1. Michelle O’Donnell

2.  About the School: ◦ K-8 ◦ Charter School ◦ Osceola County ◦ School Grade: B

3. Administration Number of Years as an Administrator  Principal: ◦ Wendy Honeycutt  Vice Principal ◦ Shakelia Henderson  Vice Principal ◦ Matthew DeRight  Principal: ◦ 6  Vice Principal ◦ 3.5  Vice Principal ◦ 5

4.  Demographics ◦ About 50/50 Boys/Girl Student Ratio ◦ About 1,509 Total Students ◦ Nationalities: Caucasian, African American, Hispanic, Asian, American Indian ◦ Social Background: ELL, Disabled, Economically Disadvantaged

5.  B  70% of students are reading at or above grade level  64% of students are making a years worth of progress in reading  69% of struggling students make a year’s worth of progress in reading

6.  According to the State Grading System: “White, African-American, Hispanic, Economically Disadvantaged, English Language Learners students in this school need improvement in Reading” (Florida School Grades 2012)  There is a need for student improvement in Reading at Bellalago Academy; the Achieve3000 program is used at Bellalago to continue to support school wide literacy.

7.  The Achieve3000 program is a “web-based differentiated K-12 reading program that uses email, technology, and current events to strengthen student’s literacy skills” (Achieve3000, 2010).

8.  The Achieve3000 program is designed as a research based program to increase student’s literacy skills by teaching them how to read effectively through the use of high interest nonfiction articles.  The program is designed to individualize student’s lessons that correlate to common core state standards while allowing multiple students to read the same article to discuss correlations as a class with supplemental instruction from the classroom teacher.

9.  Vocabulary  Comprehension  Reading Fluency  Writing

10.  Classroom Demonstration  Practice  Follow-Up  Read and respond to the program email  Read the article from the program  Complete the activity  Answer the thought question  Vote in the poll based on the activity  Assessment

11.  KidBiz ◦ “The differentiated online literacy instruction solution for grades 2-5 that reaches every student at his or her reading level.” (www.achieve.com)  TeenBiz ◦ “The differentiated online literacy solution for grades 6-8 that reaches every student at his or her individualized reading level.” (www.achieve.com)

13.  New Data… ◦ Analyzed Quarterly  Elementary School: Individual Teacher Display  Middle School: Posted on the TeenBiz Wall of Fame  Developing throughout the school year… ◦ KidBiz/TeenBiz Tuesday ◦ KidBiz/TeenBiz Whiz – Still Developing school wide bracelet initiative

16.  Computer  Website Server  Windows Software

18. School Improvement PlanCollaboration  Administration  Literacy Coach  Literacy Council  Classroom Teachers  The Principal  The Vice Principals  Technology Support Staff  The Teachers  The Students  The Community (Parents)

19. Literacy Leadership Team (LLT) School-Based Literacy Leadership Team Identify the school based Literacy Leadership Team (LLT). Marie Troop - Literacy Coach Joann Dorries - Academic Dean Wendy Honeycutt - Principal Shakelia Henderson - Assistant Principal Leia Bender Crystal Kramer Carolyn Crespo Renee Maniace Paul Surko Holly Gratza Michelle O’Donnell Veronica Vayas Describe how the school-based LLT functions (e.g., meeting processes and roles/functions). The team meets monthly after school hours. School wide literacy initiatives are discussed and reviewed. Program planning for parent events takes place. School wide trend data in Reading is reviewed specific to the area of main idea instruction. What will be the major initiative of the LLT this year? The literacy council will review school wide data trends. The council will review FCAT 2.0 and prepare teachers the 2011 FCAT Reading administration. The team will continue to provide parent / student programs to support school wide literacy (Accelerated Reader incentives, Kid/Teenbiz incentives, Fall Festival mystery readers, Mysteries in the Middle (for middle school).

20.  As a future savvy school leader I have learned the importance of reading and interpreting school data in reference to school wide technology initiatives.  Most important is that students are taught how to use the program and have some sense of ownership to utilize the program to their best ability.

22.  Short Video:  http://www.achieve3000.com/what-we-believe http://www.achieve3000.com/what-we-believe

23.  We Believe...  Do You?

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