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Nettleton school district literacy initiative 2
1.
2. Positives
High School QDI up 12 points
Upper Elem. QDI up from 2011-2012
Highest graduation rate and completion rate
Of all the students in MS that could not pass
on account of a SATP score, Nettleton had 0.
Suspension and expulsion rate is much lower
than the state and surrounding area
Highest number of graduates in 2013 with an
ACT score above 22
More students are graduating and our kids are
being held to a higher standard
3. WHY
What are the reasons for a reading
initiative for our School District ?
4. Reasons for Literacy
Initiative
70%
2012-2013 Language Arts Data
ICLE reading statistics
Nettleton Educational Attainment Stats
WE are not living up to our vision
statement !
6. Preliminary Language Arts stats
Nettleton School District is below state
average in language arts QDI
Nearly 20% of our students score
minimal on State Language Arts
assessments
Very few advanced students in the
Middle grades in ELA
10. Develop a culture that
understands the urgent need for
literacy !!
THIS IS A CRISIS !!
Educational Attainment slide
5th grade common core question
12. Implications for Nation
Nationwide, a student gives
up on school every 29
seconds. That adds up to one
million American dropouts per
year.
Mississippi Department of Education,
2008
13. Implications for Nation
Dropouts earn about $9,200
less per year than high school
graduates. Over a typical 30-
year career, a dropout can
earn potentially $276,000 less
than graduates.
Mississippi Department of Education,
2008
14. Implications for Nation
Unless high schools are able to
graduate their students at higher
rates, more than 12 million students
will drop out during the course of the
next decade. The result will be a
loss to the nation of $3 trillion.
Alliance for Excellent Education, January 2007
15. Personal Implications
Studies show students that
dropout are more than twice
as likely as high school
graduates to slip into poverty
in a single year.
Mississippi Department of Education, 2008
16. Personal Implications
Dropouts are 10 times
more likely than high
school graduates to
go to jail.
Mississippi Department of Education,
2008
17. Strategies of Successful
Schools
Literacy for All-No exceptions
What gets monitored is what gets done.
The Key to success=Adult Learning=Success hinges
on not only student learning but adult learning as
well.
Training Teachers is Key
Rigor, Relevance, and Relationships for all Students
Humor-Do not take yourself too seriously.
Do away with Department Chairs and created
Interdisciplinary Teams to better integrate skills.
18. Literacy Initiative
Goals
Define literacy for all
○ Literacy definition : Reading, Writing,
Speaking, and Reasoning at an appropriate
level to reach full potential.
Develop positive relationships
Develop initiatives that work and implement
with fidelity
Train teachers in common processes and
rubrics for reading and writing
Monitor like crazy !!
19. Nettleton School District
Literacy Initiatives
Literacy for All---No Exceptions
Every teacher is a reading teacher !
In grades 4-8 at least 1 interdisciplinary unit will be taught each 9 weeks
Language Arts classes will be blocked for students needing ELA in Junior High
*Writing in every classroom on a regular basis ( Regular basis means at least once per week in non LA
classes )
*Required reading in almost every classroom ( Required
Beginning in 6th grade read for information. Can be magazine articles.
*Every test that teachers give should have an open response question.
*Each teacher keep a portfolio of student work in a notebook/folder
*Principal or Designee should pull student work portfolios every week to make sure that work is
appropriate.
*Inclusion teachers assist with Reg. Ed teachers-portfolios
*Development of consistent reading process and writing rubric and TRAIN ALL TEACHERS
Resource/Self Contained teachers will keep portfolios of student work.
*Have an open house once every 9 weeks to review student work in portfolios
* Develop a leadership team within your building. Make it as diverse as possible-different ages, different
subject areas. Meet twice a month to review literacy plan
*Establish an addendum to the report card that will address Lexile reading levels and develop a plan of
how to improve these levels.