Closing the Achievement Gap :

The Capacity Building Model

…..Strategies for continuous and sustainable
improvement

Presented By:
Jason Murphy, Asst. Principal, Antioch High School
Fal Asrani, Ed.D, Administrator of High School Reform,
Antioch Unified School District
 Table of Contents:

 What is the Gap: Introduction

 Cycle of Adult Behaviors Creating the
Gap
 AHS Reform
 Building Capacity to Address the Gap
Recognizing the Gap
Changes

Expectations

Behaviors

Data
WHO What Why
 Antioch High School

120 point
139 point API
API Gap
Creating the Change Process to Address the
Achievement Gap
Outcomes

Reflection

Frustration

Analysis Paralysis

Understanding the change

People will change differently

People will view change differently

Conflict and disagreement around data

Anthony Mohammad-
transforming cultures

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 Table Discussion
 Identify and
categorize factors that
impact the
achievement gap
 Identify the school related
obstacles to student achievement
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Antioch High School Intervention Model for All Subgroups

Capacity
Turnaround Model Building Transformation Model

Model
 Build Capacity to recognize the gap between
performance and expectation for all students
Courageous Recognition of the
Identify the Development of a
Conversations around Urgent Need
Critical Areas Vision for School
data for Structural Reform
for Follow Up Reform

Implementation of a
Strategic Focus on
Organization
Coherence

Expectation of Expanded
Strategic Leadership Academic Student
Excellence Interventions
 Acknowledging Diversity to Promote High Achievement

Change the Culture to Recognize Diversity:

 Develop strong bonds with diverse students: NCBI training

 Identify and build on student strengths: Student Senate
 p students overcome their fear of failure:
 Redesign Counseling Services
 1:1 student conferences around testing
 AP symposium
 PSAT tests for all sophomores

Help students overcome their fear of success

 AVID, Pathways,
 CP classes for all,
 College Nights and Career Nights
 Cyber High remediation as part of school day
 Set short and long term goals for and with students
 Annual and Four-year plans

Kuykendall, 2004
Suggestions for Academic Success:

•Developing appropriate teaching styles more congruent with learning

styles of black and Hispanic students

•Use homework and television to your advantage

•Communicate to ensure your real intentions are understood

•Establish a good school and classroom climate

•Strengthen relations between home and school

Kuykendall, 2004
Identification of Strategic Organization Coherence

We believe that we are all accountable for the

performance of all our students. In order for our
students to obtain rigorous grade level
curriculum and attain mastery, we need to
create organizational coherence that ensures
equal access to close the achievement gap.
 Expectation of Academic Excellence
 Departmental and subject specific release
time.
Collaboration
 The Wednesday schedule is revised to
promote departmental collaboration focused
on instruction.

 Teachers are now developing common

subject grading rubrics.
Common
Common
 Departments are developing common grading Common
Assessments
Subject
Subject
Grading
policies Rubric
Practices

 Teachers are reviewing grading common

assessment and grading distributions and
using the results of their analysis to drive
instruction. Improve
student
achievement;
 Pathway Schools and Small Learning raise student
Communities proficiency

 Raise API: Targeted activities school wide &

core depts.
Building A College Going Culture With Expanded
Student Interventions
 Interventions:
 CAHSEE tutoring after school
College
College for sophomores
Going
Going  Read 180
Culture
Culture
 After-school Credit Recovery
Focus onon
Focus
Student
Student  Cyber High Online Curriculum
Achievement
Achievement &&
 Algebra 1A Support
Outcomes
Outcomes
Curriculum
Increase Student  ZAP (After school work)
Increase Student
Engagement
Engagement  College Nights by Grade Level
 Summer Bridge Program
 Summer AP Prep Academy
Increase Instructional Rigor
Increase Instructional Rigor  Smartthinking.com
 Special Education: “Push-In-
Model”
School Culture and Climate
School Culture and Climate  College Fair/Career Fair
 Parent Connected and community
support
 Ongoing Practices AT AHS

Counseling Redesign

In-house Leadership Training

Program

Creating Small Learning Communities Vice Principal Leadership in Curriculum

Data Conversations with

Community
Initiatives to Increase four-
year College Admissions