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2023 Worlds Best Workforce Report

2023 World's Best Workforce Annual Report

Goal Area 1

Goal Area 1:  All students ready for kindergarten

Students enrolled in PreK 3 and PreK 4 will show growth in all assessed areas as measured by TS GOLD assessments given in the Fall of 2022 and Spring of 2023. 

Strategies

  • PreK 3 and PreK 4 teachers met weekly for PLCs to discuss data and inform instruction.
  • PreK 3 and PreK 4 teachers met during data days to dive deeper into the TSGold assessment results to support student outcomes.

Results & Response: Goal Met

Goal Area 2

Goal Area 2: All students in third grade achieving grade level literacy

Increase reading proficiency by 5% for third grade students from all ethnic groups as measured by the Fastbridge from Fall 2022 to Spring 2023.

Strategies:

  • Instructional Coaches
  • Focus on the whole group instruction within the literacy block
  • District-wide PLCs
  • Academic Tutoring
  • PRESS interventions to support literacy
  • Professional development focused on literacy

Results & Response: Goal not met

Goal Area 3

Goal Area 3: Close the achievement gap among all groups

The achievement gap in Columbia Heights Public Schools will decrease by 5% from the 2021-2022 to the 2022-2023 school year as measured by the MCA reading in grades 3-10.

Strategies:

  • Culturally Relevant Teaching Professional Development at the school level
  • Affinity Groups for staff district-wide and families at some buildings
  • Equity Surveys and Focus Groups
  • Applied for multiple grants to support the professional development, resources, and staff time

Results and Response: Goal not met

Goal Area 4

Goal Area 4: All students attaining career and college readiness before graduating from high school

Increase number of students taking college level courses (AP, Early College, PSEO) by 5% from 2021-2022 to 2022-2023.

Strategies

  • Increase number of opportunities (classes and frequency)
  • Applied for grants to support pathways in AP STEM
  • AVID
  • College Support Classes

Results & Response: Goal not met

Goal Area 5

Goal Area 5: All students graduating from high school

Maintain or increase the graduation rate from 2021-2022 to 2022-2023.

Strategies:

  • Family Engagement
  • PLCs
  • Data monitoring by admin
  • Academic Tutoring and Support
  • PD around instruction and culturally relevant instruction

Results and Response: The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) has not yet released the 2023 Graduation Rates. The graduation rate for Columbia Heights High School in 2022 was 90.9%, which is a decrease from the 2021 graduation rate of 94.3%. The overall graduation rate for Minnesota was 83.6% in 2022. The District will post the 2023 results online when they are released.

Achievement and Integration

Goal 1: Increase the college and career readiness for Hispanic students from 27% participating in early college classes to 36% participating in 2023 in order to match overall high school demographics.

  • Strategy 1
Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID)
  • Strategy 2
Access to Early College for Hispanic students
  • Strategy 3
To provide effective family engagement opportunities
  • Strategy 4
Developing Youth Leaders at Columbia Academy and Columbia Heights High School
 
Results and response: Goal met. 58% of Hispanic students participated in college and career readiness classes.

Goal 2: Increase CHPS students' access to teachers trained in culturally relevant and effective instruction from 65% in 2019 to 80% in 2023.

  • Strategy 5
Cultural relevant Professional Development for staff
  • Strategy 6
College and Career Readiness Professional Development for staff
 
Results and response: Goal met. All Licensed teachers participated in culturally relevant training and effective instructions.

Goal 3: Increase the cultural awareness and competency of CHPS students from an average of 2 at the start of the 2020 school year to 4 (Likert scale) at the end of the 2022-23 school year.

  • Strategy 7
Writing summer seminar for students entering 9th grade
  • Strategy 8
Math summer seminar for students entering  9th grade
 
Results and response: Goal met. CHPS and St. Anthony New Brighton students participated in a summer Writing and Math seminar class. Students showed academic growth and a desire to continue the partnership.

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