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Embracing Educational Excellence: New Staff Introductions and Instructional Strategies at AHS

Welcome to AHS! This document outlines the introduction of our new staff members, including their backgrounds and roles. We emphasize teaching and learning strategies that foster community, consistency, and engagement. Our educational philosophy focuses on personalized learning, student-centered approaches, and data-driven decision-making, aligned with the principles of Dewey, Bloom, and Gardner. We explore innovative instructional methods such as project-based learning, differentiated instruction, and collaborative techniques to enhance student understanding and success.

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Embracing Educational Excellence: New Staff Introductions and Instructional Strategies at AHS

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  1. Getting Started Sept. 7, 2004 • Introductions • Teaching and Learning at AHS • Community • Consistency

  2. New Staff -- 1 • Octavia Brauner • Allan Breedlove • Allison Cohen • Leia Davies • Mary DeCamp • Mary Corporan Dunn • William Forkem • Cynthia Hinds

  3. New Staff -- 2 • Abby Holt • Mike Huben • Kathy Kaditz • David Landry • Marisa Lopez • Peter Lundstrum • Donna Martin • Scott Matson • William McCarthy

  4. New Staff -- 3 • Paul McKnight • Jennifer Scharf • Mark Strasser • Judith Sumner • Tammy Tobin • Susan Tully • Robert Tremblay • Kambiz Vatan

  5. Charles Arlington Skidmore • Charles Burlington Skidmore • Charles Lexington Skidmore • Charles Woburn Skidmore • Charles Beverly Skidmore

  6. Who Am I? • What? You haven’t read my clippings?

  7. Resume • 1975 – 1995 – Teacher in the Boston Public Schools: French, Span., Eng., ESL, Latin, US Hist. • Ass’t. Headmaster 1995 – 1999 • Headmaster 1999 – 2004 • Adjunct Faculty Boston College LSOE, 2001

  8. Management Style • Provide clear expectations • Hear feedback, questions, alternatives • Get out of the way of successful people • Support those who are struggling • Deal with those who are not meeting expectations

  9. Educational Beliefs • Personalized high school – strong sense of community and values • Student-centered teaching • Data-driven decision making • Standards-based • College and career connectedness

  10. Teaching and Learning -- 1 • Sea Change in teaching in the last 30 years • From teacher as performer to teacher as activity planner

  11. Teaching and Learning -- 2 • Collaborative / cooperative learning • Project-based learning • Jigsaw approach • Simulations • Technology • Socratic Seminar

  12. Teaching and Learning -- 3 • Think-Pair Share • Literature Circle • Inside Outside Circles • RAFT • Three Column Charts • Manipulatives • Interactive Notebooks

  13. Current Educational Triumvirate • Dewey, Bloom, and Gardener vs. • Dewey, Flunkem, and Howe

  14. John Dewey • Learn by doing • The School and Society – the child’s growth is the central concern and the methodology and curriculum have to be tailored to that philosophy.

  15. Benjamin Bloom Bloom’s Taxonomy • Knowledge • Comprehension • Application • Analysis • Synthesis • Evaluation

  16. Howard Gardner Multiple Intelligences • Verbal / Linguistic • Logical / Mathematical • Interpersonal • Intrapersonal • Musical / Rhythmic • Bodily / Kinesthetic • Naturalist • Visual / Spatial

  17. Professional Development 2004 – 2005 Differentiated Instruction • Teaching with student variance in mind • Responding to student interest and need • Planning various approaches to reach an educational outcome

  18. Differentiated Instruction • Tell me and I’ll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me and I’ll understand. Native American saying

  19. Differentiated Instruction 1 –Carol Ann Tomlinson Planning and Presenting • Provide organizers that outline the lesson • List key vocabulary • Create small group activities • Stop for student reflection • Ask questions of increasing difficulty

  20. Differentiated Instruction 2–Carol Ann Tomlinson Students At Work • Provide materials at varied reading levels • Be aware of students’ needs • Vary assessment and assess often, using findings to adjust teaching

  21. Differentiated Instruction 3 –Carol Ann Tomlinson Students At Work • Use various media for students to view and review material • Assign products and tasks at different levels of complexity • Provide homework options

  22. Community • Establishing community in the classroom • Establishing a professional, collegial community among staff

  23. Consistency • Academic Rigor • Academic Integrity • Course Syllabus • Report to classes, homeroom, and studies on time • Write passes • Take Attendance • Closed Campus

  24. Establishing Community and Consistency - 1 Administrative Structure • Principal / Assistant Principal • House Deans • Department Heads • Lead Teachers

  25. Establishing Community and Consistency - 2 • Whole-school meetings – reinforcing school-wide community theme • House Meetings – review consistency goals • Dep’t. Meetings – share instructional strategies, create curriculum policy

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