State of the School Address

Bruce FraserPrincipal2011-2012

The most academically successful schools are typically those where students feel respected by their teachers

▪ Noam, G.G. & Flore, N. (2004)

Think of your favorite teacher from elementary, middle or high school.

We teach the students values.The moral education comes from our

behaviors, not our words.Character is like measles. It can only

be caught by close contact with someone who has it.

It is why we are here and what we ultimately strive to become!

Needs to drive decisions. Needs to be known by all. Needs to be revisited and, if needed,

modified

…teach from the heart, not from the book

Author Unknown

Iowa Test of Basic Skills (3 &5)Check Points (3 times per year)Georgia Writing Assessment (3&5)Criterion Reference Competency

Tests (3-5)Georgia Kindergarten Inventory of

Developing SkillsGrade level common formative &

summative assessments (K-5)

3-5 combined

3-5 combined

Look at current school data to identify areas or strengths and weaknesses.

Use data to identify trends in student achievement.

Help CWES identify areas to improve upon in the 2011-12 school year.

Strategic and specificMeasurableAttainableResults-orientedTime-bound

Performance Measures

2009-2010 2011-2011 goal 2010-11 result

Percentage of 3rd-5th in general education that exceed State standards for R/ELA

59% 61% 65%

Percentage of 3rd-5th in special education that fail to meet State standards for reading

17% 16% 8%

Performance Measures

2009-2010 2011-2011 goal 2010-11 result

Percentage of 3rd-5th in ESOL program that do not meet State standards for reading

18% 15% 11%

Percentage of 3rd-5th that exceed State standards for math

57% 60% 67%

Performance Measures

2009-2010 2011-2011 goal 2010-11 result

Percentage of 3rd-5th in Special education that do not meet State standards for math

30% 26% 16%

Percentage of 3rd-5th that exceed on writing assessment

16% 20% 22%

Performance Measures

2009-2010 2011-2011 goal 2010-11 result

Percentage of 5th grade students exceeding State standards on ELA

47% 50% 60%

Performance Measures

2010-2011 2011-2012 goal 2011-12 result

Percentage of 3rd-5th that exceed on writing assessment

22% 24%

Increase the performance of 3rd grade on the vocabulary domain of the ITBS

66% 68%

Performance Measures

2010-2011 2011-2012 goal 2011-12 result

Increase the percent correct in the “information and media literacy” domain for 5th grade on CRCT

77% 79%

Increase the percent correct in the “earth science” domain for 5th grade on CRCT

75% 77%

Educators committed to working collaborativelyin ongoing processes of collective inquiry and action research to achieve better results for

the students they serve.

(DuFour, DuFour, Eaker, & Many, 2006).

“The greatest untapped resource in the field of education is the knowledge possessed by teachers.”

Four Critical Questions Drive our PLCs:

1.What do we expect our students to know?

2.How will we know if they have learned it?

3.What will we do differently if they don’t learn it?

4.What will we do differently if they do learn it?

“The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined efforts of each individual.”

Vince Lombardi

Cambridge Education hired by Fulton County

Provide insights into what is working well as well suggestions for improvement

2 day visit October 18/19

Team of three Will observe classes, analyze data, meet

with teacher, students and parents Receive a report within 20 daysStill need parent volunteers