D. F. Walker School Improvement Plan Presentation to the Edenton-Chowan School Board October 12, 2009

IMPACT Funding, 2009-11. Infrastructure. Hardware. Software IMPACT Funding, 2009-11 Infrastructure Hardware Software Professional Development We are very excited to receive round two funding for IMPACT. Round two which totals $328,305 will be spent over a two year period. The majority of the hardware funding will be allocated towards increasing access to computers and computer devices throughout DF Walker (updating labs and purchasing Computers on wheels (COWs). About $73,000 of that is earmarked for Staff Development. We are exploring various ways to provide staff development to the staff at DF Walker; including travel to national and state conferences, expert services brought in-house to provide face-to-face training, online modules and webinars, summer institute, etc. We want to provide formats that do not interfere with student learning.

2009-10 Projects Project #1: 21st Century goals, content, and skills Project #2: Formative Assessment Project #3: Hornet Buddies Project #4: 2nd/3rd Grade Transition DF Walker has 4 projects underway this year: I will address project #1: 21st Century goals, content and skills We will continue to provide teachers support in: delivering 21st century content with 21st century tools and technology that guarantees student learning support and guidance in the use of 21st century assessment to inform instruction and measure 21st century knowledge and skills the focus group will shift from teachers to students we will use 21st century tools to educate and inform our parents

21st Century Tools Communicating with Parents FaceBook http://www.facebook.com/DFWalkerElementary Twitter http://twitter.com/WalkerHornets We are using 21st century tools to reach out to our parents and community members. Much of our parent population are using these tools on a personal level. So, it makes since to go where they are. These sites are set up so that parents can become a fan of the school site and received messages on their account.

21st Century Tools Communicating with Parents DFW Web-page http://ecps.dfw.schoolfusion.us Our school web page is updated weekly and shares important announcements as well as news events happening at our school. Our school site also includes a resource page with links for parents to use at home with their students. On teacher pages, there’s news pertinent to their classrooms. Our teachers use a variety of resources to get information home to parents.

21st Century Tools Communicating with Parents DFW onfizz http://dfw.onfizz.org Fizz is a site that is offered through NC State University that houses video content that is secure and only available for viewing by the public. Students and staff are creating instructional videos to share with students and parents at home. These videos can be viewed at school to provide reinforcement. I observed a teacher showing several ways to solve a math problem, one being a video from FIZZ that her co-worker had created to teach the concept. A child in her class was overheard saying, “I’m gonna use that one.” Teachers can also create a blog on this site as well and embed videos on the site for reinforcement or as a reminder of how this is taught. It becomes a support resource for parents as they see exactly how the teacher teaches.

21st Century Tools Educators to Educators Hornet Café Wiki Hornet Skype Group Email Google Docs Support tools for staff in conducting their day to day business…and after hours business on many occasions.

Using 21st Century Tools with students and by students Online Collaborative Projects And to Think I Saw it on … Gingerbread Project VoiceThread Tessellation Nation Historical Fiction: A Blast from the Past Walker Hornet Wiki Google Docs Monthly surveys Brain Booster Where in the World is Jumper? Online Bookmarking Porta Portal (school site) Skype Virtual visits with New York Times best-selling author/illustrator Linda Lowery and Richard Keep Students and educators in various states E-mail Gaggle.net OnFIZZ These are some of the Web 2.0 tools that our students use at Walker.

Performance-Based Learning INTEL trained staff units developed: cross-curricular; technology integrated http://westnixon50states.21classes.com http://gwardenreadingresponse.21classes.com Intel trained: all but a couple staff members have completed Intel Essentials training; 4 Master Level Intel Teachers and 1 Senior Level Intel Teacher

Assessment Book Study during learning teams Formative Summative Data Notebooks Data Analysis Meeting individual student needs which led to revamping Target….

TARGET 45 minute period where students are homogeneously grouped Serve AIG, Corrective Reading, Number Worlds Will serve 252 non-EC students in Corrective Reading this year Will serve 25 non-EC students in Number Worlds this year Those 3rd and 4th grade students in CR B2 will move into Number Worlds next year.

HORNET Buddies Identify At-Risk Students Provide a support mentor EVAAS data EOG data Teacher recommendation Provide a support mentor Staff members Community members Provide resources, as needed

Collaboration with WOS Entire School Stake It! Joint Faculty meeting in November 2nd and 3rd grade teachers First meeting scheduled for Oct. 29, 2009

NC PBS Model School Safety patrol-WBBB

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