1. STUDENT LEADERSHIP AND Mentorship
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Buckhorn School K-12

2. PLAN- DO- STUDY- ACT PLAN DO STUDY ACT Analyze Quarterly Report
District and School Leadership focus meeting .
Develop day plan.
Student Surveys and interviews.
Data Wise Questions DO
Define Teacher Leaders
Establish Student Leadership team.
Set Goals for Mission and Vision statement. Student leaders Morning Share
C.A.T.S. / PBIS
Teacher training
Attendance Initiatives School and District
STUDY
Students become successful leaders.
Discipline improved.
Student ownership is evident.
Attendance dropped. (But quickly improved under new initiative.) Great for 48!
ACT
Continue to develop student leaders.
F.A.S.T. and Morning Share
Gear Up Summer activities.
Attendance

3. Discipline- EMPOWER STUDENTS TO LEAD
KEY POINTS FOR IMPROVEMENT- DATA POINTS Quarterly Report and day plans / PLAN of ACTION
Discipline- EMPOWER STUDENTS TO LEAD
* Quarterly report clearly indicated that discipline was an area of need for
improvement.
* This was supported by PBIS/SWIS data.
* Confirmed in student leadership interviews. (Video in slideshow)
Attendance – INCENTIVES (GREAT FOR 48)
* Infinite Campus
Training – KAGAN AND QFT
* Provide training for teachers in KAGAN and Question Formulation Technique.

4. Empowering students to LEAD!
Student Leaders completed an application and interview process before selections were made.

5. STUDENTS LEAD and SHAPE OUR CULTURE
* Students Tutor Students
We believe students can reach other students in a way that teachers cannot.

6. HOW FULL IS YOUR BUCKET. Positive Strategies for Work and Life
HOW FULL IS YOUR BUCKET? Positive Strategies for Work and Life. Tom Rath and Donald Clifton, Ph.D.
“65% of Americans received no recognition in the workplace last year” Clifton pg40.
An example is from Mrs. Teresa Brewer’s classroom. She has her students complete a survey describing the positive things they see in their classmates.
She gives them out after finals and before Christmas Break as a gift to them from their peers and herself. We can build each other up by filling each other’s buckets.

7. We can be stronger together- if we are flexible and build each other up- we can be part of something greater than ourselves. Team/Class building activities
As a Team Building Activity – To demonstrate that flexibility and unity are key. Students created baskets from reeds woven together. Flexible in the beginning, unified in the process and stronger and more valuable in the end.

8. STUDENTS LEADING STUDENTS IN HEALTHY CHOICES
Student Leaders – Mentor Youth
With Healthy Foods Presentation
Abby leads a tasting session and talks about each healthy food.

9. STUDENTS LEADING/MENTORING STUDENTS IN HEALTHY CHOICES
Healthy Foods Sharing
Questions & Answer session.

10. OUR MISSION – OUR VISION
“People still don’t give up what they know until you can project more clearly what it is you’re going towards and what it is you want them to accomplish” (Collaborative Communications Group, Inc., 2006, p. 26
Creating the High Schools of Our Choice- Tim Westerberg

11. BUCKHORN SCHOOL K-12
MISSION:
EDUCATE FOR SUCCESS!
VISION:
SEE EVERY STUDENT PREPARED FOR COLLEGE CAREER AND LIFE!

12. Character + Attitude + Toughness = SUCCESS!

13. STUDENT LEADERS START OUR DAY!
C. – Character
- Attitude
T. – Toughness
S.- Success
ALL MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS
PLEDGE TO THE FLAG
Special Events and Activities
C.A.T.S. What does it stand for?
How do we model it?
What does it look like?

14. GREAT FOR 48! ATTENDANCE IMPROVEMENT INITATIVE
I just want to say GREAT JOB on being No. 1 in the district in attendance % today.  Elementary was 98.10% and combined with the High School it is 95.96%.  Let’s keep it up!!!!!
 Harvey Colwell- Central Office liaison.

15. Training Teachers to empower student Leadership KAGAN & q.f.t.
This year our teachers have focused on KAGAN and QFT, we choose training based on needs identified by District leaders, Professional Learning Committees and CSIP. These specific trainings foster student leadership through “Student driven instruction” and “Collaborative learning.”

16. STUDENTS DEVELOP THEIR OWN QUESTIONS ABOUT A Q-FOCUS – Enabling students to drive instruction.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
KAGAN COOPERATIVE LEARNING IS PART OF OUR PRACTICE FOR TEACHERS AS WELL AS STUDENTS.

17. Nelwood Wheeler, Teacher at Buckhorn School
“The QFT process has built confidence in our kids’ abilities to believe in themselves and their abilities to explore deeper than just the stated objective or learning target.”
Nelwood Wheeler, Teacher at Buckhorn School

18. RESULTS- Culture Change “Students take the Lead”
Discipline
Goal
Attendance
Training
10% reduction in referrals
Improve to 95%
All teachers offered training.
ALMOST 
SUCCESS 
SUCCESS 

19. What’s Next? Culture of Discipline and Leadership Growth
Include more leaders/mentors.
Student leaders will continue the initiative into the next academic year.
This summer student leaders, mentors and the families they served in F.A.S.T. will travel to Washington D.C. and explore the Nations Capitol and Universities in the area.
Attendance and Teacher Training
Continue student initiative for attendance. Provide recognition weekly, monthly and end of year.
Provide new creative attendance incentives.
Implement teacher attendance incentives
Offer QFT and KAGAN to new teachers.