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September 2013 Superintendent/Staff Update

September 2013 Superintendent/Staff Update . Café OMI. Now a Subway Franchise! Currently serving sandwiches (eventually soups and salads) Over 600 eating daily, a 30% increase of participation over last year Breakfast alternating between bagels, cereal, yogurt, etc

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September 2013 Superintendent/Staff Update

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  1. September 2013 Superintendent/Staff Update

  2. Café OMI • Now a Subway Franchise! • Currently serving sandwiches (eventually soups and salads) • Over 600 eating daily, a 30% increase of participation over last year • Breakfast alternating between bagels, cereal, yogurt, etc • Wednesdays and Fridays arePapaJohn’s Pizza! • Still complies with Federal NSBLP guidelines

  3. New Leaders of Character Building • 9000 SF; six classrooms • About 85% complete now • Scheduled grand opening 1 Nov • All military staff will have offices • Regimental HQs • Cadet leadership “lounge” • On budget and on time!

  4. Honors/ Movement toward IB • Sixth grade honors section • 7/8 honors science, social studies and English • Team of middle school teachers investigated IB over the summer and wants to begin to move in that direction, possibly for the entire middle school • Added an AP Human Geog class for grade 9

  5. Common Core • Moving quickly toward full implementation • Still many unanswered questions from the state regarding assessment and materials • Money set aside this year and next to help with professional development and materials purchases • Multiple math classes transitioning thanks to great work by math teachers in summer PD • English classes transitioning as a result of PD attended by various folks • Sci/HSS also incorporating various elements of CC • Introducing a Common Core 3 class in Math

  6. Cesley’s New Role • Director of Alumni and College Outreach • Will help get scholarships for all students • Will help alums get through college successfully • Will create a robust outreach program to alums • Will work toward partnerships with colleges who will give “full rides” to our grads

  7. New military staff • Now a TAC Officer and TAC NCO in each company, including music • Support NCOs at regimental level to help with citizenship processes • Operations SGM to focus on formation, cadet leadership development, curriculum and instruction, physical education program, etc • SGM Depp as Dean • Very successful summer camp

  8. Library • Doris Lundy a 20 hour/week trained librarian through Diablo Valley College • Cathy Francioch, retired Oakland Librarian continues to volunteer services • Linh Nguyen will help run Udacity classes each period in VLC

  9. Luis Garza: Data Coach • Focus on using data to inform instruction • Narrowing the achievement gap • Getting us to 800 • Interim assessment analysis • Helping us individually examine data from various sources to focus energies on places we can make the biggest impact on student achievement • Assisting with the WASC process

  10. Special Education • Now almost completely “in house” • Audit of suspension/expulsion rates • SPED Staff • Director • Two resource teachers • Two aides • Two educational psychologists (for assessment and counseling) • Speech therapist (contracted) along with other special services contracted

  11. Other Facilities Issues • Working with Lena Sullivan and with additional Lusk owner for purchase • Facilities Master Planning project • Solar installation possibility on main campus • Partnership with Longfellow Community Association for Community Garden and community clean up efforts

  12. Platoon Teachers • Attend morning formation • Assist with calling habitually absent or tardy students • Ensure there is a daily “grade” recorded by cadet leaders for both uniform compliance and attendance on time • Daily check of a particular uniform item to be announced at formation • That teacher’s room on rainy days • Support at Pass in Review, Cadet Corps Birthday Challenge, Cadet Olympics, etc. • In emergency drill with a formation, go to that place • Motivate platoon members on “competitions” such as candy sale, food drives, etc

  13. Academic Support • 6th graders are here until 5:30 daily • All “low performing” 7th graders will also be here daily until 5:30 • Students below proficient automatically assigned AS along with ALL new cadets

  14. Udacity • Offerings: • Psychology • Statistics • Alg2 • Intro to Computer Science • Physics • All periods throughout the day in VLC • Linh Nguyen (OMI alum) is manager • Many lessons learned from last semester

  15. Charter Renewal and WASC • This fall we write both documents • Charter Renewal due to OUSD by Oct 1 • WASC Document finished by Dec 1 • OUSD Site Visit in October • WASC Visit end of February • Importance of the processes

  16. Enrollment compared to projected Grade 6 = 90 Budgeted: 100 Grade 7 = 110 120 Grade 8 = 141 120 Grade 9 = 108 120 Grade 10 = 105 100 Grade 11 = 94 90 Grade 12 = 76 65 TOTAL: 724 715

  17. Financial/Legislative/Other News • Prop 30 passage implications (funding) • API structural change • Change in federal and state assessment requirements • Brown Military Institute Consortium

  18. Seven-Year Goals For OMI 2008-2015 a. National Blue Ribbon School  b. Highest quality teaching and learning in all classrooms c. 800+ API  d. State-of-the-art campus e. Teachers paid in the top quartile of the comparison group f. Significant waiting lists for entry to OMI g. Extremely involved parents h. Safe school (emotionally, physically, etc) i.  Sharp looking cadets in uniform and at ceremonies j. Cadets that act in a way appropriate to the setting in which they are functioning (play at playtime, work at work time) k. Student leadership that is solid and engaged l.  ESPRIT DE CORPS among cadets, staff, and parents/guardians m. Quality Athletic program that engages students n. Involved alumni association

  19. How do we get there? a. Focused professional development; teachers as learning community b. National Board Certification for teachers c. Debunking the myths of why schools are plagued by underperformance, especially for ELs and African Americans d. Reading and writing and oral speaking across the curriculum e. Research and technology skills infused into curriculum f.  College Prep math g. Academic Vocabulary (Word of the Day) h. Fund raising i.  Facilities planning j.  Long-range salary plan k. Marketing master plan l.  Parental involvement strategies m. Physical safety as a priority n.  Emotional safety monitored and everyone held accountable o.  Athletics master plan (interscholastic and intramurals and PE) p.  Enforcement of standards for bearing and conduct q.  Focused leadership training, cadet promotions and awards r.   Fun social activities for students, staff, and families

  20. STAR Tests ResultsSpring 2013

  21. API • Total APIof 770 (+24) • Black from 742 (+71) • Asian 854 (-12) • Hispanic 758 (+20) • White 759 (+100) • 2+ Races 767 • Low SES 762 (+23) • EL (749 (-7) • Sts w/ Disabilities 600 (+87)

  22. Some Areas of Strength • Excellent growth in 6th grade in math and English • over 15% growth in English • More than doubled math proficiency rate (from 24% to 55%) • Steady growth in MS math scores • Steady growth in MS science and history scores • Great improvement across the board in the 9th grade • English proficiency up 13% • Algebra proficiency up over 10% • Geometry proficiency increasing • 10th grade CAHSEE -- 91% pass rate in English and • 88% pass rate in math

  23. Areas of Strength (cont’d) • Continued growth US History, Algebra and Algebra II

  24. Key Areas of Growth for Demographic Groups AFRICAN-AMERICAN • 6thgrade doubled ELA scores and tripled the math scores!!! • 8th grade improvement across the board ~ELA almost 10% improvement ~science over 30% improvement ~history and Algebra almost 30% improvement ~Geometry doubled: 100% proficient in Geometry • 9thgrade doubled ELA proficiency (24% to 50%) • 9thgrade nice improvement in Alg and Geometry-- Went from 0% to 17% (Alg) and 33% (Geometry) • 11thgrade approximately 10% improvement in ELA and US History • -11thgrade improvement in Biology went from 0% to 33%

  25. ASIAN • 7thgrade 30% growth in math • 100% of 8th graders scored proficient in science! • 8thgrade improvement in history (from 72% to 80%) • over 20% improvement in 9th grade ELA (now 85%) • a 20% improvement for 9th graders who took geometry • 9thgrade in Alg2 over 15% improvement • almost 20% improvement in US History LATINO • 6thgrade doubled ELA scores and tripled the math scores!! • Upward climb in 8th grade history • Continued improvement in 9th grade ELA • 20% improvement in life science • Almost 10% improvement in World History

  26. English Language Learners • 6th grade almost tripled ELA and math scores!! • 20% growth in math for 7th graders • Improvement for 9th graders in ELA and algebra • 10th graders • life science score went from 0% to 35% • World History went from 0% to 21% • geometry from 0% to 10% • Biology 0% to 14% Students with Disabilities • Big improvements in math and English for 8th and 9th grade • Growth in proficiency rate for 7th grade English • Improvements in English and Biology for 10th graders

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