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January 10, 2012 Carrie Palmer Weber Middle School Port Washington UFSD - Marilyn M. Rodahan, Principal Weber MS

January 10, 2012 Marilyn M. Rodahan, Principal Beth Javeline, Assistant Principal Pia L. Sanchez, Assistant Principal Matthew W. Swinson, Assistant Principal Port Washington UFSD - Marilyn M. Rodahan, Principal Weber MS

January 10, 2012 Weber Middle School’s Mission Statement Weber Middle School is a partnership that achieves academic excellence and demonstrates a commitment to social action. Parents, staff, and students share the responsibility of creating a respectful and nurturing environment that promotes individuality and celebrates diversity. Port Washington UFSD - Marilyn M. Rodahan, Principal Weber MS

January 10, 2012 Weber Middle School’s Vision Weber Middle School is a school community that encourages students to become life-long learners, to find their leadership abilities, and to use those abilities to make positive differences in their school, community, and the world by providing the students with a safe environment in which to explore academic, social, and emotional challenges and to develop the tools necessary to be successful. Port Washington UFSD - Marilyn M. Rodahan, Principal Weber MS

January 10, 2012 Weber Middle School’s Philosophy Weber Middle School provides opportunities for students to explore, discover and develop their talents academically, athletically, musically, dramatically, artistically, socially, and emotionally with the support necessary for continual growth. Students are routinely taught and practice social, decision-making and communication skills. Port Washington UFSD - Marilyn M. Rodahan, Principal Weber MS

January 10, 2012 Port Washington UFSD - Marilyn M. Rodahan, Principal Weber MS

January 10, 2012 Weber MS is Named a NYS and National School to Watch The Port Washington Community Shares in Weber’s Commitment to Excellence Port Washington UFSD - Marilyn M. Rodahan, Principal Weber MS

January 10, 2012 Schools to Watch Process • Submission of a 100 page application. • Extensive review and scrutiny of the four domains (academic excellence, developmental responsiveness, social equity, and organization structures and processes). • Visitations included interviews with students, parents, staff, middle school administrators, elementary principals, high school principal, central office administrators and BOE members and classroom observations. • Weber was found to be a model of excellence: putting proven research into best practice. • Weber is one of only 18 middle schools in NYS to ever earn the designation. • Weber is one of only 300 middle schools nationwide to ever earn the designation. Port Washington UFSD - Marilyn M. Rodahan, Principal Weber MS

January 10, 2012 What does it mean? A designated school: – is committed to continual school improvement. – provides a gradual transition from the elementary setting to the high school departmental structure, providing students with opportunities for increasingly independent learning experiences and responsibilities within a safe and structured environment. – assures every young adolescent is part of a school that values academic achievement and personal development and provides a supportive environment. – has a middle-level educational program with a purpose beyond linking the elementary grades and the high school. Its basic aims are to educate and nurture. Port Washington UFSD - Marilyn M. Rodahan, Principal Weber MS

January 10, 2012 Schools Committed to Excellence Provide Adolescents • a safe, inviting, trusting and mutually-respectful learning environment that offers both physical and psychological safety. • academic, personal, social, physical, emotional and ethical programming that address the whole child. • a small school so every student is viewed as an individual and receives personal attention. When the school population is large, schools should have houses or schools-within-schools to promote a sense of family, to reduce the feeling of anonymity and isolation among students, and to engender with staff, students, and the community a feeling of belonging and personal identification with the school and with its purposes. Port Washington UFSD - Marilyn M. Rodahan, Principal Weber MS

January 10, 2012 Weber’s Organization Port Washington UFSD - Marilyn M. Rodahan, Principal Weber MS

January 10, 2012 The Big Picture • 1200 students to schedule each period • Average 25 students per class • 48 sections per period (Core and Encore) • 400 students per grade • 16 sections per grade (Core and Encore) • All students are scheduled for classes every period • No students have unscheduled periods Port Washington UFSD - Marilyn M. Rodahan, Principal Weber MS

January 10, 2012 Weber’s School Day • Buses drop students off at 7:15 am • School begins at 8:00 am • School ends at 3:10 pm • There are 9 periods and a 7 minute homebase • Students are in scheduled classes each period • Students eat lunch during 3 periods; 200 students eat every twenty minutes Port Washington UFSD - Marilyn M. Rodahan, Principal Weber MS

January 10, 2012 Core Classes • 400 Students Per Grade • 16 Sections Per Grade • English – 4 Sections – 25 Students Per Section • Social Studies – 4 Sections – 25 Students Per Section • Math – 4 Sections – 25 Students Per Section • Science – 4 Sections – 25 Students Per Section Port Washington UFSD - Marilyn M. Rodahan, Principal Weber MS

January 10, 2012 House Structure • 4 Houses: 3 Grades in Each House • 300 Students Per House • 100 Students Per Grade • 12 Core Teachers Per House • One School Counselor Per House • Each Assistant Principal is Assigned to One House (6 th , 7 th , 8 th Grades) Plus One Grade in the Fourth House Port Washington UFSD - Marilyn M. Rodahan, Principal Weber MS

January 10, 2012 Current House Structure 300 300 300 300 students students students students English English English English Social Social Social Social Studies Studies Studies Studies Math Math Math Math Science Science Science Science Port Washington UFSD - Marilyn M. Rodahan, Principal Weber MS

January 10, 2012 If No House Structure… English English English English Social Social Social Social Studies Studies Studies Studies Math Math Math Math Science Science Science Science Port Washington UFSD - Marilyn M. Rodahan, Principal Weber MS

January 10, 2012 No Houses House Structure Eng. Eng. Eng. Eng. Eng. Eng. Eng. Eng. SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS = Math Math Math Math Math Math Math Math Sci Sci Sci Sci Sci Sci Sci Sci Port Washington UFSD - Marilyn M. Rodahan, Principal Weber MS

January 10, 2012 Teams Within Each House Teams are Grade Level: • 6 th Grade = 2 Two-Teacher Teams • ELA/SS Teacher • Math/Science Teacher • 7 th and 8 th Grades = 1 Four-Teacher Team • English Teacher • Social Studies Teacher • Math Teacher • Science Teacher Port Washington UFSD - Marilyn M. Rodahan, Principal Weber MS

January 10, 2012 Teaming in the Middle School • Provides a common planning time for core teachers and most encore teachers • Provides parents a meeting time with all core teachers • Enables daily time for collaboration and integration of curriculum • Teachers, assistant principal, psychologist and school counselor meet weekly to discuss students’ academic, social and emotional needs Port Washington UFSD - Marilyn M. Rodahan, Principal Weber MS

January 10, 2012 Modified Core Block Schedule 6 th Grade Team One Group 1 Group 2 Team One Group 1 Group 2 (2 Teachers) (25 Students) (25 Students) (2 Teachers) (25 Students) (25 Students) English Math English Math Morning Morning Social Social Science Science Studies Studies Math English Math English Afternoon Afternoon Social Social Science Science Studies Studies 1 Team = 50 Students = 2 Teachers 1 Team = 50 Students = 2 Teachers (2 Teams = 100 Students = 4 Teachers) X 4 Houses Port Washington UFSD - Marilyn M. Rodahan, Principal Weber MS

January 10, 2012 Modified Core Block Schedule 7 th and 8 th Grades One House Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 One Team (25 Students) (25 Students) (25 Students) (25 Students) (4 Teachers) English Math Science Social Studies Morning Social Studies Science Math English Math English Social Studies Science Afternoon Science Social Studies English Math (One Team = 100 Students = 4 Teachers) X 4 Houses Port Washington UFSD - Marilyn M. Rodahan, Principal Weber MS

January 10, 2012 Encores Part 100.4 –NYS Mandated Intermediate Level (Middle School) Learning Standards Courses “…all students shall be provided instruction designed to enable them to achieve, by the end of grade eight, New York State Intermediate Learning Standards through:” - New York State Education Department, Part 100.4 • Art • Family & Consumer Science • Health • Music (Band, Orchestra, Chorus and General Music) • Physical Education • Technology • World Language (French, Italian, Latin, Spanish) Port Washington UFSD - Marilyn M. Rodahan, Principal Weber MS