Communication, Acknowledgement

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Communication, Acknowledgement Celebrations at
the high school level

• Mrs. Diane Tretter
• Romeoville High School
• Universal Team Coordinator

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RHS Spartans are
Responsible
Respectful
And Involved
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School Profile-RHS

• Grades 9-12 serving 1730 students
• 2 Feeder Middle Schools
• Demographics
• 49 White
• 30 Hispanic
• 16 African-American
• 3 Asian
• 2 Multicultural
• 33 Low income
• 18 Mobility

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Communication

• Showed up in survey results from staff as a high
  priority for our building
• How can we improve communication with
• The Staff?
• The students?
• The parents?
• The community?

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Communication with the staff

• To get out information from the Universal Team,
  we implemented standing agenda items at
• Institute Days
• 4 days each year
• Department Chair Meetings
• Bi-weekly
• Department Meetings
• Monthly

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Roadblocks to communication

• Contractual constraints
• Before after school time
• Daily schedule
• Curriculum Time
• Afterschool activities
• Coaches sponsors need to supervise the students

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Communication with the Students

• Great Expectations Lessons
• Monthly
• Scheduling
• Reach the most students
• Least disruptive to the learning process
• Targeted
• Lessons determined by school expectations and/or
  behavioral data
• Booster Lessons
• Weekly tie ins of lesson to core values

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Communication with the staff

• House all information data about the Universal
  Team on the staff share drive for anyone to
  access
• Agendas
• Minutes
• Data
• Any other documentation

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Acknowledgement

• If you know who to ask,
• you can hear about the great, innovative and
  effective strategies being used by many staff
  members.

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Communication with the Parents

• Gave timely updates at
• Community/Parent Forums
• At various locations
• Representatives from each department on hand to
  answer any questions
• Monthly Parent Newsletters
• Great Expectation Lesson Topic
• Updates from Universal Team data

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Acknowledgement

• Teaching Spartan of the Month

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Acknowledgement

• Teaching Spartan of the Month
• Awarded to acknowledge
• Innovative teaching strategies
• Dedication and service to our students
• Presented in front of peers
• Coordinated so all levels of teachers in every
  department has an opportunity for recognition

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Acknowledgement
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Acknowledgement

• Spotlight Newsletter
• Monthly Staff Newsletter
• Designed to acknowledge communicate
• Another avenue to communicate with the entire
  school staff

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Acknowledgements of Students

• Spartan Bucks Spartan Store
• Students earn Spartan Bucks through
• Proper and Productive Behavior in Study Hall
• Exhibiting the three core values
• Be Responsible, Be Respectful, Be Involved
• Redeem at The Spartan Store
• High School appropriate items
• Gas Cards, itunes cards, school supplies, candy
• New IDs, handbooks, reduced parking costs

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Celebration of success

• After school Social
• Free or use Spartan Bucks
• Picnic
• All School
• By class
• Movie Night
• During school
• After school
• Evening Under the Stars

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Its Time to Work!!
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Please share !!
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Thank You for your time today
Carie Johnstone District Tertiary Support
Coordinator Valley View CUSD 365U 815-886-2700
Extension 527 johnstonecl_at_vvsd.org www.vvsd.org

• Diane Tretter
• Internal Coordinator
• Math Department Chair
• Romeoville High School
• 815-886-1800
• 815-407-5140 (direct)
• tretterdl_at_vvsd.org
• www.vvsd.org/rhs/