CABARRUS COUNTY SCHOOLS PLAN OF ACTION School Name: Cox Mill HS Plan Title (Strategy/Concept) Implementation of the Global Schools Network partnership Alignment to CCS Strategic Plan Date: July 9, 2012 State Goal 1- Globally Competitive Students SMART Goal (one to three year projection) Fidelity Goal Goal Team Chair: Zackary Hubbard, Bradley Smith, Kelly Edwards, Todd Smith, Mary Crawford, Joyce Camp, Brittney McNeil, Amber Whitley By 2015, Cox Mill High School will increase global awareness of students and teachers by becoming a certified member of the Global Schools Network By June 2013, Cox Mill High School will achieve a status of ____1st level____ as measured by the Global Schools Network rubric What data supports the SMART Goal above? (Insert data or put data in summary form. If too large, reference the data’s location) Based on the Union County Public Schools Global Schools Criteria rubric, Cox Mill HS currently accumulates 21 points. A minimum of 35 points is required for the first level of certification.* *We believe that the Global Schools Network will use the same or similar rubric for measuring school participation Strengths? Partner school in China that we have communicated with via Skype Multiple cultural awareness projects linked to the curriculum Opportunities For Improvement? International student travel project Service Projects with international focus School hosts an International festival Professional Development in global awareness Information/Data needed that you do not have. Survey of student and staff international travels Number of students enrolled in world 1|Page 6-13-11 CABARRUS COUNTY SCHOOLS PLAN OF ACTION School Name: Cox Mill HS Global awareness strategies listed in SIP 21st century technology Teacher websites reflect how teachers highlight globalization Articles about globalization on website or Academic Booster Club newsletter Morning Announcements highlighting globalization Multiple classes hosting guest speakers on globalization Environmental Service Projects Business focused on globalization Participate in a Global Scholars program* Participate in a Global Teachers program* Develop a Global Scholars class language courses Number of students who fluently speak a world language Documentation of classroom globalization activities List of businesses in the area with global connections Documentation and data collection tool *If the Global Schools Network establishes this Identify the measures you will use to determine the effectiveness of the strategy. A. List the measure(s) the team will use to B. List the measure(s) the team will use to determine if the strategy was implemented/ determine if the strategy was implemented completed? (Completion Data) correctly? (Fidelity) Measure Reported Measure Reported When When Scoring at least 35 points on June Scoring at least 35 points on June the UCPS rubric (or GSN 2013 the UCPS rubric (or GSN 2013 rubric) rubric) C. List the measure(s) the team will use to determine if the overall goal was met? (Impact) Summative Measure Reported When UCPS Rubric score of at least 35 June 2013 Formative Measure Use UCPS rubric to determine current progress Reported When At the end of each quarter 2|Page 6-13-11 CABARRUS COUNTY SCHOOLS PLAN OF ACTION School Name: Cox Mill HS Indicate the steps you will need to take to implement this strategy. Step Action Steps Person Responsible Staff Informational meeting about Global Todd Smith Schools Network partnership Definition of globalization and overview of Todd Smith/ UCPS Rubric and expectations and vision SIT Goal for CMHS Team Survey students through homerooms to Joyce Camp collect baseline data: - Have you traveled outside of the country in the past five years (20072012)? - Are you fluent in a second language? - (Questions from end of past school year) Determine the percentage of students Melissa enrolled in a World Languages class for Bateski baseline data Introduce Global Schools partnership to Todd Smith community on Back to School Night Introduce Global Schools partnership to Todd Smith students -grade level assemblies -teachers discuss with students Survey Staff to collect baseline data via Joyce Camp email link to School Center : - Results/Measures Start Date August 20th August 20th Completion Completed? Date August 20th Yes August 20th Yes Survey Results August 27th August 31st Yes Percentage Data August 27th September 10th Yes Information on web site August 22nd August 27th August 22nd August 27th No August 20th August 24th Yes Agenda for 1st day meeting Agenda for 1st day meeting (breakout sessions) Class assemblies Data Collected No Have you traveled outside of the 3|Page 6-13-11 CABARRUS COUNTY SCHOOLS PLAN OF ACTION School Name: Cox Mill HS - - - - - - country in the past five years (20072012)? Has your class or club skyped or participated in a project with our partner school in China? Has your class participated in a cultural awareness project? Have you received professional development within CCS on globalization? Have you received professional development outside CCS on globalization? Does your classroom web site offer current information on how you integrate globalization in the classroom? Has there been an invited teacher in your classroom to discuss globalization? Do you have an ongoing, documented focus on globalization? Would you be interested in sponsoring an International Club Determine the 1-2 teachers per dept. that will add the globalization goal to their PDP Goal: To provide globalization activities/lessons on an ongoing basis in the classroom Collect baseline data: - Percentage of teachers who added goal to their PDP Julia Erdie Percentage of teachers adding the globalization goal to their PDP August 27th September 30th Joyce Camp Percentage of teachers adding the globalization goal to their PDP September October 30th 10th Yes Yes 4|Page 6-13-11 CABARRUS COUNTY SCHOOLS PLAN OF ACTION School Name: Cox Mill HS SIT Goal Team visits Cuthbertson High School and then meet to debrief and discuss SIT Goal Team SIT Goal Team shares ideas from Cuthbertson Determine student interest in an International Club SIT Goal Team Todd Smith/ Staff Member sponsoring club Todd Smith/ Joyce Camp Christine Whelan/ broadcasting class Mark Lowry Add maps around the school Add globalization announcements on the morning announcements and on TVs in the hallway Set up interactive TV and monitor from Han-ban grant in the Main Office Update main CMHS web site with globalization articles/photos Update teacher web sites - Information about what is being done in the classrooms focusing on globalization - Highlight the global issues in the curriculum Create shared folder to collect global lessons and activities Each dept. will submit 5 lessons/activities to the global shared folder by the end of 1st semester Ask families to submit cultural artifacts from their home to display in the Media Center, Main Office, Commons Area, etc. September October 17th 10th Yes October 10th September 10th November 1st October 10th Yes Photos on school web site of maps July 1st August 20th Yes Announcements on school morning broadcast and TVs September June 1st 10th Yes Interactive TV and Monitor set up in Main Office Articles/ Photos on web site July 1st August 20th Yes August 1st June 1st Ongoing Joyce Camp/ Articles/ Photos on web site Teachers with globalization focus on PDP October 1st June 1st Ongoing Joyce Camp Folder on the teacher shared drive August 1st August 20th Yes Todd Smith Submitted lessons/activities August 27th February 4th No Donna Furr Photos of items October 1st June 1st No Joyce Camp Ideas for integrating globalization at CMHS Ideas for PD at CMHS List of ideas Student interest meeting Yes 5|Page 6-13-11 CABARRUS COUNTY SCHOOLS PLAN OF ACTION School Name: Cox Mill HS (Change the focus of the display each quarter to highlight a specific area of the world) Determine ways to display artifacts from families (locked up or not?) Determine Business Partnerships focused on globalization -sponsoring donations for international festival -speakers Class interview/conversation with community member/group via Skype or other method (4 per semester) Class interview/conversation with international member/group via Skype or other method (4 per semester) Determine teachers that will attend the World View Conference in the Summer of 2013 Plan for International Festival to be held during 3rd quarter -international food -speakers -international music/cultural events -partner w/ feeder schools? -during school (4th period) -after school/ at night for community? Begin planning for Global Awareness classneeds to be placed in curriculum guide for 2013/2014 school year Begin planning for Global Scholar Curriculum 2014/2015 (cluster of students will graduate with Global Scholars Donna Furr List of display options August 20th August 20th June 1st No Matthew Swain List of partnerships February 4th Ongoing Todd Smith/ CMHS Staff Teacher websites highlighting the event August 20th February 4th and June 1st Ongoing Todd Smith/ CMHS Staff Teacher websites highlighting the event August 20th February 4th and June 1st Ongoing Todd Smith List of teachers attending conference March 1st June 1st TBD in Spring SIT Goal Team and International Club Meeting documentation October 10th February 1st Ongoing Todd Smith Copy of curriculum September November 1st 1st Yes Todd Smith List of classes needed for certificate and classes developed September January 15th 1st so that registering Yes 6|Page 6-13-11 CABARRUS COUNTY SCHOOLS PLAN OF ACTION School Name: Cox Mill HS Certificate) students will have opportunity to choose classes with Global Scholar designation UCPS Classes for reference: World Drumming Global Awareness The Global Experience Global Citizen Multicultural Women's Studies All descriptions can be found here in our Program of Studies: http://seced.ucps.k12.nc.us/php/program_studies.php Hold International Festival during 3rd quarter (February/March) Gauge interest in globalization professional development -UNCC Professor -how to integrate globalization -using technology for communication (Skype, message boards, etc) SIT Goal Team and International Club SIT Goal Team Festival February 1st March 31st No Survey Data June 2013 June 2013 No 7|Page 6-13-11 CABARRUS COUNTY SCHOOLS PLAN OF ACTION School Name: Cox Mill HS 1st Quarter Cycle Title (Strategy/Concept): Did you review the measures indicated in the original document for completion, fidelity and impact? Insert data collected from the measures identified? (Insert data or put data in summary form. If too large, reference the data’s location) After rescoring our rubric based on the student/staff baseline data we are currently at 31 points. What strengths were noted from that data? The student/staff data collected increased our score from the original estimate of 21 points to 31 points. One of our goals for this year was to score at least 35 points on the UCPS rubric. On the rubric- some things that bumped us up higher than we originally thought were: 53% of the staff have traveled to a foreign country in the past 5 years 60% of students are enrolled in World Languages 43% of teachers put a globalization goal on their PDPs this year Amber Whitley attended the Fall World View conference Todd Smith attended the Summer World View conference International Club has been created Member of World View and Global Schools Network What opportunities for improvement were noted in that data? Information/Data needed that you do not have. The opportunities for improvement come from the areas on the rubric where we scored a 0. Still developing the Global Scholar rubric and determining classes to include in the Global Scholar recognition. International Club is just starting. They will continue to work on service projects and work towards the International Festival with CMES and HRMS. Identify which classrooms have participated in cultural awareness projects this school year via a survey of all teachers. (35% of teachers completed cultural awareness projects last year 2011-12) Determine the cost of the Global Studies course and whether it is approved by the county or not. Potential dates for the International Festival Create and distribute survey at end of each semester to determine the number of cultural awareness projects International Festival is being planned by 8|Page 6-13-11 CABARRUS COUNTY SCHOOLS PLAN OF ACTION School Name: Cox Mill HS the International Club. Need the Global Schools rubric Publish at least 3 articles about globalization at Cox Mill HS on the school web site between August and May. 1- Cox Mill goes Global (completed October 2012) 2- International Club 3- World View Conference 4- Student point of view? 5- International Festival Identify local business partnerships with global connections (Swain) Indicate the steps you will need to take to implement this strategy. Step Action Steps Person Results/Measures Responsible SIT Goal Team visits Cuthbertson High SIT Goal Ideas for integrating globalization School and then meet to debrief and discuss Team at CMHS Ideas for PD at CMHS SIT Goal Team shares ideas from SIT Goal List of ideas Cuthbertson Team Add globalization announcements on the Christine Announcements on school morning announcements and on TVs in the Whelan/ morning broadcast and TVs hallway broadcasting class Update main CMHS web site with Joyce Camp Articles/ Photos on web site Start Date 9-17-12 Completion Completed? Date 10-14-12 October 10th September 10th November 1st June 1st August 1st June 1st 9|Page 6-13-11 CABARRUS COUNTY SCHOOLS PLAN OF ACTION School Name: Cox Mill HS globalization articles/photos Update teacher web sites - Information about what is being done in the classrooms focusing on globalization - Highlight the global issues in the curriculum Each dept. will submit 5 lessons/activities to the global shared folder by the end of 1st semester Ask families to submit cultural artifacts from their home to display in the Media Center, Main Office, Commons Area, etc. (Change the focus of the display each quarter to highlight a specific area of the world) Determine ways to display artifacts from families (locked up or not?) Determine Business Partnerships focused on globalization -sponsoring donations for international festival -speakers Class interview/conversation with community member/group via Skype or other method (4 per semester) Class interview/conversation with international member/group via Skype or other method (4 per semester) Determine teachers that will attend the World View Conference in the Summer of 2013 Plan for International Festival to be held Joyce Camp/ Teachers with globalization focus on PDP Articles/ Photos on web site October 1st June 1st Todd Smith Submitted lessons/activities August 27th February 4th Donna Furr Photos of items October 1st June 1st Donna Furr List of display options August 20th June 1st Matthew Swain List of partnerships August 20th February 4th Todd Smith/ CMHS Staff Teacher websites highlighting the event August 20th February 4th and June 1st Todd Smith/ CMHS Staff Teacher websites highlighting the event August 20th February 4th and June 1st Todd Smith List of teachers attending conference March 1st June 1st SIT Goal Meeting documentation October February 1st 10 | P a g e 6-13-11 CABARRUS COUNTY SCHOOLS PLAN OF ACTION School Name: Cox Mill HS during 3rd quarter -international food -speakers -international music/cultural events -partner w/ feeder schools? -during school (4th period) -after school/ at night for community? Begin planning for Global Awareness classneeds to be placed in curriculum guide for 2013/2014 school year Begin planning for Global Scholar Curriculum 2014/2015 (cluster of students will graduate with Global Scholars Certificate) Team and International Club 10th Todd Smith Copy of curriculum September 1st November 1st Todd Smith List of classes needed for certificate and classes developed September 1st January 15th so that registering students will have opportunity to choose classes with Global Scholar designation SIT Goal Team and International Club SIT Goal Team Festival February 1st March 31st Survey Data June 2013 June 2013 UCPS Classes for reference: World Drumming Global Awareness The Global Experience Global Citizen Multicultural Women's Studies All descriptions can be found here in our Program of Studies: http://seced.ucps.k12.nc.us/php/program_studies.php Hold International Festival during 3rd quarter (February/March) Gauge interest in globalization professional development -UNCC Professor -how to integrate globalization -using technology for communication (Skype, message boards, etc) 11 | P a g e 6-13-11 CABARRUS COUNTY SCHOOLS PLAN OF ACTION School Name: Cox Mill HS 2nd Quarter Cycle Title (Strategy/Concept): Did you review the measures indicated in the original document for completion, fidelity and impact? Insert data collected from the measures identified? (Insert data or put data in summary form. If too large, reference the data’s location) After rescoring our rubric based on the student/staff baseline data we are currently at 31 points. What strengths were noted from that data? The student/staff data collected increased our score from the original estimate of 21 points to 36 points. One of our goals for this year was to score at least 35 points on the UCPS rubric. On the rubric- some things that bumped us up higher than we originally thought were: 53% of the staff have traveled to a foreign country in the past 5 years 60% of students are enrolled in World Languages 43% of teachers put a globalization goal on their PDPs this year Amber Whitley attended the Fall World View conference Todd Smith attended the Summer World View What opportunities for improvement were noted in that data? Information/Data needed that you do not have. The opportunities for improvement come from the areas on the rubric where we scored a 0. Need the Global Schools rubric Identify which classrooms have participated in cultural awareness projects this school year via a survey of all teachers. (35% of teachers completed cultural awareness projects last year 2011-12) International Symposium is being planned by the International Club. At end of the school year survey staff with the same baseline survey that was done at the beginning of the year so that we will be able to compare data and know how to plan for the following school year. (Modify as needed to take off non-necessary questions or add any that we had not previously considered) Add- question about Environmental Service Projects When the teacher web page template is created for next school year, add a page for all teachers that is called Global Activities 12 | P a g e 6-13-11 CABARRUS COUNTY SCHOOLS PLAN OF ACTION School Name: Cox Mill HS conference International Club has been created Member of World View and Global Schools Network Global Scholars program was approved Global Scholars Graduation Plan developed Global Scholars Program presented at Curriculum Night Purchasing of Cultural Studies class was approved Gauge interest in globalization professional development -UNCC Professor -how to integrate globalization -using technology for communication (Skype, message boards, etc) Determine current level on the UCPS Rubric 1st Level is UCPS Goodwill Ambassadors School 35-44 points Indicate the steps you will need to take to implement this strategy. Step Action Steps Update main CMHS web site with globalization articles/photos Meet with Global Team to determine the best way to encourage teachers to add Global Activities/Lessons to their web pages for next school year. Each dept. will submit 2 lessons/activities to the global shared folder by the end of 2nd semester Determine Business Partnerships focused on globalization -sponsoring donations for international festival Person Responsible Joyce Camp Results/Measures Start Date Articles/ Photos on web site August 1st Completion Completed? Date June 1st Global Schools Goal Team Suggestions by Team April 1st June 1st Todd Smith Submitted lessons/activities March 1st June 1st Matthew Swain List of partnerships March 1st June 1st 13 | P a g e 6-13-11 CABARRUS COUNTY SCHOOLS PLAN OF ACTION School Name: Cox Mill HS -speakers Class interview/conversation with community member/group via Skype or other method (4 per semester) Class interview/conversation with international member/group via Skype or other method (4 per semester) Determine teachers that will attend the World View Conference in the Summer of 2013 Gauge interest in globalization professional development -UNCC Professor -how to integrate globalization -using technology for communication (Skype, message boards, etc) Determine current level on the UCPS Rubric 1st Level is UCPS Goodwill Ambassadors School 35-44 points Todd Smith/ CMHS Staff Teacher websites highlighting the event August 20th February 4th and June 1st Todd Smith/ CMHS Staff Teacher websites highlighting the event August 20th February 4th and June 1st Todd Smith List of teachers attending conference March 1st June 1st SIT Goal Team Survey Data June 2013 June 2013 Joyce Camp Score on Rubric March 2013 March 31st, 2013 3rd Quarter Cycle Title (Strategy/Concept): Did you review the measures indicated in the original document for completion, fidelity and impact? Insert data collected from the measures identified? (Insert data or put data in summary form. If too large, reference the data’s location) After rescoring our rubric based on the student/staff baseline data we are currently at 36 points. 14 | P a g e 6-13-11 CABARRUS COUNTY SCHOOLS PLAN OF ACTION School Name: Cox Mill HS What strengths were noted from that data? The International Club has planned the Global Symposium to take place in April We have enough students for 4 sections of Cultural Awareness class next school year and a waiting list The student/staff data collected increased our score from the original estimate of 21 points to 36 points. One of our goals for this year was to score at least 35 points on the UCPS rubric. What opportunities for improvement were noted in that data? Information/Data needed that you do not have. The opportunities for improvement come from the areas on the rubric where we scored a 0. Business Partnerships with a focus on globalization needed Web 2.0 Professional development within departments and PLCs International Faculty member visits all classrooms to share culture Faculty meeting or professional development held via an internal online format Individual teacher websites highlighting globalization (sentence or two) Main web site- gather globalization photos and information from all classrooms International service project Environmental service project Students graduating with global scholars degree Need the Global Schools rubric Identify which classrooms have participated in cultural awareness projects this school year via a survey of all teachers. (35% of teachers completed cultural awareness projects last year 2011-12) At end of the school year survey staff with the same baseline survey that was done at the beginning of the year so that we will be able to compare data and know how to plan for the following school year. (Modify as needed to take off non-necessary questions or add any that we had not previously considered) Add- question about Environmental Service Projects Look for ways teachers can participate in globalization professional development opportunities. -UNCC Professor -how to integrate globalization in specific departments -using technology for communication (Skype, message boards, etc) Determine if there is a way that we can have a ½ day staff development early release day to work on globalization professional development 4 global lessons/activities per department in the Teacher Shared folder. Need to build in time for teachers to look at them and share 15 | P a g e 6-13-11 CABARRUS COUNTY SCHOOLS PLAN OF ACTION School Name: Cox Mill HS For 2013-14 school year- 51% of teachers should have global strategies and activities on their PDPs. with others. Encourage teachers to add something to PDP’s about sharing their global activities with others Encourage teachers to add something to their PDP’s about participating in global staff development Encourage teachers to add information about global activities going on in their classrooms to their web sites, and to share photos and information to be posted on the main web site Encourage teachers to share global ideas at department and PLC meetings Look for ways that the International Club can partner with the Global Awareness class to work on projects together 16 | P a g e 6-13-11 CABARRUS COUNTY SCHOOLS PLAN OF ACTION School Name: Cox Mill HS Indicate the steps you will need to take to implement this strategy. Ste Action Steps Person Responsible p Survey staff with the baseline survey given at the Joyce Camp beginning of the year http://www.ccsweb.cabarrus.k12.nc.us/education/com ponents/form/default.php?sectiondetailid=123751&lin kid=nav-menu-original-4-8375 Update main CMHS web site with globalization Joyce Camp articles/photos- add Global Symposium information Results/Measures Start Date Completion Date June 1st Completed? Data from survey April 1st Articles/ Photos on August 1st web site June 1st Meet with Global Team to determine the best way to Global Schools Goal encourage teachers to add Global Activities/Lessons to Team their web pages for next school year. Each dept. will submit 2 lessons/activities to the Todd Smith global shared folder by the end of 2nd semester Suggestions by Team April 1st June 1st Ongoinginfo on new school web site too June 12th April 29th Submitted lessons/activities March 1st June 1st Determine Business Partnerships focused on globalization -sponsoring donations for international festival -speakers Class interview/conversation with community member/group via Skype or other method (4 per semester) Matthew Swain List of partnerships March 1st June 1st Todd Smith/ CMHS Staff Teacher websites highlighting the event August 20th February 4th and June 1st June 12th June 12thall depts have more than 2 except WL and PE which have 0. June 12th Only 3 classrooms 17 | P a g e 6-13-11 CABARRUS COUNTY SCHOOLS PLAN OF ACTION School Name: Cox Mill HS Class interview/conversation with international member/group via Skype or other method (4 per semester) Determine teachers that will attend the World View Conference in the Summer of 2013 Todd Smith/ CMHS Staff Todd Smith Look for ways teachers can participate in globalization SIT Goal Team professional development opportunities. -UNCC Professor (Dr. Hutchinson) -how to integrate globalization in specific departments -using technology for communication (Skype, message boards, etc) Teacher websites highlighting the event List of teachers attending conference Survey Data August 20th February 4th and June 1st March 1st June 1st June 2013 June 2013 Determine if there is a way that we can have a ½ day staff development early release day to work on globalization professional development Todd Smith Ask county office June 2013 June 2013 Will the International Club and the Global Awareness Class participate in an international service project or environmental service project next school year? Joyce Camp Talk with Ms. Whitley and Mrs. Taylor June 2013 June 2013 completed this school year. 2 Math and 1 Eng. June 12thnone completed June 12thnot completed June 12th, Yes, they are planning to At the end of the 3rd quarter, you complete a comprehensive needs assessment which includes the goals of the SIP as well as other important data. 18 | P a g e 6-13-11