On the Right Track

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On the Right Track
Seven Trees School Franklin-McKinley School
District
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Who We Are
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Our Students
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Where we were

• State Adopted Curriculum
• Mathematics
• Science
• Social Studies
• Language Arts
• Success for All
• ELD
• Into English
• Adventures in Art

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Parent/Community Involvement

• Parents met once each month to learn about the
  reading program (Success For All)
• Meetings were conducted in English only
• Limited/No outside community involvement

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Teacher Interaction

• Limited discussion of Language Arts program
  (Success for All)
• Test Scores
• Student placement (regrouping)
• Teacher assignment for reading groups
• Some sharing of ideas/materials among same grade
  level teachers

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Professional Development

• Language Arts
• Success for All
• District provided
• Adventures in Art
• Adopted curriculum
• Picturing Writing

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Interventions

• During school tutorial in Language Arts
• Success for All (primary grades and a limited
  number of students not making adequate progress)
• After School Intervention Program
• Selected students

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AYP Scores

• Percentage of Students Scoring Proficient
• and/or Advanced (2003-04 SY)
• ELA Target 13.6 MATH Target
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• School-wide 17.7 23.3
• Hispanic 13.5 18.9
• Econ-Disadvantaged 16 23
• ELLs 9.7
  21.8
• Students with Disabilities 0.0
  17.6

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What we decided to do

• California Board of Education approved
  curriculum/programs
• Students being exposed to State Standards
• Teachers using the language of the standards to
  teach students
• Re-grouping of students for reading
• Collaboration among teachers
• High Standards for student achievement
• Grade level expectations for current year and the
  year to follow
• Direct Instruction

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Direct Instruction

• Standard
• Objective
• Anticipatory Set
• Instruction
• Guided practice
• Independent Practice
• Assessment
• Closure

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Where we are now

• State Adopted Curriculum
• Mathematics
• Science
• Social Studies
• Language Arts
• Houghton Mifflin
• McDougal Littel
• English Language Development (ELD)
• Guided Language Acquisition by Design (GLAD)

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Parent InvolvementCafecitos

• To encourage parents to take ownership of their
  childs education
• To educate the entire family
• Nurture a positive relationship between the
  school, family, and community
• Raise parent/community awareness
• To provide information regarding the school
  curriculum

• Provide a forum for parents to voice their
  comments and concerns
• Unite parents and community to become active
  partners with the school

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How do we involve parents?

• We are visible and available
• Seek interaction
• Acknowledge adults on campus
• Out on the campus in the mornings, during lunch,
  after school
• Several speakers of the language of the community
  
• Ask for topics of interest
• New information presented at Cafecitos first
• Ask for parent/community suggestions/recommendatio
  ns for school improvement
• Alter parent expectations and aspirations by
  conducting family visitations to universities

• Encourage parents to visit classrooms and attend
  Cafecitos (future and former school parents and
  students welcome)
• Model lessons and hands on activities
• Provide take home materials or ideas on how to
  use items found at home
• Provide ideas on how to help children with
  school/homework even if they do not speak English
• Deliver requested information in a timely manner
• Raffle educational supplies

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Community Involvement

• Dental (Health Trust)
• Medical/Vision
• Mental health
• Gangs and drugs prevention/intervention
• Legal information
• Tax preparation
• Immigration information
• Child Care (licensing)
• Colleges
• National Hispanic University
• San José State University

• Seven Trees Coalition
• School readiness
• Leadership Training for parents
• Girl Scouts
• Boy Scouts

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Teacher Collaboration

• Grade Level meetings
• One lesson plan per grade level
• Focused collaboration
• Long-term planning
• Assessment
• Analysis of data (formative and summative)
• TASS (Teams Assisting Student Success)
• assisted by the Nascent Group (Dr.
  Denise Hexom,
• 
  Michael Gonzalez, Bill Johnston)
• GLAD
• Release time

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Professional Development

• G.L.A.D.
• Thinking Maps
• WriteTools/StepUp to Writing
• Direct Instruction
• Rubrics
• AB466 Language Arts (teachers)
• AB466 Math (teachers)
• AB75 (principals)
• Schools Attuned

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Interventions

• After school programs (Students)
• City of San José Homework Center
• Communities Organizing Resources to Advance
  Learning
• -C.O.R.A.L.
• After school intervention with teachers (skill
  specific)
• Migrant Education (students/parentsfocus on
  parent education)
• M.E.E.S. Migrant Education Even Start
• After school programs (adults)
• English classes
• After school programs (families)
• Families And Schools Together (F.A.S.T.) and
  FASTWORKS
• During school ( families)
• Raising a Reader
• Play and Learn
• Saturday School (students)
• Migrant Education

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AYP Scores

• Percentage of Students Scoring Proficient
• and/or Advanced (2007-08 SY)
• ELA Target 35.2 MATH Target
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• School-wide 31.1 45.2
• Hispanic 28 43.3
• Econ-Disadvantaged 30 45.3
• ELLs 26.6
  43.9
• Students with Disabilities 17.6
  14.3

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Where we are going

• Curriculum
• Upcoming adoptions
• Parent/Community Involvement
• Teacher Collaboration
• Professional Development School
• assisted by
  San José State University
• GLAD
• Mathematics
• Cycle of Inquiry (Analysis of Student Work and
  Data)
• Spanish Language Maintenance
• Professional Development
• Making Standards Work
• Professional Learning Communities
• Inclusion of Special Needs students
• Interventions

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What we have learned

• All teachers genuinely care about all students
  and their success
• Working collaboratively allows for sharing of
  ideas (all students benefit)
• Focused professional development creates an
  environment where teachers speak a common
  language and expect a common result
• Students need to know what is expected
• Parent involvement is extremely important
• The budget needs to support the teachers efforts
  in raising student achievement
• Always room for improving our craft

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If your expectations for your students and school
are grounded in todays reality, at best what you
will achieve is mediocrity.

• Dan Lairon, Principal
• Seven Trees School