September 2013 Superintendent/Staff Update

Café OMI

• Now a Subway Franchise!– Currently serving sandwiches (eventually soups

and salads) – Over 600 eating daily, a 30% increase of

participation over last year– Breakfast alternating between bagels, cereal,

yogurt, etc– Wednesdays and Fridays arePapa John’s Pizza!– Still complies with Federal NSBLP guidelines

New Leaders of Character Building

• 9000 SF; six classrooms• About 85% complete now• Scheduled grand opening 1 Nov• All military staff will have offices• Regimental HQs• Cadet leadership “lounge”• On budget and on time!

Honors/ Movement toward IB

• Sixth grade honors section• 7/8 honors science, social studies and English• Team of middle school teachers investigated IB

over the summer and wants to begin to move in that direction, possibly for the entire middle school

• Added an AP Human Geog class for grade 9

Common Core

• Moving quickly toward full implementation• Still many unanswered questions from the state regarding

assessment and materials• Money set aside this year and next to help with

professional development and materials purchases• Multiple math classes transitioning thanks to great work by

math teachers in summer PD• English classes transitioning as a result of PD attended by

various folks• Sci/HSS also incorporating various elements of CC• Introducing a Common Core 3 class in Math

Cesley’s New Role

• Director of Alumni and College Outreach– Will help get scholarships for all students– Will help alums get through college successfully– Will create a robust outreach program to alums– Will work toward partnerships with colleges who

will give “full rides” to our grads

New military staff

• Now a TAC Officer and TAC NCO in each company, including music

• Support NCOs at regimental level to help with citizenship processes

• Operations SGM to focus on formation, cadet leadership development, curriculum and instruction, physical education program, etc

• SGM Depp as Dean• Very successful summer camp

Library

• Doris Lundy a 20 hour/week trained librarian through Diablo Valley College

• Cathy Francioch, retired Oakland Librarian continues to volunteer services

• Linh Nguyen will help run Udacity classes each period in VLC

Luis Garza: Data Coach

• Focus on using data to inform instruction• Narrowing the achievement gap• Getting us to 800• Interim assessment analysis• Helping us individually examine data from

various sources to focus energies on places we can make the biggest impact on student achievement

• Assisting with the WASC process

Special Education

• Now almost completely “in house”• Audit of suspension/expulsion rates• SPED Staff– Director– Two resource teachers– Two aides– Two educational psychologists (for assessment and

counseling)– Speech therapist (contracted) along with other special

services contracted

Other Facilities Issues

• Working with Lena Sullivan and with additional Lusk owner for purchase

• Facilities Master Planning project• Solar installation possibility on main campus• Partnership with Longfellow Community

Association for Community Garden and community clean up efforts

Platoon Teachers

• Attend morning formation– Assist with calling habitually absent or tardy students– Ensure there is a daily “grade” recorded by cadet leaders for both

uniform compliance and attendance on time– Daily check of a particular uniform item to be announced at

formation • That teacher’s room on rainy days• Support at Pass in Review, Cadet Corps Birthday Challenge,

Cadet Olympics, etc.• In emergency drill with a formation, go to that place• Motivate platoon members on “competitions” such as candy

sale, food drives, etc

Academic Support

• 6th graders are here until 5:30 daily• All “low performing” 7th graders will also be

here daily until 5:30• Students below proficient automatically

assigned AS along with ALL new cadets

Udacity

• Offerings:– Psychology– Statistics– Alg 2– Intro to Computer Science– Physics

• All periods throughout the day in VLC• Linh Nguyen (OMI alum) is manager• Many lessons learned from last semester

Charter Renewal and WASC

• This fall we write both documents• Charter Renewal due to OUSD by Oct 1• WASC Document finished by Dec 1• OUSD Site Visit in October• WASC Visit end of February• Importance of the processes

Enrollment compared to projected

Grade 6 = 90 Budgeted: 100Grade 7 = 110 120Grade 8 = 141 120Grade 9 = 108 120Grade 10 = 105 100Grade 11 = 94 90Grade 12 = 76 65TOTAL: 724 715

Financial/Legislative/Other News

• Prop 30 passage implications (funding)• API structural change• Change in federal and state assessment

requirements• Brown Military Institute Consortium

Seven-Year Goals For OMI 2008-2015

a. National Blue Ribbon School b. Highest quality teaching and learning in all classroomsc. 800+ API d. State-of-the-art campuse. Teachers paid in the top quartile of the comparison groupf. Significant waiting lists for entry to OMIg. Extremely involved parentsh. Safe school (emotionally, physically, etc)i. Sharp looking cadets in uniform and at ceremoniesj. Cadets that act in a way appropriate to the setting in which they are functioning (play at playtime, work at work time)k. Student leadership that is solid and engagedl. ESPRIT DE CORPS among cadets, staff, and parents/guardiansm. Quality Athletic program that engages studentsn. Involved alumni association

How do we get there?a. Focused professional development; teachers as learning communityb. National Board Certification for teachersc. Debunking the myths of why schools are plagued by underperformance, especially for ELs and African Americansd. Reading and writing and oral speaking across the curriculume. Research and technology skills infused into curriculumf. College Prep mathg. Academic Vocabulary (Word of the Day)h. Fund raisingi. Facilities planningj. Long-range salary plank. Marketing master planl. Parental involvement strategiesm. Physical safety as a priorityn. Emotional safety monitored and everyone held accountable o. Athletics master plan (interscholastic and intramurals and PE)p. Enforcement of standards for bearing and conductq. Focused leadership training, cadet promotions and awardsr. Fun social activities for students, staff, and families

STAR Tests ResultsSpring 2013

API

• Total API of 770 (+24)• Black from 742 (+71)• Asian 854 (-12)• Hispanic 758 (+20)• White 759 (+100)• 2+ Races 767• Low SES 762 (+23)• EL (749 (-7)• Sts w/ Disabilities 600 (+87)

2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13660

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780API

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API2008-09 7082009-10 7282010-11 7622011-12 7432012-13 770

Some Areas of Strength• Excellent growth in 6th grade in math and English

– over 15% growth in English– More than doubled math proficiency rate (from 24% to 55%)

• Steady growth in MS math scores • Steady growth in MS science and history scores• Great improvement across the board in the 9th grade

– English proficiency up 13% – Algebra proficiency up over 10%– Geometry proficiency increasing

• 10th grade CAHSEE -- 91% pass rate in English and• 88% pass rate in math

Areas of Strength (cont’d)

• Continued growth US History, Algebra and Algebra II

Key Areas of Growth for Demographic Groups

AFRICAN-AMERICAN• 6th grade doubled ELA scores and tripled the math scores!!!• 8th grade improvement across the board

~ELA almost 10% improvement~science over 30% improvement~history and Algebra almost 30% improvement~Geometry doubled: 100% proficient in Geometry

• 9th grade doubled ELA proficiency (24% to 50%)• 9th grade nice improvement in Alg and Geometry-- Went from 0% to

17% (Alg) and 33% (Geometry)• 11th grade approximately 10% improvement in ELA and US History • -11th grade improvement in Biology went from 0% to

33%

ASIAN• 7th grade 30% growth in math • 100% of 8th graders scored proficient in science!• 8th grade improvement in history (from 72% to 80%)• over 20% improvement in 9th grade ELA (now 85%)• a 20% improvement for 9th graders who took geometry• 9th grade in Alg2 over 15% improvement • almost 20% improvement in US History LATINO• 6th grade doubled ELA scores and tripled the math scores!!• Upward climb in 8th grade history• Continued improvement in 9th grade ELA• 20% improvement in life science• Almost 10% improvement in World History

English Language Learners• 6th grade almost tripled ELA and math scores!!• 20% growth in math for 7th graders• Improvement for 9th graders in ELA and algebra• 10th graders

– life science score went from 0% to 35% – World History went from 0% to 21% – geometry from 0% to 10%– Biology 0% to 14%

Students with Disabilities • Big improvements in math and English for 8th and 9th grade• Growth in proficiency rate for 7th grade English• Improvements in English and Biology for 10th graders