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Table of Contents

Narrative ……………………………………………………………………….…………… 2-7

School Description ……………………………………………………………. 2-3

Mission Statement ………………………………………………. 2

Introduction ………………………………………………………. 2

School Program …………………………………….……………. 2-3

School Performance ……………………………………………………….…. 3-7

Performance and Progress ……………………………..………. 3

Lessons Learned and Actions Taken …………………..………. 3-4

Goals and Academic Achievement Expectations ………….…. 5-6

Unique Accomplishments ……………………………..…......…. 7

List of Donors ……………………………..…………………….... 7

Data Report ……………………………………………..……………………….………… 8-9

Appendices ……………………………………………..……………………….…….… 10-16

Staff Roster ………………………………………………………………...…. 10-11

Teacher and Staff Qualifications ………………………………… 11

Board Roster ……………………………………………………….……….... 12

Use of At-Risk Funding ……..…………………………………….………... 13

Unaudited Year-End 2016-17 Financial Statement ……..…...….... 14

Statement of Financial Position – Unaudited ……….……….... 14

Statement of Activities – Unaudited ……………...................... 15

Statement of Functional Expenses – Unaudited …………….... 16

Approved 2017-18 Budget ……………………………………………...…... 17

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Narrative SCHOOL DESCRIPTION

Mission Statement

The mission of The Goodwill Excel Center is to transform adult lives through the power of achieving a high school diploma and accessing post- secondary education and careers in growing and sustainable local industries.

Introduction

The Excel Center offers high quality, tuition-free high school education for under-credited adults in the District of Columbia. What separates The Goodwill Excel Center from other public charter high schools is that students can earn a high school diploma and industry recognized certifications rather than a General Educational Development (GED) diploma. In addition to the academic curriculum, The Goodwill Excel Center provides a free, on-site, child development center managed by the YMCA for children of enrolled students, transportation assistance, and academic and life coaching. The school accomplishes all this while emphasizing a school-work-life balance through flexible schedules and the opportunity to enroll in one of five different terms throughout the year.

School Program

In the District of Columbia, over 60,000 residents lack a high school credential, and yet by 2020 nearly 75 percent of all jobs in the city will require education beyond a high school diploma. Low education attainment coupled with poor literacy and numeracy skills contribute to poverty, and are ingredients for homelessness, unemployment, underemployment, high crime levels, and poor general health. Residents without a high school diploma are more likely to come from families where poor education attainment is a generational norm, creating a cycle of poverty that continues to stifle economic mobility, and socioeconomic advancement. District residents from low-income communities need schools that respond in a holistic manner to help residents overcome obstacles that kept them from earning their high school diploma and to obtain the skills needed to compete in the twenty first century economy. To respond to the needs of adult residents, Goodwill of Greater Washington founded the Goodwill Excel Center, the District’s first diploma granting adult charter high school intended to serve residents who previously dropped out of school. The school’s education plan has three main pillars: (1) an academic philosophy and curriculum that meets the goals and needs of adult students “where they are” with flexible class schedules and individualized graduation plans; (2) a concentrated focus on College and Career Readiness with students taking industry specific classes that lead to market valuable credentials, and; (3) a coaching platform designed to address barriers that

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impede students educational success and facilitate relationships to help student’s manage work, life and family concerns as they achieve their educational goals. The school seeks to eliminate as many external barriers to learning as possible by providing needed supports like a child development center on-site, transportation assistance, and an Academic Success Coach for each student. In its first year, the Goodwill Excel Center enrolled 382 District residents, and graduated 15 students.

SCHOOL PERFORMANCE

Performance and Progress

• Core Curriculum Design and Instructional Approach:

Students begin their educational journey at the Goodwill Excel Center after attending a mandatory iExcel Orientation at which students take an assessment to determine high school readiness for mathematics and reading skills. Students who are not high school ready, are enrolled into a mathematics lab and/or a reading foundations class. During this stage, staff begin to review transcripts on each student to determine the number of remaining credits needed to satisfy graduation requirements mandated by the District of Columbia. Through the assessments and transcript analysis, staff work with students to track a path to graduation that meets students where they are while also taking into account other demands adult students balance like work and family. Students who are placed into mathematics, and/or reading foundation lab classes are required to take both courses until they are assessed to be ready for high school coursework. Once students’ demonstrate high school readiness, students’ progress through a Common Core aligned, high school curriculum. Goodwill Excel Center students fulfill both social studies, and high school English credits through embarking on a series of progressive humanities courses, and satisfy high school mathematics and science courses through progressive courses that reflect 21st century expectations around for science, technology and mathematics. In order to receive high school credit for coursework and to move forward to the next course in the Goodwill Excel Center’s course progression, students demonstrate mastery of learning standards through end of course assessments at the end of each term. Goodwill Excel Center students take online courses to satisfy music, art appreciation, and world language requirements.

• Post Core Bridge Curriculum Design and Instructional Approach:

The Goodwill Excel Center’s goal is for graduates to earn both a high school diploma and an industry-recognized credential. Once students complete the core academic program, which includes humanities, science, mathematics, world language, music and art appreciation courses, students move into the “bridge” course and “curriculum” courses of the Goodwill Excel Center. At this stage, students prepare for “what’s next” which for some is a career, college, or potentially both. All students are enrolled in, and are required to pass, Introduction to Senior Seminar, in which students take both personality and professional assessments, and come to understand the rigors, and

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expectations of post-secondary success in the District of Columbia and its surrounding areas. The Goodwill Excel Center requires that before venturing into either a college or a career track, all students enroll in an ACT preparation class and take the ACT. Additionally, all students are required to take a Microsoft Officer Certification preparation course. The Goodwill Excel Center is working to allow students to take full advantage of Goodwill of Greater Washington’s workforce development credential bearing training classes. Students from the Goodwill Excel Center will have the option to take GGW’s current workforce development programs, including programs in hospitality, security and protective services, the energy, utilities and skill trades, and in the future health care.

• Student Support Services:

The Goodwill Excel Center provides comprehensive wrap around services for all of its students. Each student at the Goodwill Excel Center is assigned an Academic Success Coach to help identify, navigate, and remove barriers to academic success. The services of the Academic Success Coaches span mental health intervention, referral, and counseling, substance abuse identification, referral, and counseling, childcare support, transportation subsidy distribution, homeless counseling, and housing referrals. As students receive support from their Academic Success Coach’s, students also meet with the manager of operations, admissions, and enrollment to identify their customized path toward graduation. Students remain on the caseloads of an Academic Success Coach until they complete their core curriculum program. As students approach the post-core bridge course work students transition onto a Post-Secondary Success coaches’ caseload. The role of the Post-Secondary Success Coach is to help students chart their post-secondary success by goal setting and career planning for life after graduation from the Goodwill Excel Center. The Post-Secondary Success Coach also supports students with leveraging personality and career inventories to determine suitable career goals. Moreover, the Post-Secondary Success coach works to facilitate job placement, and college entrance for students interested in either or both pathways.

• Special Education and Specialized Instruction:

All students have access to a rigorous specialized instructional program that supports inclusionary practices, which meet the needs of all students with exceptionalities in order to promote personal success in school, work and life. Support for students under the age of 22 with special education needs is provided through the composition of Individual Education Plans (IEP). Students who do not qualify for an IEP and are age 23 and over may potentially qualify for a 504 plan.

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The Goodwill Excel Center PCS – Goals and Academic Achievement Expectations

Met / Not Met Progress Toward Goals

Achievement The annual percent of Goodwill Excel PCS students scoring 3 or above on the state high school PARCC assessment for English Language Arts will be no more than three points below the percent of overage, under-credited charter sector students who score 3 or above on the state high school PARCC assessment for English Language Arts.

N/A

This goal cannot be calculated because the number of students participating in the state high school PARCC assessment for English Language Arts was less than the minimum n size of 10.

Achievement The annual percent of Goodwill Excel PCS students scoring 4 or above on the state high school PARCC assessment for English Language Arts will be no more than three points below the percent of overage, under-credited charter sector students who score 4 or above on the state high school PARCC assessment for English Language Arts.

N/A

This goal cannot be calculated because the number of students participating in the state high school PARCC assessment for English Language Arts was less than the minimum n size of 10.

Achievement The annual percent of Goodwill Excel PCS students scoring 3 or above on the state’s high school assessment for math will be no more than three points below the percent of overage, under-credited charter sector students who score 3 or above on the state high school PARCC assessment for math.

N/A

This goal cannot be calculated because the number of students participating in the state high school PARCC assessment for Math was less than the minimum n size of 10.

Achievement The annual percent of Goodwill Excel PCS students scoring 4 or above on the state’s high school assessment for math will no more than three points below the percent of overage, under-credited charter sector students who score 4 or above on the state high school PARCC assessment for math.

N/A

This goal cannot be calculated because the number of students participating in the state high school PARCC assessment for Math was less than the minimum n size of 10.

Progress Earning Course Credit - an average of at least 65% of students will earn at least one credit in one of the first four program years, and the average will not fall below 55% in any of the first four program years.

Met 58.1% of students earned at least one course credit.

Progress Reading Progress – an average of at least 65% of students enrolled in Read 180 will reach their reading growth goals, as indicated by the publisher’s guidelines in one of the first four program years, and the average will not fall below 50% in any of the first four program years. Requires at least 50% of the students enrolled in Read 180 to have pre- and post-tests.

Not Met

In GEC’s first year of operation, less than 50% of students enrolled in reading intervention programming completed pre- and post-tests. Moving forward in the school’s second year, tracking of pre and post tests will be improved to ensure 70% of participating students complete both pre- and post-tests to adequately report on reading progress.

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Progress Math Progress - An average of at least 75% of students enrolled in the math intervention programming will reach their mathematic growth goals for the term, following the publisher’s guidelines as indicated by the iReady assessment, in one of the first four academic years, and the annual average of students reaching their math growth goals for the term will not fall below a 50% in any of the first four academic years: Requires at least 50% of the students enrolled in math intervention programming to have pre- and post-tests

Not Met

In GEC’s first year of operation, less than 50% of students enrolled in math intervention programming completed pre- and post-tests. Moving forward in the school’s second year, tracking of pre and post tests will be improved to ensure 70% of participating students complete both pre- and post-tests to adequately report on math progress.

College and Career Readiness Credentials by the end of program year - By the end of academic school year 2016-17, 60% of the students who have graduated that academic year will have earned at least 3 college credits (through at least one three-credit college level class) or an industry recognized credential during the program year.

Met 93.3% of SY 16-17 graduates earned 3 college credits or an industry recognized certificate.

Gateway Indicator Graduation – For at least one of the three program years starting in academic year 2017-18, at least 25% of verified enrolled students will graduate by the end of the academic year, and the percent of students who graduate by the end of the academic year will not fall below 10% in any of those three years.

N/A

In SY 16-17, GEC did not have a goal for any students to graduate. Despite not expecting any graduates, 15 students completed all graduation requirements and graduated in July, 2017.

College and Career Readiness Postsecondary readiness - By the end of at least one of the first four school years, at least 65% of graduates will enroll in college or be employed within 6 months of graduation, as indicated by follow-up surveys with at least a 50% response rate, and at least 50% of graduates annually will enroll in college or be employed within 6 months of graduation, as indicated by follow-up surveys with at least a 50% response.

N/A

For SY 2016-17 graduates, this goal cannot be measured and reported until January, 2018.

Leading Indicators Attendance - The annual in-seat attendance rate will be 60%.

Not Met The in-seat attendance rate for the first year of operation was 48%.

Leading indicators Cumulative Audited Enrollment - The school’s annual cumulative audited enrollment rate will not go below 70%.

Met The cumulative audited enrollment rate in SY 16-17 was 85.8%.

Leading indicators Reenrollment - During the school year, the average re-enrollment from term to term is 75%, excluding the students who have graduated.

Met The average term to term enrollment rate for SY 16-17 was 78.8%.

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Unique Accomplishments

The Goodwill Excel Center celebrated many “firsts” and unique accomplishments in its first year of operation.

• On June 20, 2016, the Goodwill Excel Center’s charter agreement was signed and fully executed with the DC Public Charter School Board.

• In July, 2017, construction of a 23,000 square foot facility in the heart of downtown Washington D.C. was completed at 1776 G Street, NW, just two blocks from the White House.

• After five months of extensive marketing and recruitment efforts throughout the District of Columbia, the Goodwill Excel Center celebrated its first day of school on August 22, 2016.

• Over 3,400 applications were collected from residents interested in returning to high

school to obtain their high school diploma in the first year. The school exceeded its annual enrollment goal of 325 by 57 individuals with 382 students enrolled.

• The Goodwill Excel Center opened a fully licensed Child Development Center in the school, managed by the YMCA of the National Capital Region, to serve children of students enrolled in the school. At any given time, twenty-five children are able to take advantage of childcare services at no cost to the student.

• In November, 2016 the school received a $325,000 grant from the Walton Family Foundation in support of start-up operations for the school.

• In December, 2016 the school received a $35,000 grant from Capital One in support of hiring an additional reading teacher to support students testing at the lowest literacy levels.

• While there was no expectation for any graduates in the first year of operation, 15 students graduated in a special celebration held at the Newseum on July 21, 2017.

List of Donors

1. Anonymous Donor: $2,000 2. Walton Family Foundation: $325,000 3. Capital One 4. SunTrust 5. Gladys Lisanby

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Data Report

SY 2016-17 Annual Report Campus Data Report LEA Name: Goodwill Excel Center PCS

Campus Name: Goodwill Excel Center PCS

Grades served: 9 - 12 Overall Audited Enrollment: 382

Enrollment by grade level according to OSSE’s Audited Enrollment Report

Grade PK3 PK4 KG 1 2 3 4 5 6

Student Count 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Grade 7 8 9 10 11 12 Alt. Adult SPED

Student Count 0 0 0 0 0 0 382 0 0

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Student Data Points Total number of instructional days: 159

Suspension Rate: 2.6%

Expulsion Rate: 0.8% Instructional Time Lost to Out-of-School Suspension Rate: 0.3%

In-Seat Attendance: 48.1%

Average Daily Attendance:

The SRA requires annual reports to include a school’s average daily membership. To meet this requirement, PCSB will provide following verified data points: (1) audited enrollment; (2) mid-year withdrawals; and (3) mid-year entries. (No action necessary.)

Midyear Withdrawals: Validated after the annual report deadline.

Midyear Entries: Validated after the annual report deadline.

Promotion Rate: Not Applicable College Acceptance Rates: Not Applicable

College Admission Test Scores: Not Applicable

Graduation Rates: Not Applicable

Faculty and Staff Data Points Teacher Attrition Rate: 30%

Number of Teachers: 17

Teacher Salary

1. Average $70,400

2. Range

Minimum $60,000

Maximum $87,000

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Appendices STAFF ROSTER

Teachers and Staff Working Directly With Students SY 2016-2017

Name Job Title

Abdul-Rahim, Amina Registrar

Anthony, Yamiek Career Pathways Counselor

Ball, Bernard Marlon Instructor/Teacher (Humanities)

Bijole, Phyllis Elvena Data Administrative Assistant

Brighthaupt, Denean M. Student Recruiting Specialist

Brown, Amina N. Director, Excel Center

Chambers-Turner, Ruth Instructor/Teacher (Science)

Daguilh, Joelle Y. Special Education Instructor (Reading)

Garnett, Kenjuan Instructor/Teacher (Humanities)

Gollman, Lakeyia Instructor/Teacher (Mathematics)

Granville, Christina R. Instructor/Teacher (Science)

Hall, Stephanie Special Education Instructor (Mathematics)

Hart, Nashingda N. Data Administrative Assistant

Hopkins, Lawrence W. Manager, Student Support Services

Johnson, Brittany Lead Instructor (Mathematics)

Jones, Brittney Instructor/Teacher (Humanities)

Keeks, Dillon Sean Instructor/Teacher (Humanities)

Kirk, Chelsea J. Lead Instructor (Humanities)

Langhorne, Taren Special Education Instructor (Mathematics)

Mack, Jennifer Instructor/Teacher (Mathematics)

Mccarthy, Megan A. Academic Success Coach

O'Donnell, Rachel Special Education Instructor (Reading)

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Parker, Marcel Donte Academic Success Coach

Purvis, Mark Ty Instructor/Teacher (Mathematics)

Rhodes, Dawn Y Office Manager

Starling, Guy W Academic Success Coach

Taliaferro, Latia C Academic Success Coach

Terry, Vershaun O. Special Populations Coordinator

Williams, Jewelyn Bernice Instructor/Teacher (Mathematics)

Womack, Audrienne Roberts Instructor (Reading)

Wyche, Emmitt III College Pathways Counselor

Teacher and Staff Qualifications

Sixty-four percent of the Goodwill Excel Center teachers and staff who work with students regularly have master’s degrees and twenty-six percent have bachelor’s degrees. The remaining ten percent of staff have completed some college coursework.

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BOARD ROSTER

The Goodwill Excel Center Public Charter School Board of Directors

Name Role DC Resident

Date of Appointment

Date Appointment

Expires

Scott Bess Member No 4/14/16 12/1/19

John Brown Student member Yes 11/2/16 12/12/17

Michelle D. Gilliard, Ph.D. Member No 6/15/15 12/1/18

Glen S. Howard Chair Yes 6/15/15 12/1/18

Monica Jones Student member Yes 11/2/16 12/12/17

Elizabeth (Betsy) Karmin

Secretary; Chair, Audit Committee Yes 6/15/15 12/1/18

Elizabeth Lindsey Member Yes 3/22/16 12/1/19

Catherine Meloy Ex Officio/

President & CEO (Non-voting)

No N/A N/A

Carolyn Stennett Member Yes 6/15/15 12/1/18

April Young Treasurer; Chair,

Finance Committee

No 6/15/15 12/1/18

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USE OF AT-RISK FUNDING

In the 2016-17 school year, the Goodwill Excel Center served 382 students. Of those, 98% certified “at-risk.” To respond to the needs of the school’s majority at-risk student body, the Goodwill Excel Center added additional instructional and special education staff, a Manager of Student Support Services, a full-time School Psychologist, and another Academic Success Coach. In school year two, the staff will continue to evaluate the needs of students, the impact of these additional resources, and how to best direct future at-risk funding to support the learning and development needs of all students.

The Goodwill Excel Center 2017 Inaugural Graduating Class

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UNAUDITED YEAR-END 2016-17 FINANCIAL STATEMENT

ASSETS Current Assets

Cash 1,971,397$ Receivables 2,177 Prepaid expenses 116,342

2,089,916

Deposits 196,025 Property and equipment 2,655,729

4,941,670$

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS Liabilities

Current Liabilities Accounts payable and accrued expenses 243,906$ Deferred rent and lease incentive, current portion 127,085 Note payable, current portion 139,552

510,543

Deferred rent and lease incentive, net of current portion 2,016,692 Note payable, net of current portion 897,839

3,425,074

Net AssetsUnrestricted (Deficit) 1,516,596

1,516,596

4,941,670$

TOTAL LIABILITIES

TOTAL NET ASSETS

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

THE GOODWILL EXCEL CENTER, PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLSTATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION - UNAUDITED

June 30, 2017

Total Current Assets

TOTAL ASSETS

Total Current Liabilities

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REVENUE AND SUPPORT Per pupil allocation 5,863,695$ Federal grants 362,200 Private grants and contributions 361,500 In-kind contributions -

6,587,395

EXPENSES Program Service: Adult Education 4,292,505

Supporting Service:Management and general 355,900

4,648,405

CHANGE IN NET ASSETS 1,938,990

NET ASSETS, BEGINNING OF YEAR (422,394)

NET ASSETS (DEFICIT), END OF YEAR 1,516,596$

TOTAL REVENUE AND SUPPORT

TOTAL EXPENSES

THE GOODWILL EXCEL CENTER, PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLSTATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES - UNAUDITED

For the Year Ended June 30, 2017

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Program Supporting Service ServiceAdult Management

Education and General TotalPersonnel, Salaries and Benefits:

Contracted labor 1,895,521$ 83,304$ 1,978,825$ Professional development 9,181 - 9,181 Other contracted labor-related expense 3,727 - 3,727

Total Personnel, Salaries and Benefits 1,908,429 83,304 1,991,733

Direct Student Costs: Daycare Center 548,343 - 548,343 Travel 180,985 - 180,985 Student recruiting 70,365 - 70,365 Computer support 35,014 - 35,014 Supplies, materials and snacks 16,881 - 16,881 Student assessments 10,216 - 10,216 Other students costs 7,027 - 7,027 Student books and learning material 5,277 - 5,277

Total Direct Student Costs 874,108 - 874,108

Occupancy:Rent 660,239 - 660,239 Depreciation and amortization- facilities 321,272 - 321,272 Interest 45,755 - 45,755 Utilities and garbage removal 35,825 - 35,825 Other occupancy expenses 18,000 - 18,000 Janitorial supplies 11,070 - 11,070 Maintenance and repairs 4,331 - 4,331

Total Occupancy Expense 1,096,492 - 1,096,492

Office Expenses:Office supplies - 50,777 50,777 Telecommunications - 50,225 50,225 Printing and copying - 36,971 36,971 Other - 4,450 4,450 Postage - 2,240 2,240

Total Office Expenses - 144,663 144,663

General Expenses:Professional and consulting fees 412,263 3,867 416,130 Dues, fees, licenses and fines - 52,087 52,087 Insurance - 22,720 22,720 Other 1,213 8,268 9,481 Accounting, auditing and payroll - 40,991 40,991

Total General Expenses 413,476 127,933 541,409

TOTAL EXPENSES 4,292,505$ 355,900$ 4,648,405$

THE GOODWILL EXCEL CENTER, PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLSTATEMENT OF FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES - UNAUDITED

For the Year Ended June 30, 2017

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APPROVED 2017-18 BUDGET

Revenue04 · State and Local Revenue

400 · Per-Pupil Operating Revenue 5,283,446$ 410 · Per-Pupil Facility Revenue 1,117,455 Total 04 · State and Local Revenue 6,400,901

05 · Federal Revenue500 · Federal Grants - Total 05 · Federal Revenue -

06 · Private RevenueTotal 06 · Private Revenue -

Total Revenue 6,400,901

Operating Expense07 · Staff-Related Expense

700 · Curricular Contracted Labor 1,415,705 720 · Supplemental Contracted Labor 1,173,570 760 · Professional Development 18,000 770 · Other Contracted Labor 147,408 780 · Other Contracted Staff Expense 23,396 Total 07 · Staff-Related Expense 2,778,079

08 · Occupancy Expense800 · Occupancy Rent Expense 692,279 810 · Occupancy Service Expense 71,100 Total 08 · Occupancy Expense 763,379

09 · Additional Expense900 · Direct Student Expense 962,958 910 · Office Expense 211,623 920 · Business Expense 691,568 930 · Dues, Fees, & Losses 41,300 990 · Operating Contingency & Other Expense 59,500 Total 09 · Additional Expense 1,966,949

Total Operating Expense 5,508,407

Net Operating Income 892,494

Interest, Depreciation11 · Depreciation & Amortization 360,000 12 · Interest 46,264

Net Income 486,230$

THE GOODWILL EXCEL CENTER, PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLApproved Budget

For the Year Ending June 30, 2018