Teacher Leadership Project

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Teacher Leadership Project

• Evans Middle School
• Glenda Atkins
• Mary Bowers
• Connie Deloach

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Project Summary

• Knight Challenge is a remediation/ enrichment
  program for all the students at Evans Middle
  School. Students are place in either enrichment
  or remediation groups based on criterion
  reference test scores and teacher
  recommendations.Every student spends 30 minutes
  per day in the program. Enrichment students
  rotate to a new class every 4 ½ weeks.
  Remediation students rotate at the semester.

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Rationale

• The state board of Georgia has mandated that
  each school provide a remediation program for
  their students.Evans Middle decided to provide
  all students with an opportunity for either
  remediation or enrichment depending on their
  individual needs.Through Knight Challenge
  remediation students receive concentrated
  instruction in math and/or reading skills.
  Enrichment students receive concentrated
  instruction on varied topics.All courses cover
  material which expand on the required QCCs for
  Middle Grades.

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Link to School Improvement Plan

• Goal Develop a Focus on Quality Student Work
• 1.Students will demonstrate skills in applying
  and integrating various technologies in their
  learning.
• 2.Students will utilize and refine the use of
  multiple strategies to solve a variety of types
  of problems.
• 3.Students will integrate the use of a variety of
  communication forms.
• Through the varied curriculum set-up by each
  teacher and the rotating through numerous
  courses, teachers will be focusing on quality
  student work in at least one of these three areas.

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Effect on Student Achievement

• We just began this program this year. We plan to
  measure improvement through yearly criterion
  reference test. Our expectations are that we will
  see improvement in all areas and especially in
  the areas of math and reading skills.

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Timeline for Implementation

• Spring 2001 Teachers meet planned for Knight
  Challenge.
• Summer 2001- Each teacher planned their own
  curriculum for their challenge class.

• August 2001- Students identified placed in
  either enrichment or remediation based on test
  scores.
• September 2001 Program began
• May 2002- Students tested and program re-
  evaluated.

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Events, Activities, Key Players

• Key Players- Core and Connection teachers,
  administrators, all students.
• Thirty minutes per day everyday of enrichment or
  remediation instruction.
• Rotation of students in enrichment through 8
  different enrichment programs.
• Students earn either satisfactory or
  unsatisfactory/ no number grade

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Pre and Post Measurement

• Previous standardized test including CRCT
• CRCT Testing in the spring of 2002
• Teacher grades of Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory/
  teacher rubrics

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Pre/Post Assessment of Climate for Teacher
Leadership

• Survey given Spring 2001

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Summary Description of Student Population

• Average class size- 25.44
• Enrollment around 639
• Racial composition is 87 white, 10 black and 3
  other
• Percentage of low-income 8.99
• Dropout rate less than 1

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Resources to Complete the Project

• All teachers, administrators and students are
  participants
• Each teacher has individual needs for materials
  unique to their course

• Thirty minutes of common time each day( right
  after homeroom) for Knight Challenge

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Role of Teacher Leadership Team

• Share information with the community
• Bring new ideas and concepts to the faculty
• Develop a working relationship with all faculty

• Provide support and encouragement
• Evaluate the program on an ongoing basis

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Conclusion of Project

• Project will be evaluated at the end of the
  school year
• Teachers will be encouraged to participate in the
  planning for the next year

• Consensus among teachers concerning changes in
  the program
• Keep a list of past courses and update the
  curriculum for the next year