Creating High Performance Schools

David L. Linzey, Executive DirectorClayton Valley Charter High

High Performance ConsultingHigh Performance Consulting

Values • Each student matters and deserves a world class

education• Parents as partners is a key to world class schools• Rigorous instruction is essential to preparing students

for a competitive global work force• Relevant application of content is key to learning• Nurturing relationships between teachers and students

is a fundamental right of students• Working at schools is the greatest job and most noble

profession in the world! We are touching and creating the future!– Collaboration, Communication & TEAMWORK (“together

everyone achieves more”)

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Vision For CVCHS• Each student is prepared with college-

readiness and 21st century skills!• Teachers , staff and administrators give

100% effort • Schools are the highest performing in their

similar schools band• Utilize cutting edge – research based

instructional strategies to insure the best learning is taking place for every student

• Rigorous/Relevant Application/Nurturing Relationships= Results

• First class citizens with a world class education with elite staff

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My Beliefs• All students can learn and achieve at very high

levels• My responsibility is to insure all students do learn

and achieve• Teachers who take responsibility for their students

learning see much higher results than those who blame

• All teachers can become effective when supported and when they have the commitment to work hard to learn how

• Schools that perform high are typically focused on the students needs

• CVCHS can become the highest performing in their 100 “similar schools band”

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RESULTS • How High of API Can We Go?• What % of our students can become proficient?

50%? 75%? 100%?• How many of our students can go to college?

Directly to a 4 year college?• What should high schools teach? What are the

true goals in educating students? What should our outcomes be?

• How would you measure success this coming year?

• What do we want CVCHS to be when we grow up? 5 years from now?

• “Without a vision the people perish” –• What is our vision?

Goals 2012-2013• English Department – Advanced and

Proficient %?• Social Studies ?• Science?• Math?• Goals for Foreign Language?• Goals for Athletics and PE?• Elective Goals?

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Vision and Goals• What words best describe you as a

professional educator? • Committed, hard working, prepared,

world class, team player, cutting edge, innovative, learning new strategies, on the grow, inspired, motivated, student centered, above and beyond?

• World class teachers make world class students = world class school

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Why Change Schools?• “Our students must become prepared for the

world they live in and for their future success not our past” - Future jobs

• Students will have 9+ different career changes and must have a college education for the middle class jobs-prepare to compete!

• Students live in a changing world- a global market place, scientific advancements, technological society.

• Global competition for high paying jobs of the future: Literacy, Problem-solving & Technology

Our Changing

World

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Source: Highlights From TIMSS

Nations' Average Science Performance Compared with the U.S.

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Grade 4 Grade 8 Grade 12

Nations scoring higher than the U.S.Nations scoring the same as the U.S.Nations scoring below the U.S.

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Source: Highlights From TIMSS

Nations' Average Mathematics Performance Compared with the U.S.

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50%

100%

Grade 4 Grade 8 Grade 12

Nations' scoring higher than the U.S.Nations scoring the same as the U.S.Nations scoring below the U.S.

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African American and Latino 17 Year Olds Do Math at Same

Level As White 13 Year Olds

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100%

200 250 300 350

White 8th GradersAfrican American 12th GradersLatino 12th Graders

Source: NAEP

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African American and Latino 17 Year Olds Read at Same Level as White 13 Year Olds

Source: Source: NAEP

0%

100%

150 200 250 300 350

White 8th Graders African American 12th GradersLatino 12th Graders

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Number of Participants Intel International Science Competition

• U.S. 50,000

• China 6 Million

SOURCE: Craig Barrett, CEO Intel

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Careers of the Future

• Math• Science• Technology• Literacy at Very High Levels for All

Careers (Blue Collar Jobs Require Highest Levels of Literacy - Technical Manuals)

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Employment 1970Employment 1970’’ss High SkillHigh Skill

Low SkillLow Skill

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Employment 1990Employment 1990’’s s High SkillHigh Skill

Low SkillLow Skill

Semi SkillSemi Skill

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Employment 2010Employment 2010High SkillHigh Skill

Low SkillLow Skill

Semi SkillSemi Skill

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1970’s 1990’s 2010

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Show Me The Money!!!• College Graduates

– Earn about $1,500,000 more than high school graduates during their career

– Have a much higher rate of employment

– Own their own homes at a higher rate

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Factors that Effect Student Learning

Students

Teachers

HomePeers

Schools

Principals

StudentsTeachersHomePeersSchoolsPrincipals

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CurriculumCurriculum• RigorRigor

• RelevanceRelevance

• RelationshipsRelationships

• ResultsResults

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Powerful Instructional Program-”No Silver Bullet”

• Instructional Guides • Benchmark Exams • Personal Learning Plans-students need a vision• Quality Criteria for Classroom Inst.Walkthrus• Powerful Tech-Based Intervention Programs• Comprehensive Professional Dev. Program -• Administrators in Classrooms-provide feedback• Data-Driven Decision Making• Celebration of Success! Build Upon Strengths!• Culture of Sharing Best Practices Among Teachers• Math & Reading Support Classes or Intervention• Powerful Student Mentoring Programs• Comprehensive Guidance Programs • Own the Instructional Day - Expand Time on Task-Inst

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Strategies for 2012-2013• Data Action Teams• Unpack Standards – “what do students

need to know or be able to do to demonstrate mastery/proficiency?”

• High Powered Intervention Programs– Achieve 3000– Destination Math– Saturday Achievement Academy– Afterschool Tutoring– “Accept what you expect”-Require Effort– Failure is not an option-”do-overs” 38

Keys to Accelerated Learning• Reading – Achieve 3000 (40

assignments raise reading a full lexile level – grade level)-let’s have them read 40 in Language Arts, 40 in Science, and 40 in History

• Cornell Notes in all subjects (AVID)• Time on task – Bell-to-Bell Instruction• Clear expectations – unpacked

standards with rubrics and Graphic Organizers for each lesson

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Initiatives for 2012-2013

• Reading in all disciplines – use of Achieve 3000

• CVCHS students become the best writers in California – writing school

• Professional Development on research based instructional strategies – The high school that offers the best instruction to students

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Parents as PartnersParents as Partners• Lack of sleep=lack of focus in class = 2 years below

grade level performance• Check homework assignments online – posted

assignments• Attendance everyday –increase attendance by 1%• Eat a good breakfast• Parent-teacher communication – post grades

immediately so they can check and be up-to-date on work completed

• When students miss school-make sure they get opportunity to make up missed work immediately – post work so they can complete homework while home sick

• Allow/require students to perform make up work/do overs

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Schools Can & WillSchools Can & WillMake aMake a

Powerful Powerful DifferenceDifference

Fundamental Belief

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Teachers Make a Difference• “The single greatest factor that impacts

learning is the quality of the teacher standing in front of the students every day”

• Teacher effectiveness must be our laser-like focus, theme, professional development, and our primary issue

• Cannot overcome two years of poor teaching…students at huge disadvantage

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Some Attribute the Achievement Gap To….

• Lack of good role models

• Language differences

• Lack of parental support

• Poor• No quiet place to

study

• Poor peer choices• Lazy• Were not

prepared by past teachers

• Lack of focus• Lack of sleep &

foodNo one is to blame.

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What do we believe?• About the potential of each individual

student?• About the skills and abilities of our

colleagues?• About the impacts of ethnicity, home

language, socio-economic status?• If we Believe all students can achieve

at high levels, why do we allow some to fail? -on the road to dropping out…ex. Saturday Academic Achievement Academy

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Promising Practices• Professional Learning Communities• No Excuses University -Teachers Take Responsibility• GLAD Training-Reading and writing focus in all subjects• Gear Up for College-College Preparedness for All• EL Master Plan-all out attack on literacy - feedback, close

the achievement gap - laser like focus• Writing As a Focus in Each Subject by Every Teacher• AVID Strategies: Academic Vocabulary & Tutoring• “Not all students learn the same way or on the same day”-

Doug Reeves; “But all students can learn and achieve at high levels given enough time and support”

• Reeves - “You accept what you expect” - High Expectations for student work is key

• TEAM - “Together Everyone Achieves More”• Powerful Intervention Programs

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We need to prepare students for their future, not our past.

-Anonymous

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Job Well Done - Gratitude