Welcome toBoyer Valley Community School District!

Site VisitDecember 5, 6, and 7, 2006

Boyer Valley’s Mission

• The mission of the Boyer Valley Community School District is to promote and deliver a comprehensive, futuristic educational program, challenging all students to develop their full potential, by providing an exceptional learning environment using all available resources.

District Student Learning Goals

• We strive to be a district that…

• The students will be aware of and responsible for the environment, community betterment, and becoming productive, self-disciplined citizens, in the communities and globally, who demonstrate the ability to get along with others as well as to provide for him or herself.

• Demonstrate proficiency in math, reading and science.• The students will be able to demonstrate basic technological

skills, which will enable them to adapt to future advances.• The students will develop problem solving strategies, which

will enable them to utilize independent and cooperative thinking skills, common sense, evaluation/study skills, creativity, and an appreciation of the arts.

• The students will develop an understanding of the importance of living a healthy lifestyle.

District Demographics

• Harrison County (BV South) and Crawford County (BV North)

• Boyer Valley Community School District: 2,988– District also includes: Dunlap, Dow City,

Arion, Soldier, Moorhead

Persons 65 years old and older

High school graduates

Harrison Co. Iowa Nation

College graduates-Bachelor’s Degree

Families below poverty level

17.0% 14.7% 12.4%

85.0% 86.1% 80.4%

12.7% 21.2% 24.4%

8.6% 9.1% 12.5%

School Demographics

• Percentage of students…

– Who qualify for free or reduced lunch

– Who have an IEP

2002-03 2005-06

35% 33%

• Both subgroups continue to be identified as having the largest achievement gaps

13% 13%

School Demographics - Staff

AdministrationAdministration 3

Dean of StudentsDean of Students 1

Elementary TeachersElementary Teachers 19

Middle School TeachersMiddle School Teachers 7

Secondary TeachersSecondary Teachers 17

Support StaffSupport Staff 19

CooksCooks 9

Custodial and Bus DriversCustodial and Bus Drivers 14

Campus CareCampus Care 5

Full-Time Teachers: 43

All Employees: 94

Indicators of Success:Percent of Core Completers

80 79

0102030405060708090

100

2004-05 2005-06

Indicators of Success: ACT

39%

49%

58%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

% of StudentsObtaining aComposite Score of20 or Above on theACT

Class of 2006:Graduation Plans

4 Year College22%

2 Year College42%

Military Service

1%

Enter Workforce

35%

Boyer Valley Assessment Plan

K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

DIBELS X X

BRI X X X X

NWEA X X X X X X X X X X

ITBS X X X X X X X X X X

ITED X X X

COGAT X

ASVAB X

PSAT X

PLAN X

ASSET X X

ACT X X X

Additional Data CollectionData/Assessment

• Iowa Youth Survey• Accelerated Reader, CCC• Discipline/Attendance Data• Problem Solving Team Data• Graduate and Follow-Up Surveys• NAEP• 8th Grade Technology Assessment (Spring, 2007)• D/F List• Test Item Analysis•District Developed Phonemic Awareness Test

School Improvement Efforts

School Improvement Efforts

School Board Administration and TeachersDistrict Leadership Team

SIAC

Professional Development

CSIP APR

Community Stakeholders

Data AnalysisAction Plan

Curriculum MappingStandards and Benchmarks

VocabularyProgram Evaluation

Career Development PlansPre/Post Test Development

Understanding Poverty

School Improvement Components

• Boyer Valley’s School Improvement philosophy fits with the Iowa Professional Development Model

Alignment is the Alignment is the KeyKey

Curriculum Curriculum District Standards, District Standards, Benchmarks and IndicatorsBenchmarks and Indicators

Instruction StrategiesInstruction Strategies

Assessment Teacher/Formative and Assessment Teacher/Formative and Summative AssessmentsSummative Assessments

Path to School Improvement

• Standards and benchmarks have been developed with grade level expectations in all curricular areas.

• Curriculum Mapping is an on-going focus of district staff.

• Pre/Post Assessment Development• Curriculum process includes C2P

Updating of Standards/Benchmarks on a 7-year cycle, AEA 13

Curriculum

Path to School Improvement

Instruction

Vocabulary: PreK-12Understanding PovertyPre/Post Assessment

• Collaborative sharing and reflection are utilized by the staff as an extension of their classroom implementation of strategies and new learning.

Path to School Improvement

Professional Evaluation:

Instruction

• Portfolios – ongoing process as part of teacher evaluation

Must provide documentation of accomplishments within the eight areas of the Iowa Teaching Standards and Model Criteria

Part of the 3-year evaluation cycle

• Individual Career Plans Developed annually Tied to district goals

Path to School Improvement

Assessment

• Boyer Valley completed an alignment review of our curriculum and district-wide assessments using the Iowa Technical Adequacy Project (ITAP) process.

• We hope to achieve even tighter alignment through continuous updating of our standards and benchmarks using the C2P process, K-12.

Data Driven Path to School Improvement

Assessment

• Boyer Valley began using Assessment Solutions data system in 2005-2006

• Goal is to extract trend data and other meaningful information to share with District Stakeholders

StudentsStudents

Grade LevelGrade Level

Sub GroupSub Group

Collapsed GradeCollapsed Grade

School-WideSchool-Wide

Path to School Improvement-Reading

Assessment

Schoolwide Reading Trends

65%70% 73% 73% 73%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

Year

Per

cent

age

of S

tude

nts

at o

r A

bove

Pro

ficie

ncy

Path to School Improvement-Math

Assessment

Schoolwide Math Trends

67% 68% 71% 69% 72%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

Year

Per

cent

age

of S

tude

nts

at o

r A

bove

Pro

ficie

ncy

Path to School Improvement-Science

Assessment

Schoolwide Science Trends

68%

79% 83% 79% 79%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

Year

Per

cent

age

of S

tude

nts

at o

r A

bove

P

rofic

ienc

y

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

Students on F/ R LunchStudents on on IEP

Path to School Improvement: Closing the Gap: Reading

Assessment

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

Students on F/ RLunchStudents on an IEP

Path to School Improvement: Closing the Gap: Math

Assessment

Path to School Improvement: Closing the Gap: Science

Assessment

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

Students on F/ RLunchStudents on an IEP

Opportunities for the Diverse Learner

• Early Childhood Special Needs Program• Title I Reading/Math Teachers• Family/School Coordinator• Resource Rooms• Gifted and Talented• Talent Search thru Western Iowa Tech• Alternative High School (Unity)• On-site college Dual Credit• Career Visions• IWCC college credit classes (Academy)• Access to AP on-line courses• BLAST Program• Vocational Rehabilitation

BestPractice

InformationManagement

• JMC– Student information– Parent access through website

• Assessment Solutions– District assessment data

• SOCS District Website– Interactive access to district

information – http://boyer-valley.fesdev.org/

Supports

Welcome to Our District!