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BaumholderMiddle/High School

Overview

Mr. Joseph Malloy, PrincipalMr. Richard Jimenez, Assistant Principal

February 04, 2014

SCHOOL’S PURPOSE

DoDEA/BMHS Mission/Purpose: Educate, engage, and empower each student to succeed in a dynamic

world.

District/BMHS Vision/Direction: Standards based ~ Data Driven ~ Student Focused ~ Highest Student

Achievement

STUDENT-FRIENDLY GOALS

Goal 1: Students will understand a variety of texts in all

classes by using critical reading strategies.

Goal 2: Students will improve problem-solving skills in all classes by following a variety of strategies.

School Demographics

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DoDEA Telepresence

AP Success Leads to Accolades

Number of AP Courses # Courses Offered Enrollment2003 2 122004 2 172005 3 392006 5 812007 5 572008 7 652009 7 912010 7 632011 7 1132012 7 952013 9* 68

*7 on campus plus 1 Virtual School and 1 Telepresence

ComprehensiveAssessment Plan

•Where we are…•Where we want to go…

Examples of Data Use

• Placement– AP potential through PSAT– AVID– Math department – doubling up math courses– Math and Reading Labs– ESL– Honors– SPED

Examples of Data Use• Diagnostic

– SPED, ESL

• Growth– NCEs for student growth– Cohort for school growth trends [With so few students

in cohorts groups, this is difficult to do now. The main reason is that 15 students does not provide reliable data.]

– SRI

• Study of curriculum– PSAT SOAS study– TN “blue book” study– Curricular alignment with goals– EOC History Exam

DoDEA Customer Satisfaction Survey 2011

Bullying was mentioned as a concern. To address the concern:

• Community-wide comprehensive anti-bullying plan• Expansion of reporting systems• Ongoing training for staff and students on appropriate

responses and prevention

Shared Leadership Structure

• Professional Learning Teams (PLT)– 4 PLT Chairs are SILT members with admin., CSI Chair,

and Data Chair.• Departments

– Reduction in staff has lead to just 3 departments, STEM, Language Arts, and Social Studies

“Institutionalized” School Culture

• Culture of rigor• Each student is scheduled according to passions and

needs.• A continuously growing AP culture• Support systems in place for all needs of students

– Administrative Support Group (ASG) for students with Ds/Fs – Academic Coaching during seminar– Math and Reading Labs – SAT Prep Class– ASACS Counselor; MFLC Counselor; Behavioral Health Counselor

Exemplary Programs

Targeted Subgroups– Reading Class– Math Support Class– Study Skills Class

Rigorous Program Offerings– AVID– “Doubling Up” Algebra II and Geometry – Foreign Language and Math for HS credit for middle school

students– 9 AP class offerings– STEM offerings

Exemplary Programs

Additional 21st Century Learning OpportunitiesVideo Production Exploratory ClassVideo CommunicationsCreative Writing ClassPathways to Careers/Career Practicum

Green Technology Robotics and Engineering Applied Technology Computer Aided Design Culinary Arts Computer Applications JROTC Honor Unit with Distinction STEM Fair Career Day eCyber Mission

Challenges• Dramatic changing and decreasing student population

– Not enough of a cohort to be able to do statistical studies– Course and grade level placement challenges– Staffing challenges– Scheduling challenges– Extracurricular challenges– Adding 6th grade

• Deployment Community– Last 10 years, there were 5 15-month deployments (affecting 85%

of students in the school).– Now deployments are unpredictable and ongoing.

• Encourage a high level of parent and community involvement• Increase student involvement in the CSI process

Strengths

• Continuous Improvement is part of our culture.• Teamwork and collaboration are focused.• Departments working as teams for horizontal and vertical

articulation• 21st Century Strategies for Improving Professional Practices• Focused Leadership Ensures for a Culture of Teaching and

Learning• Student Success Focused Culture

Opportunities

• Developing Cross-District PLTs using VTC and other technology with a focus on developing common assessments and studying student work

• Continuing Data Literacy training for all staff• Increasing Communication of Data Analysis to stakeholders• Developing a system of electronic data notebooks for students

and teaching them to make a plan for their goal setting• Developing and Refining Grading Practices to reflect student

achievement• Continuing to prepare our teachers and students for 21st

Century Teaching, Leading, and Learning

Opportunities

Summary

We are a school that embraces each studentand their journey to be the most

successful,productivecitizens

so they are prepared for a world of responsibilities and challenges not yet known…

Summary

Our Continuous School Improvement Team members will now take you on a tour:

Making the AdvancED Standards Come Alive!

Standard 1 Purpose & Direction

Jeff O’NeilTeacher

The school maintains and communicates a purpose and direction that commit to high expectations for learning as well as shared

values and beliefs about teaching and learning.

It is all about students…

every single one!

Standard 1Purpose & Direction

Mission/Purpose Statement

The mission/purpose

of Baumholder Middle/High School

is to educate, engage, and empower

each student to succeed

in a dynamic world.


Vision/Direction

Our vision/direction is to provide an education for each

student that is

Standards Based ~ Data Driven ~ and Student Focused

~ for Highest Student Achievement.



Communication

OUTGOING

Daily BulletinsMonthly

NewslettersProgress ReportsSchool Website

Syllabi

TWO WAY

Email/Telephone calls

Student Agenda

Gradespeed

Parent Teacher Conferences

INCOMING

PTOSACIAC

ICE CommentsParent ForumsTeen Town Hall

Direction

Caring Environment• New Students• Transition from Elementary to Middle to High

School Rigorous Environment

• An expectation of excellence• No excuses approach• Individualized educational plans—not just SPED


We are here to support the mission of the community.

• Deployed soldiers should not have to worry about the education of their children.

• The school should be the stabilizing force in a highly transient community.


More importantly, we are here to support “the military child.”• Recognize the individual

needs and diversity of our student population.

• Fill in the academic gaps created by multiple transitions to new communities.

• Focus on each child.


In the end, it comes down to one question for the faculty and staff…

Is this the type of school I want to send my kids to?


Standard 2 Governance & Leadership

Isaak GieferStudent Council President

NHS President

Madison CrowsonStudent Council Vice-President

NHS Vice-President

The school operates under governance and leadership that promote

and support student performance and school effectiveness.

Student CouncilNHS/NJHS

Community Mentors Parents Military Command SLO

Administration Mr. Malloy & Mr. Jimenez

Teachers/StaffSILT

Department Chairs

ParentsSACPTO

Standard 2Governance & Leadership

Students


GovernanceBMHS follows all regulations, policies, and procedures from DoDEA headquarters: • Facilities• Fiscal management• Manpower• Logistics• Budget• Safety and security• Staff certification• Staff evaluation• Required employee trainings (ethics, data security, anti-

terrorism, No Fear, etc.)

• School Advisory Committee (SAC)

• Installation Advisory Committee (IAC)

• District Advisory Committee (DAC)


Community Leadership Partnerships

President: Amaryllis Diaz

Vice President: Daryl O’Neil

Parent Teacher Organization (PTO)

Supported activities and programs:• STEM Fair• Math Counts• Junior Leadership Seminar• School Athletic Programs• Future Educators of

America• MUN

BMHS Student Government

HS STUDENT COUNCILIsaak Giefer, President

Madison Crowson, Vice-President

MS STUDENT COUNCILAlyssa Salanitro, President

Sarah Mijares, Vice-President

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETYIsaak Giefer, President

Madison Crowson, Vice-President

NATIONAL JUNIOR HONOR SOCIETYKianarose Irving, President

Mariah Rogers, Vice-PresidentStandard 2Governance & Leadership


Leadership

• Encourage a culture of collaboration and engaging ALL stakeholders

• Encourage a positive school climate

Strong administrative team:

Our Principal and Ass’t.Principal work welltogether.

They


School Culture: Collaboration and Engaging ALL Stakeholders

Collaboration:• Vertical collaboration via curricular departments• Horizontal collaboration via grade level and specialist teams• Support staff (administrator, nurse, counselors, psychologist, ASACS

counselor)• Student Support Team (SST)• Mental Health Team

School-wide collaboration via:• Professional Learning Teams• AVID Site Team• Discipline Committee• Leadership Team


Engaging Students

• Updated student agenda/handbook

• Daily announcements• Student Connection in

GradeSpeed• Google student email accounts • Teacher websites (optional)• Extracurricular opportunities• School assemblies• Student awareness of goals• School Facebook account


Engaging Teachers

• Streamlined faculty and team meetings• Ongoing communication via email• Current and updated teacher handbook• Administrator open-door policy• Providing teacher leadership opportunities• Shared leadership and empowered teachers• Professional Learning Teams concentrated

on Critical Reading Strategies for the past two years to support goal 1 and Project- Based Learning this year to support goal 2.


Engaging Parents

• Open House during first few weeks of school

• AVID parent meetings• Monthly Newsletter• Parent Connection

(GradeSpeed)• Parent Forums• PTO-sponsored events • SAC (School Advisory Council)• Quarterly Awards Assemblies


Engaging Community

• Veterans of Foreign War: Patriot’s Pen Essay Contest

• Guest speakers and study trips for Pathways to Careers

• ACS presentations• School Advisory Council (SAC)• NJHS/NHS service projects• PTO • Hispanic Heritage program

performed for community

• Mentoring Program• Career Day• Career Practicum

Standard 3 Teaching & Assessing for Learning

Tim Kelly, Heidi Kretz, & Carol RuddTeachers

The school’s curriculum, instructional design, and assessment practices guide and ensure teacher effectiveness and student

learning.

Goal Selection Process

An annual data carousel is organized for the staff, students, and parents to analyze all data for the school. As a result of the analysis, we determine or refine our goals.

Current Goals:Goal 1: Critical ReadingGoal 2: Problem Solving

Standard 3Teaching & Assessing for Learning

Goal Selection Process SY 09-10



Goal 1: Critical Reading

By February 2016, students will improve their performance in critical reading by using critical reading strategies, as

measured by: an average 2% annual increase in the percentage of students in the top two national quarters and a decrease in the percentage of students in the bottom national quarter on

the TerraNova Reading and PSAT Critical Reading; and an increase in the percentage of students in the top two

proficiency levels and a decrease of students in the bottom proficiency level on the Scholastic Reading Inventory.


Goal 1: Critical Reading

Strategies/Activities

Pre-reading Summarizing the text

Learning and retaining academic vocabulary

Using sentence starters

Responding to a writing task Reading the text Investigating writers' choices Writing in the

margins Marking the text Charting the text Pausing to connect ideas within a

text

Goal 2: Problem Solving

By February 2016, students will improve their performance in problem solving by using a variety of problem-solving

strategies, as measured by: an average 2% annual increase in the percentage of students in the top two quarters and a

decrease in the percentage of students in the bottom quarter on the TerraNova Math and PSAT Math; and a statistically

significant improvement of performances between the pre- and post- tests on the local math assessment.


Goal 2: Problem SolvingStrategies/Activities

• UPSEA (Understand, Plan, Solve, Evaluate, Apply) rubric

• Scientific Methods• UPSEC• AVID Tutorial• OWL• ICAN• RAFT• Engineering


School Leaders Monitor and Support Instruction to Ensure Student Success

• Professional Growth Plans• SST Groups: Grade Level, Department, Super SST, AP

Team, AVID Site Team• Common Access to Meeting Minutes• Formal Observations• Informal Observations• ELEOT Tool


Equitable and Challenging Learning Experiences

• AP Enrollment and course offerings• Video Telepresence Offerings • Honors • Flipped Mastery Learning• Support Classes • 4-6 Year Plans• “Doubling up”


Curricular Development• DoDEA Standards• School Improvement Plan (SIP) • Research- and Standard-based

Lessons• Planning Guides• LiteracyTA• AP Vertical Teaming Guides• AP Instructional Planning

Results• Horizontal Teaming

Assessments• Local Assessment: Scholastic

Reading Inventory, Back to Basics

• TerraNova• PSAT & SAT• LiteracyTA Rubrics• Formative Assessments


Student Engagement & Instructional Strategies

• Professional Growth Plans• Mastery Learning• Project Based Learning Course• Critical Reading Course• Teacher Requested Professional

Development Courses by Educational Technologist

• Collaborative Learning• Differentiated Instruction &

Choice in Student Products• Modifications & Accommodations• Learning Logs• Individual and Group Work LogsStandard 3

Teaching & Assessing for Learning

Collaborative Learning Communities• Professional Learning Teams• Data Team Initiative • STEM Department, Language Department,

Histophyartspedition• Vertical & Horizontal Collaboration, Intra-District

Collaboration• School-wide Professional Development

Opportunities• Informal Discussions of Learning & Best Practices• Peer Coaching Utilizing ELEOT Tool• Annual AVID Training• AP Job AlikeStandard 3

Teaching & Assessing for Learning

Implementation of School’s Instructional Process

• Syllabus & Instructional Expectations• Standards-Based Instructional Planning• Exemplars• Rubrics• Specific & Timely Feedback

– Gradespeed– D/F List– AVID Alerts – Academic Coaching


Mentoring, Coaching, and Induction Programs

• Common School Calendar • Welcome Orientation for New Teachers• Substitute Teacher Training• AVID Training• Sponsors for New Teachers• Atomic Learning• School-wide Professional Learning Calendar• “New Teacher Training”


Engagement of Families• Open House & Parent Teacher Conferences• CSI Day• AVID Family Workshops• Monthly Newsletter & Daily Bulletin• Parent Representation on Committees• Course Fair• Career Day• Social Media• Unit Mentorship Program


Student Advocates• Student Identification of Teacher Advocate • Seminar Scheduling• Academic Coaches• Athletic Coaches• Specialist Programs: AVID, ESL, SPED, Gifted ED• Training on Referral Process for Special Needs• Guidance Counselor, Social Worker, School Psychologist,

ACACS Counselor• Expectation for Student Involvement in Extra & Co-

Curricular Activities


Grading & Reporting of Student Learning• DoDEA Grading Scale• Teachers’ Grading Policies Defined in Syllabi• Gradespeed• PLT study – check kdso21• Report Cards & Mid-term Reports• Common Rubrics: AP Essay, SAT Essay, LiteracyTA, 6+1

Traits • Standards-based Assignments & Projects• Mastery-based Learning


Continuous Professional Development• PLTs• Staff in-services & CSI Days • DSO Trainings• Professional Development calendar• Faculty Meetings & Tech Minutes• AVID Strategies led by Site Team members• Teacher Recertification Requirements• Coaching & Extra-Curricular Mandated Trainings• Teacher-to-Teacher Strategy Sharing


Student Support Services

• Virtual School & Telepresence Learning • Learning Labs• SST & Super SST• Writing Center• Targeted Classes: SPED, ESL, AVID, Gifted ED, SAT Prep

Club & Class• Counseling Services: PSAT Results, TerraNova Results• Data Analysis: AVID Data Analysis Plan & Recruitment, AP

Potential, Data Carousel• Student BUC BIN


Standard 4 Resources & Support Systems

Richard JimenezAssistant Principal

Pam RobinsonCounselor

The school has resources and provides services that support its purpose and direction to ensure success for all students.

Faculty is Our Biggest Resource

• Highly educated faculty– 76% master’s or higher

• Average of 20 years of total teaching experience

• Average of 8 years teaching at BMHS

• 100% of faculty involved in professional development activities.

Standard 4Resource & Support Systems

Faculty is Our Biggest Resource• Multiple certifications• Multiple preps• Teachers’ advanced degrees• Virtual school and Telepresence classes


Financial Resources• Monetary resources incrementally come from the

DSO• Extra Duty Compensation

– Prioritized for Student Activities– Maximized for School Leadership Roles

• UFR Money is available as well


Professional Development

• Professional Growth Plans [PGPs]• DoDDS Europe Sponsored workshops• Online courses• Group and One-on-One Technology training by the ET• In-house experts• Best practices sharing during faculty meetings and CSI

meetings• BlackBoard Learning Communities• District level resources• Handouts and instructions through e-mail


Support Services• Counseling• ESL• Gifted Education• Special Education• AVID• Speech Pathologist• School Psychologist• Crisis Intervention Team• Adolescent Support and

Counseling Services (ASACS)• Hausmeister & Building

Maintenance• Transportation Office


Safety and SecurityPolicies

• Visitor passes• Security cameras• Anti-Bullying Plan• Anti-Terrorism training• Annual Safety and Security

training• Annual evacuation drills• Bus Safety Training• Frequent fire drills


Physical EnvironmentSpecialized Rooms:• Information Center• Theater• CTE building• Culinary Arts Room• Science Labs• STEM Lab• Video Lab• JROTC Building includes a

Shooting Range• Two fitness facilities


Technology

• 2 computer labs in the main building• 1 computer lab and 1 mini-lab in the Information

Center• 6 COWS • Every staff and faculty member has a computer• Printers, copiers, Snapscans, Ladybugs, Elmos• Smartboards in every classroom • Students bring personal devices• Certified ET on staff and IT available on site• VTC


Social, Physical, Emotional and Academic Counseling

• School Counselor• Nurse• School Psychologist• On-site Behavioral Health Specialist (Social Worker)• On-site licensed counselor (MFLC)• On-site ASACS counselor• Community Support Agencies: ACS, FAP, EDIS CYS• Seminar teachers• Academic and Athletic Coaches


School Guidance CounselingAssessment-School assessment plan, special programs

Referral-In-house and outside services

Educational planning-Course Fair, scheduling, 4 year plan

Career planning- Career Day, college counseling


Standard 5 Using Results for Continuous

ImprovementJudy Walter

CSI Chair

Peter WardCSI Data

The school implements a comprehensive assessment system that generates a range of data about student learning and school

effectiveness and uses the results to guide continuous improvement.

Data Discussions

Standard 5Using Results for Continuous Improvement

Data analysis is ongoing.

• Fall Data Carousel• January PSAT SOAS carousel• SRI, STAMP, ReadiStep • District Data Website• BMHS Data Wall and BUC BIN• Department Meetings• PLT Meetings• Faculty Meetings

Staff Training in the Evaluation, Interpretation, and Use of Data


Examples:• Data carousel with guiding questions• Analysis of PSAT SOAS• Foreign Language STAMP• TerraNova Blue Book• DSO trainings• Staff-produced training videos• CSI Days• Upcoming training based upon Needs Inventory. Talk to

Radley about results and types of training needed.

Improvement and Readiness at the Next Level


• Formative and summative assessments• Continuous formal and informal analysis of student

data• Vertical teaming with 5th and 6th grade teachers• Vertical teaming within departments• Student Support Teams• IEPs

Leadership Monitors and Communicates Information about Student Achievement to

Stakeholders


Ways to Monitor:• Administrative Walk-Throughs• Teacher Appraisals• GradeSpeed Monitoring• Weekly monitoring of D/F list and

student attendance

Ways to Communicate:

• Parent newsletters• Daily Bulletins• Assessment Reports• Data Wall• Facebook• Communication Plan• SAC• PTO• Award Ceremonies• Emails to parents• Weekly progress reports via

GradeSpeed• Quarterly report cards

Student Population & Assessments

Student growth or not –cohort stuff

Scholastic Reading Inventory

Happy Sailing!

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