First Year Principal-ship

First Year Principal-ship Darren L. Mischel, Frank R. Conwell PS#3 Jersey City Public Schools

Political Landscape • Microcosm of JC • Healy vs. Fulop • PTA Elections • Facebook revolution and the 2 sites • Affluence v. Poverty

Parents Perspective • Lack of trust of the teachers and administration • Kids stay until Kindergarten and then move to charters or to suburbs • Parents were in the classrooms with notepads

Biggest Challenges • Working with an Assistant Principal who did not get the job • Establishing a working and trusting relationship with parents (2 board members of 9, including the president are parents in the school) • Bringing a splintered staff together to move the school forward.

Action Plan • Make the Assistant Principal feel like a partner in the process • Be extremely visible both physically and virtually. Always answer within 12 hours if possible. • Assess current staffing relationships and build scheduling structure to maximize buy-in to the vision of the school

Instructional Leadership • Demonstrations of Learning • Instructional Walkthroughs • Paradigm shift from “Teaching” to “Learning” • Use of data to drive instruction • Coffee-Talks

AchieveNJRegulations • Establish Trust • Know the Code • Understanding the additional stress and paperwork required • Assist teachers by providing all the rubrics in advance and create PLC’s to discuss what an effective teacher looks like

PLAN FOR YEAR 2 • PARCC • STEAM Schedule • ReVamp CASPER • ROLLOUT THE TIGER!!!!

First Year Principal-ship

First Year Principal-ship

Presentation Transcript

FIRST YEAR MATHS.

Ship Manager of the Year

First-Year Capstone

Energycane : First Year

FIRST YEAR

First year practicals

First Year

First Year Introduction

First year experience

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FIRST YEAR

FIRST YEAR

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Our First Year, Their First Year

First year

First-Year Seminars

FIRST YEAR

First Year First Aid

FIRST YEAR

First Year Metalwork.

FIRST-YEAR TIPS