november 7, 2014 willmar public schools world’s best workforce summary

November 7, 2014

WILLMAR PUBLIC SCHOOLS

WORLD’S BEST WORKFORCE SUMMARY

2014 MULTIPLE MEASUREMENT RATING (MMR) RESULTS

Proficiency GrowthAchievement

GapGraduation MMR

KennedyElementary

9.66 19.86 20.16 66.24%

RooseveltElementary

9.19 15.83 16.31 55.10%

Middle School 5.69 15.40 12.67 45.01%

Senior High School

7.4 9.78 9.26 25 51.45%

25 Points for each category

DISTRICT DATA RETREAT – AUGUST 20-21, 2014

Site teams consisted of at least 8 staff members from each building

District team comprised of district leaders and school board members

HOW DID WE IDENTIFY NEEDS IN READING BASED ON DATA?We used several sources:

a. AIMS-web in grades K-6b. Formative and Summative Assessments

K-12 c. ACCESS Testing (Language Proficiency)

K-12d. FAST and IGDI – Preschoole. MCA (Minnesota Comprehensive

Assessments) 3-10

WHAT ARE OUR PRIMARY CONCERNS IN READING?

3rd Grade – Lower than the state in all areas 6th and 7th Grades – Student groups with

overall proficiency below the state level are English Learner, Free/Reduced Price Lunch, Black, and Hispanic

10th Grade – Has largest gaps compared to the state in almost all subgroups (English Learner group is the exception)

WHAT ARE OUR DISTRICT GOALS IN READING?

District-wide Willmar Public Schools will improve reading proficiency by 5% in the ALL, Black, Free/Reduced Priced Lunch, English Learner and Special Education populations by June 2015.

HOW DID WE IDENTIFY NEEDS IN MATH BASED ON DATA?

We used several data sets:

a. AIMS-web in grades K-8

b. Formative and Summative Assessments in Grades K-12

c. FAST and IGDI Preschool

d. MCA – Grade 11

WHAT WERE OUR PRIMARY CONCERNS IN MATH?

Slow rate of growth for English Learner and Special Education student groups at the elementary level

Slow rate of growth for the Black, English Learner, and Free/Reduced Priced lunch student groups at the Middle School

WHAT ARE OUR DISTRICT GOALS IN MATH?

District-wide Willmar Public Schools, will improve math proficiency by 5% in the ALL, Black, Free/Reduced Priced Lunch, English Learner and Special Education populations by June 2015.

COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS ASSESSMENTS

a. EXPLORE Test - Grade 8

b. PLAN Test – Grade 10

c. ACT – Grade 11 (Starting spring 2015)

HOW DO WE SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS?

SUPPORTIncreased Time for Reading and

Math

Intervention Program

Common Formative

Assessments

Targeted Services Program

Cultural Liaisons

Math & Reading Specialists

Positive Behavior

Intervention Supports (PBIS)

HOW DO WE SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS?

SUPPORT

Math and Literacy Coaches

Principal & Teacher

Evaluation

Professional Learning

Communities (PLC)

WHAT ARE OUR CURRENT ACHIEVEMENT PLANS?

Local Literacy Plan Title I, II, III Ramp-UpSchool Improvement Plans (SIP) Positive Behavior Intervention Supports (PBIS) Achievement and Integration

November 7, 2014

WILLMAR PUBLIC SCHOOLS

WORLD’S BEST WORKFORCE SUMMARY