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Garrison Union Free School District 2019-2022 District Priorities

Board of Education Meeting

April 23, 2019

Quick Overview of Priorities

1. What are our District Priorities? ○ Literacy ○ Technology ○ Social Emotional Learning ○ Facilities 2. How/Why were they selected? 3. Who is responsible for working on the priorities? 4. What was our timeline?

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Literacy from Superintendent’s Perspective

➢ Budget ○ Classroom libraries ○ Fountas & Pinnell ○ Renaissance STAR 360 ➢ Personnel ○ Hiring process ○ Interventionist ➢ Professional Development ○ Words of Advice ○ In-district

Literacy from Principal’s Perspective

➢ Observation & Evaluation ○ Pre/Post Obs ➢ Literacy Programs ○ Guest readers ○ Publishing parties ○ DEAR (Author visits) ○ PTA Enrichment Clubs ➢ Provide continuous

• pportunities for professional

growth

Literacy In Action

Story of Professional Development: Words of Advice Literacy & GUFS

Curriculum & Assessment Adopted TCRWP’s Reading & Writing Units of Study, K-8 Adopted Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System Supporting Striving Readers & Writers Structures & Methods Reading Workshop Writing Workshop Read Aloud and Class Conversations Component Work

Internal Reading Assessment: F&P Benchmark Assessment System

• August 2017 all teachers were

trained in the F&P Benchmark Assessment System

• K-3 students are assessed 4

times a year (September, November, March, June)

• 4-8 students are assessed 3

times a year (September, January, June)

F&P Benchmark Assessment System

Assesses 6 Key Areas of Reading Development

○ Accuracy ○ Fluency ○ Literal Comprehension ○ Inferential Comprehension ○ Interpretive Comprehension ○ Writing about Reading

Crafting Instructional Plans for Readers: Our Process

• 1. Complete F&P’s finding Independent

and Instructional levels for all readers

• 2. Determine Instructional Goals (at least

2) for every reader

• 3. Create an optimal instructional

schedule that varies structures based on a reader’s relationship to benchmark

• 4. Revise based on time, materials and
• ther considerations
• 5. Identify readers that have not grown

(or made insuffjcient growth) and craft a more detailed, more nuanced plan

• 6. Consult out-of-classroom

support

Predictable Growth for Readers

Levels Typical Time Spent Within Level* A-B ½-1 month per level C-G 1- 1 ½ months per level H-L 1 ½- 2 months per level M-U 3- 3 ½ months per level V-Z 3- 4 ½ months per level

* Based on highly supportive conditions including having a skilled reading teacher, adequate just right reading time, etc.

November 2018 Category % of Readers Far Below 4% Below 9% On 73% Above 14%

2nd Grade: November 2017 and November 2018

November 2017 Category % of Readers Far Below 20% Below 16% On 44% Above 20%

4th Grade: January 2018 and January 2019

January 2018 Category % of Readers Far Below 30% Below 21% On 10% Above 39% January 2019 Category % of Readers Far Below 18% Below 25% On 25% Above 31%

6th Grade: January 2018 and January 2019

January 2018 Category % of Readers Far Below 92% Below 8% On 0% Above 0% January 2019 Category % of Readers Far Below 47% Below 5% On 32% Above 16%

Renaissance STAR 360 Reading

NYS ELA ~ GUFSD vs. NYS

NYS ELA ~ GUFSD vs. Putnam, Rockland, & Westchester

GUFSD NYS ELA Performance 2017 vs. 2018

• Students scoring Level 3 or 4 increased from 53% to 69%

(NYS increased 40% to 45%)

• Students scoring Level 2 decreased from 41% to 21%

(NYS decreased 34% to 31%)

• Students scoring Level 1 increased from 6% to 10% (NYS

decreased 26% to 24%) Cited from NYSED.GOV Assessment Data, https://data.nysed.gov/assessment38.php?instid=800000039680 &year=2018&subject=ELA&prof24=0

Recommendations for 2019-2020 School Year

Materials Guided Reading Sets F&P Short Reads Nonfiction Books Book Club Sets Professional Development K-2: Phonics/Word Study: 5 days 3-5: Conferring with Readers: 5 days 6-8: Monthly PD: Units and Methods: 10-12 days Support Team Stafg: 10 days (*meet for two periods

during 6-8 days)

K-8: Literacy Across Content Areas: 5 days

Board Questions, Feedback and Suggestions

• Questions?
• Feedback – Warm and Cool
• Suggestions

Schedule of Presentations

April 23 ~ Overview of District Priority Process & Literacy May 8 ~ Technology & Social Emotional Learning May 29 ~ Report of District Priority Process Findings, Discussion of Findings, & Recommendations June 12 ~ Finalize & Approve District Priorities for 2019-2022

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STAFF STUDENTS

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