Against All Odds

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Against All Odds

• November 19, 2007
• Malcolm C. Hursey Elementary and The Montessori
  Childrens House
• Charleston County School District
• Principal La Dene Conroy

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• We Illuminate the Thinking and Learning with
  Our Students ThroughResearch to Practice
  Hursey is a Professional Learning Community

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Introduction of Hurseys Leadership Team

• Ronica Jefferson- Lead Teacher
• Tamra Setzer-District Literacy Coach
• Moving to the Next Level-CPE II
• Accelerating Progress
• Excellence is our Standard
• The Victory is in the Classroom

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Successes

• Student attendance has increased (highest perfect
  attendance and reduced tardies this quarter-why?)
• Teacher attendance has increased
• S/P/T Satisfaction has increased
• Climate and culture - positive and flourishing
• Behaviors have decreased (EBS Survey/SWIS)
• Increase in teacher retention
• High community involvement and support

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Successes

• Working Leadership Team
• Coaching model between coaches and teachers is a
  support for success model
• Planning time with teachers is preserved
• Professional articles support vision and
  expectations
• Coherent teacher team meetings, each week allows
  teachers to prepare and focus their thinking on a
  content area
• Create respectful professional relationships

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State Report Card Results 2007
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Children are happy, learning and want to come
to school everyday.
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What data is used to ensure instructional
decisions are positively impacting student
achievement?

• PACT gains and decreases on individual students
  and by teachers (comparability charts)
• Monitoring attendance (S/T) tardies, absences
• Monitoring discipline by student /teacher (time
  on task) SWIS
• Monitoring student nurse and guidance visits
  /month
• CORE Team Referrals-Response to Intervention
  Model- Consistent Intervention (frequency/duration
  )
• Evaluation of human and material
  resources-programs
• Survey Information (Ps/Ss/Ts) measuring to gauge
  needs
• MAP data to guide instruction for flexible groups
  by area of need
• Monthly DIBELS in K-1st to show progress
  monitoring paired with Primary MAP
• Frequent observations of teachers and student
  learning in classroom with feedback
• Positive commendations by ERT visit Dec.
  2005/2006
• ERT recommendations made for library and
  technology the academic leadership team and SIC
  voted to budget the necessary funding to add the
  needed books, hardware, equipment, resources for
  the school 2006-2007

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Challenges

• Sustainability of Professional Development and
  Training
• New teachers (7 Induction 2007-2008)
• 8 - 2nd year teachers remained in 07-08 (8 - STEP
  2/ 2-Annual Diagnostic)
• 40 of the staff are veteran /60 of the staff
  are first or second year teachers
• Gaining the momentum necessary in the classroom

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Solutions

• 2-Montessori Primary Classrooms with 3 and 4 year
  olds (early intervention can assist in closing
  the learning gap and level the playing field)
  one child development class
• English Language Arts CCSD Balanced Literacy
  Framework (K-5th) Sustain training
• Single gender classes and departmentalization of
  CORE subjects in the 5th grade
• RBI in Guided Reading to scaffold strategies and
  build on instructional reading level using
  leveled text
• Reading logs kept for authentic reading time
• Implementation of Everyday Math K-5th /Continue
  Calendar Math
• RBI in Math Strands (March to Math) beginning in
  January -1 day a week where math is taught all
  day and integrated across all contents

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Solutions

• Writing Improvement Network consultants working
  with seven master teachers to gain further
  knowledge of the 6-Traits writing process (model
  classrooms)
• Teachers analyze data with coaches at teacher
  coherence team meetings and look at students
  test taking success and pitfalls
• Inclusion services and Learning Lab created for
  targeted small group work
• Teachers build daily relationships and
  connections with students (PBIS, CHAMPS)
  Review-Remind-Reteach-Respect
• Teacher led book study - Do You Know Enough About
  Me to Teach Me? by Stephen Peters

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Solution Monitoring Progress

• DIBELS on all K-1st grade students (monthly)
• DIAL 3 scores
• Reading Recovery - running records daily
• Follow up on students in 2nd grade who were in RR
• Frequent running records in 1st-2nd
• Dominie used K -5th Fall, Winter, Spring
• MAP Testing in K and 1st -first year
• MAP testing Fall, Winter, Spring 2nd-5th

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Stretch to Success P/A on PACT
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Malcolm C. Hursey
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Visible Reminders and Consistent Language
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PBIS-SPORT-SCHOOLWIDE is a SOLUTION!

• Schoolwide posters and consistent practices
• Resources for teachers
• Booster sessions - new staff / stakeholder
  groups-PPs, extended day staff
• RTI-Response To Intervention 6/11-12, 2007
• CHAMPS (PBS in classrooms) 6/13-14, 2007
• CHAMPS for new staff
• (3 booster session- November 2007)

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Systems in place for procedures and routines
safety!
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4th Graders Compete at Water Olympics

• Safety in advance
• Property - use of school grounds and equipment
• Order (expectations) for each assembly
• Respect for self and others (spirit and
  sportsmanship)
• Time on task for each relay and activity
  (engagement and participation)

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Who monitors the progress of the FSRP?

• All stakeholders monitor the progress at Hursey
• The District and Academic Support Team
• The Leadership Team
• The Academic Leadership Team
• Teacher Coherence Teams
• The School Improvement Council
• Parent Groups

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MAP DATA Effective use of MAP Data

• Conversations /action plans about data wall-
  trends-grade levels- reports provided by coach
  and dialogue with teachers
• Flexible groups formed by strands of need and RIT
  band reports from MAP
• Coaches and principal assist with planning for
  flexible groups using DesCartes for scaffolding
• Small group intervention formed for the teachers
  to use so they think about planning (hold Ts
  accountable)
• Team planning to assure lesson planning is
  rigorous, right materials, assessment
  (pre-/post-) and pacing is on target (Are we
  using the coherent curriculum with integrity?)
• Are the teachers decisions instinctual or
  purposeful? How do we know?

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Spring Data Wall 2007
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Data Wall -7th Testing Period (with 1st Graders)
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CPE II Accelerating Progress

• Collaborative Efforts

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Math Day for 10 weeks- analyze scores in January

• RBI- top scoring teacher -highest RBI
• Lesson plans designed using DesCartes and by RIT
  Band
• Used all adults to make small groups
• 2 weeks per strand
• Difference from Fall 2.2 -13.0 Spring (1.0 in
  winter to 10.8 Spring P/A)
• Decreased Below Basic from 72.8- 53.3 (-19.5)
  Winter was 6.8

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Monthly Focus at TCT2007-2008

• Educating Whole Child ASCD May 2007-Educational
  Leadership
• Writing (Lucy Caulkins -Ralph Fletcher) Write
  Traits
• Math Everyday Math/ Math Vocabulary
• Reading Strategies (Debbie Miller, Regie Routman,
  Pat Cunningham, Sharon Taberski)
• Science (Inquiry Process and Science Notebooking-
  FOSS kit training)
• Data Meetings

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Monthly Writing Prompts
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Technology Added as an Intervention for
Instruction

• Smart Boards- Elmo's
• K-5th grade
• Purchased three Smart Boards (library, lab,
  science classroom for 5th)
• Train teachers on using them
• Implementation modeled lessons

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Core Strategy VI- Organize to Successfully
Support A High Performance System

• TEAM WORK

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TEAMWORK

• Vision Philosophy the districts vision is
  my (our) vision
• Data Driven Results
• Decisions Child Comes 1st
• Professional Expectations Accountability

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High Performing Systems

• Charleston Plan for Excellence
• District Academic Support Team
• Academic Leadership Team -Media Advisory
• Teacher Coherence Teams
• Climate and Culture Team (PBIS Team)
• Community Partnership Team
• School Improvement Council/ Title I/ Hursey-Hope
  worldwide Advisory
• PTA Board
• School Guidance Team (SPED) compliance
• CORE Team

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Communication Energy (Motivation) Teamwork
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Behind each door in every classroom we are
expecting

• respectful relationships with children,
  immersion in print rich classrooms and
  literature, assurances that children are
  learning, best practices, supported by
  professional pedagogy, established procedures and
  routines and strong delivery systems

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Behind each door in every classroom we are
expecting

• teachers professionally groomed, well-read and
  trained on the strategies necessary to deliver
  the instruction and to know if their teaching
  reached the learner as a reflective practitioner
  (dialogue- student work)

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Behind each door in every classroom we are
expecting

• the (C.C.S.D. Coherent Curriculum) used as the
  anchor to strengthen and guarantee each child
  receives a rich and equitable learning experience
  from teacher to teacher/classroom to classroom

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Investment Coaching/Training Model

• National Staff Development Model (coaching
  conversations)
• Observe- Model-Practice-Observe-Feedback
• Tiered Training (School based, QUADS)
• Teachers Observing other Teachers
• Videos used to demonstrate practices
• Consultants teach we observe-meet to dialogue and
  ask questions

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The victory is in the classroom.
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P-GAP Program 2nd grade focus (early retention/
DNQ for SPEC.ED.)
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Intervention Center
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Learning Lab RTI/CORE Intervention Center
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First Montessori in a Title I School
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Work Time-Building Focused Concentration
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Exploring a Prepared Environment
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Extended Day Program2007-2008

• Hursey-Hope worldwide 21st Century Program (July
  5, 2007)
• 147,000 /year (4 years)
• Data collected on 100 students
• M-F 245-545 PM
• Saturday Academy 9-1
• Summer Camp (4 weeks)

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Community Engagements and Partnerships

• Proactive community engagement
• Parent Involvement (W-F)
• PTA
• Healthy Schools Grant
• NEA Books Across America Grant
• Snack Sack Suppers-Nurse Connections to Churches
• MUSC Dental/Doctors
• Trident Tech- Dental Clinics
• Ameri Corps
• ION Group
• Naval Weapon Reserve Unit
• BOWS

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Alliances and Partnerships ION Group was
recognized at the Business Summit for Charleston
November 7, 2007
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ION Group and Pleasant Places
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New Shed Built by ION Group
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Navy Nuclear Volunteers- Day of Caring
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Day of Caring-Reading Initiative
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The First Thirty Minutes
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Day of Caring-Refurbish and Build Flowerbeds
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Future Gardeners Look On Montessori Primary
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Library and Classroom Technology
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Weeding and Cataloging
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What Will It Take?

The Best and the Brightest Teacher Stars to
Light the Way
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What Will It Take?Courageous Leadership

• We will select and polish talented, committed,
  passionate, and hard working stars (personnel)
• We will choose and monitor best interventions,
  resources, and technologies ( programs)
• We have a moral imperative to give ALL
• students a great education (guaranteeing
  equity and efficacy)

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Malcolm C. Hursey Elementary and Montessori
Childrens House

• 4542 Simms Street
• N. Charleston, SC
• 29405
• 843-745-7105
• 843-529-3903
• ladene_conroy_at_charleston.k12.sc.us
• ronica_jefferson_at_charleston.k12.sc.us
• tamra_setzer_at_charleston.k12.sc.us