Nettleton school district literacy initiative 2

NETTLETON SCHOOL DISTRICT LITERACY INITIATIVE

2013-2014

Positives High School QDI up 12 points Upper Elem. QDI up from 2011-2012 Highest graduation rate and completion rate Of all the students in MS that could not pass on

account of a SATP score, Nettleton had 0. Suspension and expulsion rate is much lower than

the state and surrounding area Highest number of graduates in 2013 with an ACT

score above 22 More students are graduating and our kids are

being held to a higher standard

WHY

What are the reasons for a reading initiative for our School District ?

Reasons for Literacy Initiative 70% 2012-2013 Language Arts Data ICLE reading statistics Nettleton Educational Attainment Stats WE are not living up to our vision

statement !

70%

Preliminary Language Arts stats

Nettleton School District is below state average in language arts QDI

Nearly 20% of our students score minimal on State Language Arts assessments

Very few advanced students in the Middle grades in ELA

ICLE statistics

HOW ?

Develop a culture that understands the urgent need for literacy !!

THIS IS A CRISIS !! Educational Attainment slide 5th grade common core question

Common Core – 5th grade Math

Implications for Nation

Nationwide, a student gives up on school every 29 seconds. That adds up to one million American dropouts per year.

Mississippi Department of Education, 2008


Dropouts earn about $9,200 less per year than high school graduates. Over a typical 30-

year career, a dropout can earn potentially $276,000 less

than graduates.



Unless high schools are able to graduate their students at higher rates, more than 12 million students will drop out during the course of the next decade. The result will be a loss to the nation of $3 trillion.

Alliance for Excellent Education, January 2007

Personal Implications

Studies show students that dropout are more than twice

as likely as high school graduates to slip into

poverty in a single year.


Personal Implications

Dropouts are 10 times more likely than high school graduates to

go to jail.


Strategies of Successful Schools

Literacy for All-No exceptions What gets monitored is what gets done. The Key to success=Adult Learning=Success

hinges on not only student learning but adult learning as well.

Training Teachers is Key Rigor, Relevance, and Relationships for all Students Humor-Do not take yourself too seriously. Do away with Department Chairs and created

Interdisciplinary Teams to better integrate skills.

Literacy Initiative

GoalsDefine literacy for all

○ Literacy definition : Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Reasoning at an appropriate level to reach full potential.

Develop positive relationshipsDevelop initiatives that work and implement

with fidelityTrain teachers in common processes and

rubrics for reading and writingMonitor like crazy !!

Nettleton School DistrictLiteracy Initiatives

Literacy for All---No Exceptions Every teacher is a reading teacher ! In grades 4-8 at least 1 interdisciplinary unit will be taught each 9 weeks Language Arts classes will be blocked for students needing ELA in Junior High *Writing in every classroom on a regular basis ( Regular basis means at least once per week in

non LA classes ) *Required reading in almost every classroom ( Required Beginning in 6th grade read for information. Can be magazine articles. *Every test that teachers give should have an open response question. *Each teacher keep a portfolio of student work in a notebook/folder *Principal or Designee should pull student work portfolios every week to make sure that work is

appropriate. *Inclusion teachers assist with Reg. Ed teachers-portfolios *Development of consistent reading process and writing rubric and TRAIN ALL TEACHERS Resource/Self Contained teachers will keep portfolios of student work. *Have an open house once every 9 weeks to review student work in portfolios * Develop a leadership team within your building. Make it as diverse as possible-different ages,

different subject areas. Meet twice a month to review literacy plan *Establish an addendum to the report card that will address Lexile reading levels and develop a

plan of how to improve these levels.

Reading Report

WHY NOT US ?