# Archived Information

Slide 1:

Open Meadow STEPUP Program at Roosevelt High School\
Portland, Oregon

"Using Supplemental Services

To Provide Personalized Academic Supports"

US Department of Education

2^nd^ Annual National High School Leadership Summit: Preparing America's
Future

December 2-3, 2004

Slide 2:

Presentation Outline

[Objective:]{.underline} Describe implementation of NCLB by Open Meadow
(non-profit alternative education and workforce development provider) in
partnership with Roosevelt High School (RHS), a "Failing" comprehensive
public school.

Open Meadow organizational overview

Background for NCLB in Portland, Spring 2003

STEP UP Program Overview

STEP UP Program Results

Next Steps for STEP UP

Caption: STEP-UP is an SES service for RHS, our local, comprehensive
public high school, one of two in PPS that is "Failing" AYP status

Slide 3:

Open Meadow Mission Statement:

To educate youth in small, relationship-based programs that emphasize
personal responsibility, academics, and service to the community.

Slide 4:

Open Meadow\
Organizational Overview

Founded in 1971, one of Portland's oldest alternative schools

Private, non-profit, contractor with Portland Public Schools

Accredited by the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools

Urban setting, located in Portland, Oregon (pop: 3 million)

District: Portland Public Schools (approx. 49,000 students)

Ethnically diverse, low-income population (67% free lunch)

Dropout retrieval, youth apply to participate

Serve 525 students. ages 10-24, in 6 programs

Open Meadow Middle School (60 students)

Open Meadow High School (100 students)

CRUE---Corps Restoring the Urban Environment (40 students)

Youth Opportunity (YO) (80 youth)

Corporate Connections (20 youth)

STEP UP (NCLB: Supplemental Education Services) (225 students)

Slide 5: Funding Sources

Pie chart divided into these sections:

Other Government BHCD, County, NCLB): 20%

Worksystems Inc.: 10%

Private Sources: 20%

Portland Public Schools: (50%)

Annual Operating Budget 2003 -- 2004: \$2.2 Million

Portland Public Schools (50%)

Other Contractors (30%)

City of Portland's Bureau of Housing and Community Development

Multnomah County

Oregon Youth Conservation Corps

Worksystems, Inc

NCLB

Private Funding (20%)

Foundations

Corporations

Individuals

Caption:

1\) Diverse funding sources supported by flexible, decentralized
services.

2\) PPS funding is ADM

3\) WD services are strong and valuable supplemental service for OSY,
but not core service

Slide 6:

Core Cultural Elements

-   Strong youth-adult relationships

-   Small class sizes

-   Advocate groups (Teacher/Advocate)

-   Student accountability, responsibility, and self-worth

-   Participation in the community

-   Ownership of supportive learning community

-   100% involvement in service learning

-   Project-based academics and workforce development services

Caption: These are the program features that we are exporting to RHS to
counteract its "Failing" status

Slide 7:

Evidence of Success

First generation H.S. graduates

20% taken college class prior to graduation

97% of graduates have participated in internships or work experience

100% of graduates provided community service

100% of graduates leave with a transition plan

Slide 8:

Evidence of Success

93% attendance average (40% prior to OM)

90% retention (of students who were once disengaged)

5.6 average RIT score gain for Math and Reading

100% involvement in service learning

84% of graduates over past 3 years transitioned to post-secondary
education/training or career-track employment

Slide 9:

Background for NCLB in Portland

Poverty Rates 2001-02:

National Rate: 12.4%

Multnomah County: 15.7%

North Portland: 30%

Four-Year Dropout Rates:

State Average: 13.9%

City Average: 15.7%

Roosevelt High School: 31%

(RHS---the local comprehensive public high school)

Slide 10:

Federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) funding available through the
Portland Public School District (PPS) to assist RHS

Funding not available to RHS or RHS staff

PPS was in a budget crisis. Potential teachers' strike (first ever) and
potential budget cuts eliminating as many as 25 days of school from the
2003-04 year.

Slide 11:

Open Meadow strategic plan included geographic focus on North Portland.
Leadership Team decision to emphasize and deepen service locally rather
than create a model of service for broader replication.

Open Meadow management met with RHS administration to explore a
partnership

Open Meadow applied for, and received, NCLB funding from district, then
State of OR

Slide 12: STEP-UP Program Overview, Spring 2003

-   Open Meadow staff met with RHS staff to do joint planning.

-   

-   

-   Developed program to integrate with, and support, existing RHS
    services.

Caption: RHS teachers requested homework support---both to supplement
existing academics and to promote independent study required for
post-secondary success; RHS awards any credit associated with program

Slide 13: STEP-UP Program Overview, Spring 2003

-   Supplemental Education Service Provider

-   Served 140 RHS students after school

-   12 part-time tutors

-   Academic tutoring: reading, writing, math.

-   Social, emotional, behavioral skill development using Open Meadow
    core cultural elements

Slide 14:

STEP-UP Leadership Camp

-   37 highest-risk middle school youth, identified by their home middle
    school

-   10 peer mentors

-   Operated by Open Meadow staff & RHS counselor

-   Attended by:

-   Open Meadow tutors

-   RHS freshman academy teachers

-   RHS administrative team

-   Open Meadow administrative team

-   Five days of culture-building activities.

-   Welcome-back event for families

Slide 15:

-   Relationship to school \--academic and personal success

-   Positive relationships with peers and teachers

-   Attitudes and behaviors for academic success

-   Self worth, personal responsibility

-   Rope challenge course

-   Goals -- Academic and Personal

Slide 16:

STEP-UP Year Round Services

-   Tutoring 2 days/week, 1-2 hours/day for Leadership Cohort and
    general RHS student population

-   Monthly parent meetings

-   Follow-up meetings for Leadership Cohort

-   Incentives: snacks, school supplies, attendance gift certificates.

-   Counseling; information & referral.

Slide 17: 2003 -- 2004

-   STEP UP served 91 RHS students

-   37 in STEP UP Leadership Cohort (Leadership Camp AND Tutoring
    Academy)

-   54 in STEP UP Tutoring Academy

Slide 18: Who Participated?

Pie Char of STEP UP Ethnicity 2003-04

East African: 5%

African American: 33%

SE Asian: 3%

Latino: 22%

Cauc.: 29%

Other: 8%

Caption:

1/3 Caucasian, 1/3 African-American, 1/3 mixed: Latino, Native American,
African immigrant, SE Asian

Slide 19:

June 2004:\
\
100% of 2003-2004\
STEP UP Leadership Cohort participants\
are still enrolled in school.

Slide 20: Bar Chart of RIT point gain

Open Meadow STEP Up Results

STEP UP Reading Gains 2003-04 4 points = one grade level

All Roosevelt: 3

Step Up Tutoring Academy: 6

Step Up Leadership Academy: 8

Caption:

1)  37 of 37 students enrolled in the Leadership Camp are still enrolled
    in High School

2)  

2\) This graph above shows the reading skills gains from the Degrees of
Reading Power Assessment administered by Roosevelt and the beginning and
the end of the 2003-04 school year. Average gain for STEP UP Leadership
Academy students was 8.1, or the equivalent of 2 grade levels. The gain
for students in the STEP UP Tutoring Academy was 5.8, and Roosevelt's
all student average was 2.9. (A four point gain is equivalent to one
grade level.)

Slide 21: Bar Chart of:

Math Skills Gains (RIT score) STEP UP Camp and Tutoring Participants
2003-04 4 points = 1 grade level

Pre: 223

Post: 231

Caption:

1\) THIS is how we promote AYP and NCLB standards. OM is not required to
meet standards, but we work toward them anyway; alt ed is in
negotiations with state about a different time interval for alt ed youth

2\) 65% of in-coming freshman were NOT at 8th grade benchmark when they
entered high school; Overall state has 69% students at 8th grade
benchmark

3\) State doesn't do pre/post, but WE did for STEP-UP participants

4\) The STEP UP students who were tutored in math show accelerated skill
gain on the Oregon Statewide Mathematics Knowledge and Skills and the
C.A.T. Math Survey 6+. Participants showed an average 7.5-point gain, or
close to two grade levels. The group average was well below the 8th
benchmark (231) at the start of the program, and was at benchmark at
completion of the first year.

Slide 22:

Direct correlation between numbers of hours spent participating in STEP
UP Academic Support Services and skill gains.

Slide 23:

-   [Summer 2004]{.underline}: Added Leadership Camp for each of the RHS
    small schools followed by 4 weeks of summer academic support
    services

-   [Late August]{.underline}: Fall 2-day Orientation for STEP UP
    participants

-   [Fall of 2004]{.underline}: Children's Initiative Funding to start
    services for 8th graders at Roosevelt's feeder middle schools:
    Portsmouth, George and OMMS (after school 4 days/week)

-   [Fall of 2004]{.underline}: After-school tutoring and support
    services for 120 9th graders and 28 10th graders (from 03-04
    cohort).

Slide 24:

-   Culture-building for RHS staff

-   Diversity training

-   CIM/CAM training for Open Meadow staff

-   Facilitation training for Open Meadow staff

-   School Success curriculum for feeder middle schools

-   Culturally-specific services

Slide 25:

North Portland Continuum of School Success Programs

In the sections 6^th^ and 7^th^ Grade, 8^th^ Grade, and 9-12^th^ Grade

+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| George Middle School  | Portsmouth Middle     | Open Meadow Middle    |
|                       | School                | School                |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
|                       | STEP UP Middle School |                       |
|                       | Academy (Open Meadow  |                       |
|                       | School Success        |                       |
|                       | Advocates: After      |                       |
|                       | school academic       |                       |
|                       | support, enrichment   |                       |
|                       | and high school prep  |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
|                       | STEP UP Summer        |                       |
|                       | Academy (Summer       |                       |
|                       | between 8th and 9th   |                       |
|                       | grade):               |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
|                       | •Summer Leadership    |                       |
|                       | Camp (for each small  |                       |
|                       | school),              |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
|                       | •Summer Tutoring      |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
|                       | • 2 day fall freshman |                       |
|                       | orientation           |                       |
|                       |                       |                       |
|                       | (90 students)         |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| SEIS, POWER, ACT, Two |                       | Open Meadow High      |
| Rivers Community      |                       | School                |
| School                |                       |                       |
|                       |                       | Open Meadow CRUE      |
|                       |                       | Program               |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
|                       | STEP UP High School   |                       |
|                       | Academy; After School |                       |
|                       | Academic Support/     |                       |
|                       | Tutoring              |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
|                       | POST-SECONDARY        |                       |
|                       | EDUCATION AND         |                       |
|                       | TRAINING              |                       |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

Slide 26: Picture of a graduate.

Caption:

1\) SES supports youth in the "fallen off track" typology---a
not-to-intensive draw back into school success

2\) Other Open Meadow school programs and services designed to serve
rest of youth on continuum: schools for "substantially behind youth" and
WD (YO) for "substantially off-track and older" youth; program partners
provide "premature transition to adulthood" group.

1\) SES supports youth in the "fallen off track" typology---a
not-to-intensive draw back into school success

2\) Other Open Meadow school programs and services designed to serve
rest of youth on continuum: schools for "substantially behind youth" and
WD (YO) for "substantially off-track and older" youth; program partners
provide "premature transition to adulthood" group.