Snowline School District

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Snowline School District

• Exiting PI

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District ELA AMO
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Snowline Demographics

• K-12 Joint Unified School District
• 12 Schools
• 260 Square Miles
• 8,900 Students
• 40 SED
• 12 English Language Learners
• 27 Hispanic Largest Ethnic Subgroup
• No Teachers Union

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Background Snowline PI Status

• Snowline District was notified in April 2004 it
  was a Program Improvement District.
• The designation was based on one area, ELA, and
  one subgroup, Students With Disabilities (SWD).
• The district submitted for a waiver based on
  recalculation of special education population,
  elementary grade span.
• The waiver was denied based on a state
  calculation of SWD 13.3 (13.6 required)
  proficient.

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2004 The ELA AYP Bar 12 AMO
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Exiting PI, We

• Concentrated on data analysis
• Conducted self studies
• Developed and Implemented an improvement plan
  that focused on standards-based instruction

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• First, Data Analysis

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District Distribution of Disabled Students By
Disability
60 of SLI were diagnosed for articulation!
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Students With DisabilitiesELA Wheres the
Growth?
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SWD Flexibility Measure
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2003
2004
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What Subgroups Keep Us in PI?2004 12 AMO
Increased to 2005 23 AMO
2004
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• Second, Self Studies

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Perception Data Input!

• The District Assistance Survey conducted by San
  Bernardino County Schools
• County Another Set of Eyes review process
• State Surveys SWD and EL
• Involved district SPED, EL teacher coaches, SPED
  Director
• Follow-up meetings about results
• Grade span meetings with special education staff
• Curriculum Council self study

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Perception Data Results!

• SPED and EL students needed more exposure to
  standards-based instruction
• SPED and EL teachers needed to be included in our
  instructional improvement program
• Staff development needed to be more aligned with
  our instructional improvement program
• Our intervention programs needed to be
  strengthened through fidelity of use and staff
  development
• We needed to continue to emphasize effective
  strategies
• in site-based parent involvement programs

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• Third, the Addendum Goal Setting!

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Addendum Our Focus!

• Improve standards-based instruction for SWD and
  EL
• Participation of all Students in Formative
  Assessments
• Focus on Essential of Essential and Unwrapping of
  Standards
• Participation of SWD and EL teachers in STPT
  Collaboration!
• Support for additional SWD and EL STPT
  Collaboration
• Add SWD and EL FOS Coach positions

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FOS The District Instructional Improvement
Process
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FOS The District Instructional Improvement
Process
Structured Teacher Planning Time SWD and EL
Teachers
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Addendum Our Focus!

• Improve standards-based instruction for SWD and
  EL
• Participation of all Students in Formative
  Assessments
• Focus on Essential of Essential and Unwrapping of
  Standards
• Participation of SWD and EL teachers in STPT
  Collaboration!
• Support for additional SWD and EL STPT
  Collaboration Add SWD and EL FOS Coach positions
• Align staff development

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Addendum Focus!

• Strengthen intervention programs through staff
  development
• Outside the school day
• Within the school day Language!
• Within the classroom Differentiation
• Continue success with parent involvement
• Hired parent liaisons
• Purchased and utilized translation services
• Conducted parent training nights, programs
• Promote family literacy

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Exiting PI

• We focused our efforts
• Data and Self Study
• Standards-Based Instruction AND Assessment for
  All Students
• Staff Development
• Family Involvement Plans
• SWD flexibility measure helped Snowline District
  meet AYP

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2006 District ELA AMO 23 Students Scoring
Proficient and Above
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indicates 2004-2006 growth
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Closing the Achievement Gap ELA ?
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The District Challenge Continues 2006
Achievement and 2008 AMO 34 ELA
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Questions
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• Jim Canter
• Snowline Joint Unified School District
• Assistant Superintendent
• Curriculum/Educational Services
• (760)-868-5817 x 7101
• jim_canter_at_snowline.k12.ca.us