1. SciTech Academy Middle School <br />Mission Statement<br />The mission of ReNEW Schools is to ensure our students develop the knowledge, academic skills, and character traits necessary to be successful in top-quality high schools, colleges, and the competitive world beyond.<br />Goal<br />65% of students scoring basic and above in all core content areas on L.E.A.P. and iL.E.A.P; 95% attendance rate; Parents attending at least four events this year at SciTech.<br /> Middle School Creating a Culture of Excellence<br />July 23, 2010<br />Purpose/Rationale: <br />The purpose of this session is to introduce the 5 techniques we as a middle school will focus on initially from Teach Like A Champion. To analyze assessment questions and evaluate rigor level to formulate more rigorous assessment questions. To practice procedures and expectations for culture week to norm the expectations of the middle school. <br />Learning Outcomes/Goal(s):<br />By the end of the session SciTech middle school teachers and staff will be able utilize the first 5 techniques from Teach Like a Champion<br />By the end of the session SciTech middle school teachers will create high level LEAP and iLEAP like assessment questions to increase the rigor on teacher made assessments.<br />By the end of the session SciTech middle school teachers will utilize the hand signals that will be used throughout middle school to communicate needs or expectations. <br /> By the end of the session SciTech middle school teachers practice procedures and expectations of the middle school.<br />Agenda<br />12:00 – 12:15<br />Team Building/Ice Breaker<br />Clearing the Parking Lot <br />12:15 – 1:15<br />Teaching Like a Champion Part 2 <br />Review<br />Expectations for students behaviors<br />Redirection <br />Praise<br />Setting the Renew Classroom Culture Expectations – Top 5<br />FOCUS (SLANT) 2) 100 Percent 3) Strong Voice 4) No Opt Out 5) Circulate<br />1:15 – 1:30<br />Break<br />1:30 – 2:15<br />Data Driven Instruction Part 4 <br />Assessments – Keeping rigor high while pushing achievement. <br />2:15 – 3:45 <br />Culture Session Intensive Part 2<br />Daily Schedule <br />Middle school schedule<br />Teachers individual rotations <br />Walkthrough of a Day<br />What does a typical day look like? <br />Morning Meeting <br />Basic Structure and Chants<br />Homeroom <br />Transitions<br />Signals<br />Day one of “Culture Week” trial run<br />Review of agenda and walk through of components<br /> 3:45 – 4:00 <br />Odds and Ends<br />Assignment of next culture lesson (due Tuesday)<br />Rotation 1<br />TOPS – Going to college for free<br />Rotation 2<br />Cornell Notes – Learning to learn ( Sarah + 1 )<br />Rotation 3<br />Getting Binderized and the Agenda Book –Organizing for your future.<br />Rotation 4<br />Data – Analyzing and Organizing your Data (We have some ideas about this one.. but does any TFA alum want to drive this?)<br />Handbook review (weekend homework)<br />Closure, Evaluation <br />