NewHorizonsCharterAcademy

BlendedLearningAndSchoolTransforma5onForEnglishLanguageLearnersand

StudentswithDisabili5es

RamisiDilleyDirectorofOpera;ons

IEUCConference2017

RichardThomas,M.EdExecu;veDirector

KimberlyBalcomb,M.EdDeanofStudents

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New Horizons Charter Academy # of % of Baseline # Ethnicity/LEP/SWD/SD Students Students of Students La;no 185 59% 315Armenian 44 14% 315AfricanAmerican 28 9% 315White 38 12% 315Asian 19 6% 315SWD 28 9% 315EL 129 41% 315Socio-Disadvantaged 270 86% 315 PerAnalysis

BudgetedADA@95% 299

NHCA2016–2017SchoolDemographics(K-8)4thYearasaCharterSchool

Source:Brawnfrombrains—Talent,policyandthefutureofAmericancompe;;veness

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HowDoWeGetThere?

FUTURE–READYSTUDENTFOCUS

Community

Empower-ment

Infra- structure

Building Teacher Agency Being a Talent Scout

Encouraging Lateral Relationships And Community Best Practices

Being the LEAD Learner Alongside Teachers

Building an Organizational Culture that reduces Isolation Support with ongoing training

Transformative Change in Education

Empowerment

•  Fosteringtheconceptofsharedownershipofchange.•  EncouragingBoardMembers,Execu;veDirector,ClassifiedStaff,

CentralOfficeStaff,ILTteammembersandteacherstovisitclassestoseeteachersinac;onandbeawitnesstotheircrea;vebrilliance.Byallowingotherstowitnessbestteachingprac;ces,thisencouragesteacherstosharetheirwork.

•  NewDiscoveriescanbecapturedandmemorializedforthepurposeof

scalingschool-wide.Scalingofideassupportstheconceptofsharedempowerment

•  Teachersarecon;nuouslysharingbestprac;cesontheirProfessionalLearningNetwork–email,textmessages,Twieer,Facebook,GoogleDocs/Drive,Voxer,Periscope,ClassDojowhichprovidesrapidandwide-rangebroadcastcommunica;on.

Func;oningFuture-ReadyEmpowerment

Instruc;onalFramework

Philosophies

•  Classroomsareblendedlearningenvironmentsallowingforindividualizedlearningpaths.

•  RelevantProfessionalDevelopment•  Integratedtechnologythatempowersteachingandlearning

•  Connectedsystemsthatcreatedata"flow"

WhyDevelopBlendedLearningModel

BlendedLearningandSchoolTransforma;on(BLAST)

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AccelerateAbilitytoaccelerateproficiencyonhighprioritycontentstandardsincoresubjectsthroughindividualizedpacingusingdigitalcontent

Differen5ateCreatemoreopportuni;esforteacherstodifferen;ateinstruc;onandmanagesmallgroupswherestudentsbroadenlearningandhigherorderthinkingskills

•  Distance Learning •  Interactive Tools •  Digital Content •  Online Courses

Innova;veTechnologies

•  Flipped Classroom •  Mastery Learning •  Assessment-

Feedback-Planning Loop

Teaching&LearningApproach

•  Learning and innovation skills; information

•  Media and technology skills

•  Life and career skills •  Core subject mastery

21stCenturyCollege

Readiness

To better prepare NHCA students for college, they need to be ready for a different learning environment.

•  More rapid pacing in colleges

•  Emphasis on key thinking skills

•  Inquiry and analysis based learning

•  Active engagement in small groups

•  Student monitor their own progress and control of their own learning

NHCABLASTMODEL

Tradi;onalClassroomvs.BLASTClassroom

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ModelforAllCoreSubjects

Adap;veDigitalContent–Self

Guided

Project-basedCollabora;on&

Discussion

Teacher-guidedInstruc;on

Tradi5onalClassroom

27 students in 3 groups of 9 27 students

BLASTClassroomMorepersonaliza;on

ThreeSta;onRota;onalModelinBLASTClassrooms–(K–8)

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IndividualizedOnlineInstruc5on•  Adap;veengagingcontentatstudentsinstruc;onallevel•  30minuteswithdigitalcontentpercoresubject•  Embeddedassessmentsineachsubject-(Real-TimeAc;onableData)•  Allcorecontenthasparalleldigitalplamorm•  RtI-supplementalprograms–(remedia;on/enrichment)

Project-basedGroupLearning•  Cri;calthinking,academicdiscourse/vocabulary•  Analyzingproblems/solu;onsandApplyingconcepts•  RubricsUsedtoMeasurebothStandards-BasedProductand

Collabora;veEffortsbasedonspecificReciprocalRoles

Teacher-guidedinstruc5on•  Higherorderthinkingskills•  Differen;atedmini-lessons•  FlippedClassroommethodology

DigitalAgenda

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RichardThomas,M.EdExecu;veDirector

FOSSandIScienceandInspireSciencelesson…

enVision/RevK12/STMathprovidesmathcontent

Whenstudentsgettheanswerwrong,RevPrepautoma;callytakesthemthroughthestepsoftheproblem,andthenprovidesasimilarproblemtoaidinstudentmasteryofthestandard.

RichardThomas,M.EdExecu;veDirector

MyAccessprovidesaHolis;cRubricscore,andalsogradesFocus&Meaning,Content&Development,Mechanics&Conven;ons,Organiza;on,andLanguageUse,Voice,&Style.

Tech Tools to use for ELA Online Station !!•  StudySync!•  Vocabulary.com!•  In-class Flip with Vocab, Writing and Grammar!•  Newsela!•  Epic!!•  MyACCESS!!•  ReadTheory!•  Imagine Learning!•  Istation!•  ReCap!•  FrontRow!!

DataAnalysisofELAWeeklyAssessment–StudentResponsesEnglishLanguageLearnersandStudentswithDisabili5es

Infrastructure Framework!!•  Checkout Chromebooks and HotSpots for

20% of student body w/o devices/internet!

•  Digital License all content for all students!

•  BYOD – Download content directly to student cellphones!

•  Student/Parent Portal Data Dashboard!

IncreasingLearningVelocitywithDigitalContent

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BLASTModelDigitalcontentacceleratesproficiency

levelsandpersonaliza;on

Tradi;onalClassroomTextbookbasedscope&

sequence

%ofStude

ntsp

erGrade

Level

Increasingtherangeanddepthofcoreskills

NHCAClassroomInstruc;onalguidesusedto

developlessonplans

EndofYearG

rade

LevelProficiency

Structureduseofdigitalcontentmo;vatesstudentsandaccelerateslearningofcoreskills

“Success Consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm”-Churchill

“If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow” John Dewey, Schools of Tomorrow

“Culture does not change because we desire to change it. Culture changes when the organization is transformed – The culture reflects the realities of people working together every day” - Frances Hesselbein

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AllStudents–2015SBAC All3rd-5th Celerity Celerity LAUSD LAUSD LAUSD LAUSD 6thGr Celerity

ELA NHCA Ararat Cardinal Palma; Sendek Bellingham Victory Lankershim NHCA Palma5(6th)

#StudentsTested 56 221 96 131 279 272 272 213 21 28

%ofStudents 98% 99% 100% 100% 96% 97% 99% 96% 100% 100%

Exceeded 7% 19% 21% 15% 9% 5% 4% 6% 14% 4%

Met 27% 32% 31% 26% 19% 16% 20% 19% 19% 29%

NearlyMet 27% 26% 31% 34% 23% 35% 24% 26% 29% 43%

NotMet 39% 24% 17% 25% 48% 45% 51% 49% 38% 25%

AllStudents–2015SBAC All3rd-5th Celerity Celerity LAUSD LAUSD LAUSD LAUSD 6thGr Celerity

Math NHCA Ararat Cardinal Palma; Sendek Bellingham Victory Lankershim NHCA Palma5(6th)

#StudentsTested 58 206 96 131 278 267 266 217 21 28

%ofStudents 98% 92% 100% 100% 99% 98% 97% 97% 100% 100%

Exceeded 5% 12% 19% 11% 6% 7% 2% 5% 14% 11%

Met 17% 31% 35% 30% 21% 18% 13% 14% 10% 32%

NearlyMet 29% 32% 30% 37% 26% 31% 34% 38% 14% 39%

NotMet 45% 25% 16% 21% 46% 45% 51% 43% 62% 18%

EconomicDisadv All3rd-5th Celerity Celerity LAUSD LAUSD LAUSD LAUSD 6thGr Celerity

ELA NHCA Ararat Cardinal Palma; Sendek Bellingham Victory Lankershim NHCA Palma5(6th)

#StudentsTested 50 177 91 131 253 248 259 196 18 28

%ofStudents 86% 79% 94% 100% 90% 91% 95% 88% 86% 100%

Exceeded 4% 19% 21% 15% 9% 4% 4% 6% 11% 4%

Met 26% 32% 31% 26% 18% 15% 20% 19% 17% 29%

NearlyMet 28% 26% 32% 34% 23% 35% 24% 26% 28% 43%

NotMet 42% 23% 16% 25% 48% 46% 51% 50% 44% 25%

EconomicDisadv All3rd-5th Celerity Celerity LAUSD LAUSD LAUSD LAUSD 6thGr Celerity

Math NHCA Ararat Cardinal Palma; Sendek Bellingham Victory Lankershim NHCA Palma5(6th)

#StudentsTested 51 166 91 131 261 250 254 198 18 28

%ofStudents 88% 74% 94% 100% 93% 91% 93% 89% 86% 100%

Exceeded 2% 11% 19% 11% 7% 6% 2% 4% 11% 11%

Met 16% 30% 35% 20% 20% 18% 13% 15% 11% 32%

NearlyMet 31% 35% 32% 39% 27% 31% 34% 37% 6% 39%

NotMet 51% 24% 14% 27% 45% 44% 51% 44% 72% 18%

NHCASBAC2015-AnalysisvsLAUSDandnearbyCharter-**2ndYearasaCharterSchool**

SBACTest2014/2015-AnalysisofPerformanceTradi;onalvsCharterStatewide

STATETESTALL–SBAC2014-2015 3rdto5th

ELA Math

#StudentsTested 1,388,510 1,394,929

%ofStudents 94% 95%

Exceeded 18% 14%

Met 23% 25%

NearlyMet 24% 30%

NotMet 35% 34%

I E E E E - VISION!!•  Innovate!

•  Engage!

•  Educate!

•  Evaluate!

•  Empower!