be provided based on teacher needs. Lack of Common Planning Time Step 1: Beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, every Wednesday is an early release day. Teachers will have the opportunity to plan together as departments, each week during early release time, with the exception of one Wednesday a month, allocated for professional development. Step 2: Departmental Meetings will also serve as time to collaborate on standards and the UbD process. Departmental meetings will take place monthly to ensure that all teachers have time to collaboratively plan. Principal Assistant Principal for Curriculum Assistant Principal for Facilities Department Chairs August 26 -May 4, 2016 All teachers will utilize early release time each Wednesday, beginning August 26, 2015 and ending May 4, 2015 to collaboratively plan. August 25-April 12, 2015 Monthly departmental meetings will take place the second Tuesday of each month for departments to plan together and discuss Understanding by Design. None Sign In Sheets will show attendance of teachers at common planning times and departmental meetings. Meeting agendas will show evidence of UbD Stage 1 and 2 discussions and planning. Classroom walkthroughs will show evidence of the full depth of the standards being taught. Strengthening the Staff Response and Approach to Changing Demographics Step 1: School Wide Expectations for Discipline and Classroom Management will be established and training will be provided to all staff by the Assistant Principal/Dean Step 2: Positive Behavior Strategy Professional Development will be provided to all staff and be piloted with the 7th and Principal Assistant Principal for Curriculum Assistant Principal for Facilities Assistant Principal/Dean ESE Department Chair August 7, 2015 An overview of discipline data trends and professional development on new strategies for classroom management was provided to all teachers by the Assistant Principal/Dean. August 2015-May 2016 Alternative To In School Suspension (ATISS) will be utilized as an afterschool suspension, rather than having students miss class with an In School Suspension for tardies and skipping. Professional Development $13, 830.69 Sign In Sheets will show attendance of teachers at professional development days and early release in-service trainings. Meeting agendas will show evidence of professional development in ESE, Ruby Payne, PBS, and school wide discipline initiatives.
8th grade teams. Step 3: Professional Development in Ruby Payne and Strategies for teaching low socioeconomic students will be provided to all instructional staff. Step 4: Exceptional Student Education Training during Early Release Time by the ESE Department Chair Step 5: All teams of teachers will establish by grade level a consistent discipline plan, including: warning, conference, call home, timeout, detention, guidance referral, parent/team conference, discipline referral, and behavior intervention plans prior to writing referrals. will be provided during the monthly early release time allocated to professional time in ESE, Ruby Payne Strategies, and PBS. Algebra 1 Bootcamp and before and after school tutoring will be provided for students needing remediation. Training will also be provided to teachers in MTSS Classroom walkthroughs will show evidence of students engaged in class. Quarterly and annual reports will show evidence of decreased referrals. A computer lab will be open to students who do not have internet access in the mornings for printing and use of the computers and Internet. Organizational Resistance to Change Step 1: Each department will be assigned a different month’s faculty meeting and will present, sharing a unit plan they developed and positive benefits they experienced with the Understanding by Design process. Step 2: All professional development and Principal Assistant Principal for Curriculum Assistant Principal for Facilities Assistant Principal/Dean August 2015-May 2016 Faculty meetings will take place monthly. Each department will be assigned one month’s meeting to share their positive experiences at. At monthly Department Head meetings, a member of the leadership team will share a chapter from UbD to build understanding within the Department Heads. Department Heads will then share new learnings with their None Sign In Sheets will show attendance of teachers at faculty meetings. Meeting agendas will show evidence of each department’s understanding of UbD. Classroom walkthroughs will show