Sharing What Works Casey County High School Stephanie Massey Susan Stringer

Casey County High School

Casey County is a rural low-income community in south central Kentucky that has been designated as a “distressed community” by the Appalachian Center at the University of Kentucky. Generations of school-age parenting, failure to complete high school, lack of employability skills, few jobs with living wages, and welfare dependency have created conditions of disadvantage and inequity for many Casey County children and families. The 2008 ranking on the Kids Count Child Well-Being composite placed Casey County 96th out of the state’s 120 counties.

Casey County High School is located in Liberty, Kentucky. With a student population of 669 and a free and reduced lunch rate of approximately 70%. Casey County High is the only high school in the county. In 2008, the district’s Educational Needs Index (ENI) was the 97 th highest among Kentucky’s 120 counties (Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education).

48.5% of population ages are functionally illiterate (literacy levels I or II) [Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education] 15.2 % of population ages are not enrolled in school and not working (Kentucky Kids Count Census Data) 24.7% of population ages are high school dropouts (Kentucky Kids Count Census Data) 40.8% of population ages are not high school graduates (Kentucky Kids Count Census Data) 42.6% of adult population has neither a high school diploma or a GED Certificate as compared to a state rate of 25.9% and national rate of 19.6% (Kentucky Postsecondary Education Profile )

Median Family Income $21,580 versus state median family income of $33,672 (Kentucky Postsecondary Education Profile ) Death rate from Lung and Bronchial Cancer is (Ky. rate – 80.0 National rate – 55.0) per 100,000 population [kentuckyhealthfacts.org] Prevalence of diabetes – 16% (Ky. rate – 9% USA rate – 7%) [kentuckyhealthfacts.org] 38% of students ages live below poverty level (Ky. Kids Count) 16% of students below age 18 live below 50% of poverty level (Ky. Kids Count)

Our Journey

KPREP Math Results for CCHS % P/D % P/D % P/D % P/D % P/D

ACT & PLAN Data

Mathematics Classes at CCHS Algebra I & II Applied Algebra I & II Geometry T-Courses (ACT Prep) Precalculus (dual credit)  Fall Semester – College Algebra – 3 hours  Spring Semester – College Trigonometry – 3 hours Calculus  Fall Semester – Elementary Calculus  Spring Semester – AP Calculus AB

What track do our students take? Standard Diploma Algebra I (9 th ) Geometry (10 th ) Algebra II (11 th ) ACT Prep (12 th ) Pre-College Diploma Algebra I (8 th or 9 th ) Geometry (9 th or 10 th ) Algebra II (10 th or 11 th ) Precalculus (11 th or 12 th ) Calculus (optional – 12 th )

Who has to be involved to make a program successful #1 Student #2 Teachers #3 Department #4 Administration #5 Parents #6 Site Based Council

Site Based Decisions Pre-Cal as a requirement for pre-college diploma Established a school schedule so ALL TEACHERS of math content have same planning periods Purchase of new calculators & ZOOM200 Allotted department chair additional planning period to establish common assessment and assessment/data review and to lead PLC's. established MAP as the assessment for baseline data to band students for intervention and for specific math classes.

until this year, we established math intervention classes increased the number of math collaboration classes with special education purchase of new math textbooks approved EOC training for math teachers 20% as a grade on EOC count ACT/Plan as part of the students grade

Intervention & MAP

Dual Credit Program & AP Students can leave with 13 college hours in math alone!!!

Technology Document Cameras LCD Projectors TI-84 & Nspire Calculators & Presenters ZOOM 200 iPads

Department Strategies  PLC’s  Learning Checks  MAP Data  Common Assessments (2 weeks)  Test Analysis & Re-takes  Formative Assessments  NAGS Rule  SHARE!!!

Analyzing Data

Analyzing MAP

Aligning Standards Common Core Deconstruction Quality Core Training Quality Core Test Pool & Blueprint ACT Standards AP Syllabus College Standards Learning Targets

Setting Goals for our Department Goal #1 – Reduce Novice & Increase Proficient & Distinguished Goal #2 – to be above state average on KCCT & ACT Goal #3 – To be top 10% on KCCT Goal #4 – To be top 15% ACT Goal #1 – all students reaching 19 or above on ACT Goal #2 – all students meeting college & career readiness in math Goal #3 – increase 3 points or more from PLAN to ACT for all students Then Now

Teacher “Buy-In” District-wide initiative  Accountable  Attitude  Believe  Celebrate  Determined  Enthusiastic  Focused  Gratitude  Happy  Imagination

Teacher “Buy-In” Continuous Training – Teaching Strategies PLCs are team centered Conferences & Workshops PIMSER – Appalachian Teacher Project

Student “Buy-In” Encouragement & Caring Student – Teacher Relationships You can do better – test re-takes That’s not acceptable – a no “no effort” policy Student Reflections & Corrections Five Habits of Mind  Efficacy  Consciousness  Craftsmanship  Flexibility

Where are we now? Our new challenge Current Juniors & Sophomores have numerous GAPS in their math experiences. We no longer have math intervention classes. Our plan… Extensive review of 7 th – 9 th math concepts on a daily basis. We are asking site based council to consider making an Algebra 1.5 to be taken along with Geometry. Taking advantage of collaborating teachers and student aids to do continuous intervention.

More Challenges - AP

Plan for AP Score Improvement Work out a job shadowing schedule ‘after’ AP testing. If job shadowing cannot be scheduled after testing… design a plan to get ALL AP students back for review.

A glimpse of our math program