Brent 2020: Reaching ALL Students

Agenda Why Our Students’ Needs? What Are We Carrying Forward/Cornerstones Strategic Plan Revisited How Do We Reach All Students? Brent Elementary - Week Zero2

Why Our Students’ Needs? As we consider “Brent 2020: Reaching All Students,” meeting our students’ needs more effectively is important because…

Why Our Students’ Needs? …we have a moral obligation to do so.

Why Our Students’ Needs? …we have a moral obligation to do so. …we have a persistent achievement gap at Brent (28% in F & P at 2015 EOY)

What Are We Carrying Forward? “Productive struggle” – “Everyone is expected to struggle during the learning process”

What Are We Carrying Forward? “Productive struggle” – “Everyone is expected to struggle during the learning process” Make the Students do the heavy lifting

What Are We Carrying Forward? “Productive struggle” – “Everyone is expected to struggle during the learning process” Make the Students do the heavy lifting DCPS Cornerstones – Four for each grade-level (K-5) – High-quality learning experiences for all DCPS students

Strategic Plan Revisited Strategic Plan: Brent 2020 Brent will become a highly effective, inclusive, field experience school where all students grow and advance through productive struggles and a whole-child approach that promotes academic, social, and emotional development in order to produce confident, self-reliant, and self- motivated students ready for any opportunity.

Strategic Plan Revisited Strategic Plan: Brent 2020 Some strategic plan reflections included… Teachers ultimately responsible for delivering majority of academic and behavioral interventions with limited time and support.

Strategic Plan Revisited Strategic Plan: Brent 2020 Some strategic plan reflections included… Teachers ultimately responsible for delivering majority of academic and behavioral interventions with limited time and support. Behavior was the #1 challenge identified by teachers; followed by insufficient time. So…

How Do We Reach All Students? Meeting our Students’ Needs More Effectively & Closing the Achievement Gap at Brent (The old model) Brent Students Tier ITier IITier IIISpEd

How Do We Reach All Students? Meeting our Students’ Needs More Effectively & Closing the Achievement Gap at Brent (The New & Improved model) Brent Students Tier ITier IITier III “Brain Block” Teacher Partners Behavior Support Team SpEd 6 th Grade Math Field Experiences

How Do We Reach All Students? Field Experiences – Created to provide students more consistent and more meaningful field experiences – Goal is to have 4-5 meaningful, well planned experiences that are deeply rooted in curriculum – Staff member coordinating efforts (Ms. Farkas)

How Do We Reach All Students? “Brain” Block – Created in order to provide K-2 students more consistent (daily) small- group intervention and enrichment support – K-2 students, working towards our Brent 2020 goal of “all students on grade-level by the end of 2 nd grade” – “All” hands on deck (ECE teachers, IC, SpEd teachers, etc) – Staff member coordinating efforts (Ms. Patterson)

How Do We Reach All Students? Teacher Partners – Created in order to provide 3 rd -5 th grade students more consistent (daily) small-group intervention and enrichment support – Staff member coordinating efforts (Ms. Byrns)

How Do We Reach All Students? Behavior Support Team – Created to provide students and teachers more consistent (daily) behavior support – Behavior Tech, social worker, school psychologist – Behavior tech Is on recess duty everyday!! – All three will work with students in formal and informal ways (lunch bunch, recess, therapy sessions, etc).

Moving Forward Everything we do this year is in the spirit of “kaizen,” Japanese for “a shared dedication to continuous improvement” Finally…