Cheryl DeGroot, Jennie McCarthy, Cathy Mershon, Amy Twietmeyer 29-May-2012

1. Kindergarten Literacy Improvement Plan for Bridgeport Elementary School Tigard-Tualatin School District Cheryl DeGroot, Jennie McCarthy, Cathy Mershon, Amy Twietmeyer29-May-2012

2. Background: District and School

3. District Community Profile Households with children: 32% Household IncomeDistribution: Education Levelsof Adults: DemographicInformation: Open Books Project--data derived from US Census 2010

4. District Schools • 10 Elementary Schools (6 Title 1, including Bridgeport) • 3 Middle Schools • 2 High Schools • 1 Education Center (alternative school, Title 1) • Online Academy

5. Bridgeport Elementary Student Body 529 students; Grades K-5; Title 1 StudentDemographics: (2009-2010 data; Greatschools & Schooldigger.com) Student Program Distribution:

6. Bridgeport Elementary Report Card AYP: MetOregon Overall School Rating: Satisfactory 2010-2011Report Card Details (Oregon Department of Education)

7. Bridgeport Elementary 5-Year Trend (Oregon Department of Education) Bridgeport Elementary won the 2009 Celebrating Student Success Award in honor of narrowing the achievement gap.

8. Bridgeport Kindergarten Classes

9. Kindergarten Student Body 105 students StudentDemographics: Student Program Distribution:

10. Three half-day classes 3 teachers / 58 students total 26 students attend 8:10 am - 10:40 am 32 students (Title 1) attend 8:10 am – lunch Two full-day classes 2 teachers / 46 students total 8:10 am – 2:20 pm Full day paid by families or scholarships 19 students’ families pay 27 students on scholarship 27 students receive Title 1 Kindergarten Classes

11. English: Treasures Success for All (SFA) Fast Track Phonics (FTP)** (**FTP being replaced by Everybody Reading in Class (ERIC) enhanced core reading from University of Oregon.) Spanish: Tesorros(Spanish-language equivalent to Treasures) Core Literacy Curriculum

12. ELL preLAS - Language Assessment ScalesInitial ELD placement ELPA - English Language Proficiency AssessmentOngoing yearly assessment of English Language Proficiency Literacy DIBELS - Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy SkillsInitial and ongoing screening of literacy skills; used to determine eligibility for “at-risk” services IDEL - Indicadores Dinámicos del Éxito en la LecturaInitial and ongoing screening of literacy skills for Spanish literacy students Screening & Assessments

13. Literacy: Tiered Support Structure • 1st tier • Core curriculum—60 minutes • Large group, in classroom • 2nd tier—students identified for strategic intervention • Core, plus 30 minutes daily • Small group, pull out • Intervention programs: Ladders to Literacy, PA in Young Children, Road to the Code, Earobics, Daisy Castle, Fast Track Phonics • 3rd tier—students identified for intensive intervention • Core, plus 50 minutes daily • Small group, pull-out • Intervention programs:Early Reading Intervention (ERI), Language for Learning, Fast Track Phonics

14. Literacy Intervention Services • Provided by Title 1 Teaching Assistants • English-language screening is DIBELS • First Sound Fluency (FSF), Phoneme Segmentation Fluency (PSF), Nonsense Word Fluency (NWF) • Spanish-language screening is IDEL • Phoneme Segmentation Fluency (FSF), Nonsense Word Fluency (NWF) • EBIS team meets every 6 weeks

15. Strengths & Weaknesses

16. Core Curriculum

17. Intervention

18. Environmental

19. Staffing & Professional Development

20. Community Outreach

21. Improvement Recommendations

22. Core Curriculum

23. Intervention

24. Environmental

25. Staffing & Professional Development

26. Community Outreach

27. Thank you. Questions?