Ridgeview Title I Stakeholder Input Meeting & Community Update March 20, 2019 Welcome! Please sign-in!
Strategic Plan 2022 In 2018, the School Governance Council identified the need to gain broader ● awareness of the SGC, the 2022 Strategic Plan, and the great work being done within Ridgeview to support the Plan. Communications in Panther Tales and Stakeholder Meetings are intended ● to create broader awareness of our strategic goals. Today we are sharing updates on our progress & are asking for feedback ● to guide our work over the next three years.
Title I Program Aligns to Strategic Plan Overview of a Title I School/Program: To meet rigorous educational standards, schools with higher ● percentages of low-income students receive additional funding. 35%: eligible for limited-use funds ● 40%: eligible for school-wide use funds ● 50%: Ridgeview’s low-income status ● Ridgeview is able to use funds to support all students as we work to achieve the goals of Strategic Plan 2022.
Title I Program Aligns to Strategic Plan Results of our FY 18 Feedback Indicated our Title I Program Should Support: Student Achievement Pillar ● Staffing and class size reduction ○ Training to improve instruction ○ Additional instructional opportunities like extended ○ day / Saturday school Technology tools and classroom materials ○ Community Collaboration Pillar ● Parent resource center, family engagement, ○ and family education
Title I Plan: Overview & Feedback Our Title I Plan Supports with Additional Specific Steps Aligned to SP 2022 Our plan overviews our past data and root causes (see p. 1-5). ● Our plan has two SMART Goals aligned to student achievement -- to ● increase literacy and math outcomes to measured by fastbridge testing (see p. 6 and 7). Our plan has specific programs and instructional tools we implement to ● reach our SMART Goals and to achieve our Strategic Plan 2022 outcomes (see p. 6-8). Our plan has a professional development plan (see p. 11) ● Our plan has a parental engagement plan and budget (see p. 12) ●
Strategic Plan Pillar: Student Achievement International Baccalaureate Instruction ● and Literacy Instruction are our primary focus areas. Projects and Reading/Comprehension ○ tasks that demand inquiry, critical thinking, and application of knowledge Staff is trained in writing, inquiry, ● collaboration, organization, and reading teaching strategies to use weekly. Staff personalizes learning in a trained ● model.
Strategic Plan Pillar: People & Culture PBIS: “ROAR” for Positive Points & Agency! ● Celebrate positive ○ Students have choices ○ School-wide clear expectations ○ PAWS Weekly Advisory focused on ● character education, strong social-emotional skill building
Title I Building Staff Capacity Supports This Strand Fall Building Staff Capacity: Hispanic ● Heritage Dinner & Activity to Stress the Importance of Home-School Partnerships Spring Building Staff Capacity: Tools to aid ● our teachers and staff in communicating directly with Spanish-speaking parents with exemplar templates for basic communication needs.
Strategic Plan Pillar: Community Collaboration Parent Universities: Math night, Reading ● Night, Google Classroom for Parents night, monthly topics for Common Sense Media, Rising 6th grade Night Community Champions is an effort to ● sustain a small number of highly impactful partners in helping us with identified needs -- tutoring, mentoring, and career/college/skills presentations
Title I School Family Compact Supports This Our Compact Is an explanation of our two ● SMART Goals and how families can support their children and the school in working toward increased student achievement (please review copy).
Title I Family Engagement Plan Supports This Our family engagement plan outlines the ● ways that we intent to and hope that parents can engage in the educational process as a partner (please review copy).
Title I Parent & Family Engagement Budget + Carry Over Supports This Our 1% Family Engagement Budget ● supports education nights, materials for parents in our resource center, and use of programs such as Rosetta Stone. Our Carrover Title I Funds and the majority ● of our Title I Funds support reduced class size and addition staff as well as some technology tools to aid instruction.
Highlights of our Work 2019-2022 Lighthouse School To Watch: a national distinction recognizing ● academic excellence, developmental responsiveness, social responsibility, and organizational processes. This is the highest award a middle school can earn! 2018-2019 AVID “Showcase School,” a model where Writing, Inquiry, ● Collaboration, Organization, and Reading strategies are taught second-to-none; we support students in being prepared for HS and beyond. State-certified P.B.I.S. program that recognizes and shapes positive student ● behavior.
Updates Lighthouse Celebration & IB Showcase on May 16th at 9:15 a.m. ● Foundation’s Casino Night was successful in supporting their $70,000 budet ● this year. Please consider supporting their work next year. Contact Cathy Lawrence via the website. The RCMS PTA supported teacher mini-grant, hospitality, and is currently ● exploring a special student project based on a survey of needs and wants. Please support them with your $10 membership, and they are seeking volunteers for their slate next year. Contact the co-presidents via the website. Milestones Testing begins April 15 ● The 30+ year tradition of Ridgeview Olympics begins late May! ●
Feedback? Likes. Changes. Questions
Please complete annual feedback + evaluation 1. Please complete the annual feedback form. 2. Please complete the evaluation form for this meeting and rate the effectiveness of our goal to provide you an overview and to gather your feedback to make Ridgeview better in the future.
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