Ideas in Action: Baldwin Academy
Presenters
Bonnie Wilson (Primary)
Principal
Baldwin Academy
Description
Baldwin Academy is an elementary school in La Puente, California with a high poverty, high minority student population that performs well above its peers and has maintained a “similar schools ranking” of 10 (on a 10-point scale) on the California Academic Performance Index (API) for over four years. Baldwin is beating the odds and demonstrating success with its students. How have they accomplished this? In this interactive presentation, California school and district leaders interested in honing their instructional programs will learn from principal Bonnie Wilson about successful strategies at Baldwin. Topics will include Baldwin’s staff focus on participating in shared decision-making and collaboration, providing professional learning opportunities, conducting ongoing analysis of data, and creating a culture of high expectations and extensive family involvement. This webinar is presented by the American Institutes for Research and WestEd as partners in the California Comprehensive Center to highlight high performing schools making a difference in student achievement.
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To read about the keys to Baldwin’s success and view data, go to the Baldwin Academy Profile.
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I will use the experiences and success of the Baldwin Academy to provide additional support for recommendations for school improvement initiatives: that they be focused, data driven, and include ongoing collaboration between teachers, administrators, and parents.
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Webinar Resources
- Baldwin Academy form samples
- Chatlog for Online Event,"Ideas in Action: Baldwin Academy.”
- Example of Data Forms:Ideas in Action: Baldwin Academy
- List of URL's shared during online event: "Ideas in Action Baldwin Academy."
- MP3 Audio recording of online event, "Ideas in Action: Baldwin Academy."
- Powerpoint for Webinar Event: "Ideas in Action: Baldwin Academy."
- Summary of Polls Results: Ideas in Action: Baldwin Academy Online Event
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From WestEd.org
The Data Coach's Guide to Improving Learning for All Students
"This book offers a compelling message of hope and resolve. The authors' three-year journey in a multiplicity of diverse, underperforming, high-poverty schools across the nation has resulted in a treasure chest of knowledge and experiences about how to professionally develop data coaches in ways that benefit some of our most underserved students. This book provides powerful resources to those who have the belief, passion, and desire for implementing collaborative data inquiries in schools and districts." — From the Foreword by Ruth S. Johnson
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