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ROOSEVELT CHILDREN’S ACADEMY BRIEFING FOR SUNY TRUSTEES

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

• Academic Mandate

1

• Academic Actions &

Results

2

• Future Plan

3 Today’s Overview

Challenge from CSI for Improvement

• Change trajectory of test scores in reading and

math

• Significant improvement is necessary in all

scores

• District must pass CSI Academic Visit October

2014

• Follow Improvement Plan presented to CSI
• Comply with financial and facilities guidelines

Trajectory for Roosevelt Children’s Academy

Charter District Last 4 (3 Superintendents)

Superintendent #1 Superintendent #1 Superintendent #1 Superintendent #1 Superintendent #2 Superintendent #2 Superintendent #2 Superintendent #2 Current Superintendent Current Superintendent Current Superintendent Current Superintendent

School Meeting to Discuss Expectations

Time Spent at RCA Intervention Strategies Assistance

NY Assessment Data Surveys from teachers

RCA ELA & Math Achievement Standards in 2012

Reading & Math Achievement

Benchmark Assessments

New York Assessment Data

• Number of students at Level 1 and Level 2

have increased despite intervention in first two years of this charter renewal term

• Systemic preparatory programs, initiatives,

and intervention not adequate

• Common core rigor needed for instruction
• Teacher training

RCA Teacher Analysis & Surveys 2012

• Most students are at least 2 years behind
• Math skills worse than reading
• Classroom technology is out-of-date
• Curriculum is not adequate
• Better teacher training needed to prepare us
• Too many staff members have 2nd jobs
• Teacher laptops are outdated
• Little or no parent involvement
• Discipline a major concern

Roosevelt Children's Academy

Benchmark Data (October 2012)

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th ELA Math

Math Improvement Plan

#1 Focus Area (2013-14)

New Go Math & Digits Curriculum, Math Department, Early Intervention, Teacher Training, Fun Math Events, Technology, Saturday School Yrs at RCA 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr

RCA School Board Meeting October 2012

• Superintendent Immediate Academic Needs

Presented to RCA Trustees for Action –Update teacher computers –New Math & ELA Curriculum built for rigor of common core –Increase staff salaries to improve morale and retention –Student computers with software to build foundational skills –Better Teacher Professional Development –Improve Facilities

Technology at RCA

$640,000 Investment

• Student take-home Laptops
• Teacher Laptops
• Classroom Tablets w/carts
• Wireless Infrastructure
• Software

– Successmaker – Acuity – STAR Math and Reading – RAZ-Kids – Curriculum Programs – Virtual Summer Program (Summer 2014)

Students Pickup Laptops Summer School 2013

Curriculum Programs K-5 $205,000 Investment

• Wonders (K-5 ELA)—only ELA Program built on Common

Core Standards

• Builds strong reading foundation
• Built for the rigor of new expectations
• Supports Collaborative Conversations
• Go Math (K-5 Math)—only Math Program built on Common

Core Standards

• Built for interactive and research based instructional

approaches

• Emphasizes critical areas and depth of understanding in math

Curriculum Programs 6-8

$124,000 Investment

• CodeX (6-8 ELA)— ELA curriculum that challenges students to

read, think, analyze, question, cite evidence, debate and write

• everyday. Code-X was built on Common Core Standards.
• Provides modeling and support for advanced and struggling

students

• Digits (6-8 Math)—only math program built on Common Core

Standards

• Built for interactive and research based instructional approaches
• Emphasizes critical areas and depth of understanding in math

Staff Salary Increase

$1.7 million Investment

2012-13 Budget

Staff Other

2013-14 Budget

Staff Other

RCA Staff Received 35% salary increase Aug. 2013

Phonics at RCA

$16,500 Investment

• Reading benchmarks &

teacher feedback identify reading concerns in K-2 (February 2014)

• K-2 Teachers acknowledge

need for increased training in teaching reading

• 3rd Grade Teachers

communicate that incoming students are not at grade level

Students work on Phonics

Response To Intervention (RTI)

$552,000 Investment

• Replaced prior Title I Program Usage (5 full & 2 part-time staff)
• Program focused on ELA skill improvement
• Accountability Goals strengthened
• Program modeled after success of Sylvan & Huntington Learning

Center

• 6 Teachers and Director assigned to program
• Components of program

– Timed Reading – Choral Reading – Think Pair Share – Silent Reading – Guided Reading – Direct Instruction – Fun Worksheets

RTI Growth Sep 2014-March 2015

(35 RTI Students w/1.5 years of growth)

Name Entry/Current Grade Growth (Since Oct)

D.J. PP-3.7 3rd 3.7 years S.S. PP-3.0 3rd 3 years C.Z. 2.4-4.9 5th 2.5 years A.A. 2.1-3.4 5th 2.3 years M.K. 2.7-5.2 5th 2.5 years R.K. 3.9-6.1 5th 2.2 years E.B. 1.0-3.1 3rd 2.1 years Z.P. 2.3-4.2 5th 1.9 years A.B. 3.1-5.5 Middle School 2.4 years J.S. 4.8-6.2 Middle School 1.9 years A.S. 2.6-4.8. Middle School 2.2 years

Special Education Services

$248,000 Investment

• Recognized concerns with district providers of services

– Schedule conflicts with pullout – Quality of providers – Inability to meet during common planning period – Concerns when immediate support is needed for emergencies

• RCA to provide 2 teachers w/Director for services

(expecting reimbursement for at least 1 teacher)

• After 3 months, no dollars to RCA from districts
• Districts resumed services in January (2 RCA Special Ed.

Teachers still on staff)

Teaching and Learning

$507,5000 Investment

• Coordinator for

Teaching and Learning

• 2 Math Specialists
• 2 ELA Specialists
• Data Driven Instruction
• Student Tracking
• Teacher Instructional

Support

• Curriculum Development
• Pacing Guides
• Instructional Modeling
• Curriculum Review
• Digital Technology

Oversight

Professional Development Hours

295 Total Professional Development Hours since Summer of 2013-present

– Thursday Trainings – Superintendent Conference Days – Grade Level Planning Meetings – Summer Training

Factors Leading to Huge RCA Math Improvement

• 1. Purchase and implementation of new math curriculum w/

support materials

• 2. Extensive training provided for math over 100 hours of math

training during

• 3. Math Teacher autonomy w/pacing and
• 4. Math teaching support from T&L Math Specialists
• 5. Successmaker Software to reinforce math foundational skills )
• 6. Tutoring and extra help sessions (Saturday School & AIS)
• 7. Increased math instruction time per day by 45 minutes
• 8. Math Benchmark Assessments with regular intervention in the

classroom

• 9. Home support for math expectations and review real world

application of math

ELA Improvement Plan

#1 Focus Area (2014-15)

New Wonders &Codex Curriculum, RTI, ELA Department, Early Intervention, Teacher Trng, Phonics, Technology, Saturday School, AfterSchool Yrs at RCA 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr

Strategies to Continue ELA Growth

• 1. Continued implementation of new ELA Curriculum w/ support

materials

• 2. Regular training to improve quality of reading instruction
• 3. ELA teaching support from T&L ELA Specialists
• 4. Phonics Program for K-2 students
• 5. Successmaker Software and other programs to reinforce reading

skills

• 6. Tutoring and Afterschool Program focused at ELA only
• 7. ELA Benchmark Assessments with intervention in the classroom
• 8. Intervention Teachers (7) working to fill gaps and raise ELA

achievement (100 minutes per week for selected students)

• 9. Purchase and implementation of new writing program
• 10. New evaluation system provides more feedback and

improvement sessions for teachers as needed

Time Spent at RCA Intervention Strategies Assistance

Quality of Teaching Technology

Increase RCA Reading & Math Achievement Standards in 2015-20

Reading & Math Achievement

Facilities Accountability Systems

Trajectory for Roosevelt Children’s Academy

Charter District Last 4 (3 Superintendents)

Superintendent #1 Superintendent #1 Superintendent #1 Superintendent #1 Superintendent #2 Superintendent #2 Superintendent #2 Superintendent #2 Current Superintendent Current Superintendent Current Superintendent Current Superintendent

NY Assessment Data for School Year 2013-2014

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8

RCA Charter Roosevelt Hempstead Math Comparisons --RCA Charter, Roosevelt USD, & Hempstead USD

NY Assessment Data for School Year 2013-2014

RCA High Potential Program (HPP) (Increase # of Gifted Students)

• 85 RCA students currently enrolled
• Small group instruction twice per week with
• ther high potential students
• Lessons to increase achievement and prepare

for gifted assessment

• Exercises to build critical and creative thinking
• Three entry methods (test data, teacher referral,

self-referral

National Stock Market Game

• LI Region Champs
• 3rd – 8th Teams
• Research, Buy, Sell
• Components

–$100,000 per team –Investment Skills –Math Application –Teamwork –Real World Project

New 3rd – 8th Grade Facility

Expected $22 million Investment

New Gym at 106 Pleasant (K-2)

Expected $455,000 Investment

• Fitness
• Cafeteria
• Meetings
• Instruction

Roosevelt's Children's Academy Charter School Briefing Summary

Areas of Concern Action taken by RCACS

Academic Performance

RCA increased math scores by over 144% from 2013 to 2014 (All Students Tested) RCA math achievement exceed NY State Norms RCA ELA Adjusted scores exceeded NY State Adjusted Norms RCA outpaced Roosevelt local districts by over 260% in math RCA has dramatically changed the trajectory of its Math and ELA scores over past two years

Education Program Support

96% of RCACS's revenue was expended towards the school's academic program in FY13-14 and FY14-15 (thru December). Investment of $640,000 in technology which included student take-home laptops, teacher laptops, classroom tablets, wireless infrastructure and curriculum software. Investment of $570,000 in new curriculum for K-5, 6-8 and Phonics program Investment of $552,000 in Response to Intervention (additional staff) Investment of $248,000 in Special Education Services (Staff and Curriculum) Investment of $507,500 in additional staff (Math & ELA Specialists and Coordinator for Teaching & Learning) Increase in Professional Development hours 35% increase in staff salaries resulting in a 70% drop in staff resignations in FY14-15 Review of school expenditures (including credit card expenses) on a monthly basis by the School's Fiscal Monitor to ensure all expenses are for school related purposes. School won an RFP to purchase land from Nassau County and construct a building to consolidate the 3 locations which will address all other facility related concerns.