Paredes Middle School
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Welcome Back Teachers!!!
ONE TEAM ONE MESSAGE
ONE TEAM ONE MESSAGE
- Communicating our ONE TEAM ONE MESSAGE to our staff and students with our mission of creating a positive culture and climate in order for ALL our students to achieve academic success.
WELCOME BACK
- Good Things
- Honor Retired Staff/ New Staff Intro
- NORMS
- TELL Survey
- ONE TEAM ONE MESSAGE
- Strategy Input and Practice
- SIM VOTE
Torres-Solis
- Purpose- MY PURPOSE IS TO INSPIRE AND EMPOWER MY STUDENTS TO BE LEADERS AND MAXIMIZE THEIR GREATNESS THROUGH EDUCATION.
My Beautiful Daughters
Alyssa and Kaitlyn
My Family
Mom, Dad and 2 Sisters
Me and My Girls
The best gift ever!
My Grandpa
The Amazing Tom L. Garcia
At the Drake Concert!
My Grandma
The Amazing Luz Torres
PAREDES NORMS-
- One Team One Message
- Be on time. Start on Time. End on Time.
- Publish an agenda in advance and stick to it.
- Make the content count and keep it relevant.
- Be positive, while providing constructive solutions.
- Be respectful and open minded.
Motto- What Paredes is about!
Paredes PRIDE See it Believe it Achieve it…Enough Said
Goal- GREET EVERY STUDENT EVERYDAY!!!!!
THEY LOVE IT!!! Hold them accountable to manners and respect!!! ALL THE TIME
Why Professionalism?
BAD Customer Service
Model what we want to see in our students
- PLC Expectations- Decide on roles in PLC’s- Turn in roles per grade level PLC and establish day for grade level PLC
- Grade Co-Leaders and Department Heads will ensure the following
- Leaders will provide support for the PLC’s
- Agendas are generated and emailed in advance
- Review norms EVERY meeting
- Ensure everything we do is focused on What’s Best for Kids and Paredes PRIDE.
- Constant communications between PLC and admin
- System for Conflict Resolution- Staff
- If you can professionally communicate with the person please do so if not then
- ALWAYS assume the best of intentions
- Keep the issue private
- Report to admin for perspective or assistance
- Admin will address it
- Private conversation
- Mediation if needed
- Follow up
- Professional Communication
- Don't text parents or students
- Careful with all emails that are sent with student concerns
- Establish- Committee for students to be removed from a class per teacher request- August 18 get 3 member committee- Campus faculty chose 2 and 1 alternate and one chosen by the principal.
Positive climate and culture- Mirror on ourselves with our positive attitude?
Climate and Culture of Excellence- Where are we going?
How to Give and Receive Positive Karma Oprah's Lifeclass Oprah Winfrey Network
Instructional strategies one pager handout
- Our DATA shows a strong foundation for us to take this campus to the next level
- Why Paredes PRIDE?
- Paredes One Pager- Keep us focus
- Laser focused on setting a standard of excellence and not chasing it.
Non- Negotiables
- Trends
- ISS framework- Successful days
- Admin Non-Negotiables
- School-wide Discipline Non-negotiables
- System for Conflict Resolutions- Students
- Student teacher conference after meeting privately
- Proactive about student issue
- Constant communication
STAAR TIME
The Ron Clark Story The Triumph trailerwww savevid com
Paredes Data- Where are we?
- ONE PAGER
- Last Year- 2013-2014 STAAR DATA
- This Year- 2014-2015 STAAR DATA
TEA State Accountability Overview
How we treat each other?
- Be on time. Start on Time. End on Time.
- Publish an agenda in advance and stick to it.
- Make the content count and keep it relevant.
- Be positive, while providing constructive solutions.
- Be respectful and open minded.
Think pair share- What norm are you a rock star at and which norm is your area of growth?
If we speak positively long enough students begin to believe it!
P- I am a PROFESSIONAL student achieving high expectations to ensure a POSITIVE future.
R- I take RESPONSIBILITY for my actions, honoring myself and everyone around me with RESPECT.
I- I will INFLUENCE and INSPIRE those around me with my positive attitude.
D- I am DETERMINED to make my DREAMS come true by working hard in my classroom as well as in my extra-curricular arena.
E- I am EMPOWERED to achieve EXCELLENCE by believing in my greatness and the greatness of others.
I AM PAREDES PRIDE ENOUGH SAID!
McFarland, USA Movie CLIP - Believe In Yourselves (2015) - Kevin Costner Sports Drama HD
Think pair share- What word means the most to you and how will you ensure students personify it?
BREAK
"Teacher, do you realize what it's like to be me?!"
BOTS- Input
Structured Positive Learning Environment-PBMS
- Classroom management- Focused on student empowerment
- Let’s focus on teaching our students professional behavior and professional communication
- Let’s focus on creating safe environments where students can be inspired and empowered by you and their peers
- See video and presentation
BREAK
1st Day of PD Review
UO and Lesson Planning
See you tomorrow...Enough Said!
SIM PD
Unit Organizer
Paredes SIM Expecatations
- One Team One Message
- Display Unit Organizer in your classroom- EVERY classroom and the gym
- Empower students to utilize the Unit Organizer as a PLC agenda that guides their learning using the academic language
- Support students in PRIDE Advisory utilizing SIM Frame for current events that we will have PD on officially in October
- Mrs. Kinslow will provide support through PLC's, modeling in your classroom and per your request so please don't hesitate to ask
- Ms. Pituch is the administrative contact for support
Kafele Activity
The answer is in MY mirror
- Think Pair Share
- What is the ATTITUDE Gap?
A teacher said, "YOU ARE GREAT," and the student believed it!
Principal Kafele Inspirational Leader- Reflections or thoughts
TEA STATE ACCOUNTABILITY OVERVIEW
TEA State Accountability Overview
MARK YOUR CALENDAR CIP CREATION
CIP CREATION- August 12 from 9-4pm at Allen Elementary
- Goals aligned with our data and our budget
Austin ISD New Strategic Plan
Master Schedule Update
6th grade doubled blocked ELA and Math
7th grade double blocked ELA and single blocked Math
8th grade double blocked Math and single blocked ELA
Paredes PRIDE- One Pager Review and Input
- Paredes Common 5
- Walk-thrus expectations and coverage
- Admin Team will walk-thru together once a week Tuesday or Wednesday
- Learning walks once a month admin and grade level- All admin instead of kid time
- Current form- PDAS walk-through form/1 pager
PLC Leader Expectations
- Grade Co-Leaders and Department Heads will ensure the following
- Leaders will provide support for the PLC’s
- Agendas are generated and emailed in advance
- Review norms EVERY meeting
- Ensure everything we do is focused on What’s Best for Kids and Paredes PRIDE.
- Constant communications between PLC and admin
FOCUS ON PROFESSIONALISM STAFF AND STUDENTS
SAMPLE PBMS Professionalism Video- STUDENT EMPOWERMENT
Professional Communication
- Conflict Resolution- Staff
- If you can professionally communicate with the person please do so if not then
- Keep the issue private
- Report to admin for perspective or assistance
- Conflict Resolutions- Students
- Student teacher conference after meeting privately
- Proactive about student issue
- Constant communication
- Establish- Committee for students to be removed from a class per teacher request- August 18 get 3 member committee- Campus faculty chose 2 and 1 alternate and one chosen by the principal.
Paredes PRIDE Systems
- Morning procedures-
- 6th grade in the cafeteria
- 7th grade one side of the gym
- 8th grade one side of the gym
- 7:30- breakfast starts
- 7:45- 7th and 8th grade released to gym
- 8:05- 6th grade release
- 8:07- 7th grade release
- 8:10- 8th grade release
- Expectations
- Come in and sit down
- You must have a pass to go to a teachers class
- Professional voices need to be used at all times
- Make sure you ask the adult on duty to go to the restroom
- Lunch procedures
- Come in and sit down
- Pick you seat for the entire lunch period
- Ask admin to go to the restroom
- When given permission use technology professionally
- Professional voices need to be used at all times
- Custodians will bring by trash cans
- Leave your area clean
- Announcements
- Admin will release students to eat by table to go eat
- Admin will release students from the cafeteria to class
- Afternoon procedures
- 6th grade released at 3:25
- 7th and 8th grade released at 3:30
- Report directly to 21K or after school activities right away
School-wide Consequences for Inappropriate Behavior
BOTS- Review and input
Daily schedule
- Daily schedule
- Power Monday Meetings- C Day Schedule
- Dress for success after we model what it looks like
- Staff supporting dress for success in professional attire on Mondays
- Tuesday- Friday
- Standard dress code Tuesday-Thursday
- Staff dress code from professional attire to business casual
- Friday spirit shirt day
- Staff Jean Day- With shirts?
- Advisory schedule
- Tuesday- Grade check
- Wednesday- SEL
- Thursday- Current events/
Teacher Schedule
- 7:45-3:45
Meeting Schedule
- Admin PLC coverage and expectations
- Admin will attend 1 grade level and 1 content are PLC a week
- Every other Tuesday Meeting
- Faculty Meeting 1st Tuesday of the month 3:45-5pm
- Coaches and 21K teachers see Torres-Solis for expectations
- CAC Meeting 1st Tuesday of the month 5pm
- Vertical Content Meeting 3rd Tuesday of the month 3:45-5pm
- Leadership team 2nd Tuesday of the month 3:45-5pm
- eCST Meeting ????
- Meeting schedule for the week
- 1 per week per grade level content- 45 min
- 1 per week per grade level (Kid Day)- 45