Fayette County Schools

1. Fayette County Schools School to Life P – 12; P-14; P-16

2. Life Comes At You Fast !!! Are Fayette County Students Ready? Where are you? Where do you want to go?

3. System-wide Mission

4. What is a Vision, MissionGoal? • Long-term view • What Fayette County Schools want to be or do • Aspiration, Future state Mission= purpose or why it exists Goal = a specific outcome Vision

5. System-wide Characteristics – ADo the schools have? • 1. Focus on life/work-related outcomes at each level (authentic tasks, student as worker)? • 2. Agreed upon and shared goals (Proficient Workers)? • 3. Set exit competencies, proficiencies, skills, attitudes (at each level)?

6. Characteristics B ? 3. Value-added progress/diploma system? 4. Clear and high expectations (All learn)? 5. Early intervention (Proficient in reading, numeration, problem solving, critical and conceptual thinking, knowledge use)? *Keep your eye on the target

7. What kind of Environment Do you have? Do you want? A • 1. Safe, violence free schools? • 2. Schools of Character (behavior, socio- emotional)? • 3. High academic, High behavioral, High attitudinal standards at school level and in each classroom? • 4. Minimum agreed upon rules – fair, equitable, enforced with clear consequences? • Not jump through the hoop – but Real world, world of work?

8. Environment B ? • 5. Family and community involvement? • 6. Meaningful Partnerships (tech, 4 yr college, law enforcement, mental health, juvenile justice, social services, businesses, etc.)? • 7. Home Language and Literacy Preparation (Mother-Child-Home)? • 8. Adult and Community Education (a real learning community)?

9. How is the Curriculum? A • Student engaged/student self-direction/student efficacy/student active? • Targeted intervention? • Standards-based (TN and SCANS)? • K-12 Career Education/Career Guidance? • Entrepreneurial Strands (K-12)? • Inclusion? • Gifted and Talented?

10. Curriculum B? • HOTS (higher order thinking skills)? • Depth over Breadth? • Student Construction of knowledge? • Technology focused on higher order skills and problem solving (over drill and practice) • Study Skills?

11. What Instructional Strategies are being used? A • Instruction is Data-base with on-going assessment and reteaching? • Student active/student engaged? • Builds on prior knowledge? • Cooperative Learning?

12. Instructional Strategies B ? • Service Learning? • Adult Mentors? • Cross-aged Tutoring? • After-School Opportunities (21st Century Community Learning Centers)?

13. How about - Special Schools? Rural and Isolated -LaGrange/Moscow and NorthwestCan/should they be? • Accelerated? • Intensified? • Technology enhanced? • Looping? • Year-round? • Themed? • Global? • Individualized?

14. SCANS - 1 • Basic Skills: • Reads, writes, performs arithmetic and mathematical operations, listens and speaks • A. Reading--locates, understands, and interprets written information in prose and in documents such as manuals, graphs, and schedules • B. Writing--communicates thoughts, ideas, information, and messages in writing; and creates documents such as letters, directions, manuals, reports, graphs, and flow charts • C. Arithmetic/Mathematics--performs basic computations and approaches practical problems by choosing appropriately from a variety of mathematical techniques • D. Listening--receives, attends to, interprets, and responds to verbal messages and other cues • E. Speaking--organizes ideas and communicates orally

15. SCANS 2 • Thinking Skills: • Thinks creatively, makes decisions, solves problems, visualizes, knows how to learn, and reasons • A. Creative Thinking--generates new ideas • B. Decision Making--specifies goals and constraints, generates alternatives, considers risks, and evaluates and chooses best alternative • C. Problem Solving--recognizes problems and devises and implements plan of action • D. Seeing Things in the Mind's Eye--organizes, and processes symbols, pictures, graphs, objects, and other information • E. Knowing How to Learn--uses efficient learning techniques to acquire and apply new knowledge and skills • F. Reasoning--discovers a rule or principle underlying the relationship between two or objects and applies it when solving a problem

16. SCANS 3 • Personal Qualities: • Displays responsibility, self-esteem, sociability, self-management, and integrity and honesty • A. Responsibility--exerts a high level of effort and perseveres towards goal attainment • B. Self-Esteem--believes in own self-worth and maintains a positive view of self • C. Sociability-demonstrates understanding, friendliness, adaptability, empathy, and • D. Self-Management--assesses self accurately, sets personal goals, monitors progress, and exhibits self-control • E. Integrity/Honesty--chooses ethical courses of action

17. SCANS – 45 Workplace Competencies • 1. Resources • 2. Interpersonal • 3. Information • 4. Systems • Technology

18. SCANS 4a • Five Workplace Competencies 1. Resources: • Identifies, organizes, plans, and allocates resources • A. Time--Selects goal-relevant activities, ranks them, allocates time, and prepares and follows schedules • B. Money--Uses or prepares budgets, makes forecasts, keeps records, and makes adjustments to meet objectives • C. Material and Facilities--Acquires, stores, allocates, and uses materials or space efficiently • D. Human Resources--Assesses skills and distributes work accordingly, evaluates performance and provides feedback

19. SCANS 4b Five Workplace Competencies 2. Interpersonal: • Works with others • A. Participates as Member of a Team--contributes to group effort • B. Teaches Others New Skills • C. Serves Clients/Customers--works to satisfy customers' expectations • D. Exercises Leadership--communicates ideas to justify position, persuades and convinces others, responsibly challenges existing procedures and policies • E. Negotiates--works toward agreements involving exchange of resources, resolves divergent interests • F. Works with Diversity--works well with men and women from diverse backgrounds

20. SCANS 4c Five Workplace Competencies 3. Information: • Acquires and uses information • A. Acquires and Evaluates Information • B. Organizes and Maintains Information • C. Interprets and Communicates Information • D. Uses Computers to Process Information

21. SCANS 4d • Five Workplace Competencies 4. Systems: • Understands complex inter-relationships • A. Understands Systems--knows how social, organizational, and technological systems work and operates effectively with them • B. Monitors and Corrects Performance--distinguishes trends, predicts impacts on systems operations, diagnoses deviations in systems' performance and corrects malfunctions • C. Improves or Designs Systems--suggests modifications to existing systems and develops new or alternative systems to improve performance

22. SCANS 4e Five Workplace Competencies 5. Technology: • Works with a variety of technologies • A. Selects Technology--chooses procedures, tools or equipment including computers and related technologies • B. Applies Technology to Task--Understands overall intent and proper procedures for setup and operation of equipment • C. Maintains and Troubleshoots Equipment--Prevents, identifies, or solves problems with equipment, including computers and other technologies