1. Welcome to Dodge City Middle School
New
Teacher
Orientation
Introductions

2. Top Five Needs Duplication and Workroom
Security Alarm (Access Code & Procedure)
Parking Assignments
Working in Rooms
Network Connections and Wiki

3. Introduction Activity
Principal Introductions
True or False Activity.docx 
Work individually to list four facts
Three of the facts should be true and one should be false
You have five minutes (Timer)
start with the person who has the longest hair

4. Dodge City Middle school is a very specialized school that understands the physical, intellectual, ethical, psychological and emotional development of the young adolescent and addresses those needs through a carefully planned school structure.
DCMS Mission

5. DCMS Is A Place For Learning
Classrooms are sanctuaries for learning.
Every child has the right to lean and no one has the right to disrupt learning.
Why students fail?
Low Engaging Classrooms
DCMS is about building safety nets.

6. Home and School Communications
Monthly Newsletter
Parent Academy
Student Agendas (Planners)
Back to School Night
Parent Teacher Conferences
Skyward Parent Access
Team Wiki

7. Middle Level Students “The Forgotten Child”
Psychological
Intellectual
Social
Emotional
Between the ages of eleven and fifteen Middle level students exhibit certain physical, social, emotional, psychological, and intellectual characteristics.
Adolescent Development

8. Intellectual Development
Curious and inquisitive about a broad range of interests
Active learning is preferred over passive
Have a desire to be involved with peers
Short interest span is common
Seek learning based on what is real to them and their world as they view it.
Curriculum Integration & Mastery Checks

9. Student Intervention Team
Social Development
Strong need for belonging to a group
Aware of acceptable behavior but are greatly influenced by peer standards
They identify with adults other than parents
Desire for making their own decision about food, activities, and friends
Frequent changes in close friendships
Concern for “right” and “wrong” need for justification
Student Intervention Team

10. Psychological Development
Fluctuate in behavior from mature to childish
Extremely sensitive allows feeling to get hurt easily
Independent
Home Base Advisory

11. Physical Ed. RED & WHITE DAYS
Concern with personal appearance. Peer pressure to improve appearances results in conformity
Fads and styles become important
Extreme restlessness and a capacity to wiggle and squirm results in a need to release physical energy.
They are responsive to a variety of non-structured and leisure activities.
Physical Ed. RED & WHITE DAYS

12. Daily Schedule & Non- Uniform Days
Thursday Is Spirit Day
Fridays Are Reserved for Behavior Team Awards
Caught You Doing Good Drawings
School Uniform Policy

13. How Our School Organized
Our school is designed to:
meet student needs
help the individual child to succeed
to teach responsibility for learning

14. What are Teams?
A group of teachers who join together to solve common problems, meet common need, and accomplish common goals.

15. Teaming at DCMS
Teams are small communities for learning where stable, close mutual, and consistency among teachers can exist for the benefit of the individual child.
Relationships and knowing the individual child is central to the purpose of a team of teachers.

16. What is Teaming?
Teams are built around common planning times so that team members can meet daily for team meetings and to focus on the student learning needs.

17. Teaming at DCMS Focuses on the common needs of its students
Made up from the core teachers
Have a common planning time
Meet daily at the same time
All core teachers are assigned the same students

18. Common Planning Times Determine schedule of special student activities
Evaluate individual student performances
Conduct parent conferences
Plan curriculum
Develop individual student academic plans

19. Teaming at DCMS Seventh Grade 160 Students Per Team Eighth Grade
Arkansas = 160
Cimarron = 161
Kiowa = 158
479 Students
160 Students Per Team
Eighth Grade
Chikaskia = 131
Walnut = 139
Pawnee = 139
409 Students
136 Students Per Team
Class Ratio = 27
Class Ratio = 23
Math (Pre-Algebra) Science Social Studies
Reading Language Arts
Connect/P.E.
Math (Algebra) Science Social Studies Reading
Language Arts
Connect/P.E

20. Teaming at DCMS 7th Grade Daily Meeting Assignments
Intervention Meeting Assignments
Elective Meeting Assignments
Students and teachers are assigned to spaces in close proximity to one another. Room Assignments

21. Goals of Teaming 1.)contribute as a team member;
2.) curriculum integration
3.) manage student focused behavior;
4.) meet the diverse needs of middle level students;
5.) manage technology resources; and
6.) provide effective school wide communications.

22. Grading Practices Lesson Plans
Grading Practices
Lesson Planning
Teacher Lesson Plan Template.doc