Student Success Driver 2, Question 6.

The Whole Child Approach &Odyssey Community School

September 25, 2013

SJ/SV2020 SYMPOSIUM

Agenda1:55-2:55

• Introductions• Six Drivers of Student Success• ASCD’s Whole Child Approach (WCN)

• Donna Snyder

• School Improvement Network (WCN)– Odyssey Community School

• Jeremy Nichols• Louis Smith

ASCD History• Founded in 1943

• Over 140,000 members in over 130 countries

• Leading professional development organization

• Recognized globally for high-quality, research-based programs, products and services

• Focused on the success of each learner

ASCD Strengths• Reputation• Research-Based Products and Services

• Faculty and Staff

• Partnerships- strategic, focused on best practices for students, teachers and leaders

• Success with capacity building partner districts and schools

Whole Child History• Convened the Commission on the Whole Child

in January and July 2006• Leading thinkers, researchers and practitioners• Variety of sectors

• 75+ Whole Child partner organizations representing the education, arts, health, policy, and community sectors

Six Drivers of Student Success

Each driver of success is addressed through a systemic approach grounded in

FOCUS as “the what;”ALIGNMENT as “the how;” and

FEEDBACK as “the how we make it better.”

Six Drivers of Student Success

LEARNING – Drivers 1 & 2

TEACHING – Drivers 3 & 4

CONDITIONS FOR SUCCESS – Drivers 5 &6

Student Success Driver: 2Personalization & Pathways for Student Success

How can we prepare students to be self-directed and engaged in educational relationships

that advance them to mastery at an appropriate age?

Student Success Driver: 2Personalization & Pathways for Student Success

~ Learning ~

Multiple, connected pathways to student success.

Academic and vocational pathways are designed and delivered so that all students secure both core competencies and engage in educational programs that are relevant to their personal and career interests. Clear and accessible gateways exist from elementary to secondary education to post-secondary and vocational education.

Student Success Driver: 2Personalization & Pathways for Student Success

Importance for equity and access for students.

Finance and accountability systems provide a fair allocation of resources for all students with transparent communication on who gets how much, for what, and with what results.

Student Success Driver: 2Personalization & Pathways for Student Success

Importance of equity and access for students. Finance and accountability systems provide a fair allocation of resources for all students with transparent communication on who gets how much, for what, and with what results.

Student Success Driver: 2Personalization & Pathways for

Student Success

Question 6. Should the U.S. incorporate values

and non-academic skills back into the curriculum like the high-performing systems do

to build character and morally conscious citizens?

Student Success Driver: 1Early Learning

What is needed to provide early preventative, individually tailored support for all children?

Question 4.How do the high-performing systems teach the whole child, including play, the arts, and languages, and provide whatever is needed to ensure student success?

Imagine …

A child important to you has just turned

25 years old. How do you hope to

describe him or her?

All students should graduate from high school prepared for the demands of postsecondary education, meaningful careers and effective citizenship.

Out of Many, One: Toward Rigorous Common Core Standards from the Ground UpAchieve, Inc. 2008

Across the United States…• 9% of teenagers are not in school and not working• 33% of kids live in families where no parent works full

time year round

• 22% of kids live in poverty• 10% live in extreme poverty (<50% of poverty income)

• 32% are obese• 10% of children under age 17 do not have health

insurancewww.datacenter.kidscount.org

Change

Create a Climate1. Urgency

2. Form Partnerships3. Create Vision

Engage and Enable1. Communicate Vision

2. Remove Obstacles3. Create wins

Implement and Sustain1. Build on Change

2. Anchor in Climate &Culture

District/State

Parent/Community

Student Teacher/School

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ENGAGED

SUPPORTED

SAFE

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HEALTHY

Each student has access to

personalized learning and is supported by

qualified, caring adults.

Each student learns in an environment that is

physically and emotionally safe for students and adults.

Each student is challenged academically and prepared

for success in college or further study and for

employment and participation in a global

environment.

Each student is actively engaged in

learning and is connected to the school and broader

community.

Each student enters school healthy and learns

and practices a healthy lifestyle.

Each student is actively engaged in

learning and is connected to the school and broader

community.

Whole Child Overview

Sustainability

Healthy

Safe

Engaged

Supported

Challenged

School Climate & Culture

Curriculum & Instruction

Leadership

Family & Community Engagement

PD & Staff Capacity

Assessment

Tenets Components

Tenets, Indicators, and Components

School Improvement MatrixComponent Healthy Safe Engaged Supported ChallengedSchool Climate and Culture

Curriculum and Instruction

Leadership

Family and Community Engagement

Assessment

Professional Development and Staff Capacity

SUSTAINABLE

Sustainability

Schools implementing a whole child approach use collaboration, coordination, and integration to ensure the approach’s long-term success.

www.wholechildeducation.org

Whole Child – Implementation Process

Research shows that professional development affects teacher practice and changes the school culture only if teachers and administrators have unfettered

time to work together. . . that time can be difficult to find. Here is how:

SiTool

Impact Matrix

WC Process

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GoalsProfessional development goals:•Being a life long leaner is vital to me; learning new insights into leadership is interesting and worth it.

Project goals:•Implementation of the Whole Child Initiative grant within Odyssey Community School with a grant from ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development).•Install the vision of educating the whole child program with the help of educators, families, community members, and students.

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The Whole Child InitiativeSchool Improvement Results

July 2012 • Healthy: 2.83• Safe: 3.14• Engaged: 3.00• Supported: 3.67• Challenged: 3.21• Sustainability: 3.23

May 2013•Healthy: 4.01•Safe: 4.06•Engaged: 3.77•Supported: 4.29•Challenged: 3.91•Sustainability: 4.18

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Focus on two initiativesHealth:Each student enters school healthy and learns about the practices of healthy lifestyles

Safety:Each student learns in an environment that is physically and emotionally safe for students andadults

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Odyssey Community School • San Martin• Grades 7th-12th

• Student population: 45 • Staff on site: 13

Students are required to attend due to expulsions, attendance issues from county/districts schools or are in a drug rehabilitation program.

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Accomplishments/Successes Health Initiative

• Breakfast • Family counseling• Vitality challenge• Health van monthly visits• Counseling services• Weekly staff meeting• Parent Conferences• Hercules Program• Pro com games• Character education

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Safety Initiative• Schedule• Liaison between probation

& school• Bully awareness• Sexual harassment presentations• Campus security• OLWEUS (bullying prevention) staff• FLY program (Fresh Lifelines for Youth) focus on law

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Key Learnings• The Whole Child grant has a three year term; we

could not focus on all the initiatives during 2012-13 school year.

• We realize after three years funding from ASCD we will be limited and will need to find ways to sustain the current programs and keep adding to others.

• Staff changes may affect how initiatives are implemented and sustained.

2012-13 Champions for Leadership Graduation

needs assessment survey based on whole child tenets, indicators and school improvement components

includes indicators across the Whole Child Tenets (healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged) and sustainability;

in-depth sorting of school data and data-dialogue protocol is available via 2-hour virtual consultation (fee for service).

School Improvement Tool

Whole Child – Implementation ProcessSchool Improvement Tool

Whole Child – Implementation ProcessData Review

Whole Child – Implementation ProcessData Review – Survey Results