The document summarizes the activities of a new school principal in their first 13 days at Lakeside Middle School, including meeting with staff, developing communication channels, conducting school tours, and attending meetings. It also provides preliminary discipline and attendance data, and outlines goals for the remainder of April, which include conducting a whole school assembly, interviewing for vice principal positions, and attending curriculum planning meetings. The document closes by reviewing the school improvement goals and measuring progress made to date in literacy, math, attendance, and discipline.

1. Lakeside Lightning

2. Accountability and
Transparency

3. The first 13 days
Learned about
Lakeside Time
 Lost my walkie
once and left it
behind at least 5
times
Got lost at least
6 times
The Funny

4. The first 13 days
 Instituted weekly
Administrative Meetings to
review systems at Lakeside
 Developed the Lightning
Round to tell our school
story (1400 hits and 7
countries)
 #lmslightning on Twitter,
FB, and Instagram
 Starting Lakeside Snapchat
 Monday Morning Minute
on Announcements

5. The first 13 days
 Met with 39 staff out
of 142 staff members
(27%)
 Met with the following
groups
 VPs
 Guidance
 Secretaries
 Security
 ESS
 ACI

6. The first 13 days
 The Music Man
 National Junior Honor
Society
 After school newspaper
club
 50 Book Challenge
 Math purchasing
project
 Interviewed by
students for various
projects
 Morning duties
 Hallways – different
area each day
 Lunches
 Entire
building/maintenanc
e check with Raphael
 Worked
collaboratively with
VPs, Security, Police
on Lockdowns, Fire
Drills

7. The first 13 days
 School Leadership
Committee
 Sub Committee –
AVID
 3 budget meetings
(so far)

8. Goals for April
 Whole School Assembly (4/4)
 Meet the Principal Night for Parents (4/5)
 Evacuation Drill
 Security Interviews
 Vice Principal Interviews
 Attend CPT meetings
 Walkthrough targets
 Fill in for Joe Baruffi (Duties and Lunch)
 Finish Observations and SGOs
 Bacon Bytes Technology and Learning Conference April
16 at Bacon

9. What are the School
Improvement Plan
Goals?

10. School Improvement Goals
Goal
1:
LAL - 70% of students currently enrolled in remediation will
show at least one year's growth in Success Maker results (1.0
year improvement.)
Turn-Around Principles: #2 and #8
Goal
2:
Math - 80 % of students will receive a passing score of 65 the
final district math benchmark.
Turn-Around Principles: #3 and #6
Goal
3:
During the 2015-2016 school year, Lakeside Middle School
will reduce the number of chronically absent students by
10% from the 2014-2015 school year. Turn-Around
Principles: #1 and #7
Goal
4:
PBIS - Lakeside Middle School will reduce the number of
repeat referrals by 25% as recorded in 2015-2016 as
compared to 2014-2015.
Turn-Around Principles: #4 and #5

11. That which is measured is
improves ….
Goal
1:
LAL – Students are progressing but not meeting targets
Turn-Around Principles: #2 and #8
Goal
2:
Math – Target was 60% and we had 61% as of End of Cycle 3
Turn-Around Principles: #3 and #6
Goal
3:
Attendance – 276 students are Chronically Absent. Goal was
78 for End of Cycle 3
Turn-Around Principles: #1 and #7
Goal
4:
Referrals – 17% of the total school had repeat referrals. Goal
was 15% End of Cycle 3
Turn-Around Principles: #4 and #5

12. Preliminary Data on Discipline
580
600
620
640
660
680
# of Referrals
As of March 14, 2016 (n=2278)
6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade

13. Preliminary Data on Discipline
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
Classroom Hallway Bus Cafeteria
As of March 14, 2016
6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade

14. Think, Pair, Share
What does this data tell us?
How can we use this to
improve?
What other information do
we need?