Lehua Elementary School - ARCH

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School Status and Improvement Report Summary of Progress School Improvement School Year 2011-12 During the 2011-12 school year, Lehua Elementary School successfully implemented the activities described in the academic plan. We have increased the rigor in the second year of implementation of The Leader in Me Program and Thinking Maps. AVID strategies have been introduced to grade 6, and teachers in grades 4 and 5 have undergone training during the school year. SchoolRise has also been contracted to work with the staff on aligning the writing curriculum. The common core curriculum has been implemented in grades K-2 and aligned in grades 3- 6. This past year, 64% of the students were newly enrolled at Lehua. We usually have about 50% of our students transition into our school during the year and this was an exceptional year. The Leader in Me Program has advanced a school environment that promotes the following Habits of Success: 1. Be proactive. 2. Begin with the end in mind. 3. Put first things first. 4. Think Win-Win. 5. Seek first to understand, then to be understood. 6. Synergize. 7. Sharpen the saw. 8. Find your voice and help others find theirs. The students are encouraged to develop leadership skills to build confidence in themselves and others, and to make the right choice even when no one is looking. Student opportunities for leadership have increased steadily. Two highly successful leadership days were held, one for the community on December 14, 2011 and another for parents on April 25, 2012. In regards to student discipline, the program was able to reduce the number of students referred to administration by 12 students and increase the number of students with no incidents by 2%. The Habits of Success have also been integral to other schoolwide initiatives. At the beginning of the school year, as the Habits are introduced, Thinking Maps are also introduced and the Habits are used as the content to learn. Training was provided by Dr. Lynn Williams on the use of multiple maps, the frame of reference and map questions. Morris West provided a work session on the software to facilitate the use of the maps. In March, a principal walk thru provided feedback to teachers on the types of maps, frequency of use, frame of reference, map questions, and student products taken off the map. This feedback provided teachers the impetus to develop plans on further use of the Thinking Maps for the rest of the school year. A few teachers were able to visit two schools to compare the use of Thinking Maps to Lehua and to garner ideas. Insights were shared and discussed with the staff for everyone’s professional learning. During the 2012 summer, 13 faculty members also attended Thinking Map training to expand their repertoire. Six faculty members attended the 2011 AVID training and developed a plan for implementation that was shared with the staff. As part of the plan development, an assessment of AVID strategies was completed to examine what we had in place and the next steps for full implementation. SMART goals were developed and the plan was shared with the entire staff. The Habits of Success were used to incorporate the AVID strategies schoolwide. Morning messages with college and career readiness goals were produced by students and faculty. Every student used a planner for homework and home-school communication. On Fridays, the faculty wore college shirts or colors and spoke about college with the students. Grades 4-6 were surveyed and researched career preparation. SchoolRise, a consultant firm under Dr. Kathy Au, was also contracted to complete a comprehensive needs assessment in writing and to facilitate the designing of infrastructure, philosophy and vision of writing, and the enter and exit writing outcomes for each grade level. In addition, the teachers have completed writing diary maps for this school year and feedback will be provided when the 2012-13 school year begins to further increase the rigor in writing. Lehua Elementary School 01/13 Page 4 of 8
School Status and Improvement Report Certified Staff Teaching Staff Total Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Regular Instruction, FTE Special Instruction, FTE Supplemental Instruction, FTE Teacher headcount Teachers with 5 or more years at this school Teachers' average years of experience Teachers with advanced degrees 74.1% 25.9% 0.0% Professional Teacher Credentials Facilities Fully licensed Provisional credential Emergency credential 88.9% 11.1% 0.0% Classrooms available 29 Number of classrooms short (-) or over (+) 0 School facilities inspection results School Year Ending 2012 From the 2011 school year school facilities inspection data are no longer available at the state level. Department schools are still required to do an annual assessment of its facilities in the following areas: Grounds, Building exterior, Building interior, Equipment/Furnishings, Health/Safety and Sanitation. All department schools should have their annual inspections completed by the second quarter of the school year. Historically the majority of the department schools attained inspection assessment points in the following ranges, 9-15 earning a "Satisfactory" rating and 16-18 points earning the highest "Very Good" rating. School Resources 27.0 20.0 7.0 0.0 27 11 8.7 7 24 3 0 * Students per Teaching Staff Regular Instruction Special Instruction School Year 2011-12 Administrative and Student Services Staff Administration, FTE * Librarians, FTE Counselors, FTE Number of principals at this school in the last five years 16.5 6.6 * Regular instruction includes both regular and supplemental teaching staff and does not include mainstreamed special education students. Therefore, these figures do not indicate class size. 2.0 1.0 1.0 * Administration includes Principals, Vice-Principals, Student Activity Coordinators, Student Services Coordinators, Registrars, and Athletic Directors Administration Library Caf eteria/ Auditorium Classrooms Adequacy of School's Space 83% 72% 222% 128% 0% 100% 200% School facilities are considered inadequate if below 70%; marginal if between 70% and 99%; and in excess of state standard if above 100%. School population is placed into size categories and is used in formulas to determine State standards for space. Graph does not display capacity exceeding 200%. 1 State Standard Lehua Elementary School 01/13 Page 5 of 8
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