1. Anwatin Middle School IB MYP Programme Spanish Two Way Immersion February 17, 2015 1

2. Purpose of State of the School The purpose of the mid-year State of the School meeting is to: Provide information about the current state of the school: o Share priorities and strategies for improvement o Report on progress o Share strengths, challenges and next steps Provide ways in which families can be engaged throughout the year. 2

3. Anwatin Middle Vision: Every child college and career ready. Mission: Anwatin Middle School develops young people to become principled, open-minded, inquiring members of a global community. 3

4. School Improvement Plan Our School Improvement Plan is designed to address the concerns revealed in the data and is focused on three core areas. Student achievement School climate and Family engagement 4

5. SIP Strategies Strategies: 1)Teachers have received training in the following instructional strategies to support the diverse levels of learners in the classroom: WIDA: Can Do Descriptors: 55% Marking the Text: 50% Cornell Notes: 80% Possible Sentences: 45% Inside/Outside Circles: 20% (% of teachers who have tried/used the strategy) 5

6. SIP Strategies 2) Teachers have received training in the following classroom management strategies to help improve school climate and lower referral and suspension rates: Circle of Power and Respect in Advisory: 82.5% Developmental Design in the regular (non-advisory) classes: 67.5% Restorative Practices: 60% ENVoy Certified Staff Members: 8 ( Percentages include yes and yes, modified responses) 6

7. SIP Strategies 3) The teachers have been working on creating IB grading rubrics during their PDPLC (Professional Development Professional Learning Communities) and: ● Anwatin teachers have created and assessed student work using at least 42 IB rubrics this school year ● Teacher grading is all across the board, so using IB rubrics would be a way to make class navigation easier for students ● Using IB rubrics is a way to “light a fire” with students to encourage them/given them a structure to achieve at higher levels ● Using IB rubrics has made grading less subjective ● Using IB rubrics made grading easier, because the rubrics were clear and the students knew what they were supposed to do, and then they knew how to move up to the next level 7

8. SIP Strategies: Next Steps 1- Future staff meetings will go deeper into the instructional strategies already covered this year. 2- Staff take grade level lists and look at bubble/targeted students and make purposeful plans that check in with the students. 3- Staff will continue to develop IB rubrics that merge Focused Instruction expectations with IB philosophy. 8

9. Student Achievement Data Growth7 th Grade Reading 8 th Grade Reading Positive Growth70.4% (19/27) 52% (14/27) No Growth/Change 7.4% (2/27)15% (4/27) Negative Growth22.2% (6/27)33% (9/27) 9 Growth Summary- Overall Change in RIT Score 7/8 th Grade Reader’s Workshop

10. Student Achievement Data 10 Growth7 th Grade Reading8 th Grade Reading Positive Growth70.4% (19/27)52% (14/27) No Growth/Change7.4% (2/27)15% (4/27) Negative Growth22.2% (6/27)33% (9/27) Projected Proficiency 7 th Grade Reading 8 th Grade Reading Partially Meeting 0% (0/27)15% (4/27) Meeting 4% (1/27) Growth Summary- Overall Change in RIT Score: 7/8 th Grade Reader’s Workshop Projected Partially Meeting or Meeting Proficiency on the MCAs (based upon Winter RIT score) (Source: MPS- MAP and MCA Linking Cut-Scores over Three Seasons (MCA-III Reading 2012-13 & MCA- III Math 2010-11) Only a small number of students were tested.

11. Student Achievement Data Projected Proficiency 6 th Reading 7 th Grade Reading 8 th Grade Reading Partially Meeting 10% (20/202) 4% (7/182)7% (13/178) Meeting26% (52/202) 20% (37/182) 29% (52/178) 11 WHOLE SCHOOL: Projected Partially Meeting or Meeting Proficiency on the MCAs (based upon Fall RIT score) (Source: MPS- MAP and MCA Linking Cut-Scores over Three Seasons (MCA- III Reading 2012-13 & MCA-III Math 2010-11)

12. Benchmark Assessments: An Example 6 th grade Science Comparison Unit 1 and 2 These are both discrete units that focus on different standards, but they do overlap in the concepts of forces and engineering. These assessments were both used formatively and misconceptions were addressed after the test during further instruction. Unit 1 (Science and Engineering) Color breakdown (99 total students) Blue-0 students Green- 4 students Yellow-11 students Red- 84 students (50 students were below 50%) Standard Breakdown 001.01-51% 001.02-49% 001.03-54% Notes: Unit one focuses on standards that are ongoing throughout 6 th grade (scientific method and EDP). I used this information to adjust instruction within unit 2 to address student misconceptions. 12

13. Benchmark Assessments continued Unit 2 (Energy Motion and Engineering) Color breakdown (103 total students) Blue-0 students Green- 13 studentsincrease by 9 Yellow-28 studentsincrease by 11 Red- 62 students Decrease by 22 (16 students were below 50%) Decrease by 34  this is exciting because most red students were between 50% and 70% Standard Breakdown 002.01-53% 002.02-69% 002.03-47% 002.04-68% 002.05-81% Notes: The bolded standards are standards that overlap with concepts from unit 1. This to me indicates growth even though the standards are slightly different. Also the standard 002.05 where students scored 81% had the highest-level verb within the target (I can evaluate an engineered system for its impact on my daily life). This also indicates that the students are thinking deeply about the material and understanding it beyond basic facts. 13

14. School Climate Positive Opportunities: – 7 th Grade Youth Frontiers Courage Retreat – 8 th U of MN Black History Day Celebration – 6 th Grade STEM Conference – Tickets to Professional and Collegiate Sporting Events – Advisory Competitions – Peer Mediation Group – Positive Classroom/Grade level Incentives – Mentor Program 14

15. Suspensions: Continuously Enrolled Students 15

16. Suspensions by Ethnicity 16

17. School Climate: Next Steps 1 - 8 staff members are participating in CARC – Collaborative Action Reach Cohort – offered through the Black Male Achievement Office. They will read two books, develop a question, action, implement, and then share the results. 2 – An Admin TOSA and another 40 hour Behavior AE have been hired to help address the behavior needs of the school. (Funding provided by Michael Goar) 3 – Continue to encourage teachers to become ENVoy certified. 4 – Have instituted detention for students who are late or skipping class. It is held Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. 5 – Staff are doing more home visits with students who have chronic behavior incidences. 17

18. Family Engagement Parent/Family Involvement Activities: (through February) Site Council Fall Conferences/Book Fair Taste of Anwatin/Band and Choir Concert PASS: Parents of Anwatin Successful Students (New) AVID/History Day Informational Evening (New) NAAPID/History Day Hullabaloo (New) Winter Conferences/Book Fair Collaborative Creative Innovative Ideas Fair/Talent Show 18