GWES Leadership Retreat
Who are we as PATRIOTS?
What is our demographic profile?
Caucasian: 420
Asian: 7
Black or African American: 32
Hispanic or Latino: 7
American Indian or Alaskan Native: 1
We have slightly more boys than girls.
Special education students (more than speech only) - 10%
Our Free and Reduced population was 44% under the old formula.
We have a 25.66% mobility rate
Our attendance rate is 95.1% for the year.
How do parents feel about our work/communication?
Quality of instruction- 97%
Academic progress- 94%
Safety-95%
School office staff- 98%
Teachers-97%
Administrators-98%
How teachers communicate with parents-89%
How the school communicates with parents-91%
How the district communicates with parents-91%
Level of parent engagement-94%
Feeling welcome at the school-97%
Providing services or community connections- 97%
Comments:
+ happy children, good growth, powerschool is helpful, style of teaching is engaging, good communication with parents, wonderful teachers, office staff and school nurse(9), good teacher/ parent communication(2),
-more communications on paper rather than email (2), more notice on events (2), Outside needs freshening up (1), more challenging programming (1), someone out front at 7:30 (2), lack of communication about behavior (1), grading should be more consistent (2), don't like afternoon pickup (2), back to school night overwhelming for k kids(2), problems with communication when injury or illness (1)
How do we measure our success with students?
Rising 5th: 76% proficiency rate
Rising 4th: 60% proficiency rate
Rising 3rd: 75% proficiency rate
Rising 2nd: 72% proficiency rate
Rising 1st: 76% proficiency rate
Reduced clinic accident reports for injury by more than 50%
Reduced office referrals by 50%
90 students in small group by the end of the year
How do our teachers feel about their job?
Atmosphere of trust and mutual respect-85%
Describe ourselves as a satisfied group-93%
Feel appreciated- 84%
Like the way things are run-79%
Support for my long term goals: 96%
Admin is visable-96%
Seeks to understand the needs of teachers-88%
Sustained effort to address staff concerns-89%
Useful feedback on my instructional practices- 97%
Encouraged to participate in leadership roles-97%
Teachers have an appropriate amount of influence on decision making- 81%
Teachers can focus on educating students with minimal interruptions- 74%
Individual planning time is sufficient-55%
Leadership protects my instructional time-86%