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

CAIRO-DURHAM CSD Community Forum Grade Realignment March 7, 2013

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 “College and Career Ready” Being successful in college without having to take remedial courses 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