DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Government of Guam FEDERAL PROGRAMS DIVISION FY2008-2009 Annual Report To the United States Department of Education Management Improvement Team DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION P.O. Box DE Hagatna, Guam 96932 http://www.gdoe.net December 2009 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Government of Guam FEDERAL PROGRAMS DIVISION Consolidated Grant Title V, Part A: Innovative Programs Annual Report (For period of October 2008 to September 30, 2009) December 2009 Department of Education Federal Programs Division Consolidated Grant Title V, Part A: Innovative Programs FY 2008-2009 Annual Report Table of Contents I. Progress Report By Program PAGE NO. • PROGRAM #1 Local Education Reform Plan To Improve Reading, Math, and Language Arts ¾ Standards and Assessment of Statewide Assessment 1-8 (SAT10) Data ¾ Standards Based Education (K-12 Content Standards and 9-14 Performance Indicators) ¾ Secondary School Reform (SSR): John Hopkins Talent 15-17 Development • PROGRAM #2 Reading and Math Reform Programs ¾ Direct Instruction 18-39 • PROGRAM #3 Improving Teacher Quality ¾ Teacher Recruitment Program 40-44 ¾ Teacher Retention Program 45-50 • PROGRAM #4 Expanded Learning Opportunities ¾ Parent-Family-Community Outreach Program 51-55 ¾ Department of Education Extended Day Program (DEED) 56-58 ¾ Eskuelan Puengi (EP) (Night School) Program 59-62 ¾ School-Based Summer Program 63-73 ¾ Success For All (SFA) Program 74-86 ¾ School Resource Officer Program (SRO) 87-94 a) Project A: School Resource Officer b) Project B: Play By the Rules (PBR) c) Project C: Children At Risk (CAR) ¾ The English as a Second Language (ESL) Program 95-110 PAGE NO. • PROGRAM #5 Alternative School Program 111-119 • PROGRAM #6 Cooperative Education Services 120-129 • PROGRAM #7 Technology Education 130-141 • PROGRAM #8 Integrating Science and Allied Health 142-148 • PROGRAM #9 Gifted and Talented Education 149-159 • PROGRAM #10 Private, Non-Profit Schools Program 160-182 Participation ¾ Curriculum Enhancement of Basic Skills (CEBS IV) ¾ Technology Assisted Integrated Program (TAIP IV) ¾ Asmuyao Community School (ACS) SAIL Program ¾ St. Paul North and Central Campus Educational Technology Program Phase III ¾ Southern Christian Academy Innovative Educational Library • PROGRAM #11 Education Technology 183-188 II. Participating Schools 189 III. Financial Expenditure Report ¾ Financial Report as of September 30, 2009 190-199 ¾ Quarterly Financial Report by Month, Program and 200-210 Object Class ¾ Program Income Reported 211-266 ¾ Projected Carryover by Programs as of October 01, 2009 267-279 FEDERAL PROGRAMS DIVISION Consolidated Grant Title V- Part A: Innovative Programs Annual Report I. PROGRESS REPORT BY PROGRAM PROGRAM #1 Local Education Reform Plan To Improve Reading, Math, and Language Arts (District Action Plan) ● Standard and Assessment ● Standard and Assessment (K-12 Content Standard and Performance Indicators) ● Reading and Math Reform (Described in Program #2) ● Teacher Quality (Described in Program #3) ● Secondary School Reform (SSR) December 2009 Program #1 STANDARDS AND ASSESSMENT Analysis of Statewide Assessment (SAT10) Data - Standards and Assessment I I. Accomplishments In April 2009, 26,620 out of the 28,272 students in grades First through Twelve participated in the annual Guam Department of Education (GDOE) SAT10 Assessment. The participation rate was 94% of our overall student population! Below is the district-wide participation rate per grade level: Grade District-wide Enrollment Number of Students Participation Rate (%) Tested Grade 1 2171 2129 98% Grade 2 2326 2267 97% Grade 3 2368 2325 98% Grade 4 522 2466 98% Grade 5 2407 2374 99% Grade6 2385 2277 95% Grade 7 2160 2126 98% Grade 8 2300 2281 99% Grade 9 3120 3037 97% Grade 10 2562 2109 82% Grade 11 2119 1770 83% Grade 12 1832 1459 80% The assessment period lasted two weeks. All 40 public schools then submitted their SAT 10 Testing Booklets and answer sheets to the Research Planning and Evaluation Office, where they were packaged and shipped out for scoring in June 2009. These test materials were scored by Pearson, Inc. The Guam Department of Education received the SAT 10 test results in August 2009 and disseminated individual student reports to schools. Although RP&E intended to provide training for school principals and teacher cadres in August 2009, this was not done until September 2009. This delay was due to several factors: The SAT10 test results were incomplete. Although we received individual student results, GDOE did not receive group reports. After several conference calls with Pearson, we learned that GDOE had purchased an online SAT10 database, that they were not able Consolidated Grant Title V, Part A: Innovative Programs Page 1 of 277 FY2008-2009 Annual Report - December 30, 2009 to access it since the new Student Information System was not up and running. The Superintendent of Education eventually had to make arrangements with Pearson to provide GDOE with temporary access to retrieve the SAT10 District Results requested by school Principals and needed to prepare the Annual State of Education Report. The Superintendent of Education conducted training with School Principals in September 2009. The Annual State of Education Report was also completed in late September and published in the Guam Department of Education Website on October 1 2009. II. Carryover Funds The SY08-09 expenditure report for the Analysis of Statewide Assessment (SAT10) Data - Standards and Assessment I was provided by DOE Business Office showing expenditures and encumbrances as of September 30, 2009. (Refer to Section III. Financial Expenditures Report) Revision of K-12 Content Standards & Performance Indicators and Development of Standards Based Assessment - Standards and Assessment II I. Accomplishments Soon after the approval of the Contract by the Governor on January 13, 2009; work on the project commenced. The Guam Department of Education (GDOE) Procurement Office issued Purchase Order #200910014 on January 26, 2009 for this contractual service. The first meeting with the consultants, Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL) representatives and GDOE Curriculum & Instruction personnel was held on February 26 to discuss the scope of work involved, the timelines and personnel involved with project. A memorandum was issued to all school administrators on February 25 calling for teacher leaders from all schools to participate in the review and revision of the Content Standards & Performance Indicators. By March 31, 2009 there were 49 content specific teachers identified to participate in the project and 57 teachers on a wait list. An informational meeting was held on April 21, 2009 at Ordot Chalan Pago Elementary School cafeteria for teachers who expressed interest in participating in the Standards Revision Project. Teachers were given an overview of the project, GDOE expectations from participants and scope of work of the project. Forty six (46) teachers were present at the meeting. A schedule of meetings and work sessions was developed and work with teacher representatives from all the content areas was initiated with the dissemination of the Content Standards Comparison Report developed by the consultant, PREL. The report compared the current GDOE Content Standards and Performance Indicators to the respective content area National Standards and to other States’ exemplary standards. These initial meetings for each of the content areas were held April 23 – May 6, 2009. The work on revising the Standards was held the week of May 9 – 15, 2009 for the content areas in Language Arts, Social Studies, World Languages, Health, Technology Consolidated Grant Title V, Part A: Innovative Programs Page 2 of 277 FY2008-2009 Annual Report - December 30, 2009 and Physical Education. During the week of May 16 – 23, 2009, the teacher representatives for the content areas of Math, Science and Fine Arts worked on their respective content to determine where changes to the standards were going to be made. Teachers worked with their respective consultant to review the comparison report and to make necessary revisions to the GDOE Content Standards and Performance Indicators. Teachers were also given the option to receive 2 graduate credits from the University of Guam for the work conducted during this time. This cadre of teachers who worked on the core content areas (Math, Science, Language Arts/Reading, and Social Studies) presented an overview of the Standards Revision project at the Content Area Specialized Teacher (CAST) Summer Institute held June 4 – 10, 2009. They explained the review process and the steps taken for making revisions on the Standards. The draft Revised Standards were posted on the GDOE and PREL websites for stakeholder input during the period running July 27 – August 28, 2009. Hard copies of the documents were also available for review at the Curriculum and Instruction Office and PREL Guam Service. Survey results of the stakeholder input were compiled by PREL and used as they worked with the Standards cadre to make the final revisions on the Content Standards and Performance Indicators. A presentation to the Guam Education Policy Board (GEPB) Curriculum Subcommittee, school principals and other stakeholders on the Standards Revision process and status reports on each of the subject area standards was conducted by PREL staff and Curriculum & Instruction Division staff on September 17, 2009. Board members were given an overview of the revision process that included a comparison of the existing Content Standards