Igniting the PassionIgniting the PassionHolmes Middle School

Igniting a passion for learning while inspiring and empowering students for a future of their own making

Igniting the Passion

• Creating conditions that truly enable all students to learn.

• Flexible and Adaptive Learning Environments• Student and Teacher Engagement• Personalized Learning

Change & Knoster Model

• Vision = Stakeholder Education• Skills = Professional Development• Incentives = Student/Teacher Engagement• Resources = Human Capital, Time,

Technology• Action Plan = Phasing In

Personalized Learning• Portfolios: Learner Profile, Personalized

Learning Plan, Documentation of Progress

• Flexible Learning Environment – adaptive and collaborative

• Hawk Time (Advisory)

Standards/Competency- Based Progression

• Mastery of Knowledge & Skills• Personal Digital Portfolios• Demonstrating Competency• Personalized Pacing

Academic

Self KnowledgeProfessional

Entrepreneurial

Civic

Professional Learning Communities (PLC’s)

• Standards/Competency focused• Instruction, Engagement, Measurement, &

Personalization Opportunities• Responsiveness to Student Needs

Year 1 Discovering our PassionStudent Goals:•6th Grade - Personal Competencies & PLP•Connecting with Holmes Middle School

Implementation Goals:•Teacher Professional Development (PD) •Blended Learning•Competency-based

Learning Environment

Year 2 Passion for Community ServiceStudent Goals:•7th Grade - Civic Competencies & PLP•Connecting with Holmes Community

Implementation Goals:•Technology expansion•Teacher Professional Development (PD)•Common Standard Based Assessments

Year 3 Passion for Innovation

and LeadershipStudent Goals:•8th Grade - Entrepreneurial Competencies & PLP

Implementation Goals:•School wide implementation•Teacher Professional Development

Developing life-long learners who are capable of leading, creating, and contributing

while being empowered with confidence and self-knowledge