1. State of the Schools How’s it going? Rotary Presentation

2. View this presentation online at- http://quality.cr.k12.ia.us/Presentations/Rotary.ppt http://quality.cr.k12.ia.us/Presentations/Rotary.ppt

4. Thanks, Community!!

5. Technology We cannot educate today’s students with yesterday’s technology and expect tomorrow’s success. -Albert Einstein

6. Joint City-County-Schools Network Staging

10. Percent of Students Proficient Step-Up Kdgn. Rote Count Shapes # Facts One to One AB Pattern ABC Pattern # Recognition Kindergarten Assessment – Math February 2006 – 2007

11. PREP-1

13. ACT Trends Need to add ACT stuff here

14. ACT Subtest Trends Need to add ACT stuff here

15. AP Exams Taken

16. Students Scoring 3 or Higher Need two AP slides; assessments taken and results

19. In Progress Data as of June 11th, 2007 5. Ensure that 10% of all new hires in each of the ten employee groups is a person of color (self-identified). The target number of hires by October 1, 2007: – 10 teachers/nurses ( 11 ) – 2 custodial/maintenance ( 3 ) – 1 painters/carpenters ( 0 ) – 1 SEIU secretaries/confidential secretaries ( 1 ) – 1 Info Technology Technicians and associates ( 6 ) – 3 food service ( 4 ) – 2 Day Care employees ( 1 ) – 2 bus drivers, bus attendants, and crossing guards ( 0 ) – 2 administrators ( 1 )

20. % Minority Employees by Workgroup 2003-042004-052005-062006-07 Administrators1.35%2.78% 4.11% Bus Drivers/Attendants2.65%2.55%2.52%1.83% Carpenters0.00% Crossing Guards0.00% 3.13% Custodians4.30%4.23%4.84%8.02% Day Care1.89%1.04%0.97%3.77% Food & Nutrition2.40%1.45%2.36%6.31% Secretaries0.49%0.00% 0.50% Supervisor/Techs8.45%7.46%9.38%12.07% Teachers2.49%2.25%2.26%2.53% Teacher Associates3.76%3.96%4.50%4.18% Total2.73%2.53%2.75%3.56%

23. VOLUNTEER PROGRAM STATISTICS 2005-2006 NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS (REPORTED):6,702 NUMBER OF VOLUNTEER HOURS (REPORTED): 135,774 DOLLAR EQUIVALENT:(District) $1,255,910 (National) $2,449,363 STAFF EQUIVALENT: 126 paraprofessionals working 6 hours/day Volunteers outnumber staff by more than 2 to 1

24. General Fund Unspent Balance Reserve Trends (millions) Cash 13.5%

27. Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting The Cedar Rapids Community School District received both GFOA and ASBO International Certificates of Excellence for its comprehensive annual financial report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006. This was the twelfth consecutive year that the District has achieved these prestigious awards. Only 8 of the State’s 365 public school districts have achieved this award.

28. Harris Survey Results

30. A helpful framework… Malcolm Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence

31. 2006 Iowa Recognition for Performance Excellence Award Validation of continuous improvement efforts External recommendations and ‘Opportunities for Improvement’

34. Efficiency E-procurement Lean Processes Bus Routing Software

35. Developing World Class Learners… A vision of what it will take. Dave Markward Cedar Rapids Community School District Inservice Day August 31, 2007

36. Based on 1500 Classroom Observations (Mike Schmoker – Results Now) Learning objective – Higher-order thinking – Writing or using rubrics – Fewer than ½ paying attention – Using worksheets – Noninstructional activities –

37. Research Results (Schmoker – Results Now) Learning objective – 4% Higher-order thinking – 3% Writing or using rubrics – 0% Fewer than ½ paying attention – 84% Using worksheets – 52% Noninstructional activities – 35%

38. Source of Restlessness 54% of Iowans say that public education in the state is headed on the wrong track. Des Moines Register Poll – January 2006, cited by the Task Force for Tomorrow’s Workforce

39. NAEP… National Assessment of Educational Progress Known as the “Nation’s Report Card” Mathematics, Reading, Science, Writing Consists of items assessing higher level skills to a much greater extent than ITBS/ITED

40. Gr 4 Math NAEP (Iowa) Math Gr 4Gr 8 1992230278 2003238284 2005240284 Compared to states and other jurisdictions Higher than 19 29 No sig dif 22 16 Lower than 10 6

41. Gr 4 Reading NAEP (Iowa) Reading Gr 4Gr 8 1992225NA 2003223284 2005221267 Compared to states and other jurisdictions Higher than 20 26 No sig dif 20 21 Lower than 11 4

42. Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 15-year-olds (generally, grades 9 and 10) Begun in 2000 (focus on reading literacy); 2003 (math literacy); 2006 (science literacy) Measure of learning strategies 2003 problem-solving skills

43. Levels of Cognitive Complexity Retrieval of fact from from text Recall and accurate execution of procedure Arraying and interpreting information from multiple sources Choosing, applying, justifying known procedures to unfamiliar situations, problems; communicating results to technical, lay audiences Designing new procedures to approach unfamiliar problems; communicating results to technical, lay audiences Reflection, assessment, evaluation of self in problem-solving situations

45. THE TASKS THAT STUDENTS ARE ASKED TO DO DETERMINE WHAT THEY LEARN (Richard Elmore, 2006)

46. In the years to come… Identify important content Utilize research-based, culturally relevant,engaging instruction Assess for learning Intervene when necessary

47. The most important factor is the core belief that… All students can learn at high levels.

48. I confess fully that I do not have control of events, but events have control of me. Abraham Lincoln during the height of the Civil War

49. I confess fully that I believe we can more fully control events, especially those in the classroom that impact student learning. Dave Markward – June 12, 2007; repeated August 31, 2007