Sharing What Works Gray Middle School Math Program Traci Barton (7 th Grade Math) Pam Coleman (8 th Grade Math)

Gray Middle School Hwy 42 Union, KY Boone County Schools Approximately 20 miles south of Cincinnati, OH

Mission Statement Gray Middle School Mission The mission of Gayle Gray Middle School is to: Provide a safe, respectful, and responsible environment in order for students to move toward learning the skills and content necessary for college, career, and life readiness. We believe: 1. All students can learn. 2. Data should inform instruction and curricular strategy. 3.A positive and proactive learning environment minimizes academic and behavioral underperformance. Growing Responsible Achieving Young People.

Data  1,018 Students in Grades 6-8  926 White/Non-Hispanic Students  171 Students Utilizing Free/Reduced Lunch (about 12% of the population)  73 Students with Disabilities (about 7% of the population) Demographics of Our School Population

Percent NovicePercent Novice in State Percent Apprentice Percent Apprentice in State K-Prep Data Percent ProficientPercent Proficient in State Percent Distinguished Percent Distinguished in State Percent Proficient/Distinguished 62.9 Percent Proficient and Distinguished in the State is 40.6

Students with IEPs  45.2% of the population were Proficient or Distinguished Compared to 43% of the state (this is where most of our SIP is centered this year) Students with Free and Reduced Lunch  37% of the population were Proficient or Distinguished Compared to 29% of the state K-Prep Data for Students

1.Parental Support of our School 2.Feeder School Math Programs 3.Rigorous Math Curriculum at GMS 4.Collaboration of Teachers 5.Programs Instituted by Math Department Why We Believe our Math Program is Successful

Feeder Schools Elementary Schools:  Mann  New Haven  Erpenbeck  Kelly/Collins (small percentage) All of our Elementary math programs have Accelerated classes and Advanced Classes.

Math Curriculum offered at GMS 6 th Grade: Math 6 Accelerated Math 7th Grade: Math 7 Accelerated Math 7 Algebra I 8 th Grade: Math 8 Algebra I Geometry Accelerated Math courses follow Appendix A in the Common Core High school course follow Common Core And Quality Core

 Very specific standards created to place students in the correct courses  Students are given a handbook with the criteria spelled out for them for the qualifications of each course  Data used  STAR Math results/Scantron results  Previous Course Performance  Teacher Recommendation Placement of Students in Courses

 Star Math and Scantron are used to collect data on Students  Example of STAR Report Example of STAR Report STAR Math/Scantron

Math Enrichment  Extra math class during Enrichment time  Each student rotates through one term of math enrichment  Common Core is taught  Essentially, students receive 7 extra weeks of math instruction per year  Every grade level teaches Common Core for their grade level

Intervention  GMS has a full-time RTI math teacher and RTI reading teacher  Tier I students receive interventions in the regular classroom  Tier 2 students have one unified arts class designated for small group intervention and remediation with a teacher using Vmath  Teachers are funded through allocations due to student enrollment  ESS and individual teacher after-school assistance for struggling students

Collaboration  Grade Level Team Meetings Weekly  School Level Team Meetings Monthly  Common Assessments  SMART* Goals based upon EXPLORE scores * Smart Measurable Attainable Results-Oriented Time-bound

Teacher Qualifications  All math teachers are certified in middle school or high school math  Teachers have extensive and varied teaching experience  Average years experience: 12  Low teacher turnover

Gates Grant  Formative Assessment Lessons incorporated into instruction  Hands-on activities with students as active learners and teachers as facilitators  Students work in pairs or groups  Whole-group discussion and student involvement  Pre-test and post-test to assess learning

 Document Cameras for Instruction  SMART Boards  Response Systems (Clickers) for Formative Assessment during instruction  Edmodo for classroom discussion between students and student accountability  Remind 101, Teacher Websites, and Infinite Campus for Parent Communication  Compass Learning for many purposes Technology Used in Math Classes At Gray

1.Parental Support of our School 2.Feeder School Math Programs 3.Rigorous Math Curriculum at GMS 4.Collaboration of Teachers 5.Programs Instituted by Math Department Why We Believe our Math Program is Successful

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