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Draft Implementation Plan United to Make a Difference: Improving the Achievement of Young Men of Color
October 21-22, Milwaukee
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WHERE ARE WE NOW?
2013-2014 CCSD Student Population
American Indian/Alaskan Native (1,470 students / 0.5%)
Asian (20,646 students / 6.6%)
Black/African American (39,047 students / 12.4%)
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (4,746 students / 1.5%)
Hispanic/Latino (139,710 students / 44.4%)
Multi-racial (18,982 students / 6.0%)
White/Caucasian (90,042 students / 28.6%)
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WHERE ARE WE NOW?
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40.00%
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80.00%
2012-2013 Graduation Rate By Ethnicity
WHERE ARE WE NOW?
WHERE ARE WE NOW?
CCSD’s African American graduation rate has increased 8.97 percent –
From 48.9 percent in 2011-12 To 57.87 percent in 2012-13
WHERE ARE WE NOW?
643 more Latino/Hispanic students graduated in
2012-13 than 2011-12
That is an 11.6 percentage point increase from 2011-12
to 2012-13
PLEDGE OF ACHIEVEMENT
POA - DISTRICT SCORECARD
Six goals on the PLEDGE OF ACHIEVEMENT school district scorecard:
• Increase third-grade literacy proficiency rates• Decrease achievement gaps• Increase the graduation rate• Increase parent participation• Increase student safety and happiness• Increase number of students in Advanced Place-
ment and Career and Technical courses
PLEDGE OF ACHIEVEMENT
Strategic Targets for PLEDGE:
• Annually reduce the percentage point gap between profi-ciency of
highest and lowest scoring subgroups
• Instructional strategies that reach diverse learners
• Opportunities for real-time feedback to provide swift re-sponses
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COMMUNITY COMMITMENT
SEOAC - A school district and community partnership to address Office for Civil Rights concerns:
• Legislators, community members, CCSD Personnel, Students
• 11 recommendations for improvement
• Precursor to My Brother’s Keeper
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MY BROTHER’S KEEPER
Associate Attorney General Tony West visited West Prep School on July 18, 2014 to speak
with 300 young people of color for a summer success workshop
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MY BROTHER’S KEEPERA school district and community partnership to ensure boys and young men of color are connected to resources that include:
• Third-grade literacy: “Each One, Read One” initiative
• Community outreach and after-school mentoring to all students
• Community/Student events and listening sessions
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MY BROTHER’S KEEPERA school district and community partnership to ensure boys and young men of color are connected to resources that include:
• Events to support parent engagement
• Cultivating a community ideal of high expectations
• Chief central office leadership involved in all activities
CULTURAL COMPETENCY TRAINING
Mandatory professional development for all school-based administrators and all new teach-
ers
CULTURAL COMPETENCY TRAINING
• 14 CCSD schools will focus on cultural competency training/walks
• Cultural competency goals in school performance plans
• Monthly cultural/diversity professional development offered to all staff
CULTURAL COMPETENCY TRAINING
• Focus on effectively teaching students of color, particularly African-American and Latino males
• Establish high expectations for all stu-dents
• June cultural institute open to all CCSD employees
CULTURAL COMPETENCY TRAINING
• Customized cultural competency training at schools
• Coordinating Cultural Competency Training during pre-service coursework (UNLV, CSN, NSC)
• CCSD teachers receive cultural competency training during new teacher symposiums
HOPE² BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION GRANTS
HOPE² BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION GRANTS
• Between $6,000 and $35,000 in grant money awarded
• 71 middle and high schools
HOPE² BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION GRANTS
• Grants will fund positive behavior programs or on-site behavior programs to avoid placement in behavior schools
• Some high schools have already seen progress with on-site behavior programs such as Schools Targeting Alternative Reform On-Site (STAROn) program
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ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IN 16 ZOOM SCHOOLS
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ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IN 16 ZOOM SCHOOLS
• Pre-kindergarten for all students
• Full-day kindergarten for all students (21 to 1 Ratio)
• Zoom Reading Centers to provide additional literacy support
• Extended school year of 17 additional days
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ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IN 16 ZOOM SCHOOLS
Initial results of Zoom Schools:
• Dramatic improvements in language and literacy in pre-k
• More than 70 percent of kindergarten students per-formed at grade
level in all but one category of assessment of literacy skills
• K-2 students below grade level in December 2013 were on average
at or above grade level by May 2014
POA - DISTRICT SCORECARD
Six goals on the PLEDGE OF ACHIEVEMENT school district scorecard:
• Increase third-grade literacy proficiency rates• Decrease achievement gaps• Increase the graduation rate• Increase parent participation• Increase student safety and happiness• Increase number of students in Advanced Place-
ment and Career and Technical courses
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