REYNOLDSBURG CITY SCHOOLS

The 9X Impact Reynoldsburg High School December18, 2018

District Mission and Vision

MISSION STATEMENT

Empowering leaders who impact the NOW and innovate the FUTURE.

FOCUSAREAVISION STATEMENTS

Student Learning: Enable students to take ownership of their learning and achieve full potential through challenging, engaging and relevant learning experiences.

Student Experience: Build an inclusive community where students feel safe, supported, and engaged.

Communication: Promote a school community culture that allows all involved to have a voice and remain informed.

Finances: Equitably distribute resources to promote instructional programs that will support the district mission

Reynoldsburg City Schools

Why 9X Impact?

Empowering leaders who impact the NOW and innovate the FUTURE.

Guiding Questions

• What does the preparedness of a Freshman for high school look like?

• What are our expectations of our students and their expectations of us?

• What makes a successful high school student?

• How do we provide consistent, collective support for all freshmen to launch a successful high school career?

Empowering leaders who impact the NOW and innovate the FUTURE.

Empowering leaders who impact the NOW and innovate the FUTURE.

High School Ready

• Create a safe and inclusive learning environment.

• Instruction will be targeted to specific learning needs and learning goals.

• Instruction will allow for differentiated path, pace and performance tasks that promote themes of study that are relevant and demand integrated content.

• Ongoing student reflection and exploration that will promote student empowerment of their learning.

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Social-Emotional Focused

• 9X Impact will build an intentional school community through empathy and trust so that habit development and problem solving lead the way to student:

• Empowerment • Agency
• Belonging • Empathy
• Understanding of self

• Understanding of others

• Students expressed high need for SEL supports.

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Future Focused

9X Impact will prepare students for the fiercely competitive future through:

• Authentic skill application

• Hands-on experiential learning • Makerspaces
• Projects that tackle real-world issues

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Inspired Academy Choice

9X Impact will provide opportunities for students to: • explore their passions
• identify their interests and strengths • experience eachAcademy pathway
• choose theirAcademy home through a year-long Declaration Process

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Exposure to Academies

Embedded Activities Field Excursions Career Exploration
Development of Career Plans Career Tech

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Planning for 9X Impact

What We Know

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Planning in 2018-19

• Executive Design Team Work

• Partnership with New Tech Network • “Roadshow” with Mr. Brown
• Surveys for staff and students

• Mr. Brooks named 9X Impact Principal

• Mrs. Slauter named 9X Impact Assistant Principal

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Physical Space

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Physical Space

• 2nd Floor at Livingston

• Provides pod opportunities for teams • Open configurations

• Designated 9X Entrance • Reception area for 9X
• Exterior signage for 9X and Livingston Campus

• Build science labs including medical lab on 1st floor • Redesigned School Store

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Teaming

9X Impact will be team-based.

Why teaming for 9X Impact?

We will organize in teams to foster purposeful earning and to encourage
communities.
• opportunities to build meaningful relationshipslthrough smaller learning

How are team placements created?

The teams will be c eated to ensure that each team is balanced to refle
• the rich diversity ofrour student body while also balancing class sizes.ct

Are all activities team based?

students from other teams throughout the year.
• We will include many whole-grade activities for students to interact with

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Initial Teacher Design Team!

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Communication Plan

Website, Social Media, Email, Meetings Parents
• Parent Focus Group

• Parent Forums and Information Night

Students
• Presentations and meetings with 8th graders
• Communication Touchpoints through social media platforms
• Logo Selection

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Focus Groups

• Mechanism for two-way communication • Offer insights into current planning
• Inform planning

• Ensures parent-voice in design process

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Teacher Development

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Summer Bridge

• Summer Bridge program will be created by Design Team.

• Targeted for students who may need additional help to be on-track for 9th grade.

• Facilitate a smooth transition.

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Identify Staff

• Finalize Teaching Team • Intervention Specialists • ESL
• Electives

• Assistant Principal

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Courses

• Design Team will be develop courses for 9X • Accelerated Coursework options
• Elective course offerings • Student Support Models
Tech mode
• Integratingl2 courses together is a requirement in New • Core Courses
• ELA 9
• Integrated Math 1, 2 and 3 • Physical Science
• World History

• Current Pathway revisions for 10-12

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Costs

New Tech Network Contract Equal Opportunities Grant
*If work is expanded to other grade levels.

Year

18-19
	Cost
	
	$35,500-$37,275
	
19-20
	$75,100-$78,855
	
*20-21
	$67,900-$71,295
	
*21-22
	$67,400-$70,770
	
*22-23
	$75,500-$79-275
	
Total
	$321,400-$337,470

Comparison

Project

STEM (14-18)
	Total Cost

$446,168
	
Academies (09-16)
	$349,798

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Construction @ RHS-Livingston

January

Bid Published

February

Bid Awarded

March

Construction Starts

July 15

Work Done

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