Presenter Name Date David Hardy, Deputy Superintendent of Academics March 10, 2016 Summer School Update

2 Context: Ins and outs of Summer School 2016 Goals: What are we looking to accomplish? Comparative data points: How are we trending? Lessons Learned: What were our takeaways from Summer School 2015? Interventions: What do we plan to do differently for our retained students? Summer School 2016: What is the initial plan? Agenda

Context 3 Senate Bill 319 Requires reading assessment within 45 days of the end of calendar year Requires the development of a reading plan with a minimum of 30 hours of reading outside the regular school day for students reading one or more years below grade level Mandates summer school for 4 th grade and recommends for 3 rd grade with 40 hours of reading instruction Mandates retention for 4 th grade IF a student has not been previously retained Ceases retention after 4 th grade for a low reading level, noted on the student’s file

To provide targeted interventions to our students who need it the most To reduce the impact of “summer melt” To begin restructuring the function summer school serves for our students Goals of Summer School 4

Enrollment District26,69624,693 Summer School6512~6000 Total Percent of Summer School Students to Total Enrollment 24.4%TBD Attendance (%)84.1%TBD Males3566 (54.7%) TBD Females2946 (45.3%) TBD Retained Students~650TBD

6 * NAPA is a K-10 site ** Madison Therapeutic School is included in the special needs sites Summer Programs Number of SitesEnrollment Elementary Middle Special Needs2213** Alternative High Schools4444* Total Comparative Data

Communication is the key to a successful summer school experience Students are in need of additional (and different) support Urgency of Summer School instruction must increase Identification of our best teachers and our most needy students is paramount Lessons Learned 7

Interventions What’s Different? 8 Expanding our focus on reading Guided math and reading groups Targeted interventions for retained students (Following IAPs) More hours of Professional Development to prep teachers (18 hours instead of 6) Improved curriculum options for students Involve school leaders more directly in the creation, implementation, and leadership of “The Summer Experience” in 2016 Application process for summer partners (Last year we had 10 partners and 17 programs at our summer school sites) Building in Professional Development and opening of school prep into summer school

Summer School Timeline 9 TaskCompletion Date Status Initial Summer School Organizational MeetingNovemberComplete Selection of Summer School Coordinator and Committees JanuaryComplete Selection of the school sitesFebruary 12 th Complete Selection of outside partnershipsMarch 1 st In progress Summer School Resolution submitted to SABMarchComplete Ordering of materials, curriculum resources, operational logistics March/AprilIn progress Coordination of staff and leadersMarch/AprilIn progress Communication to students and familiesAprilIn progress Final Identification and Enrollment of StudentsApril 30 th Not started

Questions? 10