1. D. F. Walker School Improvement Plan
Presentation to the
Edenton-Chowan School Board
October 12, 2009

2. IMPACT Funding, 2009-11. Infrastructure. Hardware. Software
IMPACT Funding, Infrastructure Hardware Software Professional Development
We are very excited to receive round two funding for IMPACT. Round two which totals $328,305 will be spent over a two year period. The majority of the hardware funding will be allocated towards increasing access to computers and computer devices throughout DF Walker (updating labs and purchasing Computers on wheels (COWs). About $73,000 of that is earmarked for Staff Development. We are exploring various ways to provide staff development to the staff at DF Walker; including travel to national and state conferences, expert services brought in-house to provide face-to-face training, online modules and webinars, summer institute, etc. We want to provide formats that do not interfere with student learning.

3. 2009-10 Projects Project #1: 21st Century goals, content, and skills
Project #2: Formative Assessment
Project #3: Hornet Buddies
Project #4: 2nd/3rd Grade Transition
DF Walker has 4 projects underway this year: I will address project #1: 21st Century goals, content and skills
We will continue to provide teachers support in:
delivering 21st century content with 21st century tools and technology that guarantees student learning
support and guidance in the use of 21st century assessment to inform instruction and measure 21st century knowledge and skills
the focus group will shift from teachers to students
we will use 21st century tools to educate and inform our parents

4. 21st Century Tools Communicating with Parents
FaceBook
Twitter
We are using 21st century tools to reach out to our parents and community members. Much of our parent population are using these tools on a personal level. So, it makes since to go where they are. These sites are set up so that parents can become a fan of the school site and received messages on their account.

5. 21st Century Tools Communicating with Parents
DFW Web-page
Our school web page is updated weekly and shares important announcements as well as news events happening at our school. Our school site also includes a resource page with links for parents to use at home with their students. On teacher pages, there’s news pertinent to their classrooms. Our teachers use a variety of resources to get information home to parents.

6. 21st Century Tools Communicating with Parents
DFW onfizz
Fizz is a site that is offered through NC State University that houses video content that is secure and only available for viewing by the public. Students and staff are creating instructional videos to share with students and parents at home. These videos can be viewed at school to provide reinforcement. I observed a teacher showing several ways to solve a math problem, one being a video from FIZZ that her co-worker had created to teach the concept. A child in her class was overheard saying, “I’m gonna use that one.” Teachers can also create a blog on this site as well and embed videos on the site for reinforcement or as a reminder of how this is taught. It becomes a support resource for parents as they see exactly how the teacher teaches.

7. 21st Century Tools Educators to Educators
Hornet Café Wiki
Hornet Skype Group
Google Docs
Support tools for staff in conducting their day to day business…and after hours business on many occasions.

8. Using 21st Century Tools with students and by students
Online Collaborative Projects
And to Think I Saw it on …
Gingerbread Project
VoiceThread
Tessellation Nation
Historical Fiction: A Blast from the Past
Walker Hornet Wiki
Google Docs
Monthly surveys
Brain Booster
Where in the World is Jumper?
Online Bookmarking
Porta Portal (school site)
Skype
Virtual visits with New York Times best-selling
author/illustrator Linda Lowery and Richard Keep
Students and educators in various states
Gaggle.net
OnFIZZ
These are some of the Web 2.0 tools that our students use at Walker.

9. Performance-Based Learning
INTEL trained staff
units developed: cross-curricular; technology integrated
Intel trained: all but a couple staff members have completed Intel Essentials training; 4 Master Level Intel Teachers and 1 Senior Level Intel Teacher

10. Assessment Book Study during learning teams Formative Summative
Data Notebooks
Data Analysis
Meeting individual student needs which led to revamping Target….

11. TARGET 45 minute period where students are homogeneously grouped
Serve AIG, Corrective Reading, Number Worlds
Will serve 252 non-EC students in Corrective Reading this year
Will serve 25 non-EC students in Number Worlds this year
Those 3rd and 4th grade
students in CR B2 will
move into Number
Worlds next year.

12. HORNET Buddies Identify At-Risk Students Provide a support mentor
EVAAS data
EOG data
Teacher recommendation
Provide a support mentor
Staff members
Community members
Provide resources, as needed

13. Collaboration with WOS
Entire School
Stake It!
Joint Faculty meeting in November
2nd and 3rd grade teachers
First meeting scheduled for Oct. 29, 2009

14. NC PBS Model School
Safety patrol-WBBB

15. Questions/Comments