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Community Engagement
Future-Ready Community Partnerships
Future-ReadyCommunity Partnerships
• Key Strengths
– Technology– Academic Improvements– STEM (Science Technology Engineering Math)– Community Partnerships– Global Learning Center
Future-ReadyCommunity Partnerships
Technology
• Smart Boards• Wireless Systems• One-to-One Plans• i3D Project• Distance Learning
Future-ReadyCommunity Partnerships
Academic Improvements• AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination)
– Academic support program in grades 6-12 that prepares students for college eligibility and success
– Teaches study and organizational skills– Provides students with visits to colleges, universities, and community colleges– Bases on hard work and individual responsibility
• Results– Approximately 200 students enrolled in AVID at the 6-12 grade levels– Last year 96 additional eighth graders took Algebra I, 88 achieved Levels 3 or 4 on the
EOC– Higher Grades and fewer disciplinary issues
Future-ReadyCommunity Partnerships
Academic Improvements• Responsiveness to Instruction (RTI)• Individualized instruction for elementary students • Based upon timely reading and math assessments collected on palm pilots• Enrichment and interventions provided based upon data• Students receive instruction at appropriate level in a more timely manner
• Results• All elementary schools implemented in 2008• Curriculum coaches support teachers with research based strategies• Ensures individualized instruction• Supported academic gains in 2009
• Achievement Results
6
ABC Results
% o
f Sch
ools
Mak
ing
Gro
wth
School Year 2008-09
7
AYP Results
% o
f Sch
ools
Mee
ting
AYP
SAT Average(excluding writing)
8
Indicates Improvement
Aver
age
SAT
Scor
e
9
Cohort Graduation Rate
% o
f Stu
dent
s G
radu
ating Indicates
Improvement
10
Dropout Rate
% o
f Dro
pout
s G
rade
s 9-
12 Indicates Improvement
Future-ReadyCommunity Partnerships
STEM (Science Technology Engineering Math)• Promotes a rigorous curriculum for students in emerging professional fields• Teaches critical thinking skills necessary for post-secondary success • Places Lee County at the forefront of the emerging STEM field• Provides our graduates with a competitive advantage
• Results• Initiated pilot program at East Lee in 2008 (All 6th graders took STEM last year)• Expanded to all students at East Lee in 2009• Expanded program to SanLee and West Lee for 2009• Program will expand to Southern Lee in Winter 2010 • Set the foundation for the partnership with Paxton-Patterson
Future-ReadyCommunity Partnerships
Future Ready Community Partnerships• Lee Early College• Construction of a “Green” home in partnership with CCCC• Confucius classroom with CCCC• E-Lee Academy
• Results• A Pre-K-14 approach• Education as economic development• Innovative and cutting edge student opportunities
Future-ReadyCommunity Partnerships
Global Learning Center• Paxton-Patterson’s only Global Learning Center • Leverages Lee County as a state and national leader in STEM education• Provides Lee County students with unique equipment, labs, and education
• Results• Yearly, 200 educators from around the country will visit Lee County • Community economic impact of $500,000• Provides foundation for future expansion of STEM and community economic
development
Future-ReadyCommunity Partnerships
So What?How can we work together to build a Future-Ready
Community?