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Academy Assessment 101:Two Model/Distinguished Academies

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A is for Area

What part of the country are you from?

Introductions: AAA Road Trip Support

Road Trippers

A is for Academy theme

What academy theme do you represent?

Hitch Hikers

A is for Activity

What is your profession?

The Data Center and Academy Assessmentare the centerpieces of membership status

Welcome: Patti Smith

Debbie Fischer Academy of Finance, St. Petersburg, FL

Tim Oldenburg West Seneca Academies

The "Accounting g

Sharks" from West Seneca East placed second in the Stock Market Challenge

Imagine an afternoon when a teacher can sit down at a computer desktop and quickly sort through reams of data she’ll use to plan lessons for the next day…. She’ll compare every student’s achievement against state standards to decide which students need review and which ones are ready to move on…. That technological capability can only be found in therare classroom today, but some experts say that such a data-rich approach to instruction will soon be common place (Hoff, 2006, p. 12).

Are We There Yet?

Focus on Data Center:• Academy Development and Structure • Advisory Boards • Curriculum and Instruction• Work-Based LearningObstacles/Challenges• Senior information must be obtained in the spring• Obtain information on paid internships• District data hardest to find in fall by NAF timelines• Maintain examples of everythingAdvisory Board responsibilities• Educate your board• Provide continuous input • Involve all stakeholders early

Pinellas Counties Continuous Improvement

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Academy Assessment Four Steps

1. Academy Director

2. Advisory board members

3. Principal, guidance and district input

4. Share the documentation to live binder by director, teachers, and board members

Remember, when one person leaves, the program should be able to carry

on without them.

Provides

Pinellas Counties Continuous Improvement Plan

Academic Preparation• Test scores (proficiency in reading and math• Grades• Attendance• End of Course Exams

College and Career Readiness• ACT and SAT Scores• Students plans after graduation• Extracurricular/Leadership participation• Work based learning activities• Classroom integration

Analyzing Students• Ethnicity• Social (Free or reduced lunch)• Extra help (tutoring, remediation, etc)

Pinellas; Evidence Collection

West Seneca: Continuous Improvement

Drives brainstorming and strategic plan development

conversations between groups to decide what we do and how we can improve

Great tool for veteran advisory board members and staff to revitalize commitment Sometimes they need to be rejuvenated and this process reenergizes them

West Seneca: Continuous Improvement

Can you speak a bit about Action Plan in a few bullets

TIM

Hitch hikers- find one of your new buddies and discuss one important tip you learned and a question you still have