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Murray LanguageAcademyState of the School AddressNovember 16, 2019
No one teacher begins or completes a student’seducation . Over time, teachers’ contributions areinterdependent, and they must rely on their colleaguesfor long-term success in their work.—Susan MooreJohnson
School Overview Current School Data Mission\Vision\Core Values 2018-19 Student Data NWEA Attainment NWEA Growth SQRP Curriculum and Instruction Partnerships The Leader in Me Habits\The 4 Disciplines of Execution
Current School Data Attendance: 97.62% Current Enrollment: 462, down from 495 28 Teachers 6 SECAs Counselor Case Manager Dean of Students Assistant Principal Principal
School’s Demographics Located in the Hyde Park Neighborhood of Chicago, IL Kindergarten through 8th Grade Magnet School with a focus on World Languages Offers 3 languages: Spanish, Chinese, and French 90% African American 62% Free/Reduced Lunch In partnership with The University of Chicago and Purdue University City-wide attendance boundaries
Parent OrganizationsLocal School Council (LSC): The Local School Councils serve as the policy-making body of the school.Ms. A. Gage-Willis, ChairParent Teacher Organization (PTO): The goals are to encourage interaction between family and school, serve as asource of support, and work with teachers, staff, and the community at large to improve our children's educationalexperience. Ms. A. Fleming, PresidentParent Action Committee (PAC): is a group of parents from the school community who are united in: Supporting educational programs in the school that benefit all students Promoting a positive school community that facilitates the learning environment Providing parent involvement support for teachers, students, and staff Ms. L. Lane, President
Murray VisionMurray Language Academy seeks to graduateyoung people whose talents and independence willsustain their constant inquiry and reflection,whose interest in community and the worldaround them surpasses their self-interest, andwhose passion for learning pushes them to greaterintellectual heights.
Murray MissionThe mission of Murray Language Academy isto develop and inspire the intellectual will inyoung people. We believe in scholarship,creative minds, healthy bodies, and ethicalspirits needed to contribute wisdom, heart,service, and leadership to a global society. Westrive to maintain a safe, secure, caring, andjoyful environment.
Our Core Values In pursuit of its mission Murray LanguageAcademy is guided by three core values: In developing Mind, students develop the capacityand propensity to ask questions, evaluate,estimate, and think critically; In building Character, students developperseverance, self-regulation and use the habits ofhighly effective people; In creating Community students develop goodcitizenship;
Excellence Mind, Character andCommunityOR2E M𝐶
Murray Instructional PrioritiesHigh Quality InstructionSmall Group DifferentiatedInstructionUse of goal-setting to informinstructionTeaching that enhancesstudents’ agency
Instructional VisionTo meet the needs of all students, we must clarifyour focus on what our students need, specifically, wemust ensure we understand the influences ofteaching and learning that impacts students’ successwhich leads to higher achievement and the closingof learning and knowledge gaps. This work isgrounded in:
The Influence of Teaching Beyond Standardized Test Scores: Engagement, Mindsets,and Agency-- Ronald F. Ferguson with Sarah F. Phillips, Jacob F. S. Rowley, andJocelyn W. Friedlander October 2015
CIWP Priorities Curriculum Professional Learning Rigorous Student Tasks Student Voice, Engagement, & Civic Life Relational Trust
CIWP Lenses World Language STEAM Preparation for HS Leader In Me
CurriculumThe curriculum – what students should know and be able to do makes standards come alive for students. All students haveaccess to an academically rigorous curriculum that inspiresstudents to think and contribute high quality work to authenticaudiences beyond the classroom. The curriculum fully integratesacademic and social emotional learning opportunities for allstudents, including diverse learners, English learners, andadvanced learners. The school regularly examines thecurriculum to check alignment to standards and opportunities forall students to meet those standards.
Rigorous Student TaskThe school regularly examines student work - what studentsare being asked to do on in their classrooms - across grades orcourses in all content areas. Examining the texts and tasksstudents experience provides the necessary insight to gaugerigor and illuminate how the standards are actualizedprompting the question whether or not approaches support thetrue spirit of college and career readiness. (adapted from TheEducation Trust – Equity in Motion Series)
Professional LearningProfessional Learning includes sufficient time, support,and ‘safe practice’ space to internalize new knowledge tochange practice and beliefs. Adults persevere incollaboration with their colleagues to innovate andimprove implementation of new practices.
Student VoiceStudents are interested and engaged in learning,invested in their school, and contributing to theircommunity. The school provides early and ongoingexposure to a wide range of extracurricular activitiesand rigorous courses and programming.
Relational TrustThe school is characterized by high levels of relational trustbetween all school participants - the “glue” or the essentialelement that coordinates and supports the processes essentialto effective school improvement. Interactions, both betweenthe teacher and students and among students, are highlyrespectful, reflecting genuine warmth and caring. Studentscontribute to high levels of civility. Interactions are sensitiveto students as individuals, appropriate to the ages anddevelopment of individual students, and to the context of theclass. The net result of interactions is that of academic andpersonal connections among students and adults.
CIWP Click LSC https://murray.cps.edu/
School 2018-19Data
Achievement vs. Growth Achievement and progress are often used interchangeably,but their meanings are actually very different. Achievement is a point-in-time measure that evaluateshow well students perform against a standard. In contrast, progress is measured by how much "growth"students make over time, typically from one year to thenext. Both of these measures are important, but theyprovide different information.
2018-19 NWEA DataAttainment
2019 Reading AttainmentNATIONAL ATTAINMENT PERCENTILE100.0Axis .076.092.0
Reading AttainmentAxis TitleNational 980769280(3-8)
2019 Math AttainmentNATIONAL ATTAINMENT PERCENTILE100.0Axis .063.082.0
Math AttainmentAxis TitleNational 525261643762201849523862726257201984724235646382
2018-19 NWEA DataGrowth
National Math GrowthPercentile RankingAxis Title%ile Rank by --860
National Math GrowthPercentile RankingAxis Title%ile Rank by 74642990299964201847127084789568201990362825699560
NWEAReadingGrowth Data
National Reading Growth Percentile Ranking%ile Rank by Grade120100806040200%ile3994625956967698953--887
National Reading GrowthPercentile Ranking%ile Rank by 7
SQRP37
School’s Year-to-YearRatings2018Level 2 2019Level 1
2018
40
2019
42
2018
2019
2020 SQRP Goal:Level 1 48
NO SINGLE FACTOR HAS MOREIMPACT ON EMPLOYEEENGAGEMENT THAN “CLEARLYDEFINED GOALS THAT AREWRITTEN DOWN AND SHAREDFREELY.”—DELOITTE REVIEW, 2015
OKRs: Objectives and Key Results* Objective: WHAT is to be achieved. Significant, concrete, action oriented,inspiring Key Results: HOW we get to theobjective. Measurable and verifiable Specific, time-bound, realistic,aggressive*John Doerr, “Measuring What Matters”
AdministrationObjective:Obtain a level1 rating forschool year2020Key Results: 96.3% Attendance 65% studentsmeet NWEA goals Reading growth isranked in the 91stpercentile Math growth isranked in the 71stpercentile 5Es report:“Organized”
Tracking For Success BOY TestingParent Data MeetingsMOY TestingOff-Track MonitorAttendance IncentivesSmall Group InstructionLeadership NotebooksE-LearningInternal 5E Survey
Ideas are easy.Execution iseverything–John Doerr
OKR’sCommitment and Focus toPrioritiesAlign and Connect forTeamworkSuperPowersTracking for AccountabilityStretch for Amazing
Commitment and Focus to Priorities Focus on what are our main priorities in theCIWP Where should people concentrate their efforts? Communicate with clarity; clearly understood Practice what you teach
Align and Connect for Teamwork Transparent OKRsVertical Alignment Meeting everyone’s needs for buy-in Open, public goal setting Lining up to the school’s North Star “rowing in the same direction”
Tracking for Accountability Don’t “set them and forget them” OKRs are living and breathing organisms “The single greatest motivator is ‘making progressin one’s work.’ “Without an action plan, the executive [principal]becomes a prisoner of events.” Regularly celebrate achievements
Stretch for Amazing “The harder the goal the higher the level of performance”studies show! Aspirational goals draw on every OKR superpower:transparent, collaborative, aligned, and collectedorganizations achieve beyond the norm; needquantifiable tracking. Leaders MUST convey the importance of the outcomeand that it is attainable. Chunk it out
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
CycleCommunicating School-wideCommunicating Grade-levelBrainstormingAnnualTeachers SharingReflectionand ScoringTracking ProgressAugSeptJanBOYMayMOYJunEOY
Not everything that canbe counted counts, andnot everything thatcounts can be counted–Albert Einstein
Other Key Academics that Count Leader in Me Leadership Notebook World Language Curriculum Afterschool programming Sports and clubs Other Essential Classes Parent Involvement Community Partnerships
You need a culturethat high-fivessmall andinnovative ideas–Jeff Bezos—CEO ofAmazon
otherwise cultureeats strategies forbreakfast– unknown
Instructional Leadership Team Met in the summer to plan out PD for SY20 Coordinated Parent Data Night Focused on Rigorous Instruction Planning for Attendance Weekly Professional Staff Development Oversaw teacher summer PD Served on hiring committees Planned Assemblies
Curriculum and Instruction Highlights Instructional Practices Depth of Knowledge (DoK) Agency Tracking Off-track students every 5th week Leadership Notebooks Instructional Monitoring Tool 4th Grade departmentalized
Partnerships The University of Chicago Purdue University Chicago Children Choir Michigan State University University of Illinois
Class of 2019 High Schools KenwoodJones College Prep Englewood STEM Mount CarmelDe LaSalleBrooks Morgan Park Academy South ShoreNoble Chart Hyde ParkKingMorgan Park PerspectivesUrban PrepLindblom South Shore IBChicago Ag HSCarver Dyett ArtsLincoln Park IB
Student Character Implementation of the The Leader In Me: 7 Habits of Highly Effective People1.Be Proactive2.Begin with the End in Mind3.Put first things first4.Think Win-Win5.Seek first to understand, then be understood6.Synergize7.Sharpen the saw
The 4 Disciplines of Execution1. Focus on the WILDLY IMPORTANTGOALS2. Act on the LEAD MEASURES3. Keep a COMPELLING SCORECARD4. Cadence of ACCOUNTABILITY
Thank You
to effective school improvement. Interactions, both between the teacher and students and among students, are highly respectful, reflecting genuine warmth and caring. Students contribute to high levels of civility. Interactions are sensitive to stud
