School Improvement Plan Quarterly Review

The Big Picture

October 23, 2014

Anthony Middle SchoolMedia Center

5:00pm - 6:00pm

PurposeThe purpose of the State of the School and Title I Address meeting is to:● Provide information about the current state of the school● Provide information about the Title I program in our school ● Share the school’s priorities, goals and strategies for improvement● Share the school’s plan to engage with families and the community

Agenda ● INTRODUCTIONS: ILT and SITE COUNCIL● WHO WE ARE

○ Mission/Vision○ MYP School○ Student & Staff Characteristics ○ School Designation Status○ School Wide Title I

● ACCELERATION 2020

● SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN○ Science, Reading and Math Data○ Climate Data○ Action Plan - Strategies for Student Achievement ○ All Are Core Subjects

● FAMILY & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLAN● WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO

Instructional Leadership Team (ILT)Principal: Mai Chang Vue

Asst. Principal: Tonya Matthews

Admin TOSA/PDPLC Coordinator: Jim Glaser

Staff Development Chair/SIP Coordinator/ Test Coordinator: Nicholas Hart

6th Grade Team Lead/PDPLC Coordinator: Heather Frye

7th Grade Team Lead: John Haugen

8th Grade Team Lead: Ann Ellingham

MYP Coordinator: Casey Strecker

Dean: Maura Nelson

Language and Literature Chair: Liz Bartholomew

Math Chair/Data Coordinator: Jeff Wynne

Science Chair: Laura Meier

Individuals and Societies Chair: Ryan Olson

Special Programs Chair: Grif Brown

Resource SPED Chair: Gbemisola Saunders

Language Acquisition Chair: Liz Miller

Specialist Chair: Jim Sanders

EL Chair: Catherine Forst

School Counselor: Justina Bisch

Instructional Leadership Team (ILT)

Roles/Responsibilities- Support PDPLCs

- Examine building-wide data

- Communicate regularly with team members

- Serve as a positive role model among the

staff

PURPOSE: To ensure that the Professional Development Plan Learning Communities (PDPLC) are using the continuous learning cycle while implementing MYP units and Focused Instruction to engage students in rigorous and challenging real world learning that will increase student achievement.

Action Plan

- Leadership training for ILT- Develop a common vision- Develop a model for monthly data meetings

Challenges

- Volunteer position in addition to full-time teaching

- More dedicated time to look at data

- Leadership training for ILT

- Size of the ILT

Anthony Site Council

Jeff Coffey - Parent

Sherwood Herndon - Parent

Richard Mattox - Parent

Karin Olson - Parent

Nicole Valentine - Parent

Kristine Spanier - PTA Representative

Maria Caruso - Parent

Keith Swanson - DPAC Representative

Toby Chin - Student Representative

Justina Bisch - Counselor

Charletta Hawkins - Family Liaison

Laura Meier - Science Teacher

Ryan Olson - Humanities Teacher

Penny Pickard - Math Teacher

Nicholas Hart - SIP Coordinator/Choir

Jim Glaser - Admin TOSA

Tonya Matthews - Assistant Principal

Mai Chang Vue - Principal

Purpose: ● Represent the interests of all students and constituent groups● Help with and give input on issues related to school operation● Serve as a communication link between members of the school community● Serve as a resource base for educational innovation and change as it identifies issues/needs through its interaction with other

school community groups

MEMBERS:

Who we are...

Mission:Anthony Middle School develops interactive, compassionate, and principled learners who strive for excellence, embrace differences and act responsibly within our communities and the world.

Vision:Ready for high school. Ready for college. Ready for life!

We are an Authorized Middle Years Programme (MYP)

❏ Holistic Education- Focuses on the potential of every learner - Promotes relationships

- Emphasis on life experience and learning beyond the classroom - Encourages connections between subject areas

- Empowers students to critically examine the world - The Learner Profile guides us in the classroom and beyond

❏ Intercultural Awareness (International Mindedness) - Deeper understanding to become active, compassionate and life-long learners

- Understanding that other people, with their differences, can also be right

❏ Communication - 21st Century Engagement- Students learn to communicate in many different ways

- Proficient in two or more languages

- Understand and appreciate arts and information technologies

- Writing and speaking is part of the students daily lives

Middle Years Programme (MYP)

Strengths● Majority of our staff is IB trained● MYP Foundations in every

classroom.● Strong commitment to the MYP● Training more staff● We are more focused on MYP

each year. ● We have an MYP coordinator● Students are adopting MYP as a

part of who they are● Student of the Month

Challenges● MYP Grading● Community Service Projects● Ensuring all students receive all

8 subject areas.● Educating all of Anthony’s

community about what is involved with MYP

● Ensure every student gets holistic learning opportunities

● Teachers are at a different levels of implementation

Action Plan● Fully implementing Next Chapter

through unit design and reflection● Coordinator going to the teams and

planning and implementing community service projects

● Work with area superintendent for a 7 period schedule

● Offering/creating design classes here at Anthony

● Investigating a strategy to set up a design class

● Offer MYP Nights● Obtain an IB/PYP Elementary

feeder school (Kenny)

How the state identifies who we are...

School Designation: Reward- 2014 MMR Score: 74.64 % (7 % increase) - 2013 MMR Score: 67.73 %

MMR Breakdown:- Proficiency: 44.6 points out of 50 possible- Growth: 35.47 points out of 50 possible- Achievement Gap: 31.89 points out of 50

possible- MMR Overall: 111.96 points out of a total

possible 150

Title I - Whole School

Title I

Title I is a federal program that provides money to schools and districts to ensure that all children have a fair, equal and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education to achieve proficiency on our state’s academic standards and assessments.

Title I supports our School Improvement Plan and the funding we receive helps us to reach our goals.

We are a School-Wide Title I program, which means all students are able to benefit from Title I services.

Title IDo all schools receive Title I funds?

- No. Title I programs are available to school with the greatest concentration of low-income families.

Budget- This year, 4.8% of our school budget comes from this source.- The total Title I amount is $233,019

To support our goals, we are using the Title I money in the following ways:

- 98.5% is being used for instruction in Math and Reading- 1.5% is used for family involvement and other instructional purposes

Staff Characteristics

Positions ____ _______ % __N___Non-Licensed Staff 34 27

Licensed Classroom Teacher 55 44

Licensed Non-Classroom ** 9 7

Administrator 2 2

Total Staff Members : 80

** not classroom teacher; includes psychologists, social workers,

speech clinicians, media specialists, counselors, and nurses.

Staff Characteristics

Gender % NFemale 62 49Male 38 31

Ethnicity % NBlack 19 15Asian 2 2White 76 61Other 3 2

Student Enrollment

Student Characteristics (percent of population)

336

223

12 2745

Student Characteristics

504 1%

Ad. Learner 11%

ELL 10%

FRL 43%

HHM 2%

SPED 13%

Acceleration 2020

Our Values:

● Children First● Right to Quality Education● Importance of Family● Equity● Diversity● Respect for Employees● Partnership for Youth● Transparency and Accountability

The Plan Goals:● Improved Student Outcomes● Equity● Family and Community Partnership● Effective Teachers, School Leaders and

Staff● Stewardship● Resources for Students and Schools

Measuring Performance

● 5% annual increase in the number of students proficient in reading and math

● 8% annual increase of students meeting or exceeding standards in reading and math for our lowest performing students

Mission: We exist to ensure that all students learn. We support their growth into knowledgeable, skilled and confident citizens capable of succeeding in their work, personal, family and community lives into the 21st century.

Acceleration 2020Our Theory of Action:

Schools as the Unit of Change

Anthony’s Action Plan:- Opportunities for College Bound Brothers- In house mentoring through Student Council, 8th grade

class, Admin Student Leadership Group- All students will know their MCA score and set a goal to

achieve it by mid November- Language Arts, Math, and Advisory- One-on-one with mentors (peers, Admin, etc.)

- Equity PD for staff- Have created and will continue to build community

partnerships

MCA Science Data2013 MCA III: 61%2014 MCA III: 61.6%

2013 2014- White: 79.1% 83.8%- Black: 36.7% 23.2%- FRL: 30.6% 23.3%- EL’s: 25.6% 18.9%- SPED: 50% 60.6%

MCA III Reading Proficiency 2013-2014

2013 MCA III: 61.3%2014 MCA III: 63.6% 2013 2014- White: 79% 85%- Black: 34% 33%- FRL: 33% 34%- EL’s: 29% 23%- SPED: 53% 47%

Students Proficient in Reading-All Grades

Reading Growth DataPercent of students who showed growth on the MCA test 2013 - 2014

Anthony State

Low Growth 20% Low Growth 27%

Med. Growth 40% Med. Growth 41%

High Growth 40% High Growth 32%

ReadingReading Data Summary- The school as a whole outscored the district & state in reading on the MCA III in 2014.

- As a school, our proficiency rate increased by 2.6 percentile.

- The gap between the proficiency rate of black and white students increased from 45% to 52% from 2013 -2014.

Reading SMART GoalsMeet our benchmark of 68.6% proficient on the MCA-III

Decrease the achievement gap between our black and white students from 52% to 44% on the MCA-III

Students showing low growth will decrease from 19% to 15%

ReadingStrengths- High Quality Teachers- PDPLC’s- focus on informational text using deeper implementation of reading strategies (AVID) across all subjects- Have identified students who are not scoring proficient to participate in Readers’ Workshop/ALC and receive interventions- Over 100 students currently in AVID- Administer OLPA in Winter and develop an intervention plan

- ALL MYP Subjects: - Ex: Focus on writing scientific

explanations which include claim, evidence, and reasoning

- Use AVID Reading Strategies in non-fiction based texts

- Co-Teaching with ELL and SPED in multiple subjects- Check and Connect Program - College Bound Brothers

ReadingAction Steps- PD on SIOP and WIDA this fall/winter

- Identify students who are not scoring proficient

● complete goal setting (Acceleration 2020)● to provide interventions● to participate in Readers’ Workshop/ALC

- Train teachers how to incorporate benchmark assessments into their curriculum (PDPLC’s, FI trainings)

- Provide training to all teachers on how to analyze benchmark assessments for academic growth

- Launch an AVID High 5 Campaign

- Debrief and reflect on learning walks

Challenges- Align MYP units and FI

- Need collaborative time built into the school day

- Need access to more informational texts

- Staff proficient in EL strategies

- Departments need to identify strategies to use with the four types of informational texts

- Effectively tracking the data for benchmark assessments

EL Data & SMART GoalsELL Data Summary

- 13% of ELLs at Anthony made progress on the ACCESS test (made an overall gain of 0.5). Anthony did not meet the state target.

- 6.5% of ELLs at Anthony were proficient (had an overall score of at least 5.0) on the ACCESS test. Anthony did not meet the state target.

ELL SMART Goals- ELLs will increase their progress from 13% to

30%- ELLs will increase their proficiency from 6.5% to

10%

Currently in Place- Added a second ELL Instructor

- Co-Teaching in some classes to support ELL

ELL Action Plan- All staff professional development on ELL strategies

- Increase explicit vocabulary instruction in all classes

- Increase WIDA-based modifications in all classes

MCA III Math Proficiency 2013-2014

2013 MCA III : 61.9%2014 MCA III : 60.4% 2013 2014- White: 77.3% 83.1%- Black: 34.2% 27.9%- FRL: 35% 30%- EL’s: 24.8% 20.6%- SPED: 48.3% 44.2%

Math Proficiency

Math Growth DataPercent of students who showed growth on the MCA test 2013 - 2014

Anthony State

Low Growth 23% Low Growth 27%

Med. Growth 42% Med. Growth 42%

High Growth 35% High Growth 31%

MathMath Data Summary- Anthony students continue to outscore the district on the MCA III in Math

- As a school, our proficiency rate decreased by 1.5 percentile.

- The gap between the proficiency rate of black and white students increased from 43% to 55% from 2013 -2014.

Math SMART Goals- Increase proficiency from 60.4% to 65.4% on the MCA-III

- Decrease the achievement gap between our black and white students from 55% to 47% on the MCA-III from 2013 to 2014

- Students showing low growth will decrease from 23% to 18%

MathStrengths- High quality teachers

- Offer Geometry in 8th grade and Intermediate Algebra in 7th grade

- Smaller class sizes due to Title I funding

- MYP units that align with FI and incorporate the MN Content Standards

- PDPLCs have used and will use the Continuous Learning Cycle

- Administer OLPA in January and develop an intervention plan

- Identify and recruit students who are not scoring proficient to participate in ALC and Spring Break Academy

- Many teachers offer lunch help to students

-Implement IXL math program to help identify specific skill needs of students

-2 iPad carts - math specific - for IXL implementation and data assessment needs

- Check and Connect to support student attendance and work

- Co-Teaching in some classes to support ELL

MathChallenges

● ELL support and collaborative work in math classes

● Time to work together to solidify the vertical alignment of curriculum

● Time to write MYP units● Need teacher collaborative time built

into the school day for co-teachers● Helping students be school ready

(come to class on time, homework completion, time on task in class)

● Time to analyze, process and plan for skill review information gathered from IXL data

Action Steps● PD on SIOP and WIDA● Debrief and reflect on learning walks● Math data retreat ● Use data to identify 6th grade AE placement

within math● Use data to identify heterogeneous and

homogeneous groups within classes● Use time to differentiate within MYP units -

revise units to meet needs of all students (Example: Equitable resources for projects)

● Implement restorative practices for homework completion, desired behavior, tardiness, etc..

● Develop a plan for progress monitoring towards goals

● Math High 5 Strategy Campaign (Ex: CUBES)

Special EducationStrengths-Collaboration with general education teachers

-Push-in with special education services, reading, and math

-Pull-out for students that have the need for more individualized services

-Cross category programing within special education

-Increase time for Special Programing students in the general education setting

-Special Programing students given community based experiences

-Pre-referral is happening and improving in team meetings.

Challenges-Provide more push-in services -Community building throughout the school (integration of special education)

Action Steps-Progress monitor students, collect reading and math data in PDPLC’s.

-Increase the number of co-teaching periods for year.

ALL are CORE SUBJECTS● “Specialists” are now core content subjects

○ World Language (Language Acquisition) ○ Design○ Physical and Health Education○ Performance Arts which include Visual Arts and

Vocal and Instrumental Music

● All subjects use AVID strategies to support SIP Reading Goals

Example - World LanguagesStrengths

● French, Japanese, Spanish● Offered as a core subject● Anthony has an increase in enrollment in World Languages

after becoming a certified MYP school.● 6th Graders provided with the opportunity to sample all three

languages, then choose one to continue in 7th grade - provides greater opportunity for access and choice.

● Multiple levels are offered to meet the needs of all students.● Students engage in reading strategies in the second language,

such as story mapping, sequencing, and inferencing. These strategies enhance students’ abilities to improve their literacy in English.

● Students leave Anthony Middle School ready for success in High School language courses.

● Students are better prepared for rigorous IB Diploma exams in World Language during High School.

ChallengesStudents are sometimes placed in a language class that they did not choose due to lack of space

Multi-level proficiencies in a single classroom

Students who have lower-level reading proficiencies in English face a big challenge to read in a second language

Action StepsOffering 6th graders the chance to sample a language before making a commitment

Providing additional levels of World Language classes (ex. Advanced Spanish, Intro classes for 7th and 8th graders)

Use SIOP strategies in conjunction with AVID reading strategies

Climate - Behavior Data

Attendance:As of 10/20/14 we have 89.86% are attending 90+ % of the time.

Goal is to increase from 89.86 to 95% attending 90+ % of the time.

ClimateStrengths/Strategies- High quality Deans that support classroom learning

- Transition Week

- Advisory Program

- Proactive SST

- Team Meetings

- Check and Connect staff to work proactively with students

- Choice Theory

- Parent Meetings

- Student Leadership

- Ongoing Equity Training

-Peer Mediation

- Increased HHM Social Worker

Challenges- Funds to train new staff in Choice Theory

- Strategies to work with students who face mental health issues

- Influx of new students still enrolling

- Strategies to support our HHM students

- Reduce number of suspensions and removals by 10% from 181 in 2014 as measured by data from CFS.

- Increase parent participation for Anthony sponsored activities.

Action Plan- Deans are being trained in Choice Theory and CPI

- Hired a SW with a background in mental health; need to provide training

- Need to create a partnership with the New Family Center to transition new students to Anthony

- Create an in-house transition program for students/parents new to Anthony

- Attend PTA meetings of feeder schools (Admin). Build connections

- Get feeder schools connected to our Panther Post, events, etc.

Create a mental health component in our building

Family & Community Engagement

Goal for the Year:Increase attendance of our families of color at school events.

Strengths:- Have hosted CPEO for the last three years and will continue (40+ parents graduated)

- Somali interpreter on staff

- Several staff members speak Spanish

- Anthony staff are encouraging families to attend school events

- Anthony staff participate in family involvement functions

- Parent Liaison

- Equity Training

- Have a 3 year family involvement plan

- Hiring quality staff of color

Challenges- Building trust between school and home

- Distance traveled by some students to attend Anthony

- Transportation for families to get here.

- At the middle school level families don’t feel the need to be as involved

Action Plan- Create new focus groups surrounding family involvement, students & staff

- Increase personal contacts with families

- Create a system for personally inviting families to Anthony (using advisory)

What we are looking forward to:

● Data and MYP Retreats● Working with parents/families to increase

student achievement● Ongoing equity training to enhance our

building wide climate● Using our data to mentor and foster growth

among all students in the building