Bethel Elementary School
2012-2013 N.C. National Title I Distinguished School
Sustaining Student Performance
History… EOG Style
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40
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10
0
2007-2008
2008-2009
2009-2010
2010-2011
2011-2012
The Gap…Math
 2008-2009
Math
All- 92.2
ED
87.2
EC
73.0
EC
83.3
 2011-2012
All-
95.0
ED
95.0
The Gap…Reading
 2008-2009
Reading
All- 77.9
ED
66.4
EC
37.8
ED
83.0
EC
52.0
 2011-2012
All- 87.7
The Gap…Science
 2008-2009
Science
All- 86.9
ED
78.0
ED
92.5
EC
71.4
 2011-2012
All-
95
EC
71.4
Past school-wide game changers
 Balanced Literacy Approach-NOT Basal dependent.
-Placing students in books on their reading level
-Thousands of leveled books
-Students placed in classrooms based on reading levels
 Staff Development Guided ReadingGuiding Readers and Writers, Guided Reading (Fountas
&Pinnell)
 Dick Allington book studies
 Early Intervention- Screen students before they start
Kindergarten and place in classrooms accordingly.
 Master Schedule- 90 minutes of uninterrupted instruction
(Literacy Block)
 Intensive Comprehension Staff Development-Reading with Meaning- Debbie Miller
-Growing Readers-Kathy Collins
-Strategies that Work-Stephanie Harvey
-Comprehension Toolkit
 Teaching Student Centered Mathematics (Van de Walle)
 Math Partners- Quality staff development that changed our
math instruction from teacher centered to student centered
and from isolated skills (procedural) to problem based
learning.
 Full-time Math Intervention Specialist
 Manipulatives, manipulatives, manipulatives
Specific Interventions
 ONLY Master teachers serve as Intervention
Specialists (Experienced, seasoned strong teachers).
 Leveled Literacy Intervention-Small group (3)
instruction based on Reading Recovery Strategies.
Blends seamlessly with Guided Reading .
 Reinforce Toolkit Strategies and Interventions
 Using MCLASS diagnostic information to drive
individual instruction.
 Reading Foundations-NC School Improvement Project
(www.ncsip.org). Explains 5 big components of reading.
 Math Foundations-NC School Improvement Project
(www.ncsip.org). Increases teacher understanding of all
components of number sense.
 Interventions are done in complete collaboration with
classroom teachers.
EC Specific Interventions

Leveled Literacy Intervention ( Fountas & Pinnell)

Reading Foundations

EC students grouped according to reading level instead of grade level.

MCLASS done in conjunction with classroom teacher.

Volume, volume, volume
- Intensive monitoring of Independent Reading
-
School book swaps
Barnes & Noble Summer Trip to prepare for summer reading program
Number of words read each month
- Everyone speaking the same language!!!
- Overall literacy focus, not just phonics!
Where are we going???
 Columbia Teachers Reading & Writing Project Summer Institutes
 Professional Learning Communities with Fidelity. Specifically, developing
common assessments within teams to generate teacher improvement.
 CASE 21 Assessments
 Increase in non-fiction
 Investigations (Math)
 STEM initiatives
 We want every kid to LOVE to read. This is our challenge!