State of the School & Title I MeetingThomas Edison High School

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The purpose of the State of the School and Title I Annual meeting is to: Provide information about the current state of the

school. Provide an update on the School Improvement Plan. Share priorities, goals and strategies for

improvement. Provide ways in which families can be engaged

throughout the year. Clarify the purpose of Title I. Describe the communication parents/guardians can

expect to receive regarding their child’s progress.

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Purpose of State of the Schools

WHO WE ARESCHOOL’S CURRENT REALITYSCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN Goal Areas and Strategies for Student

Achievement, Climate, and Family Engagement Title I Budget and Use of Funds

FAMILY ENGAGEMENT Communication Opportunities for Involvement Support

Strengths and ChallengesQuestions and Comments

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Agenda

VisionThrough innovation and personal empowerment the Edison

community will partner with our students, igniting a passion for lifelong learning, instilling the ideals of international mindedness,

leading our students to succeed at Edison and beyond.

MissionAll students will graduate with the skills necessary to excel in their

post secondary aspirations.

Belong. Believe. Become.

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Thomas Edison High School

2008 – 2009: TEHS Fresh-Started 2009 – 2010: TEHS labeled SIG School

(School Improvement Grant) 2010 – 2011: SIG Year 1 2011 - 2012: SIG Year 2 2012 – 2013: SIG Year 3 2013 – 2014: No Label!

Our StoryThrough the “SIG Years”

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2007 (N=1245) 2% 55% 9% 20% 13%

2008 (N=1019) 2% 56% 9% 21% 12%

2009 (N=1021) 2% 55% 9% 23% 11%

2010 (N=897) 2% 56% 7% 24% 10%

2011 (N=889) 3% 61% 8% 17% 11%

2012 (N=786) 2% 61% 10% 15% 11%

2013 (N=705) 3% 58% 10% 14% 15%

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EDISON – Ethnic Demographic Trends

Source: REA School Information Reports (SIR).

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2007 (N=1245) 42% 12% 81% 5%

2008 (N=1019) 41% 13% 84% 7%

2009 (N=1021) 33% 15% 86% 10%

2010 (N=897) 31% 17% 90% 11%

2011 (N=889) 22% 23% 95% 14%

2012* (N=838) 23% 24% 93% 15%

2013 (N=705) 21% 27% 91% 14%

ELL SPEC ED FRL HHM*

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EDISON – Special Population Demographic Trends

Source: REA School Information Reports (SIR). *Homeless Highly Mobile (HHM) figures are based on EOY active Discovery enrollment.

The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) uses Multiple Measurement Rating (MMR) to measure school performance. The MMR measures

Proficiency Growth (MCA to MCA) Achievement Gap Reduction Graduation Rate (HS only)

Schools earn points in each category. The percentage of possible points that a school earns is the school’s MMR.

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Multiple Measurement Ratingor MMR

The MMR rating is used to label a school as a Reward, Focus or Priority School, or to remove their label altogether.

Edison’s School Designation:

No Designation

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School Designation

EDISON Grade 10 MCA-II and MCA-III READING PROFICIENCY Trends 2007 to 2013 (All students)

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EDISON Grade 11 MCA-II MATHPROFICIENCY Trends 2007 to 2013 (All students)

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IB Diploma (International Baccalaureate) MYP (Middle Years Programme) CTE (Career & Technical Education)

◦ Business◦ Voyager◦ Personal Care and Therapeutic Services◦ Digital Media

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Programming

ELL(English Language Learners)

Betsy VanThorre

Edison is the official Newcomer High School Site for the North Side in Minneapolis Public Schools

We serve students in WIDA levels 1-5 WIDA- World-Class Instructional Design and

Assessment are national and state standards used for ELL students

Additional check and connect staff have been added to address specific caseload of students that are struggling with attendance.

Overview of the Program

Currently there are 152 ELL students at Edison

By Grade Level- 9th grade- 47 students10th grade- 41 students11th grade- 35 students12th grade- 29 students

By the Numbers

SPECIAL EDUCATION

Thomas Edison High School

• 27% of students at Edison receive special education services

• 214– total Special Education students◦ 2 students – Speech only◦ 35 students – Autism◦ 27 students – Developmental Cognitive Delay◦ 40 students– Life Skills◦ 110 students – Resource

Special Education Programs

As an International Baccalaureate World School, we have prioritized IB DP (Diploma Programme) courses as the primary option for advanced coursework for all students. We offer IB coursework and exams in 11 different subjects.

AP (Advanced Placement) and CIS (College in the Schools) courses supplement the offering of a full DP program:◦ AP Human Geography◦ Entry Point Project CIS – Writing Studio◦ Entry Point Project CIS – Physics

We offer a significant number of Career and Technical Education courses that are available to all students.

Since 2011, Edison has seen over half of its students of color successfully complete an advanced course.

Advanced Coursework at Thomas Edison

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 201305

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Total Advanced Courses at Edison High Per Year

Total Advanced Courses at Edison High Per Year

Advanced Course Offerings at Edison

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District AvgEdison

% of School’s Students of Color in Advanced Courses

Morris Park Players Northeast Chamber of

Commerce Target Corporation Wells Fargo AT&T BMO Harris Bank Change, Inc. Copper Street Brass

Quintet Deloitte Consulting Eastside Neighborhood

Services

General Mills Genesys Works Graco Guadalupe Alternative

Program (GAP) Minneapolis Regional

Chamber of Commerce Jefferson Awards –

Minnesota (Student in Action Leadership program)

Junior Achievement

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Community Partners

Dunwoody Institute Minneapolis Community & Technical College St. Paul College University of Saint Thomas University of Minnesota University of Minnesota Duluth

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College Partnerships

Beacons (YMCA) Check and Connect: School engagement

program with a focus on mentoring and attendance

Collaborative College Possible: College access program Educational Talent Search (ETS)

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Student Support Partnerships

St. Thomas Carleton Augsburg College Gustavus Adolphus Hamline University St. Catherine

University

University of MN Chorske Scholarship Wallin Foundation

Scholarships Gates Millennium

Scholarship  

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Scholarships The class of 2013 earned

$4,009,000 in Scholarships

Our School Improvement Plan is designed to address the concerns revealed in the data and is focused on three core areas. Student achievement School climate and Family engagement

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School Improvement Plan(SIP)

Reading Goal - 35% in 2014. Math Goal 10% in 2014.

Literacy SMART Goal – (SMART = Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Results-focused, Time-bound)

◦ Students in grades 10-12 will measure 50% proficient in the area of vocabulary and 45% proficient in the area of reasoning as of the October data collection.

◦ Students in 9th grade will measure 30% proficient in the area of vocabulary and 25% proficient in the area of reasoning as of the October data collection.

SIP Goals for Reading and Math

Teachers established a vocabulary routine and embedded it within their weekly instruction (Quarter 1 & 2) Collected data on students ability to make a

claim and justify their thinking (Year- long) ◦ Used writing to collect data. ◦ 5 data collections completed.

Introduced self-assessment with justification rubric (Quarter 4)

Literacy until today…

Year-long Professional Development Goals - ◦Align our work in MYP, Focused

Instruction and literacy by: Fully developing and reflecting on two MYP

units by year end, and Developing a deeper understanding of

reasoning within disciplines.

Aligning the Work…Where are we going?

We will increase academic engagement by maintaining our suspension rate from the 2012-2013 school year. Our goal is to have less than 400 suspensions for the school year.

During the 2012-2013 school year we decreased suspensions by over 50%.

2011-2012 school year Edison had 750 suspensions.

2012-2013 school year Edison had 346 suspensions.

Student Climate

Athletics: This is the percentage of students by season who participate in athletics

2010-11: Fall 28%, Winter 21%, Spring 19% 2011-12: Fall 30%, Winter 20%, Spring 25% 2012-13: Fall 30%, Winter 21%, Spring 24% 2013-14: Fall 31% Theater: Numbers increase each production, each

production gets better and the student leadership has made a significant shift.

Jump up: Our summer strength and conditioning program served around 80 students for the summer.

Student InvolvementBelong.Believe.Become.

Goal: 52% of A level attenders will attend 95% of the time.

Attendance Committee is developing an action plan to address attendance.

Advisory will be a place to communicate to the entire student body. Teachers coach students and talk about grades and attendance once a week.

Additional check and connect staff have been added to address specific caseload of students that are struggling with attendance.

Attendance

Goal Areas: 1) Offer more communication tools2) Empower parents/guardians as decision-makers3) Collaborate with stakeholdersStrategies: 1) Continue to communicate via mailings, school messenger, weekly updates, website and newsletters. Piloting social media; Facebook and twitter to communicate with all generations.2) Site Council and Tommie Boosters provides input on school improvement goals. Tommie Boosters plan events to increase parent and student involvement.3) Continue to strengthen partnerships with community programs. Engage students, families and staff from our neighborhood elementary and middle schools.

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Family and Community Engagement

to know the qualifications of your child’s teacher to know when your child has a substitute teacher for more than

four weeks and the qualifications of the substitute teacher to know how your child’s school is rated on its state test

scores to expect regular communication with your school in a

language that you can understand to work with other parents and staff to develop a school-level

parent compact between the school and its families to help plan how money for family involvement should be

spent to work with teachers, parents and the school principal to

develop a family involvement plan to ask for a meeting with your school principal or your child’s

teacher at any time

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As a parent, you have the right…

To monitor how our students are learning, we will use state assessments and other ways to gather information to plan for programs for our students.

These are the ways we share this information with you about your student throughout the year.

1. Mid-quarter progress reports are mailed home.2. Conferences are held each semester.3. Report cards are mailed home quarterly.4. Parent portal is available to all our parents/guardians.

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Student Progress

Provide input in the development of the School Improvement Plan, Family Involvement Plan, and the School Compact

Participate in Site Council, CPEO (Connecting Parents to Educational Opportunities), and Tommie Boosters/Edison’s Parent Group

Parents/guardians are encouraged to participate in Title I meetings and learning opportunities

Attend school events Visit your child’s classroom or volunteer at your child’s

school Talk to your child’s teacher about events and issues

that may affect your child’s work or behavior

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Opportunities for Family Involvement

At the school level, contact our Family Liaison:Christie Roiz, 612.668.1307 christie.roiz@mpls.k12.mn.us

Community Relations Facilitator at MPS district: Area A- Jocelyn Beard, 612.516.0901 Joceyln.beard@mpls.k12.mn.us

Cultural Liaisons for Hmong, Somali, and Spanish-speaking families, as well as African American families

District Parent Advisory Councils

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Family and Community Supports

We will provide the following opportunities for parents/guardians to offer input or to receive information for school improvement by/through… Tommie Boosters (1,800 volunteer hours, raised

$6,500 in 2013) Site Council Surveys

We will communicate about our school improvement progress by/through… Weekly updates Quarterly Newsletter Robo Calls Facebook and Twitter

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Moving Forward

For more detailed information on our School Improvement Plan (SIP) and Family Involvement Plan (FIP), please request a copy from the school or visit our website: edison.mpls.k12.mn.us

Revised SIP will be uploaded to our website.

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More Information

Title I is a federal program that provides money to schools and districts to ensure that all children have a fair, equal and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education to achieve proficiency on our state’s academic standards and assessments.

Title I supports our School Improvement Plan and the funding we receive helps us to reach our goals.

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Title I and School Improvement Plan

Do all schools receive Title I funds?◦ No. Title I programs are available to schools with the

greatest concentration of low-income families.

Budget◦ This year, $433,557 of our school budget comes from

this source.

Title I is a school-wide program at our school, which means all students are able to benefit from Title I services.

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Title I

To support those goals, we are using the Title I money in the following ways:

$426,921 is being used for teachers and other staff◦ Counselors◦ School Assistant Manager◦ Family Liaison◦ Social Worker

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Use of Title I Funds at Our School

Title funds are not currently being used for teacher professional development (funding set aside from fund 01)

$6,636 is used for family involvement◦ Communication to families via newsletters,

mailings, etc.◦ Transportation◦ Interpreters and translations◦ Food

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Use of Title I Funds at Our School

Opportunities for Growth Attendance

Providing comprehensive services for all student needs

Perception – slowly changing

Family Engagement

Strengths Diverse student body and enrollment

increasing.

Talented and committed staff

PLC – ILT – Data Team structure system incorporating Literacy.

Programming that meets the wide range of student needs.

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