LD5 Principals Meeting

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LD5 Principals Meeting

• November 9, 2005

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Ground Rules

• Honor starting times
• Set cell phones to vibrate mode
• Avoid side conversations

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• District Updates

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Congratulations

• Bravo Medical Magnet will be recognized as the
  first National Title 1 Achieving High School in
  California at the National Title 1 Conference in
  Dallas, Texas, in January 2006.
• The California Department of Education nominated
  Bravo for the Title 1 school in the state with
  the greatest percentage of students scoring
  proficient and advanced in both language arts and
  math.

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Outcomes

• Review proposed belief statements
• Review instructional strategies to improve
  instruction
• Review LD5 API growth
• Review English Language Learner Progress in LD5

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Proposed Belief Statements

• We believe that students should receive the
  opportunity to receive a rigorous standards-based
  curriculum in a safe and secure environment with
  dignity and respect, by a highly qualified
  teacher who meets the needs of diverse learners
  in order to close the achievement gap.
• Garfield Complex

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• We believe that in order to reach coherence, the
  work and actions of all stakeholders need to be
  aligned to district goals that articulate from
  pre-k to Adult.
• Roosevelt Complex

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• We believe that innovation is exploring
  new/alternate ways of approaching issues and
  being flexible thinkers.
• Jefferson Complex

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• We believe that excellence is the unrelenting
  pursuit of the highest level of performance from
  adults and students in all aspects of school life
  academic, creative, athletic, and social. This
  pursuit demands uncompromising high standards for
  work and sustained support for all stakeholders
• Lincoln Complex

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• We believe that we are responsible to ensure
  measurable student achievement by using the
  highest ethical and professional standards to
  guide our actions.
• Wilson Complex

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Strategies

• Articulation (continuous dialogue) among
  preschool, elementary, middle school, high
  school,and adult
• Focus on weak curricular areas (training on DSS)
• Parents ways to continue to share info.,
  standards, etc. (parents need to know)
• Ways to streamline it for parents
• Content teachers content language objectives
  (academic language)
• Ensure that students re-classify within 5 years
• Intervention focus on ELL

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• Create more coherence with funding that is Out
  of the Box
• Refocus on existing resources
• Get all stakeholders In the Box
• Refocus on strategies-driven instruction/different
  iation
• Create more A.P. Spanish Courses
• Need for ELD Coaches
• More articulation between OCR and ELD programs
• District 5 should meet with ELD experts

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• Students at all levels of ELD or ELA need to be
  engaged in conceptual and/or inferential thinking
  with ELD or SEL strategies that scaffold and make
  connections to the core curriculum

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• API Growth 2000-05
• LD5

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Local District 5 Elementary SchoolsPattern of
API Growth 2000-2005
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Local District 5 Middle SchoolsPattern of API
Growth 2000-2005
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Local District 5 High SchoolsPattern of API
Growth 2000-2005
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Local District 5 Elementary SchoolsPattern of
API Growth 2000-2005
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Local District 5 Elementary SchoolsPattern of
API Growth 2000-2005
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Local District 5 Elementary SchoolsPattern of
API Growth 2000-2005
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Local District 5 Secondary SchoolsPattern of API
Growth 2000-2005
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• An Examination of English Learners in Local
  District 5

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Why are We Focusing onEnglish Learners?

• Approximately 54 of all students in Local
  District 5 are English Learners.
• Fewer English Learners meet standards in ELA and
  Math compared to other students.
• 67 of the Seniors in LAUSD who have not yet
  passed the CAHSEE are ELs.

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ELA CST Results for Elementary
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ELA CST Results for Secondary
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Math CST Results for Elementary
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Math CST Results for Secondary
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Grade Identified as English Learners
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When Did They Reclassify?
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How Did Elementary Reclassification Vary by
Complex?
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Reclassification Rates in LAUSD
Change from LAS to CELDT State reclassification
criteria not available to District until April
2002
New State and District reclassification criteria
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Current Reclassification Criteria

• Elementary
• CELDT Performance and ELD Portfolio
• CST in ELA (at least Basic)
• Teacher Evaluation (marks of 3 or 4 in ELA
  Math)
• Parent Consultation and Notification
• Secondary
• CELDT Performance
• CST in ELA (at least Basic)
• Teacher Evaluation (C or better in both ELA, or
  ESL 3/4, and math)
• Parent Consultation and Notification

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What do we know about those who didnt reclassify
by 5th?
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ELD Status of Those Who Did Not Reclassify by End
of Grade 5
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What Was Their ESL Placement in Spring Semester,
Grade 6?
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How Many Reclassified by Spring 2005?
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Which Middle Schools Did they Attend?
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What Were Their ELD Levels?
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Did Reclassification Vary by School?
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What Happened to the Students Who Did Not
Reclassify by End of 9th?
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How Did They Do on 2004-05 CELDT?
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How Did they Do on ELA CST?
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Effective Transition Ideas

• Sending Elementary Schools
• Send most current RFEP information
• Send most current performance information for ELs
  close to reclassification criteria
• Update performance information
• When ELs score close to the next level on the
  DPI, administer the next level DPI to determine
  the highest High Point level

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Effective Transition Ideas

• Receiving Middle Schools
• Whenever possible, dont put more than one ESL
  level in one classroom
• Form classes based on the DPI information
• Dont skip students to the next ESL level because
  there arent enough students to form a class
• Dont move students back to ESL because there
  arent enough students to form a class

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• Unless we address our students language needs
  in a coherent, articulated and systematic manner,
  our LD5 English Learners will be significantly
  challenged in meeting standards, passing the
  CAHSEE, graduating and being eligible for
  college. Its up to us.
• CNS

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• Instructional Update
• Luz Cotto

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Principals Updates

• Math Coordinator James Burr
• Parent Ombudsperson Rodolfo Bernal
• Reading First Seminar November 17, 2005
• Science Periodic Assessment windows
• Intervention and Testing
• ELP - revised payroll codes
• ELAP - audited this year
• ELD Practicum Cohort IV
• ELD Portfolio Reviews
• How Full is Your Bucket?

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Scanning ELA Periodic Assessments

• Central is looking for 90 scan rates from school
• Commendations to the following schools
• Adams Middle School 97 Version 1
• 93 Version 2
• LA Academy 87 Version 1
• Roosevelt High School 90

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Directors Sessions

• Early Education (Directors Conference Room)
• Elementary (PD Conference Room)
• Middle School (LD 5 Conference Room/Superintendent
  s Conference Room)
• High School (LD5 Conference Room)

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Afternoon Workshop Sessions
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• Directors Sessions