STAKEHOLDERS

Platform for Change

• Common Core Standards
• Standardized Assessment
• 21st Century Learning
• Education Reform
• Develop Independent Learners and Creative Thinkers
  

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Vision

• Highest Achieving School in the Highest Achieving District In Highest
  Achieving State in the Highest Academic Achieving Nation

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Call To Action

• Collaboration
• Research
• Professional Development
• Data Analysis
• Creative Thinking
• Risk Taking to Meet Individual Students’ Needs

Personal Setup

• No Change

Jump-Start Learning

• Participate in District Leadership Academies
• Investigate School and District Website
• Meet With Superintendent

Meet Live in Advance

• Students
  • Through Classroom Visits at the End of the Previous Year
  • Through Welcome Day Home Visits
• Superintendent
• Members of the Superintendent’s Cabinet (SLT)
• Certified and Non-Certified Building Staff
• Parent Teacher Organization Board Members
• Certified and Non-Certified Building Staff
  • Individual Interviews Asking the Following Questions:

1. Tell me about you….personally & professionally, anything you are willing to share.
2. What are some things you really love about being a part of Brentwood?
3. What would be your priority area of improvement here at Brentwood?

• I also use these interviews to provide educators with my professional and personal background.

Day One

• Send Building-Wide Email to Staff Indicating My Presence in the Building and Inviting Each Member to Meet Individually
• Begin to Arrange Office Effectively
• Walk the Building with Maintenance Staff
• Begin to Develop a Mutual Plan Regarding Areas of Needed Improvement in the Building

First Week

• Review Beginning of the Year Procedures to Learn More About Previous Practices
• Conduct Individual Meetings with Staff
• Examine Files Left by Previous Principal to Learn More About Previous Practices
• Gathering Information About Welcome Day Visits To Prepare for These Visits

Tactical Capacity Building Blocks

Burning Imperative (By Day 30 – July 31)

• Meet With a Majority of Staff Members
• Facilitate First Building Leadership Team (BLT) Meeting
• 08/01/14 BLT Agenda
• Collaborate with BLT to Consider Revision to Mission / Vision Statement
• Prepare Back to School Parent Newsletter
• Examine Standardized Assessment Data to Determine Individual Students’ Needs
• Meet With Assigned Principal Mentor
• Meet With PBIS Committee to Develop Building-Wide Behavioral Expectations and Determine
  Logistics for Expectation Assembly
• 08/12/14 PBIS Agenda

Milestones (By Day 45 – Aug 15)

• Meet With Building Secretary to Ensure Completion of Beginning of the Year Requirements
• Conclude Individual Staff Meetings
• Conduct Back To School Welcome Day Home Visits – Volunteer staff members will join me as I visit each of our learners’ homes to welcome them back to the start of the new school year and address any questions our learners or their parents may have
• Meet with BLT to Develop August Institute Day Activities
• Participate in CPR and CPI Refresher Courses
• Familiarize Myself With Grade Level Curricula and Google Apps
• Determine RtI Groups Through Analysis of Existing Data
• Distribute Back To School Parent Newsletter

Early Wins Plans (By Day 60 – Aug 31)

• Implement Institute Day Planned Activities
• Facilitate First Day Activities with Students and Parents
• Conduct a Minimum of Two Visits in Each Classroom
• Begin to Learn Students’ Names
• Facilitate Individual Grade Level Meetings to Share Pertinent Beginning of the Year Information and Receive Focused Feedback
• Facilitate RtI Committee
• Attend Beginning of the Year PTO Events
• Facilitate Bus Driver Meeting to Communicate Expectations and New PBIS Initiatives / Activities

Team Roles (By Day 70 – Sept 10)

• TBD (after meeting with Assistant Principal and BLT)

Communication Steps

• Weekly Staff Bulletin
• Beginning of the Year Parent Newsletter
• Consistent Blog on Social Media
• Communicate Staff Teaching and Learning Expectations During August Institute Days
• Individual Educator Meetings