This document summarizes the opening administration day at Hale Kula Elementary School. It discusses the school's themes of building relationships and making connections. It outlines several challenges the school faces, including transient students, military families, learning gaps, and behavioral/social-emotional needs. The school addresses these through programs like response to intervention, counseling support, and positive behavior systems. It also reviews initiatives for the upcoming year like the educator effectiveness system, data teams, AVID, and common core implementation. The document provides the week's schedule and activities to help prepare teachers for the new school year.

1. ADMINISTRATION DAY
JULY 30, 2013
Hale Kula Elementary School

2. Our Theme for this Year:
Making Connections,
Building Relationships

3. Building Relationships
ALOHATO OUR NEW
TEACHERS!

4. Why are We Educators?
We are here for the
children, because we
believe we can make a
positive difference in their
lives.

5. How We Respond to Our
Challenges at Hale Kula
 Students are transient and come in at all times of
the school year. We have a transition program
which ensures that all students and their families
are welcome. Some teachers have included a
classroom orientation slide show on their
classroom web page.
 Students may be impacted by a parent’s
deployment or training schedule. We have 4
counselors and a PSAP child associate who work
with students individually or in small groups to
address concerns.

6. Challenges Continued . . .
 Students may have gaps in their learning as a
result of being in several different schools before
coming to HKES. We have a strong Response to
Intervention program which tracks student
progress and provides early interventions prior
to referral.
 Parents may have a negative view of Hawaii’s
public school system. We do the best we can to
work with and communicate with our parents to
ensure student success in our classroom.

7. Challenges Continued . . .
 Students may have social, emotional, or
behavioral needs that impact their success in
school. We have a strong system of support:
a school-wide Positive Behavior Support
system and implementation ofTribes; 4
counselors and a School-Based Health
Therapist; and a partnership with the
complex psychologist andTriplerArmy
Medical Center

8. Challenges Continued . . .
 Communication with our school community
can be challenging. We communicate in
many different ways: Wednesday Folder,
school website (www.halekula.k12.hi.us),
classroom website, Hale Kula Highlights
(hkeshighlights.blogspot.com), P/T
conference (9/9/13 to 9/13/13), Student-led
conference (2/10/14 to 2/14/14), Facebook
page (join Hale Kula Eagles), and
communication from teachers and other staff

9. So Let’s See What’s New for
This School Year
 https://vimeo.com/71047078

10. Making Connections/Building
Relationships
 Educator Effectiveness System
~ Student Learning Objectives
~ Danielson observations
~Tripod Survey with RosterVerifications
~ State-wide assessment with RosterVerification
~ Core Professionalism plan
 DataTeams
 AVID
 CommonCore State Standards implementation
 Classroom management
 Organizational skills
 Professional Development
Plus the inconveniences due to our facilities project!

11. EES and . . .
•Common Core State Standards
~ Danielson Framework - 2b (Culture for
Learning), 3b (Questioning and
Discussion), 3c (Engaging Students), 3d
(Using Assessment in Learning),
ensuring rigor in the curriculum
•DataTeams – assessing, analyzing,
determining instructional strategies,
reassessing to develop Student
Learning Objectives Plan
•AVID – focus on skills and strategies to be
college and career-ready

12. EES and . . .
• Classroom management – Danielson
Framework 2b (Managing Student
Behavior)
•Organizational skills – Danielson Framework
Domain 2 (Classroom Environment), AVID
(promoting academic self-management)
• Professional Development – Focus on
supporting teachers throughout the EES
process, Danielson Framework 4f (Showing
Professionalism)
Our Hale KulaVision – Working, learning, and
succeeding together!

13. Why are We Here Again?
 https://vimeo.com/40000072
 https://vimeo.com/49332249

14. Problem-Solving Activity
Get into your 4 or 5-man teams. Listen to
instructions
1. Build the tallest freestanding structure.
2. The entire marshmallow must be on top.
3. Use as much or as little of the kit.
4. Break up the spaghetti, string, or tape.
5. You will have 18 minutes to complete your
task
6. Any questions? Ask now!

15. The Marshmallow Challenge
1) When time is up, you will have some
debriefing time with your team.
2) Each person should complete a feedback
form at http://goo.gl/oYq32H or
 http://www.ted.com/talks/tom_wujec_build_
a_tower.html

16. Opening of the School Year
Packet
 Your group has 1 hour to review the
information in the Opening of the SchoolYear
Packet.
 At the end of the hour, discuss what you read
and what was most important to you.
 Go to linoit.com
 User name – halekula Password – eagles
 Post a comment on “Opening Packet.” You
can add a new post-it or respond to another
comment.

17. The Afternoon
 Watch required videos.
 Copy machine training – strongly suggested
that all teachers sign up and attend (15
minute blocks)
 Complete summer assignment if you have
submitted it already.

18. Schedule for the Rest of the
Week
 Wednesday, July 31 – Breakfast at 7:30 in the
cafeteria, teacher work day
New student/parent orientation , 3:00 in the
cafeteria with class list postings to follow at
4:00
 Thursday, August 1 –Training on EES and
SLOs in the cafeteria with Jan, 8:00-12:00;
Meet and Greet event from 2:00-3:00.
 Friday, August 2 –Teacher-directed day;
grade levels to determine the agenda.

19. Final Thoughts
 “PullingTogether”