1. Council on Accreditation and School Improvement
Caldwell County SACS - CASI Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Council on Accreditation and School Improvement

2. This is who we are:
Mission Statement: To provide quality instruction in a safe, caring environment.
Vision: Every student will graduate from high school, be globally competitive for work or post-secondary education, and be prepared for life in the 21st century.

3. Our Community 83,000 population- Caldwell County
90% white
5% African-American
5% Hispanic 17% live in poverty
73.9% (over age 25) are high school graduates – 12.6% have a bachelor’s degree
Median Income is $35, (below NC average)
13.3% unemployment rate

4. Executive Summary The District: 26 schools
11 Elementary, 4 K-8, 4 Middle Schools
3 High Schools, 2 Specialty High Schools
2 Alternative schools.
12,419 – day two enrollment – down from last year
82% White, 8% Hispanic, 6% African-American and 4% Multi-racial
8 Pre-school sites
4 More at Four sites
Rising Stars

5. Elementary Programs Letterland
DIBELS - Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills
RtI - Response to Instruction
AR - Accelerated Reader
AM - Accelerated Math
Math Investigations

6. Middle School Programs
High School courses offered
Project Lead the Way
Positive Behavior Interventions Support
Communities in Schools

7. High School Programs Freshman Academies Communities In Schools
Graduation Projects
Project Lead the Way
Lab School
Credit Recovery
Virtual Public School

8. Districtwide Programs
Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP)
Sonday Reading
Language!
Co-Teaching
Problem-Based Learning
Formative assessments and Benchmark testing

9. Community Partnerships
Caldwell Arts Council
CCC&TI
Education Foundation
Public Library
Business Partnerships
Caldwell 20/20

10. Guided by: Five Year Plan – June 2010 Five Goals 63 Objectives
Annual Benchmarking
Annual Reporting to the Board

11. ACADEMICS
Highest performing academic year Impressive gains in ABC scores:
76.4% of 3-8 graders at or above in Reading.
14% gain in 3 years.
86.6% of 3-8 graders at or above in Math.
18% gain in 3 years.
84.4% of 9-12 graders at or above on EOC courses.
6% gain in 3 years.
ABC’s
12 Schools made high growth
10 Schools made growth

12. ACADEMICS 10th grade writing scores increased to 74% countywide.
12% increase over last year
Science scores increased
87% in 5th grade
9% increase over last year
81% in 8th grade
2% increase over last year

13. ACADEMICS Best Graduation Rate Ever
More students staying in school than ever before.
Countywide rate up from 75% to 81.43%
NC – 75%
US – 72%
Of special note:
Career Center – 100%
Early College – 98.51%

14. Our Graduation Rate Caldwell State Wake CMS All 81.4% 78% 80% 72%
White
80.7%
82%
91%
84%
African-American
84.9%
71%
67%
66%
Hispanic
86.2%
69%
65%
57%
Economically Disadvantaged
77.3%
62%
64%
Limited English Proficiency
48%
36%
42%
Exceptional Children
61.3%
56%
41%

15. EXCEPTIONAL STAFF
237 or 26% of our teaching force has National Board Certification
CCS in the top 50 school districts in the nation with National Board Certified Teachers
Outpaced the State with positive responses on the Teacher Working Conditions Survey
Teacher turnover rate is 8.77% which is below the state average
All Teacher Assistants have 96 plus hours of college or additional training

16. Trends/Issues
The Economy
Our culture
Job loss and skills

17. Strengths Students first
Strong support in curriculum, human resources, auxiliary services and financial services
Classroom instruction
Accountability emphasis
Our staff
Emphasis on relationships

18. Our Needs
Funding to support existing programs and to expand successful programs
Our Infrastructure needs
Technology for 21st Century
Building structures
Staff development

19. I AM REMINDED OF A QUOTE GIVEN TO ME BY A COLLEAGUE…
“The difficult we can do now; the impossible will take a little longer.”