Brent 2020: Reaching ALL Students. Agenda Why Our Students’ Needs? What Are We Carrying Forward/Cornerstones Strategic Plan Revisited How Do We Reach.

Brent 2020: Reaching ALL Students

Brent Elementary - Week Zero 2

Agenda

• Why Our Students’ Needs?

• What Are We Carrying Forward/Cornerstones

• Strategic Plan Revisited

• How Do We Reach All Students?

Why Our Students’ Needs?

• As we consider “Brent 2020: Reaching All Students,” meeting our students’ needs more effectively is important because…

Why Our Students’ Needs?

…we have a moral obligation to do so.

Why Our Students’ Needs?

…we have a moral obligation to do so.

…we have a persistent achievement gap at Brent (28% in F & P at 2015 EOY)

What Are We Carrying Forward?

• “Productive struggle”– “Everyone is expected to struggle

during the learning process”

What Are We Carrying Forward?

• “Productive struggle”– “Everyone is expected to struggle

during the learning process”

• Make the Students do the heavy lifting

What Are We Carrying Forward?

• “Productive struggle”– “Everyone is expected to struggle during the

learning process”

• Make the Students do the heavy lifting

• DCPS Cornerstones– Four for each grade-level (K-5)– High-quality learning experiences for all

DCPS students

Strategic Plan Revisited

Strategic Plan: Brent 2020Brent will become a highly effective,

inclusive, field experience school where all students grow and advance through

productive struggles and a whole-child approach that promotes academic, social,

and emotional development in order to produce confident, self-reliant, and self-

motivated students ready for any opportunity.

Strategic Plan Revisited

Strategic Plan: Brent 2020Some strategic plan reflections included…• Teachers ultimately responsible for delivering majority

of academic and behavioral interventions with limited time and support.

Strategic Plan Revisited

Strategic Plan: Brent 2020Some strategic plan reflections included…• Teachers ultimately responsible for delivering majority

of academic and behavioral interventions with limited time and support.

• Behavior was the #1 challenge identified by teachers; followed by insufficient time.

So…

How Do We Reach All Students?Meeting our Students’ Needs More

Effectively & Closing the Achievement Gap at Brent (The old

model)

Brent Students

Tier I

Tier II Tier III

SpEd

How Do We Reach All Students?Meeting our Students’ Needs More

Effectively & Closing the Achievement Gap at Brent (The New

& Improved model)

Brent Students

Tier I

Tier II

Tier III

“Brain Block”

Teacher Partners Behavior

Support Team

SpEd

6th Grade Math

Field Experiences

How Do We Reach All Students?

Field Experiences– Created to provide students more

consistent and more meaningful field experiences

– Goal is to have 4-5 meaningful, well planned experiences that are deeply rooted in curriculum

– Staff member coordinating efforts (Ms. Farkas)

How Do We Reach All Students?“Brain” Block– Created in order to provide K-2 students

more consistent (daily) small-group intervention and enrichment support

– K-2 students, working towards our Brent 2020 goal of “all students on grade-level by the end of 2nd grade”

– “All” hands on deck (ECE teachers, IC, SpEd teachers, etc)

– Staff member coordinating efforts (Ms. Patterson)

How Do We Reach All Students?

Teacher Partners– Created in order to provide 3rd-5th grade

students more consistent (daily) small-group intervention and enrichment support

– Staff member coordinating efforts (Ms. Byrns)

How Do We Reach All Students?• Behavior Support Team– Created to provide students and teachers

more consistent (daily) behavior support

– Behavior Tech, social worker, school psychologist

– Behavior tech Is on recess duty everyday!!– All three will work with students in formal

and informal ways (lunch bunch, recess, therapy sessions, etc).

Moving Forward

• Everything we do this year is in the spirit of “kaizen,” Japanese for “a shared dedication to continuous improvement”

• Finally…