Building a Successful School: Brick by Brick

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Building a Successful SchoolBrick by Brick

• Presented by
• Dr. Rene Garganta
• Cynthia Vega
• Cynthia Borden

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Who are we?

• School size, 07-08
• 1600 students
• Native/Alaskan 0.3
• Asian/Pacific 8 0.5
• African American 201 12.6
• Hispanic 1297 81.1
• White 90 5.6
• Econ. Disadv. 1302 81.4
• ELL 377 23.6
• Spec. Educ. 283 17.7

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Who are we?

• 2008- 09 of teachers 113
• New to campus 17 (15)
• 0-2 years 32 (22)
• 3-5 years 19 (13)
• 6-10 years 30 (21)
• 11 years 62 (43)

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Areas of Need

• AYP stage 4
• Math performance- all subgroups
• Graduation rate

• Academically unacceptable
• Math- all subgroups
• Completion rate

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ELA Results
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Mathematics Results

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Science Results
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Social Studies Results
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Were we successful in reaching our goals?
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How did we do it?

• Organizational re-structuring into thematic
  academies
• Personalization of the learning process through
  FAS and explicit efforts to engage students
• Professional learning communities
• Ultimately, it is people and what they do that
  makes the difference!!!

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• Contact information
• Dr. Rene Garganta
• 512-414-7703
• rgargant_at_austinisd.org