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The 3 “R”s

Reading, Resilience, and

RelationshipsLorenzo Walker Technical High School

3702 Estey Avenue

Naples, FL 34104

239.377.3300

The mission of Lorenzo Walker Technical

High School is to create the ultimate

career and college preparatory education

program for all students to acquire skills

for life.

Our Mission

Jeff Rexford - Assistant Principal of Curriculum

RexforJe@collierschools.com

Pat Metcalf - Reading Coach/Language Arts Department Chair

MetcalPa@collierschools.com

Darlene Crete - Dean of Students

CreteDa@collierschools.com

Abby Lambley - Head of Guidance

LambleAb@collierschools.com

Reading, Resilience, and Relationships

We are a unique public school of choice.

● Awareness

● Application

● 600 Strong

● College and Career

o Scheduling

Lorenzo Walker

Technical High School

LWTHS

Accounting Operations

Auto Collision and Repair

Automotive Services

Cosmetology

Culinary Arts

Dental Assisting

Drafting

Early Childhood Education

Entrepreneurship

Legal Administrative Assistant

Marine Service Technology

Medical Administrative Specialist

Medical Assisting

Multimedia

Network Support Specialist

Practical Nursing

Career Programs

Dual enrollment opportunities:

● Enrolled at three schools concurrently

● College credit

● Industry certification

Lorenzo Walker

Technical High School

LWTHS

Developing and

Fostering Accomplished

Readers

The Keys to Student Success

Strategies

Skills

Background

Connections

Consistency

Cross-Curricular Application

Building Vocabulary from Root Words

Cross- Curricular Weekly Protocol

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

ELA

Introduction and

Knowledge rating

chart

ELA

Divide &

Conquer

ELA

Word study

Word forms

ELA

Word sort

Picture

vocabulary

Frayer Model

ELA

Review and

Assessment

Rerate Knowledge

Rating Chart

Science

Dictation

and sentence

generation

Spanish

Reading

for Meaning

Social Studies

Writing

HOPE/PE

Making

Connections

Social Studies

Debate

Data analysis:● Custom Reports - shared with entire staff

● Custom Assessments

● Students Snapshot - see handout

● Progress monitoring by both student and

teacher

*******See Student Snapshot Tracking Sheet

Data Warehouse

Cross-Curricular Applications

Reading Process

Vocabulary

Writing

Data Analysis

Biweekly Department PLCs

Bi Weekly Team Meetings

FCAT Academy

Saturday for Success

ACHIEVE 3000

Supporting Struggling Readers

Building a Strong Foundation

Teaching Vocabulary from Word RootsTimothy Rasinski, Nancy Padak, Rick Newton and Evangeline Newton

Bringing Words to Life Isabel Beck, Margaret McKeown, and Linda Kugan

******See handout for vocabulary protocol

Engaging Students

BYOD

Edmodo

Doceri

Socrative

Padlet

Resilience

Resilience is the process of adapting well in the face of

adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats or significant

sources of stress...such as family problems, serious

health problems, or financial stressors.

It means "bouncing back" from difficult experiences.

Resilience...

an ability to recover from, or adjust easily to,

misfortune or change.

LWTHS supports student resilience by:

● Making connections- communicating caring and support

● Setting high expectations - no excuses

● Moving towards goals

● Providing meaningful opportunities for participation

and involvement in the school community

● Promoting positive peer relationships

Resilience is...

the capacity for healthy development and successful

learning in spite of challenges.

● Freshman Academy

● Extended learning beyond the classroom through

community service activities

● Quality goal setting and monitoring

● Student-led conferences which empower students

● Student-led IEP meetings which teach self-advocacy

● Positive phone calls

● Attendance phone calls

● Saturday School Reflection

Strategies and Supports

Results…

● Highest graduation rate in district for past 3 years (96%)

● Highest attendance rates in the district for past 3 years (96%)

● Low in-school and out-of-school suspension rates

● 33% of juniors are co-enrolled

Building Relationships

"We bring the smile to you."

Personal connections from the beginning

-Using current students for

recruitment

-Students or family members they

know/role models.

Building Relationships

"Happy to Meet You"

● Personal phone calls for acceptance

● Positive phone calls during the first week

-Teacher introduction

-Something wonderful your child said or

did

Building Relationships

"Once you're ours, you are family."

Follow-up when students are absent

- personal phone call

- e-mail

Accessible

- Students are introduced to counselors

We listen

Evaluate data to be proactive

Building Relationships

"We want you to want to come to school.”

● School is a safe place for all.

● Discipline is about interventions and redirection.

● Respect for classmates

Building Relationships

"The consequence for

not doing the work is

doing the work."

● All teachers are accessible at lunch for extra help.

● Calls home to let parents know assignments are

missing.

● Counselor meets with students to re-direct.

Building Relationships

Challenge Your Mind, Pursue Your Dream”