Area 11 Action Plan2007 – 2008 School Year

Presented

August 27, 2007

“Expect Success and Nothing Less”

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District 299 Goal To ensure that every child in every school is

on track at every stage in his or her career to graduate prepared for post-secondary education and employment

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Area 11 Goals1. Area 11 will reach 70+% on reading, math, science,

and the overall ISAT composite scores

2. Area 11 will reach 15+% of students exceeding in reading, math, science, and the overall ISAT composite scores

3. Area 11 will increase the number of students scoring a 3 on the reading and math extended response

4. Area 11 will reach an attendance rate of 98%

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Goal 1

Reach 70+% on reading, math, science, and the overall ISAT

composite scores

AREA 11 ISAT READINESSArea Target is 70%(2007 Preliminary Data)

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Area 11 Schools ISAT Comparison2005 – 2007 SY

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07 06 05 07 06 05 07 06 05 07 06 051 Byrne 73.60 75.10 63.90 83.00 80.20 72.80 71.70 80.20 73.80 77.30 78.00 69.802 Christopher 62.80 70.40 60.60 70.50 64.70 54.50 70.80 72.70 68.20 67.20 68.30 60.203 Durkin Park 65.60 71.60 62.20 79.10 77.10 62.20 71.10 64.90 58.90 72.20 72.90 61.404 Edwards 68.00 65.40 58.40 74.40 73.60 53.80 70.30 76.90 63.10 71.10 70.60 57.905 Fairfield 48.20 39.00 23.60 48.20 45.00 33.80 44.20 45.40 20.00 47.60 42.50 26.106 Hale 73.30 72.20 79.00 81.00 79.50 68.40 71.70 85.60 74.90 76.40 77.20 71.107 Hampton 58.00 62.70 56.30 67.30 63.10 50.20 61.60 70.70 45.40 62.50 64.00 51.308 Hearst 44.60 40.90 30.00 49.40 33.70 19.00 41.70 38.20 16.60 46.20 37.50 22.909 Hurley 71.60 70.00 49.70 79.70 75.70 52.30 67.60 76.30 62.00 74.60 73.30 53.9010 Lee 63.80 64.50 53.40 74.20 71.60 56.10 74.60 70.00 68.10 69.80 68.30 58.8011 Marquette 52.60 50.30 38.40 56.70 50.20 35.10 48.40 50.80 43.20 53.80 50.30 38.3012 McKay 38.20 40.00 27.60 38.10 40.50 30.70 30.80 33.30 29.60 37.10 39.80 29.3013 Midway 47.30 55.60 N/ A 58.00 63.70 N/ A 47.80 56.30 N/ A 51.90 59.10 N/ A

14 Morrill 51.30 52.60 41.50 55.70 50.30 34.20 50.60 48.80 30.90 53.10 51.10 36.3015 Peck 71.00 69.70 52.60 79.60 78.90 54.50 74.40 75.30 56.30 75.20 74.40 54.3016 Sandoval 62.80 64.30 53.50 74.10 73.20 55.50 68.70 72.90 72.00 68.50 69.30 59.0017 Stevenson 71.80 73.90 61.70 79.90 77.40 55.00 85.10 82.50 73.00 77.20 76.60 61.8018 Tonti 67.20 59.20 43.40 79.70 73.60 47.90 62.80 60.80 60.10 71.90 65.70 49.8019 Twain 79.50 70.20 67.80 86.40 79.30 71.30 83.10 72.90 66.80 82.90 74.50 68.90

Composite Area: 64.6 (62.4) City: 64.1 (62.3)

Schools

Reading Area: 61.4 (59.9) City: 60.9 (59.6)

Math Area: 68.5 (64.6) City: 68.6 (64.3)

Science Area: 62.5 (63.3) City: 60.4 (63.9)

Area 11 Schools Ranking by Preliminary ISAT Gains 2006 – 2007

0.80 3.90 -0.80 2.20

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1 Twain 9.30 1 Hearst 15.70 1 Twain 10.20 1 Hearst 8.702 Fairfield 9.20 2 Twain 7.10 2 Durkin Park 6.20 2 Twain 8.403 Tonti 8.00 3 Marquette 6.50 3 Lee 4.60 3 Tonti 6.204 Hearst 3.70 4 Tonti 6.10 4 Hearst 3.50 4 Fairfield 5.105 Edwards 2.60 5 Christopher 5.80 5 Stevenson 2.60 5 Marquette 3.506 Marquette 2.30 6 Morrill 5.40 6 Tonti 2.00 6 Morrill 2.007 Hurley 1.60 7 Hampton 4.20 7 Morrill 1.80 7 Lee 1.508 Peck 1.30 8 Hurley 4.00 8 Peck -0.90 8 Hurley 1.309 Hale 1.10 9 Fairfield 3.20 9 Fairfield -1.20 9 Peck 0.8010 Lee -0.70 10 Byrne 2.80 10 Christopher -1.90 10 Stevenson 0.6011 Morrill -1.30 11 Lee 2.60 11 Marquette -2.40 11 Edwards 0.5012 Byrne -1.50 12 Stevenson 2.50 12 McKay -2.50 12 Durkin Park -0.7013 Sandoval -1.50 13 Durkin Park 2.00 13 Sandoval -4.20 13 Byrne -0.7014 McKay -1.80 14 Hale 1.50 14 Edwards -6.60 14 Sandoval -0.8015 Stevenson -2.10 15 Sandoval 0.90 15 Byrne -8.50 15 Hale -0.8016 Hampton -4.70 16 Edwards 0.80 16 Midway -8.50 16 Christopher -1.1017 Durkin Park -6.00 17 Peck 0.70 17 Hurley -8.70 17 Hampton -1.5018 Christopher -7.60 18 McKay -2.40 18 Hampton -9.10 18 McKay -2.7019 Midway -8.30 19 Midway -5.70 19 Hale -13.90 19 Midway -7.20

Science Composite

Area Average: 64.6

City Average: 64.1

Area Average: 68.5

City Average: 68.6

Area Average: 62.5

City Average: 60.4

Reading Math

City Average: 60.9

Area Average: 61.4

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Goal 2

Reach 15+% of students exceeding in reading, math, science, and the overall

ISAT composite scores

2007 Preliminary ISATExceeds Standards

Reading 2006 2007 GainArea 11 7.5 8.2 0.7City-wide 9.7 10.3 0.6Math 2006 2007 GainArea 11 7.7 10.7 3.0City-wide 10.7 14.0 3.3Science 2006 2007 GainArea 11 3.1 5.0 1.9City-wide 5.5 7.1 1.6Composite 2006 2007 GainArea 11 7.0 8.8 1.8City-wide 9.5 11.4 1.9

Area 11 School ISAT ComparisonPreliminary Exceeding Standards

2006 – 2007 SY

07 06 07 06 07 06 07 061 Byrne 15.10 12.60 17.00 13.10 6.90 7.60 14.60 12.102 Christopher 11.50 11.30 17.90 13.20 8.30 13.60 13.90 12.403 Durkin Park 7.30 9.60 13.60 11.90 4.80 4.10 9.70 9.804 Edwards 8.90 9.60 13.30 10.00 5.50 2.10 10.40 8.605 Fairfield 4.00 2.80 3.00 3.00 1.40 0.00 3.20 2.506 Hale 14.40 13.40 15.90 15.20 10.00 11.50 14.40 13.907 Hampton 5.50 6.00 7.70 6.40 0.70 1.90 5.80 5.608 Hearst 4.50 2.10 4.10 0.40 0.60 0.00 3.70 1.209 Hurley 11.80 8.40 16.80 10.10 4.10 1.30 12.90 8.2010 Lee 6.40 8.10 9.60 7.60 6.50 3.70 7.80 7.3011 Marquette 5.40 3.90 3.30 2.10 3.90 2.20 4.30 2.9012 McKay 2.40 2.80 2.30 1.30 0.70 0.60 2.10 1.9013 Midway 0.80 4.80 3.10 2.40 0.00 0.00 1.60 3.0014 Morrill 4.00 5.20 5.00 3.90 1.90 3.90 4.20 4.4015 Peck 11.00 10.00 16.50 13.30 7.90 3.20 12.80 10.5016 Sandoval 6.30 7.40 9.40 6.40 5.30 3.10 7.50 6.4017 Stevenson 9.20 9.10 9.20 6.20 6.50 2.70 8.80 7.0018 Tonti 12.40 10.80 23.10 14.50 5.50 4.10 15.90 11.5019 Twain 16.50 10.80 24.20 16.10 12.30 5.80 19.20 12.40

Composite Area: 8.8 City: 11.4

Schools

Reading Area: 8.2 City: 10.3

Math Area: 10.7 City: 14.0

Science Area: 5.0 City: 7.1

Area 11 Schools Ranking by Preliminary ISAT Gains: Exceeding Standards 2006 - 2007

0.70 3.00 1.90 1.80

0.60 3.30 1.60 1.90

1 Twain 5.7 1 Tonti 8.6 1 Twain 6.5 1 Twain 6.82 Hurley 3.4 2 Twain 8.1 2 Peck 4.7 2 Hurley 4.73 Byrne 2.5 3 Hurley 6.7 3 Stevenson 3.8 3 Tonti 4.44 Hearst 2.4 4 Christopher 4.7 4 Edwards 3.4 4 Hearst 2.55 Tonti 1.6 5 Byrne 3.9 5 Hurley 2.8 5 Byrne 2.56 Marquette 1.5 6 Hearst 3.7 6 Lee 2.8 6 Peck 2.37 Fairfield 1.2 7 Edwards 3.3 7 Sandoval 2.2 7 Stevenson 1.88 Hale 1.0 8 Peck 3.2 8 Marquette 1.7 8 Edwards 1.89 Peck 1.0 9 Stevenson 3.0 9 Tonti 1.4 9 Christopher 1.510 Christopher 0.2 10 Sandoval 3.0 10 Fairfield 1.4 10 Marquette 1.411 Stevenson 0.1 11 Lee 2.0 11 Durkin Park 0.7 11 Sandoval 1.112 McKay -0.4 12 Durkin Park 1.7 12 Hearst 0.6 12 Fairfield 0.713 Hampton -0.5 13 Hampton 1.3 13 McKay 0.1 13 Lee 0.514 Edwards -0.7 14 Marquette 1.2 14 Midway 0.0 14 Hale 0.515 Sandoval -1.1 15 Morrill 1.1 15 Byrne -0.7 15 McKay 0.216 Morrill -1.2 16 McKay 1.0 16 Hampton -1.2 16 Hampton 0.217 Lee -1.7 17 Hale 0.7 17 Hale -1.5 17 Durkin Park -0.118 Durkin Park -2.3 18 Midway 0.7 18 Morrill -2.0 18 Morrill -0.219 Midway -4.0 19 Fairfield 0.0 19 Christopher -5.3 19 Midway -1.4

Science Composite

Area Average: 8.8

City Average: 11.4

Area Average: 10.7

City Average: 14.0

Area Average: 5.0

City Average: 7.1

Reading Math

City Average: 10.3

Area Average: 8.2

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Goal 3

Increase the number of students scoring a 3 on the reading and math

extended response

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Goal 4

Reach an attendance rate of 98%

Attendance Comparison 2005 - 2006 and 2006 - 2007

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Area 11 Attendance Over Time 2007 - 2008 TARGET 98%

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1 Blair NA NA NA 75.2 74.9

2 Byrne 94.5 94.5 94.4 94.5 94.3

3 Christopher 84.0 84.3 85.5 85.7 85.0

4 Durkin Park NA 96.1 95.3 96.2 95.3

5 Edwards 95.4 96.0 95.8 96.1 95.6

6 Fairfield 91.2 93.0 93.3 93.0 93.4

7 Hale 93.5 93.5 93.7 93.8 93.5

8 Hampton NA NA NA 96.1 95.1

9 Hearst 91.6 91.3 91.5 91.9 91.1

10 Hurley 95.3 95.7 95.7 96.2 95.4

11 Lee 95.1 95.4 94.8 95.4 95.1

12 Marquette 93.7 93.7 93.9 94.3 94.3

13 McKay 93.4 93.5 92.7 92.6 90.9

14 Midway NA NA NA 93.3 93.5

15 Morrill 93.5 94.8 95.1 94.5 94.4

16 Peck 95.7 95.7 95.6 95.9 95.9

17 Sandoval 96.6 96.2 96.6 96.3 96.7

18 Stevenson 94.3 95.0 95.2 95.8 95.3

19 Tonti 95.3 95.2 95.3 95.5 95.3

20 Twain 95.9 96.3 95.8 95.9 95.7

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Area 11 SY 08 Principal Instructional Expectations

As the instructional leader of a school, Area 11 principals will guide and support their staff and faculty to:

Prepare students to be effective communicators, and independent readers and writers by implementing instructional practices in K-8th that encourage a balanced literacy approach to teaching

Support Writers Workshop by encouraging teachers to go deeper in their practices through daily writing in the parameters of Writers Workshop and throughout all content areas

Establish a demonstration classroom in the primary-, intermediate-, and upper-grade cycles Participate in the Science Fair, Young Authors, Spelling Bee, and Academic Olympics Implement CPS instructional initiatives properly (CRI, CMSI, Special Education, and

Bilingual Education) Lead the school’s Walk-Throughs to ensure that initiatives and best practices are being

applied Attend Area professional development Develop by Friday, September 28, 2007, and implement throughout the year, an education

plan targeting the sub-groups that didn’t make AYP

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Walk-Throughs Chicago StyleThe Walk-Through (WT) is a process used for improving instruction by looking at the learning in classrooms with an analytical eye. It is an organized visit that provides a “snapshot” of student learning and instruction across the school in a particular area of focus. One of the tools used to guide this process is the document titled, “Essentials for High Quality and Coherent Instruction for All Elementary Students.”

The school Walk-Through is a collaborative, informative, focused, and ongoing process. It is organized and led by the principal along with the school’s instructional Walk-Through team. It includes four steps: pre-brief, classroom visits, de-brief, and reporting of the findings to the staff, LSC, and parents.

“A Guide for Conducting Walk-Throughs Chicago Style” may be downloaded @ http://www.oism.cps.k12.il.us/pdf/2006-Walk-Through_Guide-view.doc

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Area 11 Walk-Throughs will focus on supporting the development, implementation, and monitoring of:

1. Balanced literacy instruction in K-8th

2. Writers Workshop resulting in authentic

student writing

3. Math and science instruction

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Number and Types of Walk-Throughs:

A minimum of one per quarter The Area Instruction Officer and team will

participate in every school’s first Walk-Through and one at the request of the principal

The Area School Liaison will participate in all other types of Walk-Throughs of the school assigned to him or her, including the reporting-out session to the faculty

Types: Area, internal, follow-up, or learning (peer or across schools)

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On-going Support After the initial Walk-Through, the Area instruction team will use the document titled, “Essentials for High Quality and Coherent Instruction for All Elementary Students” as one of the tools to:

Support each school in setting up demonstration classrooms Keep track of student progress using multiple assessments Monitor the quality of work that is being produced Ensure implementation of best practices

Other tools that may be used are the CRI and CMSI Frameworks.

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Accountability for Today and Every Day:Keeping track of students’ work by:

Monitoring the rigor and quality of student work in the classrooms and halls (“no” to ditto, instead evidence of authentic student work)

Reviewing students’ vocabulary notebooks in all core subjects to ensure their continuous use, and evidence that students understand the terms. See page #27 of “Building Academic Vocabulary”, Marzano’s teacher’s manual. This page shows how students monitor their understanding of a word by circling the #4 next to “My Understanding”

Reflecting, discussing, and collaboratively reviewing with students, writings produced in the various genres with the objective of providing them feedback on how to become better writers

Displaying a variety of student writing, reinforcing the difference between authentic writing and extended-response (prompt) writing

Discussing in depth with students their extended-response answers and why they scored what they did (reading and math)

Being explicit with students as to how to use the different writing/math rubrics as tools

Analyzing student work collaboratively (student-to-student, per grade levels, or across grade levels)

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Accountability for Today and Every DayKeeping track of students’ progress, best practices, and the usage of assessments to inform instruction and improve studentachievement by:

Using data from the benchmark assessments to plan for instruction, flexible groupings, and differentiating teaching strategies

Consistently monitoring student progress beyond DIBELS, Using Illinois Learning Standards to develop lesson plans/units and to

pace and guide instruction from March to March Using multiple school assessments from core basal programs, teacher-

made test/rubrics, projects, and observations to drive decision making Using grade-level meetings to discuss data, student work, rigor of lessons,

student-centered classrooms, and best practices

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Area Instruction Coaches (your school liaison):

Imelda Herrera

Luz Jorges

Carlos Rodriguez

Juanita Rodriguez

Emily Sautter

Liz Trainor

1. Fairfield 1. Marquette 1. Hearst 1. Morrill 1. McKay 1. Byrne

2. Lee 2. Hurley 2. Peck 2. Christopher 2. Midway 2. Hampton 3. Durkin 3. Stevenson 3. Edwards 3. Tonti 3. Sandoval

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Your school liaison will be collecting the following (when possible, send information via email): Grade-level meeting schedule(s) SY 08 School Profile Walk-Through schedule Notification and agendas of school-based PD Open House date and time Ten copies of your latest school brochure Requests for PD Instructional issues

The school Liaison will also collect additional requests throughout the year.

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Liaison Walk-Through Responsibilities:

1. Confirm date and time of Walk-Through.2. Verify the process three days before the WT:

Principal participation, classroom selection, team selection Pre-brief: Establish a focus for the year based on internal Walk-Throughs, Area

focus, the present SIPAAA, data, and past or present PD Student questions and PD specific to the focus question

3. Review the WT report- make additions and/or clarifications if needed.4. Go to the school the day of the report-out to faculty.5. Re-visit the school within five weeks to follow up and monitor/support

the implementation of quick wins, and the PD per the Walk-Through.6. Visit grade-level meetings to provide support in the implementation of

quick wins, and PD per the Walk-Through findings.7. E-mail the final report to Ms. Matos so that she may file the report and

send it to the Office of Elementary Areas and Schools.

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School Walk-Through Responsibilities:1. Be prepared: select classrooms, school team members, and

establish a focus for the year (include your Liaison).

2. Complete the WT report and email to Liaison within a week.

3. Inform the Liaison of the report-out meeting date and time.

4. Follow up and monitor/support the implementation of quick wins, and the PD per the Walk-Through.

5. Visit grade-level meetings to provide support in the implementation of quick wins, and PD per the Walk-Through findings.

Seven Secrets of SuccessThere is no secret of success.

Success is for everyone.

Your life becomes better only when you become better.

There is no success without sacrifice.

Success is achieved in inches,not miles.

The greatest enemy of tomorrow’s successis today’s success

No advice on success works unless you do

John C. Maxwell.

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Wishing you a Successful2007 - 2008 School Year