Ford’s

Speedway
High School

Table of
Contents

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School Organization/Leadership

~ Warren
Mills & Will Wilson

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Student Placement/Assessment/Exit Evaluation

~ Steph
Sorrell

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Student Diversity/Special Programs

~ Pam
Kramer

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Curriculum Alignment/Integration/ Balance

~Steph
Sorrell

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School Time

~ Pam
Kramer

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Parents/School/Community Relations

~ Warren
Mills

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Physical Plant Design

~Nureka
Smith

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Teacher/
Professional/Development/ Planning/Supervision

~Will
Wilson

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Schedules

~Nureka
Smith

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Addressed Needs to Obtain Our
Vision

~Steph
Sorrell

School Organization and Leadership in

Ford’s
Speedway High School

“On the Fast Track to Success”

Analogies:

In order to fully understand the metaphor used in our school,
the following analogies are to be used for comparison:

·
Students - Drivers: The students are the ones who
ultimately must accomplish the task at hand, which is to reach the finish line
(graduation).

·
Curriculum - Race Car:  The curriculum is what the students use
to accomplish this task.

·
Teachers
- Pit Crew:  Like the pit crew keeps
the car in proper working order, the teachers work with the curriculum to keep
the student’s progress steady.

·
Principals - Pit Crew Chiefs:  The principals, like the crew chiefs,
are an integral part of the group that they watch over.

·
ESS/ Special Services Garage:  When a car needs considerable repair to
continue the race, it taken into the garage, much like ESS/Special Services
*(see above) works to adapt the curriculum to the student’s needs.

·
Parents and Community - Fans:  Without the support of fans, the race
cannot be held.  Likewise, it is
important for the parents and community to be a part of and supportive of the
school in order for it to succeed.

·
School Board - Car Owners:  A major factor in the decisions made in
racing is the car owners.  The
school board holds a similar position.

·
Superintendent - Head of NASCAR:  Both are the ultimate leaders of their
respective groups.

·
Silver Cup - NASCAR Busch Series:  Underclassmen are equivalent to the
young rookies who must first master this “minor league.”

·
Gold Cup - NASCAR Winston Cup Series:  Upperclassmen are equivalent to those
who have made the big leagues of NASCAR.

*The above two have been renamed
due to their alcohol and tobacco ties.

School Organization

Our students are organized into two groups; freshmen and sophomores
are in the Silver Cup Series and the juniors and seniors are in the Gold Cup
Series.  By creating these two
groups, we are able to have our faculty focus on a fewer number of
students.  There are a specific
group of teachers and principals for each Cup.  The more intimate atmosphere creates
better student/faculty interaction and helps the teachers be able to reach
their students.  The principals are
also better able to work with and help the faculty.

Creating this also sets a much more immediate goal for the students,
rather than having the freshmen and sophomores looking at a goal that is three
to four years away.  As juniors,
they are given a fresh start with basically a new faculty, which allows for
those who may have had problems before to re-establish themselves.

Overall, the two cup will essentially share the same facilities,
thereby keeping the overall school unity intact.  This also keeps the school from having
to spend more on separate facilities that are necessary to both.

School Leadership

Each
cup series will have a separate principal who will oversee their part of the
school.  They will be equals, and
will work together on matters when necessary.  Each cup will also have an assistant
principal.  These four, along with
the entire faculty and student body, will address the day-to-day operation of
the school.  Non-certified personnel
will also have a say in day-to-day matters.  Anyone may propose needed changes during
a monthly meeting, or a special meeting if needed.  In order for a proposal to be passed, it
will need to have a majority of the vote.

The
value of each vote will be as follows:

Principals
- 3 points

Teachers
- 1 ½ points

Non-certified
Personnel - ½ point

Student
Body - 1 point per class

The students will vote on proposed matters during
lunch at a voting table placed in the cafeteria.  The majority vote for each class will
decide how they vote.

Decisions affecting only a particular cup series
will be voted upon by those affected using the same system, with the exception
of Non-certified Personnel, who will receive only ¼ point per vote.  This is due to the fact that such
personnel will most likely interact with all students, and with all of them
voting, may hold an unfair advantage in such a small voting body.

School
Board decisions will be done in a similar fashion.  The Site Based Decision Making Council
will be modified to adapt to these changes and will now be called the
“Ford’s Speedway High School Rules Committee.” The voting
system above will apply to these decisions, along with the following voting
system:

Superintendent
- 5 points

School
Board Members - 2 points

Rules
Committee Members - 2 ½ points

By allowing the students to
have a vote in the decisions of the school, they are given a sense of ownership
of their school, which instills pride and responsibility.  In order to ensure that the students are
informed of the pros and cons of what they are going to vote on, the social
studies department will devote time each month to discuss the each upcoming
proposal.  This will also give the
students a sense of civic responsibility and an awareness of the intricacies of
politics.

Student Placement

At Ford’s Speedway High School we believe that all
students should have an equal road and opportunity for excellence and success. This means that all students are placed in college prep
classes. There will be no tracking. Students will be placed homogeneously in
the classroom. All students will take the credits required for college
entrance. The philosophy here is that all students have an equal opportunity to
higher education or any career opportunity. Students with an IEP and require
modifications will have an aide or Special Education collaboration teacher to
modify any assignments. Yet the hope is that the students will not feel singled
out and the aide or Special Education teacher will be in the classroom to help
all students. The Special Education staff will contribute in the team planning
and direction.

Students will be placed on an interdisciplinary team with a Language
Arts, Social Studies, Science, Math, Art and Humanities, Special Education,
Physical Education and Foreign Language teacher. All these teachers will teach
the same group of students. And they will keep that same group of students for
two years as Freshman/Sophomore as the Sliver Cup Team and
Junior/Senior as the Gold Cup Team. The administrator for each
team/ school will also work on the team. The philosophy is that a core group of
teachers will be responsible for same group students and as they have team
meetings they can discuss problems and concerns about each individual student.
The hope is too that every student will at least have one team teacher that
they can identify well with and that teacher can help the rest of the team with
strategies, if needed, to work best with that student.

Student Assessment

Members from each student’s Interdisciplinary team of teachers
will also serve on a student’s assessment panel called a Point Standing
Panel.  A Point Standings Panel will
consist of three of the student’s teachers, an administrator, the
student’s parent and a community member. This Point Standings Panel will
work with a small group of students and review student need and progress on a
more individualized level. The Point Standings Panel will hold meetings with
each of the students monthly to discuss academic and school wide progress.

At the beginning of the school
year (during the first week) each student will take a test that assesses
knowledge in all the core content subjects: Language Arts, Social Studies,
Science, Math, Art and Humanities, Physical Education and Foreign Language.
This test only serves as a Pre-Assessment to see what level the student is at
in each subject area. The Point Standings Panel will review the student’s
results with his/her parent to discuss current progress and the goals for that
academic year.

The Point Standings Panel along
with the student will create twenty measurable goals based on the previous
year’s performance, the Pre-Assessment and what the team sees as needs
for that student for that current school year. Of the twenty goals that are
made sixteen goals (80%) must be passed to be promoted to the next grade. The goals require that the students learn how to set
realistic, achievable goals and learn to use time management skills. It also
provides an opportunity for parents to play a more involved role in planning
their child’s education. These goals will also serve as a plan to help
each teacher on the interdisciplinary teams to individualize
student learning.

At the end of the year a post assessment
will be given that test the same knowledge that the Pre-Assessment in the
beginning of the year addressed. The student must score at the 70-percentile
or/and the Point Standings Panel must agree significant growth has occurred to
be promoted.

Another program that encourages parents and community members
to share in the elements of students’ education is the Panel Review. At
the end of each year, each student prepares a presentation to demonstrate to
the Panel Review what he/she has learned in relation to core content,
integration, problem solving, group membership, independent learning,
self-sufficiency and communication. The students provide examples and support
to prove that they have achieved proficiency in these areas. The school feels
that these eight areas should be understood and met by the students in order
for them to be promoted. The Panel Review will grade the student on a standard
rubric. The student must score in the 90-percentile range to be promoted.

Another
promotion requirement that also involves the community is Service Learning. All
students are required to complete 15 hours of volunteer service in the
community. They are also required to produce a project, scrapbook and a journal
documenting this experience. Examples of service areas to work in include
volunteering in the elementary ESS program; playing games and reading to
younger children at the community center after-school program; teaching in the
preschool after-school program; beautification of the public grounds; helping
at the local library; and recording books on audio tapes for lower level
readers and special needs students. The goal is to help the students see
positive ways they can help people in their community.

How To
Complete This Year’s Race: Exit
Evaluation

Students at Ford’s
Speedway High School must demonstrate the following to be promoted to
the next grade:

ü
70-percentile or/and the Point Standings Panel
must agree significant growth has occurred in the Post Year Assessment

ü
16 out of 20 (80%) goals met in the goal setting
portion

ü
90-percentile range on the Panel Review

ü
Successful (determined by Assessment Panel) in
the Service Learning Program

ü
C
or Above in all classes

ü
Participation in at least One Extra Curricular
Activity

Promotion requirements will be discussed as a team in the
Point Standings Panel along with the student. If any of the requirements are
not met the Point Standings Panel must create a remediation plan for either
summer completion or plans to ensure greater success the next year as the grade
is repeated.

Student Diversity

ü
23% of the
student population will be white.

ü
23% of the
student population will be black.

ü
23% of the
student population will be Hispanic.

ü
23% of the student
population will be Asian.

ü
8% of the
student population will be other.

Special Programs

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ESS
– Extended Study School
for students after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Teachers recommend students who are
falling behind academically to participate.  The work is done under a teacher-student
contract, which specifies concepts, and skills the student must master and
specific assignments that he or she must complete.

ü
Student
Tutoring – All teachers are
required to tutor students after school 2:55
p.m. to 3:45 p.m.

ü
ESL – There is a person on staff that is
available to help the students and other staff members with non-native speaking
students.

ü
Human
Rights Squad – This council
is made of 50 students, who are in charge of dealing with student issues of
equality.  The students are
appointed on this squad by the administration, faculty, and peers.  This council deals with equality issues
of race and gender.  This squad will
deal with several Title Nine issues.

ü
Service
Learning- Each student is required
to complete 15 hours of community service. The service may be student choice
but yet approved by the Points Standing Committee. Examples include yet not
limited to Recycle Program, Nursing Home, Elementary tutoring, etc.

ü
Counseling Program – This program goes beyond the
responsibilities of the typical school counselor.  This program will pull out students so
they can have the opportunity to talk to a social worker, a psychologist, a
dietician, a nurse or a counselor about any school or personal problem that they
might be encountering.  The school
wants to make sure that all students have a chance to be mentally and
physically healthy.  This school
will have a social worker, a psychologist, a dietician, and a nurse on staff so
they can be available at any time for the students

ü
Parent
Contact Program – All
teachers will be asked to notify all parents about the progress of their child
in school.  This can be done by
letter, post card, phone, e-mail, or by conference.  Every parent should be aware of their
child’s progress in school.

Curriculum
Alignment

Teachers at Ford’s Speedway High School are
committed to Curriculum Alignment. Curriculum alignment is an important level
check in our pit stop checks, so important that we spend time quarterly,
monthly and weekly to align our teaching. The curriculum will be based on both
National and State standards. District-wide each teacher will be grouped
according to specific disciplines to meet early in the summer to align the
curriculum K-12. This alignment meeting will ensure that all the standards are
taught in succession to ensure academic success.

Speedway’s
teachers will also meet with the middle school staff that serves Speedway for a more
detailed specific discipline curriculum alignment. This meeting will ensure the
curriculum taught at each level compliments, builds upon and eliminates
repetition.

In addition to district curriculum alignment the Silver team
(Freshman/Sophomore) and the Gold Team (Junior and
Senior) specific discipline teachers will also meet during the last week of
each quarter to align 9-12 curriculum for the next quarter. They will look at
each other’s lesson plans to double check that the curriculum agreed upon
in district-wide curriculum alignment is being met. This meeting will also act
as a brainstorming discussion panel to bounce ideas off other teachers. A
curriculum map with dates that addresses and documents core content and
standards covered must be turned into the administration before the last day of
the previous quarter for the next quarter’s instruction.

Curriculum
Integration

Teachers at Ford’s Speedway
High School are committed to Curriculum Integration. We see the
teacher’s support role like the Pit Crew is to the stock car driver, the
student. The curriculum is our road to get the students to the destination of
the “The Fast Track to Success.”   The
school is divided up into two interdisciplinary teams. The teams have one Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, Math, Art and Humanities,
Special Education, Physical Education and Foreign Language teacher.  The 9th
and 10th grade team called the Silver Team has all the 9th
and 10th graders in the entire school. The 11th and 12th
grade team called the Gold Team teaches all the 11th and 12th
graders. Each team keeps their students for two years. This really allows us as
teachers to get to know our students and their parents.

Our unique schedule allows for collaborated teaching blocks.  The Math, Science and Health teachers
collaborate and lead a two-hour block every day. And the Social Studies,
Language Arts and Humanities collaborate and lead a two-hour block daily. The
collaboration occurs with all three subject matters being integrated throughout
the two-hour block. The unit planning involves all three teachers finding ways
to connect their content and jointly teaching the classes to ensure effective
communication. The collaborated teachers have planning time daily together to
create and manage their team teaching activities.

Curriculum Balance

Teachers at Ford’s Speedway High School are
committed to Curriculum Balance. Speedway’s
unique schedule allows for an effective balance in academics, athletics and
aesthetic education for our students. The entire staff realizes that in order
for each student to be a “World Class Student” we must provide for
all areas in a balanced way. Just as all the levels in a working racing machine
must constantly be checked to ensure quality, we, as educators, must check all
the areas to ensure quality and balance in our students.

At Speedway High we know that the time our students have is one of
their valuable processions. So, we carefully look at how the staff and the
students’ time are spent to evaluate its effectiveness. As far as
Academic balance, every student spends two hours daily in our English/Social
Studies/Humanities block and our Science/Math/Health block. One-hour blocks are
devoted to Foreign Language of the student’s choice. One-hour blocks are
devoted to a music and art class of the student choice. We at Speedway believe we combined academics,
athletics and aesthetic education well with the time spent in separate blocks
and the integration blocks.

Students are also required to participate in one co-curricular
activity a season to receive their physical education credit. All practices must
end by 7:30 PM and games
must be over by 9:00 PM to
ensure further balance in our students’ time.

School
Hours

ü
All teachers
need to report to school by 7:30 a.m.

ü
The school
begins at 8:00 a.m. and ends
at 2:55 p.m.

ü
Tutoring for
students is 2:55 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.

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No sports team
is permitted to have a practice past 7:30
p.m.

ü
All sports
games played during the week must end by 9:00
p.m.

ü
The school year begins in the last week in August
and ends in the first week of June

Parent and Community
Relations at

Ford’s Speedway
High School

“On
the Fast Track to Success”

The fans and the sponsors are the most critical feature in
NASCAR.  Without them and their
support, it could not exist.  Such
is also the case with our school.
The importance of parent/community involvement and support will be
emphasized to everyone involved.  A
high priority will be placed on the interaction between school and community.

Open Door Policy:  Our school will always be open to the
community at large.  Parents and
others who have an interest may come and observe day-to-day operations at the
school.  The classrooms will be
equipped with doors at the back and an area for visitors to observe.  They may also observe the
decision-making processes at the cup, school and board levels.

Report of happenings in the school will be reported in local
newspapers.  Notes of interest,
awards, sports and extra-curricular activities, upcoming events, and other news
will be reported in order to allow the community to see what it going on.  Students in their English or journalism
classes could gather this information.

Advertising:  Our school will be advertised in various
forms of media.  The ads will be
created by the students or a sponsoring company (see below).  Funding for the ads will also come from sponsorship
money.

Student Community Services: Students will
be required to complete fifteen hours of community service each year in order
to advance or graduate.

Community Gatherings:  The school will host dinners or special
events several times each year (both during school and in the summer).  These will simply be for social
interaction between the school and the community.  It is to be stressed that school matters
should not be discussed during these times.

Sponsorships:  Like NASCAR, our school plans on using
the help of corporate sponsorship in order to operate at maximum
efficiency.  This will enhance the
school in several ways.  It will
allow the school to interact directly with the community.  It will also minimize the budget strains
that plague many schools and lessen the tax load on the community.  Finally, this cooperation between school
and community will enrich the learning process of the student.

Along
with the basic idea of businesses sponsoring events and parts of the school we
will also integrate non-monetary sponsorships.  In these sponsorships, relationships
will be built between the businesses and the school that will play a crucial
role in the education process.
Students will be able to interact with companies through tours and guest
speakers.  Teachers will be able to
collaborate with these businesses to enhance their curriculum.  Students will also be able to
participate in mentorship programs and apprenticeships at the businesses.  This real-world interaction will allow
the students hands-on learning and will also help them to relate information
they learn to their own lives.

In
order for this to work properly, the following ideas will be implemented:

ü
A special committee will be
established to address the possibility of improper sponsor influence.

ü
A Ford Liaison Office will be
established in the school.

ü
Teachers can opt to actively
pursue sponsorships from area businesses.
They will be paid a stipend the same way they do for ESS or professional
development.  This money will come from
sponsorships.

ü
Sponsors cannot dictate the
specific allocation of funds.  They
will also not be allowed to monopolize their area of business (i.e. Ford Motor
Company cannot oppose school sponsorship from General Motors).

Physical
Concept Design of Speedway
High School

Explanation
of Design

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The main
building will house the following:

ü
Guidance
office/youth services center w/ receptionist

ü
All classrooms

ü
The cafeteria

ü
The library/
media center

ü
Parent
volunteer office

ü
Ford Liaison
office

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The library/media
center with house all the books, reference material and 3 computer labs.  There will be two librarians and two
computer resource teachers on staff to assist students.

ü
There will be
a courtyard with picnic tables outside of the cafeteria so that students may
eat outside when the weather permits.

ü
There will be
two gymnasiums attached to the school so that the girls and boys sports teams
may practice at the same time. This will also make it possible for practices to
be over by 9pm because you
will not have to wait to use the facilities.

ü
Each classroom
will have two doors. One at the front of the class and one in the back. The
door in the back will make it possible for Administrators, parents and college
students to come in quietly and do observations with limited disturbance to the
class.

ü
Each
department will have a book room, a faculty lounge and a multi-media conference
room to aid with team planning.

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Jr.’s
and Sr.’s will have their classes in one wing while Freshmen and
Sophomores will have their classes on another wing.

ü
Also on the
school campus will be:

o
Track and
field facilities

o
Football
stadium

o
Soccer field

o
Baseball field

o
Softball field

o
Tennis courts

o
Weight
training facilities ( to be used by ALL sports)

o
Marching band
practice field

o
Swimming pool

o
State of the Art Theater

o
Golf practice
area

o
Two (equal)
basketball courts

Teacher Professional Development:

1.
The
professional development will be based on the needs of the individual
teacher.  As part of the
teacher’s job description he/she will meet with a designated
administrator to set up professional development opportunities that will best
benefit the teacher, student, and the school.

2.
During the
course of the school year some of the required professional development hours
will be interdisciplinary.  Since
our school believes in team teaching those teachers who are on the same teams
will have the chance to work together on their professional development.  This will make the development more
meaningful and useful since other teachers will understand the concepts and
strategies used in the professional development.

3.
The various
teams who go their professional development meetings will be expected to
explain what they have learned to the faculty and staff.  This will make for some quality team
building and even more chances to excel at addressing various learning
strategies.

4.
The number of
professional development hours will be limited.  The idea of “less is more”
will apply at our school.  The
number of hours will be set between 15-20 hours so quality, not quantity will
be the focus.

Teacher Planning:

1.
Every Monday
there will be a mandatory team-planning meeting with the administrator assigned
to your grade level.  The meeting
will focus on student’s performance, needs of students and teachers,
announcements from administration, and trouble shooting in general.  Professional development presentations
can also happen here on occasion.

2.
Each teacher
will have his/her lesson plans for the week to turn in to the administrator and
share with other colleagues.  Copies
of the lesson plans should also be made for the classroom so absent students,
or those that fall behind a little, will know what is due.

3.
Every teacher
will have a syllabus due to the administrator, students, parents, and
colleagues at the beginning of each semester.  This will improve communications with
the community and possibly get them more involved with our school.  Also, the teachers can improve
interdisciplinary instruction by have each other’s syllabus.

4.
Each
week’s lesson plan needs to show how interdisciplinary and various
learning strategies are being addressed.

5.
There will be
a meeting twice a year between the middle and high schools to discuss the
connections of our curriculums.  The
need for us to know what the other is doing is crucial in making the content
valid to our students.  These
meetings will take place during he Thanksgiving or Christmas break and directly
after school is out.

Teacher Supervision:

1.
The teachers
will be on a rotating duty schedule for the length of the school year.  The duty stations will vary all over the
campus for the before and after school monitoring.  The daily monitoring stations will
depend on what is most easily accessible for the teachers from their
rooms.  The daily planning stations
will also be based on when a teacher’s planning period is assigned.

2.
Teachers will
sign-up for Friday detention halls and Saturday school monitoring.  Two teachers will be needed for these
duties.

3.
Teachers and
Administrators are expected to be in the halls before, after, and between all
class changes.

4.
A schedule
will be set for teachers to be able sign up for chaperoning extra curricular
activities throughout the year.
Each teacher will be required to sign up for an equal amount of
chaperoning.  Every teacher will be
involved with our students high school experience.

5.
All new and
non-tenured teachers will have a mentor teacher to meet and collaborate with
during the school year.

6.
No non-tenured
teacher will have a student teacher to supervise

7.
All head
coaches or activity supervisors will be required to ride the bus to and from
extra curricular events unless arrangements are otherwise made with the
building administrator.

Basic Schedule for Students At Speedway High School

“On the Fast Track to
Success”

The Sliver Cup~

Freshman &
Sophomore

Schedule

Time/period

Class

8am-10am Block 1

Math/Science/ Health Block
(team taught)

10:05am-11:05am

Arts/Music class

(student choice)

11:10-11:40

Lunch

11:45-12:45

Foreign Language of Choice

12:50-2:50

English/Social Studies/ Arts
and Humanities Block

(Team taught)

2:55-3:45

Mandatory Tutoring * student
may go to whichever class they are having difficulty in.

* If a student is doing well
in all classes they are encouraged to help mentor struggling students.

4pm-7:30pm

Co Curricular activities-  No sports team is permitted to have a
practice past 7:30pm

* All week night games must
end by 9pm.

The Gold
Cup~

Junior and Senior Schedule

Time

Class

8am-10am Block 1

English/Social Studies/ Arts
and Humanities Block

(Team taught)

10:05am-11:05am

Foreign Language of Choice

11:10am-12:10pm

Arts/Music class

(Student choice)

12:15-12:45

Lunch

12:50-2:50

Math/Science/ Health Block
(team taught)

2:55-3:45

Mandatory Tutoring * student
may go to whichever class they are having difficulty in.

* If a student is doing well
in all classes they are encouraged to help mentor struggling students.

4pm-7: 30pm

Co Curricular activities- No
sports team is permitted to have a practice past 7:30pm

* All week night games must
end by 9pm.

Teacher
and Administration Schedules

Math/Science/Health Teachers

Time

Activity

7:30-8am

Hall supervision (all faculty)

8am-10am

Teach Freshmen and Sophomores

10:05-11:05a.m

Math/Science/health team
meetings to discuss lesson plans, units, curriculum, etc.

11:10-12:10

Personal plan time

12:15-12:45

Lunch

12:50-2:50

Teach Jr.’s and
Sr.’s

2:55pm-3:45 pm

All teachers available to
tutor students

English/Social
Studies/Arts & Humanities Teacher Schedule

Time

Activity

7:30-8am

Hall supervision (all faculty)

8am-10am

Teach Juniors and Seniors

10:05-11:05a.m

Personal Plan time

11:10am-12:10pm

English/ Social Studies/ Arts
and Humanities team meetings to discuss lesson plans , units, curriculum,
etc.

12:15pm-12:45pm

Lunch

12:50pm-2:50pm

Teach Freshmen and Sophomores

2:55pm-3:45 pm

All teachers available to
tutor students

Foreign Language/ Music Teachers

Time

Activity

7:30-8am

Hall supervision (all faculty)

8am-9am

Personal Plan time

9am-10am

Team meetings for lesson
plans, curriculum, unit planning etc.

10:05am-11:05am

Music taught to Freshmen and
Sophomores

Foreign language taught to
Jr.’s and Sr.’s

11:10am-12:10pm

Music taught to Jr.’;s
and Sr.’s

11:10-11:40

Foreign language teachers go
to lunch

11:45am-12:45pm

Foreign language teach
Jr.’s and sr.’s

12:50pm-1:50pm

Lunch for music teachers

1:55pm-2:55pm

Foreign language and music
teachers collaborate  with core
classes to enhance the educational experience

2:55pm-3:45 pm

All teachers available to
tutor students

Schedule for Administrators

Time

Activity

7am-8am

Supervision

8am-9am

Parent Conferences

9am-10am

Classroom visits

10-11am

Office time

11:10-11:40

Supervise Lunch

11:45-12:15pm

Lunch

12:15-12:45

Supervise lunch

1pm-2pm

Classroom visits

2pm-3pm

Behavior violations (deal with
referrals)

3pm-4pm

Office time

4-5:30pm Tuesdays

Faculty meetings

(Usually over by 5pm)

After school activities

All principals present at
games, dances and other important events at the school.

Explanations of the Schedule

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Students must
participate in co-curricular activities to get physical education credit.

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During the week all practices and games must end by
9pm. (Academics are of
primary importance, and nothing should come before that.)

ü
All students
are required to take a foreign language of their choice for all four years of
high school.

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All students
are required to take a music class of their choice for all four years of high
school.

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All teachers
are required to attend team meetings to help plan curriculum and units.

ü      All teachers and Administrators are required to be
“On Duty” whenever they are in the building.

Addressed
Needs to Obtain Our Vision

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Business Partnership~ Our school is called Ford’s Speedway High School.
Our connection to the community relations demands a partnership with a major company
such as Ford. The Liaison Ford office provides practical vocational education.
This partnership provides many co-op opportunities from office administration,
engineering to auto mechanics.

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Collaboration Training~ Most teachers have not worked at all or successfully in a
co-teaching position. The schedule at Speedway
relies that all teachers share a classroom and work well with one another.
Therefore, all teachers need extensive training in co-teaching skills,
communication, group dynamic and conflict resolution.

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Integration Training~ In order for
the Speedway
schedule to work well teachers must know how to create tightly woven
integration units. This is a difficult task to overtake especially on a daily
basis. Also, every core content class, except Foreign Language, is integrated
so in order that all the standards and core content is met the units must be
taught well together.

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A Flexible and Creative Staff~ The staff at Speedway
must be hand picked by an innovated and directed administrator. In order for
all the special programs to work well the staff must be flexible, creative and
dedicated.

ü      Sizeable Budget ~ Our business partnership will
provide an additional source to pull off our budget. The construction of a
large building and a hand picked staff will require additional funds that
hopefully our business partnership will supply.