Yuma Professional Learning and Networking (PLAN)
Yuma County, Arizona
Number of School Districts in the Consortium: 4
- Crane Elementary School District - 7 elementary schools and 2 middle schools
- Somerton Elementary School District - 4 elementary schools and 1 middle school
- Yuma One Elementary School District - 14 elementary schools and 5 middle schools
- Yuma Union High School District - 5 high schools
Total number of schools in the consortium: 39
Total number of teachers in the consortium: 1,655
Total number of students in the consortium: 29,039
Average percentage of student population by subcategories in the consortium:
- 73% Hispanic
- 23% Caucasian
- 2% African American
- 1% Asian
- 28% English learners
- 69% Free or reduced-price lunch
In 2003, the superintendents from four school districts in Yuma County formed a consortium and created the Yuma Professional Learning and Networking (Yuma PLAN). The consortium selected WestEd's Teach for Success program to increase the quality of instruction in all classrooms through a common focus on teaching and learning over a five-year period.
The Teach for Success team provides collaborative coaching with Yuma principals, assistant principals, and site coaches on observing and analyzing classroom data and providing specific feedback to classroom teachers. The team works with each district's superintendent to analyze data collected from the Teach for Success Classroom Observation Protocol, as well as student achievement results from each school.
Table C shows the percentage of teachers who were observed as having high student engagement and instructional time maximized based on the criteria of the Teach for Success program in May 2004 and 2007. Tables D and E show the percentage of students who are meeting and exceeding proficiency standards on the Arizona Achievement Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) in 2004 and 2007.
Table C: 2004 to 2007 T4S Results - Percentage of Teachers
T4S Student Engagement and Instructional Time Maximized
| Number of Students | Number of Teachers | T4S - Student Engagement | T4S - Instructional Time Maximized | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School District | 2004 | 2007 | Change | 2004 | 2007 | Change | ||
| Crane Elem. | 5,851 | 253 | 47 | 79 | +32 | 36 | 69 | +33 |
| Somerton Elem. | 2,488 | 106 | 45 | 75 | +30 | 33 | 67 | +34 |
| Yuma Elem. | 10,359 | 505 | 45 | 62 | +17 | 29 | 44 | +15 |
| Yuma Union High | 9,426 | 358 | 27 | 50 | +23 | 12 | 33 | +21 |
Table D: 2004 to 2007 AIMS Results in Mathematics
Percent of Students Meeting and Exceeding Proficiency Standards
| Grade 5 | Grade 8 | Grade 10 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School District | 2004 | 2007 | Change | 2004 | 2007 | Change | 2004 | 2007 | Change |
| Crane Elem. | 50 | 71 | +21 | 24 | 58 | +34 | |||
| Somerton Elem. | 34 | 58 | +24 | 12 | 44 | +32 | |||
| Yuma Elem. | 36 | 66 | +30 | 11 | 49 | +38 | |||
| Arizona State Average | 47 | 69 | +22 | 26 | 61 | +35 | |||
| Yuma Union High | 23 | 55 | +32 | ||||||
| Arizona State Average | 39 | 67 | +28 | ||||||
Table E: 2004 to 2007 AIMS Results in Reading
Percent of Students Meeting and Exceeding Proficiency Standards
| Grade 5 | Grade 8 | Grade 10 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School District | 2004 | 2007 | Change | 2004 | 2007 | Change | 2004 | 2007 | Change |
| Crane Elem. | 49 | 68 | +19 | 51 | 65 | +14 | |||
| Somerton Elem. | 39 | 58 | +19 | 29 | 37 | +8 | |||
| Yuma Elem. | 41 | 66 | +25 | 34 | 55 | +21 | |||
| Arizona State Average | 52 | 70 | +18 | 50 | 63 | +13 | |||
| Yuma Union High | 32 | 53 | +21 | ||||||
| Arizona State Average | 59 | 72 | +13 | ||||||
Outstanding Teach for Success results have prompted four additional districts to join the Yuma PLAN consortium: Antelope Union High, Wellton Elementary, Mohawk Elementary, and Hyder Elementary School Districts.
