Classen School of Advanced Studies

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Classen School of Advanced Studies

• State of the School
• 2006

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State of the School2006

• Promoting The Culture
• Through
• Attention to Detail

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State of the School2006

• Classens Culture
• Acceptance
• Support
• Family
• Academic Rigor
• Artistic Excellence

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State of the School2006

• What Sort of Detail?
• Instruction
• Information
• Responsiveness
• Problem Solving

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State of the School2006

• Instruction
• Curriculum Walk Throughs
• Departmental Alignment
• Best Practices
• Campus Improvement Plan

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State of the School2006

• Curriculum Walk Through (Sample)
• Administrator 1
• 12 Staff assigned to Learning Community
• Tuesday 830 1030 1245 200
• Wednesday 830 1030 1245 200
• Thursday 830 1030 1245 200
• 10 15 minutes per Walkthrough/Weekly

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State of the School2006

• Curriculum Walkthrough (cont)
• Monthly Meeting w/Staff (Reflection)

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State of the School2006

• Departmental Alignment
• Curriculum Issues
• Skills
• Projects (Science Fair/History Day)

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State of the School 2006

• Best Practices
• Lesson Plans
• Projects
• CORR (online lesson plan development)

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State of the School2006

• Campus Improvement Plan
• Plan designed to improve results in
• academic, student and parent
• engagement areas
• Objective Move students from Satisfactory
  to
• Advanced and from Limited Knowledge to
• Satisfactory
• Quarterly Report (progress of plan)

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State of the School2006

• Information
• Web Page
• Significant Events Calendar (Improved)
• Email Newsletter
• Oklahoma Centennial Project

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• Information
• How big is Classsen?
• 05-06 Projected Enrollment 1018
• E1 count September 05 958
• 06-07 Projected Enrollment 1055
• E1 count September 06 1055

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State of the School2006

• Challenges of Growth
• Class Size
• Textbooks
• Lockers

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State of the School2006

• How did we Score
• ACT average 23.8
• College Remediation Rate
• Math 14 (10) Reading 5.7 (4)
• Academic Performance Index
• MS 1327 HS 1350 1500

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State of the School2006

• State Testing
• Math 6th 91 Sat.gt 50 Advanced
• 7th 91 Sat.gt 30 Advanced
• 8th 86 Sat.gt 39 Advanced
• Reading 6th 89 Sat.gt 21 Advanced
• 7th 91 Sat.gt 33
  Advanced
• 8th 94 Sat.gt 23 Advanced

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State of the School2006

• Geography 7th 95 Sat.gt 21
  Advanced
• US History 8th 84 Sat.gt 22
  Advanced
• Science 8th 93 Sat.gt 20
  Advanced
• Writing 8th 96 Sat.gt 31
  Advanced

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State of the School2006

• End of Instruction Tests
• English 10 TBA
• Algebra I TBA
• US History TBA
• Biology I TBA

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State of the School2006

• Dates
• Open House September 12, 2006
• IB Parent Meeting September 21, 2006
• 600 PM
• Visual/Performing Arts Meeting
• September 7, 2006 600 PM

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State of the School2006

• Responsiveness
• Uniform Comment, Concern or Complaint Process
• Teacher WebSites/email addresses on Classen Web
  Site
• Strategic Planning Committee (Focus)
• Return email/phone calls (24Hrs)

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State of the School 2006

• To address a concern
• 1) Contact your childs teacher
  (phone.email)
• You may be able to resolve the problem
  via
• phone or email
• 2) If no resolution is reached, contact
  counselor and/or assistant principal. An
  additional conference may be needed.
• 3) Contact the principal and/or complete a
  uniform concern, complaint form.

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State of the School

• Problem Solving
• Focus Group
• Leadership Team (FAC)
• Administrative Team
• Learning Communities

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State of the School 2006

• Problem Solving Continued
• Safe Schools Committee
• PTSA
• Departments
• Cooperative Council for Student Leadership

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State of the School2006

• Communication Channel
• Information flows from each of the
  identified
• teams/learning communities in a two-way
• direction. Parent concerns flow from parent
  to
• PTSA, Focus, Strategic Planning and Campus
• Improvement Team to Departments, Learning
• Communities, Safe School Committee and
• Administrative and returns.

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State of the School2006

• Continuous Feedback Topics
• Academic Improvement Strategies
• Maintenance Issues
• Custodial Issues
• Safe School/Climate Issues

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EDSP Dr. Rochelle Converse
Principal Dr. Ronald M. Maxfield
Administrative Team Maxfield
Bonner Harris TBA
Brady
Schroeder Curry
Hartmann Allen
Safe School Committee
IB Learning Community
UPA Learning Community
Middle School Learning Community
Fresh/Soph. Learning Community
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Administrative Team Maxfield
Bonner Harris TBA
Brady
Schroeder Curry
Hartmann Allen
Strategic Planning Committee
Campus Improvement Team
FAC Leadership
Coop Council of Student Leadership
Focus Committee
PTSA
Arts
Science
English
Foreign Languages
Math
Social Studies
Special Ed.
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Campus Improvement Team
FAC Leadership
Arts
English
Foreign Languages
Math
Science
Social Studies
Special Ed.
Jones Pourtorkan Irons Lindley Dalton Wong Veal Pa
yne Aqrninton Trahilila Kelley Stafford Rich Sween
ey Adamson
Hulsey Reid Chafton Pierce Patterson Burmann Poole
Hall Hardling Brown Zacharias Miller Sylvan Young
Teague Bish Tesla Burnell Kingsolver Holzberger
Smith Burkes Warner Jackson Wells Cornell Horn
Potter Wilson Georgia
Boodreau Brown Waters Robinson
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State of the School2006

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