managing navigation 101 for building excellence june 25, 2008 toby marston, school counselor
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Managing Navigation 101 for Building Excellence June 25, 2008 Toby Marston, School Counselor Laura Schonberg, Assistant Principal Mount Baker High School. Overview of MBHS’s Navigation 101 program. Examine the Continuous School Improvement process. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Managing Navigation 101 for
Building Excellence
June 25, 2008
Toby Marston, School Counselor
Laura Schonberg, Assistant Principal
Mount Baker High School
Goals for today’s session
• Overview of MBHS’s Navigation 101 program.
• Examine the Continuous School Improvement process.
• Implications for implementing and managing Navigation.
• Identify clear strategies that can help your kids next year.
Mount Baker High School, Deming WA
•15 miles east of Bellingham
•2300 students in the district
•Large rural area (512 square miles)
•715 Total Students
•10.4% Native American
•45% Free and Reduced Lunch
•4.2% Hispanic
•12% Slavic •2.2% Asian
•1.1% African American
•10.3% Special Education
Mount Baker High School, Deming WA
MBHS vs State 2007 WASL
50.2
80.683.6
73.1
93.397.6
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Math Reading Writing
WASL
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MBHS
Mount Baker High School, Deming WA
Class of 2009
After most recent WASL results:
90% have met standard in math
99.3% have met standard in reading
100% have met standard in writing
Mount Baker High School, Deming WA
English 4 credits
Math 3 credits
Math Directed Study 1 credit
Science 3 credits
Science Directed Study 1 credit
Social Studies 4 credits
CTE 1 credit
Arts 1 credit
Fitness 2 credits
Health .5 credit
Electives 10 credits
Total 30.5
Graduation
Requirements
Third highest credit requirements according to state board of education
2007 National Association of Agriculture Educators Outstanding Agriculture
Education Program in Region 1, which encompasses eleven western states.
2008 Girl’s Wrestling
Champions
Award Winning
Band
BAKER P.R.I.D.E.
• Performance Through Preparation
• Respect
• Integrity
• Determination
• Excellence Through Effort
Mount Baker High School, Deming WA
MBHS’s version of Navigation 101
“CSI Deming”
• The framework
• The “lens” of a comprehensive high school and life after WASL
• Reading, reading, reading
Where do we want to go?
How will we get there?
How will we know if we’re (getting) there?
Goal Setting
•Identify themes•Distinguish between goals and strategies
•Draft goals•Identify drivers/barriers
Action Plan
•Assess constituent readiness
•Prioritize strategies
•Plan next steps: Who? What? When?
Monitor the Plan
•Identify indicators
•Identify data sources
•Establish timelines
How will we keep improving?
Evaluate the Plan•Make revisions•Institutionalize, move to next priority
What are we about?
Purpose/Aim
Where are we now?
Gap Creates Opportunity
Where are we?
Research•Study and share solutions for barriers
•Identify “effective practices”
•Investigate effectiveness
•“Dig deeper” into the data
•Conduct site visits•Consult experts•Refine strategies in place
What do we find in research?
Single Comprehensive Master Plan
Con
text
Dem
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ph
ics
Per
cep
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Stu
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earn
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Data Analysis/Portfolio
• Clear and Shared Focus
• High Standards and Expectations
• Effective School Leadership
• Collaboration/
Communication• Aligned Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
• Frequent Monitoring of Teaching and Learning
• Focused Professional Development
• Supportive Learning Environment
• Family/Community Involvement
Continuous School Improvement Planning
Mount Baker’s Comprehensive High School provides an educational program of instruction and expertise essential for
successful academic, vocational, creative and athletic outcomes for our students
and community who reflect a broad variety of skills, talents, and interests.
Developed by the Comprehensive High School Team, 2005
Comprehensive High School Statement
Students with their families will have the knowledge, skill & understanding to prepare for the student’s chosen academic and/or career & technical post-high school plan.
Information, services & programs will be systematically provided to students & families for students to meet individual needs.
Post-WASL Statement
Notecard Activity:
Navigation 101 is….
Where are we?(data
analysis/portfolio)
Staff Beliefs & Attitudes….
41/43 teachers surveyed think student achievement can increase by close personal relationships between students & teachers.
Narrative Statements from Data Carousel Fall 2005
What does the data say?
Where are we?
What does the data say?
Staff Beliefs & Attitudes….
42/43 staff members surveyed believe student achievement can increase through effective parental involvement.
Narrative Statements from Data Carousel Fall 2005
Where are we?
Staff Beliefs & Attitudes….
Majority of staff strongly disagree that they communicate with parents often.
Narrative Statements from Data Carousel Fall 2005
What does the data say?
Where are we?
Parent Connections…
On average 30-35% of our parents come to parent conferences.
(data collected from last few years of conferences)
What does the data say?
Where are we?
Improvement to student portfolios…
The portfolio was poorly organized & I didn't always know what was going in to my portfolio. It was difficult to organize because I didn't have access to it before my senior year.
Comment from 2006 Senior Exit Survey
What does the data say?
Where are we?
Student goals & post-high school choices….
What are our kids doing after high school?
What does the data say?
Where are we?
23 2316
28
5 50
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10
15
20
25
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4 Yr Coll CC-Trans
CC-Tech Work Other Military
Percent
Based on averages collected from data in the last 10 years
Collected by Sandi Madison through the Senior Exit Survey
What does the data say?
Where are we?
Culture of poverty…
45% of MBHS receive free or reduced lunch
“In practical terms, because children living in persistent poverty appear to be at greater risk for serious academic failure, their potential contribution to society remains limited.”
From Ruby Payne’s A Framework for Understanding Poverty
What does the data say?
Where are we?
Is this data useful?
Where are we?
What data are you currently tracking at your school?
What do you need to be tracking?
What data could you track next year?
Where do we want to go?
(goal setting)
Themes
•Increase parent involvement.
•Increase teacher communication with families.
•Lack of relevancy in student portfolio.
•Student awareness for post-high school planning
•Lack of coherent career and college readiness instruction
Where do we want to go?
Do you ever feel like
we’re herding cats?
Needs/Deliverance
* Determining Readiness
* Assessing need
* Ensure response
Identifying deficits + No plan + Business as usual = Hopelessness
VS. Shared vision + Systemic response +
Reasonable, supported change =
improved outcomes for students + engaged staff
Desired outcome: Post-WASL (simple, focused, revisits
vision)Students with their families will have the knowledge, skill & understanding to prepare for the student’s chosen academic and/or career & technical post-high school plan.
Information, services & programs will be systematically provided to students & families for students to meet individual needs.
Where do we want to go?
Thinking about data/information at your school data, what
themes emerge?
(How can/will Navigation support student learning/success in your
building?)•Increase parent involvement.
•Increase teacher communication with families.
•Lack of relevancy in student portfolio.
•Student awareness for post-high school planning
•Lack of coherent career and college readiness instruction
Where do we want to go?
What do we find in the research?
(Research)
Who initiated Navigation in your school/district?
How does Navigation support the goals of your SIP?
What is/was the staff response to Navigation implementation?
What do we find in the research?
How will we get there?
(Action Plan)
2006-2007
Implement eleven advisory sessions
Student-Led Conferences for 9th grade students
PRIDE Leadership Team
2007-2008
17 advisory sessions
Student-Led Conferences for 9th-11th
Portfolio improvements
PRIDE Leadership Team
How will we get there?
Do you have a clearly defined goal/action plan for Navigation 101?
If no, how will you?
Does your staff know and understand the goals/action plan?
If no, how will you?
Is your goals/action plan based on your SIP goal(s)?
If no, how do you adjust?
How will we get there?
Go
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Study Team:-research best practices to address barriers identified for school improvement goal-operates short-term, as-needed basis
All Staff:-follow and implement SIP plan through… *PGP
* Department goals* SIP
-operates year round, continuous basis
Leadership CSI:-create and implement data driven SIP to increase student achievement-meet regularly to monitor plan-work with each other to hold team and department members accountable-operates year round, continuous basis
Respect, Integrity, Relationships
How will we know if we’re getting
there?
(Monitor the plan)
Back to the data!
Did lesson meet stated objectives?
Yes 99%
No 1%
How will we know we’re getting there?
Data collected from staff survey
How is PRIDE going so far?
Better than expected 24%
As I expected 70%
Worse than expected 6%
How will we know we’re getting there?
Student Led Conference Attendance
Two days of conferences: 90%
As of today: 98%
How will we know we’re getting there?
Did the SLC help you learn more about areas your student is working on to meet
standard on WASL?
6%
15%
75%
4%
Not at all
Somewhat
Yes
I don't know
How will we know we’re getting there?
FamilyPerception
FamilyPerception
Was your child's SLC worthwhile?
No3%
Yes93%
Somewhat4%
No
Yes
Somewhat
How will we know we’re getting there?
Was you child's SLC worthwhile by Description of student's typical grades
.857
.951 .943
.850
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A's B's C's D's F's
Typical Grades Earned in School
Yes
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FamilyPerception
How will we know we’re getting there?
Was your SLC worthwhile?
No16%
Yes67%
I don't know17%
No
Yes
I don't know
StudentPerception
How will we know we’re getting there?
What specific steps do you take to monitor if Navigation 101 is
meeting your goals?
How do you know if Navigation 101 is meeting your goal(s)?
How will we get there?
How will we keep improving?
(Evaluate the plan)
Revisit Givens and Themes
How will we keep improving?
Givens:
ManagementTracking Academic ProgressAcademic PlanningGoal Setting
Themes:
RelationshipsStudent Presentations (PRIDE/SLC)Positive EngagementCareer ExplorationPost HS PlanTest DataPortfolio
How will we keep improving?
(Evaluate the plan)
• Data, data, data,
• Further refine scope and sequence
• Use this process to improve the portfolio
• Continue to build relationships
• Teamwork
This is good but…what do I really need to know?
• Communicate, communicate, communicate
• Navigation as a means, NOT the end
• Go to the pressure
• The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. –Steven Covey
• Use the data to SUPPORT, not tear down
• Make it foolproof
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