MPS Program of Studies HS Faculty Presentation 2022

Hello.

I'm Cristian Dyleski and I'm

the instructional supervisor for student development

and wellness for Milford Public Schools for grades six through 12.

I'm excited to share with all of you the updates for

this year's program of studies and our course selection process for students

today,

we're going to review the different

graduation requirements are ongoing commitments and timelines

and the department updates so that you will have all of this information

to be able to make your teacher recommendations and then enter into those

important conversations with students in advance

of them making their course selections.

So our students,

starting with the next year's graduating class are required to have

a minimum of 25 credits to be eligible for graduation.

These new requirements include nine credits in the humanities,

including civics and the arts, nine credits in science,

technology engineering and math, one credit in physical education and wellness

that spread over four years as well as one credit in health and safety education.

That is also spread over four years,

One credit in world languages

and the one credit Mastery blaze diploma assessment

similar to past years.

We will be sharing with you a staff resource folder.

That folder contains the staff handbook,

which has the grade prerequisites recommendations for leveling

leveling as well as the schoolwide scheduling days

and instructions for making those online course recommendations and requests.

It also includes links to the student guides for incoming ninth graders,

as well as our, um, rising sophomores through seniors.

All of this which will be shared with you and a folder

for your resource and the information that's presented in today's presentation.

He's really contained in that staff handbook so you

can refer to that at a later point.

These are the important dates to keep in mind as we head into

a program of studies season and course

recommendations in advance of students scheduling.

So starting today, going through February nine,

looking for all teachers to go into power school and

make recommendations for what students should take for next year.

It's important that we enter those recommendations so that when parents have those

conversations with their Children at home and they log into the portal,

they'll be able to see that you made that recommendation for their students.

Um As many of you know,

we've also been very busy putting together virtual elective affairs at

both of our high schools were looking to put that out to

students on february 8th and it will also be shared with parents

so they can access that as a family discussion at home.

On february 4th and seventh,

there will be a short video shared in all

english classes for our current freshmen sophomores and juniors.

So our students can have an overview of what this

process will look like and how to access all these resources

That will be paired with an email that they

and families will receive with all of that information.

We really appreciate the English teachers taking a few minutes

out of class to share that on those dates.

So I will be sharing those videos with you um in advance prior to the 4th and the 7th

And then on the 8th and the 9th will be our school wide scheduling days.

That's an IAN and FDA as it currently stands.

And the hope is that each teacher will be able to dedicate class time to have

individual discussions with each student about what that

student can potentially take for next year.

Now,

I know that some teachers in the past have really

preferred doing teacher recommendations either in advance um you know,

sitting down for a block of time,

possibly this afternoon is one recommended time and

entering those recommendations or some teachers like doing

it on the scheduling days where they talk with the student and right then and there,

enter it into the computer.

Um either is fine.

The hope though, is that by the end of the day, on the ninth,

by the end of school um that those recommendations will

be in the computer Because after school on February nine,

that portal will be open for requests,

meaning that parents and students will be able to log in

and actually see whether or not a recommendation was entered.

Um and then on February 17, during advisory,

we're going to make sure that we have all of our

advisors check to see that our students actually entered requests.

Um some of our students need a little extra support and this

helps streamline the process beyond when they meet with our school counselors.

Mm hmm.

So just to recap, this are typical timeline is really that in february,

all this work kicks off.

And then in March,

our school counselors work with our students

to verify that the things they requested are

actually meeting their graduation requirements and makes sense

for their overall program over four years.

And then that continues into april

And that's when the building's really began to do their FTE planning.

And we build those schedules.

Network continues through May and into June when we

verify everything um and check against final grades.

And there's a very similar process that happens for our middle

school students for the upcoming 9th graders for next year,

where it tends to just happen a couple of weeks later.

So that will also be occurring this year.

So as I mentioned, we're going to be having our school wide scheduling days.

Um and as I said before that we're going to make

sure we review options for students with as their teacher,

discuss the prerequisites the sequences.

Um

and then make sure that those recommendations are entered into power school.

Uh our students are going to finalize all these requests.

They're going to do that part of the process

at home and that will be communicated to them.

Yeah.

So now let's take a look at some of the updates for this year's program of studies.

Ah So a link to the live program of studies will be sent to you when it is available,

but in the meantime, these are the things that are different and new.

So for humanity's for our course updates, there is a new course

that is an elective course that will be open

to 11th and 12th grade students for next year.

It's called african american black and Puerto Rican latino studies.

Uh it falls within our social studies course offerings and

again is open to 11th and 12th grade students.

There are no changes for world language and no changes for our English offerings.

Um we definitely have in response to the requests from our

school counselors and made some additions to the humanities courses,

um, courses that will fulfill that additional humanities credit.

So now that is being expanded to include managing the learning environment,

methods of teaching and learning business law, introduction to business,

sports and entertainment marketing, marketing, one,

marketing to business management and yearbook.

Now there are a number of updates for our stem courses.

So in science there will no longer be observational astronomy.

This is of course that typically was not being offered.

So, um, that is being removed from the program of studies

in mathematics. There's no changes.

Couple of name changes in the business department where personal finance one um,

is now just being named personal finance.

Personal finance to investing is now going to

be known as stark stock market investing.

Um and accounting one is switched to just accounting.

There are new course descriptions for personal finance, stock market investing,

marketing one and introduction to business.

Um, And the course of retail marketing um will be dropped for next year.

That will not be included.

Additional updates in the technology,

engineering and communication department includes some name changes.

So would Tech one is now, would Tech one. Introduction to woodworking.

Wood tec two is wood tec to manufacturing. Wood tec three is wood tec. Three.

Advanced Manufacturing.

Powertech one will be Powertech one,

small gas engine power tech to will be Powertech to introduction to automotive.

Powertech three will be Powertech three, advanced automotive.

Um And there are new course descriptions for a number

of those tech courses that are indicated here as well.

There's also some updates for our family and consumer science courses.

There's a new course for next year called bakeshop and new course descriptions

for managing the learning environment methods of

teaching and learning and interior design.

Um, For the health sciences, there's a change in grade level for possible.

Sienna students.

Uh,

certified nursing assistant will be open to 11th graders

who will be 16 Because if they're not 16,

they're not eligible to participate in the clinical portion.

Um there also have been expanded and expansion to the courses that are um,

that we are available to for students to take for the

additional stem credit and those will now include interior design,

introduction to photo digital media, Photo Photography one and photography too.

So those are additional opportunities for students beginning next year.

Uh Those opportunities do not apply to students for this

year only for next year updates for our art,

music and library media departments.

Music, No changes for library media in ap research,

the language has now been clarified that students must take ap seminar

prior to taking Ap research.

So that was the assumed sequence before, but now it's been clarified for us.

Um In art uh advanced studio,

there's been a prerequisite added for successful completion of at

least one art course prior to enrolling in that course.

And some name changes for some art courses

where digital photo is now introduction to photo

and advanced photo one is now Photography won

and advanced photo two is now photography too,

for the student development and wellness department.

Um We've moved over one of the PE electives will now be under the health section.

So optimal nutrition for athletic performance will now

be considered a health elective uh same course.

Um But just under the under the health designation,

there will continue to be summer PE and health

programming available um and students will need administrator approval,

so they should see their counselor for any questions about that.

And there will be a new course offered more info to come

on this in our interdisciplinary department for called if you'd love it,

teach it.

So those are the updates there.

Um we want to remember that when we talk with students about

planning their schedules that students are required to in order to be considered

full time high school students that they have to carry at least 6.5

credits so they need to plan for between 6.5 and eight credits.

And we do not have any requirements that students

have a study hall built into their schedules.

And as always we are continuing to submit course revisions to N. C. A.

For approval and that most up to date list will always be available.

In addition to this,

I just want to remember that we make all of our scheduling

decisions through the lens of what is best for our students.

So just because something is um you know is it falls within a sequence if

that's not what is best for kids then we wanted to have that very honest discussion

with them about making sure that it's

an appropriate level of challenge and that their

um and that this is going to be the best thing for their overall program.

So as long as we keep what's in mind uh in terms of what is best for our students,

um Those are the really important conversations.

If you have any questions,

please feel free to reach out to me or

you're building administrators and I really look forward to um

those conversations in classrooms and helping support our buildings as

we go through the course request and scheduling season.

So I hope all of you have a wonderful afternoon.

Please take this time to work individually and

to confer with your department colleagues around recommendation,

planning for your students.

Uh, if you have any questions about actually making the recommendations,

there's information in the,

in the materials that were provided with you and

you can also reach out to the data processor

in your individual buildings who can help troubleshoot any

issues that you might be coming up with.

So at foreign that would be tammy Calame and that law that would be Joanne.

Um, so please reach out to them if you have any issues.

And I hope you guys all have a wonderful afternoon. Thank you so much.

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