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2. School Demographics
• 671 students
• Title 1
• 100% Free and Reduced
Lunch
• 62% Black, 34% White &
Hispanic
• 34% ELL
• 10% Students with
Disabilities
• 4% TAG
• 48 Classroom Teachers
• School Strengths: Culture,
Reading, ELA, Discipline,
STEM
Conley Hills Elementary
“The Little School that Could!”
3. Professional Snapshots
• 2016 Bronze Award by the Governor’s Office of Student
Achievement
• 2015 Highest School Report Card Score in South Fulton: 80.2
• Perfect Score (40/40) in Progress Points on the 2015 CCRPI
• 11 Alive Feature for having an 80.2 CCRPI score despite a
98% free and reduced lunch rate
• AJC Feature by Maureen Downey: “How One Fulton County
School With High Poverty Is Succeeding”
• Recognition for incremental gains with the College and
Career Ready Performance Index
• State recognition for closing the achievement gap by 37%
6. Level I Ineffective
Level II Needs Improvement
Level III Proficient
Level IV Exemplary
0.00% 5.26%
47.37% 47.37%
Level I Level II Level III Level IV
2016 Teacher Proficiency
*94.74% proficient or above
0.00%
36.40%
63.60%
0.00%
Level I Level II Level III Level IV
2013 Teacher Proficiency
*63.6% proficient or above
10. How Did We Get There?
• Coaching
• Cohesive School Team Framework
• Data Driven Instruction
11. Coaching
Step1:
Pre-conference
Coach meets with assigned
personnel prior to first coaching
observation
Step 2:
Observation#1
Coach conducts first observation
of cycle
Step 3:
Debrief/Planning
Coach and assigned personnel
create an are of focus and plan for
implementation
Step 4:
Observation#2
Strategic Implementation strategy
by assigned personnel based on
area of focus designed in Step 3
Step 5:
Post Observation Conference
Coach and assigned personnel
discuss outcome of strategy
implementation
Step 6:
Plan of implementation
Assigned personnel creates a
plan of action that is aligned
with the focus and will be
monitored for consistency and
effectiveness
12. Cohesive School Team Framework
• Provides:
• Timeline
• Procedures
• Grade reporting
• Deadlines
Attendance Clerk
• Update phone tree, mailboxes etc..
• Collect Sub folders
• Organize and purge files
Front Office
Secretary
• PLC calendar
• Bulletin Board Schedule
• Lesson plan format and checklist
• Staff Committee List
Curriculum
Coordinator
• First Day Flyer
• RTI Teacher Roster
• SST Review Sheet
Counselor
•All school schedules
•Duty Roster
•Sub Priority List
•Evacuation Map/Plan
•Classroom Management Plan
Assistant Principal
•Back to school letter
•Mentor Teachers for new teacher list
•Evaluation training
•Classroom monitoring schedule
Principal