Dunbar Elementary School

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Dunbar Elementary School

• St. Louis Public Schools
• St. Louis, Missouri

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School Demographics

• PK-5 Elementary School
• 330 Children
• 100 Free and Reduced Lunch
• 100 African American
• Insignificant ESL/ELL
• In NCLB School Improvement

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The Neighborhood
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The Neighborhood
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The Neighborhood
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Across the Street
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Behind the School
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Dunbar Learning Philosophy

• Every child can learn given the proper resources
  and a commitment to excellence
• School is a community and everyone in the
  community must participate in order to achieve
  success

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Why Waterford?

• The lack of fundamental background exposure to
  print puts our children ½ grade behind before
  they enter our doors
• Student mobility impacts sustained gains
• The Need to Differentiate Instruction
• Getting kids In the Game
• The Jackson/Banneker/Carver/Dunbar Story

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Implementation

• Partnerships- Vashon Education Compact
• Currently 21 computers running peer-to-peer
  serving all K-1 children and identified 2nd-3rd
  grade children
• Open Court Basal
• Integrating Waterford with Open Court

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Implementation

• Daily Usage Goals
• Book Distribution
• Book a Week
• Learning to Read Guide
• Special Education Guide
• Use of other resources

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Implementation

• Teaching the offline materials
• Analyzing the data
• Reassign, Reassign, Reassign
• Meeting w/ Administrators, Teachers, and Parents

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Waterford Reading Lab
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Teaching the Offline Materials
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Extra Sessions
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Study of Program Effectiveness

• Designed the study with Simon Foundation, Dr. Pat
  Chartock, and SLPS Research and Evaluation
  Department
• Pre and Post Tests with the Gates-McGinitie
  Reading Test and DIBELS
• Used national norms as measure of intervention
  effectiveness

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Year 1 Pre and Post Tests PR
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Year 2 Pre and Post Test
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NCE Gains
2003-04 Pre 18 Post 33 2004-05 Pre
43 Post 67
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Grade Level Equivalents
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DIBELS
F18/43 W33/67
S54/83
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Our Journey

• Has just begun