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S Cleveland Heights High School: Creating the Future October 14, 2014 Presented by: Andrea Celico, Ph.D.

Cleveland Heights High School: Creating the Future

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Cleveland Heights High School:

Creating the FutureOctober 14, 2014

Presented by: Andrea Celico, Ph.D.

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Purpose of Meeting

History and rationale

Future of Cleveland Heights High School: Short-term and Long-term

Planning process

Your suggestions: table top activity

Next steps

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Elimination of small schools

Review: Achievement data Staff survey Parent survey

Small schools intention was to be a structure for supporting mission and vision (inception 2004) Pathways and PASSAGE

What we found: True “small schools:” Costly and difficult to maintain “purity”

Problematic with scheduling; programs compete; students’ courses and extracurricular choices affected

Resulted in majority of courses having mix of students from more than one school

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Academic Achievement:

OGT scores remained stagnant or declined from 2004-2012

Decrease in Performance Index

Decrease in percentage of indicators

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Surveys

Parents: 141 responses Many positive remarks about relationships, academic choices, personalization,

choices Dissatisfaction about not getting first choice of courses or school

Staff: 64 responses Felt not enough progress was made around relationships, college/career

readiness Concerns that small schools didn’t prepare students for tests Overwhelming response stated that small schools are confusing and create some

sense of inequity among schools Teachers felt there weren’t enough resources provided

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RESULT

After 10 years of trying, the small school structure is not getting the results we need for our students.

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Projected Timelines

2014-2015 small schools continue (planning year)

2015-2017 one high school in swing space

2017-2018 one high school in new school

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The Future of Heights High (2-3 years)

While at Wiley swing space: Focus on teaching and learning Improve instructional practices Focus on ensuring a safe and secure school with an emphasis on

instruction Preserve successful high school tenets:

Technology and blended learning Partnerships with universities Career and Technical Education Advanced Placement Courses Arts and athletics

Explore instructional programs for 2017-2018

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Looking ahead 3-5 years: The Future of Heights High

One high school

Preservation of instructional practices that work

Wide array of options for students

Innovative

Preservation of relationships

College and career readiness

Problem and inquiry-based learning (project labs; mini auditorium)

Opportunities for students (post-secondary, CTE, Arts, etc.)

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Planning and programming:

Teacher and staff input

Community, staff and student sessions

Building visits

Preservation of strategies “that work”

Great opportunities for innovation; refashion the high school

Learn from our experience planning for small schools; be successful in our planning

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Next Steps

Gather input

Visit buildings/explore models and programs

Planning document

Planning meetings

Next 10 months…opportunity to launch CH-UH HS dedicated to helping every student achieve

Capitalize on strengths as we design the new Heights High