Brentwood
Middle School
Policies
Academic Honesty
“IB learners strive to be principled: They act with integrity and honesty, with a strong sense of fairness, justice and respect for the dignity of the individual, groups and communities. They take responsibility for their own actions and the consequences that accompany them.”
We believe that academic honesty is fundamental to accurately communicating and facilitating a student’s acquisition of knowledge, understanding of concepts, and mastery of skills to the students themselves, parents, and teachers of our school community. We expect students to reflect on their honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility as they carry out the requirements of their coursework.
In education, we are continually studying the ideas of others. It is important, in our speaking and writing, that we acknowledge these ideas and give credit where it is due.
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Assessment
At Brentwood Middle School and Greeley West High School, we believe that assessment belongs to the student to evaluate their personal knowledge and growth as well as the teachers to monitor progress. The International Baccalaureate Program Middle Years Program prepares students at Brentwood Middle School to continue rigorous coursework at Greeley West High School in the Middle Years Program. This continuum culminates with an IB Diploma Program that provides students who choose to take either individual Diploma courses or who are attempting the full IB Diploma rigorous and challenging coursework that may earn college credit.
The Assessment Policy is to provide clear and consistent assessment practices for all stakeholders: parents, teachers, students, administration, and community members across all subjects and grade levels. This policy will serve as a guide to develop and refine assessment that reflect the purpose, process, and implementation of assessment practices. We will use continuous assessment from both the IB program and teacher formative feedback to know our students, to build their prior knowledge, and to help them become open-minded to experiences through learning. Students will have the opportunity to reflect on their learning, and to give input in establishing goals to become lifelong learners who have global awareness.
Staff will gather and analyze data from diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments for subject area standards and IB requirements via IB rubrics so that our stakeholders can evaluate student progress toward reaching each student’s goals and build students who are inquirers. The assessments used cultivate the personal and academic growth of students as well as teachers.
Language
Dos Rios Elementary Primary Years Program, Brentwood Middle School Middle Years Program, and Greeley West High School Middle Years Program and Diploma Program form the Greeley-Evans D-6 IB Continuum. We believe that language is the key to learning and literacy and language leads to success in all content classes. Language gives us the ability to communicate ideas, learn, and think. It allows us to interact with a variety of people. We believe it is the most important link to the world around us. We value language as key to developing critical thinking; therefore, all teachers in our IB Continuum are Language teachers who teach the skills of communication and literacy across the content classes.
In District 6, we value language development and understand that in order to be internationally minded, students must communicate in more than one language. All IB students enroll in either French or Spanish classes for a minimum of four years, or they are students who are in an ESL/CLD class to acquire their target language: English. The acquisition of language is an active process taught through authentic experiences integrating the skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It is our goal to develop the language skills of each student to the highest level, enabling them to communicate successfully in local and global communities and build intercultural understanding.
Inclusion
Dos Rios Elementary Primary Years Program, Brentwood Middle School Middle Years Program, and Greeley West High School Middle Years Program and Diploma Program form the Greeley-Evans D-6 IB Continuum and will follow District 6’s Equal Educational Opportunities Policy (Appendix A) as well as the International Baccalaureate Program’s inclusivity expectations for all students to have access to all four programs offered within the continuum and support the IB Mission statement.
Philosophy: Greeley-Evans IB Continuum believes that all students should be provided the support necessary to reach their full potential regardless of individual abilities and needs. Our schools will support a learning community that allows EVERY student, including English language learners, Special Education, and Gifted and Talented students, to be successful in the school and community settings that promote lifelong learning in a way that:
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Acts as a support service for general education programs
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Provides individualized educational experiences to support the unique needs of all students:
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IDEA: Individuals with Disabilities
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Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
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ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act
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Assistive Technology
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MTSS: Multi-Tiered System of Supports
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Gifted and talented students
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Promotes collaboration between home, school, and community
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Provides specially trained staff
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Provides a variety of individualized instructional methodologies and instructional settings for students
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Supports and values cultural diversity
This policy is to be used in conjunction with district, state, federal and IB guidelines.