montgomery county schools isln november 20, 2014
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Montgomery County Schools
ISLNNovember 20, 2014
Montgomery County Schools Percentile Rankings 2011 2012 2013 2014 2014 Classifications
District 24 73 87 91 Distinguished
Camargo 26 82 93 86 Proficient/Progressing
Mapleton 57 97 77 96 Distinguished/School of Distinction/High Progress School
MSE 66 72 81 85 Proficient/Progressing
MCIS - - 78 98 Distinguished/Progressing/School of Distinction/High Progress School
McNabb 21 43 56 94 Distinguished/Progressing/High Performing School/High Progress School
MCHS 20 58 69 54 Needs Improvement
Classification and Label Definitions*Needs Improvement Below 70th Percentile*Proficient At or Above 70th Percentile*Distinguished Above 90th Percentile*Progressing Meet Annual Measurable Objective*High Performing School Top 90% of Schools*School of Distinction Top 95% of Schools*High-Progress Top 10% of Improvement
MCIS McNabb0
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Top 1087
KPREP - Middle School Achievement Scores
2013 2014
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Top 1063.1
KPREP - Middle School Gap Scores
2013 2014
*The number of novice students at McNabb in math was reduced from 21% to 7%.
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Top 1084.3
KPREP - Middle School Math Scores
2013 2014
District Vision
ODistrict vision—Create a “new normal”– a culture of high expectationsOTo lead all of Kentucky’s children
by achieving Top 10 in everything we do
OBecome a collaborative, interdependent district instead of a set of individual schools
District Structures
OTEAM KIDSO Principals and teachers from each
building meeting and learning together (like a Super Council)—release days
O Began with sharing structures (e.g. How to have PLCs, curriculum expectations, determining quality work, etc.)
O Moved to Dr. Elmore’s Instructional Rounds
O Now differentiated (Program Review, Science)
District Structures
O Instructional Service Stops (District Walk-throughs)
OMonthly Principals’ PLC (last Monday from 1-4)
OMonthly Data Reports to the BOE
OMonthly Administrative Meeting—Led by Superintendent
District Structures
O District Assessment PlanO Curriculum TeamO iRead to SucceedO Monthly horizontal planning at
elementary schoolsNewest Initiatives:O 1:1 Chromebooks for grades 5-12O Vertical Assessment Study
School Level Structures
O Weekly PLC’s during common planning led by the building principals
O Content/course PLC’s during common planning or after school
O Common curriculum mapsO Common instructional unitsO Common unit assessmentsO Data Presentations after each unit
assessmentO Daily flexible intervention/enrichment “Tribe
Time”
School Level Structures
O Daily learning targets are posted every day in every classroom (theoretically annotated & referenced)
O Daily formative assessmentsO All teachers use a process to teach kids to
answer constructed response items (ACES)O All teachers use the 4 Square method for
teaching students to write full length pieces
O School-wide book studies
And Most Importantly . . .
O The principals and members of the leadership team are in classrooms every day and they leave feedback and/or have crucial conversations.
O Our building principals are truly involved in the work and are the instructional leaders in our district.