- Byron Public Schools
- Worlds Best Workforce
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Worlds Best Workforce
The World’s Best Workforce bill, passed in 2013, strives to ensure every school district in the state is making strides to increase student performance.
Each district must develop a plan that addresses the following five goals below. Please click on the yellow bar to expand our plans for each goal identified.
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Students are ready for school upon entering Kindergarten
SMART GOAL: In the spring of 2022, we will maintain 95% or greater of all students enrolled in Byron Preschool will meet all 6 of the end of year expectations as measured by the Widely Held Expectations Report on the GOLD assessment and will be considered “Kindergarten ready."We do this by- Aligning our pre-school program with our Kindergarten expectations
- Ensuring vertical alignment through PLC work
- Options for an extended preschool program
- Realigning school readiness calendar to align with rest of Byron Public Schools
RESULTS2018 Results 90%2019 Results 94%2020 Results *COVID2021 Results 97%2022 Results 90% -
Students achieve grade level literacy by grade 3
SMART Goal: By the spring of 2022, 75% of K-3 students will reach proficiency benchmark as measured by FAST.
WE DO THIS BY:- Aligning our proficiency benchmark scores to College and Career Readiness
- Communicating clear proficiency benchmarks for end of year proficiency
- Creating an instructional framework that outlines instructional expectations
- Creating clear and focused End of Year Expectations
- Developing a data infrastructure so teachers have easy access to the data they need to make instructional decisions
Results
2018 Results: 68.6% Proficiency2019 Results: 76.5% Proficient2020 Results: *winter benchmark used due to COVID2021 Results: 77% Proficient2022 Results: 76.2% Proficient -
We close the achievement gap between all racial and ethnic groups and between students living in poverty and not living in poverty
2021-2022 SMART Reading Goal:
We will increase the number of special education students who meet or exceed proficiency in Reading by 5% or more, as measured by the 2022 MCA Reading test and/or FAST tests.
- 2018 Results: 50%
- 2019 Results: 57.1%
- 2020 Results: *COVID, No testing
- 2021 Results: 33.3%
- 2022 Results: 23.5%
2021-2022 SMART GOAL 2 - We will increase the proficiency of each of the following subgroups of students by 5% or more as measured by the 2022 MCA Reading and Math test.
F/RL Reading
- 2018 Results: 64.3%
- 2019 Results: 64.1%
- 2020 Results: *COVID, No testing
- 2021 Results: 38.6%
- 2022 Results: 50%
F/RL Math
- F/RL: 2018 Results: 40%
- F/RL: 2019 Results: 57.7%
- 2020 Results: *COVID; No Testing
- 2021 Results: 34.5%
- 2022 Results: 42%
All Racial & Ethnic Groups:- 2018 Results: 73.0%
- 2019 Results: 74.3%
- 2020 Results: *COVID, No testing
- 2021 Results: 47.4%
- 2022 Results: 64.4%
All Racial and Ethnic Groups Math:
- 2018 Results: 65%
- 2019 Results: 68.9%
- 20202 COVID; No testing
- 2021 Results: 46.9%
- 2022 Results: 54%
WE DO THIS BY:
- Working to ensure ALL students are being taught grade-level standards and are assessed on those standards
- English Language Learner teacher working with any students whose first language is not English
- Personalized Learning Plan for our most at-risk learners
Ensuring teachers have the data they need to make instructional decisions for all subgroups of students - Intervention training for paraprofessionals working with K-5 students
Personalized Professional Development - DREAMS after school programming and Summer DREAMS for students who need additional time to learn to reach proficiency
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Students attain career and college readiness before graduating from high school
2021-2022 SMART GOAL: By the spring of 2022, 40% of all students assessed will have met CCR benchmarks in all four subject areas as measured by 2022 ACT.
2018 Results: 40% meet in all 4 areas2019 Results: 40% meet in all 4 areas2020 Results: 32% meet in all 4 areas2021 Results: 31% meet in all 4 areas2022 Results: 17% meet in all 4 areasWE DO THIS BY:- Creation of student portfolios that outline a students' College and Career Readiness
- Continuing our efforts to develop online and blended courses to meet the needs of all students
- Providing opportunities for our students to learn 21st-century skills that prepare them for our future
- Increasing AP, College Now and PSEO opportunities for students
- Finding more opportunities for outside internships
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Students graduate from high school
2021-2022 SMART GOAL: Maintain at or above 98% of eligible Byron High School students will receive a diploma from Byron Public Schools as measured by the 2022 Graduation.
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2018 Results - 96.5%
- 2019 Results-96.4%
- 2020 Results-100%
- 2021 Results-100%
- 2022 Results-*not released yet
WE DO THIS BY:- Ensuring we have opportunities for ALL students to be successful in Byron Public Schools
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Meeting Date
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Meeting Dates
The World's Best Workforce Annual Update will be every November. The 2022 Annual Meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 6p.m. via Facebook Live: Link to join or view later:
Link to view recording of 2022 WBWF Annual Update Meeting:
https://www.facebook.com/
watch/live/?ref=watch_ permalink&v=6111500718862121
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Our Profile of a Graduate
