1 / 13

Glenbard District 87 Where Excellence is Tradition

Glenbard District 87 Where Excellence is Tradition. The best schools we visited were tightly aligned communities marked by a palpable sense of 'we'. Lickona & Davidson 2005. Areas of Success Graduation Rate 93.7% PSAE % M & E Dist. Reading – 64% Dist. Math – 62% Dist. Science – 61%

aideen
Download Presentation

Glenbard District 87 Where Excellence is Tradition

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Glenbard District 87Where Excellence is Tradition

  2. The best schools we visited were tightly aligned communities marked by a palpable sense of 'we'. Lickona & Davidson 2005

  3. Areas of Success Graduation Rate 93.7% PSAE % M & E Dist. Reading – 64% Dist. Math – 62% Dist. Science – 61% Dist. Writing – 66% ACT Dist. Composite – 22.4 Advanced Placement # Candidates – 1,333 # Examinations – 2,636 % grade 3 or higher 76% National Merit Finalists - 13 Growth Opportunities Achievement Gap Reading & Math Special Education, African-American, Hispanic, & Low Income students PSAE - Meet & Exceed % Low percentages for Special Education, Low Income, Hispanic and African-Americans students Avg. Explore-ACT Growth Less than expected growth for Hispanic and African-Americans Advanced Placement Enrollment trends for minority students

  4. Math Recommendations Honors Regular Academic Support Geometry Honors Algebra Algebra 9 Academic Support (Fall 2012) ICA Honors Geometry (Fall 2012) 10 Academic Support (Fall 2013) Pre-Calc Honors 11 ICA (Fall 2013) Electives 12 Electives

  5. English Recommendations English Honors Regular Academic Support English 1 Honors English 1 English 1 9 Academic Support Fall 2012 English 2 Honors English 2 English 2 10 Academic Support Fall 2013 English 3 AP US History AP English Lang. 11 English 3 12 Electives Electives

  6. Support Courses Spectrum Core Content Specialist Non-Core Content Specialist Type II Type III Type IV Type I Math Math support (i.e. 2-periods) Math support (i.e. looping) Math support (i.e. CAD) Math support (i.e. Alternating Elective) English -Reading English support (2 periods) English support English support English support

  7. Science Recommendations Original Honors Regular Current Honors Regular Biology Fall 2011 Biology Honors Biology Honors Biology 9 9 Chemistry Honors Physical Science Chemistry* Fall 2012 Chemistry Honors 10 Chemistry 10 Physical Science Physics* Fall 2013 Physics Honors Physics Honors 11 11 Physics Electives * Students who have not reached the establish level of math will be placed in Physical Science 12 Electives 12

  8. Social Studies Recommendations Original Honors Regular Current Honors Regular World History Honors World History Honors Fall 2011 World History World History Fall 2011 9 9 AP Government and AP Economics Civics and Social Studies Elective AP European History or AP Human Geography* Contemporary World History and Civics 10 10 AP US History AP US History US History 11 US History 11 • Electives • Civics is a graduation • requirement. Electives 12 12 • Civics is a graduation • requirement.

  9. Glenbard’s journey… Feedback Efforts Department Chair meetings Staff presentations Resource meetings District wide leadership meetings Survey information Building meetings Individual meetings, call, and emails Student Performance Committee

  10. Consensus “In the real world of schools, if all of us must agree before we can act, we will be subjected to constant inaction, a state of perpetual status quo.” (DuFour, DuFour, & Eakers, 2008)

  11. Consensus We have achieved consensus when … • All view points have been heard • It is evident that changes have been made as a result of the ongoing dialogue • No new suggestions have come forth to the proposed recommendations

  12. Next Step February 8th – Board Presentation February – Community Presentations East – 2/3 North – 2/10 South – 2/1 West – 2/18 February 22nd – Board Presentation February / March – Professional Development

  13. Glenbard District 87Where Excellence is Tradition

More Related