Growth and Success through Best Practices

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Growth and Success through Best Practices
School Improvement Research Center Gloria Olivas,
Norma Herrera, Patricia Hoemberg, Kimberly
Mazzocchi and Elena Rodriguez
Scotsdale Elementary Ysleta Independent School
District
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Vision Statement

• All students who enroll in our schools will
  graduate from high school, fluent in two or more
  languages, prepared and inspired to continue
  their education in a four-year college,
  university or institution of higher education so
  that they become successful citizens in their
  community.

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Vision Statement Video
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District and School Demographics
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Scotsdale TAKS Results
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Fish Philosophy
Play
Choose Your Attitude
Be There / Make Their Day
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Professional Learning Communities The Four
Questions
What do students need to learn? How do you
know when they have learned it? What do you do
when they dont learn it? What do you do when
they do learn it?
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Failure Is Not an Option!

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Failure Is NOT an Option!

• Common mission, vision, values and goals
• Ensuring Achievement for all
• Collaborative teaming
• Using Data to guide Decisions and continuous
  improvement
• Active engagement from family and community
• Building sustainable leadership capacity

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5th Grade Planning Video
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Curriculum

• Curriculum is driven by TEKS
• YISD enhances the TEKS with a teacher created
  Scope Sequence
• Scotsdale uses these programs
• Sharon Wells Math
• Reading Framework
• Accelerated Reader
• Science
• Shurley Method

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Science Lesson Video
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How to achieve continued growth and improvement?

• We must stay focused on improving instruction
• Student learning
• Individual interventions

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Pyramidof Intervention
Blue Print to the Blue Zone
TIER IV
Special Education Referral
TIER III
(in addition to TIERS I II)
1. Dyslexia Assessment 2. Reading
Recovery/DLL 3. 1 to 1 tutoring - skill
specific 4. Meet with referral committee (with
Documentation)
TIER II
1. Small group3 x week/30 minutes each
2. Guided Reading (small skills group)
3. Team teaching
4. Tutoring after school
5. Lexia
6. My Reading Coach (M-Th 30 minutes each)
7. Counseling
8. Saturday school 9. Failure Free Reading 10.
Follow-up meeting with referral committee
TIER I
1. Best Classroom Practices
2. Data Collection (if available)
Agendas Peer tutoring Phone call to parents
Previous teacher Cumulative folder Datamart AR
reports Dyslexia assessments STAR TPRI/Tejas
Lee TAKS
3. Refer to Pre-Referral Intervention Manual,
ADD Manual, Behavior checklist
Small group Re-teaching Progress
reports Parent/teacher conferences 1 to 1
discussion with student Check hearing and vision
data from nurse After school homework per grade
4. Initial meeting with Referral Committee Member
Reading recovery/DLL Attendance/tardies
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Failure Free

• Failure Free Reading Program is a Tier II
  intervention
• Used to enhance and support English Language
  acquisition with our English Language learners

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Bilingual Data
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Why is Curriculum successful on some campuses,
but not others?

• Lack of collaboration for planning
• Lack of correct/consistent implementation of
  programs
• Lack of staff development, maintenance and new
  teacher training

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To ensure success we have to have a culture where
leadership and staff

• Exhibit deliberate and intentional leadership
  behaviors
• Create positive attitudes and climate
• Create a feeling of commitment, confidence, and
  purpose

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School Culture Video
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Celebrate Our Childrens Success
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Scotsdale Elementary

• Title I Distinguished School Award
• National Title I Distinguished School Award
• TEA Exemplary School
• Four Star School (Texas Monthly)
• YISD Volunteer Award
• TBEC Just for the Kids Honor Roll
• Governors Excellence Award Grant
• Nomination National Center for Urban School
  Transformation

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Assembly Video
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Overview

• Strong leadership/leadership as a facilitator
• Dedicated to building a committed and
  collaborative staff
• Staff is focused on high expectations for
  children
• Everyone must celebrate success

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Q A
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Contact Information

• Scotsdale Elementary
• 2901 McRae Blvd.
• El Paso, Texas 79925
• [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• www2.yisd.net/scotsdale

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