1. Welcome to the Palomino Family Curriculum Night
Mrs. Holly King – Math
Ms. Stephanie Ritter – Language Arts
Mrs. Beth Kamradt – Social Studies & Science

2. Why do successful people succeed?
Research shows that there are behavioral patterns that successful people share.
They are life-long, self-directed learners.
This kind of learning is a process.
They have mastered cognitive skills that transverse content areas.
They support themselves through this process with successful habits.
Life-long
Self-Directed
Learners
70%
30%

3. Cognitive Skill Set: Domains  Dimensions
Textual Analysis – (Close, Active Reading Abilities)
Using Resources
Inquiry Skills
Analysis and Synthesis
Composing and Writing
Speaking and Listening
Products and Presentations
Detailed
Developmental
Rubrics

4. Habits for Success
Challenge Seeking: Self-directed learners are always looking for challenges.  They know that they will not grow unless they are pushing themselves to try something they don’t feel completely comfortable with.
Persistence: Self-directed learners are persistent even when a task is not completely engaging or interesting.  They understand that deliberate practice leads to quicker processing and frees up mental space to solve more difficult problems and think through more interesting ideas.
Strategy Shifting: Not all strategies will work for every problem.  Self-directed learners are not just persistent but also realize when they are heading towards a dead end or getting frustrated and when it is time to shift strategies even if it means starting the problem from scratch.  
Appropriate Help Seeking: Self-directed learners don’t just feel comfortable asking for help from peers and teachers, they also do it in a way that will help sustain their learning.  Self-directed learners are not satisfied with the answer or the next step in the process but want to know why their current strategy isn’t working and why other strategies might work better.
Response to Setbacks: Self-directed learners fail as often, and usually more often, than anyone else.  They don’t get discouraged by these failures but realize that these failures are opportunities to learn and shift strategies if necessary.

5. HOW can we help our students become self-directed, life-long learners prepared to succeed in the 21st Century?
Provide rich, relevant and real-world development in the cognitive skill set …
While encouraging the adoption of habits for success …
And providing personalized opportunities to learn the supporting content.

6. Summit Platform & Approach
HOW can we help our students become self-directed, life-long learners prepared to succeed in the 21st Century?
Provide rich, relevant and real-world development in the cognitive skill set …
While encouraging the adoption of habits for success …
And Providing personalized opportunities to learn the supporting content.
Summit Platform & Approach

7. Learning Styles PHEA Survey More Detailed Survey
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More Detailed Survey

8. Summit Approach Personal Learning Time Project Time
Content Learning in ALL Subjects
Personalized & Self-directed
Students PLAN w/ Daily Objectives
Students decide when and HOW they want to learn
Mastery Based
Students decide when they are ready to SHOW they have mastered content requirements.
Don’t Pass?  Reflect & Use Additional Learning Resources
Pass?  Move On!
Project Done in ALL Subject Areas
Using Buck Institute Gold Standard PBL
Real World, Compelling Driving Questions/ Problems
Student Choice & Voice
Opportunity for development of Cognitive Skills
3-6 Dimensions w/ Detailed, Developmental Rubrics

9. Summit Platform - Ask your student to Log-in and show you around!

10. Mentoring Every student has a mentor
Mentoring sessions occur every 2-3 weeks
One-on-one time with mentor
Discussions about:
Progress with both Content and Skills
How things are going generally
Self reflection  Support & Suggestions regarding Habits
Future plans and Opportunities: This Year & in High School
Requests for personalized opportunities
ENCOURAGEMENT!!

11. Mrs. Kamradt Science & Social Studies
Geological Processes & Time
Change Through Time
Biological Systems
Animal Behavior
Climate & Weather
High School Preparation
Chemistry
Physics
Social Studies: American History
Native Americans
Colonial Era
Revolutionary War
A New Nation
The Constitution
Going West
The Civil War
Reconstruction

12. Math & Algebra Mrs. Holly King
14 power focus areas that include:
Real numbers
Radicals and Exponents
Proportions
Linear Equations
16 power focus areas that include:
Real numbers
Radicals and Exponents
Equations and Inequalities
Functions
Quadratics

13. Language Arts Ms. Stephanie Ritter
This year is basically divided into two distinct but mutually informing sections:
Fall 2016
Mystery- Investigative Journalism
Poetry- Poetry Slam Project
Comedy- Controversial Comedy
Spring 2017
Analyzing Evidence- Critical Lenses Project
Shaping our Values- This I Believe Project
Fantasy- Dream on Project

14. Next Steps for Learning about the new Summit/PBL Approach and Platform
Student Pamphlet Discussion PBL Project
Your student will be using the pamphlet and on-line sources to tell you more about how they will be learning this year.
Your questions on the back of their Pamphlet Rubric will help guide …
The Next Parent Summit Platform Training Program
About 4 Weeks from now
Information will be sent out in a couple of weeks
It will be a hands-on session
YOU will receive log-ins to the platform, too!