Welcome to Devonshire Elementary

A three year journey from restructuring with the State of North Carolina to a 90-90-90 school out of State of North Carolina Sanctions.

Welcome to Devonshire Elementary

Devonshire Elementary 575 Students, Grades K-5 50% African American 44% Hispanic 96% Poverty 44% LEP

Our goal is to become the first 90-90-90 school in CMS in both Literacy and Math
Student Achievement at Devonshire
2008 % Proficient or above

100 80 60 40 20 0
Reading 34 55 55.3 54

2010 2011 93.1 82

82 81.1

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Math

Science

Over the past two years we have gained 21.3 points in reading, 39.1 points in math, and 56.1 points in science
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We have an Eclectic Model of school turnaround

Its about:
Structure (rules & procedures, schedule, accountability) Developing trust with staff and building relationships with kids Focusing on instruction
- Collaborative team planning every day, led by either the literacy or math facilitator - Two facilitators who work intensively with teachers to raise the quality of instruction - Using data to re-group students and plan instruction - Push-in model, allowing flexible grouping of students across classes - Instructional Rounds Model - Cutting-edge instruction for students in poverty - Summer PD for teachers
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We have an Eclectic Model of school turnaround

Its about:
PD throughout the school year for teachers Single gender classrooms
- One boy and one girl classroom grades 1-5

Curriculum Mapping Student Accountability for maintaining an assessment notebook Lesson Plan templates that require teachers to talk about the What and How of instruction Intervention/Enrichment Block daily On-going pulse checks Literacy Big Block Framework Daily pledge to be respectful, responsible and do quality work
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Our people make the school what it is

The Core Team:
- Two facilitators (one literacy, one math) - Five SSI teachers (two in 3rd grade, two in 4th grade, one in 5th grade) - Admin team: assistant principal, - Social & emotional support staff: social worker, counselor

Displacements: None. We worked with the staff we had.

We have shifted the school culture and created high expectations for staff and students
Our approach includes: Sense of urgency around improvement Philosophy of continuous improvement, adapting ideas from research and best practice to our school needs Modeling what we expect to see and what good teaching is We have a structure for everything, with step-by-step processes, guidance and oversight Innovative thinking
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A School with Innovative Thinking

Instruction/Curriculum Strategies Common Core Standards Quality Instruction Effective Teaching Teacher Accountability Student Accountability Literacy Math Social Studies Writing Science System and State Guidelines State Goals Annual Yearly Progress
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Some of our additional features include:

Single-gender classrooms in grades 1-5 Miracle School after-school program Class sizes reduced from 26 to 18, accompanied by a flexible grouping strategy across classrooms that allows for learning groups of various sizes depending on need

Devonshire Elementary A Place to Believe and Achieve

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