1. Montessori Academy Kindergarten – Middle School

2. No Child Left Behind  LEA Plan  Highly Qualified Teachers  Professional Development Plan  Adequate Yearly Progress/Testing  Improvement Plans  School Choice  Title Funds

3. LEA Plan – State Requirements  Teaching for Learning Environment  Reading and Language Arts Proficiency  Mathematics Proficiency  Equitable Distribution of HQ teachers  Proficiency of English for ELL students  High School Graduation  Parent Involvement  Technology

4. Highly Qualified Teachers Teachers  Bachelor’s Degree  Montessori Certificate Assistants  Associates Degree  In House-Montessori Assistant Training

5. Professional Development Plan (Based on Needs Assessment) Montessori  What is a Montessori Education?  Montessori Discipline  Fostering Independence  Expectations  Creating Environments: indoor/outdoor/school climate Educational  Project Read – Title I  Read Naturally – Title I  RTI – Inclusive Interventions  Brain Research – Brainology Dept.  Writing/Grammar Skills – 3 rd – 6 th  Math – Retention/Gaps  Science – AZ Science Competition AZ State Standards  Alignment to Core Curriculum  New Bloom’s Taxonomy-Critical Thinking  Level Expectations  Ongoing Assessments Using Data  Grant writing  Expanding curriculum  Using Data for Teacher Improvement

6. PARENT INVOLVEMENT Held Teacher and Parent Training Workshops for both Project Read and Read Naturally Education Committee – Oversees core curriculum, Title I programs, environmental programs, AMS accreditation, and extracurricular programs. Education Committee – Sub-Committees:all parents have the opportunity to participate in developing, evaluating, and volunteering. MAP – Montessori Academy monthly meeting with minutes Parent Volunteer Hours Parent Work Days (Next one on March 17 th 8:00-11:00)

7. Adequate Yearly Progress  95% of Students must take the AIMS – 95%  Schools must make AYP and OYG – yes  Scores indicate an increase in reading, but a decrease in 4 th, 5 th, and 6 th grade specific math skills and writing.

8. Improvement Plans  Disaggregate the Test Scores  Grade and Standard Specific – curriculum  Current Enrollment – gifted, sped, at-risk  Teacher Input – Lead Teacher Meetings  Tutorials – additional times  Daily Math Skills for 4 th -6 th  Step up to Writing Program  A+ Assessment – additional benchmarks  AP Latin  Added Technology for academic support

9. Title Funds Title I School-10%Poverty Title I $22,635 Meeting State Standards Title II $1,934 Professional Development Title IV-A $0 Drug & Violence Prevention Title V $0 Teacher Quality Programs

10. Performance Pay – 301 Monies  Teachers, who meet Highly Qualified status and are Lead Teaching, will meet with the Director of Education during the 1 st semester to discuss and develop performance goals. Each teacher will have one approved personal goal:  Public speaking  Creating a new program  Improving classroom environment  Other Each teacher will have 2-5 academic goals for each grade level taught within their program level. These goals must be measurable. For grades 2-8 the goals must be related to state standards and applicable assessments.  Verified achieved goals are subject to 301 performance pay.  2011-12 funds for performance pay are approximately $22,400

11. Enrollment  Current Charter Enrollment 206  Enrollment for Fall 2012 K – 25, 5 open 1 st – 17, 10 open 2 nd – 27, 2 on lottery 3 rd – 22, 5 open 4 th – 25, 2 open 5 th – 21, 6 open 6 th – 22, 5 open 7 th & 8 th – 34, with modular 20-26 9 th & 10 th – 30 open

12. Enrollment Matrix Fiscal Year Grade K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Private 9 10 11 12 Total 2006-07 5 15 6 11 5 12 7 4 77 2007-08 6 10 18 7 11 7 12 11 7 89 2008-09 6 12 11 12 8 10 3 8 46 126 2009-10 11 14 10 9 12 7 9 142 242 New Campus 2010-11 25 23 20 12 56 234 2011-12 24 27 24 27 25 21 17 14 58 258 2012-13 30 27 30 80 15 362 2-2 room modular

13. Marketing Plan – In Progress  Working with 3 Montessori Academy Parents on Plan, New Brochure, Postcards,and Publishing of Articles

14. School Culture  Environment Hired an Environmental Consultant for Facility and Curriculum Water Management Grant Master Facilities Plan  Gardens  Animal Habitats  Paths  Modulars  Parking  Storage  Café, Building remodels  Entrance renovations CSA – incorporated with Snaps/MS program Farmer’s Market Saturday Activities  Humans Staff Training  Intuitive  Personal Success Institute Parent Education  Montessori Education Honor Council Board Training Positive Marketing Increased Communication Acknowledgments School’s Vision Prominent

15. Additional Information  Early Education Block – Not funded  ESY - Not funded  Extended Day Kindergarten – Not funded  IDEA-$19,027 (Special Education)  Passed State Special Education Monitoring  Sending 2 Teachers to Montessori Training  Enrollment – 206 K-8 (188 ADM – 1 st Semester)  Highly Qualified Teachers – Resumes in the school office  New 5 year Strategic Plan  School Choice