North Middletown Elementary School
Sharing What Works
Greg Ramey, Principal, NMES
•About North Middletown
•Creating a Great Team and Culture
•Math/Reading in Performing Arts
•Use of learning centers
•Common Assessments Goal Calculators
•School Visits/Contact Information
•In Bourbon County, built in 1948
•Vision: NMES-The Place For Success!
•My Own Self, At My Very Best, All The Time
•You Are Special! Win Every Day!
•70.9% Disadvantaged
•14.2% Minority, 15.1% Special Needs
•2011 National Blue Ribbon School
•2011 Inaugural Distinguished Winners Circle Award
•2011 KCCT Reading 99% P/D, 2nd in KY
•2011 KCCT Math 94% P/D, 5th in KY
•2011 KCCT Combined Read/Math 96% P/D, 4th in KY
•Invest time when recruiting new teammates
•Multiple visits in different settings
•Provide the tools needed for success
•Instructional resources and technology
•Allow team to do their job-Stay out of the way!
•Build trust and leadership capacity
•Use all community resources
•Customer service and volunteers
Teamwork
 Flexibility
 Share ideas
 Share materials
 Co-teaching
 Co-scheduling
 Shared vision
High Expectations
 We expect all students to be Proficient or higher.
 We teach children from low socioeconomic and
diverse backgrounds to believe they can achieve and
perform at high levels.
 We do not accept work below Proficient level. (Allow
students to correct assignments.)
 Accountability
 We know the goal and so do the students!
How We Teach
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Centers
Hands-on learning
Skill groups
Learning styles
Cross-curriculum
Differentiate (teach to individual level)
Model
Spiral
Flexibility with plans
Creativity and Freedom (no specific programs)
Constant formative assessment
Instant feedback
Re-teach skills
Technology
One size doesn’t fit all!
What Drives Instruction?
 Common Core Standards
 Curriculum Map
 Cross Walk Coach
 Data from Universal Screener (ThinkLink)
 Individual student needs and learning styles
 Common Assessments (county-wide)
The Arts and Beyond
 Integration of Visual Art, Dance, Music, Drama, and
Physical Education.
 Extending “classroom” content in the arts.
 Majors Program
 ArtBursts
 Building confidence to achieve high levels in arts and
classroom
 Fall and spring performances
Schedule (example)
 Bellringer /Exit Slips
 Centers
 Teacher-led
 Spiral
 Current Content
 Technology
 Independent/Group
 Games
 Art
 Manipulatives
Favorite Resources
 Colleagues
 The Mailbox
 Cross Walk Coach
 “I Have. Who Has?”
 Partner Games
 Teacher created games
 Internet
 Math Recovery Resources
 Scholastic
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(After School Program)
 Tutoring at-risk students
 Clubs (ballet, science, sports, archery, band, board
games, scrap booking, computers, yearbook,
technology, gardening, cooking, etc.)
 Transportation
 Summer program
Community and Parent
Relationship
 Family Math Literacy Nights
 Make-and-take MATH activities for parents
 Newsletters
 WebPages
 Post Cards
 Emails
 Notes
Technology
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Clickers
Smart Board
Document Camera
Airliner
Smart Table
Computers
Study Island
Reading Eggs
Video and Digital Cameras
CDs
Brain Pop
PowerPoint
Leadership
 The freedom to teach how we want to teach.
 Staff placements based on strengths and interests
 Teambuilding
 Shared Vision
 Confidence in Staff
 Everyone is a leader!
 Everyone is valued!
Common Assessments and
Curriculum Maps
 The district coordinates curriculum mapping between
NMES and two other elementary schools.
 NMES provides six rounds of common assessments
throughout the school year.
 The common assessments are…
 Tied to the curriculum maps
 Formatted similar to state assessments
 Quality controlled
NMES-The Place For Success!
Thank you for choosing to attend our session this morning. You are
welcome to schedule a visit to our school. We will customize the visit to
meet your specific needs. Previous school visits have routinely
included a tour of the facility, participation/observation in classrooms
and meeting with any of our team members during and after school. Be
prepared to eat!
If you would like to schedule a visit or have us email presentation
documents, email your request to:
[email protected]
Mr. Greg Ramey
Principal
North Middletown Elementary School
The Place For Success!
859-362-4523