Annual Report 2014-2015
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STUDENTS FIRST ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 Founded 1947 Autonomy Jan. 11, 1988 CNMI PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM www.cnmipss.org PSS Annual Report 2014/2015 1 2 PSS Annual Report 2014/2015 CONTENTS BOE – message 1 COE – message 4 Student Data 5 Student Academic Achievement Report 6 Personnel data 16 Related Services Data 19 Audit 2014 21 General School Information 29 School Facilities Data 38 Major Accomplishments 43 Policies, regulations 54 PSS Annual Report 2014/2015 3 BOE MESSAGE The CNMI State Board of Education, through the CNMI Public School System, present to you the 2014-2015 Annual Report. Featured in the report are student achievements, student-teacher accomplishments, leadership goals and objectives and other school matters. Board members voluntarily contribute their expertise and time to the entire CNMI. Your Board, through the CNMI PSS, works hard to deliver the best education that it can within financial constraints imposed on it by the registered voters of the community. Every effort is made to address issues related to a specific student or class with the teacher, principal and commissioner before being brought to the Board. School Year 2014-2015 was another challenging year. Thanks to the hardworking and dedicated staff, the system continues to overcome obstacles, accomplish goals and make improvements for a better education for our students. Parents, students and other members of the community let your voices be heard by contacting the CNMI State Board of Education via phone and or email. Thank you for your continued excellent work! 4 PSS Annual Report 2014/2015 COE MESSAGE Our quest for quality is an unending journey and we are excited to share with you through this 2014-2015 PSS Annual Report the initiatives, programs and activities that we continue, along with our CNMI Board of Education, to work on together with our school administrators, teachers and staff, our students and our parents and community. The achievements, successes and the challenges that marked this school year indicate that we have a lot of work to do as we continually strive to raise the bar in student learning. This school year is notably special for all of us stakeholders in public education. We have pushed for improvements by how our public school students work and respond to classroom learning; we have adopted and put in place innovative practices and opportunities for our teachers and staff and for our students and parents, and for our leadership strategy to continually work in ensuring that public education in the CNMI is fundamentally rewarding and enriching. This 2014-2015 PSS Annual Report is a must-read evidence that as a learning institution, there is opportunity for everyone of us to commit and support our growth, by contributing to our school district’s and of our children’s growth and development process. Guided by our Strategic Priorities PLUS, we approach the delivery of public education through making sure that every classroom, that every school and every stakeholder of public education are part of a meaningful opportunity that we afford our students. As you sift through every page of our PSS latest annual report, I ask everyone that continue to stand next to us in partnership with our work to better the quality of education and services we provide our children, the children of this commonwealth. Sincerely, Rita A. Sablan, Ed.D. Commissioner of Education PSS Annual Report 2014/2015 5 STUDENT DATA Statewide Enrollment By Grade And Ethnicity 4% Head Start Head Start 462 Elementary Early Intervention Services 86 42% 1% Early Kindergarten 573 Intervention ENROLLMENT Services Elementary 4,364 5% Secondary 4,946 47% Kindergarten PSS Total Enrollment 10,431 Secondary Early Childhood Birth to 5 General Demographic Ethnicity Ethnicity Black-American 1 Korean 192 Carolinian 899 Kosraean 24 Caucasian 58 Marshallese 26 Chamorro 3633 Palauan 343 Chamorro/Carolinian 158 Pohnpeian 179 Chinese 323 Yapese 90 Chuukese 493 Other Pac. Isl. 32 Filipino 3509 Others 279 Japanese 106 Total: 10,345 5 Source: Administrators Plus & Head Start 44 8 Program As of September 22, 2014 468 American or Alaskan Native 0% Asian 40% Black or African American 0% STUDENT Hispanic/Latino 0% 4,937 DEMOGRAPHICS 3,709 Native Hawaiian or Other ETHNICITY Pacific Islander 53% Two or More Races 0% Source: (Administrative Services)-Maintaining, Number of Students Collecting, and Reporting Racial & Ethnic Data: U.S. Department of Education, Federal Register (Vol. 72, No. 202) 1 6 PSS Annual Report 2014/2015 STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS Average Daily Pupil Attendance SECONDARY SCHOOLS SNP GTC 97% 95% SY 2014-2015 97% 98% 96% 99% 97% 98% 96% 97% 98% 97% TIN GES 98% 97% ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OES KES 97% 96% SY 2014-2015 WSR SVS 98% 98% KAG 96% CHA DMS SMS TAN RHIJSH HJSH KHS MHS SSHS TJSH Elementary Middle School High School Gregorio T. Camacho Elementary School San Vicente Elementary School Chacha Oceanview Middle School Dr. Rita H. Inos Junior Senior High School Hopwood Junior Senior High School Garapan Elementary School Sinapalo Elementary School Dandan Middle School Kagman High School Kagman Elementary School Tinian Elementary School San Antonio Middle School Marianas High School Koblerville Elementary School William S. Reyes Elementary School Tanapag Middle School Saipan Southern High School Oleai Elementary School Tinian Junior Senior High School 77 90 Post Secondary Institution 62% 2015 Armed Forces 13% 411 SENIOR EXIT Employed/Seeking Emplyment 13% SURVEY SUMMARY Other/No Response 12% 84 PSS Annual Report 2014/2015 7 STAFFING PATTERN School Staffing Pattern Data Regular SPED Elementary Principals Vice Classroom Classroom Instructors Teacher Counselors Support Total Principals Teacher Teacher Aides GTC 1 10 1 2 2 16 GES 1 1 31 2 4 6 3 48 SVS 1 1 30 2 2 11 1 2 50 OES 1 18 1 10 1 3 34 WSR 1 1 31 3 1 10 1 5 53 KAG 1 1 18 2 8 1 4 35 KES 1 1 23 1 3 7 2 38 TIN 1 9 5 8 23 SNP 1 9 1 1 4 4 20 Elementary Total 9 5 179 12 12 63 4 33 317 Regular SPED Secondary Principals Vice Classroom Classroom Instructors Teacher Counselors Support Total Principals Teacher Teacher Aides DMS 1 1 17 1 2 4 1 3 30 TMS 1 10 1 2 5 3 22 SMS 1 14 2 1 4 1 4 27 HJHS 1 2 37 2 2 14 3 7 68 CHA 1 1 9 1 2 6 1 6 27 TJSH 1 13 3 6 1 6 30 RHIJSH 1 1 7 1 4 3 1 14 32 MHS 1 2 42 3 3 6 4 4 65 KHS 1 2 20 2 3 5 3 9 45 SSHS 1 2 26 2 3 6 2 6 48 Secondary Total 10 11 195 15 25 59 17 62 394 Total Elem. & Sec.19 16 374 27 37 122 21 95 711 Note: The above information includes all teachers. Ie: SPED, Reading Resource, Bilingual, and Computer teachers, etc.Source: PEDMS Staff Demographics as of September 22, 2014 8 PSS Annual Report 2014/2015 STAFFING PATTERN School Staffing Pattern Data Elementary Student-Teacher Ratio Student-Administrator Ratio Gregorio T. Camacho Elementary School 31:1 1:1 Garapan Elementary School 27:1 2:1 San Vicente Elementary School 24:1 2:1 Oleai Elementary School 29:1 1:1 William S. Reyes Elementary School 27:1 2:1 Kagman Elementary School 21:1 2:1 Koblerville Elementary School 26:1 2:1 Tinian Elementary School 33:1 1:1 Sinapalo Elementary School 22:1 1:1 Elementary Ratio 26:1 14:1 Secondary Student-Teacher Ratio Student-Administrator Ratio Chacha Oceanview Middle School 29:1 2:1 Dandan Middle School 22:1 2:1 San Antonio Middle School 21:1 1:1 Tanapag Middle School 17:1 1:1 Hopwood Junior High School 27:1 3:1 Tinian Junior Senior High School 40:1 1:1 Dr. Rita Hocog Inos Jr. & Sr. High School 40:1 2:1 Marianas High School 41:1 3:1 Kagman High School 40:1 2:1 Saipan Southern High School 37:1 2:1 Secondary Ratio 32:1 19:1 PSS Annual Report 2014/2015 9 ACT ASPIRE What is ACT Aspire? • ACT Aspire is an assessment system that measures academic achievement in English, math, reading, science, and writing in grades 3 through 10. • ACT Aspire is linked to the ACT College and Career Readiness Standards, research-based information that makes test results meaningful by connecting a student’s ACT Aspire score to specific skills and knowledge important for college and work success. • Teachers can use this information to address areas for improvement, build on strengths, and most importantly—impact your child’s potential. FAST FACTS March of last year the CNMI Board of ago by PSS, becoming the 44th jurisdiction to Education has approved that the beginning implement this widely recognized education of School Year 2015-2016, ACT Aspire will initiative that details what K-12 students should replace the Stanford Achievement Test. learn at the end of each grade. This assesses students’ readiness in English, ACT Aspire is necessary to assess elementary math, reading, science and writing. and high school students’ knowledge and skills that are critical to ensure that all learner receive the support and services necessary to succeed in ACT Aspire aligns student testing with the school and after high school, and their pursuit for Public School System’s implementation of higher education and or career. the Common Core State Standards. The CCSS were implemented nearly three years Act Aspire Readiness Levels In Need of Support Ready • Substantially below the ACT Readiness • Met the ACT Readiness Benchmark Benchmark • On target for College Readiness in Grade 11 Close Exceeding • Below but near the ACT Readiness Benchmark • Substantially above the ACT Readiness Benchmark • Higher chance to be College and Career Ready 10 PSS Annual Report 2014/2015 ACT ASPIRE PARTICIPATION RATE: ENGLISH ENGLISH 3RD 4TH 5TH 6TH 7TH 8TH 9TH 10TH TOTAL ENROLLMENT 715 695 739 763 742 817 1,030 867 STUDENTS TESTED 700 686 719 742 726 795 773 623 PARTICIPATION RATE 98% 99% 97% 97% 98% 97% 75% 72% PARTICIPATION RATE: AVERAGE SUBJECTS 3RD 4TH 5TH 6TH 7TH 8TH 9TH 10TH ENGLISH 98% 99% 97% 97% 98% 97% 75% 72% MATH 98% 98% 97% 97% 98% 98% 76% 81% READING 98% 98% 97% 97% 98% 98% 77% 79% SCIENCE 98% 98% 97% 97% 98% 98% 77% 71% WRITING 75% 88% 94% 94% 97% 96% 76% 75% AVERAGE 93% 96% 96% 96% 97% 97% 76% 76% Overall Results The overall test results indicated that students in English ACT results for Grade 6 was at 59 percent Grades 3 through 10 ranked highest in English.