2017-18
Annual School Performance Report Gibson Ek High School
Gibson Ek High School 379 1st Place SE, Issaquah, WA 98027 (425) 837-6352 https://www.gibsonek.org/ Principal Julia Bamba
Mission Gibson Ek students thrive by engaging in rigorous interest-based learning and authentic internships in a vibrant and supportive community.
Welcome ENGAGING, INSPIRING, AND EDUCATING STUDENTS THROUGH PERSONAL DISCOVERY, INTEREST-BASED LEARNING, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS At Gibson Ek, students thrive by engaging in rigorous interest-based learning and authentic internships in a vibrant and supportive community. Students’ interests, passions, and talents drive the learning as they engage in real world experiences becoming the directors of their learning. Students are challenged to look beyond traditional education to prepare for college and careers in a dynamic global environment.
Teacher Experience
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Teacher’s with National Board 100.0% Certification Teacher Experience Data for the
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2017-18 School Year will be available December 2018. Average Years Teachers with Master’s/Ph.D
Teaching Experience
OSPI Data In March 2014, the U.S. Department of Education declined to renew the state of Washington’s conditional Elementary and Secondary Education Act Flexibility Waiver for schools receiving Title I, Part A funds. This decision affects all schools in Washington State, which are now subject to the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Washington is the only state that has lost its waiver and must revert to NCLB standards and timelines of assessment. For schools and districts to be considered succeeding under NCLB, schools must meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) standards. For schools to meet AYP, 100 percent of all students, regardless of special needs or English language mastery, must meet proficiency standards. For complete information about the Issaquah School District’s assessment data, highly qualified teachers, annual yearly progress, and state NAEP (of Educational Progress) results, please visit the state’s online district report card.
District Report For budget details and more go to www.issaquah.wednet.edu/district/ annual-community-report/ The Issaquah School District believes in seeking continual feedback from a broad and diverse range of constituents regarding their experiences with the District and their neighborhood school. See the Community Polling Study site at www.issaquah.wednet.edu/district/polling for more information and survey results.
Demographics Grades: 9-12
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Personalized Model As an innovative real world learning school, Gibson Ek’s program is consistent with the standards at all ISD schools. A core objective of this design is to develop self-directed learners highly capable of navigating systems, defining their work in complex contexts, thinking critically, and collaborating. Gibson Ek is authorized by the Washington State Board of Education (SBE) to graduate students based on mastery of competencies rather than credits and the competencies are aligned with Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and admissions expectations of selective baccalaureate colleges in Washington and nationally. The competencies are clustered within five interdisciplinary Learning Goals representing the skills, core knowledge, and attributes of effective learners prepared for college and career. Each student’s experience is unique. Gibson Ek always strives to create a kind, respectful, inclusive, and vibrant school culture that honors the personalization that each student deserves. Staff and students never stop exploring ways to help students realize their future dreams and the impact they have in their community and the world. Through small advisories, students get to know at least one adult well and that advisor facilitates each student’s learning over the four-year program. Students develop Learning Plans with the guidance of their advisor and input from their parents, mentors, and peers. Students use their quarterly exhibitions as a time to publicly show evidence of their learning. Students collect and organize their evidence in many ways such as online portfolios, videos, photography, projects and products, online files, and binders. The student’s portfolio is a repository of the growth and accomplishments of our students and can be a valuable tool for college admissions.
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Collaboration and Engagement Understanding Expression and Representation Evaluation and Research
Quantitative Reasoning • • • •
Interpretation Representation Calculation Application and Analysis
Empirical Reasoning • Design and Conduct Investigation • Scientific Knowledge and Theories • Mathematics & Computational Thinking • Construct and Defend Arguments
Social Reasoning • • • •
Critical Issues and Events Geography and Environment Institutions, Systems, & Government Human Behavior and Expression
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Creativity and Innovation Productive Mindset Better the World Health and Wellness
Extra-Curricular Activities Leadership and Senate, Gender Sexuality Alliance Club, Robotics, Hiking Club, Imagine Tomorrow Team, Game Design, Yearbook, Newspaper, Gibson Ek TV, Travel Club, TEALS Partnership with Microsoft, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Teen Health Counselor Partnership with Swedish, Friends of Youth Drug and Alcohol Prevention, Project Wayfinder, YMCA and Bold and Gold Partnership for Outdoor Education and Leadership, Debate Club. Students participate in athletics through their home high schools.
Innovative Learning Environment In order to truly personalize learning, we have designed our campus to create a vibrant, innovative, and collaborative school environment. The school is flexible with large open space, makerspace, cafe areas, gardens, a recording studio, production labs, research labs, and quiet reading and writing spaces. Students and staff are able to quickly adapt our campus to meet the learning needs of our students.
Internship Program Students have the unique ability to engage in work-based learning two days a week. Through the internship program, students are connected with a mentor who is a professional in a career field of their interests. During their time, students learn what it is like to work in the environment on a dayto-day basis. They are also encouraged to bring the project-based learning model into their real world experience. By working closely with their mentor and advisor, students can develop meaningful projects that align with their Learning Plan and add value to the organization. In 2017-2018, Gibson Ek worked with 135 mentors that provided over 200 internship opportunities during the course of the year. Some examples of these internship experiences include: •
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Cascade Helicopter Services: The student has spent two years at this site learning how to repair and assemble a variety of helicopters. MoCapNow: The student has worked closely with an animation team learning how motion capture is used in films and video games. Mahlum Architects: The student has been able to assist with the
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Northwest Kidney Center project while learning software like Sketch Up and AutoCad. Aviation Training Center: The student has been learning more about how commercial pilots for companies like Alaska Airlines are trained and tested. Madison Grove Farm: Multiple students have been working with this non-profit in which they are learning animal care and supporting with the therapeutic procedures provided for a variety of kids’ needs.
Assessment Two tests given to high school students—The Smarter Balanced Assessment and the Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science—help indicate how well Issaquah students are learning. For a few schools the 2017-2018 SBA results in English Language Arts and Math, and the WCAS were suppressed by OSPI. For information from OSPI on test suppression rules, including Cross Organization as seen at Gibson Ek High School, please view OSPI’s Suppression Overview document here: http://reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us/Suppression_Overview_3v3.docx.
Smarter Balanced Assessment
The SBA consists of two parts: a computer adaptive test and a performance task. Writing is included at every grade level and students are asked to solve multi-step, real-world problems in Mathematics. Performance tasks ask students to demonstrate an array of research, writing, and problem solving skills. The SBA results accurately describe student achievement (how much students know at the end of the year) and are reported in two ways: scaled scores and achievement levels. A scaled score is the student’s overall numerical score. These scores fall on a continuous scale (from approximately 2000 to 3000) that increases across grade levels. Scaled scores are used to illustrate students’ current level of achievement. Based on their scaled scores, students fall into one of four categories of performance called achievement levels. Levels 3 and 4 represent “Meeting Standard” and reflect “adequate understanding” and “thorough understanding” of the learning standards. Levels 1 and 2 represent “Not Meeting Standard” and reflect “minimal understanding” and “partial understanding” of the learning standards.
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The Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA) is a state-mandated test that measures students’ progress toward College and Career Readiness in English Language Arts (ELA) /Literacy and Math. The SBA replaced existing tests in English and Math in the spring of the 2014-2015 school year. The tests are given as part of Washington State’s education reform efforts which began in 1993 and involve annual statespecific tests for students in grades 3-8 in ELA (SBA), Math (SBA), and Science (WCAS) and then again in high school (SBA in ELA and Math and WCAS in Science).
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The results of Washington State’s Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA) and Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science (WCAS) help parents know how well their student is meeting learning targets. They also help schools plan instruction and curriculum based on these learning targets.
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WCAS The Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science (WCAS) was given for the first time in Spring 2018. This test fulfills the federal requirement that students be tested in science once in elementary, middle, and high school. Because there is no assessment in Science that is graduation requirement until 2021, many of our students chose not to take the test. For every student who did not take the test, a score of zero was calculated into the overall proficiency rate, resulting in a low percent of students rated proficient. The WCAS measures what students know and can do on the 2013 science standards. WCAS assesses all three dimensions of the learning standards (science and engineering practices, disciplinary core ideas, crosscutting concepts) and goes beyond multiple choice tests. The test includes a variety of item types including selected response (multiple choice, multiple select), technology enhanced, and constructed responses (equation builder, short answer). WCAS scores show the learning level of each student as compared to the state’s expectations for a well-taught student at that grade level. The numbers on the chart below represent the percentage of students who meet or exceed standard.
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