School Improvement Plan for 2015-16 School: Scofield Magnet Middle School

August 2015

School Improvement Plan:  Literacy (Reading and Writing) 

As you write strategies for Literacy, be sure to include strategies that apply across content areas. Needs Identify needs in the area of reading and writing, based on data. Be specific. 1.ReadingAll content teachers will work together to develop interdisciplinary units aligned with CCSS LSS teachers will work with other content teachers to develop reading strategies aligned to CCSS

Strategies What research based strategies will you use to address the identified needs? Will Alliance funds support these strategies? How? Evidence of Interdisciplinary units of study in classrooms LSS in content area classes teaching reading strategies aligned to CCSS

Adult Activities What will teachers/administrators do to implement the identified strategies? Administrative Team will: Administrative team will directly participate in weekly IDT/PLC meetings that plan and evaluate interdisciplinary units.

Timeline Check () when strategies will occur. Fall Winter Spring 2015 2016 2016 X

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Success Indicators Describe indicators to monitor the implementation and impact of each strategy Analysis of units Focus Walks Exit Slips from Professional development Assessment review

Principal will dedicate faculty meeting time for collaboration in lesson/unit design, Focus Walks, vertical PLC meetings, and review of PLC minutes.

Develop crosscurricular literacy protocols

Common best practices to promote literacy.

LSS will provide professional development in literacy protocols Teachers will: Participate and include administration in PLC meeting to review practice Employ common literacy practices in their classrooms Develop School-wide literacy protocols

2.Writing Content teachers will incorporate argument into their curriculum Exhibition- 8th grade Exit project requirement

Evidence of argument across all content areas: oral debates, presentations and essays that require students to make a claim and use evidence to support All 8th grade students will complete a formal research paper.

LSS will provide PD on school-wide best practices. Administrative Team will: Principal will dedicate faculty meeting time for collaboration in argument lesson/unit design, Focus Walks, vertical PLC meetings, and review of PLC minutes Teachers will: Implement argument strategies across content

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Assessment review.

areas. Define Exhibition- ensure that Exhibition continues to be part of Scofield tradition Teachers will: Support students to select technology topics of individual interest and scaffold the process to ensure that every student complete

School Improvement Plan:  Literacy (Reading and Writing) interventions for Identified Subgroups  

As you write strategies for Literacy, be sure to include strategies that apply across content areas. Needs Identify needs in the area of reading and writing, based on data. Be specific. Align Literacy support classes to

Strategies What research based strategies will you use to address the identified needs? Will Alliance funds support these strategies? How? Increased time on task for ELA curriculum

Adult Activities What will teachers/administrators do to implement the identified strategies? Administrative Team will:

Timeline Check () when strategies will occur. Fall Winter Spring 2015 2016 2016 X

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Success Indicators Describe indicators to monitor the implementation and impact of each strategy PLC/IDT quarterly assessment review

Provide class coverage so literacy can attend team meetings and/or IDT.

district ELA curriculum Regrouping of students 5th grade Literacy Program “Raz Kids.” Develop after school reading support classes for below basic students

Created by the academic team as needed after review of assessments, progress and performance and IDT minutes

Develop sub groups based on skill remediation.

Directly participate in weekly PLC/IDT meetings Teachers will: Collaborate with literacy support to increase student time on task Administration will: Support team autonomy in regrouping Teacher will: Collect and monitor various groupings. Maintain 50/50 split of heterogeneous and homogeneous groupings throughout the school year. Administration will: Support teacher implementation and provide funding

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Hire Read 180- tutor to assist with Read 180 implementation

Small group instruction. Alliance funds will be used for this service

Teacher will: Monitor progress and inform parents.

Academic RecoverySaturday School

Increase time on task and provide resources to support student progress toward work completion. Alliance funds will be used for teacher pay.

Admin team will: Provide funding through Alliance Grant.

Honors Curriculum Pacing guide and assessments

Admin team will: provide funding through PSD grant. Teachers will: offer direct tutoring support. Identify and recommend students to participate and monitor and assess student progress. Admin team will: support teacher autonomy in regrouping decisions

Flexible Scheduling Ongoing rotation of core classes

Teachers will: promote all students with the rigor associated with a true Honors environment Admin team will: support teacher autonomy on scheduling of classes

Improvement of School-wide SRI lexile reading leavels

Improvement in core content grades

Placement into Honors Level courses in high school, achievement on district honors level exams.

Daily Team meetings and weekly PLC/IDT

Teachers will: commit to a regular rotation of flexible scheduling

Students will provide one piece of evidence for one claim in a paragraph

Targeted time on task for students not meeting success

Administrative Team will: Provide PD on differentiated instruction

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Improved student SRI Lexile levels

Improved exhibition paper results.

Implement Reading A-Z for grade 5

Small group instruction for struggling students. Alliance Funds will be used for teacher pay.

Teachers will: Conduct a before/after school program

8th Grade Exhibition Club

Small Group instruction on writing the 8th grade Exhibition research paper. Alliance funds will be used for teacher pay

Admin team will: provide finding throughout Alliance Grant

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Teacher will: provide small group instruction.

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Teacher collaboration

Admin team will: create block schedule. Participate in assessment review.

Create Literacy PLC

Teacher will: agree to common meeting time, and determine norms for meeting practices.

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School Improvement Plan:  Mathematics

Needs Identify needs in the area of mathematics, based on data. Be specific. Math teachers will continue to work with other academic disciplines on incorporating STEM units and lessons aligned with CCSS.

Strategies What research based strategies will you use to address the identified needs? Will Alliance funds support these strategies? How? STEM units embedded into current curriculum and implemented into classes.

Adult Activities What will teachers/administrators do to implement the identified strategies? Administrative Team will: dedicate faculty meeting time for collaboration in lesson/unit design, observed during Focus Walks, vertical IDT meetings, and review IDT minutes.

Timeline Check () when strategies will occur. Fall Winter Spring 2015 2016 2016 X

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Success Indicators Describe indicators to monitor the implementation and impact of each strategy Analysis of units Focus Walks Exit Slips from Professional development Assessment review

Math Tech Exploratory ClassDreamBox/Khan Academy

In the student schedule. Offers more time on task to strengthen math skills.

Teachers will: utilize team planning time to plan STEM units and implementing STEM units. Administrator will: Provide common planning time to align class with pacing guide. Evaluate effectiveness of Study Island program.

Teacher will: share weekly report with academic teacher. Assesses individual math needs of each student.

School Improvement Plan:  Mathematics interventions for Identified Student Groups

Needs Identify needs in the area of mathematics, based on data. Be specific.

Strategies What research based strategies will you use to address the identified needs? Will Alliance funds support these strategies? How? Increase math Increased time on task instruction for and small group targeted sub groups in instruction will math from 45 minutes improve achievement a day to 90 minutes a day.

Adult Activities What will teachers/administrators do to implement the identified strategies? Administrative Team will:

Teachers will:

Timeline Check () when strategies will occur. Fall Winter Spring 2015 2016 2016

Success Indicators Describe indicators to monitor the implementation and impact of each strategy Correlation between success in support classes and success in core content classes. Focus Walk data

Align SRBI classes with district

curriculum Develop school wide literacy protocols for focus walk Regrouping strategies for team level targeted sub groups. Include classroom teacher in weekly SRBI meeting Create Math Support PLC

Adult collaboration improves student achievement.

 

School Improvement Plan:  School Culture     Needs Identify needs based on the Spring 2015 Annual School Climate Survey for your school.

Strategies Refer to suggested strategies from your school’s Spring 2015 Annual School climate Survey. Will Alliance funds support these strategies? How Daily Advisory Promotes school program in grades 6-8 connectedness.

Adult Activities What will teachers/administrators do to implement the identified strategies?

Administrative Team will: Provide extended PD on Advisory

Timeline Check () when strategies will occur. Fall Winter Spring 2015 2016 2016

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Success Indicators Describe indicators to monitor the implementation and impact of each strategy Low discipline, high achievement

Teachers will: Commit to principles stated in Turning Points Maintain use of Create school wide rubric for “engaged learners”

Engagement students have higher level of achievement.

Administrative Team will: Provide staff with list of best practices and new staff with professional reading used to determine best practices.

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Focus walk data

Teachers will: Post list of best practices in class. Participate in focus walks

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End of year schedule count

Flexible Scheduling

Small intervention groups improve achievement.

Administrator/Guidan ce Counselor/Special Education teacher loop

Admin team will: loop Knowledge of student with grade levels from history year to year. Relationship building for parents and students

Daily Team meetings

Daily academic team meetings Parent meeting with whole team Student meeting with whole team Common team meeting

Admin team will: create block schedule Teachers Will: meet daily for the purposes and devise daily schedule for meeting purposes.

Decrease in discipline referrals

Interdisciplinary unit planning, decrease in office disciplinary referrals, high achievement

School-wide team building days

for all exploratory (specials) teachers twice a week

Students, guidance, parents, etc.

Grade level “Survivor Day” AT Fieldtrip Potluck Supper BBQ

Admin team will: support team autonomy in curriculum pacing guide requirements

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Teacher will: Coordinate full day of grade level team building activities. Sister School in China

Identify needs based on chronic absentees reported for your school in 2014-15 1.

What research based strategies will you use to address the identified needs? Will Alliance funds support these strategies? How?

What will teachers/administrators do to implement the identified strategies? Administrative Team will:

Check () when strategies will occur. Fall Winter Spring 2015 2016 2016

Describe indicators to monitor the implementation and impact of each strategy

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