1. Back to School 2010 Do Your Job

2. Please welcome... Barbara Edings Chetopa At-Risk Mike Ferraro Chetopa Science Christopher Gilreath Chetopa Kindergarten Sean Price Chetopa Social Studies

3. Please welcome... Charity Qualls Chetopa HS Math Cheri Avery St. Paul K-12 Music Sara Meiwes St. Paul JH math

4. Our Vision To provide a welcoming, attractive, safe environmentTo provide a welcoming, attractive, safe environment To provide opportunities to staff and studentsTo provide opportunities to staff and students To be good stewards with our district funds and resourcesTo be good stewards with our district funds and resources To plan carefully yet aggressively for the futureTo plan carefully yet aggressively for the future

5. But most importantly… Doing what’s best for our children

6. “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” Unknown

7. Our Challenges Finances AYP Graduation rate

8. Finances Enrollment ARRA funding New governor

9. AYP Some classes made SOE Some classes made SOE Chetopa HS math Chetopa HS math District failed to make AYP District failed to make AYP SpEd sub-group SpEd sub-group Graduation rate Graduation rate

10. Teachers Bell – to – Bell Instruction Engaged learning Incorporation of technology On your feet and in their face

11. Support Staff Cooperative assistance Engaging students Supporting board policy

12. Getting there from here… Listen, plan, and act Continually evaluate programs and situations Strive constantly for improvement and avoid complacency Don’t waste a single minute Do your job

13. What can we do? Be positive Cooperate with one another Help each other Support your colleagues, students, parents, and staff Support your school’s programs and activities Approach school improvement with a “can do” attitude

14. and, more importantly, We are all in this together and that’s the only way we will accomplish our goal.

15. But, Most importantly, do your job... and, do it right.

16. “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.” Henry Ford

17. Improving the academic climate… Respect your co-workers Cooperate with your fellow teachers and staff Make the necessary accommodations for students Use correct grammar Be a positive role model Use every minute of every class period Don’t waste a single opportunity to teach

18. Resources KSDE Formative Assessments District-provided software BAIP Great Expectations Curriculum Coordinator Director of Library Coordinators of Title Services After-School Study Time

19. “When you think you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this…you haven’t.”

20. Board Policy  Cell phone use for staff  Tobacco-free campus  Handbooks

21. Good luck and do a good job... Concentrate on doing what’s right Concentrate on doing what’s right Use your available resources Use your available resources Cooperate with each other Cooperate with each other Accept the responsibility Accept the responsibility Don’t waste a single minute Don’t waste a single minute

22. “Do your job, my pretty!!