Presentation to the Trenton Board of Education 2017-18 School Year

Presentation to the Trenton Board of Education
                          2017-18 School Year

ANDERSON & HEDKE
Welcome you to your elementary schools!

Format for tonight – The Board’s 4
Strategic Goals

» 3 areas of focus/attention
   ˃ MSTEP
   ˃ 3rd Grade Reading Legislation
       + I-READY
   ˃ NWEA-MAP assessment comparison

» Moving Target –
  ˃ Changed formats
  ˃ Changed scoring methodology
      + Both make reliability less
  ˃ Changed time of year it is given
      + We agree with this however 
  ˃ Changed tests given at different levels
      + Hard to compare year to year
  ˃ Disconnect between assessment and reporting of scores

» M-STEP is a widely reported measurement used
  to compare schools
» Compare Anderson to Hedke
» Compare Trenton Elementary Schools to
  adjacent school districts and other schools and
  districts downriver
» Compare Trenton Elementary Schools to high
  performing school and districts

» Anderson compared to Hedke

                               Anderson

                                Hedke

Anderson
        Hedke

Hedke

HIGH PERFORMING DISTRICT COMPARISON –
NORTHVILLE & GROSSE POINTE

• Both Hedke and Anderson perform above the state
  average on the MSTEP Summative Assessment

• Both Hedke and Anderson perform at or near the
  top in comparison to districts that touch us

• Both Hedke and Anderson perform at or near the
  top of all elementary schools downriver

• Neither Hedke nor Anderson would be the lowest
  performing school compared to those in the
  highest performing districts in Wayne County

Beginning in two school years
          (2019-2020 SY)
3rd graders (this year’s 1st graders)

 Students that are one or more
academic years behind in reading
       must be retained

» By the 2017-18 School year (this year)
» Districts must
   ˃ Utilize a literacy coach to …
      + Support teachers in the 5 domains of literacy
      + Model literacy instruction
      + Provide professional development to teachers
      + Assist in analyzing student data

DISTRICTS MUST …
» Assess students 3x per year using a universal
  screener
» Notify families if their child is identified as
  having a deficit in reading
» Develop a school / home reading plan
» Develop a literacy intervention process
» Growth monitor students who are below
  desired level

» Both elementary schools have met all of the
  requirements of the 3rd grade legislation by
  building on programs that were already in place

» Administered 3 x per year for all students
  (universal screener)
» Administered within 30 days of the beginning of
  the school year
» Data immediately available
   ˃ Comparison by student, by class, by school

» Growth monitoring

» Hedke and Anderson have virtually identical
  rates of growth over the period of the 1st to 2nd
  administration of the I-Ready assessment
» 80% or more of our students are on target to
  meet grade level reading targets

1.6 pts difference

4.6 pts difference

» The difference between Anderson and Hedke in
  reading levels on the MAP between 4th and 5th
  grade is less than .5 years (Winter MAP)

» Teach Like A Pirate – Dave Burgess
   ˃ Instructional hooks to increase student engagement

All 1st and 3rd and all new teachers
Materials also provided including leveled books and lesson plan
formats with prompts

» Math
  ˃ Beginning to build a MTSS for Math like we have for reading
  ˃ Teacher team started training this year at RESA
  ˃ Made up of teachers from both buildings

4th and 5th grade teachers

» Community Engagement

» Standard practices
   ˃ Reporting Academic Progress and Curriculum Information
      + Meet the Teacher (Fall of each year)
      + Parent -Teacher conferences (Fall and Winter)
      + 3 report card periods (Fall, Spring, Summer)

»   In-touch Phone Fan Out system
»   School Marquees
»   Planners
»   School Web Page
»   Remind (teachers and PTO)
»   PTO Facebook

» Administrator web site
» Twitter

» Run many additional programs
   ˃ Walk-a-Thon, Trunk or Treat, Book fairs, Fun Fairs, Field Day, 5th grade
     party, Fall Family Picnic

» Pay for field trips and assemblies
» Help fund community events
   ˃ Turn off the Violence, TEF Signature Event

» Teacher appreciation
» Special projects
   ˃ Buddy bench, Drinking fountain, Gaga ball pit, Books for libraries

»   Activity nights
»   Running Club
»   Art Club
»   Game Club
»   Bible Club
»   Cub Scouts / Brownies
»   Pumpkin Extravaganza

» Variety Show

» Growth Mindset
» Safety Forum
» Watch DOGs

»   Concerts (Christmas, Recorder, Ukulele)
»   Literacy night (by school and grade level)
»   Kindergarten Round-up
»   Family Fall Picnic
»   Family Fitness night

»   Atria Kinghaven
»   THS
»   AMS
»   Parent Presenters
»   Faith United Methodist Church
    ˃ Tutoring at Care Club, Financial Donation,
      Adopting families
» St. Paul
    ˃ Back to school carnival
» Hosting and Mentoring Student Teachers

» Operations and Finance

» New Dynamic Sound field systems in every
  classroom at both elementary schools!

CPI TRAINING WAS TOUGH STUFF!!!

» Both elementary schools comply with all district
  budgeting and purchasing rules and regulations

» We hope you are proud of the Elementary
  School Program you have helped to create!