA<1% Bexley MS107.6DA12.4% New Albany MS104.8DA8%

7. EARLY INDICATIONS ARE LOOKING GOOD NATIONAL PERCENTILES 7 TH GRADE8 TH GRADE Science 8082 Math 7584 Reading 7670 English 73 ACT Aspire, October 2014

8. STEPS TO SUCCESS  Continue to increase learning opportunities for students  Language and Literature groupings  Focus on gifted students in Social Studies/ Science  Collaboration on reading and writing across departments

9. FROM “DOUBLE IDENTIFICATION” TO “HIGH ACHIEVING”  Currently serving 46 6 th graders in GATE  Plan to serve approximately 72 current 6 th graders next year through Lang & Lit “A”  This does not require additional staffing, but other Gifted Requirements do NameGATE 6 State %-ile Student 1Y97 Student 2Y97 Student 3Y96 Student 4Y94 Student 5Y94 Student 6N94 Student 7Y94 Student 8Y94 Student 9Y93 Student 10N92

10. STEPS TO SUCCESS  Increase supports during learning  Timely, actionable feedback to students  Improve communication of learning  Standards/ mastery based reporting system

11. BMS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ROADMAP 2014-2017

12. CURRENT REPORTING  Single letter grade/ percentage per class  Averaged for the year  Inconsistent grading practices between teachers

13. CURRENT REPORTING

14. STANDARDS BASED REPORTING Homework (Participation) Formative Assessment (Not included in Grade) Summative Assessment

15. STANDARDS BASED REPORTING #2 Ch. 1 – 2 min Conversation 45/45 #1 Ch. 1 – TV Ad 32/40 Collected Aligned to Standards/ Themes Sample #1, 2

16. Spanish 7PPPP Standards: Q1Q2Q3Final 1) Interpretive Communication (reading, listening, viewing) 2332 2) Interpersonal Communication (speaking, listening, viewing, reading, writing) -233 3) Presentational Communication (speaking, writing) --23 4) Knowledge and Understanding of Cultures 34-4 5) Student Skills/ Work Habits 1323 STANDARDS BASED REPORTING Key: 1 = 2 = 3 = 4 = SampleSample

17. What is the most vulnerable time for students during the day?  Bullying  Exclusion  Substance Abuse  Sexual Activity SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL WELLNESS OPPORTUNITIES

18.  Capacity  MS students eat at 10:43  HS students have to eat in the halls/ off campus  Comfort  One type of seating  Not an environment any of us would choose  Safety  Too many kids off campus  Emotionally most “dangerous” part of the day for many students

19. I am asking the Board of Education to partner with Bexley Education Foundation to find out “What’s Possible” for the cafeteria space. SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL WELLNESS OPPORTUNITIES