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Community Analysis

Community Analysis. Moore square magnet middle school. Julie Stivers ● INLS 745. Moore Square’s Physical Location. Located in downtown Raleigh, the state capital of North Carolina. Part of the Wake County Public School System.

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  1. Community Analysis Moore square magnet middle school Julie Stivers ● INLS 745

  2. Moore Square’s Physical Location • Located in downtown Raleigh, the state capital of North Carolina. • Part of the Wake County Public School System. • Largest school district in NC [16th largest school district in the US.] • School Board instability. • Diversity controversy.

  3. Moore Square’s Immediate Community A young neighborhood: two largest age groups by percentage are 15-19 year-olds and 20-24 year olds. Over 70% of residents are African-American. 25% of residents live in a home with a single female householder.

  4. Moore Square’s Broader Community Moore Square contains several feeder Elementary Schools that are located far outside its neighborhood. Additionally, Moore Square pulls students from all over Wake County due to its magnet program. Which bus routes serve Moore Square? Two base bus routes for the neighborhood, but twenty-five bus routes for the county.

  5. Moore Square, The School • Relatively small: 500 Students • Compared with a district average of 1019 and a state average of 668 • Modified Calendar [“Year-Round School”] • Magnet School • Global Schools Network • Paideia Philosophy

  6. Moore Square as a Magnet Middle School Many different (competing?) magnet specialties: G + T [Gifted + Talented] AG [Academically Gifted] Basics STEM Museum

  7. Museum Partnerships • Only Wake County Museum Magnet • Collaboration Opportunities • Field Trips Burning Coal Theatre Company

  8. Moore Square as a Global School Part of NC’s branch of the Global Schools Network “An international education partnership of schools and organizations committed to ensuring that students excel in an interconnected world.”

  9. Moore Square as a Paideia School • “The Paideiaapproach to education is based on the principle that all children can learn and that schools should prepare students to become lifelong learners. School is student centered, which means that ultimately it nurtures the self-reliance of the individual student by developing his or her own sense of responsibility.” • Three main components of Paideia Teaching: • Didactic Instruction, Intellectual Coaching, and Seminars

  10. Faculty and Staff Staff aligned or better than district average in terms of “quality teachers” and number of advanced degrees. Most teachers have been at MS for between 4 and 10 years. School librarian is listed as “School Librarian/Tech Contact/Blackboard Coordinator”. There is an Instructional Resource Teacher, but no Technology Teacher. A Technology Assistant is listed.

  11. Test Scores • Test scores are below state and district average for End-of-Grade tests in both math and reading. • [Graphs below show the percentage of students at or above grade level over the last three years.] Reading Math • Test scores for algebra [high school level course] are well above district and state averages.

  12. Access to Books and Technology Number of Library/Media Center Books per Student Moore Square=23, as compared to 15 for the district and 18 for the state Number of Students per Instructional [and also Internet-Connected] Digital Learning Device Moore Square=1.39, as compared to 2.22 for the district and 1.79 for the state

  13. School Library Programs Library Media Center Mission Statement: “to ensure that all students become lifelong independent readers, critical thinkers and effective users of ideas and information.” Step Into Reading Battle of the Books

  14. Parent Support Moore Square PTSA has an extensive, active, updated website. Parent volunteers are listed for activities including Media Center and Book Fair. School Improvement Team.

  15. Other Libraries Fayetteville Street Public Library [part of Wake County’s system of 20 libraries] is two blocks away. Moore Square is approximately 10 minutes from NC State and their slate of libraries, including the new, innovative Hunt Library.

  16. Sources http://www.raleighnc.gov/ http://www.wcpss.net/ http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml http://www.ffiec.gov/Geocode/default.aspx http://mooresquarems.wcpss.net/ http://globalschoolsnetwork.org/ http://www.paideia.org/ http://www.ncreportcards.org http://www.randomhousekids.com/brand/step-reading/ http://www.battleofthebooks.org/ http://www.ncslma.org/ms-bob-info.html http://m2m3pta.wix.com/ptsa http://www.wakegov.com/libraries/locations/elf/Pages/default.aspx http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/

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