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Embracing Change for

Embracing Change for. School Success. Central Islip Schools. Comprehensive School Education Improvement Plan. Sherry Alessandro Marion Johnson Susan Ray Cathy Vereline. Operating Principles. Central Islip’s NEED for Improvement. Designated a District in Need of Improvement

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  1. Embracing Change for School Success Central Islip Schools Comprehensive School Education Improvement Plan Sherry Alessandro Marion Johnson Susan Ray Cathy Vereline

  2. Operating Principles

  3. Central Islip’s NEED for Improvement • Designated a District in Need of Improvement • Middle School designated a School in Need of Improvement • Middle School English Language Arts assessment scores abysmally low. • Therefore: • Comprehensive District Improvement Plan necessary to help rectify problems. • Task Force assembled to implement Improvement Action Plan. Embracing Change

  4. Middle School ImprovementTask Force Membership • District Office: • Asst. Supt. For Instruction • Director of Special Education • Asst. Supt. For Personnel • Director of Bilingual Education • Pupil Personnel (guidance, SW, etc.) • Building Administrators: • Principals • Curriculum Coordinators • Students • Teacher Union Rep • CSEA members (paraprofessionals) • Parents • Community Leaders • Teacher Leaders Embracing Change

  5. Situational Roles:Change with Demands & Needs

  6. Demographics & Data Embracing Change

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  8. District Populations • Bay Shore growing slightly faster. • Both districts fairly stable. • Both districts are large. Embracing Change

  9. Population Demographics: Ethnicities } 80% Embracing Change

  10. English Language Arts:Middle School Class Size • Bay Shore: • 22 per ELA class • Central Islip: • 20 per ELA class Embracing Change

  11. Annual Student Suspensions • Bay Shore’s suspension rates: 5% - 7.2% • Central Islip’s suspension rates: 8.4 – 15.2%. Embracing Change

  12. Limited English Proficiency Students • Bay Shore: • 4.8% • Central Islip: • 15.1% Embracing Change

  13. Percentage ELIGIBLE for Free or Reduced Lunch Embracing Change

  14. The Gap Embracing Change

  15. 8th Grade English Language Arts Testing Embracing Change

  16. Bay Shore / Central Islip English Scores – 8th THE GAP: • Central Islip middle school students: • dramatically low achievement in English Language Arts • Writing & Listening skills are weakest Embracing Change

  17. GOALS Embracing Change

  18. Goals • Meet or exceed the New York State Education Department’s Annual Yearly Requirements in 8th Grade English Language Arts. • To be removed from the New York State Education Department’s list of Schools in Need of Improvement. Embracing Change

  19. Short Term Goals

  20. Intermediate Goals

  21. Long-Term Goals Embracing Change

  22. The Action Plan Embracing Change

  23. Action Plan Components/Parts • Instructional • Student Support • Structure • Staff Support • Program Support • Family Involvement • Communication • Continuous Assessment Embracing Change

  24. Instructional Student Support Structure Staff Support Program Support Family Involvement Communication Continuous Assessment Asst. Supt. Instruction, Curriculum Counsel, Building Administrators, Teachers B. Building Administrators, Teachers, Support Staff C. Superintendent, Building Administrator, Guidance Counselors D. Asst. Supt. For Instruction, Asst. Supt. For Personnel, Union Representatives Asst. Supt. For Instruction, Building Administrators, Curriculum Counsel, Teacher Leaders Building Administrators, Teacher Leaders, Families, Students Building Administrators, Teachers, Students, Families Student Support Staff H. Asst. Supt. For Instruction, Building Administrators, Teachers, Curriculum Coordinators Responsibilities & Accountability Embracing Change

  25. Instructional • Implement middle school philosophy • Model Plan B • Intensive academic core • Personalized Learning Plans • Personalized Instruction • Reinstate Literacy Collaborative & Reading Recovery • Writing Across the Curriculum • Character Education Program Embracing Change

  26. Structure • Modified Block Schedule • Daily Literacy Block • Planned Heterogeneous Grouping • Creative Scheduling & Extended Day Program • Academic Intervention Services Embracing Change

  27. Student Support Embracing Change

  28. Staff Support • Experts • Internal • External • Staff Development • Middle School Philosophy • K-6 Reading Program • Differentiated Instruction • Students’ Needs • Informing Instruction through Data Analysis • Mentoring/Coaching New Teachers Embracing Change

  29. Program Support • Continuity of programs within & across grade levels • Articulation of standards & strategies • Curriculum modifications & analysis • Continuous communication and participation to encourage commitment • Curriculum Council Embracing Change

  30. Family Involvement • Dine & Discuss • PTA • Adult Education Programs • Resource Center for Parents Embracing Change

  31. Communication Embracing Change

  32. Continuous Assessment • 8th Grade English Language Arts Assessment • Terra Nova Tests • K-6 Reading Program: • Multiple & varied assessments • Benchmarks • Item Analysis • Running records • Teacher anecdotal records • Assessment of Teachers • Data Analysis (attendance, discipline, grades, teams) Embracing Change

  33. Change Embraced I Passed!

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