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State of The School

Reflective Elementary
201819 Student Drive
Progressive, Iowa

Kara Paulson - FBLA EDL 275

 DISTRICT ASPIRATIONS:
VISION:
Creating a culture of excellence where students come first.

MISSION:
We commit all district resources to guide the learning of each
student, to graduate as confident learners with character,
knowledge, and the skills to excel in any endeavor they pursue.
Where We’ve Been:
Starting in 2016-17, we became intentional with our focus of student engagement and academic
growth in reading by becoming responsive to the data.

- Building leadership team worked with grade level teams to determine the true needs of each
student beyond the scores.
- Nearly 70% of our at-risk readers lacked focus and engagement that hindered their ability to
build critical reading behaviors.
- Staff collectively realized the need
for understanding of Social/Emotional
Learning alongside Academics
- Staff development work on Growth
Mindset to model for and teach
students.
Well-Being Goal:
All students will
demonstrate empathy and
build personal connections,
and as a result show a
decrease in the number of
students feeling that they
are not often treated well at
my school measured
through a student well-being
survey.

Reading Goal:
All students will be able to
read & comprehend grade
level text (or beyond), and
as a result show an
increase in number of
students proficient in both
FAST and Benchmarking by
May 2018. 431 students or
73% of K-5 students were
proficient Fall of 2017.
In 2017-18 we started...
- New Workshop Model (Lucy Calkins & Columbia University’s Teachers
College Reading and Writing Project)
- Professional Development on strategies for all adults instructing or
supporting instruction
- Developing and building core reading behaviors
- Authentic application of skills through independent and
group practice while building confidence & stamina

- Created a Student Well-being Committee

(Also known as our Multi-Tiered System of
Support or MTSS Team)
- Began implementation of multi-aged homeroom
teams to build relationships throughout
the building
Student
Well-being
Survey
 How Agree- I Agree- Agree- My Agree- Agree-
Time of Many feel I Students classroom Other Teachers
belong at treat me teacher adults care and
year the Students
my school. well at my cares about about me Students
survey took the school. me. at my Care about
was taken Survey? school. each other.

Sept. 579 78% 43% 90% 78% 72%

2017

Jan. 2018 549 72% 46% 90% 77% 67%

May 2018 553 70% 39% 90% 76% 64%

*Complete Data Collection & subgroups can be viewed here.

What We Learned (Well-being Data)

 Fall 2017 Winter 2018 Spring 2018
K-5 431/593 students or 73% of all students K-5 403/593 or 68% of all students were K-5 431/588 or 73% of all students were
were proficient on both FAST and proficient on both FAST and Benchmarking proficient on both FAST and Benchmarking
Benchmarking

K- 81% Proficient on FAST K- 67% Proficient on Both K- 84% Proficient on Both

1st- 76% Proficient on Both 1st- 69% Proficient on Both 1st- 67% Proficient on Both

2nd- 77% Proficient on Both 2nd- 74% Proficient on Both 2nd- 72% Proficient on Both

3rd- 78% Proficient on Both 3rd- 77% Proficient on Both 3rd- 85% Proficient on Both

4th- 69% Proficient on Both 4th- 67% Proficient on Both 4th 70% Proficient on Both

5th- 54% Proficient on Both 5th- 53% Proficient on Both 5th- 62% Proficient on Both

What We Learned
(Reading Data)
Well-Being Goal:
All students will
demonstrate empathy and
build personal connections,
and as a result show a
decrease in the number of
students feeling that they
are not often treated well at
my school measured
through a student well-being
survey.

Reading Goal:
All students will be able to
read & comprehend grade
level text (or beyond), and
as a result show an
increase in number of
students proficient in both
FAST and Benchmarking by
May 2019. 431 students or
73% of K-5 students were
proficient Spring of 2018.
 Students:
- Build connections &
empathy with each other
& as a community
- An active participant in
their learning: Voice and
Choice in academics while
demonstrating respect,
responsibility, and safety
Teachers: Community:
- Strengthen Professional - A need for more volunteers
Development Opportunities to create community
{Small group instruction/ 1:1 relationships and authentic
conferences (conferring)} audiences for student work
- Secure & Value team time to - Modeling/Practice of social
discuss and analyze data to
& academic skills
be responsive to needs
through real world
- Continue work with the application and
Responsive Classroom opportunities
Approach
{Academics Success + Social Emotional Learning}

TOGETHER:
- Create an environment of open communication and transparency between home and school to
model true teamwork in each child’s educational experience on constant/consistent basis.

Where will 2018-19 take us?

 Mrs. Kara Jo Paulson
Reflective Elementary
201819 Student Drive
Progressive, Iowa

Office Phone: (515) 555-1234

Email:
kara.paulson@reflective.k12.ia.us

School Website:
https://www.schooldistrict.org/school/reflective-elementary/

Twitter: @ReflectiveElemK5
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