Beaufort County Schools

Chocowinity Primary School

606 Gray Road

Chocowinity, NC 27817

Principal: Alicia Vosburgh

Assistant Principal: Spencer Pake

Co-Presenters: Lauren Buck, Lisa Silva, & Summer Dail

Collaborative Conference for Student Achievement, Greensboro, 2015

Our MISSION at Chocowinity Primary School is to provides a safe environment where the diverse needs of all students are met in preparation to become well-rounded effective 21st century citizens.

Our VISION for Chocowinity Primary School is to be a top performing school preferred by parents, students, and educators in Beaufort County.

“Pleasurable Learning Leads to

Pleasurable Recall.”

Think of your memories…

…MAKE LEARNING FUN.…MAKE THEM FEEL SAFE.

…MAKE THEM FEEL LOVED.…LET THEM KNOW YOU CARE.

Joy Cowley, 2015

Approximately 560 Students Pre-K through 4th Grade Rural Area Staff of 95 Average Class Size of 20 K-1 Full Time Assistants Title 1 School-Wide Free/Reduced Lunch Rate of 75%

VIDEO Why our students LOVE CPS!

2014-2015

55 % Caucasian

22% African American

15% Hispanic

6% Multi-Racial

1% American Indian

1% Asian

40 Certified Classroom Teachers

37% Advanced Degrees

35% National Board Certified

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3% Did Not MeetExpected Growth

On a sticky note, write 1 positive word to describe your administrator(s) at your school.

Alicia Vosburgh, Principal (13 years) Spencer Pake, Assistant Principal (6 Years)

VIDEO Kelly McLees, Jana Hall, Tameka Smith (CPS Teachers)

Weekly Grade Level Planning

Professional Learning Communities

Vertical Planning

Data Meetings

Literacy Coaching

Model Lessons

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Katherine Davis, 3rd Grade Teacher

Color Cards for each Teacher per Grade Level

Use Student Initials (full name on the back)

Text Reading Comprehension (TRC) Kindergarten: PC-D 1st Grade: D-K 2nd Grade: K-M 3rd Grade: M-P

DIBELS Critical Skills Kindergarten: Nonsense Word Fluency 1st Grade: Nonsense Word Fluency 2nd Grade: DIBELS Oral Reading

Fluency 3rd Grade: DIBELS Oral Reading

Fluency

Use formative assessments to identify needs initially EOY from previous year

BOY/BOG from current year

Get teacher requests—they NEED to know their kids! Classroom rankings

Attend grade level meetings to discuss

Review classroom progress Work samples

Anecdotal notes

Teacher-made tests

Observe students in the classroom if necessary

Give additional assessments if necessary/required

Check Data Wall—TO BE SURE NO ONE IS MISSED!

After targeting assistance, what do you do for your students to promote achievement?

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Reading Recovery® One-on-One 12-20 week program (1st grade)

Supplemental Small Group Instruction Guided Reading/Writing Literacy Groups (K-1st Grade)

English Language Arts Transition Class 90 minute block for 5-8 students (3rd-4th grades)

Exceptional Children’s Program Identified through SST, all grade levels

Hill Rap (2nd-4th grades) Systematic Multi-Sensory Remediation

Tutors (3rd-4th grades) Teacher Assistants (K-1st grade) Encore Tutors (2nd grade)

18% of students exited from Exceptional Children Program

75% of students successfully discontinued Reading Recovery®

71% of Literacy Group were proficient in reading (TRC)

77% of HillRap students were proficient in decoding/fluency skills (DORF).

VIDEO What do our students learn in our intervention

programs? Why do they LOVE it?

BALANCED LITERACY Reading Mastery (K-1st) Dictation (K-2nd)

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Guided Reading/Writing Model (K-2nd/3rd) Literature Circles (3rd-4th) “Daily 5” Literacy Stations (K-2nd)

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Reading Eggs (K-4th) Study Island (2nd-4th) Accelerated Math (2nd-4th) Accelerated Reader (K-4th)

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2013-2014 (EOY) TRC Proficiency

2013-2014 (EOY)DIBELS Composite

2014-2015 (MOY) TRC Proficiency

2014-2015 (MOY) DIBELS Composite

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3rd Grade Reading 3rd Grade Math 4th Grade Reading 4th Grade Math

State Average CPS Average

3 Year Focus: Developing strategic readers

Increasing comprehension skills

Enhancing written response to text

Use the EXPERTS in your building

Send staff to professional development opportunities in all subject areas

Provide “turn around” training for staff at your school

Provide CORE workshops for families

Invite experts in your area to conduct workshops

Open House Connecting Parents and

Students (Curriculum Night)

Parent-Teacher Conferences

Parent Workshops (literacy and math)

Summer Book Club Summer Library Hours Career Day Classroom Read-Ins

(Grandparent’s Day, Read Across America Day)

Awards Ceremonies (MOY/EOY)

Pizza Bingo Book Fair Family Nights Reading Festival (EOY) Community Helper Visits Father/Daughter Dance Mother/Son Date Night Poetry Night Author Visits Classroom Celebrations Websites

INCREASE THE HOME-SCHOOL CONNECTION!

CPS is better than any private school or home school. You always feel welcome and the teachers, staff, and principals are very approachable.

I am very pleased with the performance from the teachers, staff, and principals. Everyone is very helpful when it comes to my child. CPS does a very good job keeping me updated on the different activities that’s happening at the school.

This is the best school my child has attended. The reasons are this school pushes her in ways that she can succeed and make it in life. I thank the teachers and staff for never giving up on my little angel.

I am proud to say my son attends CPS because of the score rate. CPS proceeds their reputation when it comes to getting their students prepared for the next level or grade!

Father Daughter Dance 2015

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Parent-Teacher Organization Edenton-Chowan (UNC-W) The Hill Center Eagles Wings Cypress Landing Women’s Club Purpose of God East Carolina University Community/Parent Volunteers Bright Futures

VIDEO Leslea Jones, School Counselor

Things change…

GET USED TO IT!

Change can be uncomfortable…

GET OVER IT!

Implementing effective initiatives and classroom strategies can change your school…

EMBRACE IT!

If change is distasteful to you…

EX-IT!

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