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ACHIEVEMENT CONTRACT SCHOOL DISTRICT No. 42 MAPLE RIDGE / PITT MEADOWS. Submitted July 2011. School District No. 42 Vision, Mission and Core Values. Vision Our V ision is for every individual to feel valued, and for all learners to reach their full potential. Mission - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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ACHIEVEMENT CONTRACT SCHOOL DISTRICT No. 42
MAPLE RIDGE / PITT MEADOWSSubmitted July 2011
June 30, 2011 1
VisionOur Vision is for every individual to feel valued, and for all learners to
reach their full potential.
MissionOur Mission is to fully support all individuals in their personal
development as successful learners and respectful contributors to society.
Core ValuesResponsibility to all LearnersUniqueness of Each Individual
Personal and Social ResponsibilityHigh Expectations for Success
Culture, Community and CitizenshipDiverse Learning Opportunities
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School District No. 42Vision, Mission and Core
Values
The Ministry of Education and School District 42 both share the focus on Literacy (K-12), Completion Rates, and Aboriginal Student Improvement.
The School District also has its own priorities in areas that we believe will assist all students in being more successful across all areas of learning
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Achievement Contract Areas of Focus
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This year in School District 42 we embarked upon a Community Forum to begin to answer the question of “What do we believe Education needs to look like into the future as we prepare students for the ever changing “flat” world they will be entering into. This gave us lots of information as to why we need to shift our thinking and our systems and structures to better align with what students will need.
Learning for Tomorrow
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We will continue to focus on the Literacy and Grad initiatives in our Achievement Contracts etc. but will put much of our focus on engaging the learner and preparing students with the skills necessary to be successful once they leave our system.
Learning for Tomorrow (cont’d)
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Play based learning Place based learning 21st Century skills Project Based Learning Inquiry Based Learning Personalized Learning Universal Design for Learning A shift from content driven to skill based
driven opportunities for learning Using technology to engage the learner
Our focus areas over the next several years will include:
Early Learning Early indicators for student success Student success for young Aboriginal Learners
Supporting Student Learning Grades 1 to 12 Education Using Technology to Engage the Learner• Learning Through Inquiry
Literacy• A Focus on Disaggregating the Data to Identify Cohorts Needing Intervention
Aboriginal Student Improvement
Secondary & Adult Education Grad Rates Grade to Grade Transition Rates Improving Student Learning for students with Learning
Disabilities and Behavior Challenges
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A Focus on Student LearningTable of Contents 2010/2011
EARLY LEARNING
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Early indicators for student success including young aboriginal learners
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Early learning is the foundation of student engagement and success.
The educational focus in many of our classrooms has moved away from a focus on the “whole child”, play based programming and “developmentally appropriate activities”.
The introduction of full day kindergarten has required a comprehensive review and re-visioning of what an effective kindergarten program looks like.
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Early Indicators for Student SuccessWhy did we choose this area of focus?
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In 2009/2010 Kindergarten teachers identified (31%) students as being at risk in one or more areas of development.
Boys and students of aboriginal background are not as successful in the early years in school as we would like to see. Therefore in developing a more active, “hands on” program we are hoping to see both boys and students of aboriginal background having a more successful start to their school careers.
With the focus on 21st century skills, it is important to revisit what skills are going to equip our young learners with the tools they need for the future.
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Why did we choose this area of focus? (cont’d)
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In light of the need to continue to improve success for boys and aboriginal learners and to reflect the Ministry “full day” kindergarten mandate we have focused on:
◦ Developing a “play based”, “project oriented” kindergarten program
◦ Providing opportunities for students to demonstrate their learning in ways that support their learning styles
◦ Offering activities and interventions that build student skills and abilities particularly in the areas of fine motor, oral language and increasing attention/time on task.
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What have we done so far this year?
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Worked directly with kindergarten teachers to align their practice with the new kindergarten handbook and increase their knowledge of the importance of a “whole child”, “play based”, “developmentally appropriate’ programming.
Continued to use the District Kindergarten steering committee comprised of principals, kindergarten teachers, MRTA executive, aboriginal support teachers, and student support services staff to guide our full day kindergarten journey.
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What have we done so far this year? (cont’d)
Developed an SD42 kindergarten/early learning website which provides comprehensive resources and links.
Worked with the district occupational therapy team to develop a physical development rubric so that teachers can more fully understand the early stages of physical development and more comprehensively program for student success.
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What have we done so far this year? (cont’d)
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Began dialogue around how to provide targeted and intensive support seamlessly into a kindergarten program in a systematic, structured and effective manner.
Began to include kindergarten and grade 1 teachers in dialogue, and discussion on how the district can support and enhance programming for early learners preschool to age 8 in SD42 to improve student success in all curricular and developmental areas.
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What have we done so far this year? (cont’d)
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2008/2009 Areas identified as most “at risk”
2009/2010 Areas identified as most “at risk”
2010/2011 Areas Identified as most “at risk”
Literacy 123/318 = 39%
Fine Motor 117/318 = 37%
Attention 111/318 = 35%
Oral Lang 107/318 = 34%
Attendance 105/318 = 33%
Fine Motor 101/302= 33%
Oral Lang 85/302 = 28%
Attendance 81/302 = 27%
Attention (circle) 80/302 =26%
Literacy (sounds) 79/302 =26%
Attendance 134/312 = 43%
Fine Motor 97/312 = 31%
Attention (circle) 93/312 = 30%
Oral Language 87/312 = 28%
Issues with peers 76/312 = 24%
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What did we learn in?The areas that teachers identified as “at risk” changed in priority over 3 years.
Although 90% of kindergarten students are now meeting the curricular expectations in literacy by the end of kindergarten, from reviewing the data on the previous slide it appears that teachers are becoming more aware of the importance of focusing on the development of the “whole” child not just the academic side.
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Analysis of what we learned from the previous chart
37 students in 2008/09, 47 students in 2009/10 and 77 students in 2010/11 who were only identified “at risk” due to being late or absent 20 days between September and May of the school year are included in row A above.
These students are removed from the data in row B to more accurately
reflect those students who are seen by their teachers to be “at risk” in a developmental/curricular area.
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K students identified “at risk” by teachers
2008/09 2009/10 2010/11
A
% of K students reported by teacher to be at risk in 1 or more areas of development
33% 31% 33%
B
% of K students reported by teacher to be at risk in 1 or more areas (excluding students who only have attendance issues)
30% 26% 25%
The percentage of students absent or late 20 or more days between October and May has increased through the three years.
90% of boys and 95% of girls are meeting the
curricular expectations in literacy by the end of kindergarten.
Boys are 5 times more at risk in the area of fine motor and 3 times more at risk in the area of attention/self regulation than girls.
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What did we learn?
positive connec-tions with peers
positive connec-tion with teacher
fine motor read-iness
oral language readiness
attends regu-larly
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
100%
Aboriginal student kindergarten data
2008 092009 102010 11
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literacy letter names
literacy be-ginning sounds
numeracy 1:1 correspondence
numeracy pat-terning
attends to story attends to teacher led activ-
ity
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Aboriginal Kindergarten Student Data
2008 09
2009 10
2010 11
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*2008/09 data not available for literacy, numeracy and attends to story due to changing the structure of the data collected
Positive increases in aboriginal student data has occurred in 7 out of 11 dimensions. In 2 areas percentages have been maintained from 2009/10. In only 2 areas have percentages dropped – literacy (letter sounds) and attendance (absent or late more than 20 times between September and May).
Although classroom teachers still identify aboriginal students, particularly boys, as being more at risk than non aboriginal students, the increases we are seeing are very positive, particularly in the areas of fine motor readiness, positive connection with the teacher and numeracy.
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What are we proud to show with this early learning data?
Kindergarten students identified at risk in one or more curricular/developmental areas has reduced from 30% to 25% over three years.
% of students at risk in the areas of numeracy and positive connection with the teacher decreased for both boys and girls. This may be due to the “hands on” focus of the kindergarten program and the longer day.
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What are we proud to show with this early learning data? (cont’d)
Anecdotal information from kindergarten teachers is indicating that the ‘play based’ kindergarten program is significantly increasing success for students, however the data that we are collecting does not seem to be reflecting this. In light of this and the focus on 21st century skills we need to revisit what data we are collecting and “count what counts”…
Need to look further into the attendance issues in particular we need to separate absences and lates.
Further analysis and discussion on whether there is a connection between absenteeism and student success.
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What have we discovered we would like to change, alter or refocus on as a result of what we have found?
Supporting Student Learning Grades 1 -
12
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Using Technology to Engage the Learner
Learning Through Inquiry
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Results from previous years demonstrate clearly that the laptop program improves writing
Students today need an increasing array of ‘21st Century’ skills that enable them to meet new challenges, solve problems, and use the tools and technology of today and tomorrow
Inquiry and challenge-based learning combine the strengths of traditional learning with new directions that engage students and extend and deepen their learning
This project was designed to build on the strengths in improving writing, the strong capacity for supporting technology integration, and increasing research on the impact of inquiry and challenge
Why did you choose this area of focus?
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Developing inquiry questions Planning Gathering and evaluating information Collaborating Reasoning Creativity and innovation Using technology tools Presenting information and ideas
21st Century Skills include:
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2009-2010 was the first year of the 21st century skills project. Since then we have further refined the program.
A large focus has been developing and trying out assessment materials for:
developing inquiry plans processes of inquiry presentations of inquiry project results
Assessment materials follow the BC Performance Standards pattern of using clearly established criteria to describe student achievement in terms of expectations (not yet meeting; meeting at minimal to moderate level; fully meeting; exceeding).
Data from Spring 2010 become our baseline and we now have the 2011 data.
What have we done so far?
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Teachers participating in the project systematically collect three types of data:◦ Written inquiry plans◦ Observation of inquiry processes students use◦ Digital presentations of inquiry results
Baseline data for written inquiry plans were collected in Fall 2009, before students were introduced to the inquiry approach and related 21st Century skills.
Data
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As indicated on the following graph, almost all inquiry projects in 2011 met at least minimal to moderate expectations (92%)
Over half (52%) showed strong achievement, fully meeting or exceeding expectations
The average score was 2.5 (on a 4-pt scale) with a standard deviation of .7
Note: Results in the following graphs are based on presentations from 211 groups including over 600 grade 6-7 students.
Student Achievement: Completed Inquiries
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Not yet meeting Meets minimum Fully Meets Exceeds0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
8%
40%42%
10%
Presenting an Inquiry: Overall Rating Spring 2011 (n=211)
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When specific components of the presentations were assessed, the highest ratings were assigned to use of technology and appropriate content/subject matter vocabulary.
Nearly 2/3 groups showed strong achievement in terms of technology use and 1/6 demonstrated excellence in this aspect.
Note: Results in the following graphs are based on presentations from 211 groups including over 600 grade 6-7 students.
Student Achievement: Component Ratings
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Overall Understanding Information Reasoning Technology Vocabulary Impact0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Presenting an Inquiry: Component Ratings Spring 2011
Not yet meetingMeets minimumFully MeetsExceeds
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As shown in the following three graphs, the quality of inquiry presentations improved substantially from 2010 to 2011:◦ More groups achieved excellence in their
presentations (10% compared to 2%)◦ More groups fully met or exceeded expectations
(52% to 22%)◦ More groups met at least minimal expectations
(92% to 78%)◦ The average rating increased substantially from
2.0 to 2.5 on a four-point scale.
Comparisons Over Time: Presentations
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In terms of specific components, groups showed the strongest improvement in “logical reasoning”, an area that many teachers targeted for special attention as scores had been relatively low in 2010.
Aspects with high scores in 2010 (vocabulary; use of technology) showed smaller increases (this is at least partly a ‘ceiling’ effect, as students had less room to improve.)
Comparisons Over Time: Presentations (cont’d)
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Not Yet MeetingMeets Minimum
Fully MeetsExceeds
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Presenting an Inquiry: Overall Ratings 2010-2011
Spring 2010Spring 2011
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Overall Understanding Information Reasoning Technology Vocabulary Impact0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Presenting an Inquiry: % Meeting/Exceeding Expectations 2010-2011
Spring 2010Spring 2011
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Teachers commented both on the strengths of their own students and strengths they saw in the inquiry projects they assessed. They frequently mentioned: Increasing range of technology skills Creativity Growth in questioning; their ability to pick/shape
a topic that interests them Collaboration Ability to focus and work within a timeframe to
complete a project with relative independence
What are we proud to show with this data?
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Understanding more about citing information sources, putting information into your own words, evaluating sources
Commitment and sense of empowerment about making a difference in their communities and world
Presentation skills Confidence Engagement and ability/willingness to use
feedback Beginning to see multiple perspectives
Teacher Feedback: Student Strengths
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“I think that we are taking away some of the trauma and drama associated with trying to spell or write or do anything as fast as anybody else. Also it gives students an opportunity to present their work in various mediums: essay, PowerPoint, webpage, video, etc. I think it's great to see them overcome technological obstacles and feel proud of learning new and innovative techniques. I think they also find it great to be able to do things in a setting they admire.”
2011 SD42 Teacher Comment
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Almost all students were able to engage effectively in a collaborative inquiry about a question they chose. They demonstrated at least minimum expectations for the set of skills and processes related to “21st Century Learning” through planning, executing, and presenting their inquiries.
In Year 2 of the inquiry-based program, an increasing number of students showed strong achievement by fully meeting or exceeding expectations for inquiry.
Conclusions
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The project has also demonstrated that inquiry-based learning can flourish in a wide variety of contexts and with diverse groups of students. All students in the grade 6—8 project classrooms participate in this program, which in other times or places, might have been restricted to ‘enrichment’ for high achieving students.
This project continues to demonstrate the strong commitment and capability of SD42 teachers to engage sophisticated and complex forms of teaching and learning. The project teachers are a real and powerful learning community.
Conclusions (cont’d)
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Increased support for teachers around some aspects of planning and executing the project
Increased opportunities for teachers to share strategies, issues, and samples of student work
Refined scoring and assessment processes Fine tune timelines for pre-plans, post plans
and project due dates.
What have you discovered you would like to change, alter or refocus on as a result of what you have found?
June 30, 2011
LiteracyA Focus on Disaggregating the Data to Identify Cohorts Needing Intervention
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Literacy is a key area of competency that students must have in order to be successful after leaving our public school system
Too many of our students are “Minimally Meeting” and need to be guided into “Fully Meeting.”
We have an issue with our Literacy collection tool that we would like to revisit and revise
We feel and believe we are making progress in this area through different forms of 21st century literacy etc. but our Literacy results using the DART and the RAD tools are not supporting that
We have shown that will targeted intervention that is Literacy specific that we can impact student success so we would like to build on that
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LiteracyWhy did we choose this area of focus?
June 30, 2011 46
Primary Elementary LiteracyWhat have we done so far?Reading Levels (PM Benchmarks: Comprehensive Reading Assessment Resources for early primary students)
Data collected for the 2010-2011 Achievement Contract, indicated an decrease in our student’s performance with regards to early literacy. This change may be be due the increase in the sample size. We are also actively exploring why so many more grade 1 females are at risk.
We now have 5 years of trend data that allows us to better target intervention strategies like our Reading Racers summer program.
06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 Grade 1 (Below 7 Reading)
13%
n=778
53 male 45 female
6 aboriginal
10.0% n=771
58 male 19 female
17 aboriginal
11%
n=838
70 male 24 female
10 aboriginal
10%
n=825
54 male 32 female
17 aboriginal
15%
n=918
79 male 62 female
16 aboriginal
Grade 2 (Below 17 Reading)
8%
n=775
38 male 22 female
9 aboriginal
9.0% n=832
49 male 25 female
3 aboriginal
11%
n=813
58 male 34 female
21 aboriginal
11%
n=884
60 male 40 female
11 aboriginal
14%
n=901
71 male 52 female
21 aboriginal
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Reading Racer Summer Program Early literacy intervention is a strong focus for our school
district. Our elementary schools have established processes for monitoring the progress of our primary students and providing extra support for those who are struggling. This said, we still have students who require more assistance and who tend to lose literacy skills over the summer months. In order to address these issues, we have developed a highly successful summer literacy program for our Grade One students who are emergent readers.
Our two main goals are:◦ to increase students’ reading skills ◦ to boost their self-esteem, self-efficacy and motivation
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Primary Elementary LiteracyWhat have we done so far? (cont’d)
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Current Grade Average growth in reading levels over the summer
Average growth in reading levels from July to December
2 4.73 (9x’s school growth) 1.47 (0.37/ month)
Reading Racer December Data
2010 Summer Data
Primary Elementary Literacy
2010 summer data:45 students participated in the Grade One English program51% of the students were boys and 49% were girls
Improvement in Grade One Student Reading Levels: - average gain of over 4 levels per student (9x their rate of progress over the previous 10 months in Grade
One).
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What did we learn?In our schools we are continuing to use literacy data boards to track our students’ progress and to ensure that people resources are assigned appropriately.
As a means of meeting some of our most at risk grade one students, we offer selected students the opportunity to attend 16 days of summer school with a focus on literacy.
We know that early intervention will be our key success story as we prepare students to move into Intermediate grades and High School. Early primary is the place to really target Literacy success.
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Literacy Focus After Early PrimaryWhat have we done so far? Worked with schools to create attainable objectives included in
their School Growth Plans which address at risk students.
Professional Development focus for all teachers on meeting the needs for all students including SmartLearning workshops, learning rounds and make and takes focusing on oral language skills.
In 2010/11, we have teachers leaders from every secondary school, actively engaged in literacy with a district facilitator.
NB: The district is currently embarking on a review of our data collection process and consequently has reduced the scope of reported information.
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LiteracyWhat have we done so far?
• Bookfest included over 700 students from both elementary and secondary schools.
• Continued Reading Racer summer school program for at risk Grade 1 students in literacy.
• District mark of the grade 3 and 6 DART along with the grade 8 RAD to examine the validity of our data (see supporting documents).
• Continued collaboration with the public library to provide comprehensive programming for children in the community.
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LiteracyWhat have we done so far? (cont’d)
• The district saw an expansion of grade-wide, teacher-collaborative projects, in which explicit literacy instruction is embedded within course content.
• Every secondary school participated in a Fall and Spring reading assessment (RAD) for all grade eight students. Literacy skills were formatively assessed in the Fall, as school teams met and set goals. In turn, a district coding session was held in the spring for the summative assessment.
• Every elementary school participated in a Spring reading assessment (DART) for all grade Three and Six students. A district coding session was held in the spring for the summative assessment.
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As a district we have been collecting DART and RAD data since June 2006. We are seeing a flat line of student success even with many Literacy focused initiatives
The grade Three, Six and Eight results have been consistent, with a
slightly lower number of students meeting expectations at their level.
The concern is the significant % of students who fall within the Minimally Meeting (MM) category.
A greater emphasis should be placed on the skills required for non-fiction reading/reading for information.
Our DART results this year are similar to those of previous years. Teachers who marked the DART felt that the four point rating scale was challenging.
LiteracyWhat did we learn?
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Grade 3 DART 2010 - 2011
Exceeding
Expectations Meeting Expectations Minimally Meeting Not Yet MeetingTotal Student n=845 3% 43% 45% 9%Males n=470 4% 39% 47% 10%Females n=375 2% 47% 44% 7%Aboriginal n=55 5% 35% 56% 4%
Exceeding Expectations Meeting Expectations Minimally Meeting Not Yet Meeting0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Total Student n=845Males n=470Females n=375Aboriginal n=55
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Grade 6 DART 2010 - 2011
Exceeding
Expectations Meeting Expectations Minimally Meeting Not Yet MeetingTotal Student n=968 5% 32% 54% 9%Males n=468 3% 27% 57% 13%Females n=500 6% 36% 52% 6%Aboriginal n=73 5% 21% 53% 21%
Exceeding Expectations Meeting Expectations Minimally Meeting Not Yet Meeting0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Total Student n=968Males n=468Females n=500Aboriginal n=73
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Exceeding Expecta-tions
Meeting Expectations Minimally Meeting Not Yet Meeting0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Grade 8 RAD (2010 - 2011)
Through district support, some literacy teacher leaders have developed vast literacy experience, a great depth of knowledge, and strong capacity.
Anecdotally, we see noticeable improvements; however, over the years, a deeper understanding of the Performance Standards has resulted in raised expectations for student performance.◦ “Not everything that can be counted counts, and
not everything that counts can be counted.” - Albert Einstein
Some schools have demonstrated great improvements.
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What are we proud to show with this data?
RAD and DART is an isolated event and, as a result, it is often not seen as a priority by schools.
We would like to increase the engagement levels of all teachers to help them better understand the expectation of the student.
We would like to further support teachers to better understand the intent of Performance Standards.
The scoring range within the minimally meeting expectation is wide and as a result many students land in this scale.
Supporting literacy and quality teacher training and in-service will impact the results. This along with a review of the collection tool and a possible shift to a focus on writing using performance standards should see some improvements over the next several years.
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What have we discovered we would like to change, alter or refocus on as a result of what we have found?
Aboriginal Student Improvement
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A focus on academic support has not resulted in improved graduation rates for Aboriginal students.
SD42 Six Year Resident Completion Rate (%) as compared to Aboriginal Student completion rate (%)
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Why did we choose this area of focus?
Year All Students Aboriginal Students2005/06 78 612006/07 81 632007/08 82 642008/09 84 592009/10 84 63
Our Aboriginal students are doing fine if they reach grade 12 based on the Eligible to Grad rate (therefore, a key focus needs to be on getting them to grade 12).
SD42 Eligible to Grad Rate (%)
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Why did we choose this area of focus? (cont’d)
Year All Students Aboriginal Students2005/06 94 912006/07 93 952007/08 95 922008/09 94 932009/10 96 94
Revisions to our existing Enhancement Agreement were necessary as the past two agreements focused only on academic outcomes with limited success.
A need to focus on graduation rate improvement at an earlier level (grade 6 to 9) as our grade 12s are doing fine.
A need to address student and family connectedness to our schools and school district.
A need to address students’ school to life transitions.
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Why did we choose this area of focus? (cont’d)
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A concerted effort to increase the involvement and engagement of the entire aboriginal community as 96% are living off reserve across the entire Maple Ridge – Pitt Meadows community.
A need for greater knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal students’ culture, history and learning needs by our district and department staff.
A need to recognize our large Metis population.
Why did we choose this area of focus? (cont’d)
Signed and implemented our 3rd Aboriginal Enhancement Agreement with the added goal “To improve Aboriginal students’ sense of belonging”.
Focused on objectives beyond academic achievement to improve students’ sense of belonging through a better understanding of aboriginal history and culture by all.
Signed a revised and renewed Local Education Agreement between Katzie First Nation and SD 42 with an increased focus on collaborative planning and programming for Katzie student success.
Added (in September, 2010) a secondary Aboriginal Resource teacher to the Aboriginal Education Department to focus on grade 6 to 9 transitions and school to life transitions.
Added (in May, 2011) a second Aboriginal Child Care Worker to the Aboriginal Education Department to add to our focus on holistic student support, particularly at the grade 6 to 9 levels.
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What have we done so far this year?
Continued to add to our community network of cultural presenters with a greater focus on Metis culture and knowledge due to the large number of Metis families in our community and recommendations from our Advisory.
Coordinated department professional development to build capacity (i.e. Metis beading workshop, moccasin making, medicine wheels, etc.)
Coordinated Professional Development for the District Student Support Services staff at the Katzie Band office and delivered by Katzie Chief, Council and Elders.
Hosted the 1st Aboriginal Education Community Forum with over 100 members representing our Aboriginal Community to establish a concerted community effort to improve Aboriginal students success and explore specific ways and means of achieving that goal.
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What have we done so far this year? (cont’d)
Our aboriginal student numbers continue to increase with more and more families self-identifying their aboriginal ancestry. These numbers continue to rise while the enrollment in the district overall continues to decline
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What did we learn?
Year Aboriginal Population2006 – 2007 (Sept.) 9352007 – 2008 (Sept.) 9552008 – 2009 (Sept.) 9882009 – 2010 (Sept.) 10152010 – 2011 (Sept.) 10092010 – 2011 (Feb.) 1050
The entire aboriginal community working with the entire school community is necessary to improve Aboriginal student success.
The 3rd Enhancement Agreement developed through the Aboriginal Advisory states a need for both academic goals as well and school connection goals through cultural awareness.
The 3rd Enhancement Agreement has meaning if it is given a voice and a plan.
The 1st Aboriginal Education Community Forum has given it both!
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What did we learn? (cont’d)
The voice of the Aboriginal community tells us (based on info from the forum):◦ community involvement is a high priority◦ connections within the community and
connections between family and school are important and we should continue to build and nurture these connections.
◦ mentors are also a high priority for our students in learning and achieving success.
◦ a variety of learning strategies are necessary including differentiation, hands-on, technology and choice.
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What did we learn? (cont’d)
A continued increase in Aboriginal student numbers over the past 5 years, from 936 in September, 2006 to 1050 in February, 2011.
An increased presence of aboriginal culture in our schools through student and project based experiential learning opportunities (e.g. 10 schools carving their own 14’ welcome pole, medicine wheels in most schools, school button blankets in all 7 secondary schools, etc.).
An increased demand for Aboriginal cultural content, information and presentations compatible with and in conjunction with relevant curricular content.
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What are we proud to show with this data?
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Over 100 representatives from across the entire Aboriginal Community attended the 1st Aboriginal Education Forum in February, 2011 and, along with our 3rd Enhancement Agreement, have given us a common direction for the future.
Led by our Aboriginal Education Department, over 600 students, family members, and school district staff gathered together to celebrate the success of our grade 8 through 12 Aboriginal youth. This was the 4th Annual Aboriginal Achievement Awards hosted within School District #42.
What are we proud to show with this data? (cont’d)
Maintain and continue to build upon what we have been doing well.
Improve graduation rates. Improve successful school to life transition. Improve grade to grade transition rates. Continue to work collaboratively with all of our
partners in learning to achieve the goals of the Enhancement Agreement concurrently with the goals of the Achievement Contract.
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What have we discovered we would like to change, alter or refocus on as a result of what we have found?
SECONDARY EDUCATION‣ Grad Rates‣ Grade to Grade Transition Rates‣ Improving Students Learning for Students with Learning Disabilities and Behaviour Challenges
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Our graduation rates and our grade to grade transitions were not to the standard we would expect. Given our fundamental belief and mandate to support all learners for life beyond secondary school, we endeavor to provide every opportunity we can for all students. In following this we enroll many students (in the age range of 16 to 18) who have little or no chance to graduate after 6 years. Considering this fact, we expect that our 6 year resident graduation rate percentage should range between 83 and 90%.
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Improving Grad Rates and Grade to Grade transitionWhy did we choose this area of focus?
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With respect to grade to grade transition, our grade 10 and 11 percentages should be more in range with the numbers we see from grade 9 to 10. We would expect all of our grade to grade transition percentages to vary from 97% in the early secondary grades and approaching 90% at the grade 11 level.
Data allows for more meaningful conversations between teachers across the District. We are encouraging teachers to engage in conversations about student learning and having data (we provide them with course by course completion data) to guide the conversation helps.
Improving Grad Rates and Grade to Grade transitionWhy did we choose this area of focus? (cont’d)
We have declared 6 year grad rate improvements as one of our top priorities, and as such, this becomes an agenda item at every Principals meeting.
We have established interventions at each school to deal with every student who demonstrates a need.
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What have we done so far?
Provided educational choice for students allowing them to engage in meaningful learning. Our Trade programs, Partnership programs, and Academies would be examples of these innovations.
We have begun to track students at each of our secondary schools with respect to success rates (students scoring above 50% as their school based mark) by course.
This school based mark information is shared throughout the district and part of agenda meetings at each school.
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What have we done so far? (cont’d)
Rate (%) 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10All Students 78 81 82 84 84 Female 82 87 87 85 87 Male 74 75 77 82 80Aboriginal (included in figures above)
61 63 64 59 63
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What did we learn about our grad rates?The following chart indicates our progress with respect to the six year graduation rate. As noted, improvements are indicated each year in many important areas. This data also allows us to specifically target areas where we are not improving. These numbers are for residents only as per ministry information.
Count of Successful Students 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10All Students 877 846 938 1032 1055 Female 454 438 484 502 557 Male 423 408 454 530 498Aboriginal (included in figures above)
50 59 65 58 76
Across this District, based on the increasing percentage of resident 6 year graduates, the initiatives we have implemented are working.
The improving success rate of our students in our core academic subjects, grades 8 through 10 is encouraging.
The more we emphasize engaging all learners in the classroom, the better our results.
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What did we learn about our grad rates?
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◦ Our results are improving as seen in the following grade to grade transition chart.
◦ When you place a focus on grade to grade transition, allow for discussion, and show school by school data, the level of importance improves, resulting in a strategic focus on improvement for students.
◦ The improvements in grade 10 and 11 are representative of the work being done across our district, particularly by our teacher leaders who have accepted the importance and value of classroom instruction and assessment.
What did we learn about our Grade to Grade Transition
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We are achieving better results in both grad rates and grade to grade transitions.
More students are graduating and achieving success throughout their education.
We have built some momentum and now can look to other initiatives that will further improve our results.
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What are we proud to show with this data?
The percentage of resident males graduating after 6 years requires further investigation.◦ While we have implemented programs of choice, the
academic requirements seems to lag behind. We need to conduct a closer and more intense
analysis of our data as the cohorts of students increases and transitions through our system.
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What have we discovered we would like to change, alter or refocus on as a result of what we have found?
Improving Student Learning for students
with Learning Disabilities
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District graduation rates for students with learning disabilities declined 8% from 2004-2005 to 2007-2008.
Graduation rates for students with learning disabilities from across Canada are still extremely low (approx 23% nationally 5 year and 59% provincially 6 year) and places this demographic at high risk for school failure.
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Why did we choose this area of focus?
Secondary schools were provided with .5 targeted staffing and 32 days of TOC release time to assist schools in creating effective supports for students with Learning Disabilities.
◦ Administrators and teachers were able to share successes and challenges in using this time to support best practice and increase student success in their schools
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Secondary School FocusWhat have we done so far this year?
Increase Use of Assistive Technology District Wide: Student Support Services (SSS) was able to issue another 30 laptops
to students with a designated Learning Disability.
SSS facilitators offered teacher training assistive technology at professional development days and to school staff.
Created a district wide text to speech server (Kurzweil) and supported training in Accessible Resource Centre – British Columbia (ARC-BC)
District was selected as pilot for the Lexia program offering a computer based support to support reading instruction based on the Orton Gillingham Method. The pilot consisted of 1 secondary and three elementary schools.
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What have we done so far this year? (cont’d)
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Quantitative: LD Six Year Graduation Rate for Dogwood
2003-2009 – Showing an improvement from the last 3 years.
Qualitative: Anecdotal comments taken from district
interviews of secondary school students with a learning disability. Indicating: Strategies, Challenges and Support Systems
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Student Learning Data that we used:
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LD Graduation Rate2004-2010
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6 year District Graduation rates for students with learning disabilities has held with just a decrease of one percentage point. Affirming that last year’s increase was not an anomaly. This continues to be above provincial averages for LD students
That in-service, staffing and tools being put into place are resulting in positive results for students and are in-line with feedback retained from students regarding the importance of teachers and access to technology in helping them to succeed in their core subjects
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What are we proud to show with this data?
As expressed last year we have been able to sustain our increase and we hope by continuing to fine tune LD initiatives in place we will find we continue to maintain or increase our LD graduation rates
From our student data we want to continue to target the majority of our efforts on working with teachers and assistive technology
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What have we discovered we would like to change, alter or refocus on as a result of what we have found?
Improving Student Learning for students with Behaviour
Challenges
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Six year district graduation rates for students with Behavioural Disabilities declined slightly in 2007/08 to 35%.
While the grad rates for students with a behavioural disability was still higher in SD42 than compared to the provincial average, the results are far lower than the average 6 year graduation rate as compared to the general student population indicating that this remains to be our most at-risk student demographic.
A continued focus on effective interventions are needed if we are to see an increase of success for this population.
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Why did we choose this area of focus?
Capacity Building SSS staff have worked with elementary and secondary
schools to build capacity while supporting them in writing and implementing positive behaviour support plans.
Secondary behaviour teachers have been released to meet, network and discuss best practice for meeting the needs of students with behaviour challenges.
Schools received .5 targeted funding and 32 days TOC release time to assist school based initiatives to support students with behavioural challenges and encourage best practice.
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What have we done so far?
Supporting District Implementation of School-Wide Positive Discipline Models. SSS has worked with two more elementary schools to support
the implementation of School-Wide Positive Discipline Models and has begun work with one secondary school to implement PBS in one area of school programming
SSS school psychologists provided secondary schools counselors with a School Refusal Protocol to put in place as a universal support for non-attenders
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What have we done so far? (cont’d)
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Behavioural Disabilities: Six Year
Graduation Rate2004-2010
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We were very excited to see the significant increase in the six year graduation rate for students with challenging behaviours. We had an 11% increase to 49% which is also significantly above the provincial graduation rate of 36%
This may be a result of the district focus on educational options and choice for students with behavioural difficulties, targeted staffing at the secondary level and development and in-service of positive behavioural supports at both an individual, classroom and school level together with a district wide emphasis on student engagement
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What are we proud to show with this data?
Continue to focus on supporting schools with individual, classroom and school wide positive behaviour support planning
Strengthen capacity of school based teams to provide first level interventions for behaviour
Increase educational options such as the introduction of a Day Treatment Program to support students with mental health issues
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What have we discovered we would like to change, alter or refocus on as a result of what we have found?
ACHIEVEMENT CONTRACT SCHOOL DISTRICT #42
MAPLE RIDGE / PITT MEADOWSSummary
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Although there are many more areas of focus being addressed in SD42, we have chosen to focus on a few areas that we have determined to be extremely important at this time. We continue to monitor and intervene on numeracy skills and have also set a pathway to determine along with literacy and numeracy, which skills will be most important for student success as they enter a world very different from the one in the past.
Summary
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We are committed to a “students first” vision which will determine the areas of focus for the future. There is a commitment to excellence in this district that allows students who attend school here to benefit from that commitment.
We are proud of our students and proud of our staff whether they work directly with students or behind the scenes to allow us all to offer our best. Thank you to all who participated in bringing our achievement contract to life.
Summary (cont’d)
The District Achievement Contract was approved by the Board of Education at its public meeting on June 28, 2011 Board Meeting.
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Board of Education Approval