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=Mission Statement Ideas (Delia's)=
 * Lynch Public School recognizes that each child is an individual; that all children are creative; that all children need to succeed. Therefore, Lynch Public School respects the individual needs of children; fosters a caring and creative environment; and emphasizes the social, emotional, physical, intellectual development of each child.

Motto/Slogan
 * Quality Education: A Community Commitment


 * Lynch Public School strives to make children confident and creative builders of their future. Our focus is on the whole child. We work toward an integrated curriculum that reaches across disciplines and age levels; the students are encouraged to meet academic challenges with openness, enthusiasm, and a willingness to solve problems. We aim for an atmosphere of cooperation, with respect for individual differences and community values.

= = Friday, January 27, 2012
 * Lynch Public Schools **

10:00-12:00 School improvement discussion (overview, data sources, what to expect from external visit) 12:10-12:50 Lunch 12:50-1:30 World Book (online encyclopedia) 1:30-2:30 Visual Thesaurus (reference tool) 2:30-3:15 Carol works with CIP team and Gloria does "hands on" activities with remaining staff. cjessen@esu8.org gchristi@esu8.org

Today's notes:

Continuous Improvement Process
 * What is the process used in Lynch for continuous improvement?**
 * Nebraska Framework
 * Profile
 * Data NTS
 * Action Plan
 * Professional Development
 * AdvancEd (NCA)
 * Five standards for Quality
 * ASSIST


 * Who is on the CIP team?**
 * Wanda DeKay (chair/secretary), Deb Rossmeier, Laurie Spencer, Delia Purviance, and Ted Hillman
 * **Components of Continuous Improvement**
 * **Does your school have?**
 * Mission/Vision statement?
 * Clearly articulated goals?
 * Profile?
 * Action Plan?
 * a long range timeline?
 * regular examination of student data?
 * K-12 involvement, other stakeholders?
 * Curriculum aligned to standards?
 * Assessment plan?

Nebraska Department of Education: [|ToolKit]
 * Important Web sites:**
 * 1) Read “what is school improvement”
 * 2) Take staff through Frameworks book
 * 3) Go through exit report power point

Fall NDE Continuous Improvement Trainings:

AdvancEd Web site: [] []

NeSA [] []
 * What about data?**

MAP [] username and password for your login MAP reports MAP Regional

DIBELS C4L []

Student resources []

Teacher resources [|www.pd360.com] ** Contact Carol for a username to access PD360 ** cjessen@esu8.org [|www.nwea.org]


 * How do we know what we are doing is making a difference?**
 * Profile
 * Achievement Data
 * Perception Data
 * Program Data
 * Demographic Data
 * **How can you use technology for school improvement process?**
 * Show examples of ESU 8 wiki and Plainview homepage


 * External Visit : (2013-14) Lynch, Chambers, Elgin, Ewing, NE Unified, Niobrara, Stuart, West Boyd, Wheeler Center

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 * **Virtual Field Trips**
 * [[file:virtualfieldtrips.docx]]
 * **Curriculum Resources and Important Web Sites:**
 * Curriculum Leadership Institute (CLI)
 * NDE standards -- Language Arts, Math, Science and Social Studies
 * Common Core standards
 * Reading Mastery -- Correlation to Nebraska Standards and Common Core Standards
 * Saxon Math -- Correlation to Common Core Standards
 * NeSA Math
 * ESU 8 Science Curriculum Alignment Wiki -- includes sample K-12 Nebraska science curriculum
 * Partnerships for Innovation - Statewide Perkins Consortium Initiative -- CTE Standards
 * NCE Career Readiness Standards, 2011
 * ISTE NETS Standards for Students (Technology)
 * Nebraska Physical Education Essential Learnings
 * Second Language Standards - Oregon
 * McREL's online Compendium of Standards -- synthesis of standards documents from professional subject-area organizations and selected state standards.

Directions: Select a website to explore. With a partner review this website. Be prepared to report out the results of your exploration to the whole group. Consider these questions:
 * ACTIVITY **
 * 1) What is your insight about the benefit of knowing about this site?
 * 2) How would it be useful for continuous school improvement?
 * 3) What new learning did you receive as the result of this exploration?

1. What am I learning that is new?
 * ACTIVITY **

2. How will learning this help me?

3. In what class could I apply what I learned.

Mindy- -
[|Weebly web creation]

[|Mindy's web page]

[|Flubaroo--Grades for you!] Intro from Corey Dahl blog

[|Flubaroo--Get it!]

World Book Web Online Encyclopedia Writing a summary topic sentence I-V-F strategy Podcast addresses for teacher and student step up I-V-F website Teacher Link: Here's the teacher link that you'll share with your school for writing: [] The user name they will use for this site is: writing teachers (that's one word....all lowercase) The password is: stepup (one word....all lowercase)
 * Identify the Item
 * Verb It
 * Finish Thought

Student Link: Here's the student link that you'll share with your school for writing. [] The user name they will use for this site is writingstudents (that's one word....all lowercase) The password is: stepup

Visual Thesaurus Reference Tool Vocabulary strategy How can these 2 tools make a difference in student achievement in your school?

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