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Sussex Central Middle School Grades 4 - 7. Principal – Adriene Stephenson. Background Information. Enrollment – 371 General Education – 83% SPED – 17% LEP – Less than 1% African American – 75% White – 22% Asian, Hispanic, Native American – 2% each Free/Reduced Lunch – 85%
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Sussex Central Middle SchoolGrades 4 - 7 Principal – Adriene Stephenson
Background Information • Enrollment – 371 • General Education – 83% • SPED – 17% • LEP – Less than 1% • African American – 75% • White – 22% • Asian, Hispanic, Native American – 2% each • Free/Reduced Lunch – 85% • Fully Accredited
Strengths of Transformation • Partnership • Commitment • Vision • Using Data • Shared Lesson Observations with a Focus on Student Learning • Increased Focus on Formative Assessment
Areas of Opportunity • Inconsistency in Teaching Quality and Student Outcomes • Lack of Differentiation in Active Learning • Lack of Rigor in Teacher Evaluation • Identifying Individual Professional Development Needs • Parental and Community Involvement
Addressing the Areas of Opportunity • Increased and improved lesson observations (triangulate with data) • Revision of the teacher evaluation model to lead to more targeted PD • Training on Teacher Strategies (targeted support for reading and math) • PD or training on community involvement leading to strategies to progression
Sig Funds • Resources (White Boards, Promethean Boards, etc…) • Contracted services with External Lead Partner (i.e. Principal coaching, Technology Specialist, job-embedded professional development) • Reading Support Personnel • Incentive Plan - Stipends • After School Programs that provided extended learning opportunities (i.e. 21st Century Learning Communities After School Program)
Barriers during Implementation • Geographic nature of the county has created the following challenges: • Engaging parents in the educational process • Creating and maintaining business partnerships • Connecting the school with external learning resources
Goals for 2012 • Raise Teaching Quality • Set and Reach Challenging Student Performance Targets (AYP) • Establish a Community Forum and Links • Every Student Shows Academic Growth
Plan for LTP Phase Out • Continue to build capacity by continuing implementation of train the teacher model • Continue the development of shared leadership, embed practices and instructional strategies • Continue the current methods of monitoring teacher performance via data meetings, quarterly administration of SOL released tests in all content areas, item analysis to identify student strengths and weaknesses