Welcome Back: 2007-2008 Agenda for Education Transformation
The 2007-2008 agenda focuses on welcoming new staff and introducing programs designed to enhance twenty-first-century education. Highlights include new personnel, reinstated services, and innovative courses such as Mandarin Chinese and e-learning. Strategic planning efforts aim to improve curriculum mapping, special education, and technology integration. The renovation of facilities and the adoption of the EXCEL Project further signal a commitment to excellence. Goals set forth include making Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) on New York State tests and ensuring a positive budget.
Welcome Back: 2007-2008 Agenda for Education Transformation
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Welcome Back 2007-2008
Agenda 1. Introductions 2. New for 2007-2008 3. Twenty-first Century Education 4. Challenges and Goals
Introductions • Central Office Administrators • Building Level Administrators • New Teachers • Twenty-five Years of Service
Twenty-five Years of Service • Beth Carlen – High School • Gloria Cherry – Transportation • Julie Mott – Middle School • Cathy Nowacki – Central Office • Nick Scarimbolo – High School • Ron Storms – Buildings and Grounds
New Personnel for 2007-2008 • Two new kindergarten teachers • New music teacher in the high school • Reinstatement of early intervention and AIS services at the elementary level • An additional bus driver • An additional middle school security person • Reinstatement of all program assistants • JV Lacrosse coaches
New Programs for 2007-2008 • Chinese culture studies in the intermediate school • Mandarin Chinese course in the middle school • Beginnings of e-learning in the high school through Virtual High School • Instant parent communication through School Messenger • Additional wireless capability and mobile computer labs
New and Renovated Facilities • New Otisville Elementary • New sidewalks MVES/MVIS • Reconfigured roadway and parking • Stairs behind the visitor bleachers • Elevator shaft • Renovated kitchen MVES/MVIS • Additional lighting Route 6 Campus
Twenty-first Century Education Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Strategic Planning Curriculum Mapping E-learning
Strategic Planning for Teaching and Learning Technology Special Education Curriculum & Instruction Staff Development Performing Arts Gifted And Talented
Join a Task Force • Curriculum and Instruction • Performing Arts • Special Education • Gifted and Talented • Staff Development • Technology strategicplan@minisink.com Join by September 14
Goals for 2007-2008 1 2 3 4 Make AYP on all NYS tests Curriculum Mapping Strategic Planning Harness the Internet
Challenges 2007-2008 EXCEL Project Student Discipline Pass Budget Remain Positive
EXCEL Project • New heating system in ES/IS • New alarm/clock/PA systems in ES/IS • New bleachers in the HS • New auditorium seats in the HS • New roof at the MS • New paving and bus lifts at the bus garage • Surveillance cameras on buses • Surveillance cameras campus wide • Ceiling mounted projectors
We Are the Young We are the young, the children of the world. We hold tomorrow in our hands. We are the young, the promise of a brighter day. The future waits at our command. Teach us well; teach us how to care. Give us love, love that we can share. We’ll walk hand in hand in the light of the rising sun.
We are the young and so we look to you to show us how the world should be. We are the young; we trust in your experience to help us shape our destiny. That day is dawning when we will be grown. We will inherit this world for our own. We are the young.
You must work, we all must work, to make the world worthy of its children.
