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Alexandria City Public Schools Excellence in Action

A Report on the Academic Progress at Jefferson-Houston PK-8 School

Dr. Alvin L. Crawley, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Christopher Phillips, Principal of Jefferson-Houston

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Essential Questions

1. What are the characteristics of a high performing organization—and how is Jefferson-Houston becoming such an organization?

2. What does the current student achievement data tell us?

3. What are the Jefferson-Houston student achievement goals? What are the targets for this year?

4. How are we using STAT and other processes to monitor and analyze our progress?


Vision: Alexandria City Public Schools will be an excellent and high-performing school division characterized by:

• Clear Focus: Everyone knows what we are doing, how to do it and why

• Expectations for All Students: Belief that every student can learn

• Strong Instructional Program: Rising achievement of all students

• Effective School Leadership: Nurture an instructional program and school culture

• Collaboration and Communication: Strong teamwork among teachers, staff and parents

• Alignment with State: Staff understands the role of state assessments

• Frequent Monitoring: Different assessments identifying students who need help and assigning intervention

• Ongoing System of Staff Training: Training staff in areas of most need

• Supportive Learning Environment: The school has a safe, clean and intellectually stimulating learning environment

• High Levels of Family and Community Involvement: A sense that all have a responsibility to educate students


Jefferson-Houston Vision

Jefferson-Houston is working toward accreditation to become a high performing school both academically and socially within a global society through rigorous curriculum and instruction, retaining highly qualified staff and establishing a challenging learning environment.


Governance Team


Roles and Expectations ACPS - Central Office, Curriculum and Instruction, Professional Development, ELL and SPED

– Facilitate Governance meeting

– Provide ACPS resources, guidance, student services

– Provide coaching to teachers

– Lesson plan alignment

– Co-Teaching training

– Data analysis

– Guided math

– Balance literacy PD

– Formative assessment training


Roles and Expectations American Institute for Research (AIR)- Math,

Reading, ELL and SPED – Coaching of all grade 3-8 teachers

• on effective integration of standards

• student dialogue

• lesson planning

• assessments

• data analysis

– Attend Governance and School Leadership Team meetings

– Conduct needs assessment

– Meet with ACPS Specialist and J-H Specialist to align work


Roles and Expectations

Office of School Improvement Approved Personnel (OP)

– Inter-rater reliability observations

– Attend Governance and School Leadership Team meetings

– Monitoring Lead Turn around Partner (AIR)

– Technical Assistance Meeting (AARPE)

– Create monthly reports

– Monitor and provide feedback on indicators in Indistar

– Provide feedback on all US Ed reports

– School Visits


Overview • Demographics

• Enrollment

• Attendance

• Discipline

• Corrective Action Plan

• Student Achievement Data

• Targets

• MTSS


Facts School Personnel

1 Lead Principal

1 Academic Principal

1 Assistant Principal

29 Classroom Teachers

8 Special Education Teachers

11 Encore Teachers

10 Paraprofessionals


Enrollment Numbers


Attendance Data

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Regular Attendance 100% 97% 99%

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VDOE Corrective Action Plan for JH

- Align Lesson Plans

- Utilize CLASS Observation Tool

- Create Common Grade level Assessments

- Use Formative Assessments for Tier Growth

- Differentiated Professional Development

- Improve School Climate


Student Achievement Goals: What Are Our Targets for This Year?

By June 2016, Jefferson-Houston will have an increase in the pass rate of at least 10% on the Math

SOL to 74% or more students scoring proficient on the SOL.

By June 2016, Jefferson-Houston will have an increase in the pass rate of at least 9% on the English


By June 2016, Jefferson-Houston will have an increase in the pass rate of at least 5% on the Science


By June 2016, Jefferson-Houston will have an increase in the pass rate of at least 6% on the History


Goals


Accreditation Data


Current Achievement Data

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Social StudiesGrades 4 & 8

Fall 2015

Spring 2016

Growth


Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS)


MTSS • Classroom Assessments (Math Expressions)

• Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI)

• Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening (PALS)

• School Stat Process (UPD)

• Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS )

• Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA)

• Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI)

• Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA)

• Fast ForWord® Program


Jefferson-Houston STAT Process • On-going training and data review meetings with administration, school staff, central

office staff, and UPD staff

• Review key levers and progress towards achieving goals

• Goal: Increase Proficiency Rates on Grade K-2 PALS and Grade 3-8 reading SOL • Focus on 3-8 grade math - Goal: Increase Proficiency Rates for Grades 3-8 on Math SOL • Review the metrics by which we are measuring growth


IB Primary Years/Middle Years IB Progress

PYP International Baccalaureate program:

• Teachers attended training for IB

• Teachers will implement turnaround IB training to staff

• Teachers will revise and create additional IB planners

MYP International Baccalaureate program:

• 6th-8th grade students are working on an IB project

• 5th-8th grade and encore teachers are receiving IB training with the Jefferson-Houston IB Coordinator

• Middle school teachers have been selected for IB training for the summer of 2016


School Progress • Refining implementation of balanced literacy and guided math

• Requiring all students to justify their work on all assessments

• Ongoing skill-based remediation and providing enrichment opportunities

• Continuing professional development to support teaching and learning

• Increasing efforts to link learning to real world examples

• Utilizing results from School Parent Survey to improve school climate

• Hosting on-going open houses/information sessions for parents and potential students

• Holding family engagement events

• Visiting all ACPS elementary schools and zoned pre-schools


Next Steps • Continue to monitor alignment of

instruction, assessment and standards

• Retain highly qualified staff

• Integrate IB and VDOE curriculum for MYP

• Monitor Corrective Action Report to the VDOE

• Celebrate student and staff success

• Intensify community support

www.acps.k12.va.us Every Student Succeeds Superintendent School Board

Karen A. Graf, Chair Cindy Anderson Ronnie Campbell William E. Campbell Hal E. Cardwell

Ramee A. Gentry Margaret Lorber Veronica Nolan Christopher J. Lewis, Vice Chair

Dr. Alvin L. Crawley

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Questions?

Dr. Chris Phillips

[email protected]

Jefferson-Houston Pk-8 School

1501 Cameron Street

Alexandria, VA 22314

(703) 706-4400

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