School Improvement Plan

Mission Statement Beliefs:

• We believe in providing a safe, caring, and positive environment.
• We believe that effective communication is vital to the success of lifelong learners.
• We believe that all students should be responsible, respectful, and caring members of the community.
• We believe that all students can contribute to their own success.

  

 

Target Area		Reading
Improvement Goal		Improve all students' reading comprehension.
Strategies
Improvement Strategies      *  Use Kagan Cooperative Learning to engage and motivate students when teaching reading.      *  Use Summarization strategies to promote students higher level thinking and transfer of learning.      *  Use direct instruction of reading strategies and skills across all curricular areas.                             *  Use direct vocabulary instruction in all curricular areas.
Indicators of Improved Learning (Schoolwide Results)	Actual 05-06 Results	Target 06-07	06-07 Results
ITBS	51.6 NCE	54.0 NCE	52.0 NCE
Informational	82% Proficient	83% Proficient	79% Proficient
Narrative	85% Proficient	87% Proficient	81% Proficient
Fluency	93% Proficient	95% Proficient	93% Proficient
Instructiona Level Assessment	74% Proficient	80% Proficient	79% Proficient

 

Target Area		Math
Improvement Goal		Improve all students' understanding of mathematics.
Strategies
Improvement Strategies      * Use Kagan Cooperative Learning to engage and motivate students when teaching math.      * Use Summarization strategies to promote students higher level thinking and transfer of learning.      * Use a variety of appropriate strategies to solve problems (Use representations to organize, record, and communicate mathematical ideas.)         * Basic computation skills will be reinforced throughout the year.      * Utilize differentiation.
Indicators of Improved Learning (Schoolwide Results)	Actual 05-06 Results	Target 06-07	06-07 Results
ITBS	56.7 NCE	58.0 NCE	57.0 NCE
District Math Assessment	83% Proficient	84% Proicient	86% Proficient

 

Target Area		Writing
Improvement Goal		Improve all students' written communication.
Strategies
Improvement Strategies     *  Use Kagan Cooperative Learning to engage and motivate students when teaching writing.     *  Use Summarization strategies to promote students higher level thinking and transfer of learning.     *  Use the six traits to assess writing across the curriculum.     *  Use the writing process across the curriculum.     *  Teachers will provide connected writing exercises that can be applicable in more than one course (integrated writing).      *  Utilize one day a week for writing during Prime Time, school-wide.
Indicators of Improved Learning (Schoolwide Results)	Actual 05-06 Results	Target 06-07	06-07 Results
District Writing Assessment	78% Proficient	83% Proficient	75% Proficient
State Writing Grade 8	83% Proficient	88% Proficient	91% Proficient