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Anchorage School District
Christine Garbe
Supervisor, English Language Learners
Presentation
This presentation was a collaborative effort among the Superintendent’s Office, Title I, the English Language Learner Program and staff at Williwaw Elementary School
AnchorageFacts
Anchorage has 1/2 the population of the entire state
State capital, Juneau not accessible by road Average state teacher salary is $59,667.16
Least densely populated US state Less than 1% of Alaska land is privately owned Entire state population is 600,000, roughly
same as Austin, TX
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Anchorage SchoolDistrict
Student population is 49,091 11% LEP 8 comprehensive high schools 10 middle schools 60 elementary schools 8 charter schools School district area is the size of Deleware-1900
square miles
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1998-2010 Anchorage School District's Increasing Diversity
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Total Diverse White
Alaska Schools’ Top 5 Languages (including Anchorage)
Yup’ik Inupiaq Spanish Filipino Hmong
Top 5 languages in the ASD
Spanish Hmong Samoan Filipino Yup’ik
Williwaw ElementaryK-5 School
WilliwawSchool Information
K-5, Title I School with close to 400 students Pre-school program 2 Autism Classrooms 2 Hard of hearing classrooms one preK and
one primary Facility built about 10 years ago Walking school 21st Century After School Program 100% breakfast and lunch program
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MoreSchool Information
41.8% LEP Hmong is dominant non-English language Samoan is second 12 Caucasian students out of 181 took the
state test in 2009-2010 2003-2009 Made AYP only once and
currently are at level 5
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Williwaw Timeline
2008-2009 Develop the new plan
Restructuring/ Alternative Governance Options Option 5 was chosen which reads
– 5) Any other major restructuring of a school governance arrangement that makes fundamental reforms, such as significant changes in the school, staffing and governance, to improve student academic achievement and that has substantial promise of enabling the school to make AYP.
Description of Plan
Planning team included Title I, ELL, CORE, Elementary Education, leadership coaching, and the established site leadership team at Williwaw– Reflected on school improvement plan
Team attended the CGCS Bilingual conference Team looked at previously used strategies:
– LEP Planning sheets– Front loading HM vocabulary– Ongoing PD – Pullout for alternative curriculum
Team Determinations
Schoolwide approach needed Focus on vocabulary for ALL students Acquire language acquisition materials Train staff in use of materials
Williwaw Timeline
2008-2009 Develop the new plan
2009-2010 First Year of Imple-mentation
Action Buy in by all staff Dedicated 30 min ELL time-built into the
master schedule Core instruction-explicit and systematic with
infused SIOP Universal Screening and progress monitoring 90 minutes of Tier 1, intervention block-30
minutes-Tier 2 as well as a 30 minute ELD time
Used Carousel of Ideas Kits as language acquisition materials
Continued
RTI Model incorporated– Training in collaborative SST meetings with
emphasis on strategies for ELL students ELL Coach (ARRA) Strategically placed ELL staff according
to student needs
Example Of Master Schedule
Williwaw Timeline
2008-2009 Develop the new plan
2009-2010 First Year of Imple-mentation
Summer 2010 Review Results
Williwaw Timeline
2008-2009 Develop the new plan
2009-2010 First Year of Imple-mentation
Summer 2010 Review Results
2010-2011 Second year of plan
Second Year Implementation
Elementary Newcomers’ Center Plan for sustainability Coach’s Role Professional Development
– Monthly professional development
Williwaw Timeline
2008-2009 Develop the new plan
2009-2010 First Year of Imple-mentation
Summer 2010 Review Results
2010-2011 Second year of plan
Spring 2010 develop a plan for sustain-ability
Sustainability
Built a strong team of teachers who will easily be able to bring in new teachers and work with them on strategies for ELL students
Grade level meetings are developed and conversations will continue around needs and strategies
PD will continue at the building level
Ah Ha Moments
Williwaw students are surpassing the other LEP students in the district on State standardized assessments
It was involved process whereby the staff embraced that the instruction presented was not working for all students-Evolution!!
Collaborative efforts-WORK!
Key Factors for Success
Uniform approach- BUY IN Collaborative support-ELL, School, Title
I, extended school day, summer school Professional Development Sustainability
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