ENGLISH, READING, LITERACY

West Broward High SchoolSchool Advisory CouncilDecember 2020

DEPARTMENT CHAIRS

Lorraine Liverpool, English Department Chairperson

Elizabeth Rivero, Literacy Coach and Reading Department Chairperson

School Grading 2018-2019

Achievement: Students at Level 3+Result: +2%

Learning Gains: All Students • Increase from one level to the next (ie.

Student goes from a level 2 to level 3). • Maintain a level 4 or above.• Increase from a low 1 to medium 1, or high

1, low 2 to a high 2. • Result: -1%

• Learning Gains: Lowest 25% students (most level 1 or 2 students)

• Achieve Learning Gains the Same as Above• Result: +1%

• Total Gains: 2%

3 Year Comparison Data

▪ 14 point growth from 2016-2017 to 2017-2018

▪ 2 point growth from 2017-2018 to 2018-2019

▪ No data for 2019-2020

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN GOALIncrease learning gains for the lowest 25%tile students by 3% on the FSA.

School Improvement Plan

Informational Text

Student Engagement

Online Tools

Key Ideas & Details

Step 1 Prof Dev

FAIR Testing

Achieve 3000

Crunch Time Calendar

Vocabulary

Data Driven PLCs

Step 2 Reading

Newsela

Vocabulary.com

Noredink.com

Khan Academy

Data Driven PLCs

Step 3 English

Text Dependent Questions

Informational Text

Vocabulary

Data Driven PLCs

Step 4 Other Depts

PROGRESS MONITORING DATA

2020-2021

Progress Monitoring Assessments

Decoding & Fluency

• FAIR

• Read Alouds

Vocabulary

• FAIR

• Vocabulary.com

Reading Comprehension

• Achieve 3000

• Newsela

Syntax

• FAIR

• Khan Academy

• Noredink.com

FAIR DATA 2020-2021, A1

9th Grade: 94 students

Level WRT VKT RCT SKT PLS

Orange 17% 20% 10% 13% 16%

Yellow 26% 41% 37% 15% 18%

# of Students in

Need of Interventions

43% 61% 47% 28%

No Response 0% 11% 46% 51% 44%

On Grade Level 43% 28% 7% 21% 22%

Word Vocabulary Reading Syntactic Probability of Recognition Knowledge Comprehension Knowledge Success

ACHIEVE 3000 Current Trends: Reading Students Only

▪ Average Score on Activities: 75.3%

▪ Percentage of Students Scoring 75%+: 94.7%

▪ Initial Percentage of Students on Grade Level: 2.7%

▪ Current Percentage of Students on Grade Level: 6.4%

▪ Pre-test, Average Lexile Score: 717L

▪ Expected Increase: 12L

▪ Current Increase: 40L (+28L)

▪ Current Average Lexile: 758L

▪ Using Achieve 3K during School Hours: 67.1%

▪ Using Achieve 3K after School Hours: 41.7%

▪ Increase in Time Spent in Articles: 14%

▪ Increase in Time Spent in Thought Questions: 16.5%

SEVERELY READING DEFICIENT 2019-2020

▪ 6 Students Identified by the state using FAIR Scores from middle school

▪ Support provided in English, Reading, Social Studies, Science, and Study Hall

▪ Letter Sent Home regarding their Progress Monitoring Plan and a Home Reading Plan.

▪ Issues with attendance, completing work and follow-up

▪ 3 Made Substantial Gains

▪ 2 Exited showing grade level scores

▪ 1 Student Made 0 Gains

▪ 2 Students Decreased

SEVERELY READING DEFICIENT 2020-2021

▪ 17 Students identified by FAIR Scores from middle school and high school.

▪ 9th Grade: 10

▪ 10th Grade: 6 (4 from last year)

▪ 11th Grade: 1

▪ 12th Grade: 0

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIESMeet weekly on Tuesday morning at 7:10 a.m. before school to discuss data, develop and revise an Instructional Focus Calendar, engage in professional development, and create common assessments.

ENGLISH DEPARTMENTTEAM LEADERSNinth: Holly DorseyTenth: Patricia Hughes-RodriguesEleventh: Nancy FeldmanTwelfth: Richard Borish

ENGLISH

ENGLISH

ENGLISH

ENGLISH

Reading

Susan Palmer-Gooden, 9th grade

Cecilia Rogers, 10th grade

Annie Ghaniwala, 11th & 12th grade

Virginia Curvo, ESOL Developmental Reading

Percy Monroe, ESOL Support Elizabeth Rivero, Reading

College Success

ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages)

ACCESS ELL Date (March 2020):

▪ 12th - 87% scored level 3 or higher

▪ 11th - 72% scored level 3 or higher

▪ 10th - 81% scored level 3 or higher

▪ 9th - 87% scored level 3 or higher

Note: Level 3 allows them to be out of the Developmental Language Arts for ESOL class.

It is considered "Developing" - Knows and uses social English and some academic language. Students are still in the ESOL program but are able to be more independent.

Out of the current 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students 14 were able to meet exit criteria. Based on their level 4 or higher Access test score and either their SAT score or their overall grades.

World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment

WIDA is a consortium of schools and research organizations in 42 US states and 500 International Schools

ADVANCED PLACEMENT, ELECTIVES, & ORGANIZATIONSLorraine Liverpool, Angela McCann, Gary Dolhon, Diane Harrison, David Fleischer, Elizabeth Rivero

Advanced Placement Courses

ELA ELECTIVES

Speech & Debate

▪ We have several members ranked in the top 20 in various speech, interpretation, and debate events.

▪ Alex Steel #1 in Humorous and #6 in Dramatic Interpretation in the state

▪ Parker Harrison #1 in Duo Interpretation in the state

▪ Speech and Debate students have also been busy judging for the district's Elementary and Middle School Tournaments and mentoring Silver Trail debate students after school.

▪ Technology grant to assist team members with lighting, microphones, webcams, etc. for recording their performances for competitions and we were awarded $300.

National Speech and Debate Top 100 Schools

National Speech & Debate Club Award

Outstanding Speech & Debate Coach

▪ Distinguished Service Key with at least 20 qualifying service citations. I earn these points by hosting tournaments, working in the tabulation rooms for tournaments, recruiting schools to join NSDA, hosting Speech and Debate Advocacy Events,

▪ 1st Diamond Coach Award for earning more than 15,000 points and being a member for at least 5 years. This milestone was important to me because I had the points (in fact over 77,000) but I couldn't receive the diamond until I was a member for 5 years.

NATIONAL ENGLISH HONOR SOCIETY

▪ Sponsor: Elizabeth Rivero

▪ Graduated in 2020: 14

▪ New members: 18

▪ Returning Members: 20

▪ Officers: Jenna Luna, President: Jazz Jones, Vice President; Clarimond Braun, Treasurer; Tim Suleiman and Nathania Mullings, Secretaries; Diego Perdomo, Historian

▪ Activities:▪ Recruitment: October 2020, Selection & Notification: November; Induction December 10 at 7 p.m.

▪ Thanksgiving E-Cards to Teachers

▪ Sock Drive

▪ Literary Fair

▪ Student Developed Tutorials (read alouds for elementary, how to create a college resume’, etc)

▪ Poetry Café

▪ Teacher Appreciation

LITERARY FAIR 2020

A Virtual Success!

12 District Winners

1st Place

▪ Aiden Hussey, Shrinklit

▪ Rilee Calloway, Villanelle

2nd Place

▪ Jazz Jones, Fable

▪ Jenna Nettina, Formal Essay

▪ Jenna Luna, Myth

▪ Nicole Isoba, Scene Writing

▪ Allison Brown, Classic Literature Book Cover

▪ Megan Kruger, Cinquain

▪ Reese Burke, Ekphrastic

▪ Isabella Perez, Rhymed Verse

▪ Olivia Pinilla, Rhymed Verse

▪ 3rd Place

▪ Sophia Menendez, Children’s Book