Parent Meeting

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Parent Meeting

• September 3, 2009

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Valle Vista Elementary Welcomes

• Mrs. Paula Snyder
• Fifth Grade
• Room 25

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Valle Vista Elementary Welcomes

• Mr. Scott McRitchie
• 4th and 5th grade SDC
• Room 28

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Valle Vista Elementary Welcomes

• Mrs. Alisa Fallon
• Assistant Principal
• Discipline
• Attendance
• Campus Supervisors
• Textbooks/Curriculum

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Valle Vista Elementary Welcomes

• Mrs. Shayna Hicks
• Health Tech substitute

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Why are we here?

• Our school is school-wide Title I
• What does that mean?
• State/District academic content standards
• State/District academic assessments (AYP, API,
  District Benchmarks)
• School funding

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The Goal

• The goal of our Title I program is to
• Close the Achievement Gap
• Assist parents to in monitoring their childs
  academic progress and work with teachers, as
  partners, to improve the academic achievement of
  their child(ren).

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The News

• Our estimated API is 818
• 43.4 of our students are Proficient or Advanced
  in Language Arts
• 55.0 of our students are Proficient or Advanced
  in Mathematics

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What does 818 mean?

• We grew 51 points
• 08-09 our API was 767
• We met our AYP goals
• Year 1 program improvement hold.

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How do we compare
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Testing Information
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Adequate Yearly Progress
Language Arts
Goal 46.0
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Adequate Yearly Progress
Mathematics
Goal 47.5
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Program Improvement

• 07-08 Year 1 Program Improvement Watch due not
  meeting participation rate with Special Education
• 08-09 Year 1 Program Improvement due to not
  meeting AYP with the our Hispanic,
  Socio-economically Disadvantaged and Special
  Education sub-groups in Language Arts

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Program Improvement Status

• For 09-10 We met our AYP in all areas and we are
  on Year 1, Program Improvement Hold.

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Strengths

• Solid Curriculum
• 91 of our staff received training with new math
  adoption
• Excited, experienced and well trained staff
• Wonderful parent support
• Outstanding Special Education Program

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Areas of Challenge

• Improving parental involvement
• Meeting the needs of our ELD, Special Education
  and Socio-economically disadvantaged students
• Offering exciting opportunities for our students
• Engaging students in learning

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How will we meet these challenges?

• Good First Teaching Interventions
• Interventions for Language Arts and Math provided
  during the school day
• Parent newsletters sent home monthly
• Engage students with new math adoption and
  provide parents with on-line access to math
  program
• Improved school based web-site

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How will we meet these challenges?

• Disaggregating student data to meet areas of need
• Creating leadership team to develop plan
• Working with School Site Council to realign our
  Single Plan for Student Achievement
• Explore prospects with SAFE to expand our
  extra-curricular opportunities

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Who Helps?

• School Site Council
• Teachers and staff
• Our district
• Parents
• Academic Coaches/Professional Development
• PTA

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Parent Rights

• You have the right to be involved
• You have the right to be involved in the planning
  and review of programs and our parent involvement
  policy
• You have the right to participate in your childs
  education

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How

• Volunteer
• Attend events such as Back to School Night, Open
  House, Parent Conferences
• Participate in PTA, School Site Council, English
  Language Advisory Committee

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