Joe Serna, Jr. Charter School

Annual ReportLodi Unified School District

Board of EducationNovember 19, 2013

Maria G. Cervantes, Principal

Executive Summary• Met API goals school-wide with 31 point gain 757.• Met API goals for significant sub-groups. Hispanic Latino-30 pts., White-50 pts., EL-50 pts., Soc. Eco. Dis.-46pts.

• Met 13 of 17 AYP goals.• Fifty percent of 5th and 8th grade students scored proficient/advanced. • Math Percent Proficient in Grades 2-8 continue to improve.• Positive four year trend for Algebra I scores in eighth grade.• EL students in the dual immersion program outpace students on California

English Language Development test (CELDT) criteria in the district, county, and state by eighth grade.

• In grades 6-8 all but one student scored in the Intermediate level or higher on the CELDT test.

• Ten students in eighth grade are eligible to attain the Pathway to Bi-Literacy Award from San Joaquin County of Education.

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Executive Summary• The school will continue to utilize benchmarks in Spanish Language

Arts and train teachers in the use of formative assessments.• Serna will continue development of criteria for AP Track in Spanish at

Lodi and Tokay High Schools• We will also continue development of “Seal of Bilingualism” through

the California Department of Education for 13-14 school year.• All core classes in middle school are one hour.• Parent participation exceeded 4966 hours during the 2012-13 school

year.• Service Learning Activities are promoted in each grade.• Art, drama, music, each week in grades K-5• Band Instruction available for 4th-8th grade students.

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Joe Serna, Jr. Charter SchoolCore Elements of Serna Charter:•Two-way Immersion – Proficiency in two languages, Intercultural understanding.•Focus on effective instructional strategies and techniques K-8•Common Core Standards/Spanish & English•Integrated/Thematic Instruction – Problem solving, cooperative learning.•Personalized Learning – Small School Community

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Joe Serna, Jr. Charter SchoolProfessional Development Focus

Teachers spend an average of 40 hours in staff development each year.

• Common Core Standards Instruction/Lesson Planning• Two Way Immersion Teacher Development• Balanced Literacy and Language Arts in Spanish and English• Guided Language Acquisition Design (GLAD)• Assessment and Data Analysis• Step Up to Writing Training/In Progress• AVID – 6th-8th Grade

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Joe Serna, Jr. Charter School

Language Status

39%49%

EO 126

EL 157

RFEP 39

Ethnicity

4%68%

24%

ANGLO 91

LATINO 196

ASIAN 14

OTHER 21

Demographics

Economic Status

66%34%

FREE & REDUCED213

PAID 109

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Serna API Results 207 point gain over eleven years

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Math Percent Proficient/Advanced Grades 2-8

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CST Algebra I: Five Year Trend

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CST ELA Percent Proficient by Grade

23 25

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CST ELA: Four Year Trend Grades 2-8

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Percent of Students Meeting California English Language Development Test Criterion – Fall 2013

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ACTION PLAN 2013-14• Providing direct explicit instruction in English Language Development to address

the needs of English Language Learners.• The Professional Learning Community Rubric provides a focus document to guide

our work. • Professional Development in teaching Common Core Standards.• Intensive focus on data analysis to drive instruction and to make appropriate

recommendations for academic interventions for students.• Teachers will perform an individual analysis of both their current and former

students. Doing this will identify trends, areas of strength and challenge in the instruction and materials used.

• Data will be analyzed by grade level and cross grade level.• Continue to identify students in significant sub-groups whose results are in the

basic level in order to address and increase student outcomes to the proficient level.

• The principal will meet with all 6th through 8th grade students to review STAR assessment results from 2012-13.

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ACTION PLAN 2013-14 (Continued)• As a learning community we will focus on the positive aspects of upcoming Smarter

Balanced Assessment. We will celebrate student and school success and talking about the importance of setting academic goals.

• Continue to provide professional development and coaching in the area of balanced literacy in grades K-8.

• Continue to implement effective strategies and techniques to support balanced literacy.

• Targeted instruction utilizing Junior Great Books in Spanish and English.• Literacy interventions for students in grades K-8 will include: After school

intervention groups, intervention groups in reading and writing during the school day will also be provided.

• The Serna Staff will visit schools to compare and contrast the best practices to increase academic achievement in a dual language immersion program in Spanish and English.

• The Serna staff will develop and implement a report card for grades K-5 to reflect common core standards.

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