1. A Vision for Elementary Education at SKUSD
By Jeff Weinstein, Leanne Hargus and Dan Wexler

2. Whole Child Education

3. Campus Safety

4. Free Meals

5. Academic and Social Counseling Services

6. After School Enrichment

7. AVID

8. Pre-K and TK

9. Growth in Student Achievement: ELA

10. Growth in Student Achievement: Math

11. Assessment: Renaissance Learning
STAR Reading
STAR Math
STAR Early Literacy
Tests are pre-built.
Adaptive tests are shorter.
ELA and Math tests each take about 25 minutes to complete. About 1 hour of testing, times a year.
Adaptive tests adapt to the student’s skill level, so the assessments are at just the right difficulty level.
Adaptive tests draw from large item bank. Students do not repeat the same questions when they take the tests throughout the year.
Very useful reports for teachers
Easy to use
High Reliability and Validity: Scores accurately measure student performance
STAR Early Literacy assessment is customized for K-1 students
Assessments are short and easy for students to take
Valid, actionable data

12. Blended Learning
Blended learning is a combination of traditional instruction and digital learning.

13. Technology Program: Chromebooks
Grades 3-5 Chromebooks
5th grade 1:1 take home
4th grade 1:1 stay at school
3rd grade 7 in each classroom and one cart
Hardware

14. Technology Program: iPads
Kindergarten - 2nd
1 cart per grade level
6 per room

15. Our Language Arts Program
McGraw Hill
CA Wonders Program

16. Literacy Program Foundation of student achievement
OverDrive digital library
Rich print book collection
Accelerated Reader
Drop Everything And Read

17. Scholastic Reading Intervention
iRead during whole class iPad lessons

18. Google Apps for Education
21st century education:
Communication
Collaboration
Critical Thinking
Creativity
Grades 2-5
Docs, Slides, Classroom, GoGuardian Writing strand ELA CCSS Woven throughout CCSS

19. Our Math Program IXL McGraw Hill MyMath
Provides real time feedback to students and teachers
Teachers tutor struggling students using Trouble Spots report
Differentiated instruction
Data driven instruction
McGraw Hill MyMath

20. Other Elements

21. New Programs for Faculty

22. 2 Para-Educator per Grade

23. 100 additional minutes per week for Planning

24. Curriculum Mapping

25. Professional Development

26. Take home Laptops over Summer