Format
Poster Presentation
First Presenter's Institution
Hampton Elementary School
Second Presenter's Institution
Hampton Elementary School
Third Presenter's Institution
NA
Fourth Presenter's Institution
NA
Fifth Presenter's Institution
NA
Location
Meet & Greet Poster Reception (Harborside)
Strand #1
Academic Achievement & School Leadership
Strand #2
Family & Community
Relevance
The connection between Head and Home will be described focusing on Hampton Elementary School’s strategic implementation of STEAM Focused Project Based Learning, Authentic Learning, Student Goal Setting and Reflection, Home Connection, and Getting Parents Engaged.
Brief Program Description
A success story connecting Head and Home will be explored focusing on Hampton Elementary School’s strategic integration of STEAM Focused Project Based Learning, Authentic Learning, Student Goal Setting and Reflection, Social and Emotional Learning, and Increased Parental Engagement. Participants will leave with applicable ideas and strategies to grow student and parental engagement promoting increased academic outcomes in their own setting.
Summary
While there is no silver bullet for increasing academic outcomes in our most at-risk youth, research continues to identify meeting the social and emotional needs of kids is the right place to start. Once relationships develop, connections begin to form which break down barriers to learning. Once barriers to learning are mitigated, providing exposure to real-world opportunities outside the traditional scope of our communities increases student engagement and motivation to achieve at outstanding levels. Woven throughout this process are strategic ways in which parents engage as partners with the school.
Participants will engage with the Principal and Parental Engagement Professional of Hampton Elementary School to identify ways they can increase academic outcomes and parental engagement in their own professional setting.
Evidence
2018-2019 Fall to Spring School Conditional Growth Percentile (as measured by NWEA-MAP)
Reading
Math
Kindergarten
94th percentile
98th percentile
Grade 1
99th percentile
95th percentile
Grade 2
64th percentile
76th percentile
Grade 3
99th percentile
98th percentile
Grade 4
99th percentile
85th percentile
Grade 5
67th percentile
56th percentile
Georgia Milestones Cohort Growth (Percentage of Students Scoring Proficient or Above 2019 Compared to 2018 Milestones Scores)
Cohort Growth
ELA
Math
2018 3rd Grade to 2019 4th Grade
2018:12.99
2019: 35.14
Increase of 22.15%
2018: 15.58
2019: 35.14
Increase of 19.56%
2018 4th Grade to 2019 5th Grade
2018: 25.81
2019: 24.19
Decrease of 1.62%
2018: 25.01
2019: 26.57
Increase of 1.56%
Georgia Milestones Schoolwide Growth (Percentage of Students Scoring Proficient or Above 2019 Compared to 2018 Milestones Scores)
Year
ELA
Math
2018
20.49
21.96
2019
27.72
30.02
Growth
7.23
8.06
Tied to PBIS Tiered Fidelity Inventory 1.11, Student/Family/Community Involvement
Biographical Sketch
Brian Keefer, Principal of Hampton Elementary School, Henry County Schools is an instructional leader who believes in community engagement and education of the whole child. Achievements of schools under his supervision include the Georgia School of Excellence Award, Henry County Schools Innovation Award, Henry County Schools Title I Principal of the Year, Alliance for a Healthier Generation Silver Award, HealthMPowers Bronze Award, and GAESP School Bell Award for PBIS Ambassadors Program.
Norma Santiago Bell, Parent Involvement Professional of Hampton Elementary, Henry County Schools, is a native of Puerto Rico, and has been a resident of Henry County Georgia since 2005. She has a BA in communications from the Sacred Heart University in Puerto Rico and has a Middle School and High School ESOL teaching Certification from the University of Puerto Rico. She has been recognized as the Support Staff Professional of the Year for Henry County Schools for her outstanding work in creating structures of home-school connection.
Keyword Descriptors
Parent Engagement, Authentic Learning, Student Goal-Setting, Project Based Learning, Social/Emotional Supports
Presentation Year
2020
Start Date
3-9-2020 4:45 PM
End Date
3-9-2020 6:00 PM
Recommended Citation
Keefer, Brian, "Rising Up: Kids Who Own Their Learning and Behaviors, and the Supports Which Made it Happen" (2020). National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference. 35.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/nyar_savannah/2020/2020/35
Included in
Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Early Childhood Education Commons, Educational Leadership Commons
Rising Up: Kids Who Own Their Learning and Behaviors, and the Supports Which Made it Happen
Meet & Greet Poster Reception (Harborside)
A success story connecting Head and Home will be explored focusing on Hampton Elementary School’s strategic integration of STEAM Focused Project Based Learning, Authentic Learning, Student Goal Setting and Reflection, Social and Emotional Learning, and Increased Parental Engagement. Participants will leave with applicable ideas and strategies to grow student and parental engagement promoting increased academic outcomes in their own setting.
