This is a presentation that was created to share school improvement goals with teachers.

1. School Improvement Chat

2. 
Welcome to FY14!

3. 
 When we first opened, we had just about 30%of our
students receiving Free and Reduced Lunch.
 This year, we are at 60%!
 In addition to this, we have increased our minority
rate with 69% of our students falling into this
category.
 This means we need to be changing as well!
We are changing!

4. 
The New, Beautiful Faces of Hidden
Oaks!

5. Now, for the hard part…..
How do we best teach them? What is working? What
needs to change?

6. 
Let’s look at some data!
FCAT FY13
Subject Proficient Gains
Reading 59% 72%
Math 56% 57%
Science 64% n/a
Writing 61% n/a
2014 Targets
Subject AMO Target
Reading 73%
Math 73%
Science 72%
Writing 65%

7. 
 VAM scores are in!
 Our combined school VAM score was 78%
 Our reading VAM was 90%
 Our math VAM was 49%
Houston…We have a problem!
Let’s add an additional layer!

8. 
 Key reading interventions…
 Utilize Lucy Calkins Reading Workshop model
 Increase reading stamina
 Implement HATS tutorial program
 Utilize pre- and post- assessments to drive
instruction
 Use data from diagnostics, SRI, and Reading
Running Records to inform and drive instruction
Before we get to that…what
worked?

9. 
A Culture of Reading

10. 
 Our science scores continue to rise, and they are
heads and tails above the district and state scores.
 This year we used a unique learning system, a
comprehensive curriculum map, created by a team
of teachers during the summer.
 Use of science journals daily
 We have a science resource teacher that also teaches
on the Fine Arts wheel.
Science!

11. 
 Our writing scores have dropped substantially over
the last two years. The expectation of students
needing appropriate grammar and spelling to pass
the writing portion of the FCAT are responsible for
this drop.
 We are working to create grade level maps of
accountable spelling and grammar skills for each
grade
 Common Core Standards are also addressing this
gap.
Areas of greatest need

12. 
Compare our classroom values with the following
quick video:
http://youtu.be/o_ixHe_fWBI
Our Current Nemesis: Math

13. Our school’s literacy culture is overflowing!
Hey! What about me???? (Says Math)

14. 
 Using Mountain Math and ADD math supplemental
programs
 Assigned morning computer lab time
 HATS after school tutorial program
 GIZMOS
 FasTTMath Scholastic program for math fluency
 Weekly school wide math challenges
 Academic Resource Teacher
What math interventions are in
place?

15. 
 Our Academic Resource Teacher provides guidance
to teachers and individual student attention
 Students that regularly attend morning labs and
afterschool tutorials are making math gains
 Students that are given multiple opportunities to use
computer-based adaptive technologies, such as
FasTTMath and Gizmos are making math gains.
What’s Working?

16. 
What needs to change?
In math this year a leadership team was created to evaluate our
math curriculum. We are trying to create not only a literacy rich
environment, but a math and number-rich environment as well.

17. 
 Create Math nights similar to Literacy nights
previously held at Hidden Oaks
 Create grade specific curricular maps for math,
understanding that the “page by page” mentality is
not working for our students
 Hold various professional development trainings at
school relating to how to create a year-long plan
based on standards, differentiation, stations,
available supplemental resources, and the use of
manipulatives
Recommendations

18. 
 In his book Classroom Instruction That Works
Marzano suggests certain strategies contain high
yield probability results to increase student
achievement. (2001) We will using some of these
strategies in our planning cycles for math.
Recommendations of Specific Strategies

19. 
Strategy 1: Summarizing
and Notetaking
We will teach students the rule-based summarizing strategy, use
summary frames, and use reciprocal teaching so students can
identify the important parts of what they are learning.

20. 
Representing
Knowledge
We will utilized nonlinguistic representations such as graphic
organizers, pictograph representations, mental images, physical
models and kinesthetic learning experiences to enhance math
instruction.

21. 
Learning Groups
We will use cooperative learning with flexible groupings to create
experiences in which students learn with and by each other.

22. 
 This year we want to not only focus on our literacy
initiatives, but we want the feeling of math and science to
also permeate through our school environment.
 In order to monitor that this is happening, one LTM per
month will be dedicated to math that will be facilitated by
an administrator
 Teachers will use common assessments and analyze the
standards taught through this method
 The math coach will assist in the planning cycles, and in
the instructional strategies used with students.
How do we monitor our
improvement efforts?

23. Through intentional planning and teaching we will improve in all
content areas.
As teachers we may need to step outside of our comfort
zones….but remember: It’s about the kids!

24. Working together we can make a difference
for our students….speaking of “pi” let’s kick
off our (not)“pi” in the sky goals with a blast
from the past!

25. 
 http://youtu.be/4e6Ctils7ck
 Marzano, R., Norford, J. Paynter, D, Pickering, D. &
Gaddy, B (2001). A handbook for classroom instruction
that works. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
Let’s DO THIS Hidden Oaks!