wellstone international high school program re design meled presentation
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Wellstone International High School Program Re-Design
MELED Presentation
November 6, 2015
“Never Separate the Life you Live from the Words you Speak.”
-Paul Wellstone
Wellstone International High School
• Traditional High School
• Minneapolis Public Schools
• Located: 3328 Elliot Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55407
• Serves ages17-21
Introductions
• Dr. Aimee Fearing Principal
• Mr. Ali Kofiro School Counselor
• Mr. Chris Castellano School Counselor
• Ms. Melissa Persson ESL and Reading Teacher
• Mr. Gytis Liulevicius ESL and Math Teacher
• Mr. Paul Kroshus Instructional Specialist
• Ms. Josephine Moreno World Language AP Spanish Teacher
• Mr. Mohamud Noor Director of Confederation of Somali Community
• Ms. Jennifer Leazer Multilingual Department, MPS
Wellstone Students Are…
• Emerging Bilinguals and Multilinguals
• Multicultural
• Change Makers
• Future Scholars
• Future Workforce
Wellstone International High School
• Mission
The mission of Wellstone International High School is to develop globally competent students through rigorous coursework, acceleration in English language acquisition, graduation pathways, and access to support and enrichment services.
• Vision
– Every student college and career ready.
Program Re-Design
1. Aligned, Rigorous Curriculum2. Community Partnerships
3. Blended Learning Mathematics
4. Literacy Program
5. Native Language Literacy
"I saw as a teacher how, if you take that spark of learning that those children have, and you ignite it, you can take a child from any background to a lifetime of creativity and accomplishment.“ -Paul Wellstone
Aligned, Rigorous Curriculum
• Individualized curriculum that promotes acceleration in targeted areas of math, literacy and English language acquisition. Implementation of WIDA Model Performance Indicators (MPI) within curriculum for each course.
• GOAL: Wellstone will be meet or exceed nationally normed growth percentiles based on ACCESS scores
Accelerated English Courses
• EMERGING LITERACY (BLOCK CLASS) • BEGINNING READING • BEGINNING WRITING • INTERMEDIATE READING • INTERMEDIATE WRITING • ADVANCED READING • ADVANCED WRITING • ENGLISH 10 • SPEECH AND DEBATE
Internationals Network for Public Schools
Native Language Literacy and World Language
• Asset-based programming includes offering courses that build off students' strengths.
• This year, we offer Spanish for native Spanish speakers as well as Arabic for native Arabic speakers and Arabic as a second language.
• Courses: – AP Spanish 5 and 6 – Arabic I and II
13 students passed AP Exam 30 students received bilingual seal
Community Partnerships
• At Wellstone, we understand the cornerstone of our community school is to engage stakeholders including community-based and nationally-based organizations as part of our programming.
• In the past two years, Wellstone has connected, developed and nurtured relationships with partners to provide more access to college and career opportunities.
• Current partnerships include, International Network for Public Schools, Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Confederation of Somali Community, People’ s Center Health Services, Generation Next, Augsburg EAST program, and World Savvy.
Extended Learning Opportunities
• Saturday School – Staffed by Community Partners
• Open School on student-release days
• Summer Learning – Extended past summer school
– Experiential learning
• College and Career Opportunities – Coordinator
– Experiences off-site
Afterschool Programming
Blended Learning in Math
• Students have a blend of time with a teacher at the board, and students working on their individual online assignments. Students use a variety of learning approaches to learn mathematics in different ways. Independent learning and persistence through problem solving is a foundation of this program and a necessary skill to be college and career ready. Students are expected to articulate their processes and defend their answers in English. Each student has access to a laptop device.
• • In Wellstone’s blended learning math program, students will have the
opportunities to: • be challenged mathematically; • accelerate their learning; • learn skills important for success in college; • learn from dedicated expert teachers; • learn in a way that is best for them as individuals; • achieve college credit in our College Algebra course.
Blended Learning Math Data
Literacy Program
Counseling
The success of students at Wellstone is most positively impacted by the support of school counselors. Both counselors are bilingual and represent the largest demographic groups of students. Counselors are focused on the whole student, academics AND social-emotional. The work of the school counselors is intensive but is most rewarding
College and Career Preparedness100% of students will be introduced to their graduation pathway in Fall of 2015. 100% of students will undergo a review and monitoring of their graduation pathway throughout the year.
MCTC Partnership
D3 Program (Diploma to Degree)
JAG (Jobs for America’s Graduates)
Technology Focus
Integration of Technology through • Core Curriculum
• Resources
• Communication
• Instruction
• Data
Athletics
Minnesota State High School League Soccer Teams
Contact Information
Dr. Aimee Fearing 612-668-5107 [email protected]
Mr. Ali Kofiro 612-668-5116 [email protected]
Mr. Chris Castellano 612-668-5102 [email protected]
Ms. Melissa Persson [email protected]
Mr. Gytis Liulevicius [email protected]
Mr. Paul Kroshus [email protected]
Ms. Josephine Moreno [email protected]
Mr. Mohamud Noor 612-605-3222 X101 [email protected]
Ms. Jennifer Leazer 612-668-5348 [email protected]