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Supportive Climate and Culture Our Vision for Supportive Climate and Culture: At Delta High School, a STEMfocused public high school, everyone matters. Nothing—and no one—is taken for granted. We believe that all students are capable of learning, and we strive to provide an environment where it is safe, engaging, and intellectually challenging. While small size is necessary to achieve this climate, it alone is not sufficient—student, family, and community engagement, democratic principles, distributive leadership, collaboration, and the establishment of an inquirybased learning community are all essential elements in creating an environment where our students and adults feel welcome to learn together. The benefits of creating a positive learning environment, a culture of inquiry, innovation, and reflection, and a climate of passion and enthusiasm are obvious; Delta High School will be a place that students enjoy coming to everyday, an institution that families will value and support, and a source of pride for the TriCities.
TBD = To Be Developed
Elements to Build and Sustain a Supportive Climate and Culture 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Safe, purposeful school environment TBD Planning Year Community engagement for accountability TBD Planning Year Students and families as primary stakeholder TBD Planning Year Distributed leadership TBD Implementation Year One School design for personalization TBD Planning Year Coordination of campuswide issues TBD Implementation Year One Personalized Student Growth Plans TBD Planning Year Resultsdriven SMART goals TBD Implementation Year One A culture of continuous learning for adults TBD Implementation Year One
Supportive Climate and Culture Element
Strategy
Description
Timeline Begin
Safe purposeful environment
Student Handbook
Student Handbook will be developed for Delta HS, describing current policies and January 2009
Spring 2009
Complete Summer 2009
Persons Responsible Delta Principal
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procedures for the campus at large. Safe, purposeful environment
Student Orientation
This suite of strategies is designed for incoming Mid students and families to provide structure for a August successful entry to the Delta High School community. Activities will focus on trust, team building, relationships, and building a set of common experiences with students from all over the TriCities. Orientation activities will include: Ropes Course – Columbia Park, groups of 20 – advisory groups, all day, 6 hours, tours of Delta HS, potluck/barbeque for families, ribbon cutting, student version of the Amazing Race starting and ending at Delta campus.
Mid August
Delta Faculty
Students and Families as primary stakeholders
Student Leadership
In line with Washington State law and accepted practice in student leadership, an Associated Student Body (ASB) will be formed to hear the input of the student body and to recommend courses of action to the school’s administrative team. Student members of ASB may be nominated through Advisories. The admin team will make decisions based on the recs and plans of the ASB. Decisions made by the admin team may be revisited based on new input or recs from the student body. Description
Ongoing
Delta Faculty
School design for personalization
Element
Strategy
Students and Families as primary stakeholders
Communication Infrastructure
Webcasts, webbased displays, parent/student website, social media
January 2009
First week of Advisory
Timeline Begin Complete Ongoing Ongoing
Persons Responsible Delta Faculty, Planning Team, Community
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School design for personalization Students and Families as primary stakeholders
Family engagement – ATP (Action Team for Partnerships)
School design for personalization Students and Families as primary stakeholders School design for personalization Community engagement for accountability Personalized Student Growth Plan
Purposeful plan for family engagement: ATP structure – formal structure in the TriCities, Action Team for Partnerships, request Pasco group (other districts as well) to help with outreach to get structure going at Delta. Local model already in existence. The focus of the work of the ATP is student learning.
Mid August
Ongoing
Delta Faculty
Student designed/driven Student interests will be captured through these Opening Ongoing school clubs clubs that are studentdriven. Protocol for club 2009 will include Business Plan, deliverables, minimum enrollment, faculty/community sponsor
Advisors, Student Body
“Da Vinci Days” ie Community days
Give back to community – intentionally sharing Mid the wealth/opportunities, community science day, Year outreach to younger students
MidYear
Delta Faculty, Student Body
Gateways
Designed to measure student progress, Delta HS First Gateways will serve as benchmarks for student Quarter progress and achievement. Purpose: Similar to doctoral work (metaphor): students will provide evidence of learning – they will pass through a gateway on their way to something else. Gateways will be designed to promote coherence and connectedness to the individual student’s learning experiences, while measuring progress
Ongoing
Advisors
January 2009
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towards a goal. Gateways are not to be a measure of everything that goes on, but discussion/focal points for the learning. First true gateway is sophomore year; however, during first two years at Delta students meet criteria – short term wins that ultimately lead to the gateways. Three Gateways beginning end of 10th grade. Expectation is that students are always working towards Gateways.
January 2009