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2013-2014MARSHALL ROAD ES
Our Agenda Instructional focus for the year.
21st Century Skills Closing the gap / Raising the bar
Marshall Road’s expansion.
Hot topics in FCPS. Professional Development Budget SLEEP Class Size
Why we need 21st Century Skills
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax5cNlutAys
21ST CENTURY SKILLS
The 4 C’s: Critical thinking, Creative thinking,
communication, collaboration.
Project based learning.
Understanding the “why”.
9 Strategies
CLOSING THE GAP WHILE RAISING THE
BAR Rigor, relevance and
relationships
Intentional and Focused The Workshop Model
Identify and build on student strengths
MRES Growth FCPS and MRES demographics are
changing. November 20 at 7:00 pm- PTA meeting The details of our addition:
2 story addition that includes 12 classrooms and a multi-purpose room.
Cafeteria expansion. A new parking lot. Temporary loss of blacktop. Removal of trailers.
Professional Development
One Monday / month All teachers participate All administrators participate Consistent message across the county Follow-up at the school level
9 Strategies
Objectives for Professional Development
Prepare teachers to build quality relationships.
Develop students critical thinking skills through engagement in high level tasks.
Access to supportive tools and opportunities for productive talk.
Embed knowledge of 21st Century Skills. Address the increased rigor of SOL’s. Increase content knowledge and
pedagogy of staff to teach higher level skills.
Budget “We will face a critical challenge as our
revenues have simply not increased at the same rate as our growth and needs.” Dr. Garza
FCPS does not have taxing authority.
FCPS relies heavily on Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and the State.
Dr. Garza will present the budget at the end of Nov.
Budget Cont. Starting teacher salaries:
Arlington $47, 282 Alexandria $46, 773 Montgomery $56, 410 Loudoun $45, 167 FCPS $45, 161
Mid-Career Teacher Salaries with Masters Degree: Arlington $71, 982 Alexandria $70, 808 Montgomery $67, 723 Prince George’s $63, 020 Falls Church City $62, 388 Prince William $58, 895 FCPS $58, 303
STAY TUNEDCLASS SIZE: Parent Groups have formed to discuss this issue with Dr. Garza
SLEEP: The FCPS school board set a goal to start high schools after 8:00
a.m. FCPS is partnering with Children’s
National Medical Center (CNMC) to work with stakeholders to define a blueprint
for change: