1. Edgewood Middle School Board of Education Presentation March 23, 2009
Empower. Inspire. Achieve. TOGETHER.

2. Alternative Governance Key Focus Areas
Successes and Challenges SY
Alternative Governance Key Focus Areas

3. Empower. Inspire. Achieve. Together.
Key Focus Areas
Empower. Inspire. Achieve. Together.
Objective #1: Special Education
Objective #3: High Quality Instruction
Curriculum Alignment
Objective #11: School Culture and
Climate

4. Key Focus Area Successes
Master schedule
maximizes instructional time
enhances space utilization
placement and support for students with disabilities ( #1, #8, #9)
special education teachers on teams (#1)
High Quality Instruction
expectation in every classroom every day (#2,3)
Professional Development Center (#2, #3, #7)
culture of collaboration (#2, #7)
interventions during and after school (#5)
school-wide on MSA preparation and professional development

5. Culture and Climate Successes
Facilities Improvements
Teacher Attendance
18% improvement in teacher attendance from the school year.
PBIS
Over 20,000 positive behavior documentations to 3800 negative behavior documentations

6. Ongoing Academic Successes
Team Action Planning
data driven instructional decisions (#2,3)
examining student and teacher work
Interventions
Knowing Mathematics
Mathematics Navigator
Ramp Up to Algebra
MSA Prep Course
Teacher-led after school interventions
Saturday School

7. Ongoing Accomplishments
Community Partnerships (#12)
Pre-School Beautification Day
SIT subcommittee includes team representatives
Team Family Nights
Online database of parent volunteering opportunities
Community events
New STEM partnership with Northrup-Grumman
Others

8. Our Next Steps Increase Parent/Community Involvement
High Quality Staffing for the
School Improvement Integration with PLC’s
Utilization of Space
Adequate housing for current courses and programs
Ability and flexibility to offer new programs
Permanent placement for all teachers

9. Empower. Inspire. Achieve. Together.