Power Point for Schools participating in PreInstitute 1

1. Oklahoma A+ Schools®
Step 3: Pre-Institute 1
FY11

2.  Introductions
◦ A+ Staff
◦ Participating Schools
 Why are you investigating OK A+ Schools?

4. ExperientialLearning~Collaboration
Multiple Intelligences ~ Enriched Assessment
Arts ~ Curriculum
Infrastructure~Climate

6. Gerry Howell,
North Carolina A+ Schools

7. History and Support
of
Oklahoma A+ Schools®
The University of
Central Oklahoma
OK State
Legislature
&
OK SDE
Oklahoma
A+ Schools
Board
DaVinci Institute
OU
UCO
OSU
Other colleges and
universities
Oklahoma A+
Schools®
Joint
Research
Team
OU/OSU
North
Carolina
A+ Schools
Kirkpatrick
Windgate
Reynolds
Sarkeys
Inasmuch
Founder
Kirkpatrick
Foundation

8.  Networking
 Professional
Development
 Research

9. 65 Schools 2010-2011
Serving over 2000 staff and 21,000 students
Including Urban, Suburban, Rural, Elementary,
Middle and High School

10. Teacher to Teacher - Principal to Principal -School to School -State to State
THROUGH…
 Regional Meetings
 School site visits
 Fall and Spring Mini-Institutes for principals,
coordinators and new staff
 Growing number of schools = growing number
of ideas and resources

11.  Day 1 at your school at the end of school
 Set agreements for safe learning and work as a
team
 Days 2 through 5 - Participate in sessions
All day, everyday
 Enjoy the collaboration, learning and the FOOD!
 Leave on Day 5, late afternoon, ready to speak
the A+ Language!
There is no charge to A+ Schools.
The cost is your commitment to the process.

12.  Mini-Institutes
 Regional Networking Meetings
 Pre-Conference Planning- Teams come to each A+ School
to gather information to plan summer conference
 Summer professional development including an annual
Statewide Conference
 2 on-site professional development opportunities during
the school year
 Regional Coordinator visits through out the year
 Partnership opportunities as they arise
There is no charge to A+ Schools.
The cost is commitment to the process.

13. A+ Fellows are practicing teachers, artists,
and specialists who spend a year in a
guided-training model before they can
become official, A+ Fellows.
A+ Fellows

14.  Who is the typical student in your school?
 What are our long term goals for our
students?
 Thinking in terms of our schools and our
learning community, what do we need in
order to reach those goals?

15. OK A+ has become the “go-to”
network for numerous efforts
and entities ready to work on
educational issues with like-
minded individuals pre-
disposed to think differently
about their roles in preparing
our students for life in a society
we can only imagine.

16. Keeping Score is the San Francisco
Symphony’s national, multi-year
program designed to make classical
music more accessible to people of
all ages and musical backgrounds
of music.

17. George Washington
Teaching Ambassador Program

18. Creating a
model exchange
program between
A+ and London
schools.
“Like a light being turned on in the
discussion of our own practices.”
-London Teacher

20. Higher achievement
Better attendance for students and teachers
Fewer disciplinary problems in schools
Happier, more effective educators
Joyful, engaged students
More parent and community involvement
Creative, focused instruction

21. A+ Entry Year
2005200420032002
AverageforALLStudents
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1200
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A+ API
District API
2006 data from Oklahoma
State Department of
Education for Math
Percentages, Reading
Percentages, and Base API
for ALL students indicate
significantly higher average
scores for students in A+
schools in comparison with
their District averages.
Comparison of A+ Schools with their District
Averages
API Scores for ALL students

22.  Principal Leadership
 Faculty Engagement
 Professional
Development
With:
Coherence
Commitment
Cooperation
Academic
Year
A+ Schools
Average*
District
Average**
OK State
Average
2002-03 1109 (N = 22) 975 1046
2003-04 1135 (N = 22) 1049 1086
2004-05 1261 (N = 26) 1137 1159
2005-06 1308 (N = 28) 1170 1180
2006-07 1332 (N = 33) 1196 1252
2007-08 1346 (N = 34) 1210 1279

23. Do students in OKCPS A+ sites outperform their
demographically matched counterparts who attend
other OKCPS schools?
June 2006
(Answer: Yes. With statistical significance.)
737.26 727.7
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Okla.OPIAverageScaleScores
A+ Students Matched Cohorts
Spring 2005 Reading
Oklahoma Performance Index Scores
p = .004 *
737.4
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A+ Students Matched Cohorts
Spring 2005 Mathematics
Oklahoma Performance Index Scores
p = .001 *

24.  Achievement level at first of school
 Race
 Sex
 Free lunch status
 Grade
 Special Ed status
 Second Language status

25. Oklahoma A+ students indicated
that they find their schoolwork
(on a scale of 1 = Never to 5 = Always):
Enjoyable
(Average = 3.86)
Interesting
(Average = 3.57)
Challenging
(Average = 3.55)
The My Class Activities
survey (MCA) was
administered to 1473
students in grades 3-8 in
Oklahoma A+ Schools during
the 2005-06 academic year.
A+ Schools’ research team confirms what Seymour
Papert said - students engaged in this type of
learning are having “hard fun.”

26. A+ Schools is a
groundbreaking program
emphasizing the arts as a way
of teaching a wide variety of
disciplines within the
curriculum.
-The Element (Sir Ken
Robinson, 2009)

27. The A+ Essentials™ provide the framework for…
 Whole school experiences in the Arts and Multiple
Intelligences
 Whole school curriculum planning
 Collaborative planning time developing units
 Networking with peers in like positions
 Elective sessions to pursue interests
 Team time to share ideas with your staff

28. Developing schools that encourage creativity,
innovation and critical thinking for the
21st century learner

29. Jean Hendrickson
Executive Director
jhendrickson5@uco.edu
Rosalynn Wade
Program Director
rwade@uco.edu
Genie Reiman Alissa Crawford
Regional Coordinator Regional Coordinator
greiman@uco.edu acrawford1@uco.edu
405-974-3779
www.aplusok.org