McGlone Elementary verified non-profit

Denver, Colorado
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McGlone is a turnaround/priority intensive school in the Denver Summit Schools Network. We are a public innovation school, with extended day and extended year. We have shown significant growth in the past four years, catapulting ourselves from one of the lowest-performing schools to one of the top in the state for growth. We have made tremendous growth in student and staff culture as well. We are now at 715 for enrollment, up from low 500’s before turnaround, and have gone from 50% turnover in teachers to 80-90% retention for the past two years. Our student demographics are representative of the Montbello neighborhood: 70% ELLs, 97% Free and Reduced Lunch, and 100% college bound. We have been named by the district as a top 10 priority school for 15-16, \"identified based on at-risk component of School Performance Framework, including poverty, mobility, ELLs, special education… 10 elementary, 10 secondary selected via the At-Risk SPF formula which considers poverty, ELL, SPED and mobility (with minimum school size thresholds)”. However, our student demographics do not dictate their potential. As a school, we place a lot of emphasis on teacher support and growth – all our teachers are coached one to one weekly, and we provide professional development around instructional practice and use of data. We use teacher leaders and distributive leadership to help support this coaching model. We are a technology-focused school, and all our classrooms have Promethean boards, and our 3rd -5th graders have 1:1 chrome books. This enables students and teachers to be innovative in their instruction and prepare students for 21st century skills. We have extremely high expectations for staff and students – and we use our innovation status to think creatively around how to provide supports to reach these expectations. Because we are innovation, our teachers are at-will, and there is no tenure. Since turnaround, we have also focused on creating a strong student culture, through PBIS systems, a strong student support team, and teacher professional development. The McGlone leadership and staff truly believe in the power and ability of public school turnaround, particularly with a focus on data, arts, community, and teacher sustainability. The McGlone leadership and staff have a deep commitment to this community. The students and families, and McGlone teachers and staff, are what makes this turnaround possible, and what makes the work meaningful.
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Hunter Smith

1st Grade ELA-S Teacher

Lauren Fine

Dean/TOSA role

Lauren is a proud Denver Native and loves being based in Colorado. She is an America Achieves National Fellow Alumni and a Founding Fellow for the Colorado Educator Voice Fellowship where she is currently in her second year of leading Fellows in Colorado. Lauren is passionate about turnaround schools and works as the Dean of Development at McGlone Elementary, in Denver, Colorado, where she was previously a 5th grade literacy teacher and teacher instructional coach. Prior to McGlone, she was based in Five Points at Cole Elementary for four year. Lauren received her undergraduate degree from Claremont McKenna College and her masters from Regis University. Through her work she has taught in the classroom as well as trained educators. She has worked in education for the past decade in Los Angeles, St. Louis, Houston and Denver. Lauren has worked with Stand with Children, Teacher Voice (through the Gates Foundation), Teach for America, spoken on panels for Education Nation, and participates, facilitates and speaks at numerous National Conferences in Education. These experiences have helped her gain a deeper understanding of the policy and legislative aspects of the education system in America and the importance of teacher voice. She is deeply committed to CCSS implementation and has worked with multiple partnership organizations to present at conferences to enhance parental engagement and understanding around the CCSS and professional development with educators. She is also an America Achieves National & Lead Fellow, Cohort 2, and a Teacher Champion Fellow with the Collaborative for Student Success. She works with Student Achievement Partners and is Colorado Core Advocate and a National Core Advocate. A few of her awards includes: National Elementary Teacher of the Year- Nominee with Bammy Awards, Teach for America’s Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching Award- selected as top 25 finalist nationally, selected for a State Wide Commercial on Educational Equity with One Chance Colorado, nominated for The Sue Lehman Award for Excellence in Teaching and “Outstanding Educator Award” with The Street Academy. Outside of her work with national education, Lauren is the Co-President and Co-Founder of an international nonprofit, The Ghana Educational Collaborative, which helps send children to school in Ghana and provides leadership opportunities to create the next generation of community change agents. Lauren truly believes that every child in our nation, and abroad deserve access to a quality education.

Theresa Murphy

Teacher on Special Assignment

I started with McGlone Elementary the first year of the turnaround. Since then I have taught ECE, Kindergarten, coordinated paraprofessionals, and am the family liaison.

Molly Reasner

School Nurse

My name is Molly Reasner. I am originally from Indiana, where I also graduated from college. This is my third year as a school nurse for Denver Public Schools. I love being outdoors, staying active, and taking care of my students!