Select xlit. I am your chair, supervisor jane kim. I am joibed by supervisors john afrl afl and john farrell and this is their last meeting with our committee this year. Its really been great to have two parents sit on the city select committee. Parents are very interested in Public School issues but also issues surrounding youth and their families, whether its our expanded green shared Schoolyard Program to making sure that we are servicing our youth that are undocumented within our School District. They have been reassigned to other committees and we will be joined by supervisor david campos and David Yee Sandra mendozamcdonnell and joel fewer will be staying on with us. I want to recognize sf gov tv for filming our event today and making it available to the public online and want to recognize jim low and jen smith. Can we please call the first item. File no. 150040 update on Willie Brown Junior Middle School development. Sponsored by you, supervisor. This is an item we heard last ye
Protect and expand the rights of humanity in the 21st century. Three principles that guide us in this work are engage, explore, excel. Under engagement we want instruction to be captivating so our students and are focused during the learning process. To do that we are using Digital Tools and Digital Content to increase student engagement. We have a distributive leadership theory. Under that theory, i am not the sole owner of the power in the school, it is distributed amongst my administrative staff and my teacher leaders as well as my teachers and ultimately our students and families so decisions are made collectively for our school at multiple levels where stake holders are invested. We have built into the schedule collaboration for teacher teams, emphasizing strong relationships between teachers, between students and students, we will have smaller class sizes, wrap around support services and exciting extended learning opportunities meaning after School Programming and Summer School
Is their last meeting with our committee this year. Its really been great to have two parents sit on the city select committee. Parents are very interested in Public School issues but also issues surrounding youth and their families, whether its our expanded green shared Schoolyard Program to making sure that we are servicing our youth that are undocumented within our School District. They have been reassigned to other committees and we will be joined by supervisor david campos and David Yee Sandra mendozamcdonnell and joel fewer will be staying on with us. I want to recognize sf gov tv for filming our event today and making it available to the public online and want to recognize jim low and jen smith. Can we please call the first item. File no. 150040 update on Willie Brown Junior Middle School development. Sponsored by you, supervisor. This is an item we heard last year when the school was under construction and we do have an update from sfusd on the opening, which is set for the fal
Of core content instruction. You see that that is a 75minute course and in that the letter i and the letter a stand for intervention. We want teachers to provide intervention and then provide shaded support for our students. That will happen again at 1 00 and 2. 30. The school day will end at 3. 55 and at 4 00 our afterschool programs will begin. Afterschool programs will be housed for students to continue their accelerated learning, their intervention learning, their academic clubs and their sports clubs. Mr. Hobson, before you move on this is an unusual schedule in any middle school in terms of the length of the periods and also the length of the school day. Is that correct . How did. I know the School Board Members have probably heard this, but what was the thought praus is he behind it how did we determine this was the appropriate length of time for learning, what did we learn from the current way our periods are set up . It looks like there is, i mean its not a 7th period but you
Emotional supports. Ultimately our children will walk out with the Healthy Habits of mind and lifestyle so they can be healthy in high school and career. Guiding us in that is the graduate profile from the vision 2025 document i mentioned earlier, as well as the 10 shifts that our School District is making over time. This is the Mission Statement and i want to read it aloud for the record. Willie brown middle Schools Mission is to provide an education that uses the engineering practices as a guide for students to develop the foundational skills and beliefs needed to successfully major in science, stem, engineering and math degrees. We want our students to secure stem professional careers. Students who use technology as a tool to explore their identities expand their possibilities and be of service to others. Ultimately our students will become advocates of social justice, lerbing to protect and expand the rights of humanity in the 21st century. Three principles that guide us in this wo