Low Performing Schools Plan Presentation

New Hanover County SchoolsOctober 20, 2015

Low Performing Schools Defined

G.S. 115C-105.37 (a) Identification of Low-Performing Schools. The State Board of Education shall identify low-performing schools on an annual basis. Low-performing schools are those that receive a school performance grade of D or F and a school growth score of “met expected growth” or “not met expected growth” as defined by G.S. 115C-83.15

Identified SchoolsElementary Schools• Freeman• Gregory• Snipes• Winter Park

Middle Schools• Virgo• Williston

• G.S. 115C-105.37 (a1) Plan for Improvement of Low-Performing Schools. If a school has been identified as low-performing as provided in this section and the school is not located in a local school administrative unit identified as low performing under G.S. 115C-105.39A

Four-year Trend

2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-201510

20

30

40

50

60

70

60

26

43

36

70

40

4850

46

17

4339

65

29

52

46

68

41

59

52

16

36

42

FreemanGregorySnipesWillistonWinter ParkVirgo

Requirements of G.S. 115C-105.37 • Parent Notification* • Principalship*• Presentation to Board*• Public Comment**• Approval by the Board**

• Submission to SBE***• Feedback• Final Approval• Final Submission

Essential ComponentsSchool Actions• SMART Goals

– Strategies– Progress Monitoring

Status Indicator– Evidences– Specific tasks and actions

District Actions• SCA Support (Short Cycle

Assessment)• Focused Principal PLC’s • Monthly Performance

Monitoring• Enhanced PD based on

school need

Freeman

Goal #1Increase Math and ELA Proficiency & TRC by at least 15 percentage points and exceed growth expectation

Goal #2Decrease office referrals by 25%

Goal #3Decrease teacher turnover from 55% to 40%

Gregory

Goal #1Improve proficiency in reading on EOG assessments by 10%

Goal #2Improve proficiency in math on EOG assessments by 10%

Goal #3Improve overall school culture and climate by decreasing out of school suspension rates by 15%

Snipes

Goal #1Increase behaviors that promote learning and respectful interactions as evidenced by a 40% reduction in behavioral referrals

Goal #2Increase achievement scores by 20% and exceed expected growth in Math, ELA and Science

Goal #3Support teachers with monthly PD and engage in weekly PLC’s that support high quality, on-going, job-embedded, differentiated professional development

Winter Park

Goal #1Meet or exceed Reading AMO’s for student subgroups

Goal #2Meet or exceed Math AMO’s for all student subgroups

Goal #3Exceed Science proficiency of 72.6%

Virgo

Goal #1 Increase reading mean scale score and Level III proficiency will increase by 10 percentage points

Goal #2Increase math mean scale score and Level III proficiency will increase by 10 percentage points

Goal #3Reduce out-of-school suspension rates by 10 % by establishing effective school & community based interventions

Williston

Goal #1Increase career and college ready proficiency levels in Reading and Math by 5 percentage points each year for the next five years.

Goal #285% of teachers integrating technology daily

Goal #3Increase community involvement and volunteerism that will foster and support enriched opportunities for students

District Support• Monthly Meeting to Assess Performance

Indicators• Self-Assessments• Review of Formative Assessment Outcomes

• Short Cycle Assessment support• Weekly support provided to teachers

• Principal Coaching Support• Specific Coaching Plans are developed for

Principals• Principal Professional Development

• Principal PLC’s Focused on Problems of Practice

Thank you for your support!