Fort
Recovery Local Schools - Chronology of Improvement Efforts
1991
- Effective Schools – Jim Jilek – Staff
Orientation Day-8/20/91
1993
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District Technology Plan – Lastar, Loyd Howison
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Venture Capital Grant – Elementary
1994
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Michael Schmoker – “Educating for Quality; Educating for Results” –
Staff Orientation Day-8/29/94
1995
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Venture Capital Grant – MS/HS-95-96 School Year
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Staff Orientation Day-8/22/95
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Dr. Ray Guarendi – “You’re a Better Teacher Than You Think”
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Dr. Ron Walker – Developing Mission Statement and Reviewing Needs
Assessment (District wide Goals)
1996
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Dr. Richard Clapp – “Seven Habits of Highly Effective People-Covey” –
Staff Orientation Day-8/23/96
1997
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Nominal Needs Assessment – Ben Carlson, Jim Jilek, Jeff Tuneberg –
Staff Orientation Day-8/22/97
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Dr. Willard Daggett – “The Challenge to American Schools: Preparing
Students for the 21st Century” – Coldwater HS-9/3/97
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Network for Systemic Improvement Grant Planning Meetings – Application
critiqued by Marc Riegel; Interview-12/97
1998
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January, Awarded NSI Grant - #1 out of 116 Applications
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3/30/98-Venture Day-NSI Work Day
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6/16/98-NSI Work Day – Climate – Bill Wayson
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7/27/98-7/31/98 – Curriculum Mapping Summer Inservice – Carole Helstrom
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8/24/98-Staff Orientation Day-“Teaching with the Brain in Mind”, Time
to Act-NSI Goals – Classified & Certified Staff Invited – Held at Racquet
Club
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10/15/98-Venture Day-Student & Staff Reflections-Climate, Brain
book – Alignment & Curricular Issues, Time to Act Cohort Groups Report
1999
- 1/22/99- Carole
Hellstrom Visit– Review Climate, Brainbased Learning, Toured all buildings, met
w/administrators, students, staff, parents
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2/3/99 - Synergetic Visit –– Critical Friends Review – Bill Wayson
(Synergetic Development, Inc.)
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3/10/99-Awarded NSI Continuation Grant
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4/30/99-Venture Day-Carole Hellstrom-Climate, Thinking &
Questioning Strategies
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7/26/99 thru 7/30/99-Summer Inservice-Carole Helstrom
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Writing Across the Curriculum
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High Level Questioning
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Essentials of Positive Climate
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Brainbased Learning Revisited
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8/23/99-Staff Orientation Day-Curricular Groups
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Carole Helstrom will provide staff development services and parent
sessions for the 1999-2000 school year – 3 visits per month; 7 parent
sessions; Peer Observation Visits – Carole and Jeff Tuneberg
2000
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4/25/00-Venture Day-Curricular Groups, Grade Quick (Tech Awareness);
Status of NSI
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7/24/00-7/28/00-Summer Inservice
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Mon & Tues – Hueston Woods – Dr. Mary Lou Dantanio & Lon
Richardson – “Inquiring into Learning Communities” – (Phi Delta Kappa)
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Wed, Thurs, Fri – Home – Collegial Coaching, Questioning, Celebration,
Video Time Capsule-“Fort Recovery Schools Producing World Class Learners”
- 12/6/00 – National Education Goals Panel
Fort
Recovery Local Schools - Chronology of Improvement Efforts
2001
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4/2/01-Venture Day-Continuous Improvement/High Performance-Jeff
Tuneberg; District Level Nominal Needs Assessment
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7/23/01-7/24/01-Summer Inservice-Carolyn Chapman-Differentiation –
“Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom”
- 8/16/01-Staff Orientation Day -
Districtwide Subject Groups
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10/12/01-Staff Development Day – Kathy Bricker – Pathwise; Subject
Groups; Web Sites-find, explore, share
2002
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1/18/02-Staff Development Day-District Subject Groups-Updated Standards
(OCAPS)
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7/22-02-7/26/02-Summer Inservice Week
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Pathwise-2 days-Kathy Bricker
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Phil Schlechty – Engaged Student Learning
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Best Practices
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Technology Day
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8/16/02-Staff Orientation Day-Engaged Learning Survey; Professional
Development-Jeff Tuneberg; New Evaluation System
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12/2/02-Staff Development Day
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Cross Sectional Groups Reviewed CIP Goals – recommended changes,
updates (used Authentic Engagement Feedback from July 24th P.
Schlechty in these assessments)
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Best Practice Groups – worked on issues directly related to our CIP
Goals
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Baldrige #5-Faculty and Staff Focus–a few staff members met with
administrators
o to work on this category
- 12/9/02 – First meeting of District Parent Advisory Group – Purpose of group to add input to updating CIP Goals
2003
- 1/17/03-Staff
Development Day-Viewed & discussed “School Sleuth” – DVD – Excellent School
Qualities; CIP Activity – shared results of 12/2/02 work – recommended changes,
etc.; 20 minute inservice sessions on copiers, poster printer, InfOhio updates;
Best Practice Groups or Baldrige #7
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7/21/03-7/25/03 – Summer Inservice Week – Theme: Tools of
Accessibility
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Monday, Dr. Tara Jeffs –Strategies & Tools for Teaching Diverse
Learners in Gen. Ed. Classroom
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Tuesday – Language Arts Curriculum Group Meeting, Best Practice Groups,
Technology (Staff may choose)
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Wednesday – Math Curriculum Group Meeting, Best Practice Groups,
Technology (Staff may choose)
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Thursday - Science Curriculum Group Meeting, Best Practice Groups,
Technology (Staff may choose)
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Friday – Social Studies Curriculum Group Meeting, Best Practice Groups,
Technology (Staff may choose)
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Monday only – rolls, coffee, juice; lunch provided each day, shirts
w/logo for staff; Tools of Accessibility binders provided for all attendees
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Funds provided from receipt of $50,000.00 Access Grant
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8/15/03 – Staff Orientation Day – Health Fair, DLT report on CIP
changes, Overview of BOE’s work on seven areas of focus on Baldrige criteria,
Report from Best Practice groups and subject area groups from summer inservice.
- 12/1/03 – Staff Development
Day – Reps from the Miami Valley SERRC spoke on the IAT process in the
morning. In the afternoon Chris Keller –
Tech Coordinator and Ed Snyder – HS Principal,
along with DLT members guided a hands-on work session on the practical
application of DSL in the IAT process with everyone in small groups using
laptops. This day funded from receipt of a Continuation Access Grant of
$37,500.00 in October of 2003.
2004
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1/16/04 – Staff Development Day – Practical DSL applications continued
at this staff day with same procedure of everyone using a laptop. Ed Snyder, Chris Keller and teacher leaders
again facilitated this. In the afternoon
Nancy Knapke – Elem. Principal and Ted Shuttleworth – MS Principal, reviewed
the status of our Access Grant and if we are meeting our outcomes.
Dr. Mike Thomson, motivational speaker, spoke on “Saving your Sanity in Teaching” and making right choices. New Superintendent, David R. Riel spoke to the staff on his vision for the school.
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5/28/04 - Records Day - Introduced staff to the plans for the summer
inservice week.
- 6/13 & 6/14/04 – Board of Education and Administrators’ planning retreat held at the Maria Stein Retreat Center. Stan Lafferty, Curriculum Coordinator of the Clermont County Educational Service Center, facilitated this 2-day session. Participants engaged in a presentation of the changes taking place in the Ohio system of education
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7/26-7/30 - Summer Inservice Week – Theme for summer week was “A Honor
Roll – Alignment, Assessment and Accessibility.”
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Keynote speaker – Jamie Meade, Standards Coordinator for Reynoldsburg
City Schools. Topic: importance of making sure that instruction and assessment
are aligned to the state academic content standards.
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“CAT” (Curriculum Alignment Tool) unveiled by Chris Keller, Technology
Coordinator. CAT is an alignment tool
database developed by Mrs. Keller and staff members. Teachers began process of completing the
database for their particular grade level/department.
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Over 60 technology classes offered throughout the week.
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Activities throughout the week based on the national best selling book,
FISH, a story about the power of
personal choice.
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8/19/04 – Staff Orientation Day
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Staff members continued work on the CAT.
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Superintendent Riel presented a PowerPoint update on the CIP goals.
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Business Advisory Council representative attended and spoke with staff.
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Program concluded with professional speaker, Dave Leedy (Superman),
presenting “An Offer You Can’t Refuse.”
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9/30/04 – District Led Team Meeting
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Stan Lafferty, Clermont County ESC Curriculum Coordinator, facilitated
an extensive discussion of our CIP and instructional practices.
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11/29/04 – Staff Development Day
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CAT data input continued.
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Staff member Becky Miller gave a presentation on the state Rangefinder
Committee, which she served on this past year.
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Blooms Taxonomy update given by Jeff Tuneberg.
2005
- 1/14/05
– Staff Development Day
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“The Freedom
Writers” DVD shown featuring the story of Erin Gruwell – how a teacher and 150
teens used writing to change themselves and the world around them.
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Review of CAT
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Building and
Special Ed. meetings
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Technology
benchmark update
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Staff scholastic
bowl
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1/19/05 – Fort Recovery Schools is invited to make a presentation to
the Ohio Department of Education on Data Driven Decision Making – specifically
how we use DASL to analyze our data.
Attendees: David Riel, Pat
Niekamp, Nancy Knapke, Ted Shuttleworth, Ed Snyder, Chris Keller, Cheryl
Wenning, Shelly Vaughn, Becky Miller, Curtis Hamrick
- 3/2/05 – The Ohio Department of Education
visits Fort Recovery Local Schools:
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briefly reviewed 1/19 presentation
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discussed concept of D3A2 (data driven decisions for academic
achievement)
- 4/11/05 – Fort Recovery High School
selected to be included in the Ohio Schools of Promise Case Study
Project for their success in improving the performance of at-risk students
including those with disabilities.
Karen Sanders, Jean Beller, and Kathleen
Schindler visited FRHS on 5/6/05 observing classrooms
and conducting interviews with teaching staff, parents, HS principal, and
students.
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5/05 – Fort Recovery joins approximately 100 other Ohio districts in
Project SOAR (Schools On-line Achievement Reports - Battelle for Kids). Curtis Hamrick and Ted Shuttleworth to
receive training as district Value Added specialists.
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7/25-7/29–Summer Inservice Week– Theme for the week: 3-D Week–Data
Driven Decision Making
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Keynote speaker was Jim Mahoney
(CEO of Battelle for Kids)–who spoke on Value Added
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Monday, Tuesday, and Friday: Building instructional meetings held
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Wednesday and Thursday were choice days for staff (technology classes,
CAT (Curriculum Alignment Tool), Best Practice Sessions, Book Reviews, Special
Ed Sessions)
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Week concluded with lunch at Mr. Riel’s on Friday followed by Mystery
Theater
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8/18/05 – Staff Orientation Day
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Staff updated on Technology changes and D3A2 by Chris Keller, Tech
Coordinator
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Building instructional meetings (continuation from summer inservice
week)
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Tech BETA Survey and Konica 8020 Color Training
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Superintendent Riel spoke with staff on the State of the District
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Business Advisory Council representative welcomed the staff for another
school year
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Day concluded with Mr. Riel showing a movie clip video and reading the
Spyglass Book
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Sept. - Fort Recovery Local Schools receives an Effective Rating on the
State Report Card for the 6th year in a row.
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10/3/05 – The first District Input Team meeting is held. Purpose of this group is to provide input to
the BOE and administrators and to promote communication between parents,
community, BOE and administrators.
Parents, teachers, principals, and classified will be represented in
this group. This replaces the District
Parent Advisory Council.
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10/10/05 – FR Schools is invited to make a presentation to the State
Board of Education on the DASL portion of D3A2 (contact Amy Andres).
- 10/11 & 10/12 - Mary Ann Blank (professor at University of
Tennessee) facilitates sessions with the administrators on the clinical
supervision of staff.
- 11/9/05 – Ed Snyder, principal of the high school, receives
official word that the Fort Recovery High school (one of only 14 schools in
Ohio) has been nominated to be considered for the U.S. Department of
Education’s 2006 No Child Left Behind – Blue Ribbon Schools program. Award winners will be announced in September
2006.
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12/5/05 – The CIP (Continuous Improvement Plan) Revision committee
meets with the purpose of taking our present CIP and modifying it to meet
present needs reflected in our data.
This project will continue on Jan. 5th with an all day
meeting planned.
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12/13/05 – Board of Education meets in a work session with facilitator,
Stan Lafferty, to review the Vision and Mission Statements of the CIP.
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12/15/05 – Fort Recovery Schools is invited to make a presentation for
the Northwest Ohio Educational Resource Center at the Wood County ESC in
Bowling Green, OH. The title of the
presentation will be “How the Use of Data Can Drive Student Instruction”. (This
presentation was cancelled because of bad weather; rescheduled for April 6,
2006.)
2006
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1/2 & 1/3/06 – Staff Development Days:
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Jan. 2 – Building Instructional Meetings: buildings spent time working
on Best Practices (DASL, CAT, Value Added, evaluating reading series, student
intervention, art therapy group, curriculum alignment, IMS lesson plans, ORS,
intervention strategies for Reading and Math students, OGT, Special Education
accommodations and strategies)
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Jan. 3 – AM - Staff site visits to Tri Star, Wright State University
Lake Campus Reading Center; or other
principal-approved site; lunch at China Wok in Celina.
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Jan. 3 – PM – Value Added presentation to all staff by Ted
Shuttleworth, Curtis Hamrick, and Jeff Tuneberg.
- 1/5/06 – CIP
(Continuous Improvement Plan) Revision Committee Meeting – Stan Lafferty
facilitated a session on updating the CIP.
The goal of this committee will be to update our current CIP so that it
addresses and aligns our curriculum and instructional strategies to State
Standards. Members of this committee include members of our District Led Team,
parents from each building, community members, students, board members, and a
classified staff representative. The
goal would be to have the CIP updated by August of 2006.
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1/18/06 - Fort Recovery Schools is invited to make a presentation at
the OALSS (Ohio Association of Local School Superintendents) Annual Conference
on Jan. 18, 2006. The title of the
presentation by Ted Shuttleworth and David Riel was “ How to Maintain
Excellence Through Data”.
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3/28/06 - Ed Snyder, high school principal, receives word that the high
school has been selected as a “School of Distinction” by the state
superintendent. This selection was based
on the achievement of our students with disabilities and achievement of all
students. We are one of only 21 schools
across the state to receive this honor.
A recognition ceremony will be held on October 11, 2006 in Columbus.
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4/6/06 – David Riel, Ed Snyder, Curtis Hamrick, and Jeff Tuneberg present on “How the Use of Data Can Drive
Student Instruction” at the NWOERC Center in Bowling Green.
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4/26/06 – Ed Snyder and Curtis Hamrick make another presentation on
“How the Use of Data Can Drive Student Instruction” at the Lima Learning
Academy in Lima, Ohio. In attendance
were administrators, curriculum directors and ESC staff.
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4/26/06 – $20,000 Grant Received – the Fort Recovery School District is
notified that they have been awarded the High School Critical Transitions
Grant.
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7/24-7/28–Summer Inservice Week– Theme for the week: 3-R’s
Week–Reinventing, Re-energizing, Reflecting
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Keynote speaker was Keith Orndoff, a futurist, who spoke on the
powerful social, organizational, and
technological trends that are leading to a new future.
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Other speakers were Eric Curts – “Ohio Treasure Chest of Technology
Resources” and Charlie Schmiesing – “INFo Ohio Resources”.
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Monday and Tuesday all staff worked on the review and reworking of our
CIP facilitated by David Riel, Jim Jilek, and Jeff Tuneberg.
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Wednesday and Thursday were choice days for staff (health fair,
technology classes, CAT , Best Practice Sessions, Book Reviews, Special Ed
Sessions)
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Thursday evening staff enjoyed a dinner and show at Bearcreek Farms and
stayed overnight.
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Friday was spent at Bearcreek Farms continuing the work on the
CIP. A Wellness speaker finished out the
week.
- 8/17/06 -
Staff Orientation Day – staff given copies of revised CIP.
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9/15/06 – Deb Durbin of Clermont County ESC presents to our special
education teachers on the subject of the development and writing of IEP’s,
along with topics of differentiation, modifications in the classroom, and
interventions.
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10/31/06 – Mike Nicholson of Battelle for Kids speaks to Value Added
divas, CIP coordinators, and administrators on Value Added Data and Fort
Recovery’s data from the SOAR website.
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November – Blue Ribbon School Award Ceremony – Ed Snyder, Dave Warvel,
and Angelika Schade Hein travel to Washington DC to accept the Blue Ribbon
School Award for the high school. Of the
14 schools in the nation receiving this award only one other school is a high
school.
2007
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1/1/07 – Fort Recovery Local Schools selected as one of 10 districts in
Ohio to pilot the D3A2 initiative.
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1/2/07 & 1/12/07 – Staff Development Days
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Jan. 2 – AM: Building instructional meetings under direction of
principals: Elementary – Performance Index, Dibels, IAT’s; Middle School – Data
Analysis, Value Added, Web Site Investigation; High School – Senior Exit
Projects
PM: PK-12 Value Added
Training
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Jan. 12 – AM: Olweus Bullying Prevention Training PK-12
PM: Gr 3-12 – Value Added
Training; PK-2 – Visual Perception Presentation by Dr. Barr
Books Purchased for Staff:
The
First Days of School – Harry Wong
Who
Moved My Cheese – Spencer
Johnson
Teaching
With the Brain in Mind – Jensen
Teaching
Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom – Susan Weinberger
Teacher
Evaluation-To Enhance Professional Practice – Charlotte Danielson &
Thomas L. McGreal
A Mind at
a Time
– Mel
Levine
Fish
– Stephen C. Lundin, Harry Paul, John Christensen