Week 5 presentation
- 1. SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL DATA ANALYSIS PRESENTATION Presented by: Mrs. Sexton, Principal
- 2. INTRODUCTION Hello and welcome. I am your principal Christine Sexton. Here at Smith Middle School we are preparing students for life by providing a setting for children to grow and bloom. My focus is to ensure that our students receive the best education possible. In order to help students be successful we need support and involvement from our families. Throughout this presentation I will be explaining some data that was collected from the previous five years. This data is from our school as well as the district data. I am going to give you the opportunity today to review our school’s data as well as compare it the school district. I am going to share our plan of action for supporting student success this year by outlining our learning goals, looking at our greatest needs for improvement, and how we plan on continuing to support the areas where we have made gains.
- 3. I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THE SECTION IN THE DATA CHART FOR READING BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE OUR FOCUS IS GOING TO BE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SCORES ACROSS ALL GRADE LEVELS WE HAVE INCREASED OVER THE FIVE YEARS WHICH IS GREAT. THE SEVENTH GRADE TEAM HAS SHOWN THE MOST CONSISTENT GROWTH OVER THE YEARS. SIXTH GRADE HAS SHOWN A YO-YO EFFECT WITH THEIR GROWTH AND EIGHT GRADE WAS GROWING CONSISTENTLY UNTIL LAST YEAR WHEN THEY DROPPED 8%. (GOODE, 2015) Smith Middle School – Percent Scoring 3 and above Grad e Reading Mathematics Writing ‘07 ’08 ’09 ‘10 ‘11 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ‘1 1 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ‘1 1 6th 61 59 60 58 65 68 58 62 59 68 NA NA NA NA NA 7th 42 56 61 61 57 34 50 52 50 63 NA NA NA NA NA 8th 32 37 42 55 47 27 30 40 53 40 44 68 64 76 69
- 4. THE DISTRICT SCORES FOR READING SHOW GROWTH OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS. THE SIXTH GRADE SCORES WENT FROM 58% TO 71%, SEVENTH GRADE WENT FROM 51% TO 59%, AND EIGHTH GRADE WENT FROM 50% TO 61%. BOTH SIXTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS IN THE DISTRICT SHOWED CONSISTENT GROWTH OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. UNFORTUNATELY, THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF THE DISTRICT WERE SHOWING CONSISTENT GROWTH UNTIL LAST YEAR WHEN THEY DROPPED 7%. (GOODE, 2015) District – Percent Scoring 3 and above Grad e Reading Mathematics Writing ‘07 ’08 ’09 ‘10 ‘11 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ‘1 1 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ‘1 1 6th 58 58 63 64 71 56 57 60 63 66 NA NA NA NA NA 7th 51 57 64 66 59 45 51 55 58 60 NA NA NA NA NA 8th 50 52 55 59 61 45 47 46 50 50 55 68 67 76 79
- 5. WHEN COMPARING OUR SCHOOL AND THE DISTRICT YOU WILL NOTICE SOME CONISTENTICIENCY. BOTH OUR SCHOOL AND THE DISTRICT HAVE SHOWN GROWTH ACROSS ALL GRADE LEVELS OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS. HOWEVER, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE SHOWN GROWTH OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS OUR PERCENTAGES ARE STILL LOW COMPARED TO THE SCORES OF THE DISTRICT. THE GOAL WOULD BE TO CLOSE THE GAP AND HAVE OUR SCHOOL SCORES MIRROR OR BE RELATIVELY CLOSE TO THE SCORES OF THE DISTRICT. (GOODE, 2015)Smith Middle School – Percent Scoring 3 and above Grad e Reading Mathematics Writing ‘07 ’08 ’09 ‘10 ‘11 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ‘1 1 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ‘1 1 6th 61 59 60 58 65 68 58 62 59 68 NA NA NA NA NA 7th 42 56 61 61 57 34 50 52 50 63 NA NA NA NA NA 8th 32 37 42 55 47 27 30 40 53 40 44 68 64 76 69 District – Percent Scoring 3 and above Grad e Reading Mathematics Writing ‘07 ’08 ’09 ‘10 ‘11 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ‘1 1 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ‘1 1 6th 58 58 63 64 71 56 57 60 63 66 NA NA NA NA NA 7th 51 57 64 66 59 45 51 55 58 60 NA NA NA NA NA 8th 50 52 55 59 61 45 47 46 50 50 55 68 67 76 79
- 6. OUR GOAL IS TO HELP OUR STUDENTS GROW ACADEMICALLY. IN ORDER TO HELP OUR STUDENTS ACHIEVE THE BEST EDUCATION POSSIBLE WE ARE GOING TO HELP GROW OUR EDUCATORS. WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM THROUGH MINI PD MONDAYS, LEARNING WALKS, AND DISTRICT RESOURCES SUCH AS MENTORS AND TRAININGS. IMPROVEMEN T PLAN
- 7. IMPROVEMENT PLAN Mini PD Mondays: This is a professional development opportunity for the entire academic staff. The focus of the professional development will be to prove/modify the current way teachers are instructing the students in the area of reading. The sessions will be help on the first Monday of every month and will last for an hour. Teachers will receive in- service parts for participating in the meetings. The first three months I will select which training the teachers attend. After the first three trainings the teachers will have a choice between three options that they feel will be most beneficial to them. The goal is for teachers to reflect on what they have been doing in the classroom and make adjustments as needed to fit their students and promote academic growth. (Brougham, 2012)
- 8. IMPROVEMENT PLAN Learning Walks: The ultimate goal of the learning walks is to model teaching styles and strategies of peers that are recognized by administration as being exemplary. The teachers who are selected to be modeled will be chosen by administration. The teacher will be asked prior to be assigned to the staff. Teachers will have the option to sign for a learning walk. Teachers will be encouraged to sign up. The learning walk will take approximately thirty minutes. If teachers chose to participate in the learning walk for professional development they can go on their lunch or make arrangements with administration for someone to cover their class. On the day of the learning walk the teachers who will be going to classrooms will meet in the media center. In the media center we will discuss them what they are going to be observing and what teacher they are going to be watching. It might be a guided reading group or a whole group lesson. After the learning walks we will meet after school and have a reflection session where I can answer any questions about what they saw. (Fisher and Frey, 2014)
- 9. IMPROVEMENT PLAN Mentor: Any teachers who are new to the district have a mentor assigned to them. The mentor is a resource to the teacher. They provide teachers with tools and support to help them be successful in the classroom. Some mentors will model lessons for teachers, plan with teachers, and recommend trainings based on the different areas that they believe will help their instructional growth. The district mentors work with new teachers for two years. In addition to district mentors I am going to arrange for teachers within the school who excel in certain areas mentor other teachers who would benefit from guidance in the same area. In the end, by building teachers academically it will build student academics and success. (Rowley, 2009)
- 10. ELIZABETH SIMON IS A TEACHER AT SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL WHO HAS DEDICATED HER LOVE FOR TEACHING INTO HER EVERYDAY LESSONS. SHE HAS BEEN CHOSEN AS TEACHER OF THE YEAR MULTIPLE TIMES. OUR SCHOOL HAS SELECTED MS. SIMON TO SHARE HER TEACHING IDEAS BY TEACHING A MINI PD MONDAY WORKSHOP, HAVING TEACHERS COME TO HER CLASSROOM FOR LEARNING WALKS, AND BEING A MENTOR TO OTHER TEACHERS IN THE SCHOOL. WHEN YOU WALK INTO MS. SIMON’S ROOM YOU WILL FIND STUDENTS ENGAGED IN LEARNING THROUGH THE USE OF KAGAN STRATEGIES. WHEN PLANNING A LESSON MS. SIMON CONSIDERS ALL STUDENTS LEARNING STYLES AND ADAPTS THE DIFFERENT WAYS INTO EACH LESSON. ( MCMILLAN, 2015) ELIZABETH SIMON
- 11. I HOPE THIS INFORMATION HAS HELPED YOU TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE DIRECTION WE ARE TAKING TO ACHIEVE OUR SCHOOL FOCUS FOR PREPARING OUR STUDENTS FOR LIFE. WE TAKE THE EDUCATION OF OUR STUDENTS SERIOUSLY HERE AT SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERYONE AS WE IMPLEMENT OUR IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND WATCH OUR STUDENTS LEARNING GROW. CONCLU SION