CAVALIER CORNER
JENKINS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
YEAR OF THE F.R.O.G. (FULLY REALIZING
OUR GREATNESS!)
INSTRUCTIONAL
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JIS is equipped to make great gains on state
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assessments for the 2014-2015 school year.
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Since the school doors
district. Teachers have received
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opened in August 2014, the
training on how to use these
leadership staff of Jenkins
devices to engage students in
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Independent has worked
the learning and to enhance
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feverishly to change the status
instruction in all content areas.
quo---to raise the bar of
Additionally, for math and
expectations—to offer students
reading in grades 3-10, the
opportunities
district has
to learn, grow,
purchased
and succeed.
Now, as the
school year is
EDUCATION IS THE MOST
POWERFUL WEAPON WHICH
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drawing to an
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an
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with MAP
loom in the near future, it is
assessment to individualize
imperative that all Cavaliers
student intervention and enrich
focus on the fact that this could
the lesson presented by the
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be the year of the F.R.O.G.; the
teacher. Damian Johnson, District
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year that we Fully Recognize Our
Technology Coordinator,
formula means, email me!
Greatness as our students
conducted a training for teachers
Serena.anderson@jenkins
demonstrate their intellectual
that demonstrated how to use the
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capabilities. Our goal this year
MAP assessment data to
has been to improve instruction
prescribe the Study Island lessons
and learning in all classrooms. In
for each student. Furthermore,
an effort to accomplish this goal,
an Extended School Service
the district has purchased a
waiver has allowed the district to
plethora of resources and offered
hire instructional tutors to work
a variety of professional trainings.
with math and reading teachers
Smart Boards have been placed
during the school day. Like the
in almost all the classrooms in the
ESS waiver, the GEAR UP grant
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has enabled JIS to bring Missy
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Baker and three additional tutors
accompanied by sound,
on board to assist with increasing
research-based instructional
student success . Thus, the district
strategies that are born from the
has hired nine additional staff this
results of accurate, reliable data.
school year! Last, the
Some of these practices include:
Mondoboard, a large computerlike device that is wirelessly
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connected to the internet, serves
as direct link to other schools and
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districts and affords teachers and
students the opportunity to “tune
in” to other classrooms around
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the state. Our Spanish class takes
advantage of this every school
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day as they connect to Mrs.
Maggie Roll, teacher at Hazard
Independent High School, for
Spanish instruction. The students
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are able to interact with Mrs. Roll
the same as if she were in the
classroom with them.
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These are only a sampling of
the resources and training
opportunities available to
teachers this year in the Jenkins
Independent School District.
These resources will not, by
themselves, improve the quality
of education JIS offers to students.
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Modeling
Using contentappropriate
vocabulary
Engaging students in
meaningful dialogue
and activities that are
standard driven
Providing feedback to
students that is
specific and timely
Allowing students to
work toward
proficiency and not
accepting apprenticelevel performances
Involving students in
their learning by
setting goals and
understanding their
data
Employing rubrics for
constructed responses
and on-demand
writing responses
Using school-wide
graphic organizers for
constructed response
(Do What) and ondemand writing
prompt analysis
(SPAM)
Designing assessments
that are like KPREP,
EoC, and ACT
• Charting data and
responding to what
the data tells us
• Creating and
implementing a
specific instructional
plan
• Networking within the
school district and
across other districts to
acquire new strategies
and skills
• Using formative
assessments to guide
instruction
Most importantly, and the only
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way to ever move forward, is for
all stakeholders to don the “cando” attitude and settle with the
mindset of success. Then, we will
be able to say that for Jenkins,
THIS is the year of the FROG!
-Serena Anderson,
Instructional Supervisor
Special Thanks to:
Brian Bentley, Teacher and
Technical Editor
Stephanie Cassell, Teacher and
Editor