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An Outperforming School
– What is Working?
Mary Lang, Principal at North Godwin Elementa
Dr. Dorothy VanderJagt, Director of T&L at Ken
An Outperforming School - What is Working?
Objectives
 Share information about North Godwin
 Share what has worked at North
 Opportunity to reflect on your current practices
 Inspire others to implement something new or
different
Demographic Information
 Total Number of Students (Kindergarten through 4th
Grade): 396

 Ethnicity
 American Indian--.5%
 African American—15.64%
 Asian—2.56%
 Hispanic—46.67%
 Caucasian—23.85%
 Multi-Racial—10.77%

 Bilingual Students: Total of 153 bilingual students or 38% of
our K-4 population.

 Free/Reduced Lunch: 92%

 Special Education: 60 students or 15%

North Godwin 4th Gr. MEAP Scores
85
69
72
84
74
69
92
87
84
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Reading Math Writing
2011 2012 2013
What’s the Magic?
 Getting the Right People on the Bus
 Supporting Them on Their Ride
 Build Relationships with Students & Staff
 Developing Solid Core Instruction
 Strong Classroom Management
 Prescriptive Intervention
 Learning Together
Get the Right People on the Bus
 Staff
 Recruitment
 Student Teachers
 Paraprofessionals
 Be Selective
 Screener Interviews
 Live Teaching
 Traditional Interviews
Education is Not Just a
Profession, It’s a Calling
 “No one gives up” mindset
 Sense of urgency for every child
 Ticket out of poverty; hopefulness
 A high-morale family school culture
North Godwin Elementary
Support for the Ride
 Mentorship Program
 Observation/Visitation
 Modeling
 Outside Consultants
 Teacher Induction Program (TIP)
 Building Collaboration
 District Collaboration
We Are Family
 Whole staff training in PLC model
 Abundant evidence of collaboration and
shared leadership
North Godwin Elementary
Build Relationships
 Get to know your students
 Get to know your colleagues
 Work together collaboratively
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTu9qngVc-Q
Core Instruction
 Provide quality core instruction
 Collaborate, collaborate, collaborate
 Intervention does not take place until 80% of class
masters a skill
 Teachers act as facilitators
 Focus: 21st Century skills, Literacy in the Content
Area, Sheltered Instruction and Gradual Release
High Expectations
 High Expectations for ALL students
 Reading Rigby Level 7 by the end of Kindergarten
 70 sight words
 Writing 3 sentences on topic
 Dialogue, Strong Leads, Details, etc.
Classroom Management
 Strong classroom management is the
foundation of a successful classroom.
 Every minute of the day is intentional.
Math Intervention
 September 2013—one Math Interventionist per
building
 Push in services to see math lesson delivered by
classroom teacher
 Pull out services to provide remediation.
Reading Intervention
 Prescriptive phonics and phonemic awareness
lessons provided during core instruction.
 30 minutes of targeted phonics or phonemic
awareness intervention daily for all grades.
 No intervention until 80% of students master skill.
Layers of Support
 Native speaking EL support
staff
 Rtl model in place: 1st Core, 2nd
TAG, 3rd Child Study
 After-school and summer
programs
 One instructional coach per
building: model lessons, mostly
in ELA
North Godwin Elementary
Learning Together
 https://vimeo.com/66753575
 K-12 Learning Walks
 Administrative Team and Instructional Specialists tour all
buildings in the district together
 Develop a common understanding of effective
instruction
North Godwin Elementary
An Outperforming School - What is Working?
Contact Information
Dorothy VanderJagt
Kent Intermediate School District
dorothyvanderjagt@kentisd.org
Mary Lang
North Godwin Elementary
lang@godwinschools.org
616-291-6770
An Outperforming School
– What is Working?
Mary Lang, Principal at North Godwin Elementa
Dr. Dorothy VanderJagt, Director of T&L at Ken

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An Outperforming School - What is Working?

  • 1. An Outperforming School – What is Working? Mary Lang, Principal at North Godwin Elementa Dr. Dorothy VanderJagt, Director of T&L at Ken
  • 3. Objectives  Share information about North Godwin  Share what has worked at North  Opportunity to reflect on your current practices  Inspire others to implement something new or different
  • 4. Demographic Information  Total Number of Students (Kindergarten through 4th Grade): 396   Ethnicity  American Indian--.5%  African American—15.64%  Asian—2.56%  Hispanic—46.67%  Caucasian—23.85%  Multi-Racial—10.77%   Bilingual Students: Total of 153 bilingual students or 38% of our K-4 population.   Free/Reduced Lunch: 92%   Special Education: 60 students or 15% 
  • 5. North Godwin 4th Gr. MEAP Scores 85 69 72 84 74 69 92 87 84 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Reading Math Writing 2011 2012 2013
  • 6. What’s the Magic?  Getting the Right People on the Bus  Supporting Them on Their Ride  Build Relationships with Students & Staff  Developing Solid Core Instruction  Strong Classroom Management  Prescriptive Intervention  Learning Together
  • 7. Get the Right People on the Bus  Staff  Recruitment  Student Teachers  Paraprofessionals  Be Selective  Screener Interviews  Live Teaching  Traditional Interviews
  • 8. Education is Not Just a Profession, It’s a Calling  “No one gives up” mindset  Sense of urgency for every child  Ticket out of poverty; hopefulness  A high-morale family school culture North Godwin Elementary
  • 9. Support for the Ride  Mentorship Program  Observation/Visitation  Modeling  Outside Consultants  Teacher Induction Program (TIP)  Building Collaboration  District Collaboration
  • 10. We Are Family  Whole staff training in PLC model  Abundant evidence of collaboration and shared leadership North Godwin Elementary
  • 11. Build Relationships  Get to know your students  Get to know your colleagues  Work together collaboratively  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTu9qngVc-Q
  • 12. Core Instruction  Provide quality core instruction  Collaborate, collaborate, collaborate  Intervention does not take place until 80% of class masters a skill  Teachers act as facilitators  Focus: 21st Century skills, Literacy in the Content Area, Sheltered Instruction and Gradual Release
  • 13. High Expectations  High Expectations for ALL students  Reading Rigby Level 7 by the end of Kindergarten  70 sight words  Writing 3 sentences on topic  Dialogue, Strong Leads, Details, etc.
  • 14. Classroom Management  Strong classroom management is the foundation of a successful classroom.  Every minute of the day is intentional.
  • 15. Math Intervention  September 2013—one Math Interventionist per building  Push in services to see math lesson delivered by classroom teacher  Pull out services to provide remediation.
  • 16. Reading Intervention  Prescriptive phonics and phonemic awareness lessons provided during core instruction.  30 minutes of targeted phonics or phonemic awareness intervention daily for all grades.  No intervention until 80% of students master skill.
  • 17. Layers of Support  Native speaking EL support staff  Rtl model in place: 1st Core, 2nd TAG, 3rd Child Study  After-school and summer programs  One instructional coach per building: model lessons, mostly in ELA North Godwin Elementary
  • 18. Learning Together  https://vimeo.com/66753575  K-12 Learning Walks  Administrative Team and Instructional Specialists tour all buildings in the district together  Develop a common understanding of effective instruction North Godwin Elementary
  • 20. Contact Information Dorothy VanderJagt Kent Intermediate School District dorothyvanderjagt@kentisd.org Mary Lang North Godwin Elementary lang@godwinschools.org 616-291-6770
  • 21. An Outperforming School – What is Working? Mary Lang, Principal at North Godwin Elementa Dr. Dorothy VanderJagt, Director of T&L at Ken