Sanford Middle School State of the School Meeting

Sanford Middle School State of the School Meeting October 10 th, 2019 Accountability, Innovation, and Research

Agenda ● Warm Welcome ● Check - In ● Dates for additional meetings ● Family Compact ● State of the School Information ● Closing 2

Check In We are about a month into school from a family perspective how are things going? 3

Site Council Meetings for 2019 -2020 December 12 ? ? - (Music Concert) February 6 th - Family Survey March 12 - Survey Results and Preliminary Budget Info April 9 th - Budget update 4

Agenda Sanford Middle School: WHO WE ARE • Mission and Vision • Strengths • Challenges OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN • Goals and strategies • Sharing student progress TITLE I • Overview of Title I • How we’re using our Title I funds • Title I and Family Engagement 5

Sanford Middle School: Who We Are 6

Who We Are Mission Everyone belongs, together we succeed. School Stats ○ 23% African American ○ 6% Native American ○ 3% Asian ○ 19% Latinx ○ 45% White Vision At Sanford, we strive to create a community of curious, collaborative, openminded global citizens. ○ 5% Two or more ethnicities ○ 52% of our students receive FRD Lunch ○ 12% of our student receive EL support ○ 15% of our students receive support through SPED ○ 24% of our students are labeled advanced learners 7

Our Current Reality Strengths Challenges • Beautifully diverse student body • Significant gap in achievement between white students and students of color • MYP - International Baccalaureate School • AVID site • Large Elective Offerings • Arts • Project Lead the Way - Design/ STEM • World Languages • Large class sizes - over enrolled in 6 th (24) and 8 th grade (3) • 52% of our students scored at the PROFICIENT Level on the grade level MCA reading assessment • 36% of our students scored at the PROFICIENT level on the grade level MCA Math Assessment • Growth rates for all students in reading and math have trended downward for the last 4 years. • School -Wide Advisory Program • Talented veteran staff willing and able to reflect on practice and grow. • Large after school program… despite changes to costs 8

Our School Improvement Plan 9

What’s a School Improvement Plan? Our school improvement plan: • Sets the goals that our school community is working to achieve • Identifies the strategies or activities that will help us reach those goals together Every Minneapolis Public School is required to develop, implement, and monitor a school improvement plan. 10

A quick ESSA Review ● New version of No Child Left Behind 11

Our School Improvement Plan Goals: • By 2021, the percent of American Indian students consistently attending will increase from 49. 3% to 70%. • By 2021, the percent of American Indian students making positive progress from one proficiency category to another on the MCA Reading assessment will increase from 13. 8% to 28. 8%. • By 2021, the percent of American Indian students making positive progress from one proficiency category to another on the MCA Math assessment will increase from 10. 6% to 25. 6%. 12

Our School Improvement Plan Strategies to achieve our goal: • MTSS - Multiple Tiered Systems of Support • Short Term Instructional cycle - planning and delivery • Inquiry statements and questions connected to larger understanding • Differentiation • SEL Strategy • Daily advisory curriculum 13

How We Measure Student Progress We want to make sure our students are learning as much as possible, so we use state and district assessments to determine their strengths and areas for growth. The results of these assessments help us figure out how we can better support our students in the classroom. Assessments help us answer questions such as: • Are we teaching what we think we are teaching? • Are students learning what we intend for them to be learning? • Are all students improving and being appropriately challenged? Some of the assessments our students will take this year are: • MCAs • FAST Assessments • MYP summative assessments • Classroom assessments 14

How We’ll Share Student Progress with You Throughout the year, we’ll share information with you about how your student is doing in the classroom. We’ll do it in the following ways: • Parent-Teacher conferences on October 14 th from 5: 00 - 8: 00 and October 15 th from 5: 00 - 8: 00 • Academic Progress reports are reviewed in Advisory every 3 weeks and sent home • Quarterly report cards will be sent home approximately 1 week after the end of the quarter. • Family Portal and google classrooms are both great spots to monitor the progress of your student(s) 15

Title I 16

What is Title I? Title I is a federal program that provides money to schools and districts to help them ensure all children have an equal opportunity to get a high-quality education and achieve proficiency on our state’s academic standards and assessments. Title I supports our School Improvement Plan, and the funding we receive helps us reach our goals. 17

Sanford is a schoolwide Title I program, which means all our students are able to benefit from the services we provide with our Title I funding. For the 2019 -2020 school year, we received $385, 875. 00 in Title I funding, which makes up 4% of our school budget. We are required to use Title I funding to improve the academic achievement of all students and engage YOU, our families, in that process! 18

How We’re Using our Title I Funding Curriculum and Instruction Support • Reading and ELA Teachers • Math and MTSS Data lead • Family Liaisons for three main languages • Curriculum for CORE content areas Family Engagement • Interpretation for Conferences • Family Heritage Celebrations • Open House/Curriculum Night • Sanford Spring Showcase 19

As a family member in a Title I School, you have the right to… • Request information from the district about whether your student’s teacher meets State licensing approval for the grade and subject being taught, is teaching with a waiver, and/or has certification for the field being taught • Request information about the qualifications of any paraprofessional providing instruction • Know how your child’s school is rated on its state test scores • Expect regular communication with your school in a language that you can understand • Work with other families and staff to develop a compact between our school and our families • Help plan how money for family involvement should be spent • Work with teachers, other families, and the school principal to develop a family involvement plan • Ask for a meeting with your school principal or your child’s teacher at any time 20

Opportunities for Families to be Involved! We want your input on our: • School Improvement Plan goals and strategies • Family Involvement Plan • School-Family Compact You can find all these documents on our school website! • Participate in Site Council! We meet about 4 times a year to discuss programming and budgeting. • Visit your child’s classroom or volunteer at our school! We’d love to see you at the following school events: • Parent-Teacher Conferences: • Fall- October 14 th and 15 th from 5: 00 8: 00 • Winter - February 13 th and 20 th from 5: 00 - 8: 00. • Sanford Spring Showcase • Come and see some of the work your student has done throughout the year! • May 7 th 5: 00 - 7: 00 • Talk to your child’s teacher about events and issues that may affect your child’s work or behavior. 21

School Staff Information Principal • Amy Nelson - 612 -668 -4901 - amy. nelson@mpls. k 12. mn. us Assistant Principal(s) • Al Pitt - 612 -668 -4902 albert. pitt@mpls. k 12. mn. us • Ahmed Amin - 612 -668 -49 XX ahmed. amin@mpls. k 12. mn. us Family Liaisons • Mara Bernick - English • Karina Altoro - Spanish • Mohamud Muse - Somali 22

We appreciate you! 23