Welcome to Boyer Valley Community School District!

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Welcome toBoyer Valley Community School District!
Site Visit December 5, 6, and 7, 2006
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Boyer Valleys Mission

• The mission of the Boyer Valley Community School
  District is to promote and deliver a
  comprehensive, futuristic educational program,
  challenging all students to develop their full
  potential, by providing an exceptional learning
  environment using all available resources.

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District Student Learning Goals

• We strive to be a district that
• The students will be aware of and responsible for
  the environment, community betterment, and
  becoming productive, self-disciplined citizens,
  in the communities and globally, who demonstrate
  the ability to get along with others as well as
  to provide for him or herself.
• Demonstrate proficiency in math, reading and
  science.
• The students will be able to demonstrate basic
  technological skills, which will enable them to
  adapt to future advances.
• The students will develop problem solving
  strategies, which will enable them to utilize
  independent and cooperative thinking skills,
  common sense, evaluation/study skills,
  creativity, and an appreciation of the arts.
• The students will develop an understanding of the
  importance of living a healthy lifestyle.

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District Demographics

• Harrison County (BV South) and Crawford County
  (BV North)

• Boyer Valley Community School District 2,988
• District also includes Dunlap, Dow City, Arion,
  Soldier, Moorhead

Harrison Co. Iowa Nation
17.0
14.7
Persons 65 years old and older
12.4
High school graduates
85.0
86.1
80.4
College graduates-Bachelors Degree
12.7
24.4
21.2
Families below poverty level
8.6
9.1
12.5
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School Demographics
2002-03
2005-06

• Percentage of students
• Who qualify for free or reduced lunch
  
  
• Who have an IEP

35 33
13 13

• Both subgroups continue to be identified as
  having the largest achievement gaps

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School Demographics - Staff
Administration 2
Elementary Staff 13
Secondary Staff 19
Supplemental Staff 17
Secretaries 3
Cooks 7
Custodians 4
Bus Drivers 5
Total 68
Full-Time Teachers 43 All Employees 94
Administration 3
Dean of Students 1
Elementary Teachers 19
Middle School Teachers 7
Secondary Teachers 17
Support Staff 19
Cooks 9
Custodial and Bus Drivers 14
Campus Care 5
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Indicators of SuccessPercent of Core Completers
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Indicators of Success ACT
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Class of 2006Graduation Plans
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Boyer Valley Assessment Plan
K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
DIBELS X X
BRI X X X X
NWEA X X X X X X X X X X
ITBS X X X X X X X X X X
ITED X X X
COGAT X
ASVAB X
PSAT X
PLAN X
ASSET X X
ACT X X X
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Additional Data Collection
Data/Assessment
Iowa Youth Survey
Accelerated Reader, CCC
Discipline/Attendance Data
Problem Solving Team Data
Graduate and Follow-Up Surveys
NAEP
8th Grade Technology Assessment (Spring, 2007)
D/F List
Test Item Analysis
District Developed Phonemic Awareness Test

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School Improvement Efforts
Data Analysis Action Plan Curriculum
Mapping Standards and Benchmarks Vocabulary Progra
m Evaluation Career Development Plans Pre/Post
Test Development Understanding Poverty
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School Improvement Components
Alignment is the Key

• Boyer Valleys School Improvement philosophy fits
  with the Iowa Professional Development Model

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Path to School Improvement
Curriculum

• Standards and benchmarks have been developed with
  grade level expectations in all curricular areas.
• Curriculum Mapping is an on-going focus of
  district staff.
• Pre/Post Assessment Development
• Curriculum process includes C2P Updating of
  Standards/Benchmarks on a 7-year cycle, AEA 13

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Path to School Improvement
Instruction

• Vocabulary PreK-12
• Understanding Poverty
• Pre/Post Assessment
• Collaborative sharing and reflection are utilized
  by the staff as an extension of their classroom
  implementation of strategies and new learning.

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Path to School Improvement
Instruction

• Professional Evaluation

• Portfolios ongoing process as part of teacher
  evaluation

• Must provide documentation of accomplishments
  within the eight areas of the Iowa Teaching
  Standards and Model Criteria

• Part of the 3-year evaluation cycle

• Individual Career Plans

• Developed annually

• Tied to district goals

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Path to School Improvement
Assessment

• Boyer Valley completed an alignment review of our
  curriculum and district-wide assessments using
  the Iowa Technical Adequacy Project (ITAP)
  process.

• We hope to achieve even tighter alignment through
  continuous updating of our standards and
  benchmarks using the C2P process, K-12.

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Data Driven Path to School Improvement
Assessment

• Boyer Valley began using Assessment Solutions
  data system in 2005-2006
• Goal is to extract trend data and other
  meaningful information to share with District
  Stakeholders

Students
Grade Level
Sub Group
Collapsed Grade
School-Wide
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Path to School Improvement-Reading
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Path to School Improvement-Math
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Path to School Improvement-Science
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Path to School Improvement Closing the Gap
Reading
Assessment
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Path to School Improvement Closing the Gap
Math
Assessment
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Path to School Improvement Closing the Gap
Science
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Opportunities for the Diverse Learner
Best
Practice

• Early Childhood Special Needs Program
• Title I Reading/Math Teachers
• Family/School Coordinator
• Resource Rooms
• Gifted and Talented
• Talent Search thru Western Iowa Tech
• Alternative High School (Unity)
• On-site college Dual Credit
• Career Visions
• IWCC college credit classes (Academy)
• Access to AP on-line courses
• BLAST Program
• Vocational Rehabilitation

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InformationManagement
Supports

• JMC
• Student information
• Parent access through website
• Assessment Solutions
• District assessment data
• SOCS District Website
• Interactive access to district information
• http//boyer-valley.fesdev.org/

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Welcome to Our District!