Van Hise Elementary School Improvement Plan (SIP) UPDATE October 29, 2013

MMSD Vision Every school will be a thriving school that prepares every student to graduate from high school college, career, and community ready.

Yowza! It’s been a busy time of learning around here in the past 3 months!

A District “RESET” August Day Leadership Institute – Aligning our SIP with our new MMSD Framework SMART Goals in both Math & Reading; Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time-bound MAP assessment as the metric for tracking improvement Specific Standards in Reading identified Specific Strategies and Steps Full Day Leadership Team Meeting Understanding goals and action steps based upon the new Framework & continuation of drafting the SIP

Gathering Feedback & Input September, 2013  September 10 th – General Meeting Sharing the Draft SIP  September 16 th & October 16 th – Leadership Team  Multiple Meetings with MMSD Leaders, VHE Staff, Families, Research & Evaluation, NWEA  October 2 nd, 10 th, 17 th – “Coffee Talks”  October 29 th – General Meeting Sharing Revised School Improvement Plan

What Did We Learn Along the Way? We were nudged to look deeper at our data! O Number size matters – small N size= increasing our goal for both proficiency and growth O Advanced Learners’ Growth = requesting data from MMSD and drilling down to the student level to understand growth of kids using MAP

What Did We Learn Along the Way? Learning more about how we support ALL students Tiers of Support & Instruction

What Did We Learn Along the Way? We need to continue to improve and refine our communication systems between school- families Weekly newsletters from all classrooms Sharing how we differentiate/intervene at different tiers/levels for individual children Survey Families – exit slips, Survey Monkey Explore a Student Support Team structure for Advanced Learners Monthly news that includes progress towards our goals/data

Who Are We at VHE? total kids! 21% students qualify for free/reduced lunch 23% English Language Learners 9.5% students receive Special Education

School Data Informing Our Improvement Goals Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) MATH Proficiency &Growth READING Proficiency & Growth

MAP ~ Point in Time… We want to look historically at our data to find trends We acknowledge other measures of growth over time as well Our current 5 th graders first took the assessment as 3 rd graders the first year ( ) & are a “cohort” group

MAP Trend – Reading Proficiency Percentiles

Reading Proficiency 3 rd -5 th Student Group

Reading Proficiency 3 rd -5 th Student Group - Spring, 2013

VHE Reading Proficiency Goals Students in grades 3-5: overall proficiency of 63% (1% increase) in reading (MAP) FOCUS GROUPS: - African American students: overall proficiency of 32% (15% increase) in reading - Students with IEPs: overall proficiency of 40% (9% increase)

MAP Trend – Math % Proficiency Fall-Fall

Math % Proficiency 3 rd -5 th Student Group – Spring, 2013

VHE Math Proficiency Goals Students in grades 3-5; overall proficiency of 74% (2% increase) FOCUS GROUPS: - African American students: 43% (10% increase) - Students qualifying for Fr/Red Lunch; 55% (8% increase)

MAP Growth Target The average growth of students who were in the same grade and began the same term at a similar RIT score. It is nationally normed by NWEA and changes each season.

MAP Reading Growth % Meeting Growth Goals within Different Student Groups

Reading Growth % of Students Meeting Growth Targets

Reading Growth: Advanced Number & % of 3 rd -5 th grade Fall-Spring Growth

Reading Goal: Growth in Students in grades 3-5 overall growth of 62% (10% increase) FOCUS GROUPS -African American students overall growth 67% (20% incr.) - Advanced students overall growth 50% (14% increase)

MAP Math Growth % Meeting Growth Goals within Different Student Groups

Math Growth: Advanced Number & % of 3 rd -5 th grade Fall-Spring Growth

Math Growth Goals Students in grades 3-5 overall growth; 72% (10% increase) FOCUS GROUPS: - Hispanic students overall growth; 70% (14% increase) - Students qualifying for Fr/Red Lunch overall growth; 70% (12% increase)

How will we meet these goals? Focusing on…  Focusing on a 2 Content Standards  Using Excellent Instructional Practices  Establishing Infrastructure  Collaboratively Planning & Reflecting  Supporting Teachers  Monitoring our Goals  Engaging YOU!

THANK YOU! We are partners for our children – families and school together at Van Hise Elementary!