School Improvement Plan 2014-2015 2013-2014 through 2014-2015 School Improvement Plans remain in effect for two years, but a School Leadership Team may amend as often as necessary or appropriate. Draft Due: September 26, 2014 Final Copy Due: October 24, 2014 Allenbrook Elementary Contact Information School: Allenbrook Elementary School Courier Number: 308 Address: 1430 Allenbrook Drive Phone Number: 980-343-6004 Charlotte, NC 28208 Fax Number: 980-343-6115 Learning Community Project LIFT School Website:
Strategic Plan 2018: For a Better Tomorrow Goal 1: Maximize academic achievement in a personalized 21st-century learning environment for every child to graduate college- and career-ready Four focus areas: College- and Academic growth/high academic achievement Access to rigor Closing achievement gaps Goal 2: Recruit, develop, retain and reward a premier workforce Five focus areas: Proactive recruitment Individualized professional development appraisals Multiple career pathways Leadership development Goal 3: Cultivate partnerships with families, businesses, faith-based groups and community organizations to provide a sustainable system of support and care for each child Goal 4: Promote a system-wide culture of safety, high engagement, cultural competency and customer service Five focus areas:
Three focus areas: Family engagement Communication and outreach Partnership development Physical safety Social and emotional health High engagement Cultural competency Customer service Goal 5: Optimize district performance and accountability by strengthening data use, processes and systems Four focus areas: Effective and efficient processes and systems Strategic use of district resources Data integrity and use School performance improvement Goal 6: Inspire and nurture learning, creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship through technology and strategic school redesign Four focus areas: Learning everywhere, all the time Innovation and Strategic school
1. Master Schedule: Create Master Schedule allowing duty-free instructional planning for every teacher for 75 minutes twice a week and 45 minutes three times a week Implement 30 minute planning time for each Connect teacher daily and two 60 minute planning times per week. Principal (Bonasera) Admin. (Bonasera, Copeland) Master Schedule Classroom observations Team Minutes N/A Classroom Teachers Connect Teachers MCLs Admin Sept.-June 2. Arrange Class Coverage: Connect team covers classroom teachers four times per week for 45 minutes. Connect team covers dismissal four times per week for 15 minutes. Principal (Bonasera) Admin. (Bonasera, Copeland) Master Schedule Classroom observations Team Minutes N/A Classroom Teachers Connect Teachers MCLs Admin Sept.-June 3. Maximize learning effectiveness through training grade level chairs Planning/Data meetings Establishing planning agendas Effective leadership strategies Curriculum “deep dives” with MCLs Principal (Bonasera) Admin. (Bonasera, Copeland) Team Norms Team Agendas Admin. Meetings Observational Data N/A Classroom Teachers Connect Teachers MCLs Admin Sept.-June
4. Establish other means of communication The Buzz- online staff newsletter Sending emails instead of conducting meetings Google Docs—coaching comments, collaboration Principal (Bonasera) Admin. (Bonasera, Copeland) ILT (Roper, Ramadan, Zaremba, Potts, Conlon, Leslie) Copies of the weekly staff newsletters Copies of the Google Coaching document N/A Admin Sept.-June
Suspension Rates Strategies (determined by what data) Task Task Task (PD) Point Person (title/name) Evidence of Success (Student Impact) Funding (estimated cost / source) Personnel Involved Timeline (Start—End) Interim Dates 1. Bully Liaison / Bully-prevention School leadership training: school leadership is aware of CMS district wide plan, provided with the Safety and Respect of All BP manual, and provided with train-the-trainer materials. School Staff training: School leadership will provide information to all teachers and support staff selected by principal regarding the district-wide program, school efforts and BP awareness. Discipline/Behavior Committee: encompasses character education and anti-bullying curriculum Admin. (Bonasera, Copeland) Counselor (Medley) BMT (Oliphant) Student Services Team (SST) will lead bullying prevention efforts of Allenbrook Elementary School Staff will have an understanding of Allenbrook’s bullying prevention efforts and expectations. Discipline/Behavior committee establishes clear objectives as indicated in the CMS district plan N/A Principal (Bonasera) Admin. (Bonasera, Copeland) SST (Medley, Oliphant, Curran, Allen) SLT Members Discipline/ Behavior Committee Sept.-June
2. Character Education Guidance conferences Intervention time: character education curriculum is mandated school wide every day for the first two weeks, and continuing character education lessons/teaching points are developed through the discipline committee. Implement monthly character traits Admin. (Bonasera, Copeland) Guidance Counselor (Medley) BMT (Oliphant) Lesson plans Classroom observations Bulletin board of Character Trait winners N/A Principal (Bonasera) Admin. (Bonasera, Copeland) Guidance Counselor (Medley) BMT (Oliphant) Sept.-June 3. Healthy Active Child 30 min. Implement moderate to rigorous 30 minute structured physical activity daily in all classroom schedules Implement 45-60 minutes per week with the certified PE teacher PE teachers will support classroom teachers by Principal (Bonasera) Admin. (Bonasera, Copeland) PE Teachers (Aitchsion) Classroom Schedules Classroom observations Master Schedule N/A Principal (Bonasera) Admin. (Bonasera, Copeland) PE Teachers (Aitchison) Sept.-June
providing guidance and ideas on activities and athletic equipment 4. School Health Team Establish a school Health Advisory Committee-Action for Healthy Eating The committee plans, implements, and monitors the implementation of the healthy food plan The committee will meet monthly The committee will be include the following members: School Nurse Cafeteria Mgr. Parent Classroom Teacher Administrator Social Worker Principal (Bonasera) Admin. (Bonasera, Copeland) School Nurse (Satterfield) Cafeteria Manager (Horton) Social Worker (Curran) Minutes from the committee meetings Schedule of Meetings N/A Principal (Bonasera) Admin. School Nurse (Satterfield) Cafeteria Manager (Horton) Sept.-June
SMART Goal (4): z Strategic Plan Goal: Strategic Plan Focus Area: Navigator Pathway: ▢ Enter Kindergarten ready ▢ Advanced Reading in K-2 ▢ At/Above Grade Level in Reading/Writing Grade 3 ▢ At/Above Grade Level in Reading/Writing Grade 7 ▢ At/Above Grade Level in Math Grades 3-5 ▢ Successful completion of Math I in grade 9 ▢ Take and pass at least 1 AP/IB/Post-Secondary class & exam ▢ Score 1550 on SAT or 22 on ACT Data Used: Strategies (determined by what data) Task Task Task (PD) Point Person (title/name) Evidence of Success (Student Impact) Funding (estimated cost / source) Personnel Involved Timeline (Start—End) Interim Dates SEE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT/ INDISTAR
SMART Goal (5): Strategic Plan Goal: Strategic Plan Focus Area: Navigator Pathway: ▢ Enter Kindergarten ready ▢ Advanced Reading in K-2 ▢ At/Above Grade Level in Reading/Writing Grade 3 ▢ At/Above Grade Level in Reading/Writing Grade 7 ▢ At/Above Grade Level in Math Grades 3-5 ▢ Successful completion of Math I in grade 9 ▢ Take and pass at least 1 AP/IB/Post-Secondary class & exam ▢ Score 1550 on SAT or 22 on ACT Data Used: Strategies (determined by what data) Task Task Task (PD) Point Person (title/name) Evidence of Success (Student Impact) Funding (estimated cost / source) Personnel Involved Timeline (Start—End) Interim Dates SEE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT/ INDISTAR SMART Goal (6): Strategic Plan Goal: Strategic Plan Focus Area: Navigator Pathway: ▢ Enter Kindergarten ready ▢ Advanced Reading in K-2 ▢ At/Above Grade Level in Reading/Writing Grade 3 ▢ At/Above Grade Level in Reading/Writing Grade 7 ▢ At/Above Grade Level in Math Grades 3-5 ▢ Successful completion of Math I in grade 9 ▢ Take and pass at least 1 AP/IB/Post-Secondary class & exam ▢ Score 1550 on SAT or 22 on ACT Data Used:
exam Data Used: Strategies (determined by what data) Task Task Task (PD) Point Person (title/name) Evidence of Success (Student Impact) Funding (estimated cost / source) Personnel Involved Timeline (Start—End) Interim Dates 1. Common assessments Pre and post assessments created, in School Net or other, aligned to objective MCLs (Roper, Ramadan, Zaremba, Potts, Conlon) Student achievement growth on assessed objectives N/A Teachers EC Teachers MCLs (Roper, Ramadan, Zaremba, Potts, Conlon) Admin (Bonasera, Copeland) Sept.-May 2. Data disaggregation Process of monitoring student achievement by objective in order to facilitate remediation/ MCLs (Roper, Ramadan, Zaremba, Potts, Conlon) Admin Action plan will be developed and implemented Intervention Team referral decrease N/A Teachers EC Teachers MCLs (Roper, Sept.-June
intervention plans (i.e. RTI). (Bonasera, Copeland) Ramadan, Zaremba, Potts, Conlon) Admin (Bonasera, Copeland) 3.Flexible grouping Process of grouping students according to academic need by objective MCLs (Roper, Ramadan, Zaremba, Potts, Conlon) Student achievement growth N/A Teachers MCLs (Roper, Ramadan, Zaremba, Potts, Conlon) Sept.-June 4. Additional learning opportunities: Process of holding students accountable for learning via re-teaching , and assigning a final value (i.e.84%) MCLs (Roper, Ramadan, Zaremba, Potts, Conlon) Admin (Bonasera, Copeland) Student achievement growth N/A Teachers EC Teachers MCLs (Roper, Ramadan, Zaremba, Potts, Conlon) Sept.-June
5. Late and make-up work School expectations for holding students accountable for completing assignments MCLs (Roper, Ramadan, Zaremba, Potts, Conlon) Students will be held accountable for their learning Increase in completion rate of assignments N/A Teachers EC Teachers MCLs (Roper, Ramadan, Zaremba, Potts, Conlon) Sept.-June 6. Grade Reporting: Set expectations for the timeliness of recording grades in PowerSchool (initial grades and final grades after retest if applicable) MCLs (Roper, Ramadan, Zaremba, Potts, Conlon) Admin (Bonasera, Copeland) Increase of parental involvement N/A Teachers EC Teachers MCLs (Roper, Ramadan, Zaremba, Potts, Conlon) Admin (Bonasera, Copeland) Sept.-June