TURNER VALLEY SCHOOL 2010/11 Education Plan School Improvement Plan

1. TURNER VALLEY SCHOOL • 2010/11 Education Plan School Improvement Plan Foothills School Division Annual Education Results Report

2. Message from the Administration Team We are pleased to present this vision for the Turner Valley School Community. This plan addresses the goals and aspirations that we have for our students, staff and parents. Our plan is clearly focused on high quality learning for all and excellence in student outcomes, and is supported by our collective beliefs and commitments. Turner Valley School continues to improve because of the exceptional contribution that our staff makes every day and our desire to address the needs that we see as critical to improvement and ultimate success. Rob Bennington – Principal Deb Bearance – Vice Principal

3. Our Vision A community of lifelong learners prepared to succeed in the 21st Century through dynamic and engaging school experiences in a respectful and supportiveenvironment. • Our Mission Each learner, entrusted to our care, has unique gifts and abilities. It is our mission to find out what these are, explore them, develop them, and celebrate them!

4. Annual Education Results Report Accountability Survey P.A.T. Results A.I.S.I Survey WDYDIST Survey

5. ACCOUNTABILITY – Alberta Education Results

13. Skill VS Challenge in LA & Math (WDYDIST SURVEY) Students feel challenged in their work and confident in their skills Fall 2008 27 - Gr 6 Spring 2009 26 - Gr 6 Fall 2009 50 - Gr 4-6 Spring 2010 45 - Gr 4-6 Surveys show continuous improvement in this area.

14. INTELLECTUAL ENGAGEMENT (WDYDIST) Fall 2008 27 Gr 6 Students find their work interesting, enjoyable and relevant. Spring 2009 26 Gr 6 Fall 2009 50 Gr 4-6 Results are consistently higher than the national average. Spring 2010 45 Gr 4-6 Complete Survey

15. Turner Valley – Quantitative Measures

16. Survey Measures (Accountability and Learning Bar Surveys)

17. Survey Measures – cont.

18. Strategic Planning Goals Critical Evidence Best Practices Strategies AISI –Reading improvement Implementation

19. School Community Involvement

20. Research - Informing Teaching Practices

21. AISI Reading Improvement • Our overall goal is to improve reading so that all Div 1 students are reading at grade level by the end of grade 3. For students in grades 4-6 our goal is improved reading fluency and comprehension each year. “It is impossible for a school or district to develop the capacity to function as a professional learning community without undergoing profound cultural shifts”. Rick Dufour

26. TRIP (Tigers Reading Improvement Program) • A 40 minute period in the timetable every day, • dedicated to reading improvement. • Differentiated activities designed to address • the needs of the students. (Tier 1&2 RTI) • 2+ below grade readers get small • group instruction from their teacher. (RTI Tier 2). • Another teacher “pushes in” to support the other students in the class and • works directly with : (1+ grade level below in reading) and • (at grade level) doing targeted literacy activities. • 1+ above grade level work at independent literacy projects. • TRIP is in addition to • Regular Language Arts instruction and activities. (RTI Tier 1) Red Students Yellow Students Green Students Blue Students

27. Collaborating for Improved Student Learning TVS Timetable

28. ASSESSMENT DRIVES DECISIONS Common Assessments DIBELS – (Diagnostic Indicators of Early Literacy Skills) Benchmark Sept., Jan. June. Progress monitoring (Red & Yellow) at 2-3 week intervals through the year. G.R.A.D.E. (Group Reading Assessment and Diagnostic Evaluation) Annual test of Reading Ability.(Administered in May) Reading Instruction Survey (Locally developed survey of teaching approaches). Results informing future instructional planning. Classroom Assessment Checklists Anecdotal Notes Evaluations Weekly Team meetings AISI Team Meetings (Div. 1 and Div 2 meeting every 5-6 weeks. Every student is discussed in each of these meetings.)

29. TARGETS ACHIEVED so far … Our overall target is to improve reading so that all students are reading at grade level by the end of grade 3. For students in grades 4-6 our target is improved reading fluency and comprehension each year. Using formative assessments reading performance was analyzed; areas of weakness were identified and addressed. ALL students improved reading skills. School-wide Grade equivalent reading level increased 1.6 grades in the first year. (G.R.A.D.E. assessemnt). “At risk” (Red & Yellow)student improvement. Total of 43 “at risk” students 4Red to Green 1 Red to Yellow 8Yellow to Green

34. Looking Back & Ahead Review 2009/10goals Refocus –key learning priorities

35. 2009 Goals Professional Learning Communities: Working together in Professional Learning Communities both at the school level and across the division - Ongoing Assessment for and of Learning: Supporting student self-directed learning and understanding and alignment of the process of assessment, evaluation and reporting – Students Achieve Inquiry Lesson Design (design for understanding): Designing open-ended, rigorous, authentic learning opportunities that are enhanced through the integration of technology and meet the diverse needs of all learners – Ongoing – focus on authentic engagement Distributed Leadership: Providing shared leadership opportunities within your school – L.C., Tech guide, Team Meetings etc. Pyramid Response to Intervention: Designing and implementing a PRTI once a professional learning community has been firmly established that administers frequent, common assessments to measure student learning and to target interventions – Focus on Tier 2 & Tier 3 Technology Integration: Designing technology enhanced student learning opportunities to build, share and collaborate around new knowledge. – Ongoing – focus on going deeper with technology.

36. Smart Goals 2010/11 • Goal One – Improve the reading ability of all students so that they read at or above grade level and struggling readers “close the gap”. (We want all students at grade level by the end of grade 3.) • Measures • Decrease in the number of “at risk” readers school wide. (DIBELS & GRADE data). • Grade over grade improvement average greater than 1.0. (GRADE score differential) • Strategies • TRIP time – daily targeted differentiated instruction. • Vocabulary development using word walls, pre-teaching vocab, graphic organizers, FCCR activities. • Home reading program, Pizza Hut , recording reading, echo reading, precision reading, Raz-Kids • Authentic writing activities that improve reading. Presentations

37. Goal Two- Improve the established systematic Response to Intervention RTI system to address struggling readers at the Tier 2 and Tier 3 level. • Measures • Increase the amount of one on one intervention time with “at risk” readers. Teacher notes, LST notes, Precision reading records). • Increase the frequency of monitoring progress to improve alignment of learning targets. (DIBELS progress monitoring booklets). • Strategies • Scheduled progress monitoring for red and yellow. • Precision reading, FCRR activities. • LST assessment responses.

38. Goal Three – Improve the use of formative assessments by students and teachers so that learning is enhanced. • Measures • Exemplars for Languge Arts on display in every classroom . • Vocabulary word walls all subjects in classrooms. • Evidence of use of rubrics (writing – non fiction and narrative) • Increased use of feedback loops (descriptive feedback, second chances etc. • Formative assessment with comments appear in Students Achieve. (S.A.) • Strategies • Use backward design process to align assessment with outcomes. • All teachers use in S.A. comment boxes for at least one formative assessment in each core subject. • Establish word walls. • Use rubrics when appropriate.

39. Celebrations • 100% of our staff believe that we can make a significant difference in the lives of our students with our school improvement effort. • 30% of our “at risk” readers closed the gap by at least one grade level in our first year of TRIP. • We have increased our Grade Equivalent reading level an average of 1.6 grades in our first year. (Group Reading Assessment and Diagnostic Evaluation G.R.A.D.E.).

40. Turner Valley School 21st Century Learners