3. Our Demographics
Asheboro City Schools
1998-1999 2005-2006 2012-2013
White 93.24% 51.22% 40.3%
Hispanic 1.42% 28.43% 38.7%
Black 5.03% 14.23% 15.2%
...the subject is excellence!
4. Asheboro City Schools Celebrating Diversity
There are over 20 different
national origin languages
spoken by our students and
their families.
Spanish (1631)
Hindi/Indian/Urdu (21)
Tarasco (14)
Arabic/Egyptian/
Lebanese/ Syrian (9) In 2012-13, 44.4% of our
Pushto/Eastern Pashto Pre-K and 18.6% of our
(7) K -12 students are
Limited English
(from CFDC data) Proficient.
...the subject is excellence!
5. Asheboro City Schools
Socioeconomic Factors
• The percent of students
who qualify for
free/reduced lunch has
increased over the past
five years from 59% to
70%.
• 33.0% of all families in
Asheboro City, with
children under 18 years
of age, have incomes
below the poverty level.
(Margin of Error: +/-8.9%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2009-2011
American Community Survey
...the subject is excellence!
6. Asheboro City Schools
Keys to a Positive Culture
1. Vision
2. Focus—clear goals,
alignment, coherence
3. Build capacity
4. Partner with
community
5. Feedback and
celebrations!
...the subject is excellence!
8. OUR VISION
Asheboro City Schools
A system of excellence where
EVERY student graduates,
globally competitive and
READY for careers, college,
and citizenship
...the subject is excellence!
9. High Expectations for
All
Asheboro City Schools
Continuous
Improvement and
Innovation
Focus on
Learning
Core Values Student
Centered
Collaborative Culture
Safety and Security
Trusting Relationships
Respect Integrity
...the subject is excellence!
10. Asheboro City Schools
Keys to a Positive Culture
1. Vision
2. Focus—clear goals,
alignment,
coherence
3. Build capacity
4. Partner with
community
5. Feedback and
celebrations!
...the subject is excellence!
13. Asheboro City Schools
• College tours • Implemented in
• Readiness grades 7-12
assessments (PSAT, • Support for
Learning styles, etc.) rigorous college-
• Parent workshops prep courses
• Summer enrichment • Tutoring
...the subject is excellence!
14. Blue Comet Academy
Asheboro City Schools
• Small Learning
Community for 9th
grade students
• High expectations
• Facilitate transition to
high school
...the subject is excellence!
20. Asheboro City Schools
Keys to a Positive Culture
1. Vision
2. Focus—clear goals,
alignment, coherence
3. Build capacity
4. Partner with
community
5. Feedback and
celebrations!
...the subject is excellence!
21. Asheboro City Schools 21st CENTURY
PROFESSIONALS
• 33 % of teachers have
Advanced Degrees
• 16% have National Board
Certification
• Teacher Leadership Academy
• Professional Development
• Professional Learning
Communities
...the subject is excellence!
22. Asheboro City Schools Teacher Leadership
Academy
• Knowing yourself—personal leadership
• Understanding and working as teams
• Conflict, culture, and change
• Professional communities of best practice
• Transforming school culture to reach
shared goals
• High poverty high performing schools
• The complexity of change
...the subject is excellence!
24. Asheboro City Schools 2012-2013 FOCUS AREAS
• Common Core and North
Carolina Essential Standards
(Common Core adopted by 45
states and 3 territories)
• Continued focus on literacy
across the curriculum
• Using formative and common
assessments to monitor student
learning throughout the year
...the subject is excellence!
25. Asheboro City Schools
NEW STANDARDS
• Updated standards
• Raised expectations
• A “higher bar” to help our
students become globally
competitive
...the subject is excellence!
26. Asheboro City Schools
Administrative Leadership
• Monthly meetings organized around
focus areas (literacy, Common Core,
common assessments)
• Classroom walkthroughs
• Continuous improvement plan as
living document
• Learning with and from one another
...the subject is excellence!
27. Asheboro City Schools
Keys to a Positive Culture
1. Vision
2. Focus—clear goals,
alignment, coherence
3. Build capacity
4. Partner with
community
5. Feedback and
celebrations!
...the subject is excellence!
29. Asheboro City Schools “What the best and wisest parent
wants for his own child, that must the
community want for all its children.
Any other ideal for our schools is
narrow and unlovely; acted upon it
destroys our democracy.”
John Dewey
...the subject is excellence!
30. Asheboro City Schools Remodeling Career and
Technical Education
• Microsoft Academy Certifications
• Computer Programming and AP Computer Science
• Robotics I and II
• Project Lead the Way—Engineering and Biomedical
Sciences
• Expanded offerings in Health Careers
• Personal Finance
• Internships
• IC3 Certifications and Exploring Biotechnology (MS)
...the subject is excellence!
31. Asheboro City Schools Certifications Earned
AHS certifications: Middle School IC3
Certifications
Microsoft Word – 55 (Internet & Computing Core Certification)
Microsoft PowerPoint – 93
Microsoft Excel – 7 IC3 Key Applications– 9
First Aid-CPR – 39 (2011-2012 Pilot year at NAMS)
NC Nurse Aide I (CNA) – 13
2012-2013 7th and 8th grade
students at NAMS and SAMS
enrolled in IC3 courses will have the
Bronze – 38
opportunity to test for certifications
Silver – 55 in three areas: Key Applications,
Gold – 12 Computing Fundamentals, and
Living Online.
...the subject is excellence!
32. Technology as a Tool
Asheboro City Schools
• 1 laptop per student in grades 4-12
• Robust infrastructure/network
• Enhanced technical support
• Learning Management Systems (Moodle
and Edmodo) and online assessments
• Blended professional development
• EduVision secure video service
...the subject is excellence!
33. Digital Literacy
Asheboro City Schools
• Locating and consuming
digital content
• Creating digital content
• Communicating digital
content
...the subject is excellence!
34. McCrary School and Habitat
Asheboro City Schools
for Humanity
...the subject is excellence!
35. Asheboro City Schools
Keys to a Positive Culture
1. Vision
2. Focus—clear goals,
alignment, coherence
3. Build capacity
4. Partner with
community
5. Feedback and
celebrations!
...the subject is excellence!
38. Asheboro City Schools Closing the Reading
Achievement Gap
End-of-Grade Tests
Gaps persist when
comparing the percent of
students, grouped by
ethnicity, who were
proficient on READING
End-of-Grade
Assessments in grades
3-8. These gaps have
narrowed each of the
past three years.
...the subject is excellence!
39. Asheboro City Schools Closing the Math
Achievement Gap
End-of-Grade Tests
Gaps persist when
comparing the percent of
students, grouped by
ethnicity, who were
proficient on the MATH
end-of-grade
assessments in grades
3-8. These gaps have
narrowed each of the
past three years.
...the subject is excellence!
40. Asheboro City Schools Closing the Achievement
Gap
End-of-Course Tests
Gaps persist in the
comparing the percent
of students earning
proficient scores on
state End-of-Course
tests by ethnicity
subgroups.
...the subject is excellence!
42. Asheboro City Schools
Dr. Diane Frost, Superintendent
Asheboro City Schools
1126 South Park Street
Asheboro, NC 27203
336-625-5104
dfrost@asheboro.k12.nc.us
...the subject is excellence!
