1. Building Student Resiliency in a Culture of Care

2. Anticipation Guide 1.How do you define student resiliency? _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ 2.How do teachers communicate care to students? _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ 3.What behaviors do students interpret as caring? _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ 4.What does a caring culture look like? Sound like? Feel like? _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________

3. Learning Goals Participants will… Highlight the journey to meeting AYP after a ten-year history of missing AYP in multiple indicators. Define student resiliency and share ways to enhance resiliency in a culture of care. Identify specific cognitive, affective, and social interventions effective with diverse stakeholders and specific language and actions that communicate care.

4. Research Student Resiliency –Hold all students accountable for learning –Maintain a focus on continuous improvement of student learning –Leading as a public expression of learning Caring Culture – Ensure academic understanding – Provide language and learning scaffolds – Communicate high expectations – Use a variety of assessment strategies

5. Interventions Authentic Literacy Questioning Student Engagement Learning Walks Professional Learning Communities Feedback

6. Language Positive Self Talk Objectives communicated using “I” statements Articulation statements Accountable Talk Think Alouds Positive Presuppositions Plurals Opening Phrases Powerful questions Stems I care about you so I want to make sure you …because… I care about you and I am not going to give up on you, so...

7. Actions Consistency Follow through Academics first Transparency

8. Strategies No bells SPED decision making Reclassification at semester Inclusion Monitoring of student groups Flexible scheduling District coordination

9. Resources Lambert, Linda(2003). Leadership capacity for school improvement. ASCD. Chapter 6: Student Learning and Leading (focusing on student resiliency) Deal, T.E., & Peterson, K.D. (2003). Shaping school culture: The heart of leadership. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Benard, B. Turning it around for all youth: From risk to resilience. Clearinghouse on Urban Education

10. Scenarios Dress code –A student refuses to tuck in his shirt and wants you to call his parents. Homework –A student complains about a homework assignment. Performance –Students do not perform well on a demonstration of learning and resist teacher intervention. Tardy for class – A student is late for third period. Reluctant student – A student does not volunteer to answer any questions and does not actively participate in group activities.

11. Presenters Mr. Fred Davis Principal frdavis@dallasisd.org Ms. Wanda Huckaby Professional Service Provider whuckaby@sbcglobal.net Ms. Letrice Portley Associate Principal lportley@dallasisd Dr. Teri Fowler Professional Service Provider tfowler@tamut.edu

12. Reaction Guide 1.How do you define student resiliency? _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ 2.How do teachers communicate care to students? _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ 3.What behaviors do students interpret as caring? _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ 4.What does a caring culture look like? Sound like? Feel like? _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________