Presented by: Susan Stoya Director of Secondary Instruction

Raise expectations for students and staff Provide increased opportunities for students for involvement and connections to school Build partnerships with colleges and businesses Increase use of data for decision making Improve systems for monitoring student progress

Curriculum Mapping with Rubicon Atlas software SMART SCHOLARS Early College High School Advisory Period Upward Bound Partnership Parent Liaison Trips to colleges New Cohort of th grade Advisory College Prep Literacy Class

RPI Robotics & Animation Camp At RPI At our schools ELA Camps – Middle School National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI) Credit Recovery (Novanet) PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports) Castle Learning S.A.T. Preparation classes Increased Consultant Teacher Classes (more SWDs taking credit-bearing classes)

All Students taking college prep or honors classes at high school All students taking rigorous classes at middle school ( no “Z classes”) Parent Outreach Partnership with Centro Civico Improved Alternative Education Model HS CEP Action Team Content Area Literacy Parent & Community Outreach Attendance & Engagement COMPASS Training MS – Lynch Literacy Leadership Team – focus on school climate HS – CEP Team – focus on data Dave Ziskin was asked by CASDA to work with Troy, Albany & Newburgh School Districts Lynch Professional Learning Community (PLC) on special Education and Literacy Facilitated by Frances Boyer & John Penman

: Studio Art – MS Accelerated Science Jazz Band : Regents Biology (Accelerated) - MS Entrepreneurship Course (Business) – HS New Extracurricular Activities Hip Hop Dance Clubs MS/HS Art Clubs MS/HS Marching Band MS Robotics Club MS/HS Science Clubs MS/HS New Sports Modified Lacrosse Modified Track & Field For – Jr. Society of Professional Hispanic Engineers (tentative)

Embedded Coaching Alexia Ryan - Differentiated Instruction & Rigorous Teaching Steve Danna - Science, Curriculum Development, Brain-based Teaching & Learning Denise Krohn & Jane Keyes - Instructional Technology Frances Boyer – MS Special Education Teachers, focusing on reading Course Participation – RPI Robotics/Animation Program Workshops/Conferences Early College High School Conferences Consultant Teaching – Kathy Quackenbush Differentiated Instruction Turnkey Trainers – F. Boyer, J. Reed, M. Franzoy Generational Poverty - Greta Smith Project Based Learning (PBL) Literacy Common Core Standards Professional Development

Increased Resources Instructional Technology New Literature (English/Reading/Special Education) New Assessment Tools Professional Reading Improved facilities

Increased Academic Intervention Services Reading teacher Lunch period Improved scheduling of course specific AIS Increased Tutoring with bussing February through June course Tutoring Pre-regents tutoring Castle learning for support (including for ISS) Math AIS through ISS teacher (MS) Improved Use of Assessments in Fountas & Pinnell Assessment at MS & HS Special Education AIS Reading ESL

Textbook piloting Increased monitoring of students progress toward NCLB targets by Cohorts Increased tracking of student achievement Increased monitoring of student attendance

Grading practices Parent involvement Business & industry partnerships Preparation for college & careers Increased support for college application Higher level course work opportunities Internship Business sponsored activities Improved monitoring practices Increased focus on Literacy in Content Areas Attendance & tardy issues

Smart Scholars Early College High School Math-Science Partnership (MSP) – 5-8 th grade Science teachers focus on project-based learning units development partnering with 4 other districts & College of St. Rose Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) AHS McNulty Tecler STEM/ELA/Admin Leadership ELA Camps Robotics Camp Robotics Clubs Administrative P.D. Teacher P.D. New – Clinically Rich Teacher Preparation Grants University of Albany (Special Education Focus) Union (Math & Science Focus) Pending/In Progress Carol M. White PEP Grant I3 (Innovative Fund) – Partnering with RPI and Ballston Spa

% Passing % Master % Passing % Master % Passing % Master % Passing % Master Gain/ Loss English Int. Algebra94 4 (only 125 kids) Geometry Global History/ Geography US History & Gov’t Living Environment Earth Science Chemistry Physics

TSWDST T T English Int. Algebra Geometry Trig 96 Global US History Physical Setting/Chem Physical Setting/Physics th th th th 233

Accelerated Math3441 Accelerated Science3253 Studio in Art2532 Integrated Algebra3034 Regents Biology # tested% 3 + 4# tested% Grade 8 TBD English Math Grade 7 English Math Grade 6 English Math