Student Ownership
of Grades, Behaviors,
& Relationships
PLC and THE LEADER IN ME
Virginia E. George Elementary School
• Rural Northwest Missouri
• 245 PreK-5th Grade Students/2 sections of each
grade
• School-wide Title Building/64% free/reduced
• Before and After School Child Care 6:15-5:30
five days per week
• 4 day school week Tuesday-Friday
• Professional Development-2 Mondays per
month
• 5th year PLC
Virginia E. George Elementary
PLC
• Focus on Learning
• Culture of Collaboration
• Focus on Results
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• Leadership Environment
• Integrated Curriculum &
Instruction
• Staff Collaboration
• Student Leadership
• Parent & Community
Engagement
• Goal Tracking
• Measurable Results
Focus on Learning
Goal Tracking
Data Notebooks
Student Conferencing & Student Led Conferences
Leadership Environment
Culture of Collaboration
Curriculum & Instruction Integration
Staff Collaboration
Data Notebooks
Leadership Environment with Common Language
Student Leadership
Parent & Community Collaboration
Focus on Results
Goal Tracking
Measurable Results
Leadership Environment-Teacher & Student
Data Notebooks
The Leader in Me
• Developing Leaders, One Child at a Time
• Creating a Culture of Leadership
• Common language built on The 7 Habits to Highly Effective People
by Stephen R. Covey in student friendly terminology
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Be ProactiveYou’re in Charge
Begin With the End in MindHave a Plan
Put First Things FirstWork First, Then Play
Think Win-WinEveryone Can Win
Seek First to Understand, Then to Be UnderstoodListen Before You
Talk
– SynergizeTogether is Better
– Sharpen the SawBalance Feels Best
Collaborative Focus on
Student Learning
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Mission Statements
Goal Setting
Student Data Notebooks
Data Team Meetings
Student Leadership
Teacher and Student Collaboration
Professional Development
Class Mission Statements
Learners Today-Leaders Tomorrow
• Mrs. Humphrey’s First Graders will “put first things first”
to learn all we can so we will be smart grown-ups!
• Preschool’s Mission: We will be kind, be smart, follow
directions, and keep our hands to ourselves.
• The Mission of Mrs. Newman’s 4th grade class is to be
leaders and successful students of Virginia E. George
Elementary School who work hard to achieve our goals
by using the 7 Habits.
• We, the Second Grade Rockers, will be brave and not be
scared to take a challenge. When challenges come our
way, we will be proactive.
Goal Setting
Goal Setting
• Building level goals:
– VEG K-5 Students scoring proficient or higher
on CBM Math will increase from 62.6% on fall
benchmark to 84% at spring benchmark by
May 2014.
• Teacher goals:
– 100% of Kindergarten students will be able to
fluently identify all upper and lower case
letters by December 2013.
Goal Setting
• Grade level/classroom goals:
– 100% of fifth graders will increase their minimum
amount of continuous running from one minute to four
minutes by the end of the 13-14 school year.
• Student goals:
– I will spell 20 words correctly on my weekly
spelling test.
• I will practice with my mom/dad.
• I will take a quiz with my mom.
GRADE LEVEL ____________________________________________ DATE _________________________________________
SMART GOAL
Strategies and
Action Steps
Responsibility
Timeline
Evidence of
Effectiveness
In order to become a team—a group of people working interdependently to achieve a common goal for which members are held mutually
accountable—you must establish a specific and measurable performance goal. The SMART acronym helps teams in PLCs establish goals
linked to gains in student achievement.
SMART goals: StrategicSpecificMeasurableAttainableResults-orientedTimebound
Data Notebook Tour
Student Data Notebooks
• Students learn how to be in charge of their
learning.
– Set goals
– Monitor goals
– Accountability partners
Student Data Notebooks
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Teachers help students set goals
Looks different at various grade levels
Student driven
Sent home daily/weekly
Notebook Items Consistent
Throughout the Building:
– 7 Habits Tree
– Class Mission
– Monthly Behavior Chart
– Goals
Data Teams
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Agenda, norms
Discuss student growth and challenges
Grade level teams meet once per week
Meeting reports are posted in teacher
workroom
• Lots of brainstorming
• Vertical data teams meet
Data Driven Instruction
• Goal Setting
– Building level goals
– Teachers set and monitor goals
– Student goals
• Data Analysis
– Be careful of data overload
– What do we use and what can we get rid of?
– Looking at student work
Student Leaders
Student Leaders
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Safety Patrol
Green Team
Tech Leaders
Good Deeds
TriLEARNathon
Lost & Found
Mail Carriers
Grounds Crew
Bus Leaders
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Public Relations
Greeters
Student Council
Breakfast Leaders
Lunch Leaders
Morning News
Announcers
• Interior Decorators
• Music Leaders
Collaboration
Teacher & Student
Collaboration
• Students and teachers work
together to make V.E.G. a
better place to learn.
• Create scoring guides together
• Students are able to express
and implement ideas
• Student conferencing
• Student led conferences
• Student mentors
Professional Development
• Driven by teachers’ needs
• Common focus
• Mission & vision, smart goals, unwrapping
standards
• Book study
• Administration participates in PD
• Off site work day
Celebrations
Begin with the end in mind!
Contact Information
Albany R-III School District, Virginia E. George Elementary School, 202 South
East St. Albany, MO 64402
phone (660) 726-5621; fax (660) 726-4107
• Beth Comer, Kindergarten teacher
– [email protected]
• Sandy Seipel, Elementary principal
– [email protected]
• Kendra Watson, Fourth grade teacher
– [email protected]
• Cindy Wilson, Reading teacher
– [email protected]
Materials used by V.E.G. teachers and students are from various sources
and have been adapted to fit the needs of our students.