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Englewood Schools
A Relentless Focus On Learning
We are pleased to oer the Spring 2013 Electronic Shareholders Report for
your review. This full version report is intended to be a companion to our Spring
2013 Printed Shareholder Update that was delivered by the post oce to every
resident in Englewood.
By providing this longer report online instead of in print form, we save money
that can be used directly for services and resources that directly impact our
students. As referenced in both this report and the postcard update, addional
informaon can be found on our district website: hp://englewoodschools.net/
Brian EwertSuperintendent
Karen BroAssistant Superintendent
ShareholderreportSPRING 201
In This Issue:
Bond Projects and Construcon Updates
Instruconal Technology in the Classroomand Beyond
Monitoring District Progress
Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness
Operaons, Maintenance and Transportaon
Academic Standards Update
Gied and Talented Educaon
Financial Transparency
Human Resources
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Bond ProjectsIn November 2011, Englewood voters approved a $50 million Bond, with a 20-year payback term,
that would build a new campus for grades 7-12 at the current Englewood High School Site and
renovate the current Englewood Middle School site for use by Colorados Finest Alternave High
School. A Bond is a nancial loan issued for the purpose of nancing the infrastructure needs of
the school district. The Bond funds will be used for the following:
Replace and upgrade Mechanical and Electrical Systems
Provide beer school site Safety and Security
Construct Classrooms and Academic Spaces to meet 21st Century instruconal needs
Bring the Facilies up to Code
Renovate the high school Field
House and PerformingArts areas
Complete campus site Upgrades
Implement the inial phase of the
Board of Educaons Long Range
Facilies Plan
More than $419,000 in operang
costs will be saved annually due
to greater eciency in systems.
When the Board of Educaon adopted
the Long Range Plan, it was divided into
two major phases. Due to crical safetyand security concerns and the rapidly
deteriorang facility at EMS, EHS and CFAHS, it was agreed that these issues were to be addressed
rst. This Bond measure will primarily focus on a new campus for grades 7-12 and the renovaon of
Englewood Middle School in preparaon for occupancy by Colorados Finest Alternave High School.
Providing new facilies and 21st Century Programming, will allow us to retain the majority of our
Englewood students and aract students from across the enre south metropolitan area. As stu-
dents enroll in Englewood Schools from other aendance areas, the State funding for each of these
students follows the student to Englewood.
New Construcon will Provide AddionalBenets to Students including:
New classrooms that will simulate todays
work environment and college classrooms,
encouraging creave thinking, problem
solving, collaborave group work and the
use of technology
A facility where students are Safe and Secure
Improved technology and giving students
the proper tools to work in an interacve
and technologically advanced society
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The EnglewoodCampus (TEC)Construcon Update
Six months aer the
groundbreaking ceremony
for The Englewood Campus,the Phase 1 building footprint
is complete!
Construcon has moved
rapidly over the past months
as seen in these pictures.
The Phase 2 permit is currently
being reviewed by the Division
of Fire Safety.
The Phase 1 construconcompleon is on target for a
December 2013 nish.
The oundations and structural
steel are 100% complete
while exterior wall raming
is underway to close up the
perimeter o the new building.
April 4, 2013
February 5, 2013
Exterior masonry is complete and
the veneer nish is underway with
the biggest example being the north
side o the North Fieldhouse.
The other signicant exterior scope
currently in progress is the roo. It is
roughly 25% complete or Phase 1.
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...TEC Update (connued)
As for the interior scope in progress, the
underground electrical and plumbing are
complete. This has allowed concrete slab
on deck and slab on grade in the building
to be 75% complete. The remaining con-
crete will be poured in the coming weeks.
Area D, which is the kitchen and com-
mons, is the most progressed secon of
the interior poron. Youll nd overhead
mechanical and electrical rough-ins ongoing
with interior masonry walls dening the
spaces within the kitchen/culinary arts
and mechanical rooms.
The North Fieldhouse is enclosed enough
to provide the image of a packed house
watching a future Pirates dominaon!
While the mul-leveled commons area isbeginning to present the excitement of the
large collaboraon space that is designed.
Read more about the new programs
that will be ofered with and in
advance o the new campus in the
Post-Secondary and Workorce
Readiness portion o this report under
the New Academic Programs heading.
You can also nd us on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/TheEnglewoodCampus.
In the coming months, the 21st Century learning areas will begin to take shape with the STEM labs, culinary
arts lab, ne arts, and tness & dance studio areas begin to construct. The emphasis on collaboraon created
the educaonal spine concept and as the other areas enclose it,
it will create the open and inving design intended here. Along
with these areas, the Fisher Auditorium remodel will begin shortly
aer school exits for the summer months with plans to be complete
when sta and students return in September.
The project is being managed on behalf of the school by CBRE and
the Design-Build team consists of MOA Architects and Saunders
Construcon. For more detailed informaon, including the latest
drawing update, please select the Bond Projects tab from the
center navigaon bar on our main district webpage: hp://englewoodschools.net.
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Colorados FinestAlternave High SchoolConstrucon Update
Construcon connues to progress at the
Colorados Finest Alternave High School
project. With the project design completedthis fall and a building permit in-hand,
construcon ocially got under way the
day aer Christmas, 2012.
With the Middle School connuing to
operate on the north half of the building,
Haselden Construcon has taken over the
south half of the building and has steadily
transformed the old classroom spaces
into new, 21st Century learning environ-
ments. Temporary parons separatethe middle school from the construcon
areas to minimize disrupon between the
construcon project and the school.
New spaces on the south side include two
science classrooms, two science labs, a
new art room and a newmul-media
classroom space. The former library space
in the middle school has been completely
converted into a new administraon
suite. The old locker rooms have been
completely demolished and a newt-
ness/weight room, with adjoining locker
room space, is being built. The old tech
arts building has been cleaned out to be
ed with new boilers and mechanical
equipment. Finally, the south gym is in
the midst of receiving a new re sprinkler
system and a completely new HVAC system.
With summer fast approaching, this
south halfof the building is expected to
be complete by the end of May.
Over the summer months the construcon
team will complete nearly 60,000 square-
feet of renovaons in just 3 months. The
contractor teams will be working two
dierent shis, seven days a week and
are scheduled to complete the rst oor
classrooms in me for school in fall, 2013.
The second story classroom wing will be completed in early October, 2013, with the Cosmetology and
STEM spaces being the last phase, completed by November, 2013.
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...CFAHS Update (connued)
The classroom renovaons will provide 21st
century educaonal space and promote
student-centered learning environments,
while keeping an openness which Colorados
Finest students and teachers have embraced
at their current facility. The school will also
feature a new entrance, located at the cor-ner of Chenango Ave & Delaware St, which
will provide more visibility and safer, easier
access from the primary parking lot. Once
the Colorados Finest students move in to
this building in January, 2015, they will be
leaving behind a cramped 30,000 square-
foot space and be expanding into a 98,000
square-foot space, with amenies that have
been sorely lacking.
The new mechanical and electrical systemsbeing installed are far more ecient than
the outdated equipment currently in place.
These new systems put the project on pace
to be cered by the U.S. Green Building
Council as LEED Silver, which is an impressive
achievement for the school in its measure
of energy eciency and sustainable features.
The City of Englewood has agreed to give
$100,000 to complete aesthec improve-
ments in both the north and south gyms.
This scope includes paral replacement and
re-nishing both gym oors, new paint,
new basketball goals, volleyball and bad-
minton standards and addional moveable
bleachers and seang. These improvements
will be completed over summer, 2013.
The project is being managed on behalf of
the school by CBRE and was designed by
SlaterPaull Architects.
For more detailed informaon, includingrenderings of the design of the school and
updated construcon photos, please select
the Bond Projects tab from the center nav-
igaon bar on our main district webpage:
hp://englewoodschools.net.
You can read more about the new programs coming to Colorados Finest in the Post-Secondary
and Workforce Readiness poron of this report under the New Academic Programs Heading.
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Instruconal Technologyin the Classroom and Beyond
STEM in Englewood
Englewood Schools are quickly becoming known for their approach to STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Math) programs. Just this year, students from Englewood High School competed
successfully in programming and robocs compeons, and will be launching a near-space balloon
with scienc probes in May. Addionally, students from Colorados Finest Alternave High School
perform experiments with lasers, wind, pneumac and solar energies. Englewoods STEM lab was
the site of a naonal conference for STEM teachers, and a desnaon for visitors from across the
Front Range. In the 2013-14 school year, Clayton Elementary will partner with the Colorado School
of Mines to provide Englewood students with resources and instrucon. Englewood leadership is
commied to preparing Englewood students for the technical workplace of the 21st century.
iPad, iThink, iLearn
Students at the Englewood Leadership Academy
have begun working at school and at homewith a school-issued iPad. Approximately 75
students and their four teachers are working
digitally 24/7with the iPad, as they use instruc-
Resources for LearningSta and students in Englewood Schools have access to
some of the best learning technologies anywhere in the
state. Englewood has a robust wireless network, ber-
opcs-delivered bandwidth, and current computers.
The teaching sta in Englewood use laptop computers for
producvity and mobility, and Englewood supports
over 2,400 computers for 3,000 students, ensuring one
of the best computer-to-student raos in the state.
Addionally, sta can rely on LCD projectors for pre-
sentaons, and document cameras to project texts and
3D objects. Englewood sta members acknowledge
their level of support, with 85% of sta agreeing that
they have access to the technology tools they needs to
teach to todays digital generaon.
onal applicaons and online resources to further their learning. The district pro-
vides heavy duty cases and internet ltering to focus students. Further, 100% of the
ELA parents have opted to have their child take the device home. Both students and
sta have agreed that the pilot has been successful and cant envision working with-
out the iPad. Watch for Englewood to expand the program in the coming school year.
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...IT in Classroom (connued)
Systems UpgradesAny organizaon in the 21st century must increase IT responsibilies to account for the growing
role that digital technology has in our lives. Englewoods IT department has responded to these
challenges by connuing to improve our infrastructure. These improvements include: server virtu-
alizaon, higher capacity networking equipment, building out our WiFi network, and invesng in
ber opcs. These improvements support sta and students in their learning and in the classroom.
Operaonal Eciencies
Englewoods IT department connues to demonstrate commitment to providing resources in a
scally responsible manner. Englewood is on track to save 100K/year in print shop costs through
the use in new technology. Also Englewood is on pace to save 75K/year in telecommunicaons
costs by building out our own private network. Englewood operates its own phone system and uses
federal programs such as E-Rate to drive down costs. Englewood will connue to explore new tech-
nologies to enhance its educaon system, while being responsible to the tax payer.
Englewood Shares our SuccessesEnglewood Schools is the frequent host to other educators, showing our stas creave use of
instruconal technology. Englewood has had visitors from across the Front Range, the state of
Colorado, the United States, and even India interested in our classroom pracces. Englewood sta
and students take the visits in stride, proud to share their experiences and let others learn from
Englewood educators. The outside visits provide an exchange of ideas and validate our teachers
hard work.
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Monitoring District Progress
Acuity Assessment SystemThis year Englewood Schools had adopted a benchmarking assessment system in grades 3-10 to
monitor the progress of students towards end of year standards in Reading and Math, called Acuity.
Acuity measures how well students are meeng the end of the year standards three dierent mes
during the school year. Teachers then use this data to inform decisions regarding instrucon and to
meet the learning needs of students.
Professional Learning that Supports Improvement Plans
Semester 1:
During the rst semester of the 2012-2013 school year, educators connued to focus on
the new instruconal model, Gradual Release of Responsibility. The enre teaching sta
completed a book study on the 3rd phase of gradual release, eecve student collaboraon. The book study was accompanied by invesgaon, discussion, and recorded exemplars
during one late start Monday each month.
Semester 2:
In eort to connue expanding our understanding of the Data Team Process, the professional
learning for second semester focused on how to create common formave assessments
with the kick o on January 7, 2013. The second semester of learning provided teachers
with the opportunity to create a common formave assessment, receive feedback on the
assessments, and to watch a recorded Englewood Data Team in acon as they discussed
how they used common formave assessments to monitor the progress of their students
over the course of a unit.
Late Start Mondays:
The district connues to provide content for one late start Monday each month. This
professional learning is always aligned to the district improvement plan, which is monitored
for the purposes of state accreditaon. The content of the other late start Mondays is
determined by building principals and the unique needs of sta idened in School Im-
provement Plan.
Monitoring Student ProgressAs menoned, Englewood Schools is monitoring student progress toward end of year reading,
math, and wring standards. The charts on the following page compare each grade levels previous
years TCAP scores to the grade levels district benchmark assessment score. The data is organized
to be read in a straight horizontal line. Looking at the data in this way, you can analyze the average
achievement gains made by a grade level of students from last years TCAP test though the bench-
marks of this year and predict how students will perform on this years state assesssment.
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56.77%
65.00%
66.93%
79.84%68.91%
67.80%
74.17%
60.00%
57.81%
68.75%
62.99%
68.22%54.62%
58.47%
58.33%
70.00%
64.58%
60.63%
62.99%
77.52%
64.38%
48.03%
65.12%66.39%
61.86%
56.67%
57.50%
Grade 03
Grade 04
Grade 05
Grade 06Grade 07
Grade 08
Grade 09
Grade 10
Grade2013-13
TCAP2011-12*
AcuityForm A+
AcuityForm B
AcuityForm C
Monitoring Reading ResultsPercent scoring Procient and Advanced
*TCAP 2011-12 column reects students previous spring TCAP scores
+Acuity Form A not mandatory, limited parcipaon in Grades 07-10
Grade 03
Grade 04
Grade 05
Grade 06
Grade 07
Grade 08
Grade 09
Grade 10
Grade2013-13
TCAP2011-12*
AcuityForm A+
AcuityForm B
AcuityForm C
Monitoring Math ResultsPercent scoring Procient and Advanced
*TCAP 2011-12 column reects students previous spring TCAP scores
+Acuity Form A not mandatory, limited parcipaon in Grades 07-10
73.03%
72.96%
55.64%
55.56%
31.36%
43.44%
13.33%
10.89%
80.34%
83.02%
56.39%
57.94%
41.53%
36.07%
22.50%
16.83%
77.53%
83.02%
60.15%
57.94%
63.52%
54.14%
56.35%
46.61%
37.70%
35.00%
24.75%
70.06%
38.89%
55.79%
51.32%
52.24%
50.82%
55.56%
43.31%
47.20%
41.54%
50.00%
47.71%
67.50%
41.40%
25.46%
55.26%
38.62%
47.01%
32.79%
39.81%
37.01%
35.20%
12.31%
33.33%
37.61%
61.67%
N/A
16.67%
33.68%
22.22%
37.31%
21.31%
13.89%
21.26%
24.00%
2.31%
17.86%
23.85%
19.17%
35.82%
26.23%
49.07%
36.22%
53.60%
41.54%
17.86%
30.28%
Grade 00
Grade 01
Grade 02
Grade 03
Grade 04
Grade 05
Grade 06
Grade 07
Grade 08
Grade 09
Grade 10
Grade 11
Grade 12
Grade2013-13
TCAP2011-12*
WringQ 1
WringQ 2
WringQ 3
Monitoring Wring ResultsPercent scoring Procient and Advanced
*TCAP 2011-12 column reects students previous spring TCAP scores
Student Progress
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100%
95.5%
92%
94%
95%
17
84
142
93
21
Fall 2012-13
2011-12
2010-11
2009-10
2008-09
Number ofStudents
Enrolled inCollege Level
Classes
Pass Rateof
College-LevelClasses
SchoolYear
or Term
TuionPaid byDistrict
$5,440
$26,910
$43,049
$26,654
$3,997
Postsecondary & Workforce Readiness
Graduaon, Compleon and Dropout Data
Graduaon, compleon and dropout rates are important pieces of informaon for schools, com-
munies, and the state. The graduaondata report the percentage of students graduang high
school in four years (considered on me graduaon). Three, ve, and six-year graduaon data
report the percentage of students who graduated early (three years) or the percentage of students
that required addional me to graduate (ve and six years). The compleon data report the per-
centage of students who graduated plus students who received a GED or cercate of compleon.
The dropout data report students who did not complete their high school educaon. The sll en-
rolled data report the percentage of students who remained enrolled in school.
16.9
31.2
41.5
3.8
20.4
25.8
2.7
12.8
24.8
31.5
32.5
26.2
2011-12
2011-12 6yr
2011-12 5yr
2011-12 3yr
2010-11
2010-11 5yr
2010-11 3yr
2009-10*
2008-09
2007-08
2006-07
2005-06
Year
72.5
81.5
79.3
1.7
72.5
81.4
0
78.0
78.6
72.2
71.3
54.0
EHS
43.5
52.6
59.2
2.5
44.4
49.4
1.3
39.9
49.8
48.5
50.6
37.9
Dist
75.4
78.5
78.7
1.1
73.9
77.1
1.0
72.4
74.6
73.9
75.0
74.1
State
28.8
54.3
54.1
11.5
29.9
44.2
8.2
25.9
50.9
52.1
49.6
48.3
CFAHS
75.2
84.4
83.2
2.2
74.7
84.3
1.3
80.3
83.7
80.5
80.8
77.0
EHS
51.0
67.1
67.7
5.6
50.5
61.2
4.6
48.6
66.1
64.0
64.3
60.5
Dist
78.2
84.3
82.9
2.0
76.8
81.9
2.0
75.8
79.2
78.8
79.8
80.5
State
13.3
15.4
20.3
19.0
21.3
22.4
25.8
CFAHS
4.0
2.3
2.8
3.5
4.6
5.7
3.5
EHS
6.9
7.5
10.3
9.8
11.5
12.1
10.5
Dist
2.9
3.0
3.1
3.6
3.8
4.4
4.5
State
29.4
3.4
7.3
36.4
CFAHS
12.1
0.6
2.7
9.8
EHS
21.0
2.2
5.1
23.8
Dist
10.7
1.2
3.4
11.0
State
Graduaon Rate Compleon Rate Dropout Rate Sll Enrolled Rate
CFAHS
* On-me, four-year graduaon formula implemented by Colorado Department of Educaon.
Concurrent EnrollmentEnglewood Schools believes that high school students who are capable of, and wish to pursue college level
work while in high school, should be permied to do so. Any student who is not more than twenty-one
years old, is enrolled in the 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th grade, and has met the necessary course requirements
may be eligible to take college level course work. These approved courses will receive both high school
and college credit. Students may take two courses per semester with tuion paid by Englewood Schools.
The following EHS courses oered students college credit during the 2012-13 school year:
Accounng 2 Honors Stascs
AP Biology Internaonal Business
Finite Math Introducon to Business
Honors College Senior AVID
Prep English 4
The district is proud of the number of students that
successfully take college-level course work each year.
Students register for the majority of concurrent
enrollment credit during the spring semester.
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...Postsecondary (connued)
Student Enrollment in Postsecondary Educaon
Englewood can now determine if and where our high school graduates aend a postsecondary
instuon within the United States through the Naonal Student Clearinghouse reports. In the report
Help Wanted: Projecons of Jobs and Educaon Requirements through 2018, research tells us that
in the next six years, about two-thirds of all employment will require some college educaon or
beer. The district will connue the crical work on college and career exploraon and planning toensure our students have access to, are prepared for, and enroll in some form of postsecondary opon.
Percent of Englewood Students Enrolled in College the Fall Immediately FollowingGraduaon From High School
College Remediaon Rates
The Colorado Department of Higher Educaon released its statewide annual report on remedial
educaon. The report includes the number of students from each high school and school district
who need remediaon upon entry into college. The graph below reports the percentage of
Englewood students
that were either
assessed as
needing remediaonor enrolled in a
remedial course in
at least one subject area in a Colorado public college or university.
Please visit hp://highered.colorado.gov/Academics/remedial/default.html for more informaon on
how remediaon rates are calculated. Englewood takes these reports very seriously as do all school
districts across the state. The district is commied to idenfying students with remedial needs prior to
enrollment in a postsecondary instuon, creang an aggressive and comprehensive plan to address
these needs, and providing the necessary intervenons to ensure students are truly college-ready.
2011
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
All Instuons
Public Instuons
Private Instuons
52.1%
81.8%
39.2%
48.1%
79.4%
41.4%
48.0%
72.7%
40.0%
Englewood High School
Colorados Finest Alternave High School
State of Colorado
SchoolGraduang
Class of 2011Graduang
Class of 2010Graduang
Class of 2009
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New Academic Programs
With the opening ofThe Englewood Campus (TEC) and the renovated Colorados Finest Alternave
High School (CFAHS), the district will oer several new and enhanced programs to students. These
programs are designed to build academic knowledge and technical skills to prepare students for
college and career success.
STEM in Englewood
Middle and high school students on both TEC and CFAHS will oer excing programming around
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) and digital arts in an interacve, hands-on lab
seng. Students will plan, document and build collaborave projects in areas such as alternave
and renewable energy, audio engineering, video producon, civil engineering, electronics, graphic
design and digital animaon. The course will allow students to select projects designed to solve
real-world issues in various technology elds. Addionally, students will have the chance to pres-
ent their ndings through mulmedia presentaons to their class, school and community. Through
the course, students will learn everything from computer aided design to structural engineeringwhile using advanced computer soware such as Scratch animaon, Google Sketch-up, West Point
Bridge Builder, Adobe Creave Suite 5, Sony Acid Music Studio and many more.
Fabricaon Lab
A state-of-the art Fabricaon Lab will open in the Englewood Campus facility in January 2015. This
program oers a high-tech workshop for students to design, prototype and build things. Students
will envision an idea, and
then have access to a variety
of technologies that will
allow them to produce an
end product through the
use ofcomputer-aided
design and desktop manu-
facturing technologies.
Broadcast Journalism
Englewood High School has an award-winning journalism program that produces The Pirateer
newspaper and website and Pirate TV. The Englewood Campus will provide state-of-the-art broad-
casng facilies for this high-interest program.Students compleng this program will demonstrate the journalisc skill of broadcast reporng
(wring, eding, and on camera presence), while also developing the technological skills involved
in creang digital producons, including digital video, digital photography and lm eding. Students
will understand, accept, and apply the legal and ethical responsibilies inherent in a free press.
Students involved in this program will write, produce, edit, and broadcast video for classroom use,
and ulmately for school and district distribuon.
Students will work with:
3D Printer Systems CNC Sewing Machine System
Laser Engraver Systems Robocs Systems
Ploer/Vinyl Cuer Systems Digital Circuitry Systems
Arduino Microelectronics Systems
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...Academic Programs (connued)
Culinary Arts and Hospitality
Hospitality is the second largest industry in Colorado, and this program is designed for students
interested in exploring this excing and demanding career. Students will learn a blend of
culinary and managementcontent, relevant and mely topics from global cuisines to sustainability,
customer relaons, event management, and how to prepare and serve safe food.
CosmetologyCFAHS will open a new Cosmetology Program in January 2014. The program will prepare students
to provide beauty services in hairstyling, nail technology, or esthecs. This program will prepare
students to pass the state-licensing exam given by the Colorado Barber/Cosmetology Board.
Personal care services such an manicures, pedicures, facials, and hairstyling will be open to the
community beginning in Fall 2014.
Mandarin Chinese Language
Englewood is proud to announce this new world language course oering. The program will focus
on the development of funconal prociency in listening, speaking, reading and wring the Manda-
rin Chinese language. The relaonship between language and culture will be stressed throughout.
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Dropout Prevenon & Re-EngagementEnglewood Schools is commied to ensuring that all students reach their full learning potenal,
and in doing so, earn a high school diploma and demonstrate readiness for postsecondary educa-
on and the workforce. Englewood recognizes the crical impact a high school diploma has on a
students future, and therefore has developed ghtly woven strategies and acon steps to promotehigh school graduaon and dropout prevenon across the district. The following iniaves are
underway to address dropout prevenon:
An alternave learning environment oered at the Ombudsman
Student Support Center serving at-risk students, expelled and
suspended students, students who have dropped out, and students
who desire a blended face-to-face and technology-delivered curriculum.
Specic idencaon of and targeted services to students demon-
strang at risk factors (failing grades in core subjects, low aendance,
and disengagement in the classroom including behavior problems) High school credit recovery programs
Programs designed to address key educaonal transion periods
(5th to 6th grade transion and 8th to 9th grade transion)
Implementaon ofIndividual Career and Academic Plans for all
7th through 12th graders
Middle and high school advisory programs for all 7th through 12th graders
Implementaon of American School Counselor Associaon (ASCA)
standards for all secondary counselors to ensure comprehensive school counseling services that
address students academic, career, and social/emoonal needs.
Ongoing Dropout Prevenon and Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness professional
development for counselors, teachers and administrators.
Expansion ofConcurrent Enrollment, Advanced Placement, and Career and Technical Educa-
on courses to promote rigorous and relevant learning and overall student engagement.
Implementaon ofAVID (Advancement Via Individual Determinaon) programs at Engle-
wood High School, Englewood Middle School, and Colorados Finest Alternave High School.
AVID is a college-readiness system designed to increase the number of students who enroll in
four-year colleges. Although AVID serves all students, it focuses on the least served students in the
academic middle.
Outreach services and intervenons to Colorados Finest Alternave High School students
who have dropped out in order to re-engage and re-enroll them in school.
Englewoods focus on dropout prevenon will connue to yield research-based strategies and
iniaves to ensure our students graduate from high school ready for postsecondary educaon
and the workforce.
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Academic Standards Update
Colorado Academic StandardsEnglewood Schools will begin full implementaon of the new Colorado Academic Standards during
for the 2013-2014 school year.
Why Do We Need New Standards?
The world has changed. Employers expect more today than they did in the past from their
employees. Employers are expecng to hire employees who have the skills to help their
companies compete in the global marketplace and keep up with rapidly changing technolo-
gy. Todays employers need their sta to be able to acquire new skills quickly, work with less
supervision and idenfy sophiscated problems and make crucial decisions.
We cant successfully prepare students for college and careers unless we set the right ex-pectaons and goals. The Colorado Academic Standards are clear statements of what stu-
dents are expected to learn at each grade level to graduate prepared for a fast-moving,
ever-changing and increasingly globally-connected world.
How Were These Standards Developed?
The development process was research-based and fully inclusive of Colorados diverse com-
munies. Parcipaon from business leaders, teachers, parents, higher educaon represen-
taves and others helped ensure that a wealth of experience informed the creaon of our
new standards. The Colorado Academic Standards exemplify the mantra all students, all
standards; the development process created new standards for each of our ten content ar-eas: Colorado Arts Music, Visual Arts, Theatre, Dance; Comprehensive Health and Physical
Educaon; Mathemacs; Reading, Wring and Communicang; Science; Social Studies and
World Languages. Colorado standards for mathemacs and reading, wring and communi-
cang incorporate the Common Core State Standards while maintaining the unique aspects
of the Colorado Academic Standards, including 21st century skills and prepared graduate
competencies.
Where can I learn more?
The Oce of Standards and Instruconal Support website
www.cde.state.co.us/standardsandinstruconprovides a
variety of resources for those wishing to learn more about
the Colorado Academic Standards.
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Gied and Talented Educaon
Gied Educaon in Englewood Moving Ahead!
The purpose of gied educaon in Englewood Schools is to provide an educaonal experience that results
in maximizing student potenal and achievement ensured by needed provisions and advocacy.
Englewood Schools closely follow the state guidelines and recommendaons for Gied Educaon
programming. In the spring of 2012, Englewoods gied program was audited by the Colorado Depart-
ment of Educaon. In a leer sent by the Assistant Commissioner and the Director of Gied Educaon
they commented, The Colorado Department of Educaon would like to acknowledge the outstanding
work of your school district to reform guidelines and pracces to meet the needs of gied learners.
It is especially noteworthy that these eorts are integrated into the districts overall vision of learning and
growth for all students through the districts new Instruconal Model. Englewood schools dedicaon
to the pursuit of learning for all students, and its shared commitment to gied educaon is admirable.
Gied Math
32%
GiedOther
16%
Gied Art
2%
GiedLanguageand Math
26%
GiedLanguage
23%
Currently 8.14% ofEnglewood students are formally
idened as gied.
IdencaonScreening of all students is done at the end of 2nd grade usingthe COGAT test, which is a cognive abilies test. Tesng is done
upon request by parent, teacher, peer or self-nominaon for
ages 4 and older. Admiance is based upon review of a body
of evidence with more than one indicator. A team reviews
nominaons and makes admiance decisions.
Advanced Learning Plans
Wrien in the fall of each year and reviewed in the spring, an
Advanced Learning Plan (ALP) is a wrien record of gied
educaon programming services, and strategies ulized witheach gied child.
Programming
Englewood Schools provide a range of dierenated services.
Services may include:
Aecve Educaon - helping students understand themselves as gied, as learners, and
as part of a larger community.
Content Acceleraon - pacing students through content at a rate that matches their
advanced abilies.
Curriculum Compacng - providing students who demonstrate mastery with advanced
alternate learning.
Tiered Assignments - students work on a level that builds on their prior knowledge.
There are many opportunies to parcipate in enrichment clubs, commiees and compeons.
Math Counts is a challenging and rigorous compeve club for middle school age students. Desnaon
Imaginaon is a worldwide compeve club involving creavity, problem solving and teamwork.
Math Mentoring is a club oered to gied elementary math students, pairing each student with an
adult or older student to work on math skills far above what is oered in the regular curriculum for
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...Gied & Talented (connued)
that age level. Parents are invited to parcipate in SENG (Supporng the Emoonal Needs of the
Gied), a group in which parents discuss and support one another on topics unique to parenng
gied children. EHS students, and administrators have
formed a GT Planning Commiee. Students are acvely
involved brainstorming ideas to strengthen gied services
at EHS. A Gied Advisory commiee comprised of stu-
dents, teachers, and community members meets quarterlyto work on connually improving Gied Programming
in Englewood.
For quesons or more informaon contact Gail Sne,
[email protected], 303-806-7027 and visit
the gied website for Englewood Schools.
Financial TransparencyEnglewood Schools values open and honest communicaon with its many stakeholders: sta, students,
parents and taxpayers. In order to meet the requirements of Arcle 44, Title 22 of the Colorado
Revised Statutes, The Public School Financial Transparency Act, we have posted several items on
our Financial Transparency webpage.
For more detailed informaon, please pull down the Business Services menu tab from the Depart-
ments tab on the le navigaon bar on our main district webpage. hp://englewoodschools.net/.
Operaons, Maintenanceand Transportaon
Safety and Security UpdatesEnglewood Schools recently completed security updates at all
elementary schools as well as at Colorados Finest Alternave
High School. These updates included the installaon of a camera
and buzz-in system at the main entrances at each school. During
the school day, all doors will be locked and visitors will need to
be idened using the camera and buzz-in system before they
enter the building to sign in and get a visitors pass.
Addionally, beginning in the 2013-14 school year, all students and
stawill be required to wear an ID badge while on school grounds.
All visitors who do not have a district-issued ID will be required to check-in and get a visitors pass.
Modular Classrooms
Modular classrooms will be delivered and installed over the summer at Charles Hay and Bishop
Elementary Schoolstoease overcrowding.
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Human Resources DepartmentThe Human Resources Department at Englewood Schools is dedicated to providing streamlined pro-
cesses and quality programs to ensure that the district thrives. To this end, here is what the Human
Resources department has been up to this spring:
Human Resources processed 1,235 background checks for construcon projects.
We processed 56background checks for volunteers within our sites.
We posted 35 teaching posions for 13/14 school year.
To further enhance our processes for selecng qualied applicants we
are ulizing an addional screening component (automated phone
screening) provided in our applicant tracking system, AppliTrack. The
complete selecon process includes: Reviewing applicaons online,requesng selected applicants to complete an automated phone screen,
requesng selected applicants move forward to the formal interview,
nal selecon, and reference checks.
All employees, hired prior to 3/1, will receive anevaluaon before the end of the 12/13
school year. This includes a self-evaluaon, formal evaluaon, yearend conference and
goal seng, and electronic signature. To date, 33% are complete using our online evalu-
aon system, Halogen.
Weve implemented online employee injury reporng to improve processes and enhance
knowledge. Each me an individual reports an injury, through Public School Works, they
will receive a task to complete an applicable online training and quiz to hopefully prevent
similar injuries in the future.
We completed a handbook for classied employees. Classied employees are those who
are not required to hold a teaching license, such as bus drivers.
Weve won 100% of unemployment claims.