1. Fall State of the School Ramsey Middle School 2016-2017

2. Purpose
The purpose of the State of the School and Title I Annual meeting is to:
Provide information about the current state of the school
Provide an update on the School Improvement Plan
Share priorities, goals and strategies for improvement
Provide ways in which families can be engaged throughout the year
Clarify the purpose of Title I
Describe the communication parents/guardians can expect to receive regarding their child’s progress

3. WHO WE ARE SCHOOL’S CURRENT REALITY Strengths Challenges
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN
Goal Areas and Strategies for Student Achievement, Climate, and Family Engagement
Title I Budget and Use of Funds
FAMILY ENGAGEMENT
Communication
Opportunities for involvement
Support
Adjust according to school need

4. Ramsey Middle School Mission
Ramsey Middle School is an innovative, academically challenging environment that empowers each learner to explore possibilities, act with integrity, and create positive change within one's community and the world.
 STEM
Arts integration
Technology
Social Emotional Development

5. Structures Guiding our Work
Professional Learning Communities (PDPLC’s)
Grade-level Teams
Problem Solving Team
Attendance Team
Intervention Teams
Literacy and Math Leads

6. Community Partnership School
Community Partnership Schools are collaborative, innovative, site-based, educational models that meet the unique needs of their students, accelerate learning, and prepare them for college and careers.
Community Partnership Schools are designed to accelerate student learning through autonomy, accountability and partnership.

8. MPS Priorities: 5%
5% annual increase overall in the number of students meeting or exceeding state standards in reading and math
This is not a growth measure – it is a measure of the number of students who are proficient at or above grade level
We also seek to ensure that all students make more than one year’s growth – no matter where they start!

9. MPS Priorities: 8%
8% annual increase of students meeting or exceeding state standards in reading and math for our lowest performing students
“Lowest performing students” refers to sub-groups that are at a gap – Black, Native and Latino students.

14. Academic Priorities Where did we come from? Where are we going?
Standards Based Grading
Interdisciplinary grade level collaboration
Math acceleration with mixed grades
Math acceleration with grade alike peers
Interdisciplinary grade level collaboration
Literacy Period
AVID
Standards Based Grading
Inclusion (EL, SPED)
Technology Integration

15. Academic Priorities: Student Achievement
As measured by MCA scores:
Increase proficiency in reading, math and science.
Increase growth so that all students are showing more than one year’s growth.
Decrease racial achievement gaps
Maggie

16. 6th Grade MAP Math 2016

17. 7th Grade MAP Math 2016

18. 8th Grade MAP Math 2016

19. PDPLC’s – Collective Efficacy
The Power of the Collective Team
Teach Alike Partner
Focus on Common Assessment Data
High quality assessments aligned to the standards
Common Summative Assessments for all Departments
Common formative’s to inform your instruction
Consistency in grading practices (Defining a 4, 3, 2 and 1)
Interventions

20. Climate SIP Goals
Climate: We are working to improve engagement through the implementation of the CLR strategies through grade levels, content areas and goals in our School Improvement Plan (SIP).
Dean Training and response data collection: Creating school wide system responses, equitable responses that are across grade levels. Expanding the skills of the dean team to support the academic environment.

21. Climate Priorities
Teach and monitor Professional Student Behavior (Advisory)
Use Dean Systems effectively
Use interventions appropriately and effectively with restorative practices built in
Improve attendance (attendance team)
Strengthen family and parent involvement through continued outreach

22. Positive Influence in School Culture
Exploring roles of teachers, deans, admin and support staff
Presence in the halls by all staff during passing time
Increasing # of staff in the lunch room
School wide tardy policy and practice
Expanding strategies to engage students in their learning in the classroom (movement, engagement, discussion/response protocols etc.)
Dean Process

23. Climate Attendance Team
Weekly meetings to review attendance data, plan and implement interventions and incentives
1 “Check & Connect” mentor working intensely with a caseload of students and a promise fellow.
Social workers work 1:1 with students to develop academic plans. (Added Social Worker time)
Dean Process
Additional Mental Health staff

24. Family Engagement Goals
Work with our families to develop engagement goals
PTA
Site Council
Survey after conferences
Mixers with the principal prior to school starting
Parenting meeting with principal
Splitting 6th grade and 7th/8th grade open houses

25. Family Engagement Strategies
PTA and Site Council monthly meetings
Special family nights – Dec 9th MultiCultural Night, Curriculum Night
Parent Conferences and team parent meetings
Student Led conferences
Communication Technology
More frequent Robo Calls
Around the Horn
Updated Website (able to translate)

26. More Information
For more detailed information on our School Improvement Plan and Family Involvement Plan, please request a copy from the school or visit our website:

27. Title I and School Improvement Plans
Title I is a federal program that provides money to schools and districts to ensure that all children have a fair, equal and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education to achieve proficiency on our state’s academic standards and assessments.
Title I supports our School Improvement Plan and the funding we receive helps us to reach our goals.

28. Title 1 Funds at Ramsey Do all schools receive Title I funds? Budget
No. Title I programs are available to schools with the greatest concentration of low- income families.
Budget
The total Title I amount is $174, ($173,830 is spent on teacher salary)
We are a school wide Title I program, which means all students are able to benefit from Title I services.

29. Use of Title Funds at our School
To support our goals we are using the Title I money in the following ways.
100% is being used for teachers and other staff
0% is being used to support our curriculum

30. Student Progress
To monitor student learning, we use state assessments and other ways to gather information to plan programs and supports for our students.
These are the ways we share this information with you about your student throughout the year.
s/phone calls
Parent Portal
Student Led Conference

31. 5E Survey
Teachers
The month of November. This data will be shared in the next State of the Schools.
Students
Students will take the survey on their iPad in class

32. As a Parent, You Have the Right…
to know the qualifications of your child’s teacher
to know when your child has a substitute teacher for more than four weeks and the qualifications of the substitute teacher
to know how your child’s school is rated on its state test scores
to expect regular communication with your school in a language that you can understand
to work with other parents and staff to develop a school-level parent compact between the school and its families
to help plan how money for family involvement should be spent
to work with teachers, parents and the school principal to develop a family involvement plan
to ask for a meeting with your school principal or your child’s teacher at any time

33. Opportunities for Family Involvement
Provide input in the development of the School Improvement Plan, Family Involvement Plan, and the School Compact
Participate in Site Council, PTA, and attend school events
Parents/guardians are encouraged to participate in Title I meetings and learning opportunities
Visit your child’s classroom or volunteer at your child’s school
Talk to your child’s teacher about events and issues that may affect your child’s work or behavior

34. Moving Forward
We will provide the following opportunities for parents/guardians to provide input for school improvement by/through…
Site Council: Vision and Mission Process
Expand this process with PTA, ILT and Site Council
School Retreat and ILT Retreat (CPS Grant)
We will communicate about our school improvement progress by/through…
Winter and spring State of the School Presentations
Site Council
ILT