Seckinger High School will promote student and staff well-being through prioritizing self-care, physical and mental health, and social-emotional learning.

Seckinger High School will provide opportunities to elevate student voice, ownership, and agency in the design of their school experience and be responsive to their requests.

Incorporating Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports (PBIS)

• We educate both staff and students on behavioral expectations to ensure a conducive learning environment.
• We leverage positive interventions and behavior points as a motivational tool to encourage desirable conduct.
• We conduct monthly analyses of both minor and major discipline incidents to continually improve our disciplinary practices.
• We put into practice restorative measures that focus on reconciliation and reparation rather than punitive action.
• For our cluster middle school and high school students, we align their behavioral expectations to the PBIS Matrix - emphasizing Responsibility, Respect, and Reflection.

Advisory Program

• Our advisory program ensures students have a positive relationship with an adult mentor who actively advocates for them and exemplifies success.
• We integrate social-emotional learning lessons and instill a sense of community building throughout the school, thereby fostering a positive and collaborative school culture.

Participatory Culture

• Establish extra-curricular activities that align with student interests and goals for each and every student.

Seckinger High School will implement a comprehensive framework to fully operationalize a multi-tiered system of support to students to address academic and non-academic student needs.

Implementing the MTSS Framework

• We set up a robust infrastructure encompassing leadership development, effective team collaborations, professional learning, and active engagement of families and the community.
• We employ screening practices, data-informed decision-making, a multi-level prevention system, and progress monitoring to ensure optimal student success and development.

Iterative School Improvement Strategy for Enhancing Community Support and Academic Rigor

• We Plan: What do we want our students to learn?
• We Do: How will we teach it? 
• We Check: How will we know when our students have learned?
• We Act: How will we respond when students learn? How will we respond when students don't learn? 

School Instructional Framework

• We guarantee a classroom framework that includes an engaging introduction with a defined learning target, an activating strategy, a mini-lesson, differentiated small group instruction, student collaboration, independent practice, and a summarizing activity.
• We implement personalized small group instruction, guided by daily formative assessments conducted during instructional time.

Seckinger High School will expand opportunities to engage in and have access to high quality, rigorous, and culturally relevant curriculum, advanced coursework and enrichment activities.

Three Schools of Study that include Twelve Pathways

• Establish four pathways within Advanced Sciences & Technology, Business & Leadership, and Art & Design

7 Period Bell Schedule and 8 Period Block Schedule

• Utilize a 7-period bell schedule to provide additional time for literacy and math intervention and enrichment during the school day
• Utilize an 8-period block schedule to provide a personalized learning period for Tier III support, exploration, Science, Engineering & Innovation Fair, pathway completion & capstone projects

Civic Engagement in Our Nation Course

• Guide 9th grade students to develop an understanding of civil dialogue and its key concepts and the frameworks of civic engagement in a democracy.

Schoolwide Cross-Curricular Project-Based Learning  - Living Wall

• Students at all instructional levels (special education, EL, general education, and gifted) will collaboratively participate
  Courses include Engineering, Environmental Science, Biology, and Chemistry.

Behavioral Support

• Utilize MTSS Framework to reduce disruptions to learning and address disproportionality in discipline.

Seckinger High School's effectiveness is fundamentally linked to student success. By aligning inputs, behaviors, and outcomes within the RBES, we can provide clearer, more relevant targets to aim for. This coherence will streamline our school improvement strategies more effectively, ensuring that our endeavors focus on nurturing student achievement.

Assessments

• Elevate performance metrics across all assessments by progressing from 'Beginning' to 'Developing,' and ultimately achieving 'Proficient' and 'Distinguished' levels.

Peer Observations & Feedback

• Provide opportunities for teachers to observe and discuss each others’ practices through learning walks, feedback & coaching labs, micro-teaching videos.

Collaborative Learning Teams

• Each course team meets regularly to develop lesson plans, embed AI readiness skills, examine student work and assessment and analyze data.

Cyclical School Improvement Plan for Academic Press - We Plan:

• What do we want our students to learn? We Do: How will we teach it? We Check: How will we know when our students have learned? We Act: How will we respond when students learn? How will we respond when students don't learn? 

School Instructional Framework

• Ensure a classroom framework that includes an engaging welcome with intended learning target, activating strategy, mini-lesson, differentiated small group instruction, student collaboration, independent practice, and summarization.
  • Utilize personalized small group instruction based on formative assessments during instruction.

Seckinger High School will prepare each and every student for post-secondary and workforce readiness so that they have multiple pathways to success based on their demonstrated knowledge, skills, abilities.

Seckinger High School will allow students to explore their interests, pursue their passions, and graduate future ready.

Access to Broad Range of Advanced Placement Course and Opportunities to Earn Industry-Recognized Credentials.

Career & Technical Education (CTE) Pathways

• Establish multiple pathways within Advanced Sciences & Technology School of Study.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Learning Framework and Continuum

• Embed AI learning and skill development throughout coursework with programming, data science, mathematical reasoning, creative problem solving, ethics, and applied experiences.
• Establish AI Pathway for Foundations of AI, Concepts of AI, & Applications of AI.

Collegiate Learning Environment

• Utilize flexible seating collaboration spaces, productivity labs, and makers labs.

College & Career Events

• Host College & Career Fair and College & Military lunch visits.
• Participate in GA Apply to College Day.
• Ensure 11th grade students participate in SAT Day and all 9th, 10th, & some 11th grade students participate in PSAT.

Seckinger High School is committed to empowering parents with the tools they need to bolster their children's academic success, social-emotional well-being, and readiness for college and careers. Through transparent and impactful communication, we aim to foster robust partnerships with families, keeping them informed about present happenings and upcoming events.

Parent Liaison to facilitate supportive community and academic press.

Parent Center to coordinate parent workshops to equip parents with tools needed for their children’s success.

Accommodate parents with written & verbal communication in multiple languages.

Develop a social media presence using various platforms.

Communicate with parents via ParentSquare, SKG website, and Jaguar Bytes about school information and updates.