Petersen PDS
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Susan Steaffens, Principal 3650 Cambridge Street Las Vegas, NV 89109 Phone: 702-799-1120 Fax: 702-799-3397 |
Mission Statement
Our mission at Petersen Professional Development School is to work together as a community of learners to increase academic growth and enhance positive social development.
Celebrations
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Tutorial Programs - Students received extra assistance from teachers, UNLV students and volunteers to improve their academic skills.
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Honor Choir - A fourth/fifth grade choir was established.
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Art Club - Students met weekly to pursue interests in art.
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News Anchors - Student anchors telecast school news and activities school-wide.
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Storytelling Festival - Students participated in a district-wide initiative to promote storytelling.
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Jump Rope for Heart Team - Students participated in an after-school Jump Rope Team and performed at other schools.
Goals
Goal 1: Implement Professional Learning Communities
Progress Toward Goal 1:
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Provided teachers with video presentations of Richard DuFour's Professional Learning Communities
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Structured weekly planning meetings with grade levels with a focus on increasing student achievement
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Provided planning time for teachers to work in collaboration with other grade levels
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Worked closely with UNLV to provide consistency in building Professional Learning Communities
Goal 2: Focus instruction on Literacy
Progress Toward Goal 2:
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Developed school-wide reading assessments for K - 5
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Modeled effective reading instruction in all classrooms
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Provided staff development on effective vocabulary strategies, Words Their Way, and reading interventions
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Provided tutoring on a daily basis to students not proficient in reading
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Implemented Critical Friends Group to look at student work through the Regional Professional Development Program (RPDP)
Goal 3: Analyze Iowa Tests of Basic Skills results then plan strategies to improve vocabulary/reading achievement
Progress Toward Goal 3:
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Reviewed Iowa Test of Basic Skills with entire staff, noting deficiencies related to vocabulary
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Utilized test results to write School Improvement Plan for 2004 - 2005
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Implemented school-wide vocabulary strategies
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Implemented, in third and fourth grades, small reading group instruction by literacy specialist.
Email: Dr. Lisa Bendixen at lisa.bendixen@unlv.edu
Tel: (702) 895-4632
FAX: (702) 895-1658
