Third-grade reading guarantee.
End-of-course testing for graduation.
Physical-education assessments on next year’s state report card.
New Social Studies teaching requirements.
Those are a few of the challenges facing Ohio schools which are being swamped by new standards and teaching requirements coming down the pipeline from Columbus.
In order to stay ahead of the fast and furious pace of new standards, the New Richmond Exempted Village School District received a waiver from the state to use a scheduled school day to focus on professional development with a purpose of planning for the new standards.
New Richmond held its special In Service Day on Oct. 15 with all-day sessions dealing with Pre-K/3 reading guarantee, Grades 4-12 language arts, extended Special Education requirements, math, science, social studies, physical education, art, music and technology.
“We had a productive day working with curriculum experts,” Supt. Adam Bird said. “Our goal was to prepare our teachers for the new standards and increased rigor in the Common Core.”
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School phychologist Cindy Groman discusses the PALS program with PK-3 teachers who were introduced to research based planned interventions that meet the 3rd grade guarantee requirements. Intervention and monitoring Plans were developed during the afternoon session.
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John Frye, director of pupil and staff services for the NREVSD, and Liz Neal from the Clermont County Eduction Service Center, conducted the session on special eduction which was attended by 36 district special ed teachers and aides. The special education staff investigated the extended standards and implications to instruction and IEP development. Additionally, they discussed mandated changes in transition plans for students starting at age 13, 3rd Grade Guarantee and other Ohio Department of Education mandates.
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District art teachers (from Left) Adrian Vance Hawk, Amy Cholkas, Amy Hauserman, Tim Cook and Stacy Gibbons collrable on district art initiatives.
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Dan Michael (standing), curriculum specialist from the Warren County Educational Service Center, and NRE principal Terry Miller (seated to Michael's right) conducted the sessions for districtgrade 6-12 science teachers who were introduced to the changes in the revised state standards in science and the changes in assessments planned for those students currently in grade 3.
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New Richmond High School language arts teachers (from left) Shelby Pride, Malissa Kirby and Sue Griffin work during a grade level meeting on the new Common Core state standards.
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New Richmond High School principal Mark Bailey and NRHS language arts teacher Nicole Parker conducted the sessions for grades 4-12 English/Language Arts teachers who established the framework from the Common Core State Standards that will outline the grade level and department work to bring alignment and expectations for instruction to the district. Mr. Bailey is pictured with Locust Corner teacher Kelly Dunham and Monroe teacher Megan Smith.
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Monroe Elementary teacher Kim Ealy and New Richmond Elementary teacher Dianne Kuehner work on their grade level project.
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District math coach Barb Weidus (standing in photo), works with grade 4-5 teachers (from right) Michelle Jackson, Rachel Fehr, Meagan Bowling (sudent teacher working with NRE teacher Judy Schaechter) and Samatha Daly who developed a fraction unit plan. In other small groups, 6-8 teachers developed the next quarter Innovations plan and 9-12 teachers developed the Integrated Math plan. Brian Roget from the Ohio Department of Education shared information about PARCC assessments, end of subject assessments and the changes in mathematics in the Common Core with district math teachers.
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