Albany Area Schools

20 Miles West of St.Cloud.

Approximately 1600 students in the district.

97% White Less than 1% LEP 11% SpEd 19% FRPL 100% Graduation Rate 136 open enrolled to

Albany vs. 92 out.

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at

once.Calvin Coolidge

Albany Avon

Grades 1-6; 420 students, 3 sections per grade.

98% White 0% LEP 14% SpEd 26% FRPL Title I school

Grades K-6, 390 students, 2 sections per grade.

All day, every other day K.

94% White 1% LEP 13% SpEd 16% FRPL Non Title I

Albany Avon

MCAII Reading Proficiency - 2008

Gr. 3 84% Gr. 4 70% Gr. 5 85% Gr. 6 79%

MCAII Reading Proficiency - 2008

Gr. 3 89% Gr. 4 83% Gr. 5 79% Gr. 6 81%

Assets In Place

Aimsweb Universal Screening

90 min. common reading block.

Scheduled intervention time Gr.1 & 2 Albany

Grade level team meetings.

Supportive administration.

Progress monitoring. Good interventions.

Coaching has helped us . . . .

Improve the quality of grade level mtgs. Improve the quality of our interventions. Use our data more effectively. Establish a framework for Problem Solving

meetings. Set up paperwork for problem solving. Use our leadership team to guide and inform

our journey. Meet helpful people in other schools who

share our growing pains!

Challenges ahead . . . .

Time Establishing effective

Problem Solving Teams with time to follow through (integrity checks!!!)

Resources for buildings without Title I.

Moving beyond K-3 and Reading.

RtI and SpEd referrals Did I mention time?

Go as far as you can see. When you get there you

will be able to see further.

Thomas Carlyle