Our Success Story Ana Tavares, Principal

Paulina Mitropoulos, Lead Teacher

Rafael Hernández K-8 Dual Language School “Dos idiomas, una comunidad”

Guiding Question

How do school-based structures support the

teaching and learning of ELLs at Hernández?

K1 - K2 1st Grade 2nd Grade - 8th Grade Spanish 75 65 50 English 25 35 50

What is our Language Model?

Language Model Breakdown

K1 and K2: 200 minutes of Spanish literacy and subject area instruction (science, social studies and/or math) in Spanish 60 minutes of instruction in English (science, social studies, and/or math) [75% Spanish + 25% English]

1st Grade: 170 minutes of Spanish literacy and subject area instruction (science, social studies and/or math) 90 minutes of instruction in English (math, science and/or social studies) [65% Spanish + 35% English]

2nd -8th Grade:

130 minutes of instruction and learning in Spanish 130 minutes of instruction and learning in English [50% Spanish + 50% English]

What is our Language Model in detail?

Rafael Hernández Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity (‘15-’16)

Race % of School % of District

Hispanic 92.2 41.5

White 4.0 14.2

African American 2.3 32.4

Multi-Race, Non-Hispanic 1.5 2.8

Asian 0.0 8.7

Native American 0.0 0.3

Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander 0.0 0.2

Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2015 School Enrollment Data

Who are our

students?

Rafael Hernández Enrollment By Special Populations (‘15-’16)

Title % of School % of District

High Needs 84.0 72.4

First Language not English 76.7 47.8

English Language Learner 57.1 30.3

Economically Disadvantaged 54.6 49.5

Students With Disabilities 10.5 19.6

Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2015 School Enrollment Data

Who are our students in

more detail?

ELD  Levels  

Grade  Levels   1   2   3   4   5   Total  ELLs  per  Grade  

K1   23   14   37  

K2   2   4   16   10   32  

1   1   2   14   13   30  

2   1   11   13   5   8   38  

3   1   15   10   4   30  

4   1   12   6   3   22  

5   1   12   1   14  

6   1   8   5   14  

7   1   2   4   7  

8   2   4   2   8  

Total  ELLs  per  ELD  Level  

4   19   98   84   27   232  

Hernández School

ELL Data 2015-2016

Who are our ELL

students?

BPS ASPEN SIS Data, April 2016

Rafael Hernández Math Data

Year Hernández SGP BPS SGP Hernández

CPI BPS CPI

2015 PARCC 62 46 76.9 66.9

2014 47 50 70.9 69.9

2013 49 48 74.4 69.3

2012 51 52 72.2 67.8

2011 59 50 74.2 67.5

What is the trajectory of their

Math achievement?

Rafael Hernández ELA Data

Year Hernández SGP BPS SGP Hernández

CPI BPS CPI

2015 PARCC 75.0 49.0 83.2 73.9

2014 41.0 47.0 74.4 75.7

2013 45.0 49.0 77 75.1

2012 41.0 45.0 76.9 74.0

2011 54.0 45.0 80.2 75.2

What is the trajectory of their

ELA achievement?

Rafael Hernández ELA & Math

Hernández SGP

ELL SGP BPS SGP

Hernandez

CPI

ELL CPI BPS CPI

2015 PARCC MATH

62 54 46 76.9 70.4 66.9

2015 PARCC

ELA 75 59.5

49.0

83.2 72.4

73.9

How do our ELLs

compare?

Professional Learning Community

Instructional Leadership Team

School-Wide Professional Development

Classroom Instruction

Big Picture How do we support teaching and

learning?

School-wide Instructional Focus SY: 2015-2016

Students will use evidence to precisely construct, critique, and communicate arguments in Spanish and English.

(Connections to MP.3 & MP.6)

What’s the specific

instructional focus for this

year?

Professional Learning Community Zoom into: K1/K2

Learner-Centered Problem: Students struggle to use a counting strategy with a scrambled group of objects.

Problem of Practice: As teachers we need to explicitly teach students how to explain their strategy.

What does this look like in a PLC?

Classroom Instruction

K2 Math Instructional Video Clip

What does this look like

in the classroom?

School-wide Professional Development

Rafael Hernández K-8 Principal

Ana Tavares

Lead Teacher Paulina Mitropoulos

ILT Members & PLC Facilitators

Anita Sintes Maggie Rodriguez

Luis Gallegos Genevieve McDonough

Garisbel McDonough Eloise Biscoe Myra Castro

Jess Madden-Fuoco