Jamesville Middle School
Excellence Everyday for
Every Student
About JMS
 Currently in 4th year as a Middle School
 Student Population of 120
 7 Full-Time Teaching Staff
 4 Shared Teaching Staff
 Shared Guidance Counselor
 Title 1 School
 40% F/R Lunch
 “Home-Town” , Small-Town” School with powerful
parental and community involvement.
Notable Achievements
 NC Honor School of Excellence 2010 – 2011
 NC Honor School of Excellence 2011 – 2012
 US Department of Education National Blue Ribbon
School 2012
Excellence Everyday for Every Student
What Has Worked
For Us
 CREATE OWNERSHIP
Ownership
Delegate with
Constraints
School
Consensus
Gather team
input & decide
Gather selected
input & decide
Decide &
Announce
Involvement
Evaluate ALL School
Practices
 Teacher Placement: Who gets what classes and rooms because
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of what?
New Teacher Support: Good Luck and we’ll see you at the end
of the year….hopefully!!!
Hiring Practices: Yep, my degree in Music Education taught me
all I need to know about hiring Chemistry and Calculus people!!
Scheduling: Hey, it worked last year…(for the most part!)
School Traditions/Practices: Why are we still doing this?
Finance: Put your money where your mouth is!
Data, Data, DATA!
 EVAAS Predictors
 EVAAS Historical Performance
 Study Island performance data by objective. Class
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performance and individual performance
USA TestPrep performance data.
ClassScape Benchmark and test data.
Formative Assessment Data
Attendance Data
Disciplinary Data
Plan for success!
 District-Wide pacing guides are nice.
 School/Departmental guides are even better. These can be
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tailor made to your school but still align with the district.
Regular scheduled assessments, formative and summative,
based on guides
Vertical planning within the school and departments
Match student needs to teacher strengths as much as possible
Frequent meeting among departments to monitor progress
and adjust as necessary
Check Yourself
 Evaluate each quiz, test or assignment in terms of what
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objectives/Common Core element were checked.
How did the class do on each objective?
What questions/assessment tool showed the most success?
Why?
Which showed the least success? Why?
Were there any questions missed by the majority of the
classes? Why?
What are you going to do to fix the issues?
Plan for Student
Success
 Individualized Student Success Plans that address areas of
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weakness. Make them unique to the students, not just a
boilerplate document.
Student plans to help high achieving students grow even
more. Too often we overlook these kids because we think,
“Oh, they’ll get it on their own.” - Not Always the Case.
Lexile Readings
Quintile Math
Do it like a Doctor!
Tools For Success
 SAS Curriculum Pathways
 Discovery Education
 Study Island
 History Channel
 Khan Academy
 USA Test-Prep
 Success Maker
 ClassScape
 Near 1 to 1 computer access with desktops, netbooks &
tablets
The Principal is
a Conductor and
Jazz Musician
 You, the conductor, knows the what the music should sound
like in the end, each of the parts and how they fit to create
the composition.
 Can you play every part…NO. You do, however, critique,
confirm, or assist with the best and most effective
performance.
 Make sure you recognize the musicians. They are the ones
actually playing the music, you’re just waving your arms!
 When something does not work, you have to improvise like a
jazz musician. Make is fit the melody and sound good!!
Set a simple but
powerful vision and stick to it!
EXCELLENCE
EVERYDAY FOR
EVERY STUDENT
Then Incorporate the
Vision in Your School!
Sometimes the tasks
may seem too big
to tame
Dig in and you
can beat it!
Sometimes You will
fall down…HARD
Well, then get up and do
something never
done before
You Never Know How
Far You’ll Get Until You Try
JAMESVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL
Contact Information
DENNIS HART
JAMESVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL
1215 S. SAINT ANDREWS STREET
JAMESVILLE, NC 27846
252.792.4428
dhart@martin.k12.nc.us
www.jmsmartin.sharpschool.net