Transcript Coaching and PD at SIG Schools 2011-12

State of the School Title I Meeting
Marcy Open
October 14, 2014
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Purpose of State of the Schools
The purpose of the State of the School and Title I Annual
meeting is to:
• Provide information about the current state of the school
• Provide an update on the School Improvement Plan
• Share priorities, goals and strategies for improvement
• Provide ways in which families can be engaged throughout
the year.
• Clarify the purpose of Title I
• Describe the communication parents/guardians can expect to
receive regarding their child’s progress.
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Agenda
WHO WE ARE
SCHOOL’S CURRENT REALITY
• Strengths
• Challenges
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN
• Goal Areas and Strategies for Student Achievement, Climate, and Family
Engagement
• Title I Budget and Use of Funds
FAMILY ENGAGEMENT
• Communication
• Opportunities for involvement
• Support
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Marcy Open - Who We Are
Marcy Open School offers a learning
environment emphasizing academic
achievement as well as personal development
that promotes lifelong learning and individual
goat setting. Marcy Open provides a
respectful environment that emphasizes
responsibility, creativity, curiosity, and
connectedness to the world.
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Demographics
2.7%
5.6%
7.5%
52.5%
31.6%
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Community Description
The Marcy-Holmes neighborhood is located on the east bank of the
Mississippi River and is named for William L. Marcy and Oliver Wendell
Holmes. The neighborhood lies across the Mississippi River from
downtown Minneapolis. The University of Minnesota from its east
boundary and the west border of the neighborhood is the East
Hennepin/Central Avenue commercial area. Marcy-Holmes is home to
Dinkytown, which includes many businesses tailored to the nearby
University of Minnesota. The neighborhood also provides housing to many
students attending the University of Minnesota. The population of the
Marcy-Holmes neighborhood is about 9,000 people with the majority
being between the ages of 18-44. The ethnic diversity in the neighborhood
has increased in recent years. The average household size in the
neighborhood is two people while the average in Minneapolis is 2.3. Thirty
percent of the households in this neighborhood include children under the
age of 18. The neighborhood also has a higher poverty rate for families
with children than does the city of Minneapolis.
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Unique Programming
Project Success
TOPS
Everybody Wins
MAP Artists in
Residency
International Peace
Site
Buddies
Math & Science Night
Literacy Night
Community Education
Classes
ALC & GEMS/GISES
Reading Corp
Math Corp
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Relative History
Marcy Open School opened in September 1971, as part of the Southeast
Alternatives (SEA), a five-year federally funded project. SEA provided the
model upon which Minneapolis' system of alternative schools and parent
choice was eventually built. In the fall of 1992 we moved to the building
we are in now. The grades have also changed from K-6 to K-8 and the
population of the school has doubled in size. In May of 2011, Marcy
celebrated the 40th Anniversary as Marcy Open School. Marcy has
distinguished itself as a model for the open school approach to education
in the Minneapolis School District. As an open school Marcy offers a
learning environment that emphasizes academic achievement as well as
personal development that promotes lifelong learning and individual goal
setting. Marcy Open provides a respectful environment that emphasizes
responsibility, creativity, curiosity, and connectedness to the world. Marcy
Open School, in partnership with its families, seeks to instill in its students
high standards for academic scholarship, integrity, leadership, and
responsible citizens.
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Community Partners
Target
First Congregational
Church of Minnesota
Everybody Wins!
University of
Minnesota
Augsburg
YMCA
YWCA
Holmes Park
Village/Southeast
Seniors
Project Success
Big Brothers/Big
Sisters
Change INC
Teen Out Reach
North Point Health
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Current Reality in Math
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Current Reality in Science
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Current Reality in Reading
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School Designation
• Current School Designation – None
• The Minnesota Department of Education
identifies a school designation at Title I
schools every three years based on the
following categories from the MCA results:
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Proficiency
Growth (MCA to MCA)
Achievement Gap Reduction
Graduation Rate (HS only)
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School Improvement Plan
Our School Improvement Plan is designed to
address the concerns revealed in the data and is
focused on three core areas.
• Student achievement
• School climate and
• Family engagement
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Student Achievement
Goal Areas:
1) Reading
2) Math
Strategies:
1) All school staff will engage in revising/designing, developing, implementing
and maintaining a Positive School-wide Engagement Plan.
2) Teachers fully implement individualized standards based learning across
content areas to improve core teaching in an Open School model.
3) Teachers will participate in PDPLC's to improve student learning using best
practices in student engagement, tiered questioning around the standards
and with an increased use of informational texts. Teachers collaborate in
order to fully implement quality programming and instruction for EL, Special
Education, Advanced, and Striving learners. Active participation in PDPLC's
will strengthen instructional practices through action planning, collaboration,
and professional development that is based on student achievement data.
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School Climate
Goal Areas:
1) All students will participate in a 20 minute advisory
class/morning meeting every day to develop social and
emotional skills, with a focus on persistence, efficacy, grit and
growth mindset. Second Step (anti-bullying curriculum) will be
taught once a week in 5/6. Academic check through planners will
occur once a week to support organizational skills and academic
progress.
Strategies:
1) All staff are or will be trained in Responsive Classroom or
Developmental Designs.
2) All teachers submitted an individual classroom positive
behavior plan that will be revised throughout the school year.
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Family Engagement
Goal Areas:
1) Clear communication to all families.
Strategies:
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Translation of school materials into Somali or Spanish is offered weekly in the
newsletter.
A Somali and Spanish interpreter are available during the school day and at
meetings.
Robo-calls in Somali and Spanish provide notice of important school news.
Classroom bi-monthly newsletters include curriculum and how it can be
supported at home.
Parent Conferences, individual face to face conversations with families will
include explaining curriculum and assessments and be at least twice a year.
Curriculum nights- Outreach events will be hosted by Marcy Open School to
encourage family academic involvement.
Parent liaison, social worker and administration are available through
appointment or drop-by.
Parent Portal is available on-line for parents to access grades and homework.
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More Information
• For more detailed information on our School
Improvement Plan and Family Involvement
Plan, please request a copy from the school or
visit our website: marcy.mpls.k12.mn.us
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Title I and School Improvement
Plan
Title I is a federal program that provides money to
schools and districts to ensure that all children have
a fair, equal and significant opportunity to obtain a
high-quality education to achieve proficiency on our
state’s academic standards and assessments.
Title I supports our School Improvement Plan and
the funding we receive helps us to reach our goals.
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Title I
Do all schools receive Title I funds?
– No. Title I programs are available to schools with
the greatest concentration of low-income families.
Budget
– This year, 23% of our school budget comes from
this source.
– The total Title I amount is $224,450
We are a school wide Title I program, which
means all students are able to benefit from Title
I services.
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Use of Title I Funds at Our School
• To support our goals we are using the Title I
money in the following ways.
• 96% is being used for teachers and other staff
– .5 Math Interventionist, Parent Liaison, and 5 AE
positions
• 4% is being used to support our curriculum
– ST Math, myOn Reading, and Zaner-Bloser
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Use of Title I Funds at Our School
• $653 is being used for professional
development for our teachers
– Responsive Classroom
• $3685 is being used for family involvement
– Food for family events
• $5341 is being used for other purposes
– Various supplies that teachers request such as art
supplies, listening centers, books, etc.
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Student Progress
To monitor student learning, we use state
assessments and other ways to gather
information to plan programs and supports for
our students.
These are the ways we share this information
with you about your student throughout the
year.
1. Parent Portal for grades 5-8
2. Paper copies of MAP are sent home to families & MCA results are mailed to
families.
3. Report cards are sent out each quarter – K-4 are sent home in Friday folders
and 5-8 are mailed home.
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As a parent, you have the right…
• to know the qualifications of your child’s teacher
• to know when your child has a substitute teacher for more than four
weeks and the qualifications of the substitute teacher
• to know how your child’s school is rated on its state test scores
• to expect regular communication with your school in a language that you
can understand
• to work with other parents and staff to develop a school-level parent
compact between the school and its families
• to help plan how money for family involvement should be spent
• to work with teachers, parents and the school principal to develop a
family involvement plan
• to ask for a meeting with your school principal or your child’s teacher at
any time
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Opportunities for Family
Involvement
• Provide input in the development of the School
Improvement Plan, Family Involvement Plan, and the
School Compact
• Participate in MOPSC
• Parents/guardians are encouraged to participate in
Title I meetings and learning opportunities
• Attend school events
• Visit your child’s classroom or volunteer at your
child’s school
• Talk to your child’s teacher about events and issues
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that may affect your child’s work or behavior
Family and Community Supports
• At the school level, contact our family liaison:
Sidney Orchard at 612-668-1023
• Community liaisons for the school district in
each Area (A, B, and C) as well as
• Cultural liaisons for Hmong, Somali, and
Spanish-speaking families, as well as African
American families.
– http://osfce.mpls.k12.mn.us/engagement
• District Parent Advisory Councils
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Moving Forward
We will provide the following opportunities for parents/guardians to
provide input for school improvement by/through…
• Monthly MOPSC meetings
• Parent surveys
• Open door policy with administration
We will communicate about our school improvement progress by/through…
• Winter and spring State of the School meetings
• Monthly MOPSC meetings
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Questions and Comments
• Record key points:
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