School improvement plan

1. School improvement plan 2013/2014 Merriam Cherry Street

2. SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT TEAM Principal: Carol Rine Assistant Principal: Teresa Holzman Chairperson: Susan Wise, Art Teacher Team Members: Ashley Christie, TAG First and Second Grade Teacher Nichol Linvill, Fifth Grade Departmentalized Math Teacher Krissy Brown, Fourth Grade Teacher

3. Goal: Improve student academic proficiency levels

4. barrier Lack of rigor in ELA instruction

5. Strategy #1 Teach reading using SRA school-wide to ensure rigorous skills-based instruction.

6. Step 1: Teachers implement SRA as a core reading program beginning in mid-September and continuing throughout the school year. Evidence: SRA Mastery Test Data Step 2. Teachers analyze their class SRA mastery test resultsafter each mastery test which range from each day to every few days (ongoing). Evidence: Data chat notes Step 3. Each student will analyze individual SRA mastery test data monthly evidenced by documents which may included exit slips, charts and graphs. Evidence: School-wide data notebook of SRA mastery test data

7. Monitoring for Fidelity of Implementation: Grade level chairs meet with grade level teams to analyze and interpret datamonthly. Evidence: Grade level team minutes

8. Plan to Monitor for Effectiveness Administration and the School Improvement Team will collect data (that shows that teachers implemented SRA classroom instruction) to determine if progress made by teacher is successful (marked as “continue plan”), questionable (marked as “questionable”) or poor (marked as “not achieved/revision needed”) on a progress monitoring chart posted in the loungeeach month. Evidence: updated progress monitoring chart posted in the lounge

9. Strategy #2 Teach writing using Six Traits.

10. Step 1. Teachersteach writing using Six Traits from August 20th to May 2014. Evidence: School-wide data notebook of SRA mastery test data Step 2. Teachersanalyze formative writing samples for individual growthfrom August 20th to May 2014. Evidence: Lesson plans Step 3. Students will analyze individual writing progress data beginning in September and continuing through May 2014. Evidence: Spreadsheets and graphs

11. Monitoring for Fidelity of Implementation: The writing committee will develop a campus-wide writing plan with a timeline for four school-wide writing assessment collection point(quarterly). Evidence: Spreadsheets

12. Plan to Monitor for Effectiveness Administration and the School Improvement Team will collect data (that shows that teachers implemented Six Traits classroom instruction) to determine if progress made by teacher is successful (marked as “continue plan”), questionable (marked as “questionable”) or poor (marked as “not achieved/revision needed”) on a progress monitoring chart posted in the loungequarterly. Evidence: Updated progress monitoring chart posted in the lounge

13. Strategy #3 Use Kagan structures to engage students in effective ELA cooperative learning.

14. Step 1. Teachersuse KAGAN structures to engage students in effective cooperative learning from August 20th to May 2014. Evidence: CWT forms and lesson plans Step 2. Teacherswill be provided opportunity to effectively model KAGAN best practices for colleagues or observe colleagues modeling KAGAN best practices from September through May 2014. Evidence: TDYs, faculty meeting slides, Google Docs, and Sign-in rosters Step 3. Jeremy Centeno, Kagan Coach, willcoach teachers and offer professional development for those who did not attend the summer training monthly. Evidence: Sign-in sheets and lesson plans

15. Monitoring for Fidelity of Implementation: KAGAN-trained teachers lead trainings for peer teachers and offer coaching assistance (ongoing). Evidence: Google Docs. Listing of training opportunities

16. Plan to Monitor for Effectiveness Administration and the School Improvement Team will collect data (that shows that teachers implemented KAGAN classroom instruction) to determine if progress made by teacher is successful (marked as “continue plan”), questionable (marked as “questionable”) or poor (marked as “not achieved/revision needed”) on a progress monitoring chart posted in the lounge(ongoing through daily classroom-walk-throughs. Evidence: Updated progress monitoring chart posted in the lounge

17. Strategy #4 Analyze progress monitoring data to drive instruction.

18. Step 1. Teachersexamine data to note trends and individual needs from August 20th – May 2014. Evidence: Data chat notes Step 2. Teachers use data to determine their next instructional decisionsfrom August through May 2014. Evidence: Lesson plans and reflections Step 3. Students manage their own data to help achieve personal learning goals (ongoing). Evidence: Student data journals, binders, graphs and /or portfolios

19. Monitoring for Fidelity of Implementation Administration Team will meet with individual teachers and grade levels to analyze and interpret data for impact on student achievementmonthly. Evidence: Teacher-generated graphs, analyses and plans

20. Plan to Monitor for Effectiveness Administration and the School Improvement Team will collect data (that shows that teachers implemented data-driven classroom instruction) to determine if progress made by teacher is successful (marked as “continue plan”), questionable (marked as “questionable”) or poor (marked as “not achieved/revision needed”) on a progress monitoring chart posted in the loungemonthly during data chats. Evidence: Updated progress monitoring chart posted in the lounge

21. Plan to Monitor Progress Toward GOAL School Improvement Team uses the criteria of successful, questionable, or poor to decide if the GOAL is being achieved(monthly during the first Wednesday of each month). Evidence: Progress monitoring chart posted in the lounge