This document discusses initiatives at Mishicot High School and Middle School to improve student outcomes. It describes implementing advisement, student portfolios, career exploration lessons, student-parent conferences, and increasing graduation requirements. These changes aimed to improve standardized test scores, career planning, and the post-secondary transition. Data shows increases in the high school completion rate, number of students taking the ACT, and college credits earned while in high school. The author concludes that despite additional work, the changes have benefited students.

1. MAKING A DIFFERENCE
WITH OUR STUDENTS AND
OUR SCHOOL
MARCI WALDRON-KUHN

2. OVERVIEW
 Demographics
 History of how MHS adopted Advisement and Portfolio
 History of how MMS adopted Resource
 How did we do it?
 What is Advisement?
 Examples of Lesson Plans
 What is Portfolio?
 Examples of Student Portfolios
 Utilization of WisCareers
 MMS Resource
 Student-Parent Conferencing
 Raising the Rigor
 Are all the changes worth it?
 Questions

3. DEMOGRAPHICS
 Population (2010 census): 1,442
 Total MHS school enrollment for the 2012-2013
school year was: 289. For the 2013-14 school
year we have: 273
 The graduating class of 2013 had an enrollment of:
76.
 2014 = 68
 2015 = 68
 2016 = 76
 2017 = 61

4. Steady
Declining
Enrollment
Since 2007-08

7. HISTORY OF ADOPTION
 EXPLORE and PLAN Needs Assessments
 Study skills
 Career Planning
 ACT score improvement
 Senior Exit Surveys
 Counseling State Standards – meet the gaps
 Asset Survey
 Making Connections
 Economy changes
 Switch Schedule 8 period day to 4 period block

8. HOW DID WE DO IT?
 1st year 2009-2010 at the HS
 Block Schedule
 Advisement
 Portfolio
 Student-Parent Meetings 8th and 10th
 ACT test prep onsite with our instructors
 Reality Store

9. 2ND YEAR 2010-2011 HS AND MS:
 Implemented in Middle School for a
6-12 philosophy
 Academic Days
 Wisconsin Education Fair – 11th
 Student-Parent Meetings 8th, 10th,
and 12th
 Careers in the Cafe

10. 3RD YEAR 2011-2012:
 Best Work by grade level
 Video Tutorials MS and HS
 WisCareers 6-12
 Spring Academic Day in MS
 RtI
 STAR testing - PM
 Standardized Test Prep

11. 4TH YEAR – 2012-13
 Fall and Spring Academic Days 6-12
 Middle School Resource = PBIS and
RTI
 Middle School Capstone class 6-8
 High School – RTI interventions

12. 5TH YEAR 2013-14
 RTI enrichment/intervention 2 days per week
 SNAP – Students Needing Assistance Period
 3 days per week Advisement
 Monday - Guidance Lesson Plans
 Wednesday – Grade Checks
 Friday – Computer Lab/Soft Skills Development
 Enrichment 45 class
 for English and Math
 For 9th and 10th grade

13. WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR RTI?
 Rigorous curriculum has improved instruction for all
students – GRR as well as college/AP classes
 Using PLC time to look at multiple data points for
students and using that data to make decisions
 Creating opportunities for small group instruction in
class
 Documentation and communication logs
 SNAP
 Enrichment courses

14. WHAT DOES RTI LOOK LIKE?
 RtI Flow Chart
 RtI Google Docs
 RtI – SIT Process
 RtI – Math Enrichment
 RtI – English Enrichment
 SNAP

15. RTI FLOW CHART

16. RTI STUDENT GOOGLE FORM

18. SIT REFERRAL PROCESS

19. SNAP FORM

20. WILL VS SKILLS
 Skill – Progress monitor and enrichment
 Will – Guidance PLC

21. RTI COMMITTEE
 Consists of:
 High School Principal
 Academic Advisor/Social Studies Teacher
 Science Teacher
 Reading Specialist/English Teacher
 Special Education Teacher
 Math Teacher
 Director of Auxiliary Services
 Meet for a full day every 6 weeks to review process,
documentation, data

22. ENGLISH INTERVENTION CHART/PM

24. GUIDANCE PLC
 Will Students
 Engage
 RTI Forms
 Grades
 DEWS
 SWIS
 Attendance

25. WHAT IS ADVISEMENT?
 10-14 students with one faculty advisement leaders
 These advisement leaders stay with their group of
students throughout their high school career
 Year 1
 2 times per month
 22 minutes
 Lesson Day
 Year 2
 Daily
 24 minutes – MS and HS
 Lesson Day, Computer Lab Day, and Grade Check Day,
Team Building Day

26. WHAT IS THE ROLE OF AN ADVISOR?
 Students go to person
 Here to help students be successful
 Help students develop their educational and career
plan
 Grade Checks
 Course Scheduling one on one with an adult from
school
 Mentor
 Screen for students needing more assistance

27. SO, WHAT DO WE DO IN ADVISEMENT?
 Advisement periods are 24 minutes long
 During this time they have lessons on a variety of
topics that will help prepare students to be
successful in high school and successful after high
school
 Learn how to develop their student portfolio

28. GRADE LEVEL FOCUS
 9th grade –
 Transition to HS
 Student readiness skills
 Learning style
 Community service
 Interests and skills linking to post secondary plans
 Relationships
 Online safety
 EXPLORE

29.  10th grade –
 Career/post secondary exploration
 Career Expo
 Work values
 Relationships
 Online safety
 WKCE
 PLAN

30.  11th grade-
 Career/post secondary exploration
 Relationships
 Online safety
 Wisconsin Education Fair
 Job shadows
 College applications
 Reality Store
 Activity sheets
 PSAT, ACT, ACCUPLACER, ASVAB

31.  12th grade-
 Post secondary applications
 Scholarship completion
 Resumes
 Cover letters
 Mock interviews
 College admission essays
 Letters of recommendation
 Job hunting
 Reality Store
 Relationships
 Online safety
 Transition to post-secondary

32. WHAT IS THE PORTFOLIO?
 Each student at Mishicot High School develops a
student portfolio
 The purpose of the portfolio is for students to see
and be able to show the link between what they did
during high school with what they are going to do
after high school
 The portfolio is a tool to show student growth and
their preparedness for life after high school

33. EXAMPLES OF STUDENT PORTFOLIOS
 Biographical Information
 Assessments
 Post Secondary Planning
 Employability
 Job Shadow
 Best Works – Smart Balanced Assessment link
 Paperwork/Awards
 Resources

34. STUDENT PARENT CONFERENCING
 8th and 10th implemented 2009-10
 Implemented 5th and 12th 2010-11

35. 8TH GRADE FOCUS
 transition to HS
 HS graduation requirements
 career vs. classes needed in HS
 test score interpretation

36. 10TH GRADE FOCUS
 Review credits/portfolio
 Post secondary options
 Youth Options
 Youth Apprentice
 Standardized tests
 Test score interpretation
 College credits in HS
 Timelines for high school

37. 12TH GRADE FOCUS
 Review credits/portfolio
 Post secondary plans
 How to apply to school
 Scholarships
 Test score interpretation
 Financial aid

38. UTILIZATION OF WISCAREERS

39. COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
 We could not put on our programming without
community support.

40. COMMUNITY PARTNERS JOB SHADOWS
 Schenck and Associates Lords and Ladies
 Bank First National Trendsetters
 Pagel’s Ponderosa Dairy Manitowoc School District
 Holy Family Memorial Hospital & clinics Denmark School District
 Aurora Hospital Valders School District
 Flying Pig Art Gallery Woodland Face Veneer
 Krajnik Chevrolet Manitowoc Cranes
 YMCA Mr. Otek
 Fox 11 News VanLanen Printing
 Black Wolf Run Golf Course Shimek Furniture
 Wolf Cycle and Fitness Cretton Enterprises
 Holiday Inn Lisa Grens, Lawyer
 Festival Foods Department of Natural
Resources

41.  Jim Reif Builders LTC
 Holschbach Excavating LDI
 Oak Ridge Custom Cabinets Mishicot School District
 Green Bay Gamblers UWGB
 Instrumental Music Company Guitar Center
 Point Beach Nuclear Plant Two Rivers Vet Clinic
 Just Orthodontics Thilmany Papers
 Let Me Be Frank Productions Lakeshore Pharmacy
 Rehab Plus Therapy and Sports Med Herff Jones
 City of Manitowoc Police Department Bud Willmans
 Tamarack Behavioral Health Center NWTC
 Manitowoc County Human Services Lakeshore Humane Society
 Candy Apply Tattoo Memorial Drive Vet Clinic
 Manitowoc Health and Rehab Center
COMMUNITY PARTNERS JOB SHADOWS

42. COMMUNITY PARTNERS MOCK INTERVIEWS
 Mishicot Police Department Heartland Business
 Aurora Medical Center KCM Excavating
 Holy Family Hospital Nelson Trucking
 Two Rivers Fire Department Vinton
 Dowco Trendsetters
 Herald Times Reporter Equine Enterprises
 Veterinary Associates Department of Natural Resources
 Mishicot Veterinary Clinic Manitowoc County Human Services
Holschbach Excavating
 Mishicot School District 4 Seasons Lawn Care
 Capital Civic Center Mishicot Veterinary
 GJ’s Salon and Spa Lords n’ Ladies
 Kohler Company First Chrysler
 Point Beach Nuclear Plan Courthouse Pub

43. COMMUNITY PARTNERS
CAREERS IN THE CAFE
 Silver Lake College Associated Bank
 Wilfert Farms Aurora Medical Group
 MAGIC Rahr West Art Museum
 UW Manitowoc Rising Start Stables
 Subway Denmark State Bank
 ENCAP Lakeland Care District
 Kadow Plumbing and Heating Fox Hills
 Manitowoc Police Department Carpenters Local 731
 Central Bark Doggy Day Care Mishicot Ambulance
 Mishicot Police Department Mishicot Dental

44. COMMUNITY PARTNERS REALITY STORE
 Manitowoc County Chamber of Commerce
 American Red Cross Americorp
 Associated Bank, N.A. Aurora Medical Center
 Bank First National Brandt Buses, Incorporated
 Camera Case Wireless Capitol Civic Centre
 Denmark State Bank First American Title Insurance Co.
 Formrite Companies Hair With Flair
 Lakeshore Humane Society Hawkins, Ash, Baptie & Co., LLP
 Heritage Real Estate, Inc. Holiday House
 Holy Family Memorial J & K Sports Complex LLC
 Lakeshore District/Bay Lakes Council Boy Scouts
 Lakeshore Technical College Manitowoc County Farm Bureau
 Manitowoc County Job Center Manitowoc Cranes
 Manitowoc Health & Rehabilitation Center
 Manitowoc Public School District Maritime Insurance Group, Inc.
 Nichols Electric Inc. Rising Star Stables
 SEEK Careers/Staffing, Inc. Silver Lake College
 Union State Bank Wilfert Farms, LLC

45. COMMUNITY PARTNERS ACADEMIC DAYS
 Manitowoc County RSVP Center
 Big Brothers/Big Sisters
 Domestic Violence Center
 Northridge Rehabilitation Center
 Peter’s Pantry
 Woodland Dunes
 Manitowoc School Forest
 Lester Library
 Hope House
 Camp Tapawingo
 UWGB
 St. Norbert College
 Silver Lake College
 UW Manitowoc
 LTC
 Orion

46. COMMUNITY PARTNERS
YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP
 Holiday Inn
 Manitowoc Cranes
 LDI
 Hannah Home
 Shoto Corporation
 Memorial Drive Vet. Clinic
 Shady Lane Nursing Home
 St. Mary’s Nursing Home
 Manitowoc Health and Rehab Center
 Aurora Hospital
 Safranski Brothers Auto

47. CHANGES IN SCHEDULING
AND
POST SECONDARY PLANNING
GOES HAND AND HAND
WITH MORE RIGOR IN THE CLASSROOM

48. INCREASING CREDIT REQUIREMENTS
Class of 2011 = 24.5 credits to
graduate
Class of 2012 = 26.5 credits
 Increase of 1 elective, .5 English and
.5 Social Studies
Class of 2013 and 2014 = 28.5
credits
 Increase of Electives
Class of 2015 = 28.5 credits
 Increase of 1 credit of Math
Class of 2016 = 28.5 credits
 Change in the additional Math credit
to Algebra 2

49. CREDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR CLASS OF 2016
AND BEYOND
 4.5 credits – English – English Survey (1 credit), Exp Lit and Writing
(1 credit), R and I (.5 credit), World Literature(1 credit) and
American Lit or British Lit (1 credit)
 3.5 credits – Social Studies – World History (1 credit), US History 10
(1 credit), Government (.5 credit), US History 11 (.5 credit),
Economics (.5 credit)
 2.00 credits – Science – Earth Science (1 credit), Biology (1
credit)
 3.00 credits – Mathematics – Algebra (1 credit), Geometry (1 credit),
Algebra 2 (1 credit)
 1.50 credits – Physical Education must include Fit Freshmen (.5
credit), Fit for Life 1 or Performance Enhancement 1 (.5 credit), and
any other PE course (.5 credit)
 .50 credit – Health If this was met in Middle School, this will not be
a credit on your transcript
 12.50 elective credits if you need to take Health in High School or
13.00 elective credits
 1.0 Credit - Career Portfolio

50. ARE ALL THE
CHANGES
WORTH IT?

51. HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETION RATE

52. POST SECONDARY PLANS

53. HOW DO OUR STUDENTS PERFORM ON THE
ACT?
 2011-12 ACT results, MHS had highest ACT scores in
the county!
 2012-13 over 70% of our students took the ACT

54. COLLEGE COURSE OFFERINGS 2010-11
 2010-11 = 12 college credits
 AP Courses: AP Psychology, AP Calculus
 College Credit Courses:
 We offered Honors English and Advanced
Chemistry for dual credit through Silver Lake
College. We offered Large Animal Science through
LTC.
 Articulated Credit: The following classes were
articulated with Lakeshore Technical College:
 Computer Applications, Accounting 1, Advanced
Accounting.

55. COLLEGE COURSE OFFERINGS 2011-12
 2011-12 = 18 college credits
 AP classes offered at MHS: AP Calculus, AP
Psychology
 Other AP classes were available through distance
education and online providers.
 College Credit Courses:
 We offered Honors English and Advanced Chemistry for
dual credit through Silver Lake College. We offered
Large Animal Science, AP Psychology, Medical
Terminology, Marketing through Lakeshore Technical
College.
 Articulated Credit: The following classes were
articulated with Lakeshore Technical College:
 Computer Applications, Accounting 1, Advanced
Accounting, Marketing, College Math, Mini Chopper,
Research and Inquiry.

56. COLLEGE COURSE OFFERINGS 2012-13
 2012-13 = 30 college credits possible
 AP Courses: AP Calculus, AP Psychology, AP US
History
 College Credit Courses: We offer Honors English and
Advanced Chemistry for dual credit through Silver Lake
College. We offer AP Psychology, Medical Terminology,
Marketing through Lakeshore Technical College. We
offer Business Management and AP Psychology through
UW-Green Bay. We offer Calculus and Pre-Calculus
through Lakeland College.
 Articulated Credit: The following classes are articulated
with Lakeshore Technical College: Computer
Applications, Accounting 1, Advanced Accounting,
Marketing, College Math, Mini Chopper, Research and
Inquiry, Chemistry, Advanced Chemistry, Psychology,
Sociology, Electricity.

57. COLLEGE COURSE OFFERINGS FOR THE
2014-15 SCHOOL YEAR CHANGES
 AP Courses:
 AP US History
 AP Calculus
 AP Psychology
 AP Government
 AP Biology
 AP Literature
 2015-16 AP Calculus

58.  4 year college courses
 English Literature3 credits
 English Composition 3 credits
 Oral Communications 3 credits
 CAPP Spanish 5 credits
 Sociology 3 credits
 Psychology 3 credits
 Business and It’s Env. 3 credits
 Adv. Chemistry 3 credits
 Pre Calculus 3 credits
 Calculus 3 credits
 Total 32 credits

59. THAT IS THE POSSIBILITY OF
50 COLLEGE CREDITS IN
HIGH SCHOOL FOR
APPROXIMATELY $4,500

60. OPTIONS AT THE TECH COLLEGE LEVEL
 Transcripted courses
 Written Communications
 College Mathematics
 Psychology
 Sociology
 Medical Terminology
 Introduction to Automation
 Introduction to Fanuc Industrial Robotics
 Advanced Standing
 Accounting, Adv. Accounting
 Adv. Chem
 Web Design
 Computer Applications
 Marketing
 Research and Inquiry

61. COLLEGE COURSE OFFERINGS
 In 4 years years, we have increased from
 12 - 4 year college credit course offerings
to
32 - 4 year college credits
 In 4 years, we have increased AP from
2 classes to 6 classes
 In 3 years, we have increased Advanced
Standing Classes/transcripted courses
through LTC from 3 course to 13 courses.

62. ACCESS TO OUR INFO

63. QUESTIONS?
 mkuhn@mishicot.k12.wi.us
 920-755-3283
 www.mishicot.k12.wi.us