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M i s s i o n a n d V i s i o n
Our Mission
The mission o Achievement First is to deliver on the promiseo equal educational opportunity or all o America’s children.We believe that all children, regardless o race or economicstatus, can succeed i they have access to a great education. Achievement First schools will provide all our studentswith the academic and character skills they need to gainadmission to top colleges, to succeed in a competitiveworld and to serve as the next generation o leaders or ourcommunities.
Our Vision
The long-term vision o Achievement First is to helppermanently close the achievement gap in America byopening great urban schools, partnering with large urbanschool districts to disseminate our best practices, andinspiring policymakers and school administrators todemand and reward excellence in our public schools.
Our Academies
In 1999, Amistad Academy opened with 84 sixth graders.In 2008, Achievement First is serving 3,700 students ingrades K-11, with 2,100 students in Connecticut and 1,600in New York.
Achievement First is a public charter school management organization started in July 2003 by theleaders of Amistad Academy, a high-performing public charter school in New Haven, Connecticut. A non-profit 501(c)3 organization, Achievement First aims to bring to scale the dramatic, life-changingresults achieved at Amistad Academy by creating a network of high-caliber urban public charterschools in Connecticut, New York and beyond.
Connecticut Academies
Amistad Academy Middle, est. 1999Elm City College Prep Elementary, est. 2004Elm City College Prep Middle, est. 2004 Amistad Academy Elementary, est. 2006 Amistad Academy High School, est. 2006 Achievement First Bridgeport Academy Middle, est. 2007 Achievement First Hartord Academy Elementary, est. 2008 Achievement First Hartord Academy Middle, est. 2008
New York Academies
Achievement First Crown Heights Elementary, est. 2005 Achievement First Crown Heights Middle, est. 2005 Achievement First East New York Elementary, est. 2005 Achievement First Bushwick Elementary, est. 2006 Achievement First Endeavor Middle, est. 2006 Achievement First Bushwick Middle, est. 2007 Achievement First Brownsville Elementary, est. 2008
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Achievement First Growth Projections
Unwavering focus on breakthroughstudent achievement
Student success is the lead actor in school,principal and teacher evaluation.Our goal is to CLOSE the achievement gap(bringing urban students up to and beyond suburbanstandards), not simply to narrow it.
Aggressive recruitment anddevelopment of great people
Achievement First makes a signicant eort on talentrecruitment and development. Teachers have access to resources such as personallaptops and printers, unlimited photocopies and abudget or classroom supplies. Achievement First has programs to create career pathsor teachers and “grow” our own leader talent.
Targeted teacher and leader training
Principals have a year-long training “residency” beoreopening a new school, ollowed by ongoing training andmentoring. Teachers have three weeks o training beore entering an Achievement First classroom. Additionally, there is school-site Friday proessional development and two AchievementFirst-wide Proessional Development days per year. There is a second instructional leader (Academic Dean) atevery school so there are no more than 15 teachers perleader. Teachers and leaders have an ongoing conversationabout instruction with many inormal observations andconstant appraisal o data.Comprehensive teacher proessional growth plans arecompleted once per year.
Great principals with the power to lead
Principals have control over the evaluation o allemployees, as well as budgeting and hiring.
More time on task
The instructional day is at least 1.5 hours longer.LOTS o time is set aside or reading (three hours orK-2, 3.5 hours on reading and writing or 3-7).Beore– and ater–school tutoring is required orstudents who are struggling.Homework is given every night, including requiredindependent reading.
Rigorous and standards-basedcurriculum
WHAT is taught (the standards) at every gradelevel is clear, systematic and rigorously taught.Proven, high-quality curricula are consistentlyimplemented across the school to ensure qualityand eciency.Eective unit and lesson planning.
Standards-based interim assessments aregiven every six weeks.
Schools use a structured process or analyzing data andusing it to plan uture instruction. Teachers know howevery student is doing in every subject every six weeksand meet with school leaders to strategize unit and lessonplanning.
Back office support
School operations sta (Directors o Operations, SchoolManagers and Registrars) take tasks o school leaders’plates so they have more time or coaching teachers andworking with students. Achievement First’s central/support oce partners withschools in teacher recruitment, IT support, curriculumdevelopment, undraising and acilities, among manyother unctions.
Disciplined, achievement-orientedschool culture
Schools are strict and structured with high expectationsor student conduct (REACH values). Countless detailsare intentionally managed to create an overall culture inwhich achievement is valued and “cool.”Every student wears a school uniorm.
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