FUTURA Please Sign In On front table Developing the Intellect through Inquiry and Investigation Show this slide as people enter. Structures - Fall 2016

Meet Mr. Charlish This is me! Ms. Chona – translator for tonight and school bookeeper My name is Steven Charlish and I am so excited to be joining the Forest Grove Team this year! I have been a teacher in the county for the past ten years, and have been teaching in various places around the world for the past twenty! I was born in England, just outside of London and then moved to the west of England to study education. Before coming to the United States in 2006 I had been teaching third through fifth grade at schools in the city of Bristol in the west of England. I was also lucky enough to teach in New Zealand and Nicaragua. I graduated with honors from Bath Spa University earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Creative English and Studies of Childhood with Qualified Teacher Status. Since then I have earned my Masters in Education from Shenandoah University, and my endorsement in gifted education. I am currently studying to earn my certificate in educational leadership. What can I say, I love learning! Outside of school I am an avid football (soccer) and I am beginning to understand many American sports, such as baseball. I enjoy playing golf, traveling and generally anything that can help me be outside!

Meet the Administration Assistant Principal: Shaniqua Medley Principal: Shontel Simon

Forest Grove FUTURA Center Schedule Serving: Monday- Guilford and Sully 4th and 5th Tuesday- Forest Grove, 4th Grade Wednesday- Forest Grove, 5th Grade Thursday- Sterling 4th and 5th Grade Friday- Rolling Ridge 4th and 5th Grade

FUTURA Goals #1 To become divergent creative thinkers who recognize problems and solve them. #2 To construct personal meaning and understanding of others and of the world around them. FUTURA Goals: #1 To become divergent creative thinkers who recognize problems and solve them. #2 To construct personal meaning and understanding of others and of the world around them. #3 To develop the capacity for self assessment. (ownership of the learning) Main Skills Complex Thinking Skills Research Skills Independent Learning Skills Interactive Skills Additional Skills Creative Expression Affective Education and Leadership THINKING & ACADEMIC RIGOR: Experiences Qualitatively Different Academic Environments (More In-Depth, Complex and Abstract Concepts and Ideas) Builds Upon Interests, Strengths, and Personal Goals Engages Consistently in Sophisticated Investigations of Materials, Texts, Interactive Technologies and Learning Activities Employs Advanced Critical and Creative Processes Investigative and Open-Ended Learning Processes #3 To develop the capacity for self assessment. (ownership of the learning)

Expectations Involvement Collaboration Ownership Problem Solving Involvement in active learning Development and use of planning strategies Utilization of problem solving techniques Application of core content learning to projects and products Flexibility and critical thinking Collaboration with fellow students Perseverance and task commitment Maintenance of proper classroom decorum Students will sign the FUTURA honor code, which we go back to time and time again Passion: Feeling very strongly about a subject I will find a new passion for some of the topics we study, and become excited to learn more about them. Being an active participant in all we do will open up some new interests for me. Faith: A belief in the trustworthiness of an idea I will have faith in my abilities. Things in FUTURA will be challenging, but if I set my mind to it, I can do it! It is important to persevere at difficult tasks. Work Ethic: A set of values based on the virtues of hard work and diligence I am expected to work hard in FUTURA all the time, giving my best effort no matter what I am working on. Sportsmanship: Conformance to the rules, spirit, and etiquette of sport In FUTURA I will work with many different people. I am expected to cooperate and collaborate with fellow students and teachers, maintaining a positive attitude.

Take risks, make mistakes.. Growth Mindset – Carol Dweck In a fixed mindset, people believe their basic qualities, like their intelligence or talent, are simply fixed traits. They spend their time documenting their intelligence or talent instead of developing them. They also believe that talent alone creates success—without effort. They’re wrong. In a growth mindset, people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work—brains and talent are just the starting point. This view creates a love of learning and a resilience that is essential for great accomplishment. Virtually all great people have had these qualities.

Who had a fabulous struggle today? Mistakes are a natural part of learning, it is what happens when you take on challenges. Children often say “I never tried anything I can’t do.” They say it so often that it becomes part of the personality. When they are finally challenged and fail this experience can be devastating. In FUTURA this year we are going to be encouraging mistakes and celebrating them, we want to use them and our failures to help us learn.

Structures: Discover The Essential Understandings meet the needs of the designer /user. provide frameworks. are self-supporting. can be modified. are a meaningful arrangement of elements.

Possible Topics Under Structures History of Architecture Concepts in Architecture Structures in Nature Manmade Structures Structure of Language: Stories, Speaking, Writing, Acting Mathematics of Structures Physics of Structures Aesthetics of Structures (All subject areas are integrated within these topics)

Independent Interest Centers Satisfy curiosities Develop tenacity Foster independence Goals: To provide FUTURA students with opportunities to both satisfy and elicit their intense curiosity. Provide real world application of knowledge and interactions with the thinking of professionals within the field of interest or topic. FUTURA students have the opportunity to choose activities based on interest and learning style while working at their own individual pace. Encourage independent thinking, risk-taking, creative and critical thinking. Students learn task commitment and time management skills. Reflect on individual accomplishments and set goals. Some possible center topics: Art, Strategy Games, Geometry, Medieval Times, Immigration, Titanic, Wordplay, Newspapers, and more….

Assessments 1st Skill 2nd 1 2 3 4 5 6 S T Goal Setting   Given the opportunity, the student does not demonstrate this skill Attempts to set goals but unable to meet them Sets appropriate goals and works to meet them with guidance Independently sets appropriate goals and works to meet them Independently sets and meets appropriate goals Independently sets and meets appropriately challenging goals Formal Assessments are given at the end of each semester. (late January and June) Informal Assessments are ongoing. These will be in your child’s FUTURA binder with major projects/centers work. Students are often asked to complete self-assessments prior to teacher evaluation of various products. This allows them to reflect on their learning and make comments/suggestions prior to another’s evaluation. Have a copy of the assessment to hand out to parents at event.

Our Typical Day Interest Centers Structures Curriculum Enrichment Lunch and Recess Recess usually at 10:30 Lunch is at 12:15 Return to base school at 1:45 Students are transported by bus from their home school to and from Forest Grove Elementary.

Your Attendance Is Important To Us! Please call both your home school and Forest Grove 571-434-4560. Students don’t get to opt in and out of FUTURA. FUTURA Attendance Policy!!! (new) If there is an issue at the home school (special event, stressed out about work) please let us know so we can intervene If your child is going to be late to school, please drive him or her to FUTURA center and our office will alert the base school when your child arrives Tardy? Bring your child directly to FUTURA, not base school.

Hungry? Students may bring their lunches from home or buy at the FUTURA center. The lunch account is connected to your child’s base school. Please make sure your child has money on his/her account if he/she plans to buy lunch when at FUTURA. Please send your child with a nutritious, nut-free, mid-morning snack. Lunch Time is 12:15

Communication Binder FUTURA News Completed Assignments and Graded Rubrics FUTURA News

Gifted Information Night @ Sully Elementary Tues 27th FUTURA Website http://www.lcps.org/domain/6755 Gifted Information Night @ Sully Elementary Tues 27th

Required Forms at FUTURA Emergency Form Media Release/Acceptable Use Policy Form Emergency form (comes from the home school) Student rights and responsibilities form also includes Internet Access Form Permission for Video Taping and Photograph Form. Even though you signed one with your student’s first day packet we need our own at this center. Emergency

Other Forms.. Gifted Information Night Remind Forms Behavior Management Growth Mindset Language

Medicines at FUTURA Treatment Plans Medications Please speak to the school nurse

Make-Up Work Policy 2 Days to make up work Let us know…

Worried? At Base School I have trouble getting them to understand me. It’s hard to get along with kids my own age. I don’t like being labeled “gifted” by kids. I dislike being teased about being smart. I don’t like it when somebody gives me the brush off for doing better than they do. I have trouble coping with the way peers act. Sometimes they seem so slow to learn. I think I should be the leader because I know more. Sometimes, I’m bossy, and my friends don’t like it. It can be hard for me to work in a group because I want the work to be perfect. Sometimes I think I know more than the teacher. I am scared to fail At FUTURA Status change Too many leaders Missing base school Make up work Overcoming academic challenge

Withdrawals or Changes in Placement If, for any reason, a student needs to withdraw from the program, a parent conference will be scheduled. There is a form to be filled out, signed and returned to your child’s SEARCH teacher or us, and we will forward it to the GT office. Your child may choose to opt back in at any time beginning the NEXT school year. Mention FUTURA Attendance Policy: 4 absences = possible conference

Parent Concerns/Conferences Forest Grove Elementary 571-434-4560 Best times to call: 7:30-8:00 am 2:00-2:20 pm Hand out the forms for using remind. Email (best option) Steven.charlish@lcps.org Remind

Thanks for coming out tonight!