State of the School Community Meeting
Valdez 12/10/13
Welcome
 Introduce yourself to someone in the room you don’t
know
Vision
 Every child will thrive in academics
 Every child will be bilingual and bi-literate
 Every child will be engaged and challenged everyday
…because these are the skills our students need to be
successful in life and in college.
Innovation
 The State of Colorado granted Innovation Status to Valdez
in June 2010
 Our Innovation Status was renewed last year through a
collaborative process by 100% teacher vote
 Innovation allows us:
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Programming decisions (dual language, math, Montessori, etc.)
More money
Better use of time
Attitude
The Right Teachers
Academics
 Focused on thinking and conceptual
understanding across content in all grade levels
 Support for all students
 Individual
 Small groups in and out of the classroom
 We know every child well
Dual Language
 At Every Grade Level
 All students are instructed in English and Spanish
everyday
 Native Language literacy first in ECE-1st grades
 Concepts and ideas transfer across languages
 Every child has “L2 time” everyday:
 Opportunity to be with similar peers to do focused work on
second language
Montessori: 3, 4, and 5 year olds
 Morning (3s, 4s, and 5s):
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Solid Montessori work block
Montessori Line Time
L2 time
All morning teachers go to the full yearlong MECR training
 Afternoon:
 5s (Kindergarten): Workshop Model in math and literacy to
support transition to 1st grade
 4s: combination of workshop model and Montessori works
 Half day afternoon teachers have modified MECR training,
coaching to support students
TCAP Status Scores March 2013
Grade
Level
3rd English
Reading
Writing
Math
60%
48%
65%
3rd Spanish
67%
67%
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4th
18%
18%
28%
5th
40%
27%
31%
TCAP Growth Scores 2013
Reading
Math
Writing
4th gr
*
32
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5th gr
60
55
70
Valdez (4th and 5th) 55
44
64
*too few students due to the number of 3rd graders who took TCAP in
Spanish the previous year
School Performance Framework (SPF)
SPF Details
2011
2012
2013
Growth
97 points
68.8%
71.8%
63%
Status
35 points
10.8%
14.3%
17.1%
possible
possible
Goals:
• Continue to have high growth
• Increase status
Second Language: Spanish
Status- appropriate
band for grade level
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
75%
78%
80%
88%
70%
Growth- band a year
(or already above
level)
N/A
73%
69%
75%
70%
Second Language: English
Entering Emerging
Developin
g
Expanding
Bridging
Reaching
12%
8%
26%
27%
17%
6%
Listening 4%
4%
13%
19%
36%
23%
6%
6%
11%
18%
18%
38%
Reading 17%
6%
21%
9%
25%
17%
Writing
20%
25%
29%
6%
0%
Overall
Speaking
20%
• State ACCESS test
• Administered K-5th grades
• 157 Valdez students took the test in 2012-13
Attendance
All Students
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
93.46%
93.76%
94.98%
93.58%
Student Satisfaction
All Students
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
87.58%
83.96%
77.18%
88%
Parent Satisfaction
Parent Survey
Response Rate
Parent
Satisfaction Rate
2010-11
51.68%
2011-12
49.07%
2012-13
65.29%
86.85%
86.85%
91.08%
Teacher retention
Year
Percent Retained
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
District Rate
74%
80%
81%
76%
Teacher Survey
Administered and compiled by HR
28/32 Teachers completed it
Shared the results with teachers last
week
4 categories: School, Personal, Principal,
Teacher
School Questions
 We are headed in the right direction, I like
working here, we focus on learning, we engage
parents, people care about me
 3 Teachers (11%) Strongly Disagree/Disagree
 23-26 Teachers (83-93%) Agree/Strongly Agree
Note: In this category, 3 teachers strongly disagreed or disagreed
and between 23-26 teachers strongly agreed or agreed,
depending on the question.
Personal Questions
 I promote the values, I have important input, I
collaborate with my colleagues
 1-4 Teachers (3.5-14%) Strongly
Disagree/Disagree
 21-26 Teachers (75-93%) Agree/Strongly Agree
Principal Questions
 The principal fosters constructive dialogue, feel
safe talking to the principal, the principal talks
to us openly and frankly
 4-5 Teachers (14-17.5%) Strongly
Disagree/Disagree
 21-23 Teachers (75-82%) Agree/ Strongly Agree
Teacher Questions
 We follow through on what we commit to, we
are out in front in our professional learning,
there is a culture of respect at this school
 1-4 Teachers (3.5-14.5%) Strongly Disagree/
Disagree
 20-22 Teachers (71-85%) Agree/ Strongly Agree
What we like best about working
at this school…
Staff culture, kids, families, focus on
kids, dual language, instructional
focus, incredible support,
collaboration, strong leadership,
aligning practice with values,
partner teacher
Most important issue impacting
our school…
Importance of Spanish
language/bridging parent
community/equity, team
building/supporting partnerships,
teacher voice/leadership, dual
language, collaboration,
communication, facility/re-model
(retaining families), parents not overstepping role
Teacher reflections
Noticings:
A lot of people are happy here and
feel strongly about it
Vision/values/collaboration scores are
high
We want everyone to feel
happy/respected
There is still work to be done
Written Feedback to use as next steps
Teachers wrote
concrete ideas on
post-its to guide our
next steps
Principal time
Time in Oct/Nov
Instructional Planning with teachers (PD,
data analysis, team building, etc.)
28%
Observation in Classrooms
20%
Reflection/Feedback Meetings
12%
Parents (individually and in meetings)
11%
Building Renovation
9%
Supporting Student Behavior
5%
Hiring
6%
District Meetings
7%
Marketing
2%
Teaching
1%
Being Coached
2%
Office Management
2%
Coaching Intern
2%
Next Steps
As outlined in our UIP, continue to work
on…
Language
Rigor/Critical thinking
Every Child Succeeds/ Equity
Next Steps
 Family Communication
 Clear, frequent
communication
 Monthly newsletter
 Office Hours 2X a month
 Continue to team build
 Munch and Mingles
 Teambuilding PD
including partnership
support
 “Fun Afternoon/Day”
 Continue to support Teacher
Leadership
 Multiple committees to
support Valdez work
 Teaching and Learning
Committee
 Support Teachers in having
concerns addressed
 School Leadership
 Union Representative
 Work on feedback areas
with teachers from survey
Exit Ticket
What is going really well at Valdez?
What is one “next step”?