The #DexterParkPride
Every Child. Every Day.
The Dexter Park Innovation School
Vision
At the Dexter Park Innovation School we celebrate each other’s differences and strive to meet the needs of all students through collaboration among staff, family, and community. By providing an inclusive, welcoming environment and sustainable instruction carried out with fidelity, we will nurture the whole child and meet individual needs. We believe all students can find success.
Mission Statement
The Dexter Park Innovation School will strive to provide an inclusive environment with instructional practices designed to meet individual needs. All students will be provided with differentiated educational opportunities to increase achievement. Our mission is for all students to gain skills, both academic and social, in order to be successful in the future.
Core Beliefs
We believe that all students who attend The Dexter Park Innovation School:
Can learn
Have a right to feel:
Safe
Welcome
Respected
Successful
Adult Community Guidelines
We will strive to recognize and respect the perspectives and ideas of all staff, while assuming we all have positive intent for our students.
We will work together to create an adult learning community in which all members feel valued and respected.
We will communicate our ideas, concerns, or needs for support openly, honestly, and respectfully.
We will help each other identify root causes of problems and consequences without judgement to problem solve as a team.
We will work together to create and protect time in our schedules to share, discuss, and collaborate with fellow educators.
Visioning for Positive Change in 2018
Here are some examples that I have already seen across the building.
Congratulations are in order!
"If you want to give light to others, you have to glow yourself."
Shirt sale to benefit Make a Wish Foundation
Our North Star
Positive Behavior Support Update
Our Dexter Park Promises
Positive Phone Calls Home
Current phone call count= 22
We Want to Hear from You
Staff Book Study
Get Staff Updates to Your Phone!
Upcoming Events
January 12th: Leadership Team
January 15th: MLK Jr. Day (No School)
January 18th: Curt Bates (coaching and consulting)
January 19th: Marks close
January 25th: Early release (11:30)
January 26th: Leadership Team; Report cards sent home
*NOTE- JANUARY ALL SCHOOL ASSEMBLY IS CANCELLED*
Quotes to Ponder (I have the full article if you'd like it)
"That’s one of my frustrations in the business. Why don’t we start with acknowledging and recognizing that we do have excellence all around us? Why would you take a teacher who uses a method that you may not like, who uses a method perhaps out of the 1970s, but they’re having an impact on their kids – why would you change that? … Some of those teachers with their arms crossed in the back of the room don’t need to change. Some of them do. Your first job is to work out which camp they are in.” John Hattie in an interview with Justin Baeder, Principal Center, December 25, 2017 https://www.principalcenter.com/john-hattie-ten-mindframes-visible-learning-teaching-success/
“How does the current array of technology in schools fit with the ages-old aspiration of forming thoughtful and reflective young men and women who will strive for a greater good beyond themselves?” David Scoggin
“Rather than focusing on grades and test scores, students need opportunities to take on big issues, work with diverse teams, and produce innovations that will make their communities proud. Technology can help motivate and accelerate learning. It can help young people create and invent, launch social movements, and even contribute to solving global problems.” Tom Vander Ark
“When school librarians work in silos, it is easy for them to become discouraged, stop growing, and even be considered irrelevant in this increasingly digital age. When librarians are part of the vital work of the school and district, however, it is difficult to imagine making changes in schools without them.” Kristen Mattson and Allan Davenport in “Collaborative Leadership as a Catalyst for Change” in Knowledge Quest, January/February 2018 (Vol. 46, #3, p. 14-21), no e-link available; author e-mails: Allan_Davenport@ipsd.org and Kristen_Mattson@ipsd.org
Need Some Information?
About Us
Email: christopherdodge@orange-elem.org
Website: http://dexterparkprincipal.blogspot.com/
Location: 3 Dexter Street, Orange, MA, United States
Phone: 978-544-6080
Facebook: facebook.com/dexterparkinnovationschool
Twitter: @PrincipalDodge1