By: Taylor Blair, Hannah Illges, Emily

Kelley, and Abbi Hope

Meet Our Schools
Trace Crossings
Elementary
Oxmoor Valley
Elementary
(formerly Jones
Valley)
2010-2011
school
year
2011-2012
school year
Interpreted...
2010-2011
-White: Math 74.6% > 65.1% Reading 81.8% > 65.3%
-Black: Math 42.4% < 42.7% Reading 63.6% > 35.9%
-Non-Poverty: Math 68.7% < 71.8% Reading 80.6% > 72.6%
-Poverty: Math 42.9% < 47.2% Reading 57.1% > 41.7%
2011-2012
-White: Math 45.8% < 65.3% Reading 70.8% > 66.7%
-Black: Math 7.9% < 46.7% Reading 23.7% < 39.3%
-Non-Poverty: Math 43.6% < 72.7% Reading 69.4% < 75.3%
-Poverty: Math 4.7% < 49.9% Reading 16.7% < 44.2%
2010-2011
school year
2011-2012
school year
Interpreted...
2010-2011
-Black: Math 24.5% < 42.7% Reading 26.4% < 35.9%
-Poverty: Math 25% < 47.2% Reading 26.9% < 41.7%
2011-2012
-Black: Math 51.7% > 46.7% Reading 41.8% > 39.3%
-Poverty: Math 52.2% > 49.9% Reading 42.2% < 44.2%
WHAT DOES THIS DATA MEAN?...
For Trace Crossings:
- GREEN TO RED
ON A SCHOOL LEVEL...
- Math seemed to be a weaker
point according to the data
COMPARED WITH STATE
- Almost all test scores were
below state average in school
year 2011-12 whereas in the
2010-11 school year majority
tested higher
For Jones Valley (Oxmoor Valley):
- RED TO GREEN
ON A SCHOOL LEVEL...
- Math and Reading scores are low
in 2010-11 but made substantial
increases in school year 2011-12
COMPARED WITH STATE
- Progression from below state
average to HIGHER!
Strengths and Weaknesses...
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Strengths:
- Reading in school year 2010-11
- In the process of taking BIG
initiatives towards better differentiating
instruction for all students
Weaknesses:
- Non-white students seem to be
falling behind
- Reading intervention is absolutely
necessary
Jones Valley Elementary
Strengths:
- Significant increase in test scores
- Math scores are at 50% @ Level IV
- School year 2011-12 almost all scores
(except for poverty+reading) scored above
state average!
Weaknesses:
- High rates of poverty in school has
negative impacts on students achievement
- Out of schools control
Accountability Resources...
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- Global Scholar is very effective at Trace.
- This software program allows parents and
students to find pre-screened tutors for a variety of
subjects and grade levels.
- Tutoring sessions occur on the website and the
students have access to an online whiteboard, audio and
video, archiving and billing is also available through the
software.
- The program keeps track of student progress,
that parents and teachers have access to as well as
monitor their progress.
- IXL (math) and Raz Kids (reading) Both of these
programs provide activities and practice for students, as
well as a login username to keep track of their progress
for easy access at home and school (parents and
teacher access)
Oxmoor Valley:
- Very new school, working to try and find the
best accountability resources that will be the best
benefit for the teachers, students and parents as a
whole
- Looking into Global Scholar and the Response
To Intervention program
- RTI has been popular among the Birmingham
City schools and is a great candidate for Oxmoor to
begin implementing
- New website with no resources posted yet
-Newsletter available: Not sent out to parents,
but available in front office
Role Support Personnel...
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- Math coach, reading coach and ELL
teacher
- coaches are more than willing to work
with teachers to make sure they are on task
- All role support personnel are available
to the teachers, students and parents.
- Resources are provided by the different
personnels
Oxmoor Valley:
- There are gifted, math, reading and
behavior role support personnels
- These support personnels will pull
students from class to work individually
with the students.
- Because the school is so new their roles
are not as concrete and developed as
they could be
- Teachers have PLP- Share successes,
failures, new ideas, etc.
Sharing the Data...
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- Data meetings once a
week for grade level pods
- Tier II Data is
presented once a month
- Specific grades have
team data meetings
- Leadership team meets
monthly
Oxmoor Valley
- Posts data outside of
classroom doors (Shows the
progress from beginning of the
school year)
- Data meetings held
regularly for different grade
levels
-The principal holds
teachers accountable to their
data
Parental Involvement
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-Read for the Record- offered in the
fall to promote the importance of
reading in elementary schools all
over the Nation.
- Math Night- Part of the PTO
meeting was devoted to math. Showed
games, and fun activities that can
be done at home to promote math.
- Both of these events encouraged
parental attendance.
Oxmoor Valley
-PTA meetings are held on the second
Tuesday of every month
-Teachers often threatened to call
parents
-Nothing listed under Parent
Resource tab on website
Initiatives
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- Cub Club: This is a unique program
where students work with Samford
students on reading and math
skills. This takes place in the
morning time, this was assessment
based then discussed with the
parents.
- students are also pulled
throughout the day to work with the
reading and math coach or the coach
will come into the classroom.
Oxmoor Valley
-Club Fire: Pull students from
classroom that were struggling with
issues that affect school
achievement (ex. being bullied, home
life)
-Students are pulled for one-on-
one coaching
-Encouraging teachers to not resort
to kicking students out of the
classroom
School Improvement
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Goal: keep the test scores up while
encouraging work outside of the
classroom.
Goal: Keep students motivated and work to
stress that reading and math are crucial
parts of daily life.
Oxmoor Valley
-Goal: To increase parent
leadership and involvement
-Goal: Increase staff attendance and
focus for professional development
-Goal: Improve vocabulary
-Goal: Improve student/ teacher
relationships