Finally . . . We "Met Growth" Again!
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Finally . . . We “Met Growth” Again!PATRICIA UNDERWOOD, PRINCIPAL AT LELAND MIDDLE SCHOOLNCMLE CONFERENCE TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2016
School Demographics
Students — 780 Grade 6 - 243 Grade 7 - 259 Grade 8 - 278
EC Students — 124 (15.9%)
69% Free and Reduced Lunch
Staff--- Principal and 3 Aps
1 Administrative intern 1 SRO 2 Counselors
32 Core Teachers 8 EC teachers
3 Resource, 3 cross-cat self-contained, 1 autism, 1 MU
10 Elective teachers 1 Literacy teacher 1 media coordinator
AMO Subgroups Whole School White Black Multiple races Hispanic Economically
disadvantaged Students with
Disabilities AIG
Test Data from 2012-13 to 2013-14
2012-13 Did Not Meet Growth -
13.69 Performance Composite 33.9%
School Performance Grade Stats- Had not begun
Targets overview--- Reading- #Met- 14 , #Targ- 16, 85.7% Math- #Met- 9 , #Targ- 16, 57.1% Science- #Met- 10, #Targ- 11, 90.9%
2013-14 Did Not Meet Growth - 2.72 Performance Composite CCR 40% Performance Composite GLP 46% School Performance Grade Stats-
Overall Performance-50, D Reading Performance-54, C Math Performance-40, F
Targets overview--- Reading- #Met-10 , #Targ-16, 62.5% Math- #Met-8 , #Targ-16, 50% Science- #Met-10, #Targ-11, 91%
Devastating results in 2012-13 Searching for reasons
why . . . Challenging demographics
including a huge influx of EC students
Transient population Administrative staff
changes 5 teachers who struggled
to work with our demographic population
Unexpected appearance of MS 13 in our community
State politics had teachers out of focus
BUT we must meet students where they are and move them forward! That translates into
“Meeting growth”! I began to wonder if we
needed to “hit the bottom” to see that we had to change some processes and procedures that had been in place for a long time
Remember: “Mom is not keeping her best children at home and only sending us the ones who struggle to learn.”
So we begin . . . a new School Improvement Team is elected . . . A strong group of key leaders
emerge--- 1 rep from each grade level Principal 1 AP AD TOY 1Elective 1 Classified employee 1 EC teacher 1 Support staff (literacy teacher,
media coordinator, etc.) 1 counselor
Initial actions: Throw out the old SIP and start
from scratch . . . . Not just a revision or revamping of the former plan, but a genuinely new plan
PBIS input used to address the concerns with motivation and behavior
Revisit our mission and vision statements
Revisit our AVID program Revisit our level of fidelity in all
initiatives Consider what PD is needed to
move forward
The leadership team presents the new plan to the 2013-14
staff.Teacher teams present: The School Improvement Plan New PBIS changes for the
year and training for new employees to our school
AVID training- use of the binder, especially the table of contents, and Cornell notes
Literacy initiative and focus PLC scheduling, planning,
and documentation
The Board of Education wants to hear personally from everyone who
had growth and everyone who didn’t . . . Not an easy
conversation!
The following is the presentation shared
on Oct. 21, 2014
3 Significant Factors from our Data
How close to Meeting Growth- LMS was at -2.72. In order to meet growth, we needed to be at a minimum of -2.00. [We were -13.69 in 2012-13]
Number of teachers: Exceeding- 4 Meeting- 23 Not Meeting- 8
Areas of strength and weakness: Exceeded Growth in Science 6, Social Studies 8 Met Growth in Science 8 Negative growth in Reading 6 offset positive growth in grades 7 and
8; negative growth in Math 7 offset growth in grades 6 and 8 math
Actions in 2014-15 to Address Areas of Concern
• Dr. Mark L’Esperance from ECU is working with our Language Arts, Math, and Science 8 PLCs to teach us how to more effectively collect and use data to adjust instruction
• More specific format and plan for PLC meetings• Strategic placement of students in literacy to
support student needs, including the addition of math sections
• Revisiting our lesson plan format to be sure that we are fully addressing differentiation
Our Focus and SIP Adjustments
Instructional Focus of the Year
Critical thinking/problem solving/higher order questioning [help students discern what is being asked in the question so that they may answer appropriately]
Using data more effectively to adjust instruction
PBIS- complete Module 2
Adjustments to SIP since its writing
Fine-tuning of the literacy has occurred due to drilling into EVAAS data, SRI and SMI baseline data for the new year
Intent conversations about our lesson planning format based on training received through the Learning Focused materials
Taking action on our plan---
PLCs and planning— Means of documentation Our lesson plan became
the minutes of the meeting
Specific meeting schedule so that administration can attend all meetings if possible
Lesson plan template is revised and as the year progressed, the Learning Focused model was introduced
Our Literacy period model--- a school-wide focus on questioning
Was year 4 of our current format 3-day of week plan with the format:
Mon, Tues, Thurs.- school-wide lesson focus on critical thinking skills and higher order questioning
Literacy teacher developed a powerpoint introduction for each Monday; collaborative lesson on Tues. and independent practice on Thursday; all materials were given to teachers the week prior to needing them
Independent reading on Wednesday and Friday with a writing component added into Friday’s lesson
We developed a tool for our staff and students . . .
Dr. Mark L’Esperance from ECU– training using EVAAS
Led us in a study of looking at a teacher’s trend data Using the Teacher Diagnostic
section of the data, teachers identified the 1/3 of their students that performed the strongest for them and the lower 1/3
Self-examination of strategies used that did and did not work the previous year
Tracking intentional strategies to be used this year
Tracking and following successes and failures
How did it turn out in 2014-15?
2013-14 Did Not Meet Growth - 2.72 Performance Composite CCR 36 Performance Composite GLP 46 School Performance Grade Stats-
Overall Performance-50, D Reading Performance-54, C Math Performance-40, F
Targets overview--- Reading- #Met-10 , #Targ-16, 62.5% Math- #Met-8 , #Targ-16 , 50% Science- #Met-10, #Targ-11, 91%
2014-15 Met Growth 0.21 Performance Composite CCR 40.0 Performance Composite GLP 48.9 School Performance Grade Stats-
Overall Performance-55, C Reading Performance-55, C Math Performance-45, D
Targets overview--- Reading- #Met- 11, #Targ-16, 68.8% Math- #Met- 8, #Targ-16, 50% Science- #Met-13, #Targ-13, 100%
Where did the reading growth come from?
2013-14 AMO Targets All- 38% (Not met) Black- 22.8% (Not met) Hispanic- 27.1% (Not met) Multiple races- 51.4%
(Met) White- 47% (Not met) EDS- 30.9% (Not met) SWD- < 5% (Not met) AIG- 94.1% (Met)
2014-15 AMO Targets All- 40.5% (Not met) [+] Black- 24.7% (Not met) [+] Hispanic- 35.7% (Not met)
[+] Multiple races- 44.7%
(Met) [-] White- 48.9% (Not met)
[+] EDS- 30.0% (Not met) [-] SWD- 9.4% (Not met) [+] AIG- 91.5% (Met) [-]
Where did the math growth come from?
2013-14 AMO Targets All- 23.4% (Not met) Black- 15.6% (Not met) Hispanic- 18.7% (Not met) Multiple races- 31.4% (Not
met) White- 27.8% (Not met) EDS- 17.9% (Not met) SWD- < 5% (Not met) AIG- 79.4% (Not met)
2014-15 AMO Targets All- 31.2% (Not met) [+] Black- 18.8% (Not met) [+] Hispanic- 22.3% (Not met)
[+] Multiple races- 28.4% (Not
met) [-] White-40% (Not met) [+] EDS- 19.2% (Not met) [+] SWD- < 5% (Not met)
[same] AIG- 85.4% (Met) [+]
Where have we gone from here?
Election of another strong leadership team
Continued questioning focus Continued PLC focus Continued PBIS initiative Continued AVID focus Changes in literacy focus for
the year Repetition of the Dr.
L’Esperance process using EVAAS data and intentional focus
We certainly are not where we want to be but turning the corner and meeting growth again gave our staff the affirmation and courage that they needed to teach with confidence again!
Questions?
Please share anything that is working at your school.Patricia C. UnderwoodPrincipal, Leland Middle [email protected]