Making Lemonade An Inspirational Collaboration Deana Sexton and
Making Lemonade An Inspirational Collaboration Deana Sexton and Amanda Cole Summit Elementary School Ashland, KY Page 1
About Our Schools Catlettsburg ‘s mission statement, “Csatlettsburg Elementary faculty and staff , along with parents and member of our community believe: Reaching Every Student’s Potential Everyday Creates Tomorrow’s Successes. Catlettsburg Elementary is located in Boyd County, Catlettsburg, KY Enrollment average is approximately 250 with roughly 50% Free/Reduced Lunch Summit’s mission statement, "The path for students to realize their dreams begins at Summit Elementary School where the faculty and parents working together educate the whole child – socially, emotionally, and academically. “ Summit Elementary is located in Boyd County, Ashland, KY Enrollments average is approximately 500 with roughly 40% Free/Reduced Lunch Page 2
About Us Amanda Cole • Western Kentucky University, Master of Science in Library Media Education, 2008 • Western Kentucky University, Endorsement for Instructional Computer Technology, 2008 • Morehead State University, Master of Arts in Teaching-Language Arts 59, 2007 • Marshall University, Bachelor of Arts in English, 2002 Page 3
About Us Deana Sexton • Sheldon Clark High School, Inez, KY, Class of 1993 • Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, Class of 1998, BS Chemistry (Teaching) • Morehead State University, Morehead, KY, Class of 2003, MA School Counseling • Science Teacher, Boyd County High School, Ashland, KY 1998 -2004 • School Counselor, Summit Elementary, Ashland, KY 2004 - Current • KSCA Executive Board Officer since 2006 in positions of Secretary and Elementary VP Page 4
Our Ingredients • 2009, Catlettsburg and Summit Elementary teamed up to “share” media specialist, Mrs. Cole • 2010, A revised alternating week schedule was developed and implemented • 2011, First collaborative lesson based on The Leader in Me Program and Information Literacy • 2012, Development of additional collaborative lessons to include art lessons Page 5
New Recipe • Include more humanities classes in collaborations • Implement or introduce lessons that collaborate with grade level units • Formative Assessment (Exit Slips) using Open Ended Questions and/or Short Answer in a Reflection Journal for each student to improve communication with classroom teachers concerning lesson topics Page 6
Lemon Drops • To Collaborate or Not to Collaborate? • Woo your Media Specialist • Start Small… • Common Planning Time/ PLC Comments or Questions? Page 7
Contact Us Deana. Sexton@boyd. kyschools. us Amanda. Cole@boyd. kyschools. us www. boyd. kyschools. us Page 8
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