PowerPoint Presentation A Noble Literacy Program

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Noble High School State of the School
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NHS Mission Statement

• Noble High School, a community of learners,
  believes that we are all capable of success.
  Through a rigorous curriculum, we foster the
  academic and personal growth of life-long
  learners. We value small, heterogeneous
  communities, which encourage innovation and honor
  the voices of all.

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NHS 2005 - 2006 Strategic Goals and Progress!
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Instructional and Curriculum Change for English
in 05-06!

• Our new Freshman English courses are on a roll!
• Whenever I enter one of these classes I always
  see students focused!
• 1st semester success rates are excellent!

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Literacy at NHS in 2005-2006!
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Sustained Silent Reading
Update on Library Data
A 74 Increase So Far
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Sustained Silent Reading

• Observational Data
• SSR Observation Form
• 11 recent Observations
• 87 of Students Reading

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Targeted Interventions

• Progress Indicators
• Course Standards
• Implementation of Credit
• One-to-One Reading Data

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Targeted Interventions
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Reading Writing Workshop

• Progress Indicators
• Exemplar Booklet for the Writers Notebook

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NHS Academic and Behavioral Data Updates!
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Planning To Attend College Percentages
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Honor Roll Data
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Honor Roll cont.
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Honor Roll cont. 2
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Changes for 2005-2006

• 1. Every tutorial staffed with a teacher.
• 2. No late arrival for seniors.
• 3. Early release for seniors is a responsibility
  that must be earned!
• 4. Students in grades 9-11 are restricted to
  their tutorials.
• 5. At Promise students being studied for trends.

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• Progress
• Reduced number of class cuts and tutorial
  cuts.
• More instruction taking place in tutorials.
• More consistency within the academies with
  management rules and regulations.
• Concerns
• At Promise population. How do we help these
  students?
• Repeat offenders. How and what can we support
  these kids and do differently to reduce our
  numbers?

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Noble High School Supervision and Evaluation
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Supporting Teaching and LearningThe Central
Mission of the Administrative Team!
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Helping Teachers Improve Instruction!

• This year we are explicitly working through
  formal observations and evaluations with 55 Noble
  High School teachers, Deans, counselors, nurses
  and our school social worker to help them improve
  their support of our students.

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Professional Staff supervision includes

• 17 first year Noble teachers
• 11 second year Noble teachers
• 17 continuing contract status teachers
• 3 Deans
• 5 Guidance Counselors

• Social Worker
• 2 School Nurses
• School Librarian
• Literacy Coordinator
• All teaching staff are having 1 Peer
  observation by their Dean

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Supports Provided to Probationary Teachers

• ? Administrative observations and debriefings
  minimum of 3 / goal of 5
• ? One Dean Peer Observation
• ? Mentor Observation and Support from Heidi
  Early-Hersey
• ? Ongoing informal support and assistance

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Probationary Support cont.

• ? New Teacher Orientation 3 days this year
• ? 30 New Teacher Support Meetings
• ? Critical Friends Work for 2nd year teachers
• ? Professional Growth Plan, collaboratively
  written with mentor or administrator
• ? Triad of support, observations and feedback

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Support Provided to Continuing Contract Status
Teachers

• All teachers will receive a Peer Observation
  from their Dean
• (Unprecedented)
• Critical friends Feedback Model

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Continuing Contract Support Cont.

• ? Deans also provide feedback to teachers based
  on frequent stops in classrooms to work with
  students.
• ? Informal walk-throughs during the second
  semester by their Dean,
• The Principal and Assistant Principal doing one
  walk through / week.

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Continuing Contract Support cont. 2

• 27 continuing contract teachers are being or
  will be focused on by Administration as part of a
  three year observation cycle.
• Process
• Professional Growth Plan
• Initial Conference
• Focus for the work together
• Goal Minimum of 1 with goal of 3 observations
• Formal Debriefing

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PROGRESS!!

• INSTRUCTIONALLEADERSHIP
• ? Year to date 85 formal observations have been
  made more than in any full year in recent NHS
  history.

• ? Additionally, 45 formal observations with pre
  and post conferences have been made of
  Probationary Staff by our school mentor along
  with 40, 1 on 1 support meetings.

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Academy Council Developmentin 2005-2006
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ACADEMY ONE

• Vehicle for Professional Development
• Teaming Goals
• Tutorials
• Mentoring Program
• Student Contracts

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Academy 2

• The academy has agreed to a set of management
  rules and regulations governing behavior,
  homework, and tutorials.
• We have established a monthly meeting time, the
  first Wednesday of every month, to focus on
  discipline work.
• The academy has agreed to use the MLA format
  in all disciplines across the academy with all
  research.
• A peer council has been formed to help
  support teachers who may struggle with some of
  the management rules in the academy.

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Academy 3

• Academy 3 Council - Brainstorms, develops, and
  implements peer tutoring program. Currently 18
  students involved. Earns Jr/Sr's community
  service by helping Fr/So. to succeed.
• Academy 3 Council - Experimenting with a new
  model of tutorial (Wells model) and develops a
  small scale model of what it would look like,
  then runs academy wide activity where teachers
  create their schedule for 2nd semester, along
  with number of students in each block. Teachers
  provide feedback. (Mostly negative at this time)

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Academy 3 cont.

• House III English - Has taken on and incorporated
  the Jr / Sr. Portfolio into their curriculum.
  Most current House III Juniors have a nearly
  complete Senior Portfolio at this point!
• Maroon Team / Freshman Team 3 Looping effort-
  Maroon team teachers did not miss a beat at the
  start of the year. Teachers were able to jump
  right in to curriculum from day one. Freshman
  Team 3 and Maroon Team teachers are working
  together to help improve each other's curriculum.
  

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Technology in 2005-2006
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Additions to NHS in 05-06

• Laptops carts for Sophomore teams
• Sophomore teachers have laptops
• Most of NHS has wireless access

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Finals and Syllabi are all electronic

• Deans have electronic copies of all final
  experiences
• Deans and Subject Area Coordinators can
• Review for Rigor and Relevance
• Make Comments
• Refer to when parents have questions

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Quick Reference Syllabi linked on NHS Web Page

• Parents and Students can review to find
• Grading policies
• Expectations for class preparedness
• Topics of study
• MSLRs met in the course
• Teacher contact info

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Staff Handbook is now on-line

• Conservation of paper
• Easy to update
• Clarity is added
• Changes are made quickly

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Trials and Tribulations

• First Class Email System implemented at start of
  school year as an emergency measure when old
  webmail server dies.
• Teacher training is provided
• Summer meetings
• First day of school
• After school by Technology Integrators
• During Fall Conference days for beginner and
  advanced users

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Trials and Tribulations Cont.

• Additional 150 laptops add network congestion
• T3 line added to high school to increase capacity
• 300 laptops reconfigured to work more efficiently
  with available server space.

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Next steps in Technology at NHS

• New Tech. Com.
• Is being developed to guide the vision of
  technology for NHS
• Composed of a representative body from our
  staff.
•  Meeting 4 times March x2, April, and May
• Initial goals are threefold
• Review data
• Problem solve day-to-day building issues
• Develop practices that support technology and
  instruction at NHS

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Course structure changes for 06-07

• Technology support based in Library / Media
  Center
• Ending the required 'Tech Tools' class at the
  freshman level.
• Modifying the role of our Technology
  Integrators to better support our teaching staff
  with the integration of technology into our
  curriculum.
• Technology Integrators will work much more
  closely with teachers in planning and
  implementing technology rich curricula.

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Guidance in 2005-2006!
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05-06 schedule

• Course registration completed on line in May (05)
• Schedule was completed in June
• Students received schedules and were able to
  add/drop courses in June, eliminating September
  chaos!
• ? Students received 2nd semester schedules in
  early January and made changes before the
  semester began

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Working with Students and Teams

• Counselors meet with students individually at
  least twice each year - once in a formal
  interview, once informally

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Counselors attend team meetings weekly

• Student issues
• Career college curriculum development
• Consult with teachers regarding team issues
• Schedule and facilitate parent meetings with teams

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Joint Curriculum work examples

• Developing academic coaching model (White)
• Coordinate Career/College Fair (with Dean House
  1)
• Coordinate Life After High School Fair (House 2)

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Other Counselor Responsibilities

• Work with School Based Health Center, school
  social worker and Sweetser Social Worker to
  coordinate services
• Work with Special Education case managers
  developing plans to improve student success
• Attend PETs

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Responsibilities Cont.

• Crisis Team
• Credit Checks
• MSS Referrals
• Coordinating mentoring program between high
  school students and elementary students
• Brief personal/social/emotional counseling

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Every Student College Ready Initiative

• Meet with college admissions representatives on
  a rotating basis to stay current on college
  programs and to liaison with colleges
• Early College for ME for Juniors and Seniors
• PSATs for all Sophomores Juniors, Score
  Interpretation
• SATs for all Juniors

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Working with all students

• Panel Discussion With Noble Graduates Regarding
  Their College Experience (January)
• Individual meetings with counselors, future plans
  discussed, identify first generation college
  students (throughout the school year)
• College Essays Written in English Classes

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FRESHMEN Career Unit (March/April)

• Interest Inventories and Assessments
• Personality Assessments
• Learning Style Inventories
• Job Shadows
• Mini College Search Barriers to College
• College Trips

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SOPHOMORES Career Unit (March/April)

• Career and College Research Project
• Interest Inventories
• College Searches Online
• Research Paper on a Career and a College Fair
• Careers Of the 21st Century - SMCC (2 of the 3
  teams)
• College Trips

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JUNIORS Aspirations Implementation Part I

• Post-Secondary Planning Assembly (April, Parents
  Invited)
• Panel Discussion With Seniors Regarding Their
  Post-Secondary Planning Process
• College Fair at Thornton Academy
• The Red Notebook

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SENIORS Aspirations Implementation Part II

• Individual meetings regarding college search and
  application process
• Post-Secondary Planning Night (Parents Invited)
• Financial Aid Night (Parents invited)
• Balance Presentation
• Post-Secondary Plans Survey
• Summer Telephone Interviews With All Seniors Who
  Planned to Attend College (to confirm plans,
  offer support)
• October Follow Up Telephone Call With All Seniors
  Who Planned To Attend College (to confirm
  enrollment)

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Concerns and Needs

• ? Culture Change Still in Progress
• ? Equitable Program Delivery
• ? Secretarial Support
• ? Substance Abuse
• ? SAT Administration

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Next Steps

• ? Continue to work towards an equitable delivery
  of the guidance curriculum
• ? To have the guidance curriculum become more
  integrated and less ancillary
• ? Continue to work to raise college going numbers
• ? Substance Abuse Training

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School Based Health Center in 2005-2006
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Noble Health Center Mission The mission of
the Noble School Based Health Center is to foster
wellness for all members of the SAD 60 school
community.
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Health Services

• On site treatment for acute illness or injuries
• Assessment and counseling for risk behaviors
• Referral to Primary Care Physicians
• Dental Health services
• Preventive Health services (i.e. Physicals,
• immunizations, medical record maintenance,
  etc

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Health Center News

• ? New Nurse Practitioner, Mary Anne Gagnon, ARPN
• ? 677 students are now enrolled to use the health
  center
• ? Behavioral Health Initiative Data Collection
  Pilot
• ? Strong working relationship with Guidance and
  Administration
• ? York Hospital remains highly supportive
• ? RFP for the Health Center Grant is due April
  10th.

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NHS Athletics in 2005-2006
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Learning Curve!

• Scheduling
• NHS Staff
• League Responsibilities
• Stadium Locker Rooms - Football booster donations
  
• Successful Winter Season - 3 out of 5 teams made
  the playoffs highlighted by the 8th straight
  wrestling state championship
• Boys basketball Needs Being Addressed
• Ice Hockey reducing their penalty minutes
• Spring Sports - Are approaching (Coaching
  Positions still open?)

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Next Steps

• Long-range budget planning established
• Booster efforts combined
• AD becomes Student Activities Director in 06-07
• Future training and use of more student interns

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Facilities in 2005-2006
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Noble High School Physical Plant270, 000
Square Feet!
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Organizational Structure to Support Maintenance

• Repair Request Protocol at NHS
• Daily Management Meeting
• Maintenance Daily Check In
• Weekly Maintenance Meeting
• Requests/ Needs are prioritized
• Year End Building Assessment / Requests
• Year- end requests are also worked on according
  to

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Maintenance Concerns

• ? Our state of the art building and campus
  facilities is now 5 years old!
• ? 10 of its expected usage life.
• ? Wear and tear is now becoming evident. For
  example
• Building
• ? Roof
• ? Ceiling Tiles
• ? Stair Treads
• ? Doors
• Furniture
• Campus
• ? Stadium Field
• ? We need to plan adequately to make sure we are
  proactive.

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NHS Committee Work in 2005-2006!
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"At Promise" Committee in 2005-2006
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SHORT MID TERM Goals

• Establish A Mentor Program (already begun)
• Extend Incomplete Period to allow students On
  The Edge to make up what they need (already
  begun)
• Offer MSS to Students in Tutorials and after
  school with their classroom teachers if only 1-2
  units missing (already begun)
• Transitional Summer School Program for "At
  Promise" Incoming Freshmen (Planning stage)
• Expand MSS Summer Program to include Literacy
  and Transportation
• Develop a systemic means of tracking "At Promise"
  students when they are no longer repeaters.

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LONG TERM

• Develop Integrated Curriculum Programs/ Elective
  courses with standards embedded so students have
  another alternate (in addition to MSS) to make up
  missed standards.
• Provide Teachers with Professional Development
  to prepare them to better meet the needs of
  kinesthetic learners.

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NEASC and NHS Council

• NEASC
• Co-chair Josh Gould and Chuck Bragdon along with
  committee chairs Lee Shipley, Charlotte Gardner,
  Nancy Freese, Gary Cohen, Heidi Brewer and Erica
  Barcelo are super!
• We will be ready!

• NHS Council
• Meets monthly
• Looks at results
• Student Rep.
• Long-Range planning
• Keeping the vision!

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Transition CommitteeThree School
CollaborativeFacilitator Marc Marrier

• Members include
• Noble VI Eric Knowlton, Kelly McAdams, Lisa
  Jeralds
• Noble Middle School Juanita Lord, Amy Malette,
  Eric Wirsing, Steph Tarr, Andy Avery, Lauren
  Brown.
• Noble High School Lori McCullough, Jane Gamage,
  Mimi Saunders, Tracy Whitten, Shelly Northrop,
  Paula LeShane, Tom Ledue

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Transition Goals in 2005-2006

• 1. Students parents and previous years teachers
  fill out student informational forms which can be
  accessed on-line by that students current and
  future teachers.
• 2. Teams of teachers meet to share student and
  curriculum information.

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Goals cont.

• 3. Create a transition packet which will
  inform the parents of incoming students at each
  of the three schools about transitioning into
  that particular building.
• 4. Share best practices to examine and improve
  current transition initiatives at all three
  buildings.
• 5. Fall workshop district-wide curriculum sharing
  initiative.

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Mini-Practice Program (MPTs)

• Over 6500 tests taken for Math and English in
  2005/06
• Provided short but regular practice

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Testing Literacy

• Mini-Practice Program
• 6500 tests taken for Math and English in 2005/06
• Provided short but regular practice
• Practice SAT Program for English
• English SAT plan (Stepping it up!)
• Electronic practice SAT short answer three times
  a year
• SAT Essay Writing three times a year

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Social Studies SAT Plan

• Continue work with the Document Based Questions
• Assign and Score Constructed Response Essays
  with staff and students
• Review sample SAT's from College-Board. Find
  "Social Studies content related questions and
  use them as samples within the classroom or on
  your own exams as each topic relates.

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Math SAT plan

• Grade 9 PSAT tests in October and March
• Grade 10 PSAT test in October and the SAT in
  March
• Grade 11 SAT tests in October and March
• Grade 12 USM and YCCC college placement exams in
  October and March...Possibility of a SAT Test in
  the fall
• Continue with the MPT schedule we used this year.
• 9th grade every other week
• 10th grade every week
• 11th grade every week
• 12th grade every week semester 1 if possible
• It will be important that all math teachers are
  trained in knowing how the SAT works and that
  they are going over problems covered on MPT's in
  class.

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Subject Area Coordinators efforts in 2005-2006!

• Common Assessment Work
• Learning Results / Standards
• Resources
• Validity / Reliability

• Professional Development
• Final Exams
• Syllabi
• Rubrics
• Grading Task Force
• S. A. T. Prep
• Differentiation/ Lit.
• Budget Planning

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SACs cont.

• Developing Teacher Leaders
• Facilitate CLAS work
• Design Professional Development
• Share Resources

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Meeting the Standards School

• Meeting the Standards School (MSS) Is moving
  forward!

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Instructional and Curriculum Increases for
2006-2007!

• Restructuring our 9-12 Math Program to increase
  credits to not only supply more time but more
  content and rigor for all Math students at NHS!
• Restructuring 9-12 Physical Education and Health
  to increase by 33 (1/ 2 credit) the amount of
  instruction and content our students receive!

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2006-2007 Increases cont.

• Continue to increase amount of time given to
  Supervision and Evaluation!
• Complete 9-12 Graduation Portfolio!
• Finish next steps in CLAS!
• Develop a SYSTEMIC, across the curriculum 9-12
  Writing Plan!

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2006-2007 Increases cont.2

• Research new schedule possibilities and determine
  if a change is warranted!
• Increase Drug and Alcohol support and awareness!
• Develop and put into practice an effective At
  Promise plan!

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Individual Principal Goals!

• Reduce time at work!
• Increase family contact time!
• Increase individual wellness!
• Improve punctuality!

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NHS IS MOVING FORWARD!