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Anchorage School District

Anchorage School District. Christine Garbe Supervisor, English Language Learners. Presentation. This presentation was a collaborative effort among the Superintendent’s Office, Title I, the English Language Learner Program and staff at Williwaw Elementary School. Anchorage Facts.

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Anchorage School District

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  1. Anchorage School District Christine Garbe Supervisor, English Language Learners

  2. Presentation • This presentation was a collaborative effort among the Superintendent’s Office, Title I, the English Language Learner Program and staff at Williwaw Elementary School

  3. AnchorageFacts • Anchorage has 1/2 the population of the entire state • State capital, Juneau not accessible by road • Average state teacher salary is $59,667.16 Least densely populated US state • Less than 1% of Alaska land is privately owned • Entire state population is 600,000, roughly same as Austin, TX

  4. Anchorage SchoolDistrict • Student population is 49,091 • 11% LEP • 8 comprehensive high schools • 10 middle schools • 60 elementary schools • 8 charter schools • School district area is the size of Deleware-1900 square miles

  5. Alaska Schools’ Top 5 Languages (including Anchorage) • Yup’ik • Inupiaq • Spanish • Filipino • Hmong

  6. Top 5 languages in the ASD • Spanish • Hmong • Samoan • Filipino • Yup’ik

  7. Williwaw ElementaryK-5 School

  8. WilliwawSchool Information • K-5, Title I School with close to 400 students • Pre-school program • 2 Autism Classrooms • 2 Hard of hearing classrooms one preK and one primary • Facility built about 10 years ago • Walking school • 21st Century After School Program • 100% breakfast and lunch program

  9. MoreSchool Information • 41.8% LEP • Hmong is dominant non-English language • Samoan is second • 12 Caucasian students out of 181 took the state test in 2009-2010 • 2003-2009 Made AYP only once and currently are at level 5

  10. Williwaw Timeline

  11. Restructuring/ Alternative Governance Options • Option 5 was chosen which reads • 5)   Any other major restructuring of a school governance arrangement that makes fundamental reforms, such as significant changes in the school, staffing and governance, to improve student academic achievement and that has substantial promise of enabling the school to make AYP.

  12. Description of Plan • Planning team included Title I, ELL, CORE, Elementary Education, leadership coaching, and the established site leadership team at Williwaw • Reflected on school improvement plan • Team attended the CGCS Bilingual conference • Team looked at previously used strategies: • LEP Planning sheets • Front loading HM vocabulary • Ongoing PD • Pullout for alternative curriculum

  13. Team Determinations • Schoolwide approach needed • Focus on vocabulary for ALL students • Acquire language acquisition materials • Train staff in use of materials

  14. Williwaw Timeline

  15. Action • Buy in by all staff • Dedicated 30 min ELL time-built into the master schedule • Core instruction-explicit and systematic with infused SIOP • Universal Screening and progress monitoring • 90 minutes of Tier 1, intervention block-30 minutes-Tier 2 as well as a 30 minute ELD time • Used Carousel of Ideas Kits as language acquisition materials

  16. Continued • RTI Model incorporated • Training in collaborative SST meetings with emphasis on strategies for ELL students • ELL Coach (ARRA) • Strategically placed ELL staff according to student needs

  17. Example Of Master Schedule

  18. Williwaw Timeline

  19. Williwaw Timeline

  20. Second Year Implementation • Elementary Newcomers’ Center • Plan for sustainability • Coach’s Role • Professional Development • Monthly professional development

  21. Williwaw Timeline

  22. Sustainability • Built a strong team of teachers who will easily be able to bring in new teachers and work with them on strategies for ELL students • Grade level meetings are developed and conversations will continue around needs and strategies • PD will continue at the building level

  23. Ah Ha Moments • Williwaw students are surpassing the other LEP students in the district on State standardized assessments • It was involved process whereby the staff embraced that the instruction presented was not working for all students-Evolution!! • Collaborative efforts-WORK!

  24. Key Factors for Success • Uniform approach- BUY IN • Collaborative support-ELL, School, Title I, extended school day, summer school • Professional Development • Sustainability

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