Engaging students with multimedia practices and grading are key components in gauging their college-career readiness. Here are quick links to support you!
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WCHS Grade Change Form '23-'24
Any grade changes that need to occur for Q1, Q2, E1, F1, X1, or S1 will go through the following process:
1) Teacher emails Mr. Poirier and the Department Administrator and Ms. Oates to Unlock the Gradebook for the given student and a particular section.
2) Ms. Oates confirms with teacher that section has been unlocked and that teacher has 24 hours to make changes in the Gradebook.
3) Teacher notifies Department Administrator and Ms. Oates that change has been made and fills out Grade Change Request Form
4) An Administrator Approves the Grade Change
5) When the Data Manager sees that the grade change has been approved, Data Manager will change the grade in historical grades.
MultiLingual Language Learners
Language Assistance Services Flyer_2019 Canvas.pdfEOC Courses
EOC’s (End-Of-Course)- Math I, Math-III, Biology, and English II Resources
CTE + Instructional Assessments
State Assessments-CTE
WorkKeys
ACT
PLC Planning Document
PLC
A professional learning community, or PLC, is a group of educators that meet regularly, share expertise, and work collaboratively to improve teaching skills and the academic performance of ALL students.
Content PLC Key Questions:
-What do we want scholars to learn?
-How will we know if they have learned it?
-What will we do if they didn’t learn it?
-What will we do if they already know it?
Keys to Success:
-Come prepared~ Make sure all lessons have been read, worked through, and are ready to be modeled prior to the PLC meeting
-Develop and agree upon norms
-Manage time and stay on task
-Assess your PLC effectiveness on the basis of results; promote continuous improvement
PDP Goals (MyTalent)
2024-2025 West Charlotte HS
PDP Goal Assistance & Guidance
“Expectation of Excellence”
Directions: PDP Goals completion is due in MyTalent by Friday September 25, 2024.
The PDP Goal minimum requirements for this year are:
1 Instructional (Academic) Goal
1 Classroom Culture / SEL Goal
1 Personal/Professional Goal (Optional)
Schoolwide Instructional Goal for EOC Courses (Math I, Math III, English II, and Biology):
I will provide effective instruction, through engaging lessons, academic interventions and enrichment daily to support the academic and developmental needs of all my students. By June 2025, 80% or more of my students will meet their predicted EVAAS growth as measured by NC EOC Assessment and EOC Proficiency will increase by 5% as compared to the previous year.
Schoolwide Instructional Goal for Non-EOC Courses in Core Content & Elective Area:
I will provide effective instruction, through engaging lessons, academic interventions and enrichment daily to support the academic and developmental needs of all my students. By June 2025, 80% or more of my students will earn credit for my course that will contribute to their graduation progress. Students earning credit from my course will increase by 5% as compared to the previous year.
Schoolwide Instructional Goal for Courses in CTE Content Area:
I will provide effective instruction through engagement lessons, academic interventions and enrichment daily to support the academic and developmental needs of all my students. By June 2025, I will demonstrate a percentage increase of 5% in student mastery with various proofs of learning in End of Course Exams (EOCs)/Performance Based Measures (PBM), and Industry Credentials as compared to the previous year.
Activities/Actions:
-Collaborate with teachers during content-level, departmental, and vertical PLCs
-Participate in assigned school-wide committee to support academic learning environment and culture and climate
-Participate in school-wide PD on critical thinking and problem solving, cultural relevance, AVID strategies, technology, creative engagement and close reading/writing
-Implementing creative and innovative strategies to execute lesson with high student engagement
-Stay abreast to the latest techniques for creative thinking and problem solving, and engagement
-Communicate regularly with parents and families regarding student academic progress
-Follow the WCHS student attendance intervention plan including outreach to parents of students not in attendance, and submission of student names to attendance team
-Ongoing informal and formal assessments to inform instruction and provide interventions and enrichment
- All students will be graded in compliance with the CMS Grading Plan for 2024-2025
Expected Outcomes/Evidence of Completion:
-Increased scholar success within classroom
-Increased student attendance
-Increased student achievement on all academic indicators
-Targeted instruction based on evidence from classroom performance, District
Benchmarks, and common assessments
Possible Evidence:
Common formative assessments, weekly quizzes, exit tickets, lesson plans, benchmark action planning documents, parent contact logs, and student work samples and feedback, student data trackers
Resources Needed:
- NCSCOS, Unpacked Standards, pacing guides and district curriculum
-WCHS Attendance plan
-Weekly Content lesson plans
-Professional reading articles and books
-Student goal setting sheets and Data Trackers
-SchoolNet & Mastery Connect Data
-AVID Resource Folder (focused note-taking & higher order thinking skills)
Timeline:
September 2024- June 2025
Classroom Culture (SEL) PDP Goal
Schoolwide Goal:
I will provide effective Social-Emotional Learning instruction to explicitly teach relationship skills, self-management, confidence, and responsible decision making. By June 2025, chronic absenteeism will reduce by 5% as compared to the previous year. In-School and Out-of School Suspensions will decrease by 5% as compared to the previous year. Teacher-submitted office referrals will decrease by 5% as compared to the previous year.
Activities/ Actions:
-Implement strategies from Capturing Kids Heart with fidelity within classroom
-Utilize Sources of Strength material and Wellness Wednesday materials
-Collaborate with staff to implement Ambassadors of Compassion program
-Take attendance for all blocks every day
-Collaborate with the teachers during Departmental, PLC and staff meetings.
-Participate in school wide PD on SEL implementation, MTSS strategies, relationship
building, cultural relevance, and strategies for engaging students.
-Collaborate with the school counseling program that is based on pertinent data and is
responsive to student and teacher needs.
-Collaborate with positive team to provide social-emotional interventions to students to increase positive behaviors
-Participating in schoolwide PD to promote and foster SEL outcomes.
-Staff will implement SEL lessons with fidelity in alignment with the SEL pacing guide.
Expected Outcomes/ Evidence of Completion:
Decrease chronic absenteeism
Decrease referrals
Increase student confidence
Increase student positive feelings toward school
Possible Evidence:
Academic Achievement
Attendance Data
Suspension Data
Office Referral Data
Student Survey Data
Graduation Rate
Resources Needed:
Capturing Kids Heart Curriculum
Sources of Strength
Ambassadors of Compassion
School Counseling Program Communication
Positive Team
AVID Strategies
Professional reading articles and books
Navigator Portal/ PowerSchool
EducatorHandbook
Professional development on relationship building and positive classroom community
Timeline:
September 2024- June 2025
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Personal / Professional PDP Goal
Please include a Personal/Professional 3rd Goal for yourself. This should be something that you are personally working on to improve your practice. Some examples may include but are not limited to:
-NC Educator License and Completion of Beginning Teacher Requirements
-Leadership Opportunities (School Improvement Team, Committee Leadership, Extracurricular Leadership)
-Continuing Education through Advanced Degrees (Masters, Doctorate, etc)
-National Board Certification
-Outside Professional Development (Presenting or attending)
-Mentoring new staff and new teachers
-Positive Team mentoring scholars
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