2024 Worlds Best Workforce Report
World's Best Workforce
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 2023 and Spring of 2024.
- 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 TS GOLD assessment results to support student outcomes
- Hill Center Science of Reading course
Results from 2023-2024: Goal Met
Goal Area 2
Goal Area 2: Close the achievement gap among all groups
The achievement gap in Columbia Heights Public Schools will decrease by 5% from the Spring 2023 to the Spring 2024 school year as measured by the FastBridge Reading Proficiency in grades K-10. (exclude EL Levels 1 & 2).
Strategies:
- Instructional Coaches
- Culturally Relevant Teaching Professional Development
- District-wide PLCs
- Hill Center for Reading Professional Development
- Implementation of Functional Phonics for grades K-5
- Professional Development focused on supporting multilingual learners
Results and Response: Goal Not Met
Goal Area 3
Goal Area 3: All students attaining career and college readiness before graduating from high school
Increase the number of students in grades 10-12 taking college level courses (AP, Early College, PSEO) and career courses (CTE) by 5% from 2022-2023 to 2023-2024.
Strategies:
- Increase number of opportunities (classes and frequency)
- Applied for grants to support pathways in AP STEM
- AVID
- College Support Classes
- Seeking opportunities to partner with businesses and industry
Results and Response: Goal Met
Goal Area 4
Goal Area 4: All students graduating from high school
Maintain or increase the graduation rate from 2022-2023 to 2023-2024, for every race/ethnicity.
Strategies:
- Increase family partnerships to support student success
- PLCs
- Data monitoring by admin
- Academic Tutoring and Support
- Professional Development around instruction and culturally relevant instruction
Results from 2023-2024: The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) has not yet released the 2024 Graduation Rates. The graduation rate for Columbia Heights High School in 2023 was 92.1%, which is an increase from the 2022 graduation rate of 90.9%. The overall graduation rate for Minnesota in 2023 was 83.3%.
The District will post the 2024 results online when they are released by MDE in March 2025.
Achievement and Integration
Goal Area 1
Goal 1: Increase the college and career readiness for Hispanic students from 42% participating in early college classes to 51% participating in 2026 in order to match overall high school demographics.
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Strategy 1:
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Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID)
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Strategy 2:
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Dreamline Mentoring Program
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Strategy 3:
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To provide effective family engagement opportunities
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Strategy 4:
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Developing Youth Leaders
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Results and Response: Goal met. 63% of Hispanic students participated in college and career readiness classes.
Goal Area 2
Goal 2: To maintain CHPS students' access to teachers trained in culturally relevant and effective instruction at 100% for three years by strengthening equity teams, participation in PD.
- Strategy 5:
- Culturally relevant Professional Development for staff
- Strategy 6:
- AVID and College and Career Readiness Professional Devolopment for staff
- Strategy 7:
- Modern Classroom Project (MCP)
Results and Response: Goal met. 100% of All Licensed teachers participated in culturally relevant training and effective instructions.
Goal Area 3
Goal 3: Increase the number of students participating in integrated learning environments for both Columbia Heights Public Schools and St. Anthony New Brighton Public Schools as measured by participation in summer programming.
- Strategy 8:
- Summer seminar (Writing)
- Strategy 9:
- Summer seminar (Math)
- Strategy 10:
- Journal writing for Middle School students
- Strategy 11:
- 8th grade capstone course
Results and Response: Goal met. 93% of enrolled students in CHPS and St. Anthony New Brighton summer seminars participated in a summer Writing or Math course.
