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District AwardsOsborn School District #8Osborn Schools' AZ Learns Designations
Oz Scholars Project: Improving Literacy Through School LibrariesOsborn One of Two AZ Districts selected for 2007 Competitive Federal Library GrantThe Osborn Elementary School District proposes to implement the Oz Scholars Project to improve literacy for the Osborn students. Library Media Centers at each of our six campuses- five elementary schools (Pre-K-6) and a single middle school (7-8) are to be sites for improving student literacy and reading achievement. We propose to accomplish this by (1) Increasing print, non-print, and technological resources available to students; (2) Integrating Library Media Center resources with the school curriculum; and (3) Increasing access to & usage of Library Media Center resources in our schools. We plan to improve reading achievement and support low-performing students’ literacy, facilitating the transition from ‘learning to read’ to ‘reading to learn’ which can ultimately be mapped into the digital world of online research to discover the most up-to-date information, supporting their studies as they mature, and a lifetime of learning. The Oz Scholars Project will better prepare students to meet the state grade level standards through increasing the print, non-print, technological and human resources, increasing access hours in the Library Media Center (LMC), and fostering greater collaboration between the Library Media Specialists (LMS) and teachers, improving the skills of each and encouraging the LMSs to assert themselves as leaders in their schools. An underlying intention is to create a structure that will endure long after the term of the grant is complete. The project’s print and technology acquisitions, as well as increased access hours to the library will benefit Osborn’s 3918 students and their families, reflecting our District’s mission: ‘Children want knowledge, challenge, and recognition; parents want independent, passionate learners in a safe environment. This is our mission.’ All Osborn Schools Have Received 21st Century Community Learning Centers 5-Year After School GrantMontecito School Joins the 21st Century CLICKMontecito has been awarded the 21st
CCLC grant in 2007. Osborn can now boast that all six schools offer
extensive after school, summer school, and parent programming. This
is unique in the state; no other school district has this grant at
all schools. The programs proposed as part of this grant focus on
enrichment courses for students designed to improve their academic
performance and provide extended learning opportunities to them,
their parents and family members. Each school taps into numerous
community partnerships to provide assistance through volunteerism,
service implementation, and in-kind contributions. These
collaborative partners will be private agencies, health care
officials, City of Phoenix employees, and businesses. Additionally,
the support of an established and involved staff and administration
on each campus will ensure the integration of standards-based
curriculum into the after-school and summer components. We envision our campuses providing challenge, the acquisition of knowledge and recognition to our students and their families in a safe environment, on a year-round basis—community supporting students to develop independence and passion for learning. ASU President Crow's Medal for Social EmbeddednessOsborn/ASU Professional Development School (PDS) Partnership received an award from ASU in 2007
Best Practice Award for Effective PartnershipsOsborn/ASU Professional Development School (PDS) Partnership received an award from the American Assoc for Colleges for Teacher EducationNew York, N.Y. (February 27, 2007) The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) presented Arizona State University West’s College of Teacher Education and Leadership with the Best Practice Award for Effective Partnerships at the Association’s 59th Annual Meeting & Exhibits in New York City. The award recognizes partnerships among schools, colleges and departments of education; local schools or school districts; and other community entities, which have demonstrated measurable contributions to the achievement/learning of PK-12 students. Arizona State University West’s PDS TENET project is a university-school partnership for exceptional teacher education built on a foundation of the professional development school (PDS) model. The primary partners are seven urban and rural school districts across the state of Arizona and the College of Teacher Education and Leadership. Designed to recruit, prepare, place and retain high-quality new teachers in high-poverty, urban and rural partner school districts, the project has two major initiatives: 1) a district-based, immersion-style PDS teacher preparation program for initial certification; and 2) distance learning-based, graduate-level coursework in mathematics, reading and science targeted to existing teachers in the partner districts. PDS TENET-prepared first-year teachers have been found to score higher than their campus-prepared counterparts in the quality of their standards-based lesson plans and videotaped teaching effectiveness. Further, the students of PDS-prepared first-year teachers have scored significantly higher on reading (SAT9 Total Reading Scores) than students taught by first-year teachers prepared in other teacher education programs. Jade Floyd, jfloyd@aacte.org or 202.478.4596 http://www.aacte.org/News/Press_Room/07awdeffectivepart.pdf
Outstanding Community Service Partner for 2007
Osborn Middle School to Receive AmeriCorps Member
AZ Learns DesignationsThe Arizona Department of Education has created school designation profiles in compliance with the federal No Child Left Behind laws. These designation profiles are as follows. Please note that Performing Plus designated schools have scored as high as Highly Performing or Excelling designated schools, however, the distribution of the top AIMS scores is less broad. For more information click here.
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