September 6, 2011

Celebrating 50 Years of Tradition & Success!Welcome Back

September 2, 2014

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Food Service

•Suzanne Hoskinson, Assistant Food Manager

•Bernice Valle (Cook)

•Sandy Hoolihan

Paraprofessional

•Maureen Geist

Technology

•Nick Mariano

Other Staff Changes

•Kate McEntee, Assistant

•Sharon Walter (HR)

•Suzette DeMarchi (IS SPED)

Diane Iriarte (Spanish)

LTS in Spanish (Ms. Lafferty). MA (2006) in Teaching ESL from Famingham State Univ. and a BA (1987) from S.U.N.Y.M. in Communications. Self taught in Spanish and studied multicultural education at the Univ. of Alaska

Katie Fransko (School Psychologist)

MA (2011) in School Psychology from Rowan and BA (2007) in English from Delaware. Taught English at Millville HS for 7 years. Served as a College Buddy Director at the Univ. of Delaware to foster friendship opportunities for individuals with intellectual disabilities.

Welcome New Staff

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Samantha Michielli (5th)

M.Ed. (2009) in Teacher Leadership/ESL and BA (2004) in Elementary Education & English from Rowan. Served as our IS this past year and at Yellin MS since 2008.

Rob Rosenheim (5th)

M.Ed. (2013) in Educational Organization & Leadership from Columbia and MS (2009) in Education (Reading, Writing & Lit) from UPENN & BA (2006) in History from Rutgers. Previously worked as Data & Assessment Coordintor at ECO Charter School and several years teaching grades 5-7 in Gloucester Twp. Schools.

Brittany Goldstein (5th)

M.Ed. (2009) from Cabrini College and BS (2007) in Elementary & Special Education from Temple. Comes from West Deptford MS this past year and East Norristown MS & Stewart MS since 2007.

Sarah Sobeck (5th)

BA (2000) in Anthropology & Sociology from Ursinus College. Taught at The Vanguard School for 13 years. Awarded the Excellence in Education Award (2012).

Welcome New Staff

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We’ve adopted an aggressive strategic plan: Vision 2018

Added an entire curriculum team with content experts to service our professional staff

Curriculum Increased Professional

Development Opportunities

Transition at every key administrative position.

Maintenance Shared Services

Superintendent Shared Service

Food ServiceMAP Testing Technology Advances

In just 24 months…

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ACHIEVE NJ NJ SMART Tenure Reform & a New

Age of Accountability Common Core Achievement Gaps School Choice Electronic Comm. Policy New Professional

Development Standards

HIB ScIP DEAC SGO SGP PARCC RTTT School Performance

Reports NJQSAC

And State Mandates…

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IEP Direct

New evaluation system for non-instructional staff (CST)

New District Newsletter

New Attendance Standards New District Calendar New Flex Professional

Development New Schedule Response to Intervention (RTI) New Curriculum

New Instructional Programs

New Assessments PowerSchool New Instructional Technology

(Ipads/Chromebooks) Standards Based Report Cards Trimesters

Then you add…

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“…I believe with everything coming down from the state teachers feel overwhelmed and do not have enough time to teach…”

How you feel…How you feel…

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Committed to Excellence

STANDARDSOf EXCELLENCE

South Harrison Twp. Elementary School

Choose it. Live it. Own it. Expect it.

We focus on the needs of those we serve.

We choose to be the best we can be.

We strive for continuous improvement.

We take ownership for what we do and do not do.

We communicate effectively.

We do little things well.

We take pride in our work & our school.

We value & respect those who make our school extraordinary.

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Areas of Focus

CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION

NEW EMPLOYEE SUPPORT

APPROACH TO STUDENT

DISCIPLINE

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Strategic Plan: Vision 2018

CURRICULUM & PROGRAM

PUPIL SERVICES

FACILITIES

FINANCE & OPERATIONS

TECHNOLOGY

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2014-2015 District GoalsGoal 1: Align Curriculum horizontally and vertically (k-12) and to common core to improve student achievement and meet the individual needs of the student. (1:4-7)

Goal 2: Use Student Data to inform instruction to meet the individual needs of the student and improve student achievement. (1:8)

Goal 3: Provide necessary resources to continue to develop new and veteran staff and support professional learning and collaboration. (1:9, FS:9-12)

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2014-2015 District Goals

Goal 4: Continue to find alternative approaches to budgeting that assist with the procurement of necessary resources. (IV:4)

Goal 5: Improve communication to all stakeholders and develop a clear message that accurately and consistently articulates our mission. (IV:2)

Goal 6: Improve our Technology Infrastructure that is current and sufficient to accomplish the District’s core mission. (V:1) (FS:45)

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Chain of Command

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One District

One Direction

Committed to Excellence

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Get inspired…What Teachers Make!

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“Excellence is what you strive for when you believe in what you are doing and that

the value of what you do warrants the persistent commitment to its betterment.”

– Stephen M. Carlson

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…the role of the teacher is the single greatest factor on student achievement (Sanders & Horn, 1998).

…one of the greatest factors central office [administration] can contribute is to maintain a singular focus on improving instruction (Marzano & Waters, 2009).

TEACHING &

LEARNING

Our Core Mission

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“…I believe with everything coming down from the state teachers feel overwhelmed and do not have enough time to teach…”

How you feel…How you feel…

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Old Ideas…New Labels

Then…Student Achievement…..PD Committee……………..Teacher Evaluation……...School Report Cards…….AYP……………………………...NJCCCS……………….……….NJASK/HSPA………………..Teacher Observation ....

Now…SGO/SGPScIP/SIPAchieveNJSchool Performance ReportsFocus Schools & RACsCCSS/NGSSPARCCMarzano/ Danielson/ McRel

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Our focus…G.R.E.A.T. InstructionGuided by the CurriculumInstruction involves clearly communicated learning goals and pre-planned lessons that focus not on coverage of content but uncovering new ideas

Rigorous & Relevant Instruction is cognitively demanding & content is interesting & meaningful to the students providing value beyond the classroom

Engaging & ExcitingInstruction involves collaborative & cooperative learning that empowers our students to develop the ability to “think about their thinking”

Assessment FOR Learning (formative assessment)Instruction identifies needs and closes gaps

Tailored to the Individual Student (differentiation) Instruction ensures every student is set up to acquire essential concepts and skills through individualized instruction

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TEACHING &

LEARNING

Supports & Resources SPED Education IS

Suzette DeMarchi

Curriculum Leads K-2

3-6

Special Areas

Online PD Library New Curricular

Documents Individualize Prof. Learning

Smaller groups

Flex hours

Monthly PLWs

New Curriculum Website Coming soon!