Michelle O’Donnell

About the School:◦ K-8 ◦ Charter School◦ Osceola County◦ School Grade: B

Administration Number of Years as an Administrator

Principal: ◦ Wendy Honeycutt

Vice Principal◦ Shakelia Henderson

Vice Principal◦ Matthew DeRight

Principal:◦ 6

Vice Principal◦ 3.5

Vice Principal◦ 5

Demographics◦ About 50/50 Boys/Girl Student Ratio◦ About 1,509 Total Students◦ Nationalities: Caucasian, African American,

Hispanic, Asian, American Indian◦ Social Background: ELL, Disabled, Economically

Disadvantaged

B 70% of students are reading at or above

grade level 64% of students are making a years

worth of progress in reading 69% of struggling students make a year’s

worth of progress in reading

According to the State Grading System:“White, African-American, Hispanic,

Economically Disadvantaged, English Language Learners students in this school need improvement in Reading” (Florida School Grades 2012)

There is a need for student improvement in Reading at Bellalago Academy; the Achieve3000 program is used at Bellalago to continue to support school wide literacy.

The Achieve3000 program is a “web-based differentiated K-12 reading program that uses email, technology, and current events to strengthen student’s literacy skills” (Achieve3000, 2010).

The Achieve3000 program is designed as a research based program to increase student’s literacy skills by teaching them how to read effectively through the use of high interest nonfiction articles.

The program is designed to individualize student’s lessons that correlate to common core state standards while allowing multiple students to read the same article to discuss correlations as a class with supplemental instruction from the classroom teacher.

VocabularyComprehensionReading Fluency Writing

Classroom Demonstration Practice Follow-Up Read and respond to the program email Read the article from the program Complete the activity Answer the thought question Vote in the poll based on the activity Assessment

KidBiz ◦ “The differentiated online literacy instruction

solution for grades 2-5 that reaches every student at his or her reading level.” (www.achieve.com)

TeenBiz◦ “The differentiated online literacy solution for

grades 6-8 that reaches every student at his or her individualized reading level.” (www.achieve.com)

New Data…◦ Analyzed Quarterly

Elementary School: Individual Teacher Display Middle School: Posted on the TeenBiz Wall of Fame

Developing throughout the school year…◦ KidBiz/TeenBiz Tuesday◦ KidBiz/TeenBiz Whiz – Still Developing school wide

bracelet initiative

Computer Website Server Windows Software

School Improvement Plan Collaboration

Administration Literacy Coach Literacy Council Classroom Teachers

The Principal The Vice Principals Technology Support

Staff The Teachers The Students The Community

(Parents)

Literacy Leadership Team (LLT)

School-Based Literacy Leadership TeamIdentify the school based Literacy Leadership Team (LLT).

Marie Troop - Literacy CoachJoann Dorries - Academic DeanWendy Honeycutt - PrincipalShakelia Henderson - Assistant PrincipalLeia BenderCrystal KramerCarolyn CrespoRenee ManiacePaul SurkoHolly GratzaMichelle O’DonnellVeronica Vayas

Describe how the school-based LLT functions (e.g., meeting processes and roles/functions).

The team meets monthly after school hours. School wide literacy initiatives are discussed and reviewed. Program planning forparent events takes place. School wide trend data in Reading is reviewed specific to the area of main idea instruction.

What will be the major initiative of the LLT this year?The literacy council will review school wide data trends. The council will review FCAT 2.0 and prepare teachers the 2011 FCATReading administration. The team will continue to provide parent / student programs to support school wide literacy(Accelerated Reader incentives, Kid/Teenbiz incentives, Fall Festival mystery readers, Mysteries in the Middle (for middleschool).

As a future savvy school leader I have learned the importance of reading and interpreting school data in reference to school wide technology initiatives.

Most important is that students are taught how to use the program and have some sense of ownership to utilize the program to their best ability.

Short Video: http://www.achieve3000.com/what-we-believe

We Believe...Do You?

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Achieve3000: The leader in differentiated instruction. (2012). Retrieved from http://portal.achieve3000.com/

Achieve3000: The leader in differentiated instruction. (2012). What we believe. Retrieved from http://www.achieve3000.com/what-we-believe

Achieve3000: The power of one. (2007). National study: Lexile analysis reveals dramatic non-Fiction reading skill increases. Retrieved from http://doc.achieve3000.com/lexile2.pdf

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