englewood schools' spring 2013 shareholder report

7/30/2019 Englewood Schools' Spring 2013 Shareholder Report

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Englewood Schools

A Relentless Focus On Learning

We are pleased to oer the Spring 2013 Electronic Shareholders Report for

your review. This full version report is intended to be a companion to our Spring

2013 Printed Shareholder Update that was delivered by the post oce to every

resident in Englewood.

By providing this longer report online instead of in print form, we save money

that can be used directly for services and resources that directly impact our

students. As referenced in both this report and the postcard update, addional

informaon can be found on our district website: hp://englewoodschools.net/

Brian EwertSuperintendent

Karen BroAssistant Superintendent

ShareholderreportSPRING 201

In This Issue:

Bond Projects and Construcon Updates

Instruconal Technology in the Classroomand Beyond

Monitoring District Progress

Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness

Operaons, Maintenance and Transportaon

Academic Standards Update

Gied and Talented Educaon

Financial Transparency

Human Resources


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Bond ProjectsIn November 2011, Englewood voters approved a $50 million Bond, with a 20-year payback term,

that would build a new campus for grades 7-12 at the current Englewood High School Site and

renovate the current Englewood Middle School site for use by Colorados Finest Alternave High

School. A Bond is a nancial loan issued for the purpose of nancing the infrastructure needs of

the school district. The Bond funds will be used for the following:

Replace and upgrade Mechanical and Electrical Systems

Provide beer school site Safety and Security

Construct Classrooms and Academic Spaces to meet 21st Century instruconal needs

Bring the Facilies up to Code

Renovate the high school Field

House and PerformingArts areas

Complete campus site Upgrades

Implement the inial phase of the

Board of Educaons Long Range

Facilies Plan

More than $419,000 in operang

costs will be saved annually due

to greater eciency in systems.

When the Board of Educaon adopted

the Long Range Plan, it was divided into

two major phases. Due to crical safetyand security concerns and the rapidly

deteriorang facility at EMS, EHS and CFAHS, it was agreed that these issues were to be addressed

rst. This Bond measure will primarily focus on a new campus for grades 7-12 and the renovaon of

Englewood Middle School in preparaon for occupancy by Colorados Finest Alternave High School.

Providing new facilies and 21st Century Programming, will allow us to retain the majority of our

Englewood students and aract students from across the enre south metropolitan area. As stu-

dents enroll in Englewood Schools from other aendance areas, the State funding for each of these

students follows the student to Englewood.

New Construcon will Provide AddionalBenets to Students including:

New classrooms that will simulate todays

work environment and college classrooms,

encouraging creave thinking, problem

solving, collaborave group work and the

use of technology

A facility where students are Safe and Secure

Improved technology and giving students

the proper tools to work in an interacve

and technologically advanced society


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The EnglewoodCampus (TEC)Construcon Update

Six months aer the

groundbreaking ceremony

for The Englewood Campus,the Phase 1 building footprint

is complete!

Construcon has moved

rapidly over the past months

as seen in these pictures.

The Phase 2 permit is currently

being reviewed by the Division

of Fire Safety.

The Phase 1 construconcompleon is on target for a

December 2013 nish.

The oundations and structural

steel are 100% complete

while exterior wall raming

is underway to close up the

perimeter o the new building.

April 4, 2013

February 5, 2013

Exterior masonry is complete and

the veneer nish is underway with

the biggest example being the north

side o the North Fieldhouse.

The other signicant exterior scope

currently in progress is the roo. It is

roughly 25% complete or Phase 1.


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...TEC Update (connued)

As for the interior scope in progress, the

underground electrical and plumbing are

complete. This has allowed concrete slab

on deck and slab on grade in the building

to be 75% complete. The remaining con-

crete will be poured in the coming weeks.

Area D, which is the kitchen and com-

mons, is the most progressed secon of

the interior poron. Youll nd overhead

mechanical and electrical rough-ins ongoing

with interior masonry walls dening the

spaces within the kitchen/culinary arts

and mechanical rooms.

The North Fieldhouse is enclosed enough

to provide the image of a packed house

watching a future Pirates dominaon!

While the mul-leveled commons area isbeginning to present the excitement of the

large collaboraon space that is designed.

Read more about the new programs

that will be ofered with and in

advance o the new campus in the

Post-Secondary and Workorce

Readiness portion o this report under

the New Academic Programs heading.

You can also nd us on Facebook at

www.facebook.com/TheEnglewoodCampus.

In the coming months, the 21st Century learning areas will begin to take shape with the STEM labs, culinary

arts lab, ne arts, and tness & dance studio areas begin to construct. The emphasis on collaboraon created

the educaonal spine concept and as the other areas enclose it,

it will create the open and inving design intended here. Along

with these areas, the Fisher Auditorium remodel will begin shortly

aer school exits for the summer months with plans to be complete

when sta and students return in September.

The project is being managed on behalf of the school by CBRE and

the Design-Build team consists of MOA Architects and Saunders

Construcon. For more detailed informaon, including the latest

drawing update, please select the Bond Projects tab from the

center navigaon bar on our main district webpage: hp://englewoodschools.net.


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Colorados FinestAlternave High SchoolConstrucon Update

Construcon connues to progress at the

Colorados Finest Alternave High School

project. With the project design completedthis fall and a building permit in-hand,

construcon ocially got under way the

day aer Christmas, 2012.

With the Middle School connuing to

operate on the north half of the building,

Haselden Construcon has taken over the

south half of the building and has steadily

transformed the old classroom spaces

into new, 21st Century learning environ-

ments. Temporary parons separatethe middle school from the construcon

areas to minimize disrupon between the

construcon project and the school.

New spaces on the south side include two

science classrooms, two science labs, a

new art room and a newmul-media

classroom space. The former library space

in the middle school has been completely

converted into a new administraon

suite. The old locker rooms have been

completely demolished and a newt-

ness/weight room, with adjoining locker

room space, is being built. The old tech

arts building has been cleaned out to be

ed with new boilers and mechanical

equipment. Finally, the south gym is in

the midst of receiving a new re sprinkler

system and a completely new HVAC system.

With summer fast approaching, this

south halfof the building is expected to

be complete by the end of May.

Over the summer months the construcon

team will complete nearly 60,000 square-

feet of renovaons in just 3 months. The

contractor teams will be working two

dierent shis, seven days a week and

are scheduled to complete the rst oor

classrooms in me for school in fall, 2013.

The second story classroom wing will be completed in early October, 2013, with the Cosmetology and

STEM spaces being the last phase, completed by November, 2013.


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...CFAHS Update (connued)

The classroom renovaons will provide 21st

century educaonal space and promote

student-centered learning environments,

while keeping an openness which Colorados

Finest students and teachers have embraced

at their current facility. The school will also

feature a new entrance, located at the cor-ner of Chenango Ave & Delaware St, which

will provide more visibility and safer, easier

access from the primary parking lot. Once

the Colorados Finest students move in to

this building in January, 2015, they will be

leaving behind a cramped 30,000 square-

foot space and be expanding into a 98,000

square-foot space, with amenies that have

been sorely lacking.

The new mechanical and electrical systemsbeing installed are far more ecient than

the outdated equipment currently in place.

These new systems put the project on pace

to be cered by the U.S. Green Building

Council as LEED Silver, which is an impressive

achievement for the school in its measure

of energy eciency and sustainable features.

The City of Englewood has agreed to give

$100,000 to complete aesthec improve-

ments in both the north and south gyms.

This scope includes paral replacement and

re-nishing both gym oors, new paint,

new basketball goals, volleyball and bad-

minton standards and addional moveable

bleachers and seang. These improvements

will be completed over summer, 2013.

The project is being managed on behalf of

the school by CBRE and was designed by

SlaterPaull Architects.

For more detailed informaon, includingrenderings of the design of the school and

updated construcon photos, please select

the Bond Projects tab from the center nav-

igaon bar on our main district webpage:

hp://englewoodschools.net.

You can read more about the new programs coming to Colorados Finest in the Post-Secondary

and Workforce Readiness poron of this report under the New Academic Programs Heading.


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Instruconal Technologyin the Classroom and Beyond

STEM in Englewood

Englewood Schools are quickly becoming known for their approach to STEM (Science, Technology,

Engineering, and Math) programs. Just this year, students from Englewood High School competed

successfully in programming and robocs compeons, and will be launching a near-space balloon

with scienc probes in May. Addionally, students from Colorados Finest Alternave High School

perform experiments with lasers, wind, pneumac and solar energies. Englewoods STEM lab was

the site of a naonal conference for STEM teachers, and a desnaon for visitors from across the

Front Range. In the 2013-14 school year, Clayton Elementary will partner with the Colorado School

of Mines to provide Englewood students with resources and instrucon. Englewood leadership is

commied to preparing Englewood students for the technical workplace of the 21st century.

iPad, iThink, iLearn

Students at the Englewood Leadership Academy

have begun working at school and at homewith a school-issued iPad. Approximately 75

students and their four teachers are working

digitally 24/7with the iPad, as they use instruc-

Resources for LearningSta and students in Englewood Schools have access to

some of the best learning technologies anywhere in the

state. Englewood has a robust wireless network, ber-

opcs-delivered bandwidth, and current computers.

The teaching sta in Englewood use laptop computers for

producvity and mobility, and Englewood supports

over 2,400 computers for 3,000 students, ensuring one

of the best computer-to-student raos in the state.

Addionally, sta can rely on LCD projectors for pre-

sentaons, and document cameras to project texts and

3D objects. Englewood sta members acknowledge

their level of support, with 85% of sta agreeing that

they have access to the technology tools they needs to

teach to todays digital generaon.

onal applicaons and online resources to further their learning. The district pro-

vides heavy duty cases and internet ltering to focus students. Further, 100% of the

ELA parents have opted to have their child take the device home. Both students and

sta have agreed that the pilot has been successful and cant envision working with-

out the iPad. Watch for Englewood to expand the program in the coming school year.


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...IT in Classroom (connued)

Systems UpgradesAny organizaon in the 21st century must increase IT responsibilies to account for the growing

role that digital technology has in our lives. Englewoods IT department has responded to these

challenges by connuing to improve our infrastructure. These improvements include: server virtu-

alizaon, higher capacity networking equipment, building out our WiFi network, and invesng in

ber opcs. These improvements support sta and students in their learning and in the classroom.

Operaonal Eciencies

Englewoods IT department connues to demonstrate commitment to providing resources in a

scally responsible manner. Englewood is on track to save 100K/year in print shop costs through

the use in new technology. Also Englewood is on pace to save 75K/year in telecommunicaons

costs by building out our own private network. Englewood operates its own phone system and uses

federal programs such as E-Rate to drive down costs. Englewood will connue to explore new tech-

nologies to enhance its educaon system, while being responsible to the tax payer.

Englewood Shares our SuccessesEnglewood Schools is the frequent host to other educators, showing our stas creave use of

instruconal technology. Englewood has had visitors from across the Front Range, the state of

Colorado, the United States, and even India interested in our classroom pracces. Englewood sta

and students take the visits in stride, proud to share their experiences and let others learn from

Englewood educators. The outside visits provide an exchange of ideas and validate our teachers

hard work.


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Monitoring District Progress

Acuity Assessment SystemThis year Englewood Schools had adopted a benchmarking assessment system in grades 3-10 to

monitor the progress of students towards end of year standards in Reading and Math, called Acuity.

Acuity measures how well students are meeng the end of the year standards three dierent mes

during the school year. Teachers then use this data to inform decisions regarding instrucon and to

meet the learning needs of students.

Professional Learning that Supports Improvement Plans

Semester 1:

During the rst semester of the 2012-2013 school year, educators connued to focus on

the new instruconal model, Gradual Release of Responsibility. The enre teaching sta

completed a book study on the 3rd phase of gradual release, eecve student collaboraon. The book study was accompanied by invesgaon, discussion, and recorded exemplars

during one late start Monday each month.

Semester 2:

In eort to connue expanding our understanding of the Data Team Process, the professional

learning for second semester focused on how to create common formave assessments

with the kick o on January 7, 2013. The second semester of learning provided teachers

with the opportunity to create a common formave assessment, receive feedback on the

assessments, and to watch a recorded Englewood Data Team in acon as they discussed

how they used common formave assessments to monitor the progress of their students

over the course of a unit.

Late Start Mondays:

The district connues to provide content for one late start Monday each month. This

professional learning is always aligned to the district improvement plan, which is monitored

for the purposes of state accreditaon. The content of the other late start Mondays is

determined by building principals and the unique needs of sta idened in School Im-

provement Plan.

Monitoring Student ProgressAs menoned, Englewood Schools is monitoring student progress toward end of year reading,

math, and wring standards. The charts on the following page compare each grade levels previous

years TCAP scores to the grade levels district benchmark assessment score. The data is organized

to be read in a straight horizontal line. Looking at the data in this way, you can analyze the average

achievement gains made by a grade level of students from last years TCAP test though the bench-

marks of this year and predict how students will perform on this years state assesssment.


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56.77%

65.00%

66.93%

79.84%68.91%

67.80%

74.17%

60.00%

57.81%

68.75%

62.99%

68.22%54.62%

58.47%

58.33%

70.00%

64.58%

60.63%

62.99%

77.52%

64.38%

48.03%

65.12%66.39%

61.86%

56.67%

57.50%

Grade 03

Grade 04

Grade 05

Grade 06Grade 07

Grade 08

Grade 09

Grade 10

Grade2013-13

TCAP2011-12*

AcuityForm A+

AcuityForm B

AcuityForm C

Monitoring Reading ResultsPercent scoring Procient and Advanced

*TCAP 2011-12 column reects students previous spring TCAP scores

+Acuity Form A not mandatory, limited parcipaon in Grades 07-10

Grade 03

Grade 04

Grade 05

Grade 06

Grade 07

Grade 08

Grade 09

Grade 10

Grade2013-13

TCAP2011-12*

AcuityForm A+

AcuityForm B

AcuityForm C

Monitoring Math ResultsPercent scoring Procient and Advanced


+Acuity Form A not mandatory, limited parcipaon in Grades 07-10

73.03%

72.96%

55.64%

55.56%

31.36%

43.44%

13.33%

10.89%

80.34%

83.02%

56.39%

57.94%

41.53%

36.07%

22.50%

16.83%

77.53%

83.02%

60.15%

57.94%

63.52%

54.14%

56.35%

46.61%

37.70%

35.00%

24.75%

70.06%

38.89%

55.79%

51.32%

52.24%

50.82%

55.56%

43.31%

47.20%

41.54%

50.00%

47.71%

67.50%

41.40%

25.46%

55.26%

38.62%

47.01%

32.79%

39.81%

37.01%

35.20%

12.31%

33.33%

37.61%

61.67%

N/A

16.67%

33.68%

22.22%

37.31%

21.31%

13.89%

21.26%

24.00%

2.31%

17.86%

23.85%

19.17%

35.82%

26.23%

49.07%

36.22%

53.60%

41.54%

17.86%

30.28%

Grade 00

Grade 01

Grade 02

Grade 03

Grade 04

Grade 05

Grade 06

Grade 07

Grade 08

Grade 09

Grade 10

Grade 11

Grade 12

Grade2013-13

TCAP2011-12*

WringQ 1

WringQ 2

WringQ 3

Monitoring Wring ResultsPercent scoring Procient and Advanced


Student Progress


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100%

95.5%

92%

94%

95%

17

84

142

93

21

Fall 2012-13

2011-12

2010-11

2009-10

2008-09

Number ofStudents

Enrolled inCollege Level

Classes

Pass Rateof

College-LevelClasses

SchoolYear

or Term

TuionPaid byDistrict

$5,440

$26,910

$43,049

$26,654

$3,997

Postsecondary & Workforce Readiness

Graduaon, Compleon and Dropout Data

Graduaon, compleon and dropout rates are important pieces of informaon for schools, com-

munies, and the state. The graduaondata report the percentage of students graduang high

school in four years (considered on me graduaon). Three, ve, and six-year graduaon data

report the percentage of students who graduated early (three years) or the percentage of students

that required addional me to graduate (ve and six years). The compleon data report the per-

centage of students who graduated plus students who received a GED or cercate of compleon.

The dropout data report students who did not complete their high school educaon. The sll en-

rolled data report the percentage of students who remained enrolled in school.

16.9

31.2

41.5

3.8

20.4

25.8

2.7

12.8

24.8

31.5

32.5

26.2

2011-12

2011-12 6yr

2011-12 5yr

2011-12 3yr

2010-11

2010-11 5yr

2010-11 3yr

2009-10*

2008-09

2007-08

2006-07

2005-06

Year

72.5

81.5

79.3

1.7

72.5

81.4

0

78.0

78.6

72.2

71.3

54.0

EHS

43.5

52.6

59.2

2.5

44.4

49.4

1.3

39.9

49.8

48.5

50.6

37.9

Dist

75.4

78.5

78.7

1.1

73.9

77.1

1.0

72.4

74.6

73.9

75.0

74.1

State

28.8

54.3

54.1

11.5

29.9

44.2

8.2

25.9

50.9

52.1

49.6

48.3

CFAHS

75.2

84.4

83.2

2.2

74.7

84.3

1.3

80.3

83.7

80.5

80.8

77.0

EHS

51.0

67.1

67.7

5.6

50.5

61.2

4.6

48.6

66.1

64.0

64.3

60.5

Dist

78.2

84.3

82.9

2.0

76.8

81.9

2.0

75.8

79.2

78.8

79.8

80.5

State

13.3

15.4

20.3

19.0

21.3

22.4

25.8

CFAHS

4.0

2.3

2.8

3.5

4.6

5.7

3.5

EHS

6.9

7.5

10.3

9.8

11.5

12.1

10.5

Dist

2.9

3.0

3.1

3.6

3.8

4.4

4.5

State

29.4

3.4

7.3

36.4

CFAHS

12.1

0.6

2.7

9.8

EHS

21.0

2.2

5.1

23.8

Dist

10.7

1.2

3.4

11.0

State

Graduaon Rate Compleon Rate Dropout Rate Sll Enrolled Rate

CFAHS

* On-me, four-year graduaon formula implemented by Colorado Department of Educaon.

Concurrent EnrollmentEnglewood Schools believes that high school students who are capable of, and wish to pursue college level

work while in high school, should be permied to do so. Any student who is not more than twenty-one

years old, is enrolled in the 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th grade, and has met the necessary course requirements

may be eligible to take college level course work. These approved courses will receive both high school

and college credit. Students may take two courses per semester with tuion paid by Englewood Schools.

The following EHS courses oered students college credit during the 2012-13 school year:

Accounng 2 Honors Stascs

AP Biology Internaonal Business

Finite Math Introducon to Business

Honors College Senior AVID

Prep English 4

The district is proud of the number of students that

successfully take college-level course work each year.

Students register for the majority of concurrent

enrollment credit during the spring semester.


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...Postsecondary (connued)

Student Enrollment in Postsecondary Educaon

Englewood can now determine if and where our high school graduates aend a postsecondary

instuon within the United States through the Naonal Student Clearinghouse reports. In the report

Help Wanted: Projecons of Jobs and Educaon Requirements through 2018, research tells us that

in the next six years, about two-thirds of all employment will require some college educaon or

beer. The district will connue the crical work on college and career exploraon and planning toensure our students have access to, are prepared for, and enroll in some form of postsecondary opon.

Percent of Englewood Students Enrolled in College the Fall Immediately FollowingGraduaon From High School

College Remediaon Rates

The Colorado Department of Higher Educaon released its statewide annual report on remedial

educaon. The report includes the number of students from each high school and school district

who need remediaon upon entry into college. The graph below reports the percentage of

Englewood students

that were either

assessed as

needing remediaonor enrolled in a

remedial course in

at least one subject area in a Colorado public college or university.

Please visit hp://highered.colorado.gov/Academics/remedial/default.html for more informaon on

how remediaon rates are calculated. Englewood takes these reports very seriously as do all school

districts across the state. The district is commied to idenfying students with remedial needs prior to

enrollment in a postsecondary instuon, creang an aggressive and comprehensive plan to address

these needs, and providing the necessary intervenons to ensure students are truly college-ready.

2011

60

50

40

30

20

10

0

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

All Instuons

Public Instuons

Private Instuons

52.1%

81.8%

39.2%

48.1%

79.4%

41.4%

48.0%

72.7%

40.0%

Englewood High School

Colorados Finest Alternave High School

State of Colorado

SchoolGraduang

Class of 2011Graduang

Class of 2010Graduang

Class of 2009


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New Academic Programs

With the opening ofThe Englewood Campus (TEC) and the renovated Colorados Finest Alternave

High School (CFAHS), the district will oer several new and enhanced programs to students. These

programs are designed to build academic knowledge and technical skills to prepare students for

college and career success.

STEM in Englewood

Middle and high school students on both TEC and CFAHS will oer excing programming around

Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) and digital arts in an interacve, hands-on lab

seng. Students will plan, document and build collaborave projects in areas such as alternave

and renewable energy, audio engineering, video producon, civil engineering, electronics, graphic

design and digital animaon. The course will allow students to select projects designed to solve

real-world issues in various technology elds. Addionally, students will have the chance to pres-

ent their ndings through mulmedia presentaons to their class, school and community. Through

the course, students will learn everything from computer aided design to structural engineeringwhile using advanced computer soware such as Scratch animaon, Google Sketch-up, West Point

Bridge Builder, Adobe Creave Suite 5, Sony Acid Music Studio and many more.

Fabricaon Lab

A state-of-the art Fabricaon Lab will open in the Englewood Campus facility in January 2015. This

program oers a high-tech workshop for students to design, prototype and build things. Students

will envision an idea, and

then have access to a variety

of technologies that will

allow them to produce an

end product through the

use ofcomputer-aided

design and desktop manu-

facturing technologies.

Broadcast Journalism

Englewood High School has an award-winning journalism program that produces The Pirateer

newspaper and website and Pirate TV. The Englewood Campus will provide state-of-the-art broad-

casng facilies for this high-interest program.Students compleng this program will demonstrate the journalisc skill of broadcast reporng

(wring, eding, and on camera presence), while also developing the technological skills involved

in creang digital producons, including digital video, digital photography and lm eding. Students

will understand, accept, and apply the legal and ethical responsibilies inherent in a free press.

Students involved in this program will write, produce, edit, and broadcast video for classroom use,

and ulmately for school and district distribuon.

Students will work with:

3D Printer Systems CNC Sewing Machine System

Laser Engraver Systems Robocs Systems

Ploer/Vinyl Cuer Systems Digital Circuitry Systems

Arduino Microelectronics Systems


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...Academic Programs (connued)

Culinary Arts and Hospitality

Hospitality is the second largest industry in Colorado, and this program is designed for students

interested in exploring this excing and demanding career. Students will learn a blend of

culinary and managementcontent, relevant and mely topics from global cuisines to sustainability,

customer relaons, event management, and how to prepare and serve safe food.

CosmetologyCFAHS will open a new Cosmetology Program in January 2014. The program will prepare students

to provide beauty services in hairstyling, nail technology, or esthecs. This program will prepare

students to pass the state-licensing exam given by the Colorado Barber/Cosmetology Board.

Personal care services such an manicures, pedicures, facials, and hairstyling will be open to the

community beginning in Fall 2014.

Mandarin Chinese Language

Englewood is proud to announce this new world language course oering. The program will focus

on the development of funconal prociency in listening, speaking, reading and wring the Manda-

rin Chinese language. The relaonship between language and culture will be stressed throughout.


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Dropout Prevenon & Re-EngagementEnglewood Schools is commied to ensuring that all students reach their full learning potenal,

and in doing so, earn a high school diploma and demonstrate readiness for postsecondary educa-

on and the workforce. Englewood recognizes the crical impact a high school diploma has on a

students future, and therefore has developed ghtly woven strategies and acon steps to promotehigh school graduaon and dropout prevenon across the district. The following iniaves are

underway to address dropout prevenon:

An alternave learning environment oered at the Ombudsman

Student Support Center serving at-risk students, expelled and

suspended students, students who have dropped out, and students

who desire a blended face-to-face and technology-delivered curriculum.

Specic idencaon of and targeted services to students demon-

strang at risk factors (failing grades in core subjects, low aendance,

and disengagement in the classroom including behavior problems) High school credit recovery programs

Programs designed to address key educaonal transion periods

(5th to 6th grade transion and 8th to 9th grade transion)

Implementaon ofIndividual Career and Academic Plans for all

7th through 12th graders

Middle and high school advisory programs for all 7th through 12th graders

Implementaon of American School Counselor Associaon (ASCA)

standards for all secondary counselors to ensure comprehensive school counseling services that

address students academic, career, and social/emoonal needs.

Ongoing Dropout Prevenon and Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness professional

development for counselors, teachers and administrators.

Expansion ofConcurrent Enrollment, Advanced Placement, and Career and Technical Educa-

on courses to promote rigorous and relevant learning and overall student engagement.

Implementaon ofAVID (Advancement Via Individual Determinaon) programs at Engle-

wood High School, Englewood Middle School, and Colorados Finest Alternave High School.

AVID is a college-readiness system designed to increase the number of students who enroll in

four-year colleges. Although AVID serves all students, it focuses on the least served students in the

academic middle.

Outreach services and intervenons to Colorados Finest Alternave High School students

who have dropped out in order to re-engage and re-enroll them in school.

Englewoods focus on dropout prevenon will connue to yield research-based strategies and

iniaves to ensure our students graduate from high school ready for postsecondary educaon

and the workforce.


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Academic Standards Update

Colorado Academic StandardsEnglewood Schools will begin full implementaon of the new Colorado Academic Standards during

for the 2013-2014 school year.

Why Do We Need New Standards?

The world has changed. Employers expect more today than they did in the past from their

employees. Employers are expecng to hire employees who have the skills to help their

companies compete in the global marketplace and keep up with rapidly changing technolo-

gy. Todays employers need their sta to be able to acquire new skills quickly, work with less

supervision and idenfy sophiscated problems and make crucial decisions.

We cant successfully prepare students for college and careers unless we set the right ex-pectaons and goals. The Colorado Academic Standards are clear statements of what stu-

dents are expected to learn at each grade level to graduate prepared for a fast-moving,

ever-changing and increasingly globally-connected world.

How Were These Standards Developed?

The development process was research-based and fully inclusive of Colorados diverse com-

munies. Parcipaon from business leaders, teachers, parents, higher educaon represen-

taves and others helped ensure that a wealth of experience informed the creaon of our

new standards. The Colorado Academic Standards exemplify the mantra all students, all

standards; the development process created new standards for each of our ten content ar-eas: Colorado Arts Music, Visual Arts, Theatre, Dance; Comprehensive Health and Physical

Educaon; Mathemacs; Reading, Wring and Communicang; Science; Social Studies and

World Languages. Colorado standards for mathemacs and reading, wring and communi-

cang incorporate the Common Core State Standards while maintaining the unique aspects

of the Colorado Academic Standards, including 21st century skills and prepared graduate

competencies.

Where can I learn more?

The Oce of Standards and Instruconal Support website

www.cde.state.co.us/standardsandinstruconprovides a

variety of resources for those wishing to learn more about

the Colorado Academic Standards.


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Gied and Talented Educaon

Gied Educaon in Englewood Moving Ahead!

The purpose of gied educaon in Englewood Schools is to provide an educaonal experience that results

in maximizing student potenal and achievement ensured by needed provisions and advocacy.

Englewood Schools closely follow the state guidelines and recommendaons for Gied Educaon

programming. In the spring of 2012, Englewoods gied program was audited by the Colorado Depart-

ment of Educaon. In a leer sent by the Assistant Commissioner and the Director of Gied Educaon

they commented, The Colorado Department of Educaon would like to acknowledge the outstanding

work of your school district to reform guidelines and pracces to meet the needs of gied learners.

It is especially noteworthy that these eorts are integrated into the districts overall vision of learning and

growth for all students through the districts new Instruconal Model. Englewood schools dedicaon

to the pursuit of learning for all students, and its shared commitment to gied educaon is admirable.

Gied Math

32%

GiedOther

16%

Gied Art

2%

GiedLanguageand Math

26%

GiedLanguage

23%

Currently 8.14% ofEnglewood students are formally

idened as gied.

IdencaonScreening of all students is done at the end of 2nd grade usingthe COGAT test, which is a cognive abilies test. Tesng is done

upon request by parent, teacher, peer or self-nominaon for

ages 4 and older. Admiance is based upon review of a body

of evidence with more than one indicator. A team reviews

nominaons and makes admiance decisions.

Advanced Learning Plans

Wrien in the fall of each year and reviewed in the spring, an

Advanced Learning Plan (ALP) is a wrien record of gied

educaon programming services, and strategies ulized witheach gied child.

Programming

Englewood Schools provide a range of dierenated services.

Services may include:

Aecve Educaon - helping students understand themselves as gied, as learners, and

as part of a larger community.

Content Acceleraon - pacing students through content at a rate that matches their

advanced abilies.

Curriculum Compacng - providing students who demonstrate mastery with advanced

alternate learning.

Tiered Assignments - students work on a level that builds on their prior knowledge.

There are many opportunies to parcipate in enrichment clubs, commiees and compeons.

Math Counts is a challenging and rigorous compeve club for middle school age students. Desnaon

Imaginaon is a worldwide compeve club involving creavity, problem solving and teamwork.

Math Mentoring is a club oered to gied elementary math students, pairing each student with an

adult or older student to work on math skills far above what is oered in the regular curriculum for


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...Gied & Talented (connued)

that age level. Parents are invited to parcipate in SENG (Supporng the Emoonal Needs of the

Gied), a group in which parents discuss and support one another on topics unique to parenng

gied children. EHS students, and administrators have

formed a GT Planning Commiee. Students are acvely

involved brainstorming ideas to strengthen gied services

at EHS. A Gied Advisory commiee comprised of stu-

dents, teachers, and community members meets quarterlyto work on connually improving Gied Programming

in Englewood.

For quesons or more informaon contact Gail Sne,

[email protected], 303-806-7027 and visit

the gied website for Englewood Schools.

Financial TransparencyEnglewood Schools values open and honest communicaon with its many stakeholders: sta, students,

parents and taxpayers. In order to meet the requirements of Arcle 44, Title 22 of the Colorado

Revised Statutes, The Public School Financial Transparency Act, we have posted several items on

our Financial Transparency webpage.

For more detailed informaon, please pull down the Business Services menu tab from the Depart-

ments tab on the le navigaon bar on our main district webpage. hp://englewoodschools.net/.

Operaons, Maintenanceand Transportaon

Safety and Security UpdatesEnglewood Schools recently completed security updates at all

elementary schools as well as at Colorados Finest Alternave

High School. These updates included the installaon of a camera

and buzz-in system at the main entrances at each school. During

the school day, all doors will be locked and visitors will need to

be idened using the camera and buzz-in system before they

enter the building to sign in and get a visitors pass.

Addionally, beginning in the 2013-14 school year, all students and

stawill be required to wear an ID badge while on school grounds.

All visitors who do not have a district-issued ID will be required to check-in and get a visitors pass.

Modular Classrooms

Modular classrooms will be delivered and installed over the summer at Charles Hay and Bishop

Elementary Schoolstoease overcrowding.


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Human Resources DepartmentThe Human Resources Department at Englewood Schools is dedicated to providing streamlined pro-

cesses and quality programs to ensure that the district thrives. To this end, here is what the Human

Resources department has been up to this spring:

Human Resources processed 1,235 background checks for construcon projects.

We processed 56background checks for volunteers within our sites.

We posted 35 teaching posions for 13/14 school year.

To further enhance our processes for selecng qualied applicants we

are ulizing an addional screening component (automated phone

screening) provided in our applicant tracking system, AppliTrack. The

complete selecon process includes: Reviewing applicaons online,requesng selected applicants to complete an automated phone screen,

requesng selected applicants move forward to the formal interview,

nal selecon, and reference checks.

All employees, hired prior to 3/1, will receive anevaluaon before the end of the 12/13

school year. This includes a self-evaluaon, formal evaluaon, yearend conference and

goal seng, and electronic signature. To date, 33% are complete using our online evalu-

aon system, Halogen.

Weve implemented online employee injury reporng to improve processes and enhance

knowledge. Each me an individual reports an injury, through Public School Works, they

will receive a task to complete an applicable online training and quiz to hopefully prevent

similar injuries in the future.

We completed a handbook for classied employees. Classied employees are those who

are not required to hold a teaching license, such as bus drivers.

Weve won 100% of unemployment claims.

englewood schools' spring 2013 shareholder report

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