1. State of the School Title Meeting Nellie Stone Johnson Community Partnership School
October 2018

2. Purpose of State of the School
Provide information about the current state of the school:
Share priorities and strategies for improvement
Report on progress
Share strengths, challenges and next steps
Provide ways in which families can be engaged throughout the year.
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3. Nellie Stone Johnson Vision Today’s risk takers, tomorrow’s leaders.
Mission We are a community of learners that focuses on a climate of cooperation, academic excellence, and social-emotional competence to support students to reach their full potential.

4. Description
400+ PK – 5th grade students (African-American, Hispanic, Somali, Native, Hmong and White students). Four languages spoken at NSJ.
NSJ is a Community Partnership School
Unique programming-Citywide PH/D, Responsive Classroom
Transitional Dual Language Program (Spanish) K-3
Collaborative approach with families and the community

5. Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ)
Who We Are
Community Partners
Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ)
YMCA Beacons
ServeMN

6. Brief Description of ILT (Instructional Leadership Team)
ILT Members
Mission: We are a community of learners that focuses on a climate of cooperation, academic excellence, and social-emotional competence to support students to reach their full potential.
Amy Luehmann- Principal
Karen Kennedy-Assistant Principal
Rachel Flanery- SPED teacher
Joni Kueng1st grade teachers
Jessica Davies- Lopez2nd grade teacher
Acceleration ,8,10
Ashley Jacobson- 3rd Grade teacher
Sadiqah Jihad- 4th grade
Julie Tennessen 5th grade
Julie Ellingson-P.E. teacher
Martha Shanesy-Assessment/reading Corps
Heather Daivs- Interventionists
ILT Mission/Vision/Purpose
Vision: Today’s risk takers, tomorrow’s leaders.

7. Student Achievement Focus: Strategies: Reading
Increase from
31-39%
Focus:
Purposeful and intentional planning around Guided Reading groups
Lesson design using Focused Instruction framework and F & P continuum
Purposeful and intentional grade level instructional planning around standards
Strategies:
Reading interventionists in grades K-5. Selected students based on data.
Instructional planning time for teachers to come together and plan lessons based on data to meet student needs.
More intensive documentation and progress monitoring of students in intervention groups
3 data meetings through out the school year
Scholar Coaches
Student Achievement

8. Guided Reading

9. Student Achievement Focus: Math Strategies: Increase from 28-36%
Continue with guided math and implementing with fidelity
Strategies:
Teachers will meet in teams and review student data related to math concepts and discuss student work, assessments, and strategies for differentiation.
Teachers will create and share (w/students and parents) individual student learning goals (based on assessments) and review progress towards goals.
Extend learning opportunities through co-teaching model, smaller groups through interventions, team planning, and ALC in subject of mathematics.
Student Achievement

10. Guided Math 1st Grade

11. Guided Math 5th grade

12. Instructional Planning Time
Literacy & Math
60 minutes weekly
All grade level staff including Special education, EL, Literacy TOSA
Essential question? How do we meet the needs of all our students for this standard
Analyze student work and data
Discuss best practices
Create a common formative assessment

14. Social Emotional Learning
Social Emotional Coach supporting staff and students
School wide Zones of Regulation implementation
Chill Time
Yoga Calm
Social Emotional Learning

15. Attendance Goal Areas: Increase attendance for those here 90% of the time from 71% to 79%
Strategies
Attendance team meet weekly to identify the frequently absent, send out letters, connect with teachers and make parent & student contact
Daily parent contact for absent students
Phone calls home
Collaborate with NAZ
Wake up calls for tardy students

16. Student Engagement (Behavior and Attendance)
Strengths
Positive School-wide Engagement plan has been established and implemented
Each grade-level team created engagement plans aligned to the School-wide engagement plan
Climate team is meeting bi-monthly
Weekly attendance meeting and monthly behavior meeting are occurring with the attendance team and SAT team.
Teachers commitment to positive change
School wide Engagement Coach for staff
Challenges
Consistency with documentation: referrals and attendance
School-wide tier interventions being done with fidelity
Student Engagement (Behavior and Attendance)

17. Strategies
Establish a Climate team consisting of administrators, teachers, social worker, parent liaison, engagement staff.
Implementation of positive school-wide engagement plan (workshop week)
School wide engagement coach to support staff in implementation of student engagement strategies
Continue structured play during recess for Grades K-5.

18. Student Celebrations
Perfect Attendance
Uniform Heroes
VIPs

19. Family/Community Engagement
Strengths: routines for flyers and ROBO calls, communication is translated and interpreted in Spanish, Challenges: attendance at evening events, or other parent meetings Key Actions; Continue to send flyers and do ROBO calls. Have staff make personal phone calls to families inviting them to events, NAZ staff will call their families and invite to events and possibly provide transportation Monitoring: Sign in sheets for events, contact logs on CFS for family invites

20. Title I and School Improvement Plan
Title I is a federal program that provides money to schools and districts to ensure that all children have a fair, equal and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education to achieve proficiency on our state’s academic standards and assessments. Title I supports our School Improvement Plan and the funding we receive helps us to reach our goals.
Title I and School Improvement Plan

21. Title I Do all schools receive Title I funds? Budget
No. Title I programs are available to schools with the greatest concentration of low-income families.
Budget
This year,5.0% of our school budget comes from this source.
The total Title I amount is $338,200
We are a school wide Title I program, which means all students are able to benefit from Title I services.

22. Use of Title I Funds at Our School
To support our goals we are using the Title I money in the following ways.
99.9% is being used for teachers and other staff
.01% is being used to support our curriculum

23. Use of Title I Funds at Our School
0% is being used for professional development for our teachers
.007% is being used for family involvement
$4,797 toward Family Liaison position.
0% is being used for other purposes
Use of Title I Funds at Our School

24. To monitor student learning, we use state assessments and other ways to gather information to plan programs and supports for our students.
We share this information with you about your student throughout the year.
1.Conferences
2. Newsletters
3. Robo Calls
4. Flyers when needed
Student Progress

25. As a parent, you have the right…
to know the qualifications of your child’s teacher
to know when your child has a substitute teacher for more than four weeks and the qualifications of the substitute teacher
to know how your child’s school is rated on its state test scores
to expect regular communication with your school in a language that you can understand
to work with other parents and staff to develop a school-level parent compact between the school and its families
to help plan how money for family involvement should be spent
to work with teachers, parents and the school principal to develop a family involvement plan
to ask for a meeting with your school principal or your child’s teacher at any time

26. Opportunities for Family Involvement
Provide input in the development of the School Improvement Plan, Family Involvement Plan, Community Partnership Plan and the School Compact
Participate in Breakfast with the Principals
Parents/guardians are encouraged to participate in Title I meetings and learning opportunities
Attend school events
Visit your child’s classroom or volunteer at your child’s school
Talk to your child’s teacher about events and issues that may affect your child’s work or behavior
Opportunities for Family Involvement

27. NSJ

28. Family and Community Supports
At the school level, contact our family liaison:
Dana Kuehn
Community liaisons for the school district in each Area (A, B, and C) as well as
Cultural liaisons for Hmong, Somali, and Spanish-speaking families, as well as African American families.
District Parent Advisory Councils
Family and Community Supports

29. CPS components Community Partnership School
13 Scholar coaches in grades K-3
4 scholar Coaches in grades 4 & 5
30 minutes for lunch
Teacher led recess
School wide language acquisition strategies for all students
3 data days throughout the school year

30. School Wide Language Acquisition
Sentence Stems
Power Talk
Interactive Word work