East Windsor Public Schools

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East Windsor Public Schools
The East Windsor Public Schools provide a climate
that inspires the school community to achieve
their full potential through continuous
improvement, mutual trust and respect. A rigorous
curriculum, taught by outstanding educators,
motivates students to acquire fundamental,
critical thinking, and problem solving skills
necessary to become life-long learners and
productive members of a global and diverse
society.

• Convocation 2008 - 2009

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Professional Development ScheduleAugust 25 and
26, 2008

• Monday - August 25th Tuesday- August
  26th
• 800 - 830 Breakfast 730 - 800
  Breakfast (at bldgs.)
• 830 945 Convocation 800 1230 PLC
  Teams
• 1000 - 1200 Building Mtgs. 1230 100
  Lunch at Buildings
• 1200 - 100 Lunch (at bldgs.) 100 300
  Building-based
  Systems of Intervention
• 100 - 300 Visitation BB, MS
• Time in Classrooms
• H.S. Department Mtgs
  

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Convocation Agenda

• Message from the Board of Education
• Awards Ceremony
• Teacher of the Year Celebration
• New Faculty Introductions
• New Year Message
• Welcome Back
• Preparing Our Students for Life
• Team Work

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Board of Education

• John Pica-Sneeden Board Chairman

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Awards Celebration

• Thank you for all your hard work and
  dedication!!!

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Teacher of the Year

• Colleen Bava

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New Faculty Introductions
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East Windsor Family Resource Center
Kathryn (Kate) Kyle - Preschool/Extended Day
Teacher Saint Joseph College - Bachelor of Arts
Degree in Early Childhood Education Enrolled at
CCSU Graduate Program - Early Childhood Education
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New to East Windsor Special Education
Pamela Goodall, High School Special Education
Teacher
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New to East Windsor Special Education
Justin Piwonski, Middle School/Broad Brook School
Special Education Teacher
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New to East Windsor High School

• Laura Broadnax, Math Teacher

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New to East Windsor High School

• Michael Mosher, Science Teacher

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New to East Windsor High School

• Stuart Radin, Math Teacher

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New to East Windsor High School

• Nathan Reynolds, Science Teacher

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New to East Windsor High School

• Whitney Sommers, English/Social Studies Teacher

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New to East Windsor High School

• Lillie Stuart, English Teacher

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New to East Windsor High School

• Manuela Young, World Language Teacher

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New to East Windsor High School
Dan Ward, Social Studies Teacher
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New to East Windsor High School
Caryn Volpintesta, Chemistry Teacher
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New to East Windsor Middle School

• Kathleen Balma, World Language Teacher

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New to East Windsor Middle School

• Irene Parisi, Literacy Coach

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New to The Broad Brook School

• Dina Burns, Kindergarten Teacher

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New to The Broad Brook School

• Yvette Chevalier, Pre-K Teacher

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New to The Broad Brook School
Lauren Kukucka, Pre-K Teacher
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New to The Broad Brook School
Elaine Shapiro, Library Media Specialist
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Words of Wisdom

• Realize that you will probably learn more in your
  first year of teaching than you did in all four
  years of your college education.
• Dont be afraid to ask for help from
  experienced' teachers.
• Teaching is a career, not just a job!

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Words of Wisdom

• The most important thing is to stay positive and
  to celebrate small successes. Gelbar
• Find the most positive thinking, child-centered
  teachers in your team and/or the building and use
  them as mentors and guides. Foxx
• Don't be afraid to say you're wrong and don't be
  afraid to show you're human. - Castelli

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Words of Wisdom

• Ask for help - you can't do this job alone. Fox
• Remember who we are doing this for. Kaplan
• Learning how to teach is a life-long learning
  process and that if you remember to focus on
  students needs, you will make the correct
  decisions about your professional growth.
  Currey
• We all want success for all staff, as well as for
  all students. We are in the arena together. The
  whole is stronger and better than the sum of its
  parts. - Barmak

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Purpose of School

• To acquire the skills needed to learn and
  understand the tenements and concepts of the
  curriculum disciplines (grammar, rhetoric, logic,
  arrhythmic, geometry, music, and astronomy) so as
  to further the students citizenship, academic,
  social, and philosophical relationship to
  himself, his family, country and finally the
  world.

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Oldest Wooden School House

• Dates back to the early 1700s.
• St. Augustine Florida

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A Little Math
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Life Expectancy of a Human

• Life expectancy in humans is the average number
  of years of life remaining for people of a given
  age, assuming that everyone will experience, for
  the remainder of their lives, the risk of death
  based on a current life table.
• For newborns in the U.S. today, life expectancy
  is about 77 years.
• The current accepted maximum life span is 122
  years

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What Does This Mean for Educators?
Life Expectancy of Our Students
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77
Life Expectancy of Our Students
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77
The amount of time that our students apply the
skills we gave them to lead a productive life in
our rapidly changing world.
The amount of time we have to prepare our
students for the rest of their lives.
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High Expectations

• High expectations impact not only the moment, but
  a lifetime!

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CAPT Science

• Fifth highest achievement gains in the state
• Percentage of students reaching proficiency or
  above
• 2007-76
• 2008-87.4
• Below Basic Basic Proficient Goal
  Advanced
• 10 14 51.2
  14.7 10
• 4.5 8.1 49.5
  28.8 9

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Highlights of YOUR Accomplishments as Evidenced
by the 2008 CMT and CAPT

• Science CMT
• Grade 5
• Within the state average for percentage of
  students reaching proficiency and higher
• State-81 EW-79.4
• Grade 8
• Above state average in percentage of students
  reaching proficiency and higher
• State-75 EW-85.7

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CMT Mathematics

• Congratulations on moving all levels of students!
• Grade 7 Math
• Below Basic Basic Proficient Goal
  Advanced
• 17.5 17.5 29.9
  25.8 9.3
• 5.3 12.6 28.4
  35.8 17.9
• Twenty out of twenty-one math strands were
  increased!

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CAPT Mathematics

• The percentage of students reaching goal or above
  increased from
• 2007-44.5
• To
• 2008-52.3

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CAPT Writing

• The percentage of students reaching proficiency
  or higher increased from
• 2007-81.9
• To
• 2008-95.5

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CMT Reading and Writing

• Significant reading gains are noted in grades 4,
  6 and 7
• Writing gains continue in grades 3 and 4

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CMT Mathematics

• Congratulations on moving all levels of students!
• Grade 6 Math
• Below Basic Basic Proficient Goal
  Advanced
• 13.3 9.2 31.6
  26.5 19.4
• 9.9 8.1 13.5
  34.2 34.2
• Twenty out of twenty one math strands were
  increased!

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Collaboration and Teamwork

• Dependent people need others to get what they
  want.
• Independent people can get what they want through
  their own efforts.
• Interdependent people combine their own efforts
  with the efforts of others to achieve their
  greatest success.
• -Stephen Covey
• Work Interdependently

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The achievements of an organization are the
results of the combined effort of each
individual.-Vince Lombardi
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• Kids may comprise 20 of our population, but they
  are 100 of our future
• Lets get them ready!

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Last Thoughts

• What we do today will shape our students forever.
• It is done by
• Making each moment count for our students
• Working as a team
• Asking questions
• Believing in yourself and students

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• Together, let's make this our best year yet!