Freshman Where are we & where are we going? 12/4/06

Focus Our Efforts to Make Our Intentions Clear

Agenda  Examine our current goals and mission  Work on a mission statement  Decide on some common goals  Define the coordinator and principal roles  Decide on some common strategies to help achieve our goals  Next year and Transition

Current Goals & Mission  FA Guide to Success  Freshman Academy Goals Improve attendance Improve retention rate Improve failure rate Improve discipline referral rate

Dixie’s Mission Statement Dixie Heights High School is a community of learners dedicated to nurturing, challenging, and motivating students to meet high expectations. Through creative and rigorous teaching, we encourage students to work toward their potential success in the world tomorrow.

Freshman Academy Mission? List words (only positive) you believe embody the “perfect freshman academy”

Goals?  Reflect back to mission!  What are you currently doing?  We want goals each and everyone can strive toward on a daily basis  Write down three goals you are currently striving toward with your students. (Try to stay away from specific content roles)

Freshman Coordinator  Enroll new students  Monitor failure rates  Design remediation  Small group counseling  Create, monitor, & teach classroom guidance lessons  Complete and implement performance contracts  Create and implement freshman specific activities  Aid in the transition of students from middle school

Freshman Principal  Discipline Students-assure a safe and orderly environment  Monitor and guide teacher/team development and professional growth  Monitor progress of the academy and create necessary change  Monitor SOS and Core Content implementation

Take a Break (you deserve it)

Goal 1  What strategies are you currently using in your classroom which support this goal?  Any commonalities?  What can we all do?  How does the coordinator and principal fit in?  How can we monitor implementation/success?

Goal 2  What strategies are you currently using in your classroom which support this goal?  Any commonalities?  What can we all do?  How does the coordinator and principal fit in?  How can we monitor implementation/success?

Goal 3  What strategies are you currently using in your classroom which support this goal?  Any commonalities?  What can we all do?  How does the coordinator and principal fit in?  How can we monitor implementation/success?

Goal 4  What strategies are you currently using in your classroom which support this goal?  Any commonalities?  What can we all do?  How does the coordinator and principal fit in?  How can we monitor implementation/success?

Goal 5  What strategies are you currently using in your classroom which support this goal?  Any commonalities?  What can we all do?  How does the coordinator and principal fit in?  How can we monitor implementation/success?

How Do We Keep up Morale?  Christmas Dinner Wednesday 12/13 Monday 12/18 Tuesday 12/19  Other

Next Year  Trimesters  What do we want for freshman academy? A/B, B/A... Math, Science,... What current components do we want to keep? Study skills for troubled students? Go to the middle school?...

Transition  Spring?  Placement test?  Visits?  Camp Dixie?  Summer PD?