State of the Schools Hows it going? Rotary Presentation
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Thanks, Community!!
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Technology We cannot educate todays students with yesterdays
technology and expect tomorrows success. -Albert Einstein
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Joint City-County-Schools Network Staging
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Percent of Students Proficient Step-Up Kdgn. Rote Count Shapes
# Facts One to One AB Pattern ABC Pattern # Recognition
Kindergarten Assessment Math February 2006 2007
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PREP-1
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ACT Trends Need to add ACT stuff here
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ACT Subtest Trends Need to add ACT stuff here
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AP Exams Taken
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Students Scoring 3 or Higher Need two AP slides; assessments
taken and results
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In Progress Data as of June 11th, 2007 5. Ensure that 10% of
all new hires in each of the ten employee groups is a person of
color (self-identified). The target number of hires by October 1,
2007: 10 teachers/nurses ( 11 ) 2 custodial/maintenance ( 3 ) 1
painters/carpenters ( 0 ) 1 SEIU secretaries/confidential
secretaries ( 1 ) 1 Info Technology Technicians and associates ( 6
) 3 food service ( 4 ) 2 Day Care employees ( 1 ) 2 bus drivers,
bus attendants, and crossing guards ( 0 ) 2 administrators ( 1
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% Minority Employees by Workgroup 2003-042004-052005-062006-07
Administrators1.35%2.78% 4.11% Bus
Drivers/Attendants2.65%2.55%2.52%1.83% Carpenters0.00% Crossing
Guards0.00% 3.13% Custodians4.30%4.23%4.84%8.02% Day
Care1.89%1.04%0.97%3.77% Food & Nutrition2.40%1.45%2.36%6.31%
Secretaries0.49%0.00% 0.50% Supervisor/Techs8.45%7.46%9.38%12.07%
Teachers2.49%2.25%2.26%2.53% Teacher Associates3.76%3.96%4.50%4.18%
Total2.73%2.53%2.75%3.56%
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VOLUNTEER PROGRAM STATISTICS 2005-2006 NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS
(REPORTED):6,702 NUMBER OF VOLUNTEER HOURS (REPORTED): 135,774
DOLLAR EQUIVALENT:(District) $1,255,910 (National) $2,449,363 STAFF
EQUIVALENT: 126 paraprofessionals working 6 hours/day Volunteers
outnumber staff by more than 2 to 1
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General Fund Unspent Balance Reserve Trends (millions) Cash
13.5%
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Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting The Cedar
Rapids Community School District received both GFOA and ASBO
International Certificates of Excellence for its comprehensive
annual financial report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006.
This was the twelfth consecutive year that the District has
achieved these prestigious awards. Only 8 of the States 365 public
school districts have achieved this award.
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Harris Survey Results
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A helpful framework Malcolm Baldrige Criteria for Performance
Excellence
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2006 Iowa Recognition for Performance Excellence Award
Validation of continuous improvement efforts External
recommendations and Opportunities for Improvement
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Efficiency E-procurement Lean Processes Bus Routing
Software
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Developing World Class Learners A vision of what it will take.
Dave Markward Cedar Rapids Community School District Inservice Day
August 31, 2007
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Based on 1500 Classroom Observations (Mike Schmoker Results
Now) Learning objective Higher-order thinking Writing or using
rubrics Fewer than paying attention Using worksheets
Noninstructional activities
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Research Results (Schmoker Results Now) Learning objective 4%
Higher-order thinking 3% Writing or using rubrics 0% Fewer than
paying attention 84% Using worksheets 52% Noninstructional
activities 35%
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Source of Restlessness 54% of Iowans say that public education
in the state is headed on the wrong track. Des Moines Register Poll
January 2006, cited by the Task Force for Tomorrows Workforce
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NAEP National Assessment of Educational Progress Known as the
Nations Report Card Mathematics, Reading, Science, Writing Consists
of items assessing higher level skills to a much greater extent
than ITBS/ITED
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Gr 4 Math NAEP (Iowa) Math Gr 4Gr 8 1992230278 2003238284
2005240284 Compared to states and other jurisdictions Higher than
19 29 No sig dif 22 16 Lower than 10 6
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Gr 4 Reading NAEP (Iowa) Reading Gr 4Gr 8 1992225NA 2003223284
2005221267 Compared to states and other jurisdictions Higher than
20 26 No sig dif 20 21 Lower than 11 4
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Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)
15-year-olds (generally, grades 9 and 10) Begun in 2000 (focus on
reading literacy); 2003 (math literacy); 2006 (science literacy)
Measure of learning strategies 2003 problem-solving skills
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Levels of Cognitive Complexity Retrieval of fact from from text
Recall and accurate execution of procedure Arraying and
interpreting information from multiple sources Choosing, applying,
justifying known procedures to unfamiliar situations, problems;
communicating results to technical, lay audiences Designing new
procedures to approach unfamiliar problems; communicating results
to technical, lay audiences Reflection, assessment, evaluation of
self in problem-solving situations
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THE TASKS THAT STUDENTS ARE ASKED TO DO DETERMINE WHAT THEY
LEARN (Richard Elmore, 2006)
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In the years to come Identify important content Utilize
research-based, culturally relevant,engaging instruction Assess for
learning Intervene when necessary
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The most important factor is the core belief that All students
can learn at high levels.
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I confess fully that I do not have control of events, but
events have control of me. Abraham Lincoln during the height of the
Civil War
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I confess fully that I believe we can more fully control
events, especially those in the classroom that impact student
learning. Dave Markward June 12, 2007; repeated August 31,
2007