Lewis Central Middle School Status Report

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Lewis Central Middle School Status Report

• Presentation to the Lewis Central Middle School
  VIPs
• October 30th, 2006

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Focus of the Presentation

• Addressing the SINA status
• Math
• Reading
• How our responses relate to the Action Plan focus
  of
• Student Achievement
• School Climate

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Responses to SINA - Math

• AEA 13 SINA assistance team
• OASIS expanded
• Supplemental Math exploratory
• Building Leadership Team expanded
• Less Schedule interruption (Activity Day)
• Additional staff used to lower CORE class sizes
• Transition efforts expanded
• Academic Bus continued

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Responses to SINA - Math

• Professional Development alignment
• E2T2 involvement including Special Education
• Curricular and instructional conversation
• Item Response Analysis
• Action Plan implementation phase
• Technology integration ALEKS
• All Staff developing math strategy skills
• Content-specific training in math
• Marzano strategy continued
• Walkthrough focus on Student Engagement
• Professional Growth / Iowa Teaching Standards /
  Evaluation meetings
• Professional Learning Community

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Responses to SINA - Reading

• AEA 13 SINA assistance team is formed
• OASIS expanded
• Supplemental Reading exploratory
• Building Leadership Team expanded
• Less Schedule interruption (Activity Day)
• Additional staff used to lower CORE class sizes
• Transition efforts expanded
• Academic Bus continued

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Responses to SINA - Reading

• Professional Development alignment
• Curricular and instructional conversation
• Item Response Analysis
• RE-structure of LA/Reading Team
• Diagnosis phase
• All Staff developing reading strategy skills
• Marzano strategy continued
• Walkthrough focus on Student Engagement
• Professional Growth / Iowa Teaching Standards /
  Evaluation meetings
• Professional Learning Community

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Relating Efforts to Student Learning and
Accelerated Growth

• Allowing teachers to make data driven
  instructional decisions (i.e. all staff access to
  all student achievement indicators)
• Teachers engaged in constructing clear focus for
  their content (i.e. critical content)
• Training in the use of formative assessments
  (i.e. L to J)
• Increased capacity for intervention
• Pro-activity versus re-activity

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School Climate

• Exploratory team specifically tasked as lead
• Titan Games
• Banners in HR
• Grade Level Student Activities
• Guest Speakers/Performers
• Titan Traits weekly lessons
• Wall of Fame
• Spirit Squad
• Connecting to the world around us Books for
  Biloxi, Staff member involved in troop deployment
  to Iraq
• Cafeteria procedures and expectations
• Instituted new discipline procedures
• Behavioral Forms
• After-school Detentions
• Homecoming participation
• Monitor with data
• Suspension Data

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LCMS Suspension Data
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Continued Work

• Diagnosis Phase with AEA SINA Team for Reading
• Professional Learning Community
• CADRE
• Collecting/Analyzing data on Critical Content
  Instruction
• Increase structural capacity smaller class
  sizes, increased flexibility for supplementary
  interventions
• Expanding curricular offerings academic and
  exploratory
• Transition / Integration with Titan Hill LCHS
• Exploring options for improved parent involvement
• Emailing of Progress Reports
• Increased use of School Website
• Scheduled Conferences
• Commons area Conferences
• Homework Committee membership
• VIP meeting presentations
• Improvements in staff collegiality

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LCMS Parent-Teacher Conferences Participation
2003-2006
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Three Summary Points

• Student growth is occurring!
• We are working hard to improve at all levels!
• Improvement is a continual process at LCMS!