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Year II Learnings – Building Understandings in Partnerships

Year II Learnings – Building Understandings in Partnerships. Sissi O’Reilly Clinton Middle School Los Angeles. WHO ARE WE? WHAT ARE WE DOING? WHY ARE WE DOING IT THIS WAY ?. Clinton Middle School Restructuring in 2011 Over 50% of students had Ds and Fs in 2+ classes

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Year II Learnings – Building Understandings in Partnerships

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  1. Year II Learnings – Building Understandings in Partnerships Sissi O’Reilly Clinton Middle School Los Angeles

  2. WHO ARE WE? WHAT ARE WE DOING? WHY ARE WE DOING IT THIS WAY? Clinton Middle School • Restructuring in 2011 • Over 50% of students had Ds and Fs in 2+ classes • Over 600 students were showing indicators • “All you see are rainbows.”

  3. Success from the DN partnership

  4. What do you see? • In which work do you see short term successesthat build up over time? • In which work do you see long term investment for big successes? • POCO a POCO.

  5. Influences of success • Many of our successes stemmed from the daily toils of DN: TD & Teachers; CY & Students; CIS w/ building a safe environment for all students • PBS • Uniforms • Some of our big wins came from long-term investments: PD every Tuesday, consistent EWI and Common Planning • Changes in Scheduling (Double-blocking over 8 period day, cohorts, extra 30 minutes) • Coordination of services

  6. Understanding Common Vision Understanding Common Vision • Putting all partners at the table • Meetings • Clarification of the Sandbox • Adaptive Schools  What is in your sandbox?

  7. Struggles: Trust and Buy-In • Role-centered work vs. Student-centered work • DN is student centered • Issues: Duplication of services, coordination of support, decision-making vs. advising, individual successes vs. the collective

  8. WE work Hard, but We Are Not Perfect. • In a complex system, no one is. • We know our roles; we know RTI and tiered support. • However, do we as a system understand the sandbox? •  Increase communication and transparency: • Sandbox for teachers • Sandbox for DN

  9. Who are the players in your Complex Student support system?

  10. Can THIS SUSTAIN WITHOUT me? • Personal reflection on my practices as Principal: • Reforming schools on Personality and charisma vs. Using Research-Based Practices to Support and develop DN systems in place

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