MetLife Foundation- NASSP Breakthrough Schools Breakthrough Schools: Best Practices and Strategies to Improve Student Achievement

BTS Selection Criteria Poverty > 40% > 3 years improvement Breakthrough Schools Breaking Ranks Framework

BTS Selection Process Aligned with BR School visits Breakthrough Schools Paper screening

Park View High School In The Space Between……. Where we were, Where we are, and Where we are going

Enrollment by Ethnicity YearAsianBlackHispanicWhite Total # of Students %9.84%30.13%46.55% %9.63%34.07%42.25% %9.37%36.46%38.80% %9.67%38.36%37.47% %10.37%39.44%33.98%1283

AYP English Pass Rates GroupMAY 2006MAY 2007MAY 2008MAY 2009MAY 2010 All Students84.37%90.85%93.78%95.37%88.09% Black Students69.69%93.93%94.11%92.00%82.35% Hispanic Students 80.45%86.36%89.42%94.69%79.81% Limited English Proficient Students 72.91%84.00%90.00%96.07%83.92% Students Identified as Disadvantaged 77.14%86.95%90.47%94.39%84.29% Students with Disabilities 47.50%71.79%77.14%83.33%61.76% White Students90.84%92.85%96.32%96.58%94.05%

AYP Math Pass Rates GroupMAY 2006MAY 2007MAY 2008MAY 2009MAY 2010 All Students76.60%83.98%84.00%83.90%79.14% Black Students67.14%83.33%78.04%80.89%70.75% Hispanic Students 72.11%76.69%78.09%77.95%74.04% Limited English Proficient Students 76.57%76.74%77.85%76.92%76.21% Students Identified as Disadvantaged 76.92%81.33%80.65%79.67%73.98% Students with Disabilities 58.82%65.00%64.28%70.31%63.09% White Students78.77%86.07%88.07%88.72%83.80%

AP Course Enrollment SubjectCourseEthnicity ENGLISHAP Literature AP Language & Composition ASIAN BLACK HISPANIC WHITE MATH AP Calc AB AP Calc BC AP Comp Sci AP Statistics ASIAN BLACK31153 HISPANIC WHITE

AP Course Enrollment SubjectCourseEthnicity SCIENCEAP Biology AP Chemistry ASIAN AP PhysicsBLACK13144 HISPANIC60743 NON SPECIFIED WHITE SOCIAL SCIENCE AP Government AP Psychology ASIAN AP US History AP World History BLACK HISPANIC NON SPECIFIC W WHITE

Asian SAT Scores Total ScoreCritical Reading Score Math ScoreWriting Score Total Students EthnicityGraduating Year ASIAN ASIAN ASIAN ASIAN

Black SAT Scores Total ScoreCritical Reading Score Math ScoreWriting Score Total Students EthnicityGraduating Year BLACK BLACK BLACK BLACK

Hispanic SAT Scores Total ScoreCritical Reading Score Math ScoreWriting Score Total Students EthnicityGraduating Year HISPANIC HISPANIC HISPANIC HISPANIC

American Indian and Non Specified SAT Scores Total ScoreCritical Reading Score Math ScoreWriting Score Total Students EthnicityGraduating Year NON SPECIFIC NON SPECIFIED AM INDIAN NON SPECIFIC

White SAT Scores Total Score Critical Reading Score Math Score Writing Score Total Students EthnicityGraduating Year WHITE WHITE WHITE WHITE

How do we build relationships?  Common planning time built into the Master Schedule  Parents as Educational Partners for parents who are not English speakers  9 th Grade transition program with our feeder middle school  We get to know each other as individuals and professionals

How do we support student learning and achievement?  PRIDE Block: Patriots Receiving Instruction, Direction & Encouragement  Special PRIDE Blocks support our 9 th graders, English Language Learners, Special Education Students, and students enrolled in Advanced Placement Courses for the first time

Supporting Student learning and achievement  Schedule senior sections of Geometry and Algebra II  Schedule literacy and transition sections of English 9-12 to address language and literacy  AVID  CAMPUS

How do we facilitate equitable practices and access?  Teacher lead Equity Facilitation Team  Student Equity Team know as the New Wilderness Project  Staff Development for teachers with a focus on Culturally Responsive Teaching and Courageous conversation and practices  Develop an understanding of the experience of the student

How do School Administrators work with Central Office?  It is within our relationships that change and learning take place  It is within our own courageous conversations that we grow  It is within our ability to see a big picture and beyond ourselves that equitable practices happen  It is within our dedication to students that we move forward

Where are we going? Life is about dreams and we are the manager of many dreams. What we say and do can create a dream or cause it to die. Leadership is about building dreams. Where we will go next….an idea or a dream may be what leads us. Inspired by The Dream Manager by Matthew Kelly.