Granville County Schools Oxford, North Carolina

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Granville County SchoolsOxford, North Carolina

• Our Mission
• Granville County Schools will prepare our
  students today for a successful tomorrow. In
  doing so, we will cultivate the desire for
  lifelong learning in each student. To achieve
  this mission, we will continually strive to
  improve our educational services and to meet the
  community standards for quality.

• Our Vision
• EVERY Actively Learning
• STUDENT Accepting Others
• Achieving
• EVERY Leading
• STAFF Learning
• MEMBER Loving Children
• EVERY Invited
• PARENT AND Invested
• COMMUNITY Involved
• MEMBER

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Progress for All Children A Story of Long-Term
Commitment

• Leonard Peace
• School Board Chair
• Jodi Anderson
• Director of Accountability Services
• Neill McDonald
• Assistant Superintendent
• Lynn Swann
• Director of Elem. Education/Title I
• Tom Williams
• Superintendent

GRANVILLE COUNTY SCHOOLS www.gcs.k12.nc.us
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Granville County

• Largely rural community of 48,000 citizens
• Planned infrastructure may accelerate growth
• Largest employers are industries, the school
  district, and State institutions

Granville County Schools

• 8,300 students
• 5 Hispanic, 45 Black, 50 White
• 42 Free/Reduced Lunch
• 14 schools and an alternative learning program
• Designated as a NC Low-Wealth School District

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Our Successes
GRANVILLE COUNTY SCHOOLS

• Improvement in student attendance
• Successful transition for students into
• university setting
• Impact of early childhood education

Our Areas of Continued Focus

• Increasing the number of students who complete a
• high school program of study
• Recruiting and retaining high performing
  educators
• Using data to track effectiveness over time

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Black/White Performance Gap - State Testing
Program
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Black/White Performance Gap- State High School
Testing Program
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Black Student Performance-State Math Tests
Proficiency Rates
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Black Student Performance- State High School
TestsProficiency Rates
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Black Student Performance-SAT Results
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Board and Superintendent Relationship

• A personal reflection - 1988 - 2002
• It always begins in the interview process
• Whose mission and vision is it anyway?
• Communication and being in the loop
• Addressing individual and group issues

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In the Beginning...

• The application process set the tone
• The interview questions reaffirmed the commitment
  to Progress for All Children
• The Board Meeting and Performance Review keeps it
  alive

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Policy Drives Practice

• Higher Promotion Standards
• Elimination of Exam Exemptions
• Higher Attendance Standards

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Key Ingredients to Progress for ALL Children

• Early Intervention
• Parental Involvement
• Shared Accountability
• Aligned Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment
• Data-Driven Decision Making
• Focused Staff Development

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Early Intervention Programs

• Pre-K Classes
• Project Family Read
• Kinder-Camp
• Reading Recovery
• Literacy Groups

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Elementary Highlights

• North Carolina Standard Course of Study
• Math Pacing Guides
• Quarterly Student Assessments (K-8)
• Targets for Student Performance
• Communicating Student Progress

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Middle School Highlights

• Accelerated high school Algebra I and Geometry
  courses
• Team planning time
• Thinking Maps Implementation
• Principal-Student Conferences
• Alternative Learning Program focusing on
  accelerated academic instruction

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High School Strategies

• Higher Expectations
• Course Selection - 4 Year Plan
• Student Planner
• Intervention Strategies
• Parent Communication

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SAT Preparation

• SAT Coordinator
• Guidance
• Test Taking Skills
• Timed Reading
• Daily Mini-Lessons
• Commercial Programs

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Closing Thoughts for You

• Relationships
• Mission and Vision Alignment
• Processes
• Monitoring Results

GRANVILLE COUNTY SCHOOLS www.gcs.k12.nc.us