Southwest Education Academy Report Card 20032004

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Southwest Education AcademyReport Card 2003/2004

• Home of the Dragons
• Accreditation
• Candidate
• 2003/2004

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Mission Statement

• This facility is a unique educational setting
  that has as its purpose, the provision of
  integrated instruction in a caring environment.
  The objective of each staff member is to assist
  all students to grow personally, and to achieve
  academic and professional success.
• The schools motto, Believing is Achieving,
  supports the sense of mission felt by the staff,
  parents, and students of this school. Our
  students will be able to succeed through a
  program designed to meet their individual needs
  prepare for their future academically and
  vocationally in order to become responsible
  citizens and develop a sense of self-worth,
  while becoming sensitive to the needs of others.

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SEA Demographics 02/03

• Total Enrollment 152
• Avg. Daily Enrollment 89
• Females 38
• Males 62
• Attendance Percentage 72
• Graduates 14
• GED 4
• Low Income 90
• Mobility 35
• Minorities 18
• Special Ed. 26
• YIC 29

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Who Are We?

• Southwest Education Academy
• Referrals
• Rocky Mountain
• Eagle Quest
• Home School
• Home Study

• SWATC
• Adult Education

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Demographics
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Graduation Data

• 2001/2002 8 of 12 Seniors 67
• 2002/2003 14 of 20 Seniors 70
• Goal for 2003/2004 75 (39)
• 30 or more

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Desired Learner Outcomes

• Students will become effective problem solvers
• Students will demonstrate responsibility
• Students will become good citizens
• Students will become effective communicators
• Students will adapt to change

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Improvement Goals

• Provide Differentiated Instruction
• Increase Use of Performance Assessments
• Implementation of 61 Writing Traits Across the
  Curriculum
• Effective Use of Classroom Time
• 5 increase in Students Performing Above-the-Line
  in Math and Language Arts
• Increase of ATE Skill Certificates Given

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SEA/ATC Action Plan

• 1 Differentiated Instruction
• Staff Development presented by Val Pak
• Monthly check-up meetings on progress with
  Administration
• Weekly reminders in teacher boxes
• Teacher plans for implementation included in
  Classroom Evaluation process

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2 Effective Use of Classroom Time

• Bi-monthly discussions during lunch meetings to
  set standards for Rubrics
• Bi-monthly classroom visits
• Improved attendance
• Improved grades/credits
• Increase use of performance assessments
  culminating in 2nd Semester Interdisciplinary
  Student Portfolios

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3 - 5 more students performing above the line

• Writing across the curriculum
• Increase writing skills through 61 writing
  standards used in ALL classrooms
• Offer after-school tutoring in math curriculum to
  bring students to grade level

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3 Continued

• Include goals centered around power standards in
  all student IEPs and SEOPs
• Offer after school program for remediation
  through Plato and A curriculum
• Provide training through our counseling
  department on test taking skills for intrinsic
  value and rewards for extrinsic reinforcement

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Home Study

• New standards for qualification and program
  retention
• Dropout rate monitored and articulated with
  referring schools
• Success rate closely monitored and changes in
  policy and procedure adjusted for greater student
  success

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Home Study Stats

• 2001/2002
• 32 students enrolled
• Average student earned .25 to .50 credits each
  quarter enrolled
• 2001/2002
• -52 students enrolled
• -Average student earned .25 to .75 credits each
  quarter enrolled

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Home Study Goal for 2003/2004

• Each student enrolled is required to earn 1
  credit for every 5 weeks of enrollment
• If this standard is not met, they will be given
  the options of
• Going back to referring school
• Enrolling in classes at SEA
• Consider options with court process, home school
  etc.

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Our Parents

• Concerns
• Safe environment
• High Academic expectations
• Quality Education
• Resolutions
• 1)Parent/School Advisory
• 2)Parent Advocates

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Student Government

• Purpose and Goals
• Attend Leadership Conference
• Learn and apply principles of government
• Serve school and community
• School and student advocates
• Enlist student school participation
• Promote student achievement