Community Forum Grade Realignment March 7, 2013 AGENDA Opening - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

March 7, 2013

CAIRO-DURHAM CSD

Community Forum Grade Realignment

AGENDA

• Opening Comments
• Education Transition Overview
• Questar
• Grade Realignment Field Experience
• Lansingburgh
• Cobleskill-Richmondville
• Table Presentations/Discussions

NYS Proficiency Percentages English Language Arts 2006 – 2012 Grades 3-8 Combined

Changing Environment New Proficiency Definition

Being successful in college without having to take remedial courses

“College and Career Ready”

40-50% of students in New York State two-year colleges have to take remedial courses

Changing Environment

• Adoption of new Common Core Learning

Standards (CCLS) that are “Career and College Ready”

• Emphasis on critical thinking skills not rote learning
• Changes in the state assessments
• Increased rigor as the tests transition to the CCLS
• Change in scoring
• PARCC assessments

Grades 3-8 Proficiency Rates For NYS and Cairo-Durham

“College Ready” HS Graduate

75%> ELA Regents 80%> Math Regents

Issues and Opportunities

• NYSED has designated the district as

a Focus School District

• Joint NYSED and district review to

formulate a strategic plan for school improvement

Issues and Opportunities

• Need to fully implement the new

CCLS that are embedded in the state assessments

• Need to deliver Professional

Development in a targeted way to address the new environment

Presentations by Lansingburgh and Cobleskill-Richmondville School Districts

• Ms. Lynn Macan, Cobleskill-

Richmondville Superintendent

• Ms. Cynthia DeDominick,

Lansingburgh Superintendent

• Mr. Jason Shover, President

Lansingburgh BOE

Table Discussions

• Academic Table - Dr.Tom Baumgartner , Durham

Elementary Principal, and Mr. Scott Richards, Cairo Elementary Principal

• Operations and Maintenance & the Business

Office - Mr. Kevin Lawton, Director of Facilities and Mrs. Lissa Jilek, Business Manager

• Transportation - Head of Transportation, Mr.

Marc Schroder and Head Bus Driver, Mr. Roger Vaughn

• Visiting School Guests - Lansingburgh &

Cobleskill-Richmondville

Table Discussions

• There will be a rotation of tables by participants

approximately every 15 minutes (time permitting)

• Table scribes will take notes that summarize the

conversations and capture additional questions

• Table scribes will record KEY points/questions on

the Flip Chart for reporting out at the end

• Table scribes will report out (briefly and

concisely) on the 3 most important points/ questions recorded over the evening

• Participants are encouraged at the end of the

evening to sign up on the sheets provided for the various Action Implementation Teams