Sixth Grade Move Up | Board of Education Meeting | Thursday, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

| Thursday, October 19, 2017

| Board of Education Meeting

Sixth Grade Move Up

| Why?

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Minimizes the drawbacks of the two-year “in/out” transition.

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Creates broader options for acceleration and greater elective opportunities.

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Provides additional time and resources dedicated to meet the academic, career exploration, social-emotional, and mental health needs of adolescents.

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Removes over 100 temporary classrooms from use at elementary sites.

| What’s happening to support parents in the transition?

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A web page is available for families.

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Transition Advisory Committees are formed and in process.

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Events for families to learn about the transition are

• ccurring.

| What’s happening to support students in the transition?

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The Transition Advisory Committee is planning for how students will be supported.

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Multiple orientation

• pportunities for students are in

the planning stages. | Parents & Students

| Instruction Math Technology Literacy Electives

Instrumental Music Library Resources

| Supporting Students with Special Needs

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Full-time mental health

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Counselors

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Social Emotional Learning Specialists

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Content Area Experts

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Additional 0.5 FTE flexible use

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Resources follow students | Middle School Staffing Benefits

| Supporting Students with Special Needs

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Reviewing all fifth and sixth grade students in transitioning schools as we have previously done for sixth grade.

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Determining if neighborhood middle school is transitioning or not.

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Need and program is defined by the local IEP team including parents.

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Customization based on need.

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SSN III programs - who they serve. | Center Programming

| Secondary Center Program

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Arvada K-8 (2)

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Wayne Carle (1)

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Creighton (1)

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Alameda 7-12 (3)

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Jefferson 7-12 (2)

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Deer Creek (2)

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Sobesky (2)

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Sobesky general program

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Fletcher Miller

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Lighthouse

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Out of District Settings | Supporting Students with Special Needs | Other Available Options

| Facilities We are prepared to have buildings ready for students.

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16 classroom addition to Drake Middle School

• Groundbreaking November 2017, Complete August 2018

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8 classroom addition to Dunstan Middle School

• Groundbreaking November 2017, Complete July 2018

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Schools ready for 6-8 transition without adding square footage:

• Arvada K-8, Carmody, Everitt, Mandalay, Moore, North Arvada, Oberon &

Wayne Carle

| Preliminary Expansion Plans Prepared

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Ken Caryl MS

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Creighton MS | Short and Long Range Development Plans Underway for

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Arvada K-8

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Bell MS

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Oberon MS

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Summit Ridge MS | Facilities

| Capital Cost Summary – Committed Funds

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Drake MS Addition - $10 Million

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Dunstan MS Addition - $4.5 Million

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$2 MM Capital Reserve: includes minor remodel to Arvada K-8, Bell, Carmody, Manning & Oberon MS, as well as incidental costs | Capital Cost Estimated – Uncommitted Funds

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8 CR Addition to Ken Caryl MS - $6.5 Million

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8 CR Addition to Creighton MS - $4.5 Million

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8 CR Addition to Summit Ridge MS - $4.5 Million | Facilities

| Multiple Strategies, Two Key Objectives

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Create capacity for elementary teachers who want to remain at elementary to stay at elementary.

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Create pathways for teachers who want to move to middle school. | Details

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Early notification incentive and

• pportunity to take an additional

year of leave.

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Pathways workshops; support to become content qualified; MS visits and hiring event. | Teachers Matter

| One-Year Voluntary Transfer Program

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Teachers decide

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HR manages process, notifications to schools/principals

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Teachers seek out own jobs

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On-going placement if necessary | Partnership with JCEA resulted in MOU - creates voluntary transfer

• pportunity

| Successful Implementation

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Chatfield Articulation Area Transition Status

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Welcoming Parents & Students

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Hiring Great Teachers

| Successful Implementation Reviews thus far...

“Our daughter had a wonderful experience with her transition. She felt very welcome and supported right away.” “So many other parents warned about putting 6th graders in a middle school environment. They had me worried it was premature and my student would get left behind. But at Deer Creek, it was a wonderful transition. The orientation day was invaluable, and the sixth graders are largely kept apart from the other two grades, yet they still share the school and get accustomed to it.” "We've had a great sixth grade year and have seen so many positive changes in our daughter. We appreciate the multiple opportunities for extra help and the ability to redo work that wasn't

• mastered. It is clear that you are truly focused on the success of all students. Thank you for all that

you do."

| Successful Implementation

“I think the message needs to be that we are being thoughtful—that we have gathered feedback from multiple Jeffco neighborhoods, from our families, from families currently in our typical feeder elementary schools, from our students and from our staff—to make decisions that honor what our community needs us to be. . . Finally, I think it’s important to share that we believe in the work. We are excited to welcome the energy of sixth graders and to build a school family that lasts for three years instead of just two. Yes, the work has been hard, but we are having a ball!”

• Jeena Williams, principal, The Manning School

“Our middle school has had sixth-graders for many years. They come into the building excited, and they enjoy the variety of teachers as well as electives.”

• Becky Brown, principal, West Jefferson Middle School

“We are so excited!!”

• Brenda Fletcher, principal, Moore Middle School

| Comments & Questions