Objectives
• Get an understanding of the
components of a day at AMA
• Learn the roles and responsibilities of
the AMA family
WHY: Share the common vision of
what effective teaching looks like
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❑ Breakfast/Morning Work
❑ Morning Meeting
❑ Wit & Wisdom Reading
❑ Differentiated Volume of
Reading/Workshop
❑ Eureka Math
❑ Science/Social Studies
❑ Lunch
❑ Recess
❑ Specials
❑ Dismissal
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What happens during this
time?
STUDENTS
• Unpack for the day
• Turn in homework
• Eat breakfast
• Complete morning work
• Listen to announcements
TEACHERS
• Listen to announcements
• Take attendance and lunch count
• May meet with individual students or a
group
• Help students with morning work (if needed)
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What happens during this
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Set the tone for the day
Create classroom culture
Go over the agenda for the day
Discuss any classroom challenges
Second Steps
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What happens during this
time?
• Wit & Wisdom curriculum (90 min.)
Welcome (activate prior knowledge)
Launch (focus of lesson)
Learn (bulk of lesson/partner work)
Land (closing)
Wrap (assign homework)
Deep Dive (language arts)
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What happens during this
time?
• Students rotate to different reading
stations
• Teacher meets with a small group to
give reading instruction based on
students’ reading levels using Wit &
Wisdom Geodes (K-2), and DVR texts
(3-5)
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What happens during this
time?
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Eureka Math curriculum
Fluency
Application
Concept Development
Problem set
Debrief
Exit ticket
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What happens during this
time?
• Core Knowledge curriculum/Amplify
• Science and social studies
• Build background knowledge of various
nonfiction topics
• Celebrations!
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What happens during this
time?
LUNCH
• 25 minutes
• Teacher lunch break
RECESS
• 25 minutes
• Teachers circulate and monitor students
on the playground
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time?
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Art
Music
PE
50 min. (2-5), 40 min (K-1st)
Teachers will have prep and team planning
(Math & ELA LPI) during this time.
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What happens during this
time?
• 3:10-3:45 (staggered dismissal times)
• Students will be dismissed via PikMyKid
app
• Students are in their seats working on
something academic until it is time for
them to be picked up
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It is very important that
schedules are followed
so that ITs can pull their
groups
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ROLES AND
RESPONSIBILITES
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✔ Principal
✔ Assistant Principal
✔ Instructional Coaches
✔ Dean of Discipline
✔ Social/Emotional Learning Specialist
✔ Director of Registrar and
Communications
Important to remember
✔ Teacher Leaders
that responsibilities can
overlap and change over
✔ Career Teachers
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Principal:
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Kanids Pearson
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Oversee school operations, school functions,
academic achievement, and teacher development
Directly manage Assistant Principals, Instructional
Coaches, Office Admin, and Culture Team
Leads Instructional Leadership Team and Culture
Team
Reports to the Executive Director of USI and the
Mayor’s Office
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Assistant Principal:
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Candace Jones
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Oversee day-to-day functions of the school, including
academic programming, curriculum, teacher
development, positive culture systems, and officemanaged discipline
Directly manage Dean, Instructional Coaches, teacher
leaders, and career teachers
Member of Instructional Leadership Team, Culture
Team, and MTSS team
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Instructional Coaches:
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Katie Milikan (K-2)
Shorron Scott (3-5)
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Support teachers in the classroom
Provide in-house weekly professional development
and support classroom instruction and management
through observations, feedback, and evaluations
Run weekly LPI meetings and collect classroom data
on student and teacher performance
Facilitate weekly coaching sessions
Member of Instructional Leadership Team
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Dean of Discipline:
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Nate Evans
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First line of discipline support for career teachers
Process First Responder Calls when students need to
be removed from the classroom setting
Oversee PBIS, attendance, uniforms, and the office
referral process
Member of the Culture Team and MTSS team
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Social Emotional Specialist:
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Chris Rivers
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Push-in to classrooms to support students and teachers with the creation and
implementation of behavior success plans as well as preventive techniques.
Lead parent and teacher meetings ensure the student’s successful transition into
class
Develop behavior success plans, re-entry, and student safety plans in collaboration
with teachers to ensure students are meeting behavior goals.
after an extended absence or severe safety concern in partnership with counselor
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Maintains open dialogue with parents to support the well-being of students.
Supports the administration team and instructional coaches in facilitating
professional development for staff.
Utilizes various curriculum techniques, including the AMA Sensory Room, Love
and Logic, Teacher Like a Champion, to support student’s needs throughout the
day.
Supports the Dean of Discipline with implementing a positive school culture.
Partner with counselor on integrating 2nd Steps and/or morning meeting in
classrooms
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Courtney Szymborski (K)
Katie Hollander (1st)
Antoinette Turner (2nd)
Maryann Woodring (3rd)
Emily Emrick (4th)
N/A (5th)
Courtney Spourgen (SpEd)
Natalie Curran (Specials)
Teacher Leaders
∙ Support staff members
∙ Liaison between teachers and school leaders
∙ Bring problems to leadership team and collaborating to
identify solutions
∙ Serve as a teacher voice in conversation with building and
network leaders
∙ Serve as a representative of leadership decisions in
conversations with teachers
∙ Support colleagues on the implementation of initiatives
∙ Willingness to have difficult conversations with
teammates when needed
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Member of the Instructional Leadership Team
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Director of Registrar & Communications:
Ms. Tay
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Oversee all enrollment and registration processing
Maintain all student files and handles day-to-day office
communication
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Career Teachers:
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CLASSROOM
TEACHERS
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Includes grade level teachers, interventionists, SpEd
teachers, and special area teachers
Responsible for the academic and social development
for all scholars
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➔ AMA Teachers
➔ 21-22 Digital
Binder
Important Info!!
Helpful Info
Schedules
Emergency
Culture
Curriculum
BOY PD
Misc
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