Annual School Development Report Fogo Island Central Academy Fogo Island, NL A0G 2B0. Fogo Island Central Academy Vision Statement

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1 Annual School Development Report Fogo Island Central Academy Fogo Island, NL A0G 2B0 Fogo Island Central Academy Vision Statement Fogo Island Central Academy will strive to create a diverse and effective learning environment that emphasizes respect, inclusion, and promotion of pride, achievement, leadership, and maximum individual student growth.

2 1. MESSAGES Administrator s Message The 2012/2013 school year at Fogo Island Central Academy was a successful year at FICA. We remained committed to improving student achievement and at the same time worked hard on creating a safe and positive learning environment for our students. With the help of an external review and feedback from all stakeholders we continue to move forward with the goals set out in our school development plan. We are very excited that we followed through on our first year of our school development plan and remain enthusiastic and committed to move to the second year goals. At FICA we have a very committed staff and support from the community as we move forward to continue to highlight our strengths and to tackle the challenges that we face. We would like to thank everyone involved for their efforts and dedication. School Council Message The School Council of Fogo Island Central Academy faced many challenges in the 2012/2013 school year. During an external review the council had an opportunity to highlight concerns and outline the challenges that we face. The Council will continue to review the provincial and internal testing results and have input in the development of the school development process. The physical condition of the school building, school grounds, and playground will also remain a focus for the upcoming school year. School council will continue to pay particular attention to the condition of the playground and have developed a committee in order to address concerns. We would like to thank everyone involved for their time, energy, and support.

3 A Message From DARRIN PIKE CEO/DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION This school development report for the school year outlines your school s successes and highlights in matters such as student achievement and professional development. The planning and execution of a school development plan is an important process that must be undertaken by the entire school community. A thorough plan lays the foundation for a productive and successful school year and will be beneficial to every member of the school community, most importantly the students of your school. As we move ahead with the development of a new strategic plan for the Newfoundland and Labrador English School District I thank our administrators, teaching staff, school councils and school communities for their efforts in developing and implementing the previous plans to ensure student success and achievement. Such collaboration is important to grow together as a school community for the betterment of our education system. I look forward with great enthusiasm to the progress we are going to make as we build upon these school development plans and continue to provide a quality education for every student in our province. Sincerely, Darrin Pike CEO/Director of Education

4 2. OVERVIEW OF SCHOOL Our School Community Fogo Island Central Academy is a K - 12 school with 23 teachers and 12 support workers, including bus drivers, janitors, custodian, secretary, and student assistants. The enrolment is currently 274 students, coming from all nine communities on Fogo Island. The enrolment, by grade and gender, is outlined in the chart below: Grades Males Females Total K Level Level Level Level Total

5 The teaching staff at our school is highly trained and teaching in areas according to competence and suitability. All teachers are well qualified for their teaching assignment and most teachers are quite involved in extra-curricular and co-curricular activities, ranging from Drama Club to Sports Teams, to Choirs, and Band. All students are encouraged to become fully involved in the life of our school. We have really worked hard over the past couple of years to increase student pride and spirit. We offer a full range of programs at our school, from Kindergarten to Level Four, including all regular programs, some alternate programs, and specialty programming in Technology, Skilled Trades, Music, Physical Education, Art, Home Economics, Special Services, and Guidance. We also avail of Itinerant Services in Speech Language Pathology, Psychological Assessment, and Hearing Impairment. In the high school grades, we offer 37 courses face to face, including general, academic, and advanced courses in Mathematics, English, and Science, as well as courses in all other subject areas except Music. We also avail of the services offered by CDLI and offer 5 online courses. Key Highlights/Special Projects Parental and community involvement continued to be a major emphasis for the school. This was encouraged in many ways, including personal contact by teachers and administrators, formal parent-teacher interviews, and School Council meetings. We also held special parent meetings to provide information on Kinderstart, School Programs, the Senior High Program, Senior Prom, etc. Our students were extremely involved in extra-curricular activities during the school year. A number of our sports teams competed at the provincial championships, including Sr. Girls basketball and Cross-Country Running. Both teams made the school proud by demonstrating hard work and fair play. Other teams participated in regional championships included Boys Basketball, Boys and Girls Softball. Our students were also involved in Student Leadership programs Senior Boy s Hockey, fitness club, and many other co-curricular activities. Our primary/elementary green team has also been very successful with its recycling program and creation of a school vegetable garden. The green team continues to develop this area with a focus on the environment and the growing of organic vegetables. We will continue to expand this initiative in the upcoming year. At the primary and elementary grades, students were very much involved in extra-curricular activities, including basketball ball hockey, and Science club. Our goal in the upcoming year is to continue to expand on our extra-curricular program and to offer a wider variety of programs. Last year we continued to move forward with the fight against bullying. Our PBIS program has been a huge success and we will continue to move forward in a positive direction by continuing our gotcha draws, recognition of student achievement and teacher recognition on a monthly basis.

6 The Shorefast Foundation continues to be a supporter of educational programs at our school. The school year saw many of our students avail of expertise in the area of the Arts. Our senior high students participated in workshops centered on drawing, painting, and digital photography. We will continue to foster this relationship in the future and work to offer our students valuable learning opportunities that focus on the curriculum outcomes of their studies. Partnerships We continued our close association with the Family Resource Centre Parent Group, which assists us in the operation of the Fun and Learning Centre for pre-schoolers at our school. This program has been very beneficial for all our pre-schoolers and their parents. The resource centre s purpose is to enhance the early learning childhood experiences for the children of Fogo Island. The program aims to provide a stimulating environment in which children socialize through play and allows families opportunities to develop positive parenting techniques, healthy lifestyles and a positive approach to education and literacy. Our partnership with the Shorefast organization hopefully will continue again for the new school year, Again we look forward to the educational opportunities offered to us by the Shorefast Foundation. The local RCMP has been very active in school life at Fogo Island Central Academy. They have helped out with valuable information with regards to student safety and lockdown procedures. They have worked with students of all ages focusing on keys area such as internet safety, Halloween night, safe driving, and drugs and alcohol. The local detachment offered the DARE and PARTY programs to our students and it was a huge success. Also, we had two students who served on a youth advisory committee with the central area RCMP to help tackle issues related to student life. Community groups, specifically the Fogo Harbour Lions Club, the Knights of Columbus, and the Fogo Island Fisheries Co-operative, have been very supportive, especially with regard to funding for student travel, senior prom, drug and bullying awareness programs, and scholarships.

7 Provincial Assessment Data Reading Records for Grades 1 and 2 Grade 1: Percentage of Students (in June) at or above the Provincial benchmark Grade 1 Enrolment = / / / /13 School District Province School District Province School District Province School District Province What do these results tell us? These results tell us that our school has been, over the past three years, performing below the province and the district in this area. However, we have been working towards improvement in this area and this year our students performed well above the District and the Province. Our school development plan outlines various strategies that we have put into action in order to achieve this goal (See School Development Plan, Goal 1). Grade 2: Percentage of Students (in June) at or above the Provincial benchmark Grade 2 Enrolment = _ / / / /13 School District Province School District Province School District Province School District Province What do these results tell us? These results tell us that our school has been, over the past three years, performing below the province and the district in this area, the same as with the Grade 1 results. Again, we have been working towards improvement in these areas and our results for 2012/13 have put us above the District and the Province. Our school development plan outlines various strategies that we have put into action in order to achieve this goal (See School Development Plan, Goal 1).

8 CRT data by strand for grades 3 and 6 Grade 3 English Language Arts Grade 3 Enrolment = / / / /13 School District Province School District Province School District Province School District Province Multiple Choice Reading Listening Constructed Response: Percentage of students achieving at Level 3 (i.e., grade level) or above Demand Writing (creative) Demand Writing (persuasive) Poetic Informational Listening What do these results tell us? Although our results for this past year are slightly below the district and the province in the multiple choice (reading), they are up from the previous year (2011/12). The results in Demand writing and Poetic (Fiction) reading are below both the Province and the District and we are working as a staff to bring these results back up to par. The persuasive writing component was new to the CRT last year and our students need to do a little more work in this area. Our school development plan outlines some of the strategies that we plan to use in order to achieve these goals.

9 Grade 3 Mathematics Grade 3 Enrolment = / / / /13 School District Province School District Province School District Province School District Province Multiple Choice Number Operations Number Concepts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Constructed Response: Percentage of students achieving at Level 3 (i.e., grade level) or above Reasoning Communication Connections & Representations Problem Solving N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A What do these results tell us?

10 Grade 6 English Language Arts Grade 6 Enrolment = / / / /13 School District Province School District Province School District Province School District Province Multiple Choice Reading Listening Constructed Response: Percentage of students achieving at Level 3 (i.e., grade level) or above Demand Writing (creative) Demand Writing (persuasive) Poetic Informational Listening What do these results tell us? Our students performed above the District and the Province in the Multiple Choice Reading section, as well as far above both in the Constructed Response Reading sections. We performed slightly below the Province and the District in the area of Demand Writing; this is an area that we need to work on with our students using some of the strategies we have outlined in our School Development Plan.

11 Grade 6 Mathematics Grade 6 Enrolment = _ / / / /13 School District Province School District Province School District Province School District Province Multiple Choice Number Operations Number Concepts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Constructed Response: Percentage of students achieving at Level 3 (i.e., grade level) or above Reasoning Communication Connections & Representations Problem Solving N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A What do these results tell us?

12 Grade 9 English Language Arts Grade 9 Enrolment = / / / /13 School District Province School District Province School District Province School District Province Multiple Choice Poetic Informational N/A N/A N/A Constructed Response: Percentage of students achieving at Level 3 (i.e., grade level) or above Demand Writing Poetic N/A N/A N/A Informational What do these results tell us? Although the results in the Multiple Choice section are lower than previous years, they are still slightly above the Province and the District. In the Constructed Response section, our results are higher than in the previous (two) years; higher than the District and the Province in Demand Writing and very slightly below both in the Informational section. These results indicate that there is still some work to be done with our students in the area of Poetry/Nonfiction.

13 Grade 9 Mathematics Grade 9 Enrolment = 20 Multiple Choice Number Operations Number Concepts Patterns and Relations Measurement Geometry Data Management and Probability 2009/ / / /13 School District Province School District Province School District Province School District Province N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Constructed Response: Percentage of students achieving at Level 3 (i.e., grade level) or above Number Operations Patterns and Relations N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A What do these results tell us?

14 Public Exam data (4-year trend data (average final mark)) Course French 3200 Mathematics 3204 Mathematics 3205 World Geography 3202 Biology 3201 Chemistry 3202 Physics 3204 English / / / /13 School District Province School District Province School District Province School District Province N/A N/A N/A What do these results tell us? *Note, in some cases, performance below the Provincial average can be attributed to a particular area or areas in the curriculum. These areas can be identified by analysis of sub-test results. These areas if they exist should be identified. Math 3204: Our students have been achieving results consistently above both the Province and the District over the past four years. Math 3205: Our students have been achieving results consistently above both the Province and the District over the past four years. WG 3202: From our student performed above the District and the Province, however this past year our results were below both the District and the Province. BIO 3201: Our results in this course have remained somewhat consistent over the past four years; last year our students performed slightly above the District but slightly below the Province. CHEM 3202: This past year, our students performed less than 2% below the District and the Province compared to between 2-5% above the Province/District in previous years. PHYS 3204: Over the past three years our students taking this course have performed below both the Province and the District; however our results have improved from the previous year ( ). ENGL 3201: In 2011/12, our students performed on par with the Province and the District, however slightly below both this past year.

15 Advanced/Academic/General Enrolment Percentage of Students enrolled in Academic/Advanced/General Level III courses High School Enrolment = 2008/09-23 students, 2009/10 23 students, 2010/11 26 students and 2011/12 29 students, 2012/13 13 students 2009/ / / /13 Advanced Mathematics (Math 3205) Academic Mathematics (Math 3204) General mathematics (Math 3206) School District Province School District Province School District Province School District Province Academic English (English 3201) General English English What do these results tell us? 72.4% of our students are enrolled in either Advanced or Academic Math, which is down from 83% the previous year. 69.2% of our students are enrolled in Academic English compared to 83% the year before.

16 Graduation Rate and Status Percentage of Eligible Graduates that Graduate and Percentage of Graduates with Honours, Academic, or General High School Enrolment = / / / /13 Graduation Rate Graduation Status Honours Academic General School District Province School District Province School District Province School District Province These results show that are graduation rates are excellent and we are doing extremely well with graduating students with academic and honours distinction. As a school, we are very proud of these results and will continue to focus on maintaining these standards. We believe that it is important to maintain standards that give students as many opportunities as possible for post secondary education.

17 Internal Assessment Data Internal data and report card results show that Fogo Island Central Academy is continuing to show academic excellence and the efforts by all our staff members are evident. The internal data shows that most of our students are meeting and achieving grade level expectations. Our primary grades have struggled in this past year and we are working very hard to ensure that are internal assessment data will improve and this will be reflected on external assessments as well. Our elementary students continue to do will. Most of our students are performing well in assessments given and we are working hard to identify at risk students and supporting them with interventions that will enable them to succeed. Our junior/senior high assessment data is very promising. Students are performing very well in all areas of the curriculum and we are very pleased with student achievement overall. Our bird s eye view reports for junior high show that moat students are at or above grade level with very low percentages at risk. The intermediate PLC group has been working very hard to analyze internal data and recognize areas of concern. Action plans are being developed to meet these needs Senior high students are performing extremely well in all areas of the curriculum also. Through continue work in our PLC groups we continue to focus on areas of concern and are always striving to try instructional strategies and other interventions that will improve results. A review of our internal assessment data shows that our students are performing well. As a staff we will continue to work hard to improve these results and strive to improve areas of concern. Our current school development plan attempts to improve these results to staff collaboration and continue efforts to differentiate instruction and assessment. Through grade level and divisional meetings we are able to analysis results and continue to develop action plans to meet areas of concern. We find it important to work as a team so each division in the school are working on the same strategies and we are able to improve results on a school level not simply a classroom level.

18 SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR Our school development plan for is outlined below: 1 Year School Development Plan Last year we completed the internal review of our school development plan and we have implemented a new plan for the The school development team is in place and the process is well under way. We will continue to work in areas of concern and will continue to maintain the many successes that we have. This section outlines the School Development Plan for the current year. The following are the goals, objectives, indicators of success, intended strategies, and support plans. Included in this section is the Operational Issues Report. Critical issues are sometimes identified through the School Development process, but may not be directly related to a specific goal. The School Development model provides an avenue for those issues to be recorded and addressed.

19 F.I.C.A. School Development Plan Goal 1: To continue to improve student achievement across the curriculum within an inclusive and collaborative environment Objective 1.1: To continue to improve student achievement across the curriculum within an inclusive and collaborative environment Strategies: Review external and internal achievement data (CRT s and Bird s Eye Reports) Identify targeted areas of curricular need Develop action plans to address the identified curricular needs Implement teaching and assessment strategies to meet targeted curricular needs Indicators of Success: Teams met on data analysis day/divisional meetings Minutes of meetings Action plans developed A record kept of teaching and assessment strategies utilized Objective 1.2: Continue to implement a process to identify at-risk students and targeted interventions Strategies: Consistently identify and track at-risk students and implement interventions Ensure a process for staff to regularly review students at-risk and share interventions Ensure at-risk are identified when transitioning between grades and divisions Indicators of Success: Review # of students at-risk from Bird s Eye Reports, Tracking Forms, Divisional Meetings Minutes Minutes of Divisional Meetings /Tracking forms Minutes of Divisional Meetings /Tracking forms Objective 1.3: Increase opportunities for instructional leadership, staff collaboration and sharing of best practices within and outside the school Strategies: Define and determine instructional leadership, staff collaboration and sharing of best practices currently available within and outside the school Communicate instructional leadership, staff collaboration and sharing of best practices currently available within and outside the school Encourage staff to avail of instructional leadership, staff collaboration and sharing of best practices currently available within and outside the school Recognize staff participation in instructional leadership, staff collaboration and sharing of best practices currently available within and outside the school Indicators of Success: List of available opportunities Staff is aware of available opportunities Survey results of staff involvement Staff have been recognized Financial Goal 1. Support Plan Professional Development/Time Required Objective 1.1 and 1.2 Day PD in early October Scheduled Divisional Meetings Scheduled in Staff Meetings, Divisional Meetings, School PD

20 Goal 2: To continue to promote wellness, communication and respect in a safe and caring school community Objective 2.1 Continue to develop and communicate a proactive school-wide PBIS approach Strategies: Develop K-6 and 7-12 matrix of expectations and revise a code of conduct form Continue to communicate the PBIS Model to the school community (philosophy, expectations and consequence matrix) Indicators of Success: School-wide expectations matrix and code of conduct developed PBIS model communicated to school community Objective 2.2: Continue to promote wellness within our school community Strategies: Continue to provide/promote active living and healthy food choice opportunities to students and staff Continue to promote healthy lifestyles (drug/alcohol awareness, bullying awareness, violence awareness, sexual orientation tolerance ) Indicators of Success: Record of opportunities for students to be active and provided healthy food choices Record of activities/instruction of healthy living choices Objective 2.3: Develop and implement effective, consistent and timely communication amongst all members of the school community Strategies: Determine the strengths and challenges of current communication Develop new methods of communication and build on current methods to address identified challenges Implementation of a communication strategy within our school community Indicators of Success: General Indicator: More effective, consistent and timely communication List of strengths and challenges List of methods to improve communication Communication strategy Financial Some funds to promote PBIS expectations (posters, banners, prizes ) Goal 2. Support Plan Professional Development/Time Required Use ½ PD Day to develop communication plan in Sept Use ½ Day PD to develop matrix and code of conduct in Sept. 2012

21 Goal 3: To create an environment where technology is utilized to enhance teaching and learning Objective 3.1 Develop and implement a technology plan Strategies: Determine the level of technology resources and PD currently available for staff Identify technology priorities Identify the technology strengths and needs of staff Develop a technology action plan Implement our technology action plan Indicators of Success: List of technology and PD available List of technology priorities List of staff strengths and needs Technology action plan developed Increase in technology resources, usage and PD for staff Objective 3.2 Integrate the use of technology to enhance teaching and learning Strategies: Provide practical PD to staff on the use of interactive whiteboards/smartboards Provide learning opportunities for staff on the use of assistive technology Indicators of Success: Staff attended PD day and feedback Learning opportunities were provided, IEP s Goal 3. Support Plan Financial Professional Development/Time Required and Assess if some funding may be necessary to support Complete during Admin. Day in June 21, 2012 technology implementation Full PD Day in Operational Issue How can we ensure that all courses meet recommended time frames? (1.2) How can we ensure that personnel in the office at all times (1.8) To get a proper stage for school productions (1.9) How to address Wheel-chair accessibility/elevator not working?(1.10) How do we organize and get the community involved in the school council? (2.1) F.I.C.A. Operational Issues for Intended Action Administration review teacher class schedules and ensure recommended time allotments are met Administration develop plan with secretary to ensure someone available to take incoming calls Administration will consult with district Administration will continue to consult with maintenance division of district SEO to do training session with school council

22 Actions for Change (2 3 pages) As we start to carry out the goals of our school development plan we continue to work together to improve the plan and focus on areas of concern. We also recognize our successes and continue to focus on these areas as well Goal 1. To continue to improve student achievement across the curriculum within an inclusive and collaborative environment Objective To continue to improve Objective Continue to implement a Objective Increase opportunities for student achievement across the curriculum process to identify at-risk students and instructional leadership, staff collaboration and within an inclusive and collaborative targeted interventions sharing of best practices within and outside the environment school Actions for Change 1.1 -focus on an inclusive classroom implementing changes with inclusive education and new service delivery model -focus on internal and external data to review areas of concern regular divisional meetings to develop action plans to improve areas of concern. -Intervention strategies have been identified to bridge the gap in Demand writing, more specifically, the persuasive writing at the Primary level (from CRT data). Actions for Change 1.2 -continue to track at risk students through PLC meetings and student tracking forms. -teachers sharing strategies of success to reach out to students at risk. -Working with district program specialist to improve results, particularly in the primary section Actions for Change 1.3 -sharing of best practices by staff members during staff meetings and divisional meetings -making teachers aware of instructional leadership opportunities. -staff recognition of contributions to teaching and learning

23 Goal 2. To continue to promote wellness, communication and respect in a safe and caring school community Objective Continue to develop and communicate a proactive school-wide PBIS approach Actions for Change 2.1 -revise student code of conduct and development of school wide matrix -develop plan to communicate PBIS model to school community -student recognition through school gotcha program. Objective Continue to promote wellness within our school community Actions for Change 2.2 -continue to improve QDPA activities -participation in active living and healthy eating activities such as healthy commotion days. - Continue to promote healthy lifestyles (drug/alcohol awareness, bullying awareness, violence awareness, sexual orientation tolerance ) Objective Develop and implement effective, consistent and timely communication amongst all members of the school community Actions for Change 2.3 -develop strategy to improve communication. -improvements to school newsletter and website -use of PowerSchool s Parent/Student Portal. -Use of Community Information Station to relay information 23

24 Goal 3. To create an environment where technology is utilized to enhance teaching and learning Objective Develop and implement a technology plan Actions for Change 3.1 -completed action plan to improve technology -identify strengths and needs Objective Integrate the use of technology to enhance teaching and learning Actions for Change Provide practical PD to staff on the use of interactive whiteboards/smartboards - Provide learning opportunities for staff on the use of assistive technology 24