Meetings were held monthly and climate surveys were completed by parents, students, and teachers. District inservice surveys and the Florida School Report were also used to develop the objectives for the 1998-99 school year. The objectives focus on increased student achievement in reading, writing, and math and are supported by objectives in increased use of instructional technology, greater emphasis on health, safety, and discipline, and opportunities for all teachers to participate in appropriate professional development activities. Recognizing that for goals to be effectively accomplished they must be perceived to be achievable, the objectives for goal three have been changed to an annual evaluation of progress where scores are compared to the immediately preceding year. The accumulated growth over three years in reading, mathematics, and writing is now seen as unattainable and the decision was made to move from the 1996 baseline to a 1998 baseline.
School improvement is a continuous process.
The SAC presents this plan as the third year of a three-year program for preparing Westwood students to meet the requirements for productive and successful citizenship in the 21st century. Student Performance Students successfully compete at the highest levels nationally and internationally and are prepared to make well-reasoned, thoughtful, and healthy lifelong decisions. Increase reading proficiency of students at Westwood. Increase writing proficiency of students at Westwood. Increase the number of math labs to focus on real-world problem solving through manipulatives.