1. Team Rippleside

2. TITLE 1
Federal program that provides funding to local school districts to improve academic achievement of disadvantaged students (high poverty areas).
We have been a school-wide program since 2010.

3. Rippleside Funding
We use our support to hire paraprofessionals for grades K-3 to support classroom teachers.
Send staff to trainings.
LLI teachers to support K-3 reading interventions.
We have created a WIN time to enhance our interventions for students of all abilities.

4. Statewide and Local Assessments
MCA tests are used by the state department to score schools against the MN state standards.
Each sub-group is looked at separately.

5. MMR Students are scored based upon Proficiency Student Growth
Exceeds
Meets
Partially meets
Does not meet
Student Growth
Achievement Gap Closure
Graduation Rate

6. Focus School Lowest 10% of Title 1 Schools
We did not improve over a 2 year growth period.
Therefore we are a Focus School

7. Northern Sky Regional Center of Excellence
Committed to a 3 year period with Rippleside Elementary School.
Support
Assistant Director
Reading Specialist
Math Specialist
Data Analysis

8. Implementation Team
Representatives to decide on specific strategies in the classroom.

9. Strategies Learning Targets Guided Reading Book Study
Northern Sky Support to learn the steps of a learning target
Guided Reading
New curriculum: Benchmark Literacy
Staff Training

10. Strategies PLC’s Tuesday morning
Math Curriculum Alignment with State Standards

11. Lead to Formative Assessments
FINAL STEP: Use learning targets as a tool to understand Formative assessments which drives instruction
Variety of evaluations to drive instruction on-going basis vs. summative evaluations (end of unit tests/weekly tests/high points/high stakes).
Great example: Students assessing own work daily

12. Parent Involvement
Be part of PAC team at Rippleside: contact Jenny McGuire at
Be part of District Parent Advisory Team (contact Lisa DeMars at Ext. 3301)
Attend Entrance, Fall, and Spring Conferences
Get involved in (PTO) Parent Teacher Organization (contact Rippleside Elementary School)
Volunteer in your child’s classroom and other school activities
Read to your child each day
Guide them to independence as they prepare for school each morning

13. Questions and Concerns
Input