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Draft Implementation Plan United to Make a Difference: Improving the Achievement of Young Men of Color

October 21-22, Milwaukee

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WHERE ARE WE NOW?

2013-2014 CCSD Student Population

American Indian/Alaskan Native (1,470 students / 0.5%)

Asian (20,646 students / 6.6%)

Black/African American (39,047 students / 12.4%)

Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (4,746 students / 1.5%)

Hispanic/Latino (139,710 students / 44.4%)

Multi-racial (18,982 students / 6.0%)

White/Caucasian (90,042 students / 28.6%)

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WHERE ARE WE NOW?

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2012-2013 Graduation Rate By Ethnicity

WHERE ARE WE NOW?

WHERE ARE WE NOW?

CCSD’s African American graduation rate has increased 8.97 percent –

From 48.9 percent in 2011-12 To 57.87 percent in 2012-13

WHERE ARE WE NOW?

643 more Latino/Hispanic students graduated in

2012-13 than 2011-12

That is an 11.6 percentage point increase from 2011-12

to 2012-13

PLEDGE OF ACHIEVEMENT

POA - DISTRICT SCORECARD

Six goals on the PLEDGE OF ACHIEVEMENT school district scorecard:

• Increase third-grade literacy proficiency rates• Decrease achievement gaps• Increase the graduation rate• Increase parent participation• Increase student safety and happiness• Increase number of students in Advanced Place-

ment and Career and Technical courses

PLEDGE OF ACHIEVEMENT

Strategic Targets for PLEDGE:

• Annually reduce the percentage point gap between profi-ciency of

highest and lowest scoring subgroups

• Instructional strategies that reach diverse learners

• Opportunities for real-time feedback to provide swift re-sponses

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COMMUNITY COMMITMENT

SEOAC - A school district and community partnership to address Office for Civil Rights concerns:

• Legislators, community members, CCSD Personnel, Students

• 11 recommendations for improvement

• Precursor to My Brother’s Keeper

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MY BROTHER’S KEEPER

Associate Attorney General Tony West visited West Prep School on July 18, 2014 to speak

with 300 young people of color for a summer success workshop

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MY BROTHER’S KEEPERA school district and community partnership to ensure boys and young men of color are connected to resources that include:

• Third-grade literacy: “Each One, Read One” initiative

• Community outreach and after-school mentoring to all students

• Community/Student events and listening sessions

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MY BROTHER’S KEEPERA school district and community partnership to ensure boys and young men of color are connected to resources that include:

• Events to support parent engagement

• Cultivating a community ideal of high expectations

• Chief central office leadership involved in all activities

CULTURAL COMPETENCY TRAINING

Mandatory professional development for all school-based administrators and all new teach-

ers

CULTURAL COMPETENCY TRAINING

• 14 CCSD schools will focus on cultural competency training/walks

• Cultural competency goals in school performance plans

• Monthly cultural/diversity professional development offered to all staff

CULTURAL COMPETENCY TRAINING

• Focus on effectively teaching students of color, particularly African-American and Latino males

• Establish high expectations for all stu-dents

• June cultural institute open to all CCSD employees

CULTURAL COMPETENCY TRAINING

• Customized cultural competency training at schools

• Coordinating Cultural Competency Training during pre-service coursework (UNLV, CSN, NSC)

• CCSD teachers receive cultural competency training during new teacher symposiums

HOPE² BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION GRANTS

HOPE² BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION GRANTS

• Between $6,000 and $35,000 in grant money awarded

• 71 middle and high schools

HOPE² BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION GRANTS

• Grants will fund positive behavior programs or on-site behavior programs to avoid placement in behavior schools

• Some high schools have already seen progress with on-site behavior programs such as Schools Targeting Alternative Reform On-Site (STAROn) program

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ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IN 16 ZOOM SCHOOLS

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ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IN 16 ZOOM SCHOOLS

• Pre-kindergarten for all students

• Full-day kindergarten for all students (21 to 1 Ratio)

• Zoom Reading Centers to provide additional literacy support

• Extended school year of 17 additional days

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ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IN 16 ZOOM SCHOOLS

Initial results of Zoom Schools:

• Dramatic improvements in language and literacy in pre-k

• More than 70 percent of kindergarten students per-formed at grade

level in all but one category of assessment of literacy skills

• K-2 students below grade level in December 2013 were on average

at or above grade level by May 2014

POA - DISTRICT SCORECARD

Six goals on the PLEDGE OF ACHIEVEMENT school district scorecard:

• Increase third-grade literacy proficiency rates• Decrease achievement gaps• Increase the graduation rate• Increase parent participation• Increase student safety and happiness• Increase number of students in Advanced Place-

ment and Career and Technical courses

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