Livonia Michigan
Suburban district with 300 students, 16,000 in district
Pre-K–4th. 5 years, 21 years in 14 years as a principal
@jon_wennstrom
sparkoflearning.blogspot.com teacher blog
http://wennstromweekly.blogspot.com parent blog
PBIS school, 7 Habits of highly effective students, Positive phone calls, student led announcements, PSAs. Class Dojo, 23% ELLs Wall feature.
School-wide meetings. PBIS school. Monthly, student of the month meetings. Stephen Covey’s 7 habits 3 to be pledge, respectful, responsible, safe Poster contests for that 90–95% parent attendance rate for kids who are students of the month. Weekly meeting. Sunrise and sunset meetings. Goal: build community Sean Gallard #celebrateMonday meetings Doesn’t a weekly meeting take away a lot of instructional time? Increase time-on-task Support staff who help K students get ready. Videos for students, less than 3 minutes. Perseverance, Stephen Covey’s 7 habits for highly effective kids Art teacher creates a canvas to help students showcase their work. Importance of including parents. Positive phone calls on a daily basis. Class dojo process - classroom wall (like a Facebook wall). Parent program for Love and Logic. Process for parent phone calls. 66 day challenge Youth making a differenceLoading…
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