1. Breakthrough Schools: Raise Expectations and Student Academic Achievement

2. Presenters: Stephanie Feldner, Principal Menominee Middle School; Neopit, WI Judy Richardson, Director of Diversity, Equity and Urban Initiatives, NASSP

3. Breaking Ranks ® ~ A Comprehensive Framework 19962004200620092010 2011

4. BTS Selection Process Poverty/Low Income > 40% > 3 Years Improvement Breakthrough Schools Breaking Ranks Framework

5. BTS Selection Process Aligned with BR School visits Breakthrough Schools Paper/Data Screening

6. Menominee Indian Middle School

7. 152 Students Grades 6-8 99.9% Native American 89% Free/Reduced Lunch 30% Special Education

8. Development of Time & Content Grids / Pacing Guide Mental Models Bellwork – teaching full class period Development of Academic Vocabulary 10 Question Tests Data Retreat / Analysis (WKCE & MAP) Morning/Homeroom Focus Embedded Staff Development Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment

10. Collaboration Grade level address concerns/solutions cross-curricular integration contact families +/- 4 indicators track student progress Department curriculum, instruction, assessment vertical / horizontal alignment team-teaching, special education embedded professional development Leadership & Positive Behavior Management Teams

11. Positive Behavior Management Direct teaching of expectations & procedures Target behaviors & incentives Celebrations of success Created by team of teachers and principal PBM Plan changes to meet needs of school & students Aligns with RtI “No significant learning occurs without a significant relationship.” -Dr. James Comer

14. Evolution of 5th - 6th grade transition Start: 5th grade tour of MIMS in the spring Add 6th Grade Q & A Parent / student orientation Home Visits to all incoming students 6th grade transition year (separate teachers, area of the building, etc.) 5th grade pseudo-departmentalization Include 5th grade teachers in subject-specific embedded staff development Special Ed. observations and transition planning +HOMEROOMS / Duties TRANSITIONS

15. Personalization

16. Menominee Culture Class: Required 6 th Elective 7 th /8 th Noon hour activities: Girls: hoop dancing Boys: Singing/Drumming AM Menominee Pledge Incorporated into all ceremonies & celebrations Annual MIMS Pow-Wow Language / History infused into other subject areas New staff orientation

17. Culture is all around us…

18. Culture & College POSOH Grant: partnership between local districts and CMN / UW Develop strategies for preparing all learners—including typically underserved youth from non-mainstream cultures—to pursue bioenergy- and sustainability-related studies and careers, while exploring the contributions of traditional and scientific ways of knowing to our understanding of ecosystems and sustainability. Making Relatives Students are identified based on dropout indicators (F English/Reading or Math, >80% Attendance, 1+ OSS). Academic Coach – Resource analysis, interventions

19. “We do things a little bit differently…” School-based dental program School-based mental health Smart Sacks (4K-3) Collaboration for Kids Pre-College Programs Community Engagement Grid

21. Contact Information: Stephanie Feldner sfeldner@misd.k12.wi.us Judy Richardson richardsonj@nassp.org Get our slides at: www.nassp.org/cbNASAI-NASSP12-BTS