The middle school has grade level leaders who facilitate grade level meetings and serve on the school’s leadership team. Each discipline also has a contact person who meets regularly with contacts from other county schools and the county department head.
6c
Is the hiring of staff involved in the MYP school-based?
Yes
X
No
If “no”, please state who is responsible for hiring staff.
6d
What is the average percentage of new teachers in the school in any given year?
12%
6e
Principal nationalities/ethnicities of the MYP staff: (Optional)
Nationalities/ethnicities
Approximate numbers
(add rows as necessary)
SCHOOL FACILITIES
7a
List the teaching facilities provided for all MYP subjects. Please provide a summary.
Music (chorus, band & orchestra) classrooms and storage areas and visual arts classrooms; computer technology labs
Physical education
Gymnasium; athletic field space; classroom, computer technology labs, climbing wall
Technology
Computer labs; high speed internet access; media production lab; Career technology lab; all teachers have laptops
7b
Does the school have a full-time librarian?
Yes
X
No
7c
Give the approximate number of different book titles and electronic media in the school library/resource centre for students, by language. Please specify the languages and add columns if necessary.
These totals do not include 22 kits or games. We have 5 in Japanese, 9 in Spanish
(8 also contain an audio cassette) and 8 in French (all contain audio cassettes).
7d
Do the students have access to the Internet in the library/resource centre?
Yes
X
No
7e
Please indicate the library staff’s involvement in planning the teaching of the MYP.
Media center staff are included in the collaborative team meetings as required.
7f
Please indicate the nature of information and communication technology
(ICT) resources available to teachers and students in other parts of the school.
The middle school has 2 computer labs and 6 mobile carts (total 132 PC/laptop computers). All teaching and administrative staff have laptop computers. In addition they have 28 LCD projectors, 9 digital cameras, 8 VHS video cameras, and 6 digital video cameras. Rosetta Stone, Geometer’s Sketchpad and Read 180 software are also available in the middle school building.
7g
What procedure is in place to review and renew library resources?
The county has provided software that allows media professionals to analyze their collections. Both schools have media committees that provide direction and feedback to the media professionals. Teachers may make requests to media specialist. They receive a small budget each year and use it to add to their collections. We also have a central inventory that media specialists can use to borrow material from our central media center for a specified length of time.
