Colleen Humphries, Jonas Rockhold, Mark Rosenbalm, Lindsay Gualario, Michelle Mell

 Student Demographics:  46 % white  40% African-American  12% Hispanic  15% Exceptional  2 % Asian

 Struggling to meet the needs of their students  Faculty, staff, parents and business partners work together implementing various reforms ◦ Reforms are unsuccessful  Staff feels mounting problems between veteran and young teachers  Lack of respect, collegiality, trust

 Toxic School Culture  Lack of respect, collegiality, and trust  Veteran teacher are not pro-active  Younger disenchanted  School culture needs to be changed  Technology not being used

 Change the school culture  Build relationships, respect, and trust  Encourage teacher collaboration through PLCs  Work together toward student achievement

Empowering the principal helping him gain respect Implement research based programs designed between veteran vs new teachers Move forward together bright future

 Professional Learning Communities  Professional reading introduced driving reforms  Allowed to be risk takers  Set high expectations for learners

 Work together as a body  New members correct way to behave  Climate  Barriers to reform effort within school  Resulting in conflicts  Many teachers, particularly new ones, do not respect principal  Lack of community within the school

Bachelor’s Degree 38.3%  Master’s Degree 56.9%  Advance Degree 4.8%  Technology  Computers advanced

 Jim O’Connor suffer from lack of respect  First gain respect  Break away from micro-manager  Leader who operates as team member rather authority figure  Teachers must take advantage of his knowledge  Work to make teacher feel respected

 Traits that work  Visibility, encouragement, high standards  Set clear expectations,  Consistent discipline, supportive, collaborative  Superintendent work with principal on traits

 Daily interaction with superintendent  Classroom walk through, positive feedback  Build morale of the staff  Clear expectation  Support faculty on issues  Gain respect, staff important, supportive  Administration listen to ideas

 New developed  New reform guidelines not being met

 Building trust and respect  Helping teachers learn to collaborate  Providing relationship building opportunities  Find some common ground

 Interaction between teachers  Mentoring between veteran teachers and new  Time for reflection  Exchanging of information and ideas

 Veteran-Oriented  Novice-Oriented  Integrated (Ideal)

 Revisiting School Vision  Involve stake holders  Conduct surveys and discussions  Come together with a shared vision  Common Ground

 Sanger Unified School District  Levels the playing field  Mentor/Mentee Relationships

 Richard and Rebecca DuFour  Collaboration/Student Focus/Best Practices  Bridging the Gap between teachers  Continuous Improvement  Benefitting students/Action Oriented  Results Oriented

 Sacred Time  Deep Discussion  Training  Shared Planning Time  COMMITMENT!

 Number of Student 10, 752  Percent Free and Reduced Lunch 74%  Limited English 29%  Special Education 6.8%  Placed on Program Improvement for failure to meet minimum proficiency levels for EL students  Implemented PLCs

State 36.5%41.9%45.5%56.2% SUSD 25%35.3%46.5%60.2% State EL 18.5%21.9%25.8%38.7% SUSDEL 11%19.8%30.9%48.8%

 Theme focus on Students rather than Teachers  Allowed for a change in culture  “Do Whatever It Takes” mentality  Common Vision and Common Goals  Teachers love it and say they would never go back to doing things the “old” way!