Livonia Michigan

Suburban district with 300 students, 16,000 in district Pre-K–4th. 5 years, 21 years in 14 years as a principal

@jon_wennstrom

sparkoflearning.blogspot.com teacher blog http://wennstromweekly.blogspot.com parent blog

PBIS school, 7 Habits of highly effective students, Positive phone calls, student led announcements, PSAs. Class Dojo, 23% ELLs Wall feature.

• School-wide meetings.
• PBIS school.
• Monthly, student of the month meetings.
• Stephen Covey’s 7 habits
• 3 to be pledge, respectful, responsible, safe
• Poster contests for that
• 90–95% parent attendance rate for kids who are students of the month.
• Weekly meeting.
• Sunrise and sunset meetings.
• Goal: build community
• Sean Gallard #celebrateMonday meetings
• Doesn’t a weekly meeting take away a lot of instructional time?
• Increase time-on-task
• Support staff who help K students get ready.
• Videos for students, less than 3 minutes.
• Perseverance,
• Stephen Covey’s 7 habits for highly effective kids
• Art teacher creates a canvas to help students showcase their work.
• Importance of including parents.
• Positive phone calls on a daily basis.
• Class dojo process - classroom wall (like a Facebook wall).
• Parent program for Love and Logic.
• Process for parent phone calls.
• 66 day challenge
• Youth making a difference

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