Albany Area Schools

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Albany Area Schools

• 20 Miles West of St.Cloud.
• Approximately 1600 students in the district.
• 97 White
• Less than 1 LEP
• 11 SpEd
• 19 FRPL
• 100 Graduation Rate
• 136 open enrolled to Albany vs. 92 out.

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We cannot do everything at once, but we can do
something at once.

• Calvin Coolidge

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Albany Avon

• Grades 1-6 420 students, 3 sections per grade.
• 98 White
• 0 LEP
• 14 SpEd
• 26 FRPL
• Title I school

• Grades K-6, 390 students, 2 sections per grade.
• All day, every other day K.
• 94 White
• 1 LEP
• 13 SpEd
• 16 FRPL
• Non Title I

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Albany Avon

• MCAII Reading Proficiency - 2008
• Gr. 3 84
• Gr. 4 70
• Gr. 5 85
• Gr. 6 79

• MCAII Reading Proficiency - 2008
• Gr. 3 89
• Gr. 4 83
• Gr. 5 79
• Gr. 6 81

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Assets In Place

• Aimsweb Universal Screening
• 90 min. common reading block.
• Scheduled intervention time Gr.1 2 Albany
• Grade level team meetings.
• Supportive administration.
• Progress monitoring.
• Good interventions.

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Coaching has helped us . . . .

• Improve the quality of grade level mtgs.
• Improve the quality of our interventions.
• Use our data more effectively.
• Establish a framework for Problem Solving
  meetings.
• Set up paperwork for problem solving.
• Use our leadership team to guide and inform our
  journey.
• Meet helpful people in other schools who share
  our growing pains!

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Challenges ahead . . . .

• Time
• Establishing effective Problem Solving Teams with
  time to follow through (integrity checks!!!)
• Resources for buildings without Title I.
• Moving beyond K-3 and Reading.
• RtI and SpEd referrals
• Did I mention time?

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Go as far as you can see. When you get there
you will be able to see further.

• Thomas Carlyle