1. Using Effective Instruction To Ensure That All Students Learn Presentation to KPBSD Certified Staff Dr. Steve Atwater, Superintendent 8-14-12

2. First things first, what is your excitement level for being back at work?

4. Today’s Presentation We are using Microsoft Lync to send this talk from Homer to Kenai, Seward and Soldotna MS Lync is a peer-to-peer communication system that easily ties into MS Office. Our new Polycom bridge will allow us to host multiple lines at the same time. Thanks to Eric Soderquist and Ted Notter for making this possible- they leapt tall buildings in a single bound to make this happen Also thanks to Michelle Thomason, Doris Cannon and Jamie Myers for sweating the details of what is going on at four sites today

5. Alaska Summer, Living the Dream

7. Expanding your game

8. Welcome Back

9. 72 New Teachers to KPBSD – Welcome!

10. Recognizing our staff with 30 or more years with KPBSD TEACHERS *Date of hire Kenai CentralRenee Henderson(8/71) McNeil CanyonDeborah Piper(8/76) NikolaevskChristine Normandin(9/77) Nikiski MS/HS.Robert Bird(8/78) Kenai MiddleRosemary Bird(9/78) Nikiski MS./HSVern Kornstad(9/80) SoHiRick Matiya(8/82) SUPPORT Kenai AlternativeKelly Bishop(10/78) District Office - Admin ServicesNancy Spooner(12/80) Susan B. EnglishSandy Geagel(8/81) ADMINISTRATOR District Office Human ResourcesTim Peterson(9/80)

11. Looking Back, One Year Later Are We A Stronger District? Review our internal processes Review SBA data for the whole district Review SBA data for boys and girls- reading and writing

12. Are we stronger? Yes, internal processes (standardization) are better than they were BEFORE TODAY Management software, assessment dashboard, curriculum development, recruitment, critical review of programs, instructional technology, professional development, communication, effective instruction and evaluation

13. Curriculum Development Before Now No Pacing Curriculum paced by quarter K 12 Resources disjointed K-12 approach to resources = common vocab, continuity Disjointed accountability End of quarter assessments Written in segments Written in K-12 continuum

14. Technology In last three years amount of hardware in our schools has grown enormously Management software is much better Electronic assessment of data (dashboard)

15. Intervention Alert Bar in PowerSchool Thanks to David Henson for making this possible 1. Behind on graduation credits 2. Core course failures 3. Absent rate 4. Non-Proficient test scores 5. Poor GPA 6. Economically Disadvantaged (disabled by default)

17. Our internal capacity and processes to support student learning are improving, we are getting stronger. What about test scores? We continue to be well above the state average, but seem to be hitting the ceiling

18. KPBSD and AYP – Slight Improvement 70% of KPBSD schools made AYP in 2012 (up from 68% in 2011) compared to 46.5 % of Alaska’s schools AMO stayed the same but more targets FY11 31 targets to make AYP FY12 31 targets for 3-8 and 40 targets for schools with a 12 th grade Other large districts in Alaska for FY12 Anchorage41.7% made AYP Mat Su50% made AYP Fairbanks 42.8% made AYP

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21. 2012 SBA % Proficient by Grade

22. 2012 SBA Average Scale Score by Grade

23. Take Aways from FY12 SBA Data Reading 9/10 students are proficient Average score peaks in 3 rd grade Writing 17/20 students are proficient Average score peaks in 4 th grade Math 15/20 students are proficient Average score peaks in 3 rd grade

24. We are not getting the students on the edge to move into the proficiency range proficient

25. Can’t blame it on SPED KPBSD Students who do not have an IEP 5% are not proficient in reading 10 % are not proficient in writing 16% are not proficient in math Take away is that we must keep thinking in terms of improving and not keep doing what we are doing

26. Comparing Boys and Girls SBA Results (Reading)

27. (Writing)

28. (Math)

29. Take Aways with Boys and Girls KPBSD girls consistently outperform their male peers Boys are not acquiring writing skills very well Does this disparity exist in your school? Lots of theories for how to make school more boy friendly- encourage you to be aware of this disparity and work to close the gap

30. Four Questions Guiding our Improvements to support instruction What do KPBSD students need to know? How do you know that KPBSD students know it? What do you do if KPBSD students don’t know it? What do you do you if KPBSD students already know it?

31. KPBSD, climbing the improvement hill, trying to make it to the school at the top Effective Instruction Collaboration technology Professional development reporting curriculum Strategic plan communication

32. So, why aren’t we climbing the hill faster? Lots of variables affect student performance. Let’s not focus or blame those that we can’t control Our job is to tend to those variables that we can affect, to focus on the ones that are preventing our students from learning

33. Instruction, the variable that we can control Use the four questions at the classroom level Lean on your neighbors and work as a team- take advantage of collaboration as a way to address specific challenges Make the most of your evaluation or your teacher enrichment pathway When students don’t have success, first ask, “is it me?”

34. When you peel away the layers, what you find is that those variables that are tied to the structure of school are getting in the way - are preventing us from getting closer to the school on the hill Examples: How students are distributed in schools, how we define student proficiency, how we report student progress, 90 day break during summer Structural Variables Also Getting in the Way

35. An HRO depends on attaining the right balance District Standardization Improvisation/site identity KPBSD striving to become a Highly Reliable Organization by eliminating the variables that cause inconsistencies This is your charge

36. KPBSD’s Strategic Plan, Guiding our Improvement for Next Five Years Stakeholder Input Mission and vision statements Focus areas Goals Action steps

37. Organizational Excellence Academic Success Community and Family Engagement KPBSD: Three Focus Areas

38. Some general education news that you need to know about

39. Big picture of education- it is not getting simpler The external forces that affect education are increasing More instability and uncertainty are headed our way We are being asked to do more and more beyond the scope of academics to meets society’s needs New this year is mandatory training in recognizing students who may be considering suicide

40. External Forces Not Getting Weaker Federal ESEA Reauthorization State Waiver from some of ESEA Teacher evaluation and student growth State standards and assessment SBA-last year 2015 Common Core

41. Don’t Settle for, “This is how we always do it.” Be Creative

42. Stop and breathe when you feel the arrows start to turn inward educator serve students

43. Take care of yourself, pull over when you are tired

44. Let’s do everything that we can to meet all our students’ needs

45. Have a great year!