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Shawboro Elementary School Home of the Mustangs. School Improvement Plan Results and Next Steps October, 2009. Smart Goal: K – 2 Literacy As a school in transition, we will maintain our current status or increase our current status of 93% of our K – 2 students scoring proficiency in reading.
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Shawboro Elementary SchoolHome of the Mustangs School Improvement Plan Results and Next Steps October, 2009
Smart Goal: K – 2 Literacy As a school in transition, we will maintain our current status or increase our current status of 93% of our K – 2 students scoring proficiency in reading. Grades 3 - 5 We strive to maintain or increase our reading proficiency by 10%. Results K – 2 Literacy Reading – 91.6% Grades 3 – 5 Reading – 67% (retest 76.6%) Next Steps Provide students with a testing environment free of distractions Compare data from the same group of students in kindergarten, first, and second grades Use data to drive instruction Vertical teaming Voluntary after school tutoring Incorporate The Daily Five and Café into the instructional program Incorporate research based strategies into daily instructional activities State Priority: NC public schools will produce globally competitive studentsSystem Goal: Utilize the PLC structure toSchool Goal: Analyze Data to increase reading proficiency
Smart Goal: K – 2 Literacy As a school in transition, we will maintain or in increase our current level of 93% of our students scoring proficiency in math. Grades 3 – 5 This year, 80% of our students in grades 3 -5 will score proficiency in math. Results K – 2 Literacy Math – 95.1% Grades 3 – 5 Math – 78% (with retest 88.6%) Next Steps Provide students with a testing environment free of distractions Compare data from the same group of students in kindergarten, first, and second grades Used data to drive instruction Vertical teaming Voluntary after school tutoring Incorporate the new math curriculum into Rubicon Atlas Incorporate the new math series into Rubicon Atlas State Priority: NC public schools will produce globally competitive studentsSystem Goal: Utilize the PLC structure to School Goal: Analyze data from common, formative assessments in math
Smart Goal: K – 2 Literacy This year, at least 80% of k – 2 students will score proficiency in writing. Grades 3 – 5 This year, 72% of our students in grades 3 – 5 will score proficiency in writing. Results Writing assessment process changed for the 2008 – 2009 school year. Next Steps Compare last year’s new writing (two On-Demand and two Content) with this year’s writing making sure that we compare students against themselves as well as one year at a grade level to another year at the same grade level. Incorporate writing into all content areas. Vertical teaming (K– 5) State Priority : NC public schools will produce globally competitive studentsSystem Goal: Utilize the PLC structure to School Goal: Analyze data and develop common, formative assessments to increase writing proficiency
Smart Goal: K – 5 Increase communication / collaboration among all staff to increase PLC knowledge to 100% Results 100% of staff members participated in horizontal PLC meetings Next Steps 100% of staff will participate in vertical PLC meetings quarterly (K – 5) Staff members will participate in vertical team meetings with the grade level before and after them. Vertical team meetings (K – 5) State Priority: NC public schools will be led by 21st Century professionals.System Goal: Implement District level trainings to provide all staff with common understanding of district initiatives while supporting trainings identified by PLCsSchool Goal: Utilize PLC Guidelines
Smart Goal: This year, we will decrease office referrals by 25%. Results Number of referrals went from 350 to 245 which is a 30% reduction. Next Steps Study the data to review the categories of referrals so that large number categories can be studied looking for ways to reduce the number of referrals (largest area buses – 136). Studyrepeat offenders and where offenses occur to find ways to remedy the situations. State Priority: NC public schools will be healthy and responsible.System Goal: Implement Positive Behavior Support at all schools.School Goal: Establish a Positive Behavior Support School
Smart Goal: Increase collaboration internally (new staff) and externally (parent volunteers) by the use of PLCs by a minimum of 10% Results Number of volunteers per class continued to average 2/3 per class Next Steps Have each class keep volunteer logs to get a more accurate count. Communication between parents and teachers should include opportunities for parents to participate. State Priority: Leadership will guide innovation in NC public schools. NC public schools will be governed and supported by 21st Century systems.System Goal: Increase parental and community involvement and inputSchool Goal: Establish parental and community involvement and input (internally and externally)
Smart Goals: Increase Smart Board usage to 100% Increase the number of Document Readers to one per grade level which will increase the use of this technology. Results Each teacher invited one of the administrative team members in when they taught a lesson using the Smart Board. From the technology funds and the PTA, each grade level has access to a Document Reader. Next Steps The big project for PTA for the next few years is to purchase Document Readers for each teacher. Increase the number of teachers using Skype. Utilize the new computer lab for whole class projects. State Priority: NC public schools will be governed and supported by 21st Century systems. System Goal: Commit resources required to improve access to technology.School Goal: Increase utilization of resources
Smart Goals: This year, wewill implement a transition time before school ends for kindergarten students to learn something about first grade. We will also implement a transition before school ends for third graders to learn about fourth grade. Results Our transition between kindergarten and first grade was very successful. Kindergarten students got to visit each first grade classroom to see and hear from the teachers at that level. We did not practice the transition between third and fourth grades because we failed to implement this before testing Next Steps We will continue the transition between kindergarten and first grade. We will continue our transition from fifth grade to middle school. We will implement the transition between third and fourth grades before testing starts. We will continue implementing transitions between grade levels until we have all grade levels involved. State Priority: Transitions to 21st Century SchoolsSystem Goal: Support school in creation and implementation of school transition plans, using identified district transition goals and strategies.School Goal: Utilize PLCs to create transitions between certain grade levels