Riverwood International Charter School

Central Learning Community

Principal: Dr. Robert Shaw

Assistant Principals: Charles Amica, Opie Blackwell, Thomas Garrett, Jillian Johnson

Administrative Team Members: Kendra Hanson, Dr. Jeremy Kopkas, Mike Santoro

ABOUT US

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Enrollment 1551Economically

Disadvantaged (Apprx)

40%

Senior Class 374 LEP (Apprx) 7%

Class of 2014 Plans 89% (2 or 4 year college) SWD (Apprx) 7.4%

AP Courses 16 ACT Average 23.2 (+.03)

IB Courses 25 SAT Average (Total) 1540

ABOUT US

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Female 789 Male 762

African American 30.5% White + Hispanic 65.7%

American Indian, Asian, Native Hawaiian 3.8%

4 YEAR COHORT GRADUATION BY RACE

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All A B H *NA/AN W *MR SWD ELL ED

2011-201271 86 67 39 n/a 86 87 52 20 55

2012-201367.8 n/a 73.2 37.7 n/a 82 n/a 24.2 23.3 52.2

2013-2014 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

* NA/AN- Native American/Alaskan Native*MR- Multi Racial

4 Year cohort graduation by race trends

• Overall cohort rate decreasing trend (-0.9%)• Economically disadvantaged decreasing trend (-7.1%)• Students with disabilities decreasing trend (-37.6%)• ELL decreasing trend (-1.7%)• Black students increase (+5.4%)

– Black female students graduate at higher rates than black males• Hispanic students decreasing trend (-9.0%)• White students decrease (-0.8%)

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* NA/AN- Native American/Alaskan Native*MR- Multi Racial

EOCT DATA – TWO-YEAR COMPARISON

E-Exceeds D- Did Not Meet 6

Course 9th Lit American Lit Biology Physical

Science US History Economics Coordinate Algebra

Analytic Geometry

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%D

%E/m

%D

%E/m

%D

%E/m

%D

%E/m

%D

%E/m

%D

%E/m

%D

%E/m

%D

2011-201287 13 93 7 73 27 76 24 82 18 86 14 62 38 76 24

2012- 201386 14 91 9 74 26 79 21 73 27 79 21 37 63 75 25

2013-2014

89 11 91 0 69 31 91 9 86 14 89 11 35 65 42 58

EOCT DATA – TWO-YEAR COMPARISON TRENDS

E-Exceeds D- Did Not Meet 7

• Biology decreases (-9.0%)• Physical Science decreases (-3.0%)• Economics increases (1.0%)• US History increases (7.0%)• Coordinate Algebra has had no increase or decrease (35%)• Analytic Geometry baseline• 9th literature decreases (-3.0%)• 11th literature decreases (-2.0%)

EOCT SUBGROUP DATA (CURRENT)

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Course 9th Lit American Lit Biology Physical Science US History Economics Coordinate

AlgebraAnalytic

Geometry

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%D

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%D

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%E

%D

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%E

%D

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%E

%D

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%D

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%E

%D

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All 89 12 -3 91 9 -2 69 31 -9 82 18 +3 87 13 +7 88 11 +1 35 65 0 42 58 NA

White 99 2 -1 96 4 -3 90 10 -3 100

0 +4 95 5 +2 96 4 0 62 38 +8 64 37 NA

Black 95 5 -1 95 5 0 66 34 -19

88 12 +11

90 10 +10

90 11 +6 31 69 -4 43 58 NA

His. 77 23 +2 80 20 +4 55 45 +8 62 38 0 65 35 +8 70 31 -5 19 81 +1 18 82 NA

SWD 46 33 -20

62 38 -9 35 65 -1 66 34 +22

48 52 +10

55 45 +15

18 82 +12

8 92 NA

ELL 30 70 -11

36 64 0 8 92 -1 NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

3 97 -16

17 83 NA

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E-Exceeds D- Did Not Meet

GHSWT – THREE-YEAR COMPARISON

All Students SWD ELL

%M

%E

%D

%M

%E

%D

%M

%E

%D

201180.7 17.8 1.5 76 4 20 64 n/a 36

201276.6 20.2 3.2 78 n/a 22 54 n/a 46

201379.1 17.3 3.6 72 4 24 n/a n/a n/a

M- Meets E-Exceeds D- Did Not Meet

GHSWT – THREE-YEAR COMPARISON TRENDS

• Percent of overall students exceeding decreases (-2.8%)

• Percentage of ALL students meeting standards decreased by 4.1% from SY 2011 to SY 2013; however, there was an increase of 2.5% for SY 2013.

• Percentage of ALL students exceeding standards increased by 2.4% from SY 2011 to SY 2012; there was a decrease of 2.9% for the SY 2013.

• Percentage of ALL students failing to meet standards increased by 2.1% from SY 2011 to SY 2013.

GHSWT – THREE-YEAR COMPARISON TRENDS

M- Meets E-Exceeds D- Did Not Meet

• Percentage of SWD failing to meet standards decreased by 4% by from SY 2011 to SY 2013.

• There was no percentage change of SWD exceeding standards from SY 2011 to SY 2013.

• Percentage of SWD failing to meet standards increased by 4% from SY 2011 to SY 2013.

• The number of ELL students decreased below forming a sub group from SY 2011 to 2013.

IB – 10-year Pass Rate

M- Meets E-Exceeds D- Did Not Meet

RICS Passed/Attempted World2014 74 34/46 79.252013 82 32/39 792012 93 38/41 78.52011 89 51/57 782010 81 38/47 78.12009 100 31/31 78.72008 86 25/29 792007 85 29/34 78.72006 80 22/35 80.32005 64 29/45 81.4

2014 AP – Pass Rate

M- Meets E-Exceeds D- Did Not Meet

• Calculus AB, 49 students: 26.5%• Economics, 20 students: 35%• AP Literature, 81 students:

48.1%• AP Psychology, 112 students:

64.3%• US History, 134 students: 51.5%• AP World History, 138 students:

54.3%• AP Human Geography, 114

students, 41.2%

5=6%4=15%3=27%2=29%1=24%

DISCIPLINE DATA

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School Year Total Suspension Days

# of Students w/3+ Referrals

Top 3 Rule Violations

2012 – 2013 1183 50+11B (UNX abs)

11B (tardy)10 (disregard rule)

2013 - 2014 998.5 50+12A (tardy/cuts)6C (disrespect)7 (fail to follow

rules)

Reflecting on your school’s data what is your plan/processes/procedures to close the achievement gap of your lowest 25%?

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Georgia High School Writing TestDiagnostic Test for all 11th grade studentsTest were graded by RICS English teachersResults were given to English Department Chair and Graduation CoachStudents deemed “at-risk” were given information about extra helpParents of students who were deemed “at-risk” were contactedExtra help sessions after school Monday through Thursday the week before the test.

Graduation RateBetter procedures (registrar) tracking where students go when they leave Riverwood2nd Semester-Credit Recovery through Georgia VirtualExtended Learning ProgramDevelopment of an RTI processMentoring Program for At-Risk StudentsSummer BridgeMath/Reading 180

Reflecting on your school’s data what is your plan/processes/procedures to close the achievement gap of your lowest 25%?

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Reflecting on your school’s data what is your plan/processes/procedures to close the achievement gap of your lowest 25%?

EOCT• Development of PLC’s• Common planning time during the school day• Purposeful Scheduling of Math Support Classes• Math/Reading 180• Development and inspection of

• Lesson Plans• Scope and Sequence• Unit Plans (MYP where applicable)

• Data Meetings with Administration• Sharing of Data and Results with Faculty, Staff, and Community (Data Walls)• Disaggregated Data with Course Team Leaders• RTI/SST• Mentoring• Tutoring• Extended Learning• Web Presence (Communication)

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DATA SUMMARYSchool Strengths:• Social Studies EOCT scores show an increase• ACT Scores show an increase• IB DP Pass Rates remain above National and World Average• Above national average on the amount of tested AP students• Graduation rate among black students increased• Discipline referrals and OSS/ISS days have decreased from this time in 13-14 SY• Use of AP Potential Data to target eligible students from all demographic sub-groups• Increase in ACCESS performance from grades 9 to 11

School Concerns:• Trend is downward in several areas particularly math and science• Poor performance of ESOL/Hispanic/SPED students• High performing students have room for improvement• Graduation rate across all demographic groups• SAT performance trending downward• Drop in ACCESS performance from 11th to 12th grade year

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WHAT ARE THE ACTIONS (STRATEGIES/INTERVENTIONS/ACTIVITIES) YOU WILL IMPLEMENT TO ENSURE UNPRECEDENTED SCHOOL-WIDE RESULTS?

• Development of Professional Learning Communities• Teaching staff how to disaggregate data• Scaffolding data• Use of common formative and summative assessments

• Common Planning Time during the School Day for EOCT Course Teams• Development for All Courses of Standards (Objectives) Based Lesson Plans• Scope and Sequence• Unit Plans• RTI/SST Process• Teacher Web Presence• Use of Virtual Lab• Professional Development Program for Faculty• Additional Walk-Throughs in all Departments• ESOL “Case Manager” Model• Increased Teachers sent to several trainings:

• Teach for Excellence• AP/IB• SIOP• ..and more

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ACTION PLAN

SCHOOL NON-NEGOTIABLES

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SCHOOL NON-NEGOTIABLES

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