Blueprint for Success: building the school community you need!

Student Success is Just a Word Away!!!

Blueprint for Success: building the school community you need!Kimberly Carroll, PrincipalLake Olympia Middle School Ft. Bend ISDTherese Samperi, PSP Network

How do you build the community you need?MOTIVATECONNECTENGAGE

MotivatingStudentsStaffAndCommunity

Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.Anonymous

Motivating students, staff, and community

Survey the staffSurvey studentsSurvey community

Decide on a School-wide ThemeBelieveHOPE-Having Outstanding Performance EverydayLighting the Fire Within212I am Marshall

Expand on the ThemeFind a School Song that fits themeGet band to learn theme songDance team creates dance to theme songCheerleaders create cheer for theme songCreate a video using staff to share themeBlast the School with ThemeCreate banners, signs with theme on itPut them on letterheadPurchase t-shirts with theme on itPut theme on phone dialerPut theme on marquisShare Theme with Staff/Students/CommunityMake sure that the staff is VERY aware of the themeRequest clubs/organizations to incorporate theme into their plans for the yearRequest the parents/community incorporate theme into their plans for the yearKick off the School Year with a Theme Pep RallyHave the band, cheerleaders, and dance team perform to the theme songDo a themed skit showing how the theme will impact the studentsDo a themed video to get staff and students to buy into to theme

Connecting with your Students

Do You Know Enough About Me to Teach Me?Do You Know Enough About me to Teach Me?

Imagine walking into the Doctors office and having the Doctor prescribe medication for you without asking any questions or forcing you to fill out one of those lengthy medical history questionnaires. You cant, can you? But daily, hundreds of thousands of our children are being subjected to this treatment. Teachers who know little of their lives are teaching them in ways they dont understand, which makes it almost impossible for them to grasp concepts and for the teachers to transfer knowledge. Peters

Teaching is a 3 Step ProcessStephen Peters believes that teaching is a three step processHow to Connect?Stephen Peters:Three step process to teaching:CaptureInspireTeachThree Step Process-Step 1Capture

A teacher must capture that student before they can teach them. The capturing process is all about developing, establishing, and sustaining positive relationships that can carry over from year to year.

Three Step Process-Step 2Inspire

The student must be inspired. Someone must be standing in front of them in a credible way with something to share that they are interested in receiving.Three Step Process-Step 3Teach

The third and final step is to teach!!

Successful SchoolsHave a common vision or missionHave quality leaders that understand people and know how to get the best out of themStudents come first in these schoolsHave quality professional developmentContinuous improvement is a common threadSuccessful Schools continuedHave positive relationships as well as encouragement and supportHave synergy to accomplish team goals by coming together as one entity with one missionHave parental involvement/supportHave an energy that supports, Failure is not an option. There is a focus on successStrategies for working with Urban YouthBase all interactions on reciprocal respectUse positive affirmations as much as possibleSeek first to understand then to be understoodRealize that you may be the only steady, consistent force in your students livesBe consistentStrategies for working with Urban Youth continuedBe fairBe flexibleBe compassionateBe tolerantBe humanBe supportiveBe open-mindedHave high, but reasonable, expectations for all studentsAssess and challengeBe positive

Strategies for working with Urban Youth continuedIncorporate student ideas and suggestions into your classroom routines or daily practicesMake students feel special that they are being taught by YOU!Be consistent with rewards and incentives-use them to create and build hope in your classroomCreate an honor roll on the first day of school and give every student an ALove your children and they will love you back!Stephen G. PetersCheck out the work of Stephen G. Peters:

Do you Know Enough About Me to Teach Me? A Students Perspective

http://stephenpetersgroup.com

Tools for StudentEngagementStudent Engagement definedStudent engagement occurs when "students make a psychological investment in learning.

States??????

Managing Students Emotional StatesYou have far more influence over your students than you have ever, ever imagined.States

States are like the Weather in your BrainStates run your livesStates regulate motivationStates precede behaviorsStates are always shiftingStates are always in motionStates are self organizedWe can only pay attention to one state at a time!It is not easy to stay in a state for very long and it is not easy to be in two states at the same time.

Example: You can feel hungry but then be immediately distracted by curiosity.

How students regulate their statesTalkingSocial contactHydrationMedicationsMovement/fidgetingMusicSportsDrug abuseRomanceSleepingLighting variationsFood choices

Manage the states well and the learning will take care of itself.Everyone stand up.Reach for the ceiling.Stretch.Sit back down.State Management Empowers StudentsToo much talking makes them blue-more of them less of you.

A great teacher may be reaching, at any given time, fifty to seventy percent of their students, but a different fifty to seventy percent each time!Humans are fundamentally social animals!

To captivate and educate, put learners in states that invigorate.The more effectively you influence learners states, the fewer discipline problems you will experience and more your audience will learn.Changing Brain StatesAgree or Disagree? the idea is to set up some kind of closing point or finishing statement about what was just done or learned. Brain Breaks just give the students a few minutes of free time as a mental break.Seat Switching simply have students switch seats as a way to switch to a new topic, freshen up an old one or pump new blood to the brainstorming session.Other Ways to Change StatesGroup and re-group post a list of vocabulary words. In pairs or teams, they group the terms in as many ways as they can think of. They title each group giving them a creative name.

Fishing for Gems at the end of a unit, give everyone two index cards. Students write something they found valuable from the unit on each card. The students then mingle with each other explaining why they chose what they did and swapping cards with one another.Eric JensenCheck out the research of Eric Jensen:

Tools for Engagement Managing Emotional States for Learner Success

Teaching with the Brain in Mind

http://www.jensenlearning.com

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