Mock Board Meeting E. W. Chambliss Elementary School Grades K – 3 Diane Brown, Principal January 12, 2012 Home of The CES Tiger Cubs

 45 miles southeast of Richmond  496 square miles  Agricultural economy  25% of land is devoted to agriculture  80% commercial forestry  Major employers are: Dept. of Corrections, School Board, Pork Processing

 Enrollment – 203  General Education – 175  SPED – 28  LEP – 3%  African American – 76%  White – 19%  Asian – 1%  Hispanic – 3% each  Free/Reduced Lunch – 93%  Accreditation Denied

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Chambliss Elementary School AMO English (75%)Math (70%)Science (50%)History (50%) E/77%66%79%72%81% Did Not Make AYPM/75% E/ 81%60%56%61%81% Did Not Make AYPM/ 79% Accreditation Denied E/8963%86%81%83% Made AYPM/83 Accreditation Denied E/8673%86%74%63% Did Not Make AYPM/85 Accreditation Denied

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 Culture of continuous improvement  Focus on data to drive improvement  Significant growth in SOL pre and post released test in third grade  Shared leadership structure to enhance professional capacity  Friendly, well ordered environment  Partnership with external lead partner

Improve student learning  Differentiation  More student engagement in learning  Improve Teacher Questioning – Higher order skills questioning-  Collaborative learning

 Professional development on learning styles and modalities, assessment for learning, collaborative learning and motivation of students  Rigorous lesson observations to ensure effective teaching strategies are being implemented  Professional development for all teachers on parental and community involvement

 Resources for professional development (e.g., purchase of “Igniting a Passion for Reading” for book study)  Classroom Libraries K-3  Additional teaching materials  Contracted services with External Lead Partner (e.g., Principal coaching, job-embedded professional development)  Extended After School Programs that provide learning opportunities  Teacher Incentive Pay  2 Part-time reading teachers  Technology Consultant

Creation & Use of District Team – Full Enabling School Autonomy – Partial Principal &Hiring Teachers – Full Stakeholder Engagement – Partial Creation & Use of School Team – Full Leading Change – High Evaluating, rewarding, removing staff – High Professional Development – High Learning Time – High Reforming Instruction - Partial

◦ Limited Engagement of parents in the educational process ◦ Creating and maintaining business partnerships

 Achieve Accreditation  Achieve Adequate Yearly Progress  Continue to show academic growth in all content areas  Include parents and community partners on the school improvement team

 Review status of the 25 indicators in the RFP  Identify “what worked” and the resources necessary to sustain continuous improvement  Identify the key features that made the partnership successful and how they can be replicated with school and division staff  Continue to implement the train the teacher model and monitoring teacher performance  Continue to scrutinize, analyze and process student data and school data  Continued professional development for teachers and administrator  Continue shared leadership responsibilities