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Charter Renewal Santa Clara County Board of EducationDecember 14, 2016

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Launched: 2012

Network: 6th Rocketship school in San Jose

Principal: Chioma Ellis

Experience: Assistant Principal, Rocketship Spark Academy; Kinder Teacher, Uncommon Schools; 2nd

Grade & Kinder Teacher, Atlanta Public Schools584Rocketeers

ServingPreK – 5th Grade

83%Socioeconomically Disadvantaged

56%English Learners

8.6%Special Education

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34% 34%

2015-16 CA State Assessment Resultspercent of students grades 3-5

who met or exceeded new Common Core standardsM

ATH

ELA

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Staff Demographics

Diversity Among Certified Staff is Similar To District

Rocketship Brilliant Minds2015-16 School Year

Alum Rock School District2014-15 School Year (most recent available)

Asian23%

White54%

African American 4%

Hispanic 12%

No response 7% Asian

14%White58%

African American 3%

Hispanic 13%

Filipino7%

No response 4%

All teachers, administrators, pupil services: 26

All teachers, administrators, pupil services: 795

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Student Demographics

Student Diversity Nearly Mirrors The District

Hispanic 81% (-2)

Asian 13% (+2)

Filipino 2%

African American 1%

Other 3%

Rocketship Brilliant Minds2015-16 School Year (+/- change 2014-15)

Hispanic 79% (0)

Asian 12% (0)

Filipino 4%

African American 1%

White 2%

Other 2%

Alum Rock School District2015-16 School Year (+/- change 2014-15)

Two or more races 2%

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Student Enrollment

Brilliant Minds Serves Students Across the County

Students at RBM come from 13 different school districts across Santa Clara County.

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Network Support

Common Approach for Instructional Planning, Coaching, and Resource Creation & Distribution

Vision of Excellence

Unit Planning

Co-Planning

Lesson Plan Feedback

Practice Sessions

Data Analysis Meetings

Classroom Modeling

Observation Feedback

In the Moment Feedback

Text selection

PLANNING & RESOURCES

FEEDBACK & COACHING

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Humanities Block

Integrated Instruction with Differentiated Supports8:00 am (10 minutes)COMMUNITY MEETING: Universal breakfast & lesson on social emotional learning.

8:10 am (10 minutes)DO NOW: Teacher checks homework while students complete a quick warm up activity.

8:20 am (70 minutes)READING COMPREHENSION: Whole group grade-level instruction with CCSS aligned comprehension objectives and embedded social studies content. Supplemented by ELD standards during class discussion (e.g., speaking in complete sentences).

10:30 am (20 minutes)LANGUAGE ARTS: Whole group grade level instruction on grammar and language mechanics.

9:30 am (60 minutes)GUIDED READING: Designated small group instruction targeted at student’s individual grade level. Groups of 5-6 students pulled by teachers for 20 minute intervals. Frequent co-teaching with ISE specialists pulling small groups for designated instruction.

10:50 am (30 minutes)WRITING WORKSHOP: Whole group grade-level instruction on skills and habits necessary for skillful writing (e.g., how to write an introduction, brainstorming before writing). Students then released to write independently while teacher provides direct 1:1 support.

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RESPECT EMPATHYINITIATIVE

RESPONSIBILITYPERSISTENCE