student ownership of grades, behaviors, & relationships plc and the leader in me

Student Ownership of Grades, Behaviors,

& RelationshipsPLC and THE LEADER IN ME

Virginia E. George Elementary School

• Rural Northwest Missouri• 245 PreK-5th Grade Students/2 sections of each

grade• School-wide Title Building/64% free/reduced• Before and After School Child Care 6:15-5:30

five days per week• 4 day school week Tuesday-Friday• Professional Development-2 Mondays per

month• 5th year PLC

Virginia E. George Elementary

PLC

• Focus on Learning• Culture of Collaboration• Focus on Results

LIM

• Leadership Environment• Integrated Curriculum &

Instruction• Staff Collaboration• Student Leadership• Parent & Community

Engagement• Goal Tracking• Measurable Results

The Leader in Me

• Developing Leaders, One Child at a Time• Creating a Culture of Leadership• Common language built on The 7 Habits to Highly Effective People

by Stephen R. Covey in student friendly terminology– Be ProactiveYou’re in Charge

– Begin With the End in MindHave a Plan

– Put First Things FirstWork First, Then Play

– Think Win-WinEveryone Can Win

– Seek First to Understand, Then to Be UnderstoodListen Before You Talk

– SynergizeTogether is Better

– Sharpen the SawBalance Feels Best

Collaborative Focus on Student Learning

• Mission Statements

• Goal Setting

• Student Data Notebooks

• Data Team Meetings

• Student Leadership

• Teacher and Student Collaboration

• Professional Development

Class Mission Statements

Learners Today-Leaders Tomorrow

• Mrs. Humphrey’s First Graders will “put first things first” to learn all we can so we will be smart grown-ups!

• Preschool’s Mission: We will be kind, be smart, follow directions, and keep our hands to ourselves.

• The Mission of Mrs. Newman’s 4th grade class is to be leaders and successful students of Virginia E. George Elementary School who work hard to achieve our goals by using the 7 Habits.

• We, the Second Grade Rockers, will be brave and not be scared to take a challenge. When challenges come our way, we will be proactive.

Goal Setting

Goal Setting

• Building level goals:– VEG K-5 Students scoring proficient or higher

on CBM Math will increase from 62.6% on fall benchmark to 84% at spring benchmark by May 2014.

• Teacher goals:– 100% of Kindergarten students will be able to

fluently identify all upper and lower case letters by December 2013.

Goal Setting

• Grade level/classroom goals:– 100% of fifth graders will increase their minimum

amount of continuous running from one minute to four minutes by the end of the 13-14 school year.

• Student goals:– I will spell 20 words correctly on my weekly

spelling test.• I will practice with my mom/dad.• I will take a quiz with my mom.

GRADE LEVEL ____________________________________________ DATE _________________________________________

SMART GOAL Strategies and Action Steps

Responsibility Timeline Evidence of Effectiveness

In order to become a team—a group of people working interdependently to achieve a common goal for which members are held mutually accountable—you must establish a specific and measurable performance goal. The SMART acronym helps teams in PLCs establish goals linked to gains in student achievement.

SMART goals: StrategicSpecificMeasurableAttainableResults-orientedTimebound

Data Notebook Tour

Student Data Notebooks

• Students learn how to be in charge of their learning. – Set goals– Monitor goals– Accountability partners

Student Data Notebooks

• Teachers help students set goals

• Looks different at various grade levels

• Student driven

• Sent home daily/weekly

Notebook Items Consistent Throughout the Building:

– 7 Habits Tree– Class Mission– Monthly Behavior Chart– Goals

Data Teams

• Agenda, norms

• Discuss student growth and challenges

• Grade level teams meet once per week

• Meeting reports are posted in teacher workroom

• Lots of brainstorming

• Vertical data teams meet

Data Driven Instruction

• Goal Setting– Building level goals– Teachers set and monitor goals– Student goals

• Data Analysis– Be careful of data overload– What do we use and what can we get rid of?– Looking at student work

Student Leaders

Student Leaders• Safety Patrol• Green Team• Tech Leaders• Good Deeds• TriLEARNathon• Lost & Found• Mail Carriers• Grounds Crew• Bus Leaders

• Public Relations• Greeters• Student Council• Breakfast Leaders• Lunch Leaders• Morning News

Announcers• Interior Decorators• Music Leaders

Collaboration

Teacher & Student Collaboration

• Students and teachers work together to make V.E.G. a better place to learn.

• Create scoring guides together• Students are able to express

and implement ideas • Student conferencing• Student led conferences• Student mentors

Professional Development

• Driven by teachers’ needs

• Common focus

• Mission & vision, smart goals, unwrapping standards

• Book study

• Administration participates in PD

• Off site work day

Celebrations

Begin with the end in mind!

Contact Information

Albany R-III School District, Virginia E. George Elementary School, 202 South East St. Albany, MO 64402

phone (660) 726-5621; fax (660) 726-4107

• Beth Comer, Kindergarten teacher

– bcomer@albany.k12.mo.us

• Sandy Seipel, Elementary principal

– sseipel@albany.k12.mo.us

• Kendra Watson, Fourth grade teacher

– kwatson@albany.k12.mo.us

• Cindy Wilson, Reading teacher

– cwilson@albany.k12.mo.us

Materials used by V.E.G. teachers and students are from various sources and have been adapted to fit the needs of our students.