Tarleton State UniversityMarch 23, 2010

The educator will understand how we attempt to meet the needs of the at-risk student by reaching their hearts and minds so that we can help them learn.

Please note areas about which you would like more information. We will answer questions at the end of the presentation.

The PowerPoint can be accessed at http://www.granburyisd.org/crossland

Why did you enter the teacher preparation program….Why do you want to become a teacher?

Crossland Ninth Grade Center in partnership with students, families, and community is committed to providing a uniquely focused freshman environment. Our goal is to produce responsible and prepared lifelong learners who will make a seamless and successful transition to Granbury High School.

Through establishment of a caring climateThrough fostering ownership on the part of

the studentsThrough modeling what we want to seeThrough meaningful instruction and

processes

Handshakes at the door each morning

Music in the mornings and during passing periods

Students can request specific music

Student CenteredPoetry CaféBook Talk BistroFellowship of Christian Anybodies

Smiles, names, asking how they are doing….

Summer Academy

Goals

Selection of Students – make them feel that they were chosen

Activities

Post-Secondary Education

• University visits• Financial Aid• Careers in Focus

Academic / Mental

• Math• Art• Reading

Physical / Well-being

• Stress• Sleep• Food• Exercise

Social / Emotional

• Etiquette• Essential 55

Leadership Development

• Summer Mentoring• Ropes Course• Small Group

Responsibilities

Crossland Summer Academy

The Missing Piece of Summer Academy

Creating Buy InTreating the students as true partnersValue them by asking for their input

Social Contract (Capturing Kids Hearts)Questions

How do you want me to treat you?How do you want to treat each other?How do you think I want you to treat

me?How are we going to handle conflicts?

Good things…

Student Leadership

Selection ProcessActivities

Ropes CourseTalent ShowRachel’s KindnessTAKS Data Presentations

Comparison to stateGoal SettingPresentations to peersMath Day

Inclusion – co-teach classroomsDifferentiated instructionGrouping strategiesObjective driven lessonsConversations about improvement and

growth at every opportunityReleased TAKS dataData foldersCommon lessons

Turn to a partner and tell them what comes to mind when you think of the word discipline.

Webster 1828 (v)“To instruct, to inform the mind; to prepare by instructing in correct principals and habits; as, to discipline youth for a profession, or for future usefulness; to advance and prepare by instruction.”

So where does discipline fit in the four categories we’ve discussed?

Through establishment of a caring climate Through fostering ownership on the part of the

students Through modeling what we want to see Through meaningful instruction and processes

Coach through behavior choices with CKH questions

Talk about personal responsibility and the power of choice

Daily Announcement… “Make it a great day or not, the choice is absolutely yours.”

Student Name: ________________________ Parent/Guardian Name:____________________ Contact Number: _________________________

Crossland Ninth Grade Center

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School Responsibility 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Student Responsibility 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Parent/Guardian Responsibility 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Class of 2010“212° One degree of effort makes all the

difference” -- Park and Anderson

Class of 2011“Greatness is not a function of

circumstance. Greatness is a result of conscious choice and discipline.”

-- Collins

Class of 2012“There are no secrets to success. It is about preparation, hard work, and learning from

failure.” -- Powell

Class of 2013“Dare to be your best. Once you stop drifting

with the crowd and face life courageously, life takes on a new significance….aim at something worthy of the best that is in you. Dare to be Uncommon. 

-- William Danforth / Tony Dungy

(Kids created t-shirts)

PostcardsVideos

Class of 2010 (Year 1)--Academically Acceptable

--Gold Performance: Comparable Improvement -- Reading

Class of 2011 (Year 2)--Recognized Campus

--Gold Performance: Comparable Improvement – Reading

--Missed Gold Performance: Math Commended Rate by 1 percentage point

Class of 2012 (Year 3)--Recognized Campus

--Gold Performance: Comparable Improvement – Reading

--National Center for Educational Achievement

2009 Higher Performing School

Class of 2013 (Year 4)

What caught your attention?What would you like to know more about?What did you see that you might apply in your

classroom?

It’s all about appropriate relationshipsIt’s about mission and visionIt’s about being innovative and creativeIt’s about looking at dataIt’s about recognizing incremental

improvementIt’s about seeing possibilities – not limitationsIt’s about learning from failureIt’s about teachers being learners alsoIt’s about giving students their voice and

including them – they are the missing link

Why did you enroll in the teacher preparation program? Why do you want to be a teacher?

“Hope is much more than a mood. It involves a commitment to action.What you hope for should be what you are prepared to work for and so bring about as far as that power lies within us.”

-- John Polkinghorne

“Dare to be your best. Once you stop drifting with the crowd and face life courageously, life takes on a new significance….aim at something worthy of the best that is in you. Dare to be Uncommon. 

-- William Danforth / Tony Dungy

I dare you, new teacher, to teach children, not subjects.

I dare you, new teacher, to see children for who they will become, not for who they are today.

I dare you, new teacher, to be innovative, creative, to think outside the box.

I dare you, new teacher, to be a leader in your classes, not cowed by age or lack of experience.

I dare you, new teacher, to challenge yourself, to learn from your students and each other, to ask other’s opinion, to listen and learn.

I dare you to be uncommon – uncommon in your work ethic, uncommon in your passion, uncommon in your attitude, uncommon in your love for kids.

I dare you to aim at something that is worthy of the best that is in you.