Teaming in a Freshman Academy Objective 2 Rigor-Relevance-Relationships

Rigor-Relevance-Relationships RED TRAIN GRAY TRAIN English: Ms. Reynolds (T.L.) Math: Mr. Nagy Science: Ms. Stoute Social Studies: Mr. Gennaro English: Ms. Fontenot Math: Ms. Sewell Science: Mr. Willis (T.L.) Social Studies: Mr. Hamilton 75 students 3 rd Hour Planning5 th Hour Planning FRESHMAN ELECTIVE TEACHERS (common planning 2 nd ) Principal Assistant Principals 9 th /10 th Counselor Other Staff Members AHS Wildcat Express Team Design

Rigor-Relevance-Relationships One core subject teacher per team Balance of experience, talent, and personalities Common planning period Scheduled Train Meetings every week Teaching common set of students Creating Freshman Academy Teams

Rigor-Relevance-Relationships Distribute teacher workload among team Collaborate on instruction and curriculum Share interventions and student information Divide train students to make initial phone contact with parents or guardians Responsibilities of Teachers on Teams

Rigor-Relevance-Relationships Write I-Contracts for Credit Recovery Examine report cards, progress reports, and data from administration for each train student Assign students to Back on Track mentoring program based on student data Choose Freshman of the Month Responsibilities of Teachers on Teams

Rigor-Relevance-Relationships Have the same four core area teachers Take separate electives Common routines and procedures on train Balanced ability levels across both trains Students monitored by Train Teachers Parent conference scheduling is simplified Coursework integrated across train teachers Students and parents identify with their train Absent students need only talk to a train member for make up work Freshman of the Month chosen by train Friendly competition between train students Connecting the Students and Parents

Rigor-Relevance-Relationships Use of Jpams to group students heterogeneously based on past performance and electives selected Balancing of first time Freshman only core classes Offering enough electives during Train teachers planning periods Cross Train students Team Scheduling Challenges

Rigor-Relevance-Relationships Developing interventions and strategies to remove excuses for student failure Teachers learning what it means to work as a team Differences in teacher personality and motivation Teacher agreement on common routines and procedures in the classroom Increase in workload and time during planning period Other Team Challenges

Rigor-Relevance-Relationships 5 Boys and 5 Girls nominated from each Train One Boy and One Girl from each Train are selected from the nominees Nominees lockers are tagged and goody bags are given Freshman of the Month receive Reward Passes, a T-shirt, PBS rewards, letter sent to parents Freshman of the Month

Common Routines and Procedures Rigor-Relevance-Relationships MATHSCIENCEENGLISHP.E. SOCIAL STUDIES PLANNER USE ABSENCE POLICY STUDY SKILLS CHECK OUT POLICY TARDY POLICY TAUGHT THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL REVIEWED DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR ELECTIVE TEACHERS: HANDOUT PROCEDURES