Mission and Vision
Vision
 Educational choice for Brookings-Harbor students
and families, grades preK-12, seeking smaller classes
and hands-on learning.
Mission
 Prepare students to serve as positive purveyors of
knowledge, skill, and compassion in a global world.
Riverside Team
Nancy Doda, Ph.D., Independent Consultant, Teacher
to Teacher
John LeCavalier, Regional Director, Expeditionary
Learning
Annette Klinefelter, MEA, Riverside Chair
Patty Wills, Charter School Consultant, Founder of
Castle Rock Charter School
Ray Mace, Retired Superintendent
Jodi Harvey, Educator
Kathy Horel, Former charter school parent
BHHS High School Graduation Rates
NCES Graduation
Rate, 2009-2010
School Year
Four-year Cohort
Graduation Rate
-School District data
2005-2006 to 20092010
- Oregon data 20062007 to 2009-2010
Source: Oregon Department
of Education, Adequate
Yearly Progress Reports
Brookings-Harbor
Oregon
Total
75.4
85.3
Males
67.2
82.9
Females
83.9
87.7
All Students
65.5
66.4
Economically
Disadvantaged
65.4
59.8
Limited English
Proficiency
100.0*
49.7
28.3
41.8
Asian/Pacific Islander
100.0
76.1
Black
(not of Hispanic origin)
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49.8
Hispanic origin
56.3
55.3
American Indian /
Alaskan Native
65.7
50.3
White (not of Hispanic
origin)
67.0
69.9
Multi-Racial / MultiEthnic
33.3*
66.9
Students with Disabilities
Adequately Yearly Progress Report for
Brookings-Harbor School District, 20102011
Percentage of
Students who
Met Standards in
Reading
Knowledge
and Skills
(English /
Language Arts)
Percentage of
Students who
Met Standards in
Mathematics
Brookings –
Harbor High
School
Azalea Middle
School
Kalmiopsis
Elementary
School
All Students
75.9%
68.52%
82.33%
Economically
Disadvantaged
Students
68.70%
65.05%
75.74%
All Students
63.49%
59.47%
72.43%
Economically
Disadvantaged
Students
48.09%
47.55%
64.04%
Source: Oregon Department of Education
Nancy Doda PhD, Patti Kinney,
Outside Evaluation, Spring 2011
 Classroom instruction largely teacher presentation
(5/14)
 Technology use is evident but teacher-directed
 Content coverage emphasized topics; facts
 Small number of classes engaged students in
higher level thinking
 Grades: % of students failing a class warrants
study and attention (37%-6, 33%-7, 15%-8)
Expeditionary Learning –
Redefining “Smart”
SMART IS NOT SOMETHING
YOU ARE. IT SOMETHING
YOU BECOME.
Expeditionary Learning...this is how kids
want to learn."
—U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
9
1946
EL as Exemplar of Best Practice
MORE:
 Active, hands-on
 Cooperative &
Collaborative Activity
 Fewer topics, more depth
 Established model with
intense- common core
focused professional
development
 School designer works
with entire staff to
implement model
LESS:
 Teacher Talk
 Students Listening
 Time with Textbooks
 Stress on grades
 One Size Fits all
 Administrators driving
innovation
Core Academics- Site Based
 Classroom option for fifth through eighth grade
students.
 Students attend school five days a week in a unique
academic environment providing multi-age
classrooms with an academically challenging
standard-based curriculum.
 Learning expeditions
Home Quest (Community-Based)
 Home study option for kindergarten through 8th
grade students.
 Designed as a support for home school students and
their families. Parents create and oversee their
child(ren)’s individual educational plan.
 Small group instruction classes are offered including
those in science, mathematics, social studies,
Expeditionary Learning, gymnastics, art, martial
arts, team sports, computers and more.
Community Support
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Evidence
 Riverside Kids
 Community Hearing- October 2011
 Approximately 70 attendees, show of hands
indicated tremendous show of support
 Community Petitions
 Community Volunteerism
 Home School Community
 Support from mentor organizations, Castle Rock
Charter School, Expeditionary Learning, Teacher to
Teacher
Castle Rock Charter School
 Located in Crescent City, CA
 Founded by Patti Wills
 423 students
 $1 million surplus as of 2011
Budget
 Short term versus long term costs
 Impact of lost charter school start-up dollars on
Riverside and relationship with local district
 ADM(W) rates for state sponsorship per ORS 338
calculated at 95%
 Reviewers confirm no adverse financial impact to
Brookings-Harbor School District
 Local rental rates, example $.25 per square foot
 Non-profit schools and practices
School Year and Calendar
 Challenges determining calendar when sponsorship
not secured/alignment district calendar for shared
transportation.
 Educational benefits of alternative calendars,
transportation as variable.
Special Education Standards
 OAR’s have changed transitioning SPED
responsibilities to charter schools.
 All EL schools serve SPED children with tremendous
success, providing training, materials and school
trainer for first year to ensure successful
implementation of SPED programming.
The Power of School Connectedness
“Students
are more likely to engage in healthy
behaviors and succeed academically when they
feel connected to school….School
connectedness was found to be among the
strongest protective factors for both boys and
girls….” (CDC, 2009)
Study after study has shown that much
of the achievement gap between children
from diverse ethnic and socioeconomic
groups can be traced not to family
& life circumstances, but to how they
view themselves while they were
in school.
(Gordon, Della Piana & Keleher, ERASE Initiative, Applied Research
Center)
Annette Klinefelter
Riversiderocks.org
klinefeltera@gmail.com
541-661-0851