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School Improvement Advisory Committee Lewis Central Community School District
March 21, 2013
Agenda
O Welcome
O Organization/Purpose of this group
O I choose “C”
O Selected Student Achievement Efforts
O Graduation Rate Information
O Titan Hill SINA Restructuring
O Recap Work Done to Date
O SIAC Recommendations and Plans
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What’s a “SIAC” anyway???
O Who are we?
O Representative of parents, students, teachers, administrators and community members
O Appointed by the Board of Directors
O Required by the Code of Iowa to support community involvement in school improvement
O What do we do?
O Analyze data about student achievement, school climate and district demographics data
O Become familiar with local, state and federal accountability requirements
O Make recommendations to the Board of Directors
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What’s a “SIAC” anyway???
O Recommendations go to the Board and Administration
O Annual improvement goals and areas for improvement
O How do we get to “recommendations?”
O Four meetings this year
O Feb 21, March 21, April 18 and May 23
O Reports on student achievement, school climate, district demographics, etc.
O Answer: How are we doing?
O Minutes written and submitted to the Board of Directors
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Find someone in the room
who…
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What are your thoughts,
questions and/or
concerns after watching
the video?
Do you feel that our LC
schools are preparing
students well for their
futures? Why or why not?
(Take notes on chart
paper)
Find at least three others
that are “like” you…
Three Student Achievement Goals
1. More than one year of growth for all students…
2. Close the gap for IEP students…
3. Increase graduation rate…
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Increase graduation rate
O Increase the 4-year cohort graduation rate to 89.0% for the class of 2012.
O LC Official Graduation Rates:
O Cohort ending 2008-2009 4-year cohort graduation rate: 89.18% (Statewide = 87.3%)
O Cohort ending 2009-2010 4-year cohort graduation rate: 86.08% (Statewide = 88.8%)
O Cohort ending 2010-2011 4-year cohort graduation rate: 83.65% (Statewide = 88.32%)
O Cohort ending 2011-2012 4-year cohort graduation rate: 89.86% (Statewide = 89.26%)
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Graduation and Dropout Rates 2011
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HS BIP Goal - Graduation
O 2011 174/208 83.65%
O 2012 196/219 89.86
O 2013 219/241 *91%
O 2014 204/219 *93%
O 2015 229/239 *96%
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HS BIP – Dropout
O 2011 43/904 4.8%
O 2012 23/920 2.53%
O 2013 23/950 *2.4%
O 2014 18/950 *1.9%
O 2015 13/950 *1.4%
O 2011 7/1 – 3/19/11 37 students
O 2012 7/1 – 3/19/12 27students
O 2013 7/1 – 3/19/13 8 students
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Supports
O 2011-2012
O Addition of Alternative Education Teacher
O Addition of Alternative Education
Paraeducator
O 2012-2013
O Data and goals with staff
O Alternative Education Team
O Admin, counselors, at-risk coordinator, alt. ed.
teacher
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Supports
O 2012-2013 (continued)
O Draft of Pyramid of Supports
O Core
O Supplemental
O Intensive
O Attendance, Academics, and Behavior
O Dropout process
O High Stakes List
O Below target number of credits, off-track with required credits, returning dropouts
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Supports
O 2012-2013 (continued)
O Support of Staff
O Target a student, updates
O Support of District
O Requests for help from others in district to
convince the student to remain in school
O TeamMates Mentoring Program
O Summer school speech
O 9th grade Connections to Graduation
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Supports
O 2013-2014 – “discussion‟
O Add a second alt. ed. Teacher
O Credit recovery, returning dropouts, etc.
O School-based interventionist
O Focus on attendance
O Post-graduation plans
O 95% of students having goals for post-graduation plans to support their career goals, such as 4-year college, 2-year college, vocation prep, military, etc.
O I Have A Plan - Iowa
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Questions?
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SINA update for Titan Hill
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What’s our status?
O Currently listed as year 4 SINA
O Our data has stayed basically the same over
the last several years in both reading and
math (65%-75% prof. in reading/math)
O Our subgroups (low SES and sped.) have
continued to perform lower than acceptable
according to the NCLB requirements
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What’s next?
O Best hope would be great gains this year in
both areas and all subgroups on the Iowa
Assessments (delayed status)
O More importantly, we must have more
students being successful both in AND out
of school
O Iowa will NOT be given a waiver to be
relieved of the NCLB sanctions. Therefore,
we must move into “restructuring phase.”
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Alternate Governance Choices
1. Reopen the school as a public charter school (not an option for next year)
2. Replace all or most of the staff (collective bargaining/contract issues)
3. Contract with a private management company to operate the school (like Edison)
4. Turn the operation of the school over to the state (not an option in Iowa)
5. Implement any “other major restructuring of the school‟s governance arrangement” consistent with the requirements
A. Fundamental reform
B. Has substantial promise to improve achievement
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“Other Restructuring” Possibilities…
O Advisory body takes on part or all of school governance
O Turnaround specialist
O Administrators from higher performing districts
O AEA provides superintendency services
O District management of the school
O Focus or theme school
O Smaller autonomous learning communities
O Dissolve the school
O Pair with higher performing schools
O Expand or narrow the grades served
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Immediate future…
O Create an advisory committee
O Create a plan to share
O Continue to focus on core instruction
O Continue to work on interventions for students currently struggling in either area
O Ultimately this plan will need to be approved by the school board and the DE
O Timeline - two meetings schedule in April (9th, 16th), July 1 deadline for submission to the DE
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Questions?
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Five SIAC Recommendations What are they and how are we doing?
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Recommendations from Last Year
O Continue to focus efforts of school improvement on accelerating
growth for all students and on closing the gap for students with
IEPs.
O Develop and communicate plans to address student transitions
both within the system and post-graduation.
O Develop ways to more effectively meet the specialized needs of
students.
O Expand the role that technology plays in all classrooms.
O Enhance communication to increase parental involvement and
engagement.
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Round one…
O Prepare to share the key
ideas/actions that are described in
the bullets and whether we are
making progress
O Pose one or two questions for
clarification
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Ten Groups…
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Goal 1
1‟s (Stopak)
2‟s
Goal 2
3‟s (Beyenhof)
4‟s
Goal 3
5‟s (Dermody)
6‟s
Goal 4
7‟s (Jones)
8‟s
Goal 5
9‟s (Thies)
10‟s
Recommendation 1 - Continue to focus efforts of school improvement on
accelerating growth for all students and on closing the gap for students with IEPs
Strategically create a climate of urgency for
all stakeholders in the district.
Teach for understanding through inquiry,
concept development, problem solving, etc.
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1. Accelerate growth and close the gap
O Monitor and communicate quality of
implementation (teacher actions) much
more frequently
O [walk-through data, artifacts, work samples]
O Monitor and communicate achievement
much more frequently
O [RTI/Data Walls, progress monitoring
instrumentation, benchmarking assessments,
common assessments, multiple data sources]
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1. Accelerate growth and close the gap
O Ensure access to core instruction for all kids
O [Specific feedback to teachers about core
instruction and interventions]
O Fully implement the Iowa Core – raise
expectations for all
O [CM/IP and PS data, IA Assessment data, NWEA
data, etc.]
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1. Accelerate growth and close the gap
O Focus on the highest „leveraging‟
instructional strategies
O [walk-through data, unit plans]
O Monitor and communicate implementation
of quality practices specific to special
education
O [walk-through data, artifacts, work samples]
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Recommendation 2 - Develop and communicate plans to address student transitions both within the system and
post-graduation.
Focus more on post-secondary planning,
transitions between buildings, consistency in
instruction between levels, etc.
Stress importance of attendance through
action and policy.
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2. Student transitions
O Focus more on educational planning with
students
O [„I Have a Plan‟ implementation]
O Consistent instructional approach between
levels
O [walk-though data, Content Teams, CM/IP]
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2. Student transitions
O Stress importance of attendance through
action and policy
O [Aggregate Daily Attendance, mediation contracts,
attendance logs, policies]
O Transition Special Events –
O [career fairs, school visits, college fairs, 5-Star,
etc.]
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2. Student transitions
O Reorganize Guidance K-12 PLC time to
provide for collaboration and focus
O [agendas, minutes, vertical communication]
O Seek and use data to make better decisions
when serving students (both individuals and
programs)
O [college success data, grade reports in PS,
attendance data, graduate survey, ACT, PLAN,
referral data]
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2. Student transitions
O Build systems to support targeted students
through transitions between buildings
O [behavior data, attendance data, achievement
data, affective data]
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Recommendation 3 - Develop ways to more effectively meet the specialized
needs of students.
Alternative programming
Increase resources
Expand interventions
Raise expectations
Provide additional targeted supports
Summer school, etc.
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3. Specialized needs of students
O Alternative programming
O [more graduates, fewer dropouts, more
engagement, fewer out of district placements]
O Mentoring programs
O [student survey, attendance, referrals, etc.]
O Expand learning opportunities beyond the
school day
O [summer school, outreach opportunities, after
school opportunities]
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3. Specialized needs of students
O „Leadership‟ training (target kids who need
support in transition with specific
interventions)
O [behavior data, attendance data, achievement
data, affective data]
O Use data to identify interventions that target
specific need for individual students more
directly at all levels
O [accelerated achievement]
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3. Specialized needs of students
O Address increasing mental health needs of
students
O [fewer out of district, more engagement, fewer
referrals, increased grad rate]
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Recommendation 4 - Expand the role that technology plays in all classrooms.
Professional development on use and
integration for teachers
Update tools for students and teachers
Increase access, laptop initiatives
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4. Technology
O Implement curriculum that requires
students to use technologies to acquire and
demonstrate the Iowa Core Curriculum 21st
Century Standards.
O [defined tech curriculum requirements for each
grade level]
O Ensure the district‟s technology assets are
kept current through managing equipment
obsolescence and replacement.
O [fewer devices that are more than 3 year old,
fewer helpdesk tickets due to hardware issues] 45
4. Technology
O Enable educators to achieve and
demonstrate proficiency in integrating
instructional technology standards into their
practice to increase student achievement.
O [job-embedded PD for tech integration and use,
tech assessments for staff and student skills]
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4. Technology
O Provide students with access to current and
emerging technology resources to extend
and enhance their learning beyond the
traditional classroom setting and schedule.
O [laptop and/or 1:1 initiatives, web 2.0 resources
for students and staff, online resources to support
learning outside the classroom]
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Recommendation 5 - Enhance communication to increase parental
involvement and engagement.
Evaluate the structure of conferences,
effectively communicate in multiple ways
more often, etc.
Engage parents in the attendance issues of
their children
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5. Parental involvement and engagement
O Evaluate the structure of conferences,
effectively communicate in multiple ways
more often, etc.
O [survey parents/teachers/students regarding
conferences, rates of attendance at conferences,
goal setting artifacts]
O Engage parents in the attendance issues of
their children
O [Aggregate Daily Attendance, mediation contracts,
attendance logs] 49
5. Parental involvement and engagement
O Use the messaging system more frequently
in targeted ways
O [list of uses, number of uses, attendance at
events, etc.]
O Increase the use of social media
O [Facebook, Twitter, Website, YouTube channel,
etc.]
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Five Groups…
In goal area groups with your facilitator:
O Discuss the key ideas/actions in
your goal area
O Answer any clarification questions
O Prepare a summary for
presentation to the large group
(use the chart paper)
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Goal Areas
1. Continue to focus efforts of school improvement on
accelerating growth for all students and on closing the gap for
students with IEPs.
2. Develop and communicate plans to address student
transitions both within the system and post-graduation.
3. Develop ways to more effectively meet the specialized needs of
students.
4. Expand the role that technology plays in all classrooms.
5. Enhance communication to increase parental involvement and
engagement.
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What next? O April 18
O Iowa Core Curriculum
O Bullying and Harassment
O Look to you for your concerns, areas for improvement, and
requests for additional information
O May 23
O IA Assessment results for this year
O Other information requested
O Formulate areas for improvement to recommend to the
Board
O June 3
O Present recommendations to the Board 54
