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An Outperforming School
– What is Working?Mary Lang, Principal at North Godwin Elementary
Dr. Dorothy VanderJagt, Director of T&L at Kent ISD
Objectives
Share information about North Godwin
Share what has worked at North
Opportunity to reflect on your current practices
Inspire others to implement something new or
different
Demographic Information Total Number of Students (Kindergarten through 4th
Grade): 396
Ethnicity
American Indian--.5%
African American—15.64%
Asian—2.56%
Hispanic—46.67%
Caucasian—23.85%
Multi-Racial—10.77%
Bilingual Students: Total of 153 bilingual students or 38% of our K-4 population.
Free/Reduced Lunch: 92%
Special Education: 60 students or 15%
North Godwin 4th Gr. MEAP Scores
85
6972
84
74
69
92
8784
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100
Reading Math Writing
2011 2012 2013
What’s the Magic?Getting the Right People on the Bus
Supporting Them on Their Ride
Build Relationships with Students & Staff
Developing Solid Core Instruction
Strong Classroom Management
Prescriptive Intervention
Learning Together
Get the Right People on the Bus
Staff
Recruitment
Student Teachers
Paraprofessionals
Be Selective
Screener Interviews
Live Teaching
Traditional Interviews
Education is Not Just a
Profession, It’s a Calling
“No one gives up” mindset
Sense of urgency for every child
Ticket out of poverty; hopefulness
A high-morale family school culture
North Godwin Elementary
Support for the Ride
Mentorship Program
Observation/Visitation
Modeling
Outside Consultants
Teacher Induction Program (TIP)
Building Collaboration
District Collaboration
We Are Family
Whole staff training in PLC model
Abundant evidence of collaboration and
shared leadership
North Godwin Elementary
Build Relationships
Get to know your students
Get to know your colleagues
Work together collaboratively
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTu9qngVc-Q
Core Instruction
Provide quality core instruction
Collaborate, collaborate, collaborate
Intervention does not take place until 80% of class
masters a skill
Teachers act as facilitators
Focus: 21st Century skills, Literacy in the Content
Area, Sheltered Instruction and Gradual Release
High Expectations High Expectations for ALL students
Reading Rigby Level 7 by the end of Kindergarten
70 sight words
Writing 3 sentences on topic
Dialogue, Strong Leads, Details, etc.
Classroom Management
Strong classroom management is the
foundation of a successful classroom.
Every minute of the day is intentional.
Math Intervention
September 2013—one Math Interventionist per
building
Push in services to see math lesson delivered by
classroom teacher
Pull out services to provide remediation.
Reading Intervention
Prescriptive phonics and phonemic awareness
lessons provided during core instruction.
30 minutes of targeted phonics or phonemic
awareness intervention daily for all grades.
No intervention until 80% of students master skill.
Layers of Support
Native speaking EL support staff
Rtl model in place: 1st Core, 2nd
TAG, 3rd Child Study
After-school and summer programs
One instructional coach per building: model lessons, mostly in ELA
North Godwin Elementary
Learning Together
https://vimeo.com/66753575
K-12 Learning Walks
Administrative Team and Instructional Specialists tour all
buildings in the district together
Develop a common understanding of effective
instruction
North Godwin Elementary
Contact Information
Dorothy VanderJagt
Kent Intermediate School District
Mary Lang
North Godwin Elementary
616-291-6770
An Outperforming School
– What is Working?Mary Lang, Principal at North Godwin Elementary
Dr. Dorothy VanderJagt, Director of T&L at Kent ISD
