Iberia Parish School System

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Iberia Parish School System
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Iberia Parish School System

• New Iberia Senior High
• 1600 students
• Freshmen Academy
• Freshmen Advisory
• BUZZ 101

• Westgate High School
• 1200 students
• Freshmen Academy
• Freshmen Advisory
• FAME

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New Iberia Senior High
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Freshman AcademyRationale

• In order to see long term, sustainable
  improvements in student achievement, we realized
  that we must begin with freshmen.
• Capturing the freshmen as they enter and molding
  them into ideal NISH students would create a
  higher caliber student who would then permeate
  upper grades as they moved through their high
  school careers.
• The Freshman Academys objective is to create an
  atmosphere that continues the nurturing
  environment many students experienced in earlier
  grades and ease the transition to high school.
• The Academy focuses on the academic and socially
  developmental needs of the freshmen through
  teaming, freshman advisory and freshman
  orientation class.

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FreshmanAdvisory Program

• A key component of this program is the mentoring
  relationship that develops between the freshman
  students and the advisory teachers.
• Advisory classes meet on a weekly basis for
  thirty minutes throughout the entire school year.
• Freshman are assigned advisors based on their
  team affiliation to continue the close-knit
  personalization offered by the academy.
• Advisors guide freshmen in choosing a career
  major / interest area which is used for
  upper-level academic scheduling and advisory
  assignments.

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Freshman AdvisoryLesson Topics

• How tomake your mission happen
• How toget goals going
• Looking back looking ahead
• How tosay no to the good and yes to the best
• How toget time smart
• How tofocus your energy
• How toget the right things done
• How tothink like a winner
• How tosee the team, not only the win
• How tomap out the big win
• How tosee how you hear
• How tolisten with your heart
• Advisory Survey (To be given at a later date)

• PBS Swarm Lesson
• PBS Introduction to PBS
• How to define your character
• How to move where you want to go
• How toplay by lifes rules and win
• How tosee what youre missing
• How tokeep friends friends
• How tocontrol your actions and attitude
• How totalk the walk
• How tomake a difference when you can
• How tostop, think, and go
• How tosee what could be, what should be, what
  will be

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Freshman AdvisoryAdded Features

• Premier GO Program
• First purchased for the 2005-2006 school year
• Character development program based on Sean
  Coveys The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens
• Used in conjunction with the Freshman Advisory
  Program to
• Enhance academic achievement
• Increase problem solving skills
• Promote positive attitude
• Instill character education
• Promote personal and social growth
• Help to create an overall positive climate
• Coincides with students Premier Planner The
  Stinger
• Teaches organization skills
• Reinforces Coveys principles that are introduced
  and studied in depth during the Freshman
  Orientation course and revisited throughout the
  upper-level advisories.

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Freshman Orientation CourseBuzz 101

• Reserved for first-time freshmen
• Part of a separate freshman community which helps
  to build identity, increase voice, and establish
  a comradeship among peers
• The educational units that comprise this course
  aimed to increase overall freshman achievement,
  to increase appropriate social behaviors and to
  provide a foundation for the students academic
  and personal growth.
• The course helps to facilitate a solid foundation
  for the student-teacher relationship which works
  to produce the stability necessary for entering
  freshman students, as well as build a successful
  mentoring relationship between the students and
  the Buzz teacher.
• Coincides with the Freshman Advisory program
  through a focus on Coveys The 7 Habits of Highly
  Effective Teens.
• The ultimate goal is to create a welcoming
  atmosphere for students to grow and thrive, while
  instilling the skills necessary for academic
  success in high school including communication,
  time management and study skills.

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Freshman Orientation CourseBuzz 101

• Personalization
• Communities of 130 students rather than 1600
• Shared experiences
• Common planning among team members allows for
  parental and group conferencing
• Mentor / Mentee relationship is establish between
  Buzz students and teachers

• Separate Community
• 3 Cohort Teams
• Shared core subject teachers
• Split scheduling
• Math Science
• English Social Studies
• Team Based Advisors

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BUZZ 101Overview

• I. Welcome to NISH (7 8 days)
• A. Introduction to school life
• B. School rules Regulations
• C. Curriculum
• D. Extracurricular activities
• E. Career Clusters Majors
• F. Library Orientation
• II. Study Skills (5-6 days)
• A. Seven Steps to Good Study Habits Part I
• B. Getting Organized
• C. Time Management
• D. Seven Steps to Good Study Habits Part II
• E. Note-taking Skills
• F. Test taking strategies
• III. Getting to Know Yourself (7-8 days)
• A. Self discovery
• B. Personality

• IV. Communication Skills (10-14 days)
• A. Types of Communication
• B. Diversity
• C. Public speaking
• D. Listening
• E. Respect/Harassment
• Goals, Values, Positive Decision-making
• (7-8 days)
• A. Goals and Values
• B. Decision Making
• C. Conflict Resolution
• VI. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens
• (10 15 minutes daily)
• VII. Character Education (10-15 minutes daily)
• VIII. Course Evaluation (1 day)

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Freshman Orientation CourseScheduling

• Originally created for a full credit course, but
  initiated as a one half credit elective scheduled
  for the first semester and paired with one half
  credit in Health Education
• Problem Some students didnt receive Buzz until
  October
• In year 2, the course was offered as an A/B class
  paired with Health Education that met for the
  entire semester
• Problem Once course running A/B on a standard
  4X4 campus created confusion
• In year 3, the class reverted back to a normal
  4x4 half credit course paired with Health
  Education with all students participating in Unit
  during the first 7 days of school.
• Problem So many valuable lessons and skills that
  were developed in the original course proposal
  are being omitted due to time constraints
• In year 4, the class will be a full credit course
  taught as a standard 4X4 class paired with
  Physical Education I. All students will complete
  Unit 1 during the first 7 days of classes.
• Problem Solved A full semester of skills that
  will boost student achievement, with minimal
  scheduling disruptions, and built in time for
  study skills and one on one tutoring.

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No Academy
First Academy
Second Academy (2005-2006) Participated in iLEAP
iLEAP Core Totals iLEAP Core Totals iLEAP Core Totals
Louisiana Iberia NISH
50 51 56
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IOWA SUBTEST SCORES
Score
Sub-Test
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IOWA Sub-Test Growth IOWA Sub-Test Growth IOWA Sub-Test Growth IOWA Sub-Test Growth IOWA Sub-Test Growth
  2003-2004 2004-2005 IOWA Growth 2005-2006 iLEAP Totals
Vocabulary 39 44 5
Comprehension 45 47 2
Reading Total 44 47 3 50
Revising Written Material 51 54 3
Concepts/Prob. Solving 54 56 2
Mathematics Total 54 56 2 57
Core Total 50 53 3
Social Studies 44 50 6
Science 50 54 4
Sources of Info. Total 48 54 6
Composite 49 53 4 56
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No Academy
Second Academy
First Academy
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Freshman Academy

• Small, focused learning environment to ease
  transition to high school
• Address needs of first-time freshman students on
  a personalized level
• Required Course F.A.M.E. Freshman Achievement
  Motivation and Excellence
• Career and Interest Exploration

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F A M E
Freshman Achievement Motivation Excellence
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Course Overview
This course has been designed to

• address first-time freshmen
• increase achievement and appropriate social
  behavior
• decrease the dropout rate
• provide a foundation for academic and personal
  growth

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Unit 1 School Orientation

• Goals of the F.A.M.E. course
• Contents of the Westgate Student Planner
• Physical geography of Westgate High School
• Roles and functions of key school personnel
• Proper classroom conduct
• School History
• Extracurricular opportunities

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Unit 2 Study Skills

• Effective listening skills
• Cornell note-taking method
• Personal shorthand techniques
• Graphic organizers
• Time management strategies
• Identifying stressors and managing stress
• Ideal study spaces
• Test-taking tips

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Unit 4 Social Skills and Character Education

• Six Pillars of Character
• Greeting etiquette
• Self control
• Respectful behaviors
• Positive and negative peer pressure
• Independent thinking skills and judgment
• Ethical decision making
• Personal responsibilities

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Unit 5 Diversity and Conflict Resolution

• Recognizing differences
• Interpersonal communication skills
• Positive and negative effects of conflict
• Approaches to conflict resolution
• Problem-solving processes
• Anger triggers and appropriate responses
• Listening skills and I-messages

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Unit 8 Self Knowledge

• Discovering personal traits and attitudes
• Personalities
• Self-esteem and potential
• Values and goal-setting
• Decision-making models
• Leadership qualities
• Creating Autobiographies

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Other Units

• Library and Technology Skills
• Drug Education
• Career Research
• Job Related Skills
• Work Ethics
• Personal Finance
• Post Secondary Planning

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Freshman Academy Implementation

• Results

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Average Score
Opinions
05-06 Sophomore
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Freshman Academy Implementation

• Year 2

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Additions and Changes

• FAME Transition Course Revised
• FAME adapted for special education students
• 100 Academic Teaming Accomplished
• Team Meetings
• During common professional time
• Hold parent conferences
• Call students in for whole-team / counselor
  sessions
• Documentation Binders
• Student Mentoring Program
• Tiger Stripes
• Students who have failed more than one course

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Additions and Changes

• Core Academic Tutoring
• Held every two weeks (midterm progress reports
  and report card)
• Students with F averages will attend tutoring
• Tutoring held on Monday an Tuesday during the
  last thirty minutes of FAME class
• Tutor consist of teachers from the opposite
  Freshman team and others from outside the academy
  who have volunteered for this program
• Academy-wide I-LEAP Prep

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Additions and Changes

• Freshman of the Week
• Vocabulary Enrichment
• Word of the Day in all Freshman Classes
• Tests through FAME classes
• Last vocabulary test 51 Freshmen scored 100
• Sustained Silent Reading Program
• 10 minutes of silent reading on Monday, Wednesday
  and Friday
• 10 minute responses on Tuesday and Thursday
• Freshman Forum

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Lessons Learned

• What worked?
• What didnt work?
• What we learned?
• What next?

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Iberia Parish Schools

• New Iberia Senior High School 337-369-6714
• Curt Landry Principal - culandry_at_iberia.k12.la.u
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• Heath Hulin Assistant Principal -
  hehulin_at_iberia.k12.la.us
• Shawn Leach Freshman Academy shleach_at_iberia.k12.
  la.us
• Westgate High School 337-365-2431
• James Gray Principal - jagray_at_iberia.k12.la.us
• Neely Moore Freshman Academy nemoore_at_iberia.k12.
  la.us
• District Office 337-364-7641
• Suzanne Whitaker School Choice and Assessment
  Facilitator suwhitaker_at_iberia.k12.la.us