Central Junior High

Priority Plan Central Junior High

2016 - 2017

What PD Feels Like

Priorities for 2016 - 2017

World Class
Engagemen
t
Academic Intervention

Collaboration

New Staf

Commit to World Class

Engagement
Teacher behaviors when students are present
a. Moving about the classroom directing,
facilitating, and monitoring instruction
b. Pulling small groups of students
c. Sitting beside students listening/inspecting
learning
- Limit low yield techniques for

essential material

- Limit/Eliminate non-essential

student grading

d. Providing opportunities for movement and

collaboration every class period to chunk learning

Commit to Collaboration
45 minutes Every Other
Week
A work in progress
-

Teachers attend all curriculum previews

Coordinators communicate attendance by email
Mr. Adkins plans with 8th grade Social Studies
Mrs. Rhodes plans with 7th grade ELA
Mr. Belcher attends at random

*HEB Teaching and Learning System Document and

Engagement Strategies Toolkit always at the planning table.

COMMIT TO INTERVENTION
Intensive after school intervention for students more than one year
behind in core subjects.
Limit group size to 6. Every teacher in that content area will engage
with students for 40 minutes, one day per week for 30 weeks.
Intervention is never canceled.
It doesnt matter if you have one student, still have tutoring
(intervention)
If you are going to be gone, get someone to cover your tutoring
time

Focus of intervention will be readiness skills delivered through small

group instruction

Major Changes Staf

ENGLISH
7th: 3 of 5 New
All over 10 years of
experience. One has a
Doctorate in Reading
Motivation.
8th: 2 of 3 New
Instructional Specialist
for Elementary and DRM.
9th: 2 of 3 New
2nd year Reading Teacher

MATH
7th: 2 of 4 New

SCIENCE
8th: 2 of 3 New to
Grade Level

8th: 1 of 4 New
Beginning Teacher

9th: All Returning

9th: All Returning

SOCIAL STUDIES
8th: 3 of 4 New to
Grade Level. One
new to teaching.

The Central Schedule

New Bell Schedule
- Reduces classes by 2 or 3 minutes
Split ESL Beginner Classes to
provide additional intensive
intervention
Changed the structure of Inclusion
to allow for wider dissemination of
students throughout periods

Building Momentum Through

Instructional Adjustments
Teachers anchored questioning charts in all classrooms
where students are supported.

Building Momentum Through

Professional Learning
Plan for PD
Planning for World Class
Engagement with Challenging
Students
Supporting Students with Special
Needs Inside the General
Education Setting
Building a Sheltered Instruction
Tool-kit for all Staf
Coaching Staf for Timely
Instructional Adjustments

Principals
Challenge
Visit other Teachers
Classrooms During your
Conference Each Six Weeks
Administrators will add
Check points into the Goal
Setting, Pre-Conference, and
Summative Conference
Process

PDSA in Process