1. HIGH EXPECTATIONS VS HIGH HOPES
GROWING AND MAINTAINING A SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL

2. WELCOME!
Take a few seconds and jot down an example of how high expectations are shown in your setting
e.com/watch?v=eWR 3IkfHdLE

3. Take a second and share with your neighbor what you jotted down.
Who’s here?
Robby Davis
Lori Dennis
Take a second and share with your neighbor what you jotted down.
Participants?
Administrators
Classroom teachers
District supervisors
Who else?

4. culture THE REAL MEANING OF SCHOOL-WIDE
MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON WHAT THE BEST TEACHERS WOULD DO/THINK
HAVE THOSE HARD CONVERSATIONS
BE SPECIFIC ON PROFESSIONAL EXPECTATIONS AHEAD OF TIME (PROFESSIONALISM)
BE SPECIFIC ON STUDENT BEHAVIOR EXPECTATIONS
ADMINISTRATION NEEDS TO BE VISIBLE/IN THE CLASSROOM
culture

5. The real meaning of School-wide
CULTURE
The real meaning of School-wide
Sense of family
All grade levels matter even they are not “accountable”
Build relationships (we are all human/remember they are just kids)
TELL survey
LOOK for POSITIVES (compliment chart, stories, character chord, victory walk)

6. SCHOOL-WIDE INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
TEACH THE STANDARDS
DIFFERENTIATION
QUESTIONING
ENGAGEMENT
POVERTY (Ruby Payne; bus ride)
DATA-DRIVEN

7. DATA DRIVEN VS DATA COLLECTING
Collect and organize
Analyze
Compare
Make changes to daily instruction based on data
Flashbacks, MAP, scrimmage, common assessments, pre-tests
Goal-setting
Effort (data is not useful if students do not give their best effort)

8. CURRICULUM CHOICES Not totally committed to one canned program
Use any program/series/resource to cover the standard rigorously
Present the content in a variety of ways
Use different resources to provide differentiation
Student-led-some content is experienced through pairs and small groups
Work with low budget

9. Implementing change
Be comfortable with inviting/considering teacher imput (leadership team, content advisory teams)
Be wary of making too many changes at once
Be thinking down the road for next year
May be a good idea but not the right time (parking lot)
BABT STEPS-break it down (may just try it in a grade level)
Culture drives the success of the change

10. High expectations vs high hopes

11. Bremen Elementary School Muhlenberg County
Robby Davis, Principal
Lori Dennis-Stover
Assistant Principal