Scotts Valley Middle School

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Scotts Valley Middle School

• Mary Lonhart, Principal
• Tom Milnes, History 7
• Regina Bowyer, RSP
• Cindy Broersma, History/English 6
• Sylvia Jacobson, Math 6

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How did we get here?

• 18 month process
• Identified needs vs. wants
• Need 1 Intervention opportunities in school day
• Need 2 Foreign language offered to 7th grade
• Scheduling team formed
• All subject areas represented
• Numerous site visits
• Whole staff evaluated various models
• Community buy-in
• Early PTA newsletter notification
• Site Council updates
• Four parent informational meetings
• News articles in Scotts Valley Banner

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What ground work had we done?

• Essential standards developed by department
• Common summative assessments developed by
  department
• Minimum three per subject/grade level (Including
  P.E. and Exploratories)
• Several subjects/grade levels have more
• Administration evaluated every resource, program,
  account string

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How does our Academy schedule work?

• Core subjects are teamed (Math, Science, History,
  English)
• Two teams per grade level
• Two person and four person teams per grade level
• Teachers teach four periods plus one Enrichment
  period
• One period of team time and one period of prep
  time
• Exploratory and P.E. Classes
• Teachers teach six out of seven periods
• Teachers teach all three grade levels
• Exploratory subjects designed around tenured
  staff, credentials and facilities

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What does a students day look like?

• Period 1 History 6
• Period 2 English 6
• Period 3 Enrichment
• Period 4 Math 6
• Period 5 Science 6
• Period 6 Exploratory 6 (Study Skills, Art,
  Health)
• Period 7 P.E. 6

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What does a teachers day look like?

• 6th Grade Academy Team
• Seabright (2 teachers)

• 7th Grade Academy Team
• Sage (4 teachers)

• Period 1 Prep Time
• Period 2 Team Time
• Period 3 History 7
• Period 4 History 7
• Period 5 Enrichment
• Period 6 History 7
• Period 7 History 7

• Period 1 History 6
• Period 2 English 6
• Period 3 Enrichment
• Period 4 History 6
• Period 5 English 6
• Period 6 Prep Time
• Period 7 Team Time

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What happens during Enrichment?

• RSP/SDC pull-out
• One on one curriculum support
• Lit Circles (book clubs)
• Accelerated Reader
• Peer tutoring
• ELD support
• Computer Lab use
• Absent work make-up
• Speech/Language Services
• Small group core curriculum remediation
• Library use

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SVMS Wave of Success

• Level 5 Intensive Intervention
• ? Small group pull out instruction in math
  reading
• Level 4 Pre-Intensive Intervention
• ? Referral to Intensive Intervention ?
  Parent/Teacher/Counselor/Admin Conference
• ? Schedule Modification ? Class Schedule
  Modification
• Level 3 Personalized Intervention
• ? Academy Pre SST ? Parent/Academy
  Conference
• ? On-site Counseling ? Small group
  intervention during Enrichment
• ? Accommodated Curriculum ? Specialized
  Scheduling
• Level 2 After School
• ? Homework Club
• Level 1 During the School Day
• ? Academies ? Enrichment
• ? Leveled math classes ? Parent and Student
  Portals on PowerSchool

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What interventions are we providing?

• Direct instruction/remediation
• Immediate response to absences
• STAR test prep for identified students
• Small group reading intervention
• Homework Club (after school)
• Leveled math classes
• One on one/small group curriculum support

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What happens during Team Time?

• IEP/SST meetings
• Parent conferences
• Curriculum coordination
• Interventions/strategy planning
• Assessment/Data review
• Admin Advisory

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What happens next?

• Refine essential standards
• Increase direct intervention opportunities
• Utilize materials we already own
• Increase extension opportunities
• Review one year side letter agreement with SVEA
• Come visit!