1. School Board Presentation FMHS
September 21, 2015

2. Professional Learning Communities
Last Year
2 years ago
PLC’s every other week
18 total
7:20 – 8:50 each time
PLC’s Every week
26 total
7:20 – 8:20 each time

3. ~ Roughly 360 classes taught daily by 63 teachers
Provides the following:
Support and structure for 15 new staff
Opportunity for staff to build uniform instruction
Opportunity for staff to use data to help form instruction even in classes with multiple teachers and the same subject.
A structured environment for collaboration
Greater opportunity to work on Instructional Strategies

4. What we covered last year:
Collection of Data
Instructional Practice
Using SLOs for Improving Instruction
Common Assessments
CBQM Analysis
Data Analysis Cycle
RANDA
PARCC
CurriculumMaps/Calendars
Student Learning

5. PLC Focus This Year Research-based Instructional Strategies
Student Learning Objectives (SLO’s)
ACT Prep in English, Math, and Science

6. Improvements To Content Tutoring
Added 3 more teachers assigned to content tutoring
Tracking tardies/Attendance
Lowering tardies from 5 to 3
Assigning afterschool detention for skipped class
Last year the office would see over 70 students everyday for Attendance or Content tutoring
This year we have been under 20 students per day with several days of not having to see a student at all.

7. Other Improvements Grades
The Total Number of F went down 12.3% from 1st Semester to 2nd Semester last school year.
Campus Clean-up – Effective method to lower tardies

8. Number of Behavior Events during the School Year
Current Year Data: 58 Behavior Events during the first month of School

10. Current Year 71 Cut Classes

11. Tardies from 1st Semester 2013 vs 2014

12. Thank you! Questions?