Wyndham Lakes Elementary School

School Information

School Name: Wyndham Lakes Elementary School
District Name: Orange County Public Schools
School Address: 14360 Wyndham Lakes Blvd. Orlando, FL 32824
School Phone: 407.251.2347
School Fax: 407.251.2376
Principal: Robert Schreffler
Principal email: rober.schreffler@ocps.net
Web Address https://www.ocps.net/lc/southeast/ewy/Pages/default.aspx

Demographics

Number of Students: 1052
Percent Eligible for Free and Reduced Lunch: 80%
Percent of Limited English Proficient: 53%
Percent of Special Education: 8%
Racial/Ethnic Percentages:

• White: 8%
• Black: 13%
• Hispanic: 71%
• Asian/Pacific Island: 4%
• Other: 4%

Student Achievement Data:

Results/District Results (FCAT Testing)

Year:	Math	Reading	Writing	Science
Year 06-07	61/68	68/64	86/85	24/42
Year 07-08	65/71	70/66	62/84	42/43
Year 08-09	69/72	73/67	81/88	33/46

Please comment on any aspect of the data that you believe is particularly significant.

Wyndham Lakes Elementary School has been in existence for four years, opening its school doors in 2006.  We are an exceptionally large school with a current population of 1052.  The neighborhood is a culturally diverse population and has a free and reduced eligibility rate of 80%, qualifying Wyndham Lakes for federal assistance through the Title One program. Our school motto is “Expect Success, Nothing Less!” making it easy for our students to understand our approach towards everything from attitude to learning.

In 2008-2009, we raised our school grade from a C to an A.  We also made 100% Adequate Yearly Progress, measured for the Federal No Child Left Behind Act.  Most importantly, we focused our attention on our students scoring in the lowest quartile (25%).  Last year, 79% of those students made progress in Reading and 67% made progress in Math. 

In addition, our percentage of Level 1’s and Level 2’s dropped in all of our subgroups.  Our total  population decreased by 7 points in Reading and 6 points in Math; Hispanic Students decreased 8 points in Reading and 6 points in Math; Economically Disadvantaged Students decreased 8 points in Reading and 7 points in Math; and ELL Students decreased 10 points in Reading and 7 points in Math.  The end result demonstrated more students scoring at Level 3 (at grade level) and above.

Please present additional information that indicates your efforts to build a professional learning community have had a positive impact on students and/or teachers.

• The Continuous Improvement and Action Research Models are used consistently to improve student learning.
• Collaborative Tuesdays – PLC meetings during common planning time.
• As a Thinking Maps School, K-5 continues to integrate the use of “Thinking Maps”, along with “Marzano’s High Yield Strategies” throughout content areas as best practices to help students improve critical thinking skills.
• Grade level teams collaborate vertically with others incorporating the use of technology to communicate and meet the needs of students using differentiated instruction.
• Collaboration meetings are held with our feeder middle schools.
• Teachers hold individual data chats with students to help them meet their learning goals and understand their progress.
• Grade level goals with challenges to motivate students to meet goals for upcoming district assessments.
• Using our business/ community partners to help support celebrations for students who make learning gains, make grade level challenges, and for teachers who are making improvements in the classroom or their own professional learning.
• Administrators use Classroom Walkthrough Data to share school-wide trends and to plan for professional development to increase the use of research-based instructional strategies that impact student learning.
• Professional Learning Opportunities – Grade level trainings, book studies, whole staff trainings, and leadership training.
• Provide teachers with potable strategies ready to use and easily adaptable to various grade levels.

Please elaborate strategies you have found to be effective in the following areas:

1. Monitoring student learning on a timely basis.
   • Administration of district assessments (reading, math, science and writing).
   • Team PLC data meetings that focus on student learning using reflection templates.
   • Team data analysis of the assessments at our monthly data assessment meetings with administration.
   • Grade level progress monitoring the two lowest strands in reading and math using mini-benchmark assessments to reassess improvements.
   • Teacher use of differentiated instruction and online assessment tools to progress monitor individual needs of students and reassess improvements.
   • Following the district pacing calendar and task analysis for instruction.
   • Individual teacher meetings with administration to discuss student progress.
     
     
2. Creating systems of intervention to provide students with additional time and support for learning.
   • Scheduled grade level intervention time for each day.
   • Extended Learning Opportunities – Saturday School (Focus on Math).
   • Special Area teachers push in each day to give selected students additional instruction in reading.
   • Morning and afternoon tutoring (October – February) for level 1 and 2 students.
   • Schedule 1st-5th students to use computer based FASTT Math program three times a week to build math fluency facts.
   • Scheduled computer lab time for ESOL students to use Success Maker-computer based reading program.
   • RTI intervention model for student academics and behavior.
     
     
3. Building teacher capacity to work as members of high performing collaborative teams that focus efforts on improved learning for all students.
   • On site professional learning – workshops and training to other staff by Reading Coaches, Math Coaches, CRT, or consultants in specialty area.
   • Three full time reading coaches to provide district staff training, ongoing assessments in reading and work with lowest 25% of students in K-5.
   • Two math coaches to teach math games and concepts to K-5 during special area and pull the lowest 25% in math.
   • Relevant team building activities to help build relationships that can be taken back to classrooms during whole group trainings.
   • Team feedback forms (PLC Log) to document the Four Big Questions during data discussions.
   • Coaches provide teacher modeled lessons and opportunities for teachers to observe other teachers.
   • Bring in 1-2 consultants during the year to train whole staff meetings or on site grade level workshops in areas of need. (Math, Critical Thinking Skills, Higher Order Questioning Skills, Time on Task, Solution Tree/PLC)
   • Common Planning Time in all grade levels daily

List awards and recognitions your school has achieved:

2009 Florida School Recognition A+ Money- public recognition and financial awards to schools that have sustained high student performance or schools that demonstrate substantial improvement in student performance.
Five Star School Awards (2006-2007) (2007-2008) - created by the Florida Commissioner's Community Involvement Council and is presented annually to those schools that have shown evidence of exemplary community involvement.
Golden School Awards (2007) (2008) (2009)- given annually by the Florida Department of Education to recognize public schools with exemplary volunteer programs. Hours donated in all forms of volunteering, i.e. mentors, tutors, advisors and advocates, are included.
Council for Educational Change Grant- Wyndham Lakes participates in a grant funded by The Wal-Mart Foundation entitled “Teacher Empowerment and Mentoring.” This is geared toward developing, mentoring, and helping to retain new and beginning teachers in Orange County under the direction of Mr. Peter Bucholtz, Program Director and Mr. Ralph Hewitt, Director of the Mentoring Program.

The National Elementary Honor Society (2008) (2009)-  to recognize elementary students in both public and non-public elementary schools for their outstanding academic achievement and demonstrated personal responsibility, to provide meaningful service to the school and community, and to develop essential leadership skills in the students of elementary schools.

OCPS Destination College Site – acknowledged in 2010 by the district as one of the few elementary schools that has implemented Destination College which strives to ensure all students are prepared to succeed in higher education and educational opportunities for improved college readiness.   Destination College is one of the Eleven Essential Outcomes of Orange County Public Schools.