Patrick Henry Middle School
Houston ISDEnd of Year Meeting: April 2021Patrick Henry Middle School
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Jason Davila, Principal
Jessica Bautista, VILS Coach
John Amenson, District POC
Antonio Rodriguez, CSR
Caleb Feese, IT POC
Progress on Learning Goals from PLP
An accessible transformation plan
Integrating Tech into Sheltered Instruction
Integrating Tech into Sheltered Instruction
Listening, Speaking, Reading, & Writing
Chromebook recording capabilities
VILS Workshops model communication
Flipgrid, HUB, & Padlet for listening & speaking
OneNote for reading & writing
Tech supporting academic discourse
Increasing Student Autonomy
Increasing Student Autonomy
VILS supports with tools and pedagogy to increase choice & autonomy
Shifted focus from collaboration to autonomy due to COVID challenges
Increased tech proficiency among students and teachers
Focused coaching efforts on choice
VILS Workshops support choice
Evidence of Learning in the TIM
Ongoing Support for Teachers
Martin Longoria-ChromeBook Talk.mp4Mr. Martin Longoria shares the impact of VILS in his Mariachi classes.
vilsimpact-Dec2020-McNeil.mp4Ms. McNeil talks about the shift towards student ownership.
Active
Active
Ms. Walters' Texas History Class
Student created an anime-style animation to explain the Battle of Sabine Pass.
Collaborative
Collaborative
Tech Team
Students collaborate to make a Google Form quiz to show what they've learned.
Constructive
Constructive
Ms. Burnett's Journalism Class
Students used Adobe Spark to develop a how-to video to teach others about something they love!
Strong District & School Leadership
Evidence of Learning in VILS Outcomes
Ongoing Support for Students and Caregivers
Family Engagement
Family Engagement
Henry Digital Divide-Student Email.pdfDigital Divide Workshops
Families supported with tech workshops
Focus on student advocacy and partnership between home and school
First workshop on HISD email access
Tech Team & IB 8th graders supporting future workshop development
Anywhere Access + STEM
Anywhere Access + STEM
Club de Programación
Bilingual after school coding club
Partnership with Bridges to Science and Carnegie Mellon
Students learn block-based Python coding in Spanish and English
Promoted to Tech Team & Newcomers
Tech Proficiency
Tech Proficiency
HISD + Learning.com Keyboarding Contest
Henry students participate in the HISD Keyboarding Contest and increased their accuracy from proficient to above average!
Increased Communication
Increased Communication
Burnett-student-family-video.movInterviewing Family Members
Journalism students interviewed a family member to create a video that reflects part of their culture and identity.
Increased Confidence
Increased Confidence
Create Your Own Workout GIF
Coaches work to build student confidence by having students create short GIFs before creating longer workout videos set to their own playlists.
Student Tech Team
Equity as a Mindset
Why We Joined
Why We Joined
tech-team-VILS-conf-video.mp4Tech Team students share why they joined and what they've learned!
Deconstructing a Desktop
Deconstructing a Desktop
TechTeam-deconstruct.mp4Students work with the CSR to deconstruct a desktop.
Teambuilding
Teambuilding
Students got to know each other better by quizzing each other on their own 'all about me' games.
Black History Month
Black History Month
Students celebrated Black History Month by creating posters and presentations in Adobe Spark or Google Slides.
Promoting Henry Events
Promoting Henry Events
Mariachi & Tech Team student created a flier to promote upcoming Mariachi concert at Sam Houston!
Device Status Update
Day User Rate: 0 day users
Breakage & Repair Rate: 4%
Loss & Theft Rate: 3%
TIM Walkthrough Data
Beyond Adaptation Number
Henry had a 150% increase in our BAN from Fall 2020 to Spring 2021.
TIM Window 1 BAN: 0.09
TIM Window 1 BAN: 0.09
TIM Window 2 BAN: 0.23
TIM Window 2 BAN: 0.23
Teacher Survey Data
How often do students use devices in your class to create content?
Workshop 1 Tech Survey
Workshop 1 Tech Survey
Daily: 44%
More than once a week: 29%
Once a week: 12%
Not at all: 10%
Once a month: 5%
Workshop 2 Tech Survey
Workshop 2 Tech Survey
Daily: 62%
More than once a week: 19%
Once a week: 15%
Not at all: 2%
Once a month: 2%
Teacher Leader Corps
Ms. Nicholas
Ms. Nicholas
Developed an Edpuzzle Mini-PD to support tech proficiency for teachers and administrators.
Twitter Video: Student discourse using Padlet
Mr. Suckie
Mr. Suckie
Henry-Suckie-Lesson.mp4Recorded a small group lesson that leveraged Pear Deck and digital whiteboards. This video and his reflections were shared during an Assistant Principal meeting, an A180 training, and PLCs.
Ms. Kendall
Ms. Kendall
Students used choice boards to express their understanding of elements of art.
Ms. Williams
Ms. Williams
Leading PLCs to support teacher reflection and increased tech integration.
Ms. Dillard
Ms. Dillard
Leverages Jamboard to engage student thinking and build student knowledge.
End of Year Reflections
Challenges
Challenges
What would you consider to be your biggest challenges this year?
Coordinating testing schedules for virtual & in-person students
COVID-19 impact on student engagement & professional development
Hybrid learning environment - new to everyone
Successes
Successes
What would you consider to be your biggest successes this year?
Growth in our Beyond Adaptation Number & student autonomy
Teacher buy-in and enthusiasm around VILS and technology implementation
Increase in student and teacher technology proficiency
Increase in teacher confidence & creativity in engaging students
Admin team, Coach, CSR, TLC, Wraparound Specialist, District-level team, HISD VILS Coaches, Mentor Coach, & VILS team
Powerful Strategies
Powerful Strategies
What are some powerful strategies of engagement that students and parents experienced during remote or hybrid learning?
Social Emotional Learning
Games & competition
"Empowering Our Parents" workshop series
Rewards for hard work (ice cream and bike giveaways)
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