Improvement Plan - Colorado Department of Education
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Improvement Plan - Colorado Department of Education
N Colorado’s Unified Improvement Plan for Schools for 2014-15 Organization Code: 0910 District Name: EAGLE COUNTY RE 50 School Code: 5742 School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL Official 2014 SPF: 3 Year Section I: Summary Information about the School Directions: This section summarizes your school’s performance on the federal and state accountability measures in 2013-14. In the table below, CDE has pre-populated the school’s data in blue text. This data shows the school’s performance in meeting minimum federal and state accountability expectations. Most of the data are pulled from the official School Performance Framework (SPF). This summary should accompany your improvement plan. Student Performance Measures for State and Federal Accountability Performance Indicators Academic Achievement (Status) 2013-14 Federal and State Expectations Measures/ Metrics TCAP/CSAP, CoAlt/CSAPA, Lectura, Escritura Description: % Proficient and Advanced (%P+A) in reading, writing, math and science Expectation: %P+A is above the 50th percentile (from 2009-10 baseline) by using 1-year or 3-years of data Elem MS HS Elem MS HS R 72.05% 71.35% - 61.40% 75.33% - M 70.11% 51.63% - 57.55% 53.64% - W 54.84% 58.34% - 41.15% 64.93% - Median Adequate Growth Percentile (AGP) Median Growth Percentile Academic Growth Description: Growth in TCAP/CSAP for reading, writing and math and growth on ACCESS/CELApro for English language proficiency. Expectation: If school met adequate growth, MGP is at or above 45. If school did not meet adequate growth, MGP is at or above 55. For English language proficiency growth, there is no adequate growth for 2012-13. The expectation is an MGP at or above 50. 2013-14 School Results CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) Overall Rating for Academic Achievement: Meets * Consult your School Performance Framework for the ratings for each content area at each level. Median Growth Percentile (MGP) Elem MS HS Elem MS HS R 38 24 - 50 54 - M 53 62 - 34 41 - W 47 46 - 45 53 - ELP 26 56 - 51 45 - School Code: 5742 Meets Expectations? Overall Rating for Academic Growth: Approaching * Consult your School Performance Framework for the ratings for each content area at each level. School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 1 Student Performance Measures for State and Federal Accountability (cont.) Performance Indicators Median Growth Percentile Academic Growth Gaps 2013-14 Federal and State Expectations Measures/ Metrics Description: Growth for reading, writing and math by disaggregated groups. Expectation: If disaggregated groups met adequate growth, MGP is at or above 45. If disaggregated groups did not meet adequate growth, MGP is at or above 55. See your School Performance Framework for listing of median adequate growth expectations for your school’s disaggregated groups, including free/reduced lunch eligible, minority students, students with disabilities, English Language Learners (ELLs) and students below proficient. Graduation Rate Expectation: At 80% or above on the best of 4year, 5-year, 6-year or 7-year graduation rate. Disaggregated Graduation Rate Postsecondary & Workforce Readiness Expectation: At 80% or above on the disaggregated group’s best of 4-year, 5-year, 6-year or 7-year graduation rate. Dropout Rate Expectation: At or below state average overall. Mean Colorado ACT Composite Score Expectation: At or above state average (baseline of 2009-10). 2013-14 School Results See your School Performance Framework for listing of median growth by each disaggregated group. Best of 4-year through 7- year Grad Rate At 80% or above - using a - year grad rate Overall Rating for Growth Gaps: Approaching * Consult your School Performance Framework for the ratings for each student disaggregated group at each content area at each level. - At 80% or above for each disaggregated group See your School Performance Framework for listing of 4-year, 5-year, 6-year and 7year graduation rates for disaggregated groups, including free/reduced lunch eligible, minority students, students with disabilities, and ELLs. - - - - - - - School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) Meets Expectations? Overall Rating for Postsecondary & Workforce Readiness: - School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 2 Accountability Status and Requirements for Improvement Plan Summary of School Plan Timeline Program October 15, 2014 The school has the option to submit the updated plan through Tracker for public posting on SchoolView.org. January 15, 2015 The school has the option to submit the updated plan through Tracker for public posting on SchoolView.org. April 15, 2015 The UIP is due to CDE for public posting on April 15, 2015 through Tracker. Some program level reviews will occur at this same time. For required elements in the improvement plan, go to the Quality Criteria at: http://www.cde.state.co.us/uip/UIP_TrainingAndSupport_Resources.asp. Identification Process Identification for School Directions for Completing Improvement Plan State Accountability Plan type is assigned based on the school’s overall School Performance Framework score for the official year (achievement, growth, growth gaps, postsecondary and workforce readiness). Improvement The school is approaching or has not met state expectations for attainment on the SPF performance indicators and is required to adopt and implement an Improvement Plan. The plan must be submitted to CDE by April 15, 2015 to be posted on SchoolView.org. Title I Focus School Title I school with a (1) low graduation rate (regardless of plan type), and/or (2) Turnaround or Priority Improvement plan type with either (or both) a) low-achieving disaggregated student groups (i.e., minority, ELL, IEP and FRL) or b) low disaggregated graduation rate. This is a three-year designation. Not identified as a Title I Focus School This school is not identified as a Focus School and does not need to meet those additional requirements. Tiered Intervention Grant (TIG) Competitive grant (1003g) for schools identified as 5% of lowest performing Title I or Title I eligible schools, eligible to implement one of four reform models as defined by the USDE. Not awarded a TIG grant This school does not receive a TIG grant and does not need to meet those additional requirements. Diagnostic Review Grant Title I competitive grant that includes a diagnostic review and/or improvement planning support. Not awarded a current Diagnostic Review and Planning Grant This school has not received a current Diagnostic Review and Planning grant and does not need to meet those additional requirements. Plan Type Assignment ESEA and Grant Accountability School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 3 School Improvement Support (SIS) Grant Title I competitive grant that support implementation of major improvement strategies and action steps identified in the school’s action plan. Not a current SIS Grantee This school has not received a current SIS grant and does not need to meet those additional requirements. Colorado Graduation Pathways Program (CGP) The program supports the development of sustainable, replicable models for dropout prevention and recovery that improve interim indicators (attendance, behavior and course completion), reduce the dropout rate and increase the graduation rate for all students participating in the program. Not a CGP Funded School This school does not receive funding from the CGP Program and does not need to meet these additional program requirements. School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 4 Section II: Improvement Plan Information Additional Information about the School Comprehensive Review and Selected Grant History Related Grant Awards Has the school received a grant that supports the school’s improvement efforts? When was the grant awarded? N/A School Support Team or Expedited Review Has (or will) the school participated in an SST or Expedited Review? If so, when? N/A External Evaluator Has the school partnered with an external evaluator to provide comprehensive evaluation? Indicate the year and the name of the provider/tool used. N/A Improvement Plan Information The school is submitting this improvement plan to satisfy requirements for (check all that apply): x State Accreditation Title I Focus School Tiered Intervention Grant (TIG) Colorado Graduation Pathways Program (CGP) Other: ______________________________________________________________________________ School Contact Information (Additional contacts may be added, if needed) 1 2 Name and Title Robert Young Email Robert.young@eagleschools.net Phone 970-328-2940 Mailing Address PO Box 680 Avon, Colorado 81631 Name and Title Matthew Abramowitz Email Matthew.abramowitz@eagleschools.net Phone 970-328-2940 Mailing Address PO Box 680 Avon, Colorado 81631 School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 5 School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 6 Section III: Narrative on Data Analysis and Root Cause Identification This section corresponds with the “Evaluate” portion of the continuous improvement cycle. The main outcome is to construct a narrative that describes the process and results of the analysis of the data for your school. The analysis should justify the performance targets and actions proposed in Section IV. Two worksheets have been provided to help organize your data analysis for your narrative. This analysis section includes: identifying where the school did not at least meet minimum state and federal accountability expectations; describing progress toward targets for the prior school year; describing what performance data were used in the analysis of trends; identifying trends and priority performance challenges (negative trends); describing how performance challenges were prioritized; identifying the root causes of performance challenges; describing how the root causes were identified and verified and what data were used; and describing stakeholder involvement in the analysis. Additional guidance on how to engage in the data analysis process is provided in the Unified Improvement Planning Handbook. Data Narrative for School Directions: In the narrative, describe the process and results of the data analysis for the school, including (1) a description of the school and the process for data analysis, (2) a review of current performance, (3) trend analysis, (4) priority performance challenges and (5) root cause analysis. A description of the expected narrative sections are included below. The narrative should not take more than five pages. Two worksheets (#1 Progress Monitoring of Prior Year’s Performance Targets and #2 Data Analysis) have been provided to organize the data referenced in the narrative. Data Narrative for School Description of School Setting and Process for Data Analysis: Provide a very brief description of the school to set the context for readers (e.g., demographics). Include the general process for developing the UIP and participants (e.g., SAC). Review Current Performance: Review the SPF and local data. Document any areas where the school did not at least meet state/federal expectations. Consider the previous year’s progress toward the school’s targets. Identify the overall magnitude of the school’s performance challenges. Trend Analysis: Provide a description of the trend analysis that includes at least three years of data (state and local data). Trend statements should be provided in the four performance indicator areas and by disaggregated groups. Trend statements should include the direction of the trend and a comparison (e.g., state expectations, state average) to indicate why the trend is notable. Priority Performance Challenges: Identify notable trends (or a combination of trends) that are the highest priority to address (priority performance challenges). No more than 3-5 are recommended. Provide a rationale for why these challenges have been selected and address the magnitude of the school’s overall performance challenges. Root Cause Analysis: Identify at least one root cause for every priority performance challenge. Root causes should address adult actions, be under the control of the school, and address the priority performance challenge(s). Provide evidence that the root cause was verified through the use of additional data. A description of the selection process for the corresponding major improvement strategies is encouraged. Narrative: Homestake Peak School is a PreK-8. Our staff is comprised of 40 full time certified staff members and 12 classified staff members. Our student enrollment is comprised of 561 students. We have 269 females and 280 males. Our grade level numbers are as follows: PK: 22, K: 56, 1, 52, 2: 48, 3: 46, 4: 41, 5: 44, 6: 92, 7: 87, 8: 73. Our student population is comprised of 252 White, 9 Black, 294 Hispanic, 4 Asian, 1 Native American, and 1 Multi-racial students. The number of students eligible for Free or Reduced Lunch is 280 or 49%. The number of English Language Learners is 190 or 36%. The number of students who have an Individualized Education Program (IEP) is 77 or 12%. As an Expeditionary Learning School, we value a well-balanced curriculum requiring all students’ opportunities in math, English, social studies, science, art, music, technology and physical School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 7 education. Our in-house professional development for teachers is rooted in a culture that supports the concept of a professional learning community to continuously improve instructional practices and student achievement. We have structured our resources to provide teachers with 1 hour per week of professional development. Our schedule provides core teachers with common time to plan curriculum, daily lessons, and to analyze student assessment data and also to create appropriate interventions. In the upper school we have 4 teacher interdisciplinary teams to provide students with consistent language and expectations. Teachers are responsible for single grade and single subject instruction. Staff Input: Step 1: The general process for developing the UIP has included a careful analysis of our School Performance Framework and has taken place throughout both the 2013-14 and into the 2014-15 school year. On 8/8/13 our Instructional Leadership Team participated in a data walk and data dialogue and we analyzed our SPF data. Then on 8/28/13 our teachers participated in a data analysis of our SPF. Teachers identified areas of strengths, challenges, proposals and questions. We also met on 9/13/13, 10/7/13, 11/4/13, 12/9/13 & 1/13/14 to work on Section 3: Data Analysis and Root Cause Identification. We also met on 2/10/14 and 3/19/14 to define our priority performance challenges. Our final meeting of 2013-14 took place on 4/7/14. At that time we articulated our literacy and math instructional improvement strategies. On June 9 and 10 our leadership team worked to create our EL Work Plan Goals (see pages 37-42). Our Instructional Leadership Team analyzed our 2014-15 SPF. We also discussed how this data aligned with our EL Work Plan Goals. On October 7 our SAC met for the first time to evaluate progress with our HPS Instructional Improvement Strategies for both Literacy and Math (see pages 29-36). On November 4 our SAC met once again to conduct in data analysis of our UIP pages 9-13. On December 2 our SAC met to conduct a self-assessment of our 4 instructional improvement strategies. We also established next steps for implementation of the tactics that are included to implement these strategies. Step 2: As the principal of HPS, I spend countless hours examining HPS academic achievement and growth data. I have had to grapple with two very distinct sets of historical data from both Meadow Mountain Elementary School and Minturn Middle School. I have populated much of this data into the HPS UIP and have created two separate categories entitled “lower school” and “upper school”. I have chosen to do this because although we are one school in name, our multi-year data trend comes from two separate schools. Parent/Community Input (School Accountability Committee) Our group is responsible for making recommendations concerning priorities for spending school funds, making recommendations concerning the preparation of the school’s ‘Improvement’ plan, and meeting at least quarterly to discuss implementation of the school’s plan and other progress pertinent to the school’s accreditation contract with the local school board. The Educator Evaluation and Support Bill of 2010 (S.B. 10-191) also authorizes School Accountability Committees to provide input and recommendations to the District Advisory Committees and district administration concerning principal development plans and principal evaluations. Our School Accountability Committee meets on a monthly basis. During the 2013-14 school year we met on 9/16/13, 10/7/13, 11/4/13, 12/9/13, 1/13/14, 2/10/14, 3/19/14, & 4/7/14. During the 2014-15 school year we will meet on 10/7/14, 11/4/14, 12/2/14, 1/13/15, 2/3/15, 3/3/15, 4/7/15, 5/5/15. This committee is comprised of the following representatives. Parent Representative – Sarah Ast School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 8 Parent Representative – Shana Horner Parent Representative – Tessa Kirchner Principal – Bobby Young Assistant Principal – Matt Abramowitz Master Teacher (Upper School) – Tracy Teetaert Master Teacher (Lower School) – Soledad Whittington Mentor Teacher – Cheri Williams Mentor Teacher – Kelly Casber Mentor Teacher – Kim Biniecki Mentor Teacher – Kari Schein Teacher (Special Education) – Erin Gallimore Teacher (Special Education) – Candace Donald Academic Achievement: 5 Year Trend - CSAP/TCAP 2009-2014 Lower School – Reading - Up 4% over past 4 years Writing – Down 9% over past 4 years Math – Down 1% over past 4 years Science – Down 18% over past 4 years Upper School Reading – Down 2% over past 4 years Writing – Up 2% over past 4 years Math – Down 9% over past 4 years Science – Down 2% over past 4 years Lower School 2010 2011 2012 Reading 56 51 55 Math 59 64 61 Writing 51 42 47 School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) Science 50 52 49 School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 9 2013 2014 Upper School 60 61 Reading 58 54 Math 42 40 Writing 32 25 Science 2010 2011 80 74 66 62 66 66 66 60 2012 2013 2014 77 78 70 51 57 53 66 68 60 45 64 78 School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 10 Worksheet #1: Progress Monitoring of Prior Year’s Performance Targets Directions: This chart supports analysis of progress made towards performance targets set for the 2013-14 school year (last year’s plan). While this worksheet should be included in your UIP, the main intent is to record your school’s reflections to help build your data narrative. Academic Achievement (Status) Performance in 2013-14? Was the target met? How close was the school to meeting the target? Targets for 2013-14 school year Performance Indicators (Targets set in last year’s plan) Lower School R: State 72% W: State 55% M: State 70% S: NA Lower School R: 61% - No – missed by 11% W: 41% - No – missed by 14% M: 58% - No – missed by 12% S:NA Upper School R: State 71% W: State 58% M: State 52% S: NA ________________________________ Upper School R: 75% - Yes – plus 4% W: 65% - Yes – plus 7% M: 54% - Yes – plus 2% S: NA ____________________________________ Academic Achievement Gaps % PA for each demographic group Grade 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total 82 58 48 80 78 77 59 62 60 74 71 91 65 89 89 93 79 79 87 87 87 38 38 62 63 48 43 43 45 45 45 W H 95 X Lower School – 44 of the 127 students tested are ELL’s (36%). These students need 3-5 years to develop BICS and 5-7 years to develop CALPS. We also believe that our instructional strategies have not been differentiated for ELL’s. Upper School – 53 of the 221 students tested are listed as ELL’s (24%). However, unlike our lower school ELL’s, these students have had the necessary 5-7 years of ELA support that they need to perform well on a standardized test in English. For example, our ELL’s received ratings of “Exceeds” for AYG in both reading and writing. Lower School – 2013 - We received ratings of “approaching” in all three categories. For English Language Proficiency our rating was “meets”. We need to continue to increase growth in our ELL’s. 2014 – We received ratings of “meets” in reading; “does not meet” in math; “approaching” in writing. For English Language Proficiency our rating was “meets”. In the category of mathematics we received School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) Brief reflection on why previous targets were met or not met. School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 11 (Targets set in last year’s plan) ELL Academic Growth Academic Growth Gaps Performance in 2013-14? Was the target met? How close was the school to meeting the target? Targets for 2013-14 school year Performance Indicators X 35 35 60 59 X 43 43 43 43 43 “does not meet” for all demographics. For writing we received “approaching” for all demographic groups. The English Learner group received “meets” target but the “minority students” and “students needing to catch up” received ratings of “approaching”. The Free & Reduced group rating was “does not meet”. Lower School R: State MAGP 41 W: State MAGP 54 M: State MAGP 47 Lower School R: 44% - yes – plus 3% W: 43% - No – missed by 11% M: 40% - No – missed by 7% Upper School R: State MAGP 57 W: State MAGP 41 M: State MAGP 58 Upper School R: 57% - Yes W: 58% - Yes – plus 17% M: 43% - No – missed by 15% Lower School R: State MAGP = 55 W: State MAGP = 62 Lower School R: No - 46% for ELL’s – missed by 9% W: No - 48% for ELL’s – missed by 14% School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) Brief reflection on why previous targets were met or not met. Upper School – We met the target in math by 2%. We need to work to increase the level of growth in math because on 53% were P/A. Within the math category 4 of 5 demographic groups received the rating of “approaching”. The students with disabilities received “does not meet” Upper School ELL’s - Need to work to increase the level of growth in math. Students with disabilities received a rating of “Does not Meet” in all categories. School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 12 Performance Indicators Targets for 2013-14 school year (Targets set in last year’s plan) Performance in 2013-14? Was the target met? How close was the school to meeting the target? M: State MAGP = 64 M: No - 44% for ELL’s – missed by 20% Upper School R: State MAGP = 49 W: State MAGP = 64 M: State MAGP = 79 Upper School R: Yes - 65% for ELL’s – plus 16% W: Yes - 73% for ELL’s – plus 9% M: No - 38% for ELL’s – missed by 41% Upper School R: State MAGP = 80 W: State MAGP = 87 M: State MAGP = 95 Upper School R: No – 32% for Sped – missed by 48% W: No – 37% for Sped – missed by 40% M: No – 28% for Sped – missed by 67% Brief reflection on why previous targets were met or not met. Postsecondary & Workforce Readiness School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 13 Worksheet #2: Data Analysis Directions: This chart supports planning teams in recording and organizing observations about school-level data in preparation for writing the required data narrative. Planning teams should describe positive and negative trends for all of the four performance indicators using at least three years of data and then prioritize the performance challenges (based on notable trends) that the school will focus its efforts on improving. The root cause analysis and improvement planning efforts in the remainder of the plan should be aimed at addressing the identified priority performance challenge(s). A limited number of priority performance challenges is recommended (no more than 3-5); a performance challenge may apply to multiple performance indicators. At a minimum, priority performance challenges must be identified in any of the four performance indicator areas where minimum state and federal expectations were not met for accountability purposes. Furthermore, schools are encouraged to consider observations recorded in the “last year’s targets” worksheet. Finally, provide a brief description of the root cause analysis for any priority performance challenges. Root causes may apply to multiple priority performance challenges. You may add rows, as needed. Description of Notable Trends (4-7years of past data) Performance Indicators Priority Performance Challenges Our historical approach to English Language Development has been through an early exit transitional bilingual program. This means that our K-1 NEP students were receiving their literacy instruction exclusively in Spanish. This was in place of English Language Development. Our native English speakers were receiving their literacy instruction in English. What this program created was two separate groups. Reading 3 (63, 61, 41, 35, 62, 82, 55) Stable, decreasing, increasing, decreasing 4 (67, 48, 60, 44, 58, 58, 59) Stable, decreasing, increasing, stable 5 (36, 61, 72, 70, 71, 48, 62) Decreasing, increasing, decreasing, increasing Academic Achievement (Status) Root Causes For the past three years nonwhites (making up 50% of the 5th and 6th grade population) are 30% lower in achievement than whites in reading, writing, and math. Spanish speakers received literacy instruction in Spanish. They did not receive literacy instruction in English until they arrived in second grade. English speakers received literacy instruction in English. 6 (72, 75, 77, 79, 79, 80, 61) Stable, increasing, decreasing We believe that the transitional bilingual program contributed to a pervasive achievement gap between these two groups. For example, here’s the 2013-14 summary of 3rd grade TCAP scores. Note: This cohort of ELL’s did not receive English literacy instruction in grades K-1. 7 (65, 83, 81, 68, 79, 78, 74) Stable, increasing, decreasing 8 (85, 73, 78, 79, 71, 77, 71) Increasing, decreasing, stable, decreasing School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 14 Writing 3 (35, 41, 38, 25, 43, 50, 43) 3rd Grade Reading Writing Math Decreasing, decreasing, increasing White 71 62 81 4 (43, 38, 53, 37, 34, 46, 22) Hispanic 40 25 50 Stable, decreasing, increasing A closer examination shows that achievement gap has been consistent for the past 7 years of data collection. See UIP page 21-23 for historical trends and demographic breakdowns. 5 (36, 71, 64, 63, 49, 36, 48) Decreasing, increasing, decreasing 6 (59, 69, 62, 66, 60, 60, 65) Stable, increasing, stable 7 (56, 78, 72, 62, 76, 73, 65) Stable, Increasing, Stable 8 (69, 57, 67, 60, 58, 70, 63) 8th Grade Reading Writing Math White 81 83 76 Hispanic 41 33 26 Stable, decreasing, increasing Math 3 (54, 68, 56, 64,70, 65, 61) Stable, increasing, stable 4 (53, 59, 70, 44, 58, 62, 51) Stable, increasing, decreasing, increasing 5 (50, 61, 56, 77, 54, 48, 48) Stable, increasing, decreasing 6 (57, 67, 66, 70, 57, 57, 44) Stable, increasing, stable, 7 (27, 70, 60, 59, 53, 59, 56) Decreasing, increasing, stable Both achievement and growth in both 7th and 8th grade math have declined over the last two years. 7th – 77% to 59% 8th – 70%-53% School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) Research (See Thomas & Collier – Creating Dual Language Schools for a Transformed World – 2014) shows that Transitional Bilingual Programs are certainly less effective than 2 way Dual Language Programs for closing the achievement gap between Native English Speakers and English Language Learners. Our SAC believes that it would be of benefit for our school to adopt a 2 way dual language program. We have created a curriculum alignment plan and we are currently working to staff our building to support a K-1 dual language program beginning in the fall of 2015. This program will then increase by 1 grade level per year. 2015-K-1 2016 K-2 2017 K-3 2018 K-4 School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 15 2019 K-5 8 (61, 58, 69, 62, 41, 53, 56) Stable, increasing, decreasing Science 5 (18, 46, 52, 53, 39, 34, 25) Decreasing, increasing, Decreasing The teaching of science has taken a major dive in recent years. Teachers have been provided literacy and math resources yet the teaching of science has not received adequate attention. In Spite of the fact that science scores have been in decline in 5th grade our 8th graders showed the best performance in 5 years (78% of our 8th graders were Proficient/Advanced on the CMAS Science). 8 (00, 00, 55, 59, 42, 63, 78) 41Stable, Increasing, Decreasing, Increasing Cohorts of Students from 2008-2014 Reading 8 – 63, 48, 72, 79, 79, 77, 71 Stable, Decreasing, Increasing 7 – 61, 60, 70, 79, 78, 74 Stable, Increasing 6 – 41, 44, 71, 80, 61 Stable, Increasing, Increasing 5 – 35, 58, 48, 62 Decreasing, Increasing, Decreasing 4 – 62, 58, 62 Increasing, Decreasing 3 – 82, 59 Increasing Writing These cohorts of students have shown growth over time. That said, they priority improvement strategy involves getting our K2 students ready to perform on the 3rd grade PARCC assessment. While examining ECS 3rd through 10th grade data we noted a trend. The 3rd grade scores are great predictors of our 10th grade scores. This means that if a student performs on grade level in 3rd grade they will have a great chance of keeping up with yearly growth goals and will likely be on grade level in 10th grade. It’s imperative that we do a better job of preparing our K-2 students for the rigors of standardized assessments. We also have to work to grow the English Language Learners in their English Language Development. School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 16 8 – 35, 38, 64, 66, 76, 70 Decreasing, Increasing 7 – 41, 53, 63, 60, 73 Deceasing, Increasing, Increasing 6 – 38, 37, 49, 60 Stable, Increasing 5 – 25, 34, 36 Stable, Increasing 4 – 43, 46 Stable, Increasing 3 – 50 Math 8 – 54, 59, 56, 70, 53, 53 Stable, Increasing, Decreasing 7 – 68, 70, 77, 57, 59 Stable, Increasing, Decreasing 6 – 56, 44, 54, 57 Stable, Decreasing, Increasing 5 – 64, 58, 48 Math scores have been decreasing. ECS has to work to ensure that mathematical instructional resources are in alignment with mathematical assessments. I believe that the data shows that this is way out of whack. I also sat in on the ECS DAC meeting where High School Principals begged for support (I.e., resources, staffing, professional development, etc…). If we don’t get this right at the K-5 level then there is little hope that we will close the gap in HS. Stable, Decreasing 4 – 70, 62 Stable, Decreasing School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 17 3 – 62 Science We have shown high levels of growth in 8th grade science. 8 – 52, 63, 78 Stable, Increasing Lower School – 4 year Trend Data on Median Student Growth % 2009/10 – Reading 74%, Writing, 64% Math 65% 2010/11 – Reading 59%, Writing, 42% Math 50% 2011/12 – Reading 64%, Writing 50%, Math 47% 2012/13 – Reading 44%, Writing 43%, Math 40%, ELP 56% For the past four years students in grades 3 through 5 have shown a decline in the average median growth in all content areas. Reading – 74%-44% Writing – 64%-43% I also noted that in 2009/10 there were 81 students tested in grades 3-5 and 26 (32%) of the 81 students tested were ELL’s. In 2012-13 there were 127 students tested in grades 3-5 and 44 (35%) of the 127 students tested were ELL’s. Upper School 4 year Trend Data on Median Student Growth % 2009/10 – Reading 61%, Writing, 58% Math 62% 2010/11 – Reading 63%, Writing, 57% Math 60% 2011/12 – Reading 56%, Writing 52%, Math 36%, ELP 52% 2012/13 – Reading 57%, Writing 58%, Math 43%, ELP 61% I also noted that in 2009/10 school year there were 167 students tested in grades 6-8 of which 46 (28%) of the students were ELL’s. In 2012-13 there were 221 students tested in grades 6-8 of which 53 (24%) of the students were School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) 2009/10 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 Kinder 18 per class 35 S 2T 22 per class 44 S 2T 22 per class 44 S 2T 22 per class 44 S 2T 1st Grade 18 per class 53 S 3T 24 per class 48 S 2T 24 per class 49 S 2T 23 per class 46 S 2T 2nd Grade 14 per class 27 S 2T 19 per class 37 S 2T 24 per class 47 S 2T 24 per class 48 S 2T 3rd Grade 16 per class 32 S 2T 17 per class 33 S 2T 22 per class 44 S 2T 24 per class 47 S 2T 4th Grade 14 per class 28 S 2T 28 per class 56 S 2T 24 per class 48 S 2T 21 per class 43 S 2T Math – 65%-40% 2009/10 was an exceptional year for growth in the areas of reading, writing and math. That level of growth has fallen. Reading from 74% to 44% Writing from 64% to 43% Math from 65% to 40% Academic Growth Class Sizes (Does it Matter?) 2010 – 18 students per class 2012 – 22 students per class 2013 – 22 students per class 2014 – 23 students per class School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 18 ELL’s. 5th Grade 25 per class 25 S 1T 21 per class 42 S 2T 19 per class 57 S 3T 25 per class 50 S 2T Growth Differences By Race Lower School Reading W 53 H 61 Academic Growth Gaps White Hispanic Reading 53 61 Writing 52 42 Math 38 29 Math W 38 H 29 Writing W 52 H 42 Hispanic students are experiencing more growth in reading than are white students. Hispanics are experiencing less growth in writing and math than white students. Upper School Reading W 59 H 47 Math W 38 H 32 Writing W 51 H 55 Hispanic students are experiencing less growth in reading and math than white students. Hispanic students are experiencing more growth in writing than white students. Lower School Data Trends for Median Growth Percentile (10) (11) (12) (13) School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 19 Reading FRL - 70, 54, 46, 39 ELL – 70, 58, 63, 46 Math FRL - 64, 49, 29, 37 ELL – 71, 49, 32, 44 Writing FRL - 62, 35, 46, 37 ELL - 66, 35, 46, 48 Upper School Data Trends for Median Growth Percentile (10) (11) (12) (13) Reading FRL - 62, ___, 47, 55 ELL - 62, ___, 59, 65 Math FRL 57, ___, 34, 37 ELL 56, ___, 35, 38 Writing FRL 53, ___, 57, 59 ELL 59, ___, 62, 73 Growth Differences by Language for 2011-12 Lower School Reading EP 52 ELL 63 Math EP 26 ELL 32 Writing EP 51 ELL 46 ELL’s are experiencing more growth in reading and math but less growth in writing than white students. Upper School Reading EP 52 ELL 59 Math EP 38 ELL 35 Writing EP 51 ELL 62 School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 20 ELL’s are experiencing more growth in reading and writing and less growth in math than are white students. Postsecondary & Workforce Readiness 1.) How did Homestake Peak students perform relative to Eagle County Re 50 and the State of Colorado? Grade Level Homestake Peak Eagle County State of Colorado Reading 3 4 82 58 72 67 73 68 5 48 74 70 6 80 79 73 7 78 74 68 8 77 71 67 Writing 3 4 50 46 50 51 51 53 5 36 58 57 6 60 64 58 7 72 68 62 8 70 61 58 Math 3 65 69 72 4 62 69 72 5 48 64 65 6 58 65 62 7 59 59 55 8 53 54 51 Science 5 8 34 63 52 57 48 52 2.) List and describe the historic trend from 2008-2013? Lower School Targets Reading – 72% Writing – 54% Green = 72% or better Yellow = 71-62% Red = 61% or less Green = 54% or better Yellow = 53-44% Upper School Targets Reading – 72% Writing – 58% Green = 72-63% Yellow = 62-53% Red = 52% or less Green = 58-49% Yellow = 48-39% School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 21 Math – 71% Science – 48% Year Grade 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Red = 43% or less Green = 71% or better Yellow = 70-61% Red = 60 or less Green = 48% or better Yellow = 47-38% Red = 38 or less Reading %PA 3 4 5 63 67 36 61 48 61 41 60 72 35 44 70 62 58 71 82 58 48 55 59 62 Red = 38% or less Green = 53 or better Yellow = 52-43% Red = 42% or less Green = 48-39% Yellow = 38-29% Red = 30% or less Math – 53% Science – 48% 6 72 73 77 79 79 80 61 7 65 83 81 68 79 78 74 8 85 73 78 79 71 77 71 Writing %PA 3 4 5 35 43 36 41 38 71 38 53 64 25 37 63 43 34 49 50 46 36 43 22 48 6 59 69 62 66 60 60 48 7 56 78 72 62 76 73 65 8 69 57 67 60 58 70 63 Math %PA 3 4 5 54 53 50 68 59 61 56 70 56 64 44 77 70 58 54 65 62 48 61 51 48 6 57 67 66 70 57 57 44 7 27 70 60 59 53 59 56 8 61 58 69 62 41 53 56 Science %PA 5 8 18 46 52 53 39 42 34 63 3.) Compare and contrast the male and female academic performance scores. 2013 Homestake Peak Grade Male Female Reading 3 4 78 46 88 67 5 33 58 6 83 75 7 74 82 8 68 85 Reading 3 4 46 50 65 66 5 45 77 6 48 72 7 76 69 8 Writing 3 4 39 25 x 61 5 17 50 6 58 64 7 70 76 8 68 72 Math 3 4 63 41 x 79 5 39 54 6 67 39 7 54 65 8 58 49 Writing 3 4 38 20 50 24 5 31 65 6 38 57 7 67 62 8 52 77 Math 3 4 58 60 65 45 5 41 55 6 48 42 7 67 38 8 52 61 Science 5 8 33 65 35 62 2014 Homestake Peak Grade Male Female School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) Science 5 8 School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 22 4.) Compare and contrast the demographic subgroups (I.e., White, Hispanic, IEP’s, ELL’s). 2013 Homestake Peak Grade White Hispanic ELL’s IEP’s Reading 3 4 95 91 67 38 x 36 x x 5 65 38 35 x 6 89 62 60 15 7 89 63 59 15 8 93 48 56 15 Writing 3 4 61 77 x 21 x 23 x x 5 53 27 25 x 6 71 38 40 7 7 74 60 52 7 8 79 52 51 7 Math 3 78 x x x 4 86 45 47 x 5 65 38 35 x 6 65 38 35 11 7 71 28 40 11 8 71 16 28 11 Reading 3 4 71 84 40 31 37 x x x 5 82 50 46 x 6 86 44 40 18 7 88 53 50 x 8 88 41 44 x Writing 3 4 62 40 25 0 26 x x x 5 77 26 35 x 6 67 35 30 18 7 85 38 35 x 8 83 33 30 x Math 3 81 50 47 x 4 72 31 x x 5 77 29 29 x 6 72 23 21 18 7 78 24 31 x 8 76 26 30 x Science 5 8 59 79 19 32 10 x x 11 2014 Homestake Peak Grade White Hispanic ELL’s IEP’s Science 5 25 8 78 5.) What concerns do you have after reviewing these results? (See below) 6.) What are the three most important messages to communicate based on these results? 2013 Grade 3- Concerns: Scores are higher across the board, Outscoring. (67% percent of Hispanic are P or higher on 5 of those are ELL Natives) Males writing- 39% were P. Math on par with writing, above district and state and math was slightly lower than district and state. Writing trend low, Math is low, below par. Reading- reversing itself the last 2 years for an upward trend. Grade 4- White population is strong across the board, outscoring large. Male population is not doing well in R,W, M. Females scored 79 and 41 (79 is higher than both ECSD and CO) motivation? Grade 5- Gender- Females out performing males, especially in Writing 50 to 17 in writing. Trends- Cohort ELLS are considerably below state and district for that Cohort of students. Consistently low- 3rd, 4th, 5th. Abnormally high number of Unsatisfactory in Reading and Math 20-24%. Grade 6- There are some gender gap issues in this grade level in Math and Reading. This is worthy of more research. The gap between whites and Hispanics is prevalent in all areas. Is this a language issue? How does this correlate with the gender gap? Are the girls lower? Etc. Overall, Math data is low. It is below the state and the district. Grade 7- Success: overall tested pretty well, (2012-13) 80 students 62 and 63% P and A; Male and Female- Males are below in Math, in Reading Males are 74% School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 23 P and A and females are 82 %) more advanced females. ELL- Math needs support about 20% lower. Trend – 7th grade is low this year across the board. Grade 8- Success: performing at or above state and district scores, improved in all subjects in 2012-13; significant gaps in white and Hispanic gaps (M 77 percent difference between W and H); Male and Female difference in Math and Reading (20 percent female difference in Reading, Male out performing Females 16 percent) School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 24 Section IV: Action Plan(s) This section addresses the “Plan” portion of the continuous improvement cycle. First, identify annual performance targets and the interim measures. This will be documented in the required School Target Setting Form on the next page. Then move into action planning, which should be captured in the Action Planning Form. School Target Setting Form Directions: Complete the worksheet below. While schools may set targets for all performance indicators, at a minimum, they must set targets for those priority performance challenges identified in Section III (e.g., by disaggregated student groups, grade levels, subject areas). Schools are expected to set their own annual targets for academic achievement, academic growth, academic growth gaps, and postsecondary and workforce readiness. At a minimum, schools should set targets for each of the performance indicators where state expectations are not met; targets should also be connected to prioritized performance challenges. Consider last year’s targets (see Worksheet #1) and whether adjustments need to be made. For each annual performance target, identify interim measures that will be used to monitor progress toward the annual targets at least quarterly during the school year. School Target Setting Form Performance Indicators Measures/ Metrics Priority Performance Challenges Gap between W & H Gr 3-8 Hispanic/English Language Learners Academic Achievement (Status) TCAP/CSAP, CoAlt/CSAPA, Lectura, Escritura Annual Performance Targets 2013-14 Fed/State Exp. 72% 71% 2014-15 65% 72% Interim Measures for 2014-15 DRA2, LBD Benchmark, CFA’s, DIBELS Major Improvement Strategy Develop teachers’ content knowledge in English Language Arts (Engage NY Units) Use data teams to track individual student achievement (DIBELS, NWEA) R Differentiate results to customize student instruction (mClass Burst, ELO) School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 25 Gap between W & H Gr 3-8 Hispanic/English Language Learners 70% 52% 63% 58% M-Comps, CFA’s Develop teachers’ content knowledge in Mathematical Numeracy (k-6 Engage NY Units) (78 RCD ESCD) Implement Mathematical Pedagogy (ie. Talk Moves, 8 Math Practices, Questioning) M Use data teams to track individual student achievement (MCOMP NWEA, Engage New York Assessments, District CFAs) Gap between W & H Gr 3-8 Hispanic/English Language Learners 55% 58% 46% 69% CFA Writing Prompts Develop teachers’ content knowledge in English Language Arts (Engage NY Units) Use data teams to track individual student achievement (DIBELS, NWEA) W Differentiate results to customize student instruction (mClass Burst, ELO) School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 26 S Gap between W & H Gr 3-8 Hispanic/English Language Learners 48% 48% 38% 64% CFA’s, Explore Test 38 24 50 54 DRA2, LBD Benchmark, CFA’s Develop teachers’ content knowledge in English Language Arts (Engage NY Units) Use data teams to track individual student achievement (DIBELS, NWEA) R Differentiate results to customize student instruction (mClass Burst, ELO) Academic Growth Median Growth Percentile (TCAP/CSAP & ACCESS) Gap between W & H Gr 3-8 Hispanic/English Language Learners 53 62 34 41 M-Comps, CFA’s Develop teachers’ content knowledge in Mathematical Numeracy (k-6 Engage NY Units) (78 RCD ESCD) Implement Mathematical Pedagogy (ie. Talk Moves, 8 Math Practices, Questioning) M Use data teams to track individual student achievement (MCOMP NWEA, Engage New York Assessments, District CFAs) School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 27 Gap between W & H Gr 3-8 Hispanic/English Language Learners 47 46 45 53 CFA Writing Prompts Develop teachers’ content knowledge in English Language Arts (Engage NY Units) Use data teams to track individual student achievement (DIBELS, NWEA) W Differentiate results to customize student instruction (mClass Burst, ELO) Gap between W & H Gr 3-8 Hispanic/English Language Learners 26 61 51 45 Develop teachers’ content knowledge in English Language Arts (Engage NY Units) WIDA Use data teams to track individual student achievement (DIBELS, NWEA) ELP Differentiate results to customize student instruction (mClass Burst, ELO) Academic Growth Gaps Median Growth Percentile R 55 49 51 65 DRA2, LBD Benchmark, CFA’s M 64 79 49 78 M-Comps, CFA’s School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) RCD, SCC/Academic Vocab, Reading School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 28 Intervention (Read Plan, ELO), Math Integration (Coaching) 62 64 53 43 W CFA Writing Prompts RCD, SCC/Academic Vocab, Reading Intervention (Read Plan, ELO) Graduation Rate Postsecondary & Workforce Readiness Disaggregated Grad Rate Dropout Rate Mean CO ACT Action Planning Forms for 2014-15 & 2015-16 Directions: Identify the major improvement strategy(s) for 2014-15 and 2015-16 that will address the root causes determined in Section III. For each major improvement strategy, identify the root cause(s) that the action steps will help to dissolve. Then, indicate which accountability provision or grant opportunity it will address. In the chart below, provide details about key action steps necessary to implement the major improvement strategy. Details should include the action steps that will be taken to implement the major improvement strategy, a general timeline, resources that will be used to implement the actions, and implementation benchmarks. Additional rows for action steps may be added. While the template provides space for three major improvement strategies, additional major improvement strategies may also be added. To keep the work manageable, however, it is recommended that schools focus on no more than 3 to 5 major improvement strategies. School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 29 Major Improvement Strategy #1: Instructional Expertise in the area of literacy as a strategy for instructional improvement Instructional expertise in the area of literacy as a strategy for instructional improvement • Develop teachers’ content knowledge in English Language Arts (Engage NY Units) • Use data teams to track individual student achievement (DIBELS, NWEA) • Differentiate results to customize student instruction (mClass Burst, ELO) Key Personnel: Soledad Whittington, Cheri Wright Willliams Organize to Implement What are the tactics you will engage in to accomplish your instructional improvement strategy? What do teachers need to know and be able to do? - Preschool and Kinder teachers need to gain an understanding about Teaching Strategies Gold – Selected Domains of School Readiness. We need to ensure that our preschool and kinder teachers are communicating with one another regarding student readiness indicators. - K-3 teachers need to know how to administer the DIBELS assessments. They also need to enter the results into a database. They will also need to become skilled with the mClass Burst Reading Interventions. - K-5 teachers need to be exposed to more knowledge and skill with co-teaching and co-planning. - K-5 teachers need knowledge of phonics and phonemic awareness (I.e., All 5 components) - Teachers will need PD with the curricular modules for both literacy and numeracy. Need some more consistency/alignment. - Teachers need to ‘unpack’ the standards (I.e., grade level, above, below) - Teachers need to craft and analyze quality assessments (Toolbox of assessment for learning strategies). - Teachers will need cross curricular support (I.e., expeditions/case studies) - Professional Development with a strong literacy focus (I.e., literacy workshop, ELO/interventions) - Co-teaching – How can we utilize mentors, masters, ESL teachers to support second language learners? - Teachers need to be able to differentiate instruction for NEP, LEP students. - Teachers need knowledge of WIDA and language levels. - Teachers need knowledge of co-teaching with sheltered English (I.e., ESL strategies, early literacy strategies). - Teachers need more ESL support in the upper school. - FAP – Formative Assessment Process - Interventions – co-teaching doesn’t take the place of interventions - Lesson Plans – make teachers accountable for them. Who needs to learn what (and when)? (capacity) - Preschool and Kinder teachers will need to meet in May to begin transition planning. It would also be wise to include Special Education and ESL teachers in on this meeting. - K-3 teachers are participating in the March/April online trainings. These teachers will administer DIBELS in May and will enter that data. They will also need to begin learning more about the mClass Burst Reading Interventions. School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 30 - Jessica Martinez will be back to present at cluster on May 7. Our K-8 teachers need to know more about co-teaching and we especially need their support for funneling extra staffing support to K-5. K-5 teachers need copies of the co-teaching book and they also need to participate in at least 2 days of training to be coordinated by Jessica Martinez. K-8 teachers need more PD with the Curricular Modules. Kinder – Cheri, Holly, Luzma, Elena (Co-teaching, Core Knowledge Modules, mClass Burst Interventions) Grade 1 – Nicole, Jonna, Luzma, Elena (Co-teaching, Core Knowledge Modules, mClass Burst Interventions) Grade 2 – Jen, Tracy, Soledad, Theresa (Co-teaching, Core Knowledge Modules, mClass Burst Interventions) Grade 3 – Kelly, Kari, Melissa (Co-teaching, EL Modules, mClass Burst Interventions, Kari will need DIBELS training) Grade 4 – Karen, Kylee, Deb (Co-teaching, EL Modules) Grade 5 – Sara, Andrea, Tracy (Co-teaching, EL Modules) Grade 6 – Tasha, Autumn, Candace, Becky (Science Units, EL Modules as a focus for cluster) Grade 7 – Genny, Katie, Kate, Susan (EL modules as a focus for cluster) Grade 8 – Rachel, Anne, Marilyn, Kim (EL modules as a focus for cluster) Jon Mann mentioned that there would be a huge advantage if we used the modules (I.e., aligning the assessment to the targets). Note: The modules are an ELA block and not an expedition. Jon recommended using the modules to create case studies. Then, in 2015-16 explore the expeditions that have already been written. Professional Learning Communities – Each grade level team is bringing on new team members. This would be a great time to revisit the concept of PLC’s (I.e., meeting norms, agendas, roles & responsibilities, team leaders, etc…) ELO – we need to provide a greater level of support to teachers around progress monitoring of student data Co-teaching – the initiative is going well for bringing ESL teachers into the mix. Next step, special education teachers need co-teaching training. What systems and structures are in place for instructional improvement to occur? - Cluster time is currently in place but will need to become reorganized to account for individualized grade level needs. Cluster time will become embedded into the daily schedule and will take place during teachers’ regularly scheduled planning times. These cluster meetings will be organized as K-1; 2-3; 4-5 and will include admin/master/mentor support. The upper school teachers have late start on Wednesday’s. This time may be utilized for 6-8 cluster. - Data Teams – K-5 teachers have a great deal of experience with the FAP. That said, cluster follow up time needs to be a data teams focus on literacy and numeracy. - ILT – K-5 teachers are supported by admin, master, & 2 mentor teachers. - Co-teaching – will be put into place to ensure that there is sufficient in-class support for high quality universal instruction and tier 2 interventions. The lower school schedule has been drafted to ensure ample time for both co-teaching and co-planning (See 2014-15 lower school schedule). - Student Centered Coaching – We got off to a good start in 2013-14. Next steps will include taking a closer look at Student Learning Outcomes (SLO’s). What evidence will you use to determine where you are in your strategy? - Goal-tracking sheet will help to provide organization and progress monitoring. - Data – DIBELS assessment results can be posted in room 223 as constant reminders for our teams to use in progress monitoring. This data can be used at MaAd, ILT, Cluster meetings. Our upper school may choose to implement NWEA testing (I.e., Fall, Winter, Spring). Growth on RTI plans. Growth in language levels. Formative Assessments, WIDA. Determine Goals/Benchmarks/Timelines, Assign Responsibilities, Establish Process to Monitor Progress School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 31 Teaching Strategies Gold – School Readiness Indicators - Preschool and kinder teachers will need PD and time to meet to analyze data and discuss individual student needs DIBELS & mClass Burst Interventions - K-3 Teachers will need to administer the DIBELS assessment in May. They will also need more PD with the mClass Burst Reading Interventions. - Co-teachers will also need to be provided with training. Engage NY Curricular Units - K-2 teachers will be provided with PD at M&E. They can also be provided with additional training and support via our EL Work Plan. Co-teaching - K-5 teachers will need PD (I.e., Book Study, Cherry Creek visitations, etc…) - K-5 teachers will need ongoing support from ILT Train educators and school leaders Teaching Strategies Gold – School Readiness - We need Shelly Smith to provide us with PD DIBELS & mClass Burst Reading Interventions - MaAd team members need to take the Online trainings in June. K-3 teachers will receive a refresher training at M&E. New teachers will receive the full training. All K3 teachers will receive mClass training in October. Engage NY Curricular Units - We can chat with Heather Eberts to find out more about the level of PD that will be provided by ECSD. At present, lower school teachers have been invited to a June 4 PD session. Co-teaching - MaAd team will continue to work with Jessica Martinez to ensure that PD is provided. Our K-2 teachers had an opportunity to go down to Cherry Creek for a site visit in April. Monitor and sustain progress -- What evidence will you use to determine where you are in your strategy? Establish quality control/feedback loop structures to evaluate the impact of actions • Identify metrics for success • Monitor progress using one or more internal routines and establish process to prioritize and solve implementation-related problems • Complete annual review of implementation progress to ensure on track to meet goals School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 32 Major Improvement Strategy #2: Instructional Expertise in the area of mathematics as a strategy for instructional improvement Instructional expertise in the area of mathematics as a strategy for instructional improvement • Develop teachers’ content knowledge in Mathematical Numeracy (k-6 Engage NY Units) (7-8 RCD ESCD) • Implement Mathematical Pedagogy (ie. Talk Moves, 8 Math Practices, Questioning) • Use data teams to track individual student achievement (MCOMP NWEA, Engage New York Assessments, District CFAs) Key Personnel: Kelly Casber, Kim Biniecki Organize to Implement What are the tactics you will engage in to accomplish your instructional improvement strategy? What do teachers need to know and be able to do? - Have knowledge of Math strands within the standards (Counting and Cardinality, Operations and Alegbraic Thinking, Number and Operations Base 10, Number and Operations Fractions, Measurement and Data, Geometry, Expressions and Equations, Number System, Ratios and Proportional Relationships, Statistics and Probability) - The progression of each strand from K-8 (k-5, 3-5, 6-8, 5-8 etc.) Vertical understanding of years before and years to come - Teachers will need PD with the curricular modules for numeracy. (Engage New York) - Teachers need to ‘unpack’ the standards, especially determining skill and content depth of student knowledge (I.e., grade level, above, below) - Increase Applicable and Accurate Mathematical Vocabulary - Professional Development around Mathematical Practices and Talk Moves - Teachers need to craft and analyze quality assessments (Toolbox of assessment for learning strategies). - Teachers will need cross curricular support (I.e., expeditions/case studies) - Analyzing the “high priority” lessons within the Engage NY modules. - Professional Development with a strong numeracy focus (I.e. EL Workshop 1.0 and 2.0; 5Es, ELO and Interventions) - How can we utilize mentors, masters, ESL teachers to support second language learners? - Teachers need to be able to differentiate instruction for NEP, LEP students. - Teachers need knowledge of co-teaching with sheltered English (I.e., utilize ESL strategies, early literacy strategies). - FAP – Formative Assessment Process - Interventions – ELO - Lesson Plans – make teachers accountable for them. - Implement Number Talks (K-5) Who needs to learn what (and when)? (capacity) School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 33 - Preschool and Kinder teachers will need to meet in May to begin transition planning. It would also be wise to include Special Education and ESL teachers in on this meeting. Mathematical Readiness Test-?? K-8 teachers are participating in Math content and pedagogy trainings. Karen Madden, Kim Biniecki and Kelly Casber will be presenting Math PD throughout the year, including, but not limited to clusters and/or teacher work days and/or outside of teacher contact time . Kim and Kelly will attend summer Math Institutes, site visits and EPD and EPLC K-8 teachers need more PD with the NY Curricular Modules. K-5 PD on Number Talks including demonstrations 3-8 PARRC assessments tasks- district CFAs modeled after PARCC assesments Kinder – Cheri, Holly, Luzma, Elena (Identifying key lessons within the NY modules, accurate vocabulary, number talk, Talk Moves, Math Practices) Grade 1 – Nicole, Jonna, Luzma, Elena (Identifying key lessons within the NY modules, accurate vocabulary, number talk, Talk Moves, Math Practices) - Grade 2 – Jen, Tracy, Soledad, Theresa (Identifying key lessons within the NY modules, accurate vocabulary, number talk, Talk Moves, Math Practices, Standard Progressions) - Grade 3 – Kelly, Kari, Melissa (Identifying key lessons within the NY modules, accurate vocabulary, number talk, Talk Moves, Math Practices, Standard Progressions) - Grade 4 – Karen, Kylee, Deb (Identifying key lessons within the NY modules, accurate vocabulary, number talk, Talk Moves, Math Practices, Standard Progressions) - - Grade 6 – Tasha, Autumn, Candace, Becky (Identifying key lessons within the NY modules, accurate vocabulary, number talk, Talk Moves, Math Practices, Standard Progressions) Grade 7 – Genny, Katie, Kate, Susan (Identifying key lessons within the NY modules, accurate vocabulary, number talk, Talk Moves, Math Practices, Standard Progressions) Grade 8 – Rachel, Anne, Marilyn, Kim (Identifying key lessons within the NY modules, accurate vocabulary, number talk, Talk Moves, Math Practices, Standard Progressions) Think about 2015-16- Turning Math NY Modules into Case Studies - ELO – we need to provide a greater level of support to teachers around progress monitoring of student data - Need for an assessment tool for Math Interventions and ELO - Grade 5 – Sara, Andrea, Tracy (Identifying key lessons within the NY modules, accurate vocabulary, number talk, Talk Moves, Math Practices, Standard Progressions) What systems and structures are in place for instructional improvement to occur? - Cluster time is currently in place but will need to become reorganized to account for individualized grade level needs. Cluster time will become embedded into the daily schedule and will take place during teachers’ regularly scheduled planning times. These cluster meetings will be organized as K-1; 2-3; 4-5 and will include admin/master/mentor support. The upper school teachers have late start on Wednesday’s. This time may be utilized for 6-8 cluster. - Data Teams – K-5 teachers have a great deal of experience with the FAP. That said, cluster follow up time needs to be a data teams focus on literacy and numeracy. School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 34 - ILT – K-8 teachers are supported by admin, master, & 2 mentor teachers. Student Centered Coaching – We got off to a good start in 2013-14. Next steps will include taking a closer look at Student Learning Outcomes (SLO’s). K-8 will participate in non-contract time PD sessions What evidence will you use to determine where you are in your strategy? - Goal-tracking sheet will help to provide organization and progress monitoring. - Data – NY Module assessment results can be posted in room 223 as constant reminders for our teams to use in progress monitoring. This data can be used at MaAd, ILT, Cluster meetings. Our upper school may choose to implement NWEA testing (I.e., Fall, Winter, Spring). Growth on RTI plans. Growth in language levels. Formative Assessments. - Look into Renaissance Learning- Star Math as a progress monitoring tool - Data collection using classroom walkthroughs (Talk Moves Teachers, Talk Moves with students, Questioning, Accurate Mathematical Vocabulary and Math practices are understood and used by both teachers and students.) Determine Goals/Benchmarks/Timelines, Assign Responsibilities, Establish Process to Monitor Progress Teaching Strategies Gold – School Readiness Indicators (Does this pertain to Math also? Or what is the Math counterpart? - Preschool and kinder teachers will need PD and time to meet to analyze data and discuss individual student needs - K-3 Teachers will need to administer the MCOMP assessment in August, January and May. Engage NY Curricular Units - K-6, 7 & 8? teachers will be provided with PD at M&E. They can also be provided with additional training and support via our EL Work Plan. Mathematical Numeracy - K-8 teachers will need PD (I.e., Book Study, etc…) - K-8 teachers will need ongoing support from ILT - Trainers will be participating in on-site observations for research purposes. - Book Study Titles: - Number Talks - Math Matters - The University of Arizona Math Progressions - PARCC Performance Level Descriptors Train educators and school leaders Teaching Strategies Gold – School Readiness ????? Math counterpart? - We need Shelly Smith to provide us with PD Math readiness - Teacher Leaders and Math Participants will need to take the LMT assessment in August and May. Engage NY Curricular Units k-6 - We can chat with Heather Eberts to find out more about the level of PD that will be provided by ECSD. School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 35 Pedagogy and Content - Teachers Leaders will lead ___________ sessions/hours during multiple PD sessions. Monitor and sustain progress -- What evidence will you use to determine where you are in your strategy? Establish quality control/feedback loop structures to evaluate the impact of actions • Identify metrics for success • Monitor progress using one or more internal routines and establish process to prioritize and solve implementation-related problems • Complete annual review of implementation progress to ensure on track to meet goals School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 36 Major Improvement Strategy #3: All students will use formative assessment data to engage in and take responsibility for their own learning. Root Cause(s) Addressed: __________________________________________ Accountability Provisions or Grant Opportunities Addressed by this Major Improvement Strategy (check all that apply): State Accreditation Title I Focus School Tiered Intervention Grant (TIG) Colorado Graduation Pathways Program (CGP) Other: ______________________________________________________________________________ Description of Action Steps to Implement the Major Improvement Strategy 1. I can explain how the curriculum modules utilize assessment for learning practices to engage students and increase achievement. 1a. I can unpack the modules (standards, LTs, criteria for success, assessments). Timeline 2014-15 2015-16 Key Personnel* Tracy Teetaert, Bobby Young 2. I can effectively communicate learning targets and criteria for success to ensure that student are aware of where they are in terms of proficiency to a specific target. 3. I can design or select assessments for learning that accurately match the type of learning target being assessed. 4. I can explicitly model for students how to progress monitor their mastery of targets using various tools (i.e., journals, tracking charts, learning logs, Resources Implementation Benchmarks (Amount and Source: federal, state, and/or local) EL Support Onsite: (1-5) Provide professional development for staff during PLC times (1x a month) (1-5) Coaching of school coaches on these LTs Leadership Team participation Offsite: Assessment in Daily Instruction (Denver) Primary Cohort (year-long) Refining Learning Expeditions Cohort (Denver) 1-5. Common interim assessment every 4-8 weeks to measure student achievement (POSSIBLE: NWEA, module assessment, AIMS, DIBELS, STAR) 1. Coaching logs documenting focus on module implementation (updated weekly) 1. PLC agenda focused on module implementation 1. Walkthrough focused on evidence of module implementation 2. Teacher lesson plans collected (frequency?) 2. FAP walkthrough tool (frequency?) School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) Status of Action Step* (e.g., completed, in progress, not begun) In progress In progress Completed In progress Completed School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 37 ISNs). 5. I can effectively provide quality oral and/or written descriptive feedback as a means of formative assessment. 6. I can immediately, consistently, and effectively analyze and use assessment data to drive instruction. This means I use assessment data to deliberately differentiate to support student learning. 7. I can fully prepare students and families for student-led conferences through ongoing analysis of data aligned to learning targets. Leadership Cohort (Denver) PLC’s Support (1-5). Weekly embedded PLCs with a focus on module learning (1-5). Coaching from mentors focused on examining assessment for learning practices within the modules (1-5). Meetings 1 x every 4 weeks with SPED/ESL focused on aligned IEP and WIDA data with assessment for learning practices (working collaboratively to monitor identified student progess) 3. PPR and PLC agendas 3. STA criteria to give feedback to teachers 3. Assessment plans In progress 4. Show and share at least 2 self-assessment tools/student-tracking tools Completed 5. PPR--academic feedback and PLC weekly rotation 5. Walkthrough tools for oral/written feedback In progress 6. PLCs 6. Data teams process Step 4 7. SLC attendance 7. Portfolios with formative assessment data included (1-5). Co-teaching: focusing on assessment for learning practices (1-5) Weekly ILT meetings focused on examining implementation of the modules (1-5). Weekly MaAd meetings focused on implementation of student learning outcomes through student-centered School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 38 coaching cycles 7. POSSIBLE STRUCTURES TO SUPPORT FAMILIES: -Back to School Night -School Newsletter, Class Newsletter -Student Led Conference BBK with families POSSIBLE STRUCTURES TO SUPPORT STAFF: -New staff training -Agreements/Consistency tool (to be developed by CCC or ILT) -1x a month Whole Staff Crew * Note: These two columns are not required to meet state or federal accountability requirements, though completion is encouraged. “Status of Action Step” may be required for certain grants. School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 39 Major Improvement Strategy #4: All members of the HPSEL community build habits of perseverance, excellence, accountability, and kindness, where students and adults think, care, and act in service of others. Root Cause(s) Addressed: __________________________________________ Accountability Provisions or Grant Opportunities Addressed by this Major Improvement Strategy (check all that apply): State Accreditation Title I Focus School Tiered Intervention Grant (TIG) Colorado Graduation Pathways Program (CGP) Other: ______________________________________________________________________________ Description of Action Steps to Implement the Major Improvement Strategy 1. I can explicitly teach and model the PEAK traits to support student academic growth and character development. Timeline 2014-15 2015-16 Key Personnel* Matt Abramowitz, Kari Schein 2. I can use the structure of Crew to support character development, literacy, math, portfolio work, and service to the community. 3. I can support students in tracking, reflecting on, and sharing their progress towards mastery of PEAK traits. CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) Resources (Amount and Source: federal, state, and/or local) 1. Culture and Climate/ILT: Develop the PEAK definitions--relational and performance indicators within the PEAK. 1. Weekly PLC--devoted to unpacking and providing feedback on PEAK definitions Implementation Benchmarks Status of Action Step* (e.g., completed, in progress, not begun) 1. PEAK Matrix updated (completed in September by CCC) 1. HPS PEAK Trait Reflection tracker (2x quarterly) 1. Teacher trackers of student PEAK traits (TBD) 1. PLC agendas focused on PEAK roll-out 1. Teacher self-reflection of PEAK traits (monthly, monitored by MaAd) 2. Weekly PLC--devoted to focus on Crew structures and purposes 2. Culture and Climate: 2. Weekly PLC agenda Support develop of how to integrate PEAK traits in Crew, 2. CCC Crew maps/documentation of literacy, math activities PEAK implementation 2. Culture and Climate: 2. CCC develop Crew Support consistent Agreements tool (consistent development of portfolios structures for Crew across Kthrough CREW time 8) 2. Culture and Climate: Support development of ways 2. CCC to collect student to provide service to the portfolios monthly to “spotSchool Code: 5742 School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 40 community throught CREW time (hallway clean-up, grounds clean-up, lunch tables, etc.) 3. Weekly PLC--devoted to tracking and progress on PEAK traits 3. ILT--Determine the “report out” of PEAK traits(i.e., celebrations quarterly, report cards, portfolios, SLCs in the Fall and Spring) 3. Monday Staff Crew meetings and Celebrations of Learning: recognize staff for PEAK traits 3. Culture and Climate: Quarterly recognition for the PEAK traits Culture and Climate Committee meets on Wednesdays after school every other week(1 hour) Onsite Support: (1-3) Provide professional development for staff during PLC times (1x a month) (1-5) Coaching of school coaches on these LTs check” 2. CCC to name service structures like “Adopt-AHallway” 2. CCC to develop duty rotation document (4th grade assigned to cafeteria, 7th to the Lost and Found) 2. Student perception survey of CREW (Fall,Winter, Spring) 2. Staff perception survey of CREW (Fall, Winter, Spring) 2. Learning walks by CCC and ILT for Crew implementation 3. Weekly PLC agenda focused on tracking of PEAK 3. ILT checking portfolios once a month 3. Student report cards (spot check--pull random sampling 1 month to see progress of input of PEAK grades) 3. Staff Recognition board, named in monthly newsletter (will be rolled out by CCC) 3. Student Recognition board, student named in monthly newsletter (will be rolled out by CCC) School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 41 Culture and Climate Committee participation Offsite PD: Assessment in Daily Instruction (Denver) Primary Cohort (year-long) Leadership Cohort (Denver) * Note: These two columns are not required to meet state or federal accountability requirements, though completion is encouraged. “Status of Action Step” may be required for certain grants. Section V: Appendices Some schools will need to provide additional forms to document accountability or grant requirements: • Additional Requirements for Turnaround Status Under State Accountability (Required) • Tiered Intervention Grantee (TIG) (Required) School Code: 5742 CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 6.0 -- Last Updated: June, 17 2014) School Name: HOMESTAKE PEAK SCHOOL 42 Homestake Peak School of Expeditionary Learning – Progress Monitoring - Kindergarten-1 Tier Universal Assessment Screening tools at grade level: • DRA2, EDL2, AIMSweb Early Numeracy Measures, DIBELS NEXT, MComp (1st) Tier 1 Progresss Monitoring tools at grade level: • ORF (3passages-report the median) Tiers 2-3 Monitor all students’ progress using tools at students’ instructional level: • DRA2 Progress Monitoring Probes Monitor Tier 2 (tools at grade level): • ORF (3 passages-report the median) • DIBELS NEXT Frequency Three times per year: Late fall (8/19-9/12 –data uploaded by 9/26), winter (12/01-12/18-data uploaded by 12/19), spring (4/27-5/15-data uploaded by 5/19) Every six weeks Every four weeks Every four weeks Every two weeks Staff Classroom teachers and interventionists Classroom teachers and interventionists Classroom teachers and interventionists Monitor Tier 3 (tools at instructional level) SPED Teachers Homestake Peak School of Expeditionary Learning – Progress Monitoring Plan 2-3 Tier Universal Assessment Screening tools at grade level: • DRA2, EDL2, ORF, MComp, DIBELS NEXT Frequency Three times per year: fall, winter (12/01-12/18 –data uploaded by 12/19), spring (4/27-5/15- data uploaded by 5/19) Every six weeks Tier 1 Progresss Monitoring tools at grade level: • ORF (3passages-report the median) Tiers 2-3 Monitor all students’ progress using tools at students’ instructional level: • DRA2 Progress Monitoring Probes Every four weeks Monitor Tier 2 (tools at grade level): • ORF (3 passages-report the median) • DIBELS NEXT Every four weeks Every two weeks Staff Classroom teachers and interventionists Classroom teachers and interventionists Classroom teachers and interventionists Monitor Tier 3 (tools at instructional level) SPED Teachers Homestake Peak School of Expeditionary Learning – Progress Monitoring Plan Grade 5 Tier Universal Benchmar k Assessment Screening tools at grade level: • DRA2 Benchmark, AIMS ORF, MComp, STAR Renaissance Tier 1 Progress Monitoring tools at grade level: • DRA2 Probes- for all students • AIMS ORF Tier 1- (3 passages-report the median) • STAR Renaissance Frequency Three times per year: fall, winter (12/01-12/18 –data uploaded by 12/19), spring (4/27-5/15- data uploaded by 5/19) - At least every six weeks - At least every six weeks - At least every six weeks AIMS ORF: Monthly/Quarterly for ELO Reading Intervention Winter Screening: Takes place during the week of 12-15-14 Staff Classroom teachers and interventionists Sara, Andrea, Tracy, Pam, Brian Classroom teachers and interventionists - - STAR Reading: Week of 11-10-14 (Tests will be in ELA classes) Week of 12-15-14 STAR Math: Week of 11-17-14 (Tests will be in Math classes) Week of 12-15-14 Winter/Spring- Progress Monitoring - STAR Reading and STAR Math: Week of 2-9-15 Week of 4-6-15 Spring Screening Window Week of 5-11 to 5-22-15 Due to Adventure Trips Tiers 2-3 Monitor all students’ progress using tools at students’ instructional level: • DRA2 Progress Monitoring Probes - Every four weeks Monitor Tier 2 (tools at grade level): • AIMS ORF (3 passages-report the median) Every four weeks Classroom teachers and interventionists Monitor Tier 3 (tools at instructional level) Every two weeks Quarter 2: Bi-Weekly rotation Dates for Reading: (Monday) October 27, 14 (ELA class) Week of November 10, 14 (Monday) December 1, 14 Benchmark- Week of 12-15-14 (ELA Class) Dates for Math: (Monday) November 3, 14 (Math class) Week of November 17, 14 (Monday) December 8, 14 Benchmark- Week of 12-15-14 (Math Class) Winter- Progress Monitoring - STAR Reading: Week of 1-20-15 Week of 3-2-15 Week of 3-24-15 Week of 4-27-15 - STAR Math: Week of 1-20-15 MeaWeek of 3-2-15 Week of 3-24-15 SPED Teachers Week of 4-27-15 Homestake Peak School of Expeditionary Learning – Progress Monitoring Plan Grades 6-8 Tier Universal Benchmark Assessment Screening tools at grade level: • Review TCAP Data (This data will be used to create ELO Blocks) • STAR Universal Screener- Reading (This data will be used to create ELO Blocks) • STAR Universal Screener- Math (This data will be used to create ELO Blocks) • ELO Reading Intervention Block- AIMS ORF Oral Reading Fluency • Cold Writes- see grade level genres and pre and post dates Frequency STAR Universal Screener Three times per year: Fall (September and October) Winter (Week of 12-15-14) data uploaded by 12/19) Spring (4/27-5/15- data uploaded by 5/19) AIMS ORF: Monthly/Quarterly for ELO Reading Intervention Cold Writes- see attached schedule for grade levels (Writing teachers administer and assess) All staff Staff Tier 1 Progress Monitoring tools at grade level: All Students • Core ELA and Math classes will be progress monitored in core classes. - - Tiers 2-3 Monitor all students’ progress using tools at students’ instructional level: STAR Reading: (ELO Reading Intervention) Bi-Weekly (Steve, Kate, Ashley) STAR Math: (ELO Math Intervention) Bi-Weekly (Becky, Susan, Kim) STAR Reading: (SPED) Bi-Weekly (Brian, Candace) STAR Math: (SPED) Bi-Weekly (Brian, Candace) STAR Reading: Week of 11-10-14 (Tests will be in ELA classes) Week of 12-15-14 STAR Math: Week of 11-17-14 (Tests will be in Math classes) Week of 12-15-14 Quarter 2: Bi-Weekly rotation Dates for Reading: (Monday) October 27, 14 (ELA class) Week of November 10, 14 (Monday) December 1, 14 Benchmark- Week of 12-15-14 (ELA Class) Dates for Math: (Monday) November 3, 14 (Math class) Week of November 17, 14 (Monday) December 8, 14 Benchmark- Week of 12-15-14 (Math Class) Core ELA and Core Math teachers Steve, Becky Genny, Susan Ashley, Kim ELO Classroom teachers and interventionists SPED Teachers 6 7 Narrative Argument Informative Argument Narrative (text) Informative 8/25-8/29 10/21-10/25 01/06-01/09 10/13-10/17 12/15-12/18 3/16-3/20 4/06-4/10 5/04-5/08 5/18-5/22 Informative Argument Narrative Informative Argument Narrative (text) 8/25-8/29 10/21-10/25 01/06-01/09 10/13-10/17 12/15-12/18 3/16-3/20 4/06-4/10 5/04-5/08 5/18-5/22 Informative Argument Narrative Informative Argument Narrative (text) 8/25-8/29 10/21-10/25 1/06-1/09 10/13-10/17 12/15-12/18 3/16-3/20 4/06-4/10 5/04-5/08 5/18-5/22 8 Section V: Supporting Addenda Forms (Homestake Peak School) For Schools Operating a Title I Schoolwide Program (Optional) Schools that participate in Title I may use this form to document Title I program requirements for operating a schoolwide program. As a part of the improvement planning process, schools are strongly encouraged to weave appropriate requirements into earlier sections of the UIP. This form provides a way to ensure all components of the program are met through (1) descriptions of the requirements or (2) a cross-walk of the Title I program elements in the UIP. The Title I schoolwide program requirements are listed in NCLB Sec. 1114(b)(1)(A-J). Description of Title I Schoolwide Program Requirements Comprehensive Needs Assessment: What are the comprehensive needs that justify activities supported with Title I funds? Recommended Location in UIP Section III: Data Narrative and Section IV: Action Plan Description of Requirement or Crosswalk of Description in UIP Data Narrative or Action Plan (include page numbers) Please see UIP for specific information regarding our school’s comprehensive needs: Worksheet #1 – pp. 11-13 Worksheet #2 – pp. 14-20 Demographic data – p. 23 Reform Strategies: What are the major reform strategies to be implemented that strengthen core academic programs, increase the amount and quality of learning, and provide an enriched and accelerated curriculum? Section IV: Action Plan Please see UIP for specific information about our instructional improvement strategies. Instructional Expertise in the area of Literacy – pp. 30-32 Instructional Expertise in the area of Mathematics – pp. 33-36 Instructional Expertise in the area of Formative Assessment – pp. 37-39 Instructional Expertise in the area of PEAK Community Traits (Culture & Character) – pp. 40-42 Professional Development: How are student and staff needs used to identify the high quality professional development? Section III: Data Narrative and Section IV: Action Plan Please see UIP for specific information about our instructional improvement strategies. Instructional Expertise in the area of Literacy – pp. 30-32 Instructional Expertise in the area of Mathematics – pp. 33-36 Instructional Expertise in the area of Formative Assessment – pp. 37-39 Instructional Expertise in the area of PEAK Community Traits (Culture & Character) – pp. 40-42 Community Involvement: Section III: Data Please see UIP for specific information about our instructional improvement strategies. Schoolwide Title I Addendum for CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 3.0 -- Last updated: June 17, 2014) 1 How are staff, parents and other members of the community collaborating to influence program design? Narrative and Section IV: Action Plan Instructional Expertise in the area of Literacy – pp. 30-32 Instructional Expertise in the area of Mathematics – pp. 33-36 Instructional Expertise in the area of Formative Assessment – pp. 37-39 Instructional Expertise in the area of PEAK Community Traits (Culture & Character) – pp. 40-42 Schoolwide Title I Addendum for CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 3.0 -- Last updated: June 17, 2014) 2 Description of Title I Schoolwide Program Requirements Teacher Recruitment and Retention: What process is in place to ensure that only highly qualified staff are recruited and retained for schoolwide programs? Data Analysis: How are teachers involved with assessment and data analysis to improve overall student achievement and classroom instruction? Recommended Location in UIP Description of Requirement or Crosswalk of Description in UIP Data Narrative or Action Plan (include page numbers) Section III: Data Narrative and Section IV: Action Plan At HPS we ensure that 100% of our core instructional staff have HQ status in the area in which they teach. Section III: Data Narrative and Section IV: Action Plan See additional attachments: Data Analysis Progress Monitoring Expectations for HPS K-1; 2-3; 4-5; 6-8 Timely Intervention: How will students be identified for and provided early interventions in a timely manner? Section IV: Action Plan See additional attachments: Data Analysis Progress Monitoring Expectations for HPS K-1; 2-3; 4-5; 6-8 Parent Involvement: How will the capacity for parent involvement be increased? How will parent involvement allow students served to become proficient or advanced on state assessments? Section IV: Action Plan Parent Involvement Activities: SY 2014-15 Parent Teacher Association Meetings (8/14, 9/16, 10/14, 11/14, 12/16, 1/23, 2/24, 3/13, 4/21, 5/20) School Accountability Committee Meetings (10/7, 11/4, 12/2, 1/13, 2/3, 3/3, 4/7, 5/5) August 15, 2014 – Parent Registration Day August 19-20 – Lower School Student Testing Days (Students are tested; Parents meet with administrators) Family Literacy & Math Night – 10/16 Parent Teacher Conferences – 10/21 & 10/23 Schoolwide Title I Addendum for CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 3.0 -- Last updated: June 17, 2014) 3 Holiday Concert – 12/16 Parent Night – Power Hours Afterschool Programming – 1/14, 3/24 Kinder Open House – 3/11 Student Led Conferences – 3/31 & 4/2 Transition Plan: How does the school assist in the transition of preschool students from early childhood programs to elementary school programs? Section IV: Action Plan Teaching Strategies Gold Training – Took place for all kinder teachers on 3/23 Elementary Testing Days – August 19 & 20 Kinder Open House 3/11 Parent Teacher Student Conferences – 10/21 & 10/23 Coordination with Other Services: How are Title I funds used in coordination with other ESEA, state and local funds? Section IV: Action Plan, Resource Column We dedicate 1 FTE towards the hiring of a reading interventionist to serve our lower school students. Schoolwide Title I Addendum for CDE Improvement Planning Template for Schools (Version 3.0 -- Last updated: June 17, 2014) 4