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%
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