Welcome
“If there is not a big kid living inside of you,
there is not a great teacher coming out of
you.” -anonymous
FHS Staff Meeting
Agenda
• School Wide Goals
PowerSchool Gradebook
• BEPE
Focus on “5”
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Flathead Way Recognitions
Hog Wild Recognitions
Heart Locker – Heart Market
AdvancEd Review
Late Start Schedule
Principal’s School-Wide Goals
Big Hairy Audacious Goals
Increase Student Achievement
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Attendance Matters! >93% (88.6)
Common Core Implementation
How We Teach – Effective Lessons
Homework and Grading
Maintain Current Drop Out Rate 2.58% (5)
Maintain Success Rate 96%
Safe & Orderly Environment
• Consistency among staff
• Concerted staff effort in the hall
• Respect
PowerSchool Gradebook
No Zeros for Excused or School Sponsored Absences
Leave Blank
Use an M
How We Teach
Effective Lessons
“Focus on Five”
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Focus on the first 5 minutes
Be in halls, smile, greet kids, be positive
Continue to build relationships with kids
Have a bell ringer
– Reflection
– Problem
– Word of the Day
– Question of the Day
• Learning targets – Student friendly
Look Fors
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Teacher greets students at the door (smile & engage)
Evidence of procedures and routines – students on time
Bell Work – Students begin working without direction
Room arrangement – matches instructional strategy and student needs
Essential Question – activates higher-order thinking
Clear introduction by the teacher which ties together the previous lesson
and today’s lesson
Activating strategy – Word maps, KWL or other strategies that motivate
students to want to answer the Essential Question (could be connected to
Bell Work)
Learning Targets – A good lesson starts with a clear learning target derived
from the curriculum and is accompanied by an effort to stimulate student’s
curiosity or existing knowledge about what is to be learned.
Focus on “5”
89 Total Walk Throughs – 32 at the beginning of the period
Recognizing our outstanding staff!
FLATHEAD WAY
Hog Wild
15 Year Pins
Sue Cheff - Business
Sue Corrigan – Special Services
Rob Hunter - Vocational
Warren Lane - Science
Sue Lewis – Ag Center
Shannon Robinson Dutton – PE/Health
Sherry Simmons - Music
Cory Wilson – Social Studies
Hog Wild
Hog Wild
Flathead HS Speech & Debate
National Ranking: 68 of 8182
State Ranking: 1 of 48
District: 1 of 27
Hog Wild
Tag Team Twins
Hog Wild
Wendy Putzler
Jen Stebbins-Han
A Work of Art
Heart Locker – Market
Nichole Heyer
External Review Exit Report
Flathead High School
November 9th and 10th
2015
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External Review
A diagnostic process to stimulate and guide
continuous improvement with a focus on:
– Impact of teaching and learning
– Capacity of leadership
– Use of resources
© 2015 AdvancED
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External Review
Professional judgment by the External Review
Team results in:
– Powerful Practices
– Opportunities for Improvement
– Improvement Priority
– Index of Education Quality
– Accreditation Recommendation
© 2015 AdvancED
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Findings
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Powerful Practice
Indicator 3.1 and 1.2
Statement
Flathead High School administration and
staff are committed to ensuring that all
students have access to a wide variety of
diverse, equitable and challenging learning
experiences that develop multiple
learning, thinking and life skills.
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Improvement Priority
Indicators 3.2, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, .5.5
Statement
Formulate and deploy a comprehensive
student assessment system and develop
system-wide methodologies and structures to
analyze and communicate data in order to
drive curriculum and instruction, investigate
student growth, and evaluate programs.
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Domain
Leadership Capacity
The External Review Team
examined:
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© 2015 AdvancED
Institutional purpose and
direction
Governance and leadership
effectiveness
Stakeholder engagement
Improvement capacity
Results
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Findings
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Powerful Practice
Indicator 1.2, 2.4, and 4.6
Statement
The leadership and staff at Flathead High
School are committed to building a school
culture and climate that cultivates a sense
of community by fostering positive
relationships and individual connections to
the school.
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Findings
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Powerful Practice
Indicator 4.6
Statement
Flathead High School provides a multitude of
support services tailored to meet the
physical, social, and emotional needs of the
student population, which has contributed to
a significant decrease in the dropout rate and
an increase in student success.
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Improvement Priority
Indicators 4.4 & 4.5
Statement
Develop a plan to effectively educate all
stakeholders how current technology
infrastructure inhibits use of digital media
for the purpose of instruction and student
learning to achieve district and school
goals.
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Continuous Improvement
• Improvement Priorities must be addressed
within two years
• Beginning of a journey of improvement
• Deliberate and strategic actions to ensure
that every child, every day is being
prepared and achieving success for their
future
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Late Start Schedule
2015-2016 Late Start Schedule
Early Bird
Period 1
Period 2
Period 3
Period 4
Lunch
Period 5
Period 6
Period 7
Cancelled
10:15 - 10:45
10:50 - 11:20
11:25 - 11:55
12:00 - 12:30
12:30 - 1:30
1:35 - 2:05
2:10 - 2:40
2:45 - 3:15
For the good of the order
Thank You