Johnson Elementary SchoolA Professional Development School

TThe Year in Review

2008 - 2009

Report Overview

• Johnson School Goals

• What is a Professional Learning Community?

• Johnson School Exclusives

County Goals

Two County Goals are established at each school.

Goals are created using data collected by teachers.

Need + action research = student improvement

Grade 1 – Number Sense

Number sense is a valuable concept, a building block on which 1st graders can begin to form a universal knowledge base.

Students will be asked to identify numbers before, after and between specific numbers on a hundreds chart. Students will be asked to identify 1 more, 1 less, 10 more, 10 less, than specified numbers on a hundreds chart.

Pre and post assessments given and compared.

Grade 3 – Literacy

“Running with Running Records”All students are expected to make gains as a result of our Guided Reading Program.

Through increase training in Running Records, our 3rd grade teachers will be able to utilize their data interpretation skills to more accurately inform their small group instruction.

Data will be collected at the beginning of the year and at the beginning of each marking period.

We anticipate that by the end of 3rd grade, 90% of students will be reading at a Level P, or have made a gain of at least 3 reading levels or higher.

Not all goals are academic. Students are also expected to demonstrate positive behaviors in

Non-academic areas.

Character Education Program

Congratulations, Johnson School!

Honorable Mention – New Jersey Schools of

Character2008 – 2009

RespectResponsibility

Citizenship

What is a Professional Learning Community?

In a Professional Learning Community, we ask the questions –

• What do we want children to learn?• How will we know that they’ve learned it?• What will we do if they have learned it?• What will we do it they come to class already

having mastered the material?

How do we know if students have learned?

Formative Assessments

Running RecordsMath Unit AssessmentsTeacher-made quizzesMath CommunicatorsHolistic Scored Writing

SamplesLearnia

Summative Assessments

Teacher made testsProjects and ReportsDistrict Assessments

DLA & MathNJ ASK

What do we do if they do not understand?

At Johnson School, we are committed to Response to Intervention, or RTI. This is a Tiered Intervention Model.

Tiered Interventions Other Student Supports:• Junior Achievement• Kindergarten Enrichment• Tutoring Program• ESST services• Buddy Classes• Lunch Bunch• In-class Support in grades 2 – 5• Resource Pull-out in grades 2 – 5• 2 self-contained classrooms• Full Time Guidance Counselor• Learning Lab Periods for Intervention and

Enrichment• ELL program• Book Mates Program

Tier IIn-class interventions, differentiation by classroom teacher.Title I tutoring programLearning Lab interventionsTier IIGroup pull-out by ESST.Grade level focal points provided by grade level teachers Tier IIIIndividual pull-out by ESSTIndividual focal points provided by classroom teacherTier IVResource Room trialIndividual focal points provided by classroom teacher

Featured at Johnson School

Dedicated and supportive PTA

Active Student Council, Environmental Club

Fastt Math Program, Accelerated Reader

Your Vote Counts!

Cherry Hill School District –

Balancing Quality and Cost Consciousness

When? Tuesday, April 21, 2009 from 2:00 – 9:00 PMWhere? Your designated polling location