St. Amant High School’s

Team eXtreme

prepares freshmen for a rigorous and enjoyable high school experience.

the Academy Pyramid

The Profession of the Associate Principal

Maurice R. Swinney

Eating Right Every Day As we interact, we will

• examine the six basic components of an effective freshman academy.

• align the practices of the academy with the job of the associate principal.

The ACADEMY PyramidSteps to a healthier 9TH grade

THUMBS-UP/THUMBS DOWN

TIME SUPPORT

PBS BRIDGE GAPINTERVENTI

ONSDATA

Grains provide energy and to push everything through the

system.Thumbs-Up/Thumbs Down keeps everyone on the radar.

TUTD bi-monthly meetings represent checkpoints in which ALL team members assess students’ academic, social, and behavioral progress.

Which team member is responsible for which type of intervention? Let’s take a look.

How does the associate principal keep track of data?

Associate Principal as Counselor-Assistant Principal arranges meetings and keeps teacher team member

on task. meet with students frequently to discuss their grades,

discipline issues, and personal concerns. NOTE: most discipline (when assigning a consequence) is handled by the assistant principals

Sits in on most formal or informal 9th grade IEPs, IAPs, or 504 meetings.

Works with 9th grade counselor on scheduling, etc. Reports findings back to least one team member via

conferences or emails.

TUTD is a report process that opens the door for interventions.

Vegetables are daily time structures, that provide time .

Vary your veggies

Vegetables provide wellness; they increase our energy, strengthen body parts, cleanse organs, refresh the brains.

Compare vitamins to additional time:• Folic Acid is to healthy babies as extra time is to successful

student development. Justify: If the mother/teacher does not have the nutrients in

her system, then she can not provide what her developing child needs for his/her system.

• Vitamin A is to healthy eyes as extra time is to _____________.

• Vitamin C is to healing as extra time is to ______________.

ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL AS ORGANIZERTime Support

•provides quarterly all-day departmental planning meetings to

•develop common assessments •Pace curriculum and design lessons•analyze data/student work•share instructional practices

•student worker for every team

Fruits focus on positively stimulating and enriching the

culture.Motivating people, not matter the season, keeps everyone working

even when seems like everything is failing. Assess your culture using weather mapping:• Sunny: high quality teaching and learning is

taking place in all or most classes.• Partly cloudy: there is some teaching and learning

taking place in most classes, and most student students are engaged in meaningful learning.

• Isolated showers: discipline is an issue today, some students are off task, some teachers are teaching

• Heavy thunderstorms: everything is chaotic and I am not sure how to handle this.

• Windy: things are moving too fast and I am not sure what the outcome will me.

Associate Principal as Motivator The ASP rewards teachers for working hard by

• using grant money to provide teaming and departmental supplies

• occasionally providing lunch.• free duty when subs are available.• positive postcards home.

The ASP rewards students by • purchasing flash drives for all incoming freshmen.• Giving Gata Gold (PBS tokens) for doing well.

Dawn.love@apsb.org• positive postcards home & sitting with them at lunch

Real Talk• hard reflective one-on-one conversations/phones• Be truthful with any stakeholder & don’t be offended when they

are truthful with you.

Motivation = Relationships Follows the lead of the principal

Pushes the philosophy “Failure Is Not an Option”

Communicates with principals, assistant principals, & counselors

Holds kids accountable for getting work done.

Call parents when kids do well or bad.

Handshakes!

Works with students while they work.

Oils keep joints moving & blood flowing.

Bridge gap between middle and high schools. Visit middle schools (private and public)to meet faculty,

staff, parents, students to build relationships and share & collect data.• What kinds of data would I share? Collect?

• Attend middle and high school events.

• Incoming freshman events:• 8th grade graduations• 8th grade night: learn about high school

(Counselor)• Summer Bridge: help struggling students (Team)• Freshman Orientation & Dance: hosted by Gator to

Gator mentors (Maria.babin@apsb.org)

Milk builds strong bones, which helps maintain

structure.Without a system of interventions, people fall a part.

Let’s look at the Pyramid of Inventions (handout)

Meat and Beans are data strands that provide guidance.

Proteins are the support muscles, bones, blood, iron intake, hormones, etc.

ASP collects and analyzes data based on three groups incoming freshmen, current freshmen, and sophomores.

Do not collect data until you have an essential question. Data should be used to solve a problem.• How many over-aged freshmen are entering the

ninth grade?• What support structures are necessary to support

over-aged students? Let’s look at some data pieces and ask some

questions.

This Associate Principal

DOES NOT Create the vision for the school; the principal does/should. If not, look at the mission on slide one.

DOES NOT Handle much of the discipline referrals, but will occasionally. I work with teams to prevent things from happening.

DOES walk through classes frequently and provides feedback.

DOES stand in the hall between classes. DOES personally call parents.