NEW SMYRNA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL
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PRINCIPAL – JIM TAGER ADMINISTRATOR – DEE
STEVENSON
TEACHER – BECKY PORTER
New Smyrna Beach Middle School
School Wide Initiatives 2008-2009
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We have identified 3 areas to focus on for
our school
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Intervention Pyramid for Student Success
Planner Proposition for 2008-2009
SOAR
Grade
Level
Retention
Credit
Retrieval
Lab
Review:
Problem Solving Team
(PST)
and/or
Individual Education Plan
Possible Schedule/Class Change
Conference with Counselor,
Teacher, Parent, & Student
Weekly Progress Report
Parent Contact (Phone, E-Mail, etc)
SOAR Advisement / Study Groups /
Tutorials / Planners
Student/Teacher Contact
Starting Point
“Whatever It
Takes”
Intervention Pyramid For Student
Success Plan 2008-2009
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Teachers, guidance counselors and school
administrators will follow the Intervention Pyramid
All student interventions to assist with student
success begin with parent contact (Preferably via
telephone).
SOAR will be used as an initial student academic
intervention
Schedule changes will require a documented
conference between the parent, and the teacher
Planners 2008-2009
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Planners have been used at New Smyrna
Beach Middle School for 6 years
Teacher expectation for use of student
planners:
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Teachers will write the following in the front of the
room each day so that it is visible by students:
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Learning Objective – SWL
Class Work – CW
Home Work - HW
Planners continued:
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Student Expectations for use of student
planners
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Students will write the following in their planner for
each period, each day:
Learning Objective
 Class Work (CW)
 Home Work (HW)
The use of planners by students will be a school wide
requirement and all faculty and administrators will work
collaboratively to monitor there use by students
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Our Goal:
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To create consistency at New Smyrna
Beach Middle School so that 90% of
students, teachers, and staff utilize
planners by the end of the third week of
school.
Ways To Implement the program:
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Measure the use of the planners by having a weekly check.
Student will be rewarded with treats or privileges for
utilization.
Agenda posters will be given to all teachers to write the
“Plan” for the students.
Teachers will have a format that they have every student
write in their planner. Ex. What student needs to do when
class has ended. Homework? Also, what they did in class.
Teachers can look for parent contact notes in planner.
Finally, teachers will look for and record data to see if
students are completing more assignments, and homework.
S.O.A.R.
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S – Study
O – Organize
A – And
R – Read
What will it look like next year?
S.O.A.R. 2008-2009
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SOAR will be on Wednesdays and Thursdays
between 5th and 6th periods
All students will report to their SOAR
homeroom before going to an assigned SOAR
tutoring class
All students who attend SOAR tutoring will
receive a yellow pass from that teacher
A log for student movements will be
maintained by each teacher and kept in a
notebook
Students receiving assistance during
SOAR are:
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Students with D’s and F’s in core courses
must be given priority by all teachers for
attending SOAR tutoring
Secondary consideration for SOAR tutoring
attendance will be given to student needing
to make up class work and/or tests do to
absences
SOAR rosters
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General education teachers will have their 5th period
student roster
ESE teacher will have students assigned on teachers’
case load
Teachers with 5th period planning will have students
from PE classes
PE teachers, media specialist, reading coach and
guidance counselors will not be assigned SOAR
students. These teachers will be helping with students
who are failing and our eight grade enrichment program
that we are hoping to implement