“There is no such thing
as a child who hates to
read; there are only
children who have not
found the right book.”
― Frank Serafini
“What’s inside your book?”
Why are we here?
• Connect to our Literacy goals
• Continue to develop our stories
• Share our stories with others who haven’t
yet had the pleasure to meet us
• Model lifelong learning by reading (writing,
speaking, listening, etc.)
• Share the books on our tables
• To have a great day together!
“What’s inside your book?”
• Find someone you work with (or know
well) and talk about what you’re reading;
for work, or pleasure, and if you would
recommend the book to them.
• Find someone you’ve never met before (or
don’t know well) and share something
about you that you’d like them to know
about you and/or your work
AEA System Compact
Goals:
1. Literacy
2. Closing the Achievement Gaps
3. Numeracy
4. College, Career, Citizenship Ready
LITERACY
HOW ARE WE DOING?
Iowa 4th Grade NAEP Reading
* Note: Intervals between testing years are not equal
350
Scale Score
300
250
200
225 223 223 223 223 221 225 221221
150
100
50
0
1992
1994
1998
2002
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
Year
6
Iowa’s Rank among the States
4th Grade NAEP Reading
5th
8th
7th
12th
11th
14th
25th
27th 25th
1992 1994 1998 2002 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011
(N=42) (N=40) (N=41) (N=45) (N=52) (N=52) (N=52) (N=52) (N=52)
Year (# States with Adequate Data)
7
Literacy
• 74% of our 3rd graders are proficient
• By 2017 the 26%, or approximately
9399 students, will be retained
• Average of 28 students for every district in Iowa
– Ex. If 30 of our districts hired another teacher, the
cost would be approximately $1.2 million
• Think of the financial costs
• Think of the long-term educational cost
• Our goals, literacy coaches, ELI, FAST/IGDIES,
summer school project, core standards, etc.
Retention…can we “afford” it?
“The evidence gathered in the last 30 years on the
practice of retention suggests that it is academically
ineffective and is potentially detrimental to
children’s social and emotional health. The seeds of
failure may be sown early for students who are
retained, as they are significantly more likely to drop
out of high school. Furthermore, the trajectory
of adverse outcomes appears to continue into
young adulthood, when wages and postsecondary
educational opportunities are depressed.”
- Nancy Frey (‘05)
CLOSING THE
ACHIEVEMENT
GAPS
HOW ARE WE DOING?
&
SO WHAT?
Achievement Gaps – Reading
Percent Proficient Grades 3-8 &11, 2011 - 2012
100
90
80.84
78.05
80
73.29
Percent Proficient
70
57.53
60
50
40
30
35.55
29.9
20
10
0
IEP
IEP
Non-IEP
FRL
Non-FRL
SES
ELL
Non-ELL
ELL
Minority
Non-Minority
Closing the Achievement Gap(s)
2012 Data of Special Education Students:
• 21.5% dropout rate in IA (U.S. 19.7%)
• 76.9% graduated w/ a diploma in IA (U.S. 64.6%)
Race?
Gender?
Poverty?
Language Learners?
• Our goals, instructional coaching, conceptual
learning, LPS, special education audits, results
retreat, core standards, etc.
Budget:
• SSA - 1.25% in House vs. 4.0% in Senate
• Governor and Legislators still “taking” our $15 million
that Iowa Code says we’re supposed to get
• We have made categorical requests but can’t count
on any of them:
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$8 million for literacy coaches
$2.5 million for mental health pilots
$2 million for teacher leadership & compensation
$1 million for personalized learning
• Need everyone to advocate for adequate funding to
fulfill our obligation to the children, families and
educators we serve! Write, call, email, attend…
$2.5 Million Mental Health Pilots
$160,000
PLAEA taking care of our own…
New Jefferson Office
As we celebrate 40 years…
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Take care of yourself
Be nice to others
Be helpful with your work
Do something…START
Think differently
& as Shaea (3rd grader) says…
“Be open,
resourceful
and
persistent”
What YOU
expect is what
YOU get!
Student Voice:
One of those moments in time…
Our Thomas Jefferson John Adams, Ben Franklin…
• Ian Coon (JR) @ Waukee HS
• Jack Hostager (SR) @ Dubuque
Hempstead HS
• & friends (they’ll have to
introduce them)