Welcome “The spirit of Christmas is the spirit of love and of generosity and of goodness. It illuminates the picture window of the soul, and we look out upon the world's busy life and become more interested in people than in things.” Thomas S. Monson

FHS Staff Meeting December 7, 2016 Agenda Recognitions 15 Year Pins Hog Wild School-Wide Goals Pass Bond Attendance Matters! High Impact Instruction Safe & Orderly Environment Emergency Drills revisited Items and Issues AdvancED Review – Billings West Christmas Catch Up PreACT

Recognizing our outstanding staff! FLATHEAD WAY

Lauren Gustafson (Mama G) Recognitions 15 Year Pins Cindy Bardwell Brian Bay Renee Cordes Melanie Dardis Leah Schvaneveldt Steve Eversoll Lee Huestis Marc Nadeau Sara Nelson Aarica Phillips Rhonda Reilly Lisa Thomson Sheila Zorafos Hog Wild Lauren Gustafson (Mama G)

Lynette Johnson

Battle of the Stars What level was added to the tiered system of attendance this year?

Battle of the Stars Beginning Engagement Practice End In regards to our goals, what does B.E.P.E. stand for? Beginning Engagement Practice End

Battle of the Stars Beginning 1. In Halls 2. Bell Ringer Name 2 of the 3 tenets that we use as “look fors” in our Focus on Five walkthroughs. Beginning 1. In Halls 2. Bell Ringer 3. Learning Target

“Focus on Five” 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 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.

B.E.P.E. Engagement Strategies Work in the Power Zone On task Retention Discipline 75% Ideal Frequent Small group purposeful talk Practice Frequent checks for understanding Opportunities for students to demonstrate mastery Teach and re-teach Guided and independent practice Ending Closing thought on the board Summarize Closing question Students summarize Formative assessment and/or practice retrieval Correct misunderstandings

Battle of the Stars According to Bill Daggett’s Rigor/Relevance Framework, what quadrant is higher order thinking?

Battle of the Stars What’s missing from Daggett’s Framework?

Battle of the Stars

Battle of the Stars What is our new emergency procedure?

Run, Lock, Fight

FHS Emergency Procedures Evacuation Soft Lockdown Intruder Alert

FHS Emergency Procedures Practice Intruder Alert: Staff notified prior Announcement, “This is a practice Intruder Alert” Use Run, Lock, Fight principles and discuss with class Announcement, “All clear” Coming Soon!

Principal’s School-Wide Goals Big Hairy Audacious Goals Increase Student Achievement Attendance Matters! >94% 93.79% (93.82% 15-16) High Impact Instruction Engaging Activities (BEPE, Protocols) Higher Order Thinking Maintain Current Drop Out Rate 2.58% (32) 15 FHS Maintain Success Rate 96% Safe & Orderly Environment Consistency among staff Concerted staff effort in the hall Respect

Items and Issues AdvancED Review – Billings West February 26-28 Christmas Catch Up December 27, 8:30 – 3:30 +4 hours of prep $30 per/hour PreACT December 14, 8:15 – 12:00 p.m. all Juniors Holidays

For the good of the order?