1. Target:  87.5  percent of students will meet standard in all strands in Reading as measured by the 2009 MSP, and 90% of students will meet standard in all strands in Reading as measured by the 2010 MSP.



altReading School Improvement Plan 2009-2011


 

 

Target:   87.5  percent of students will meet standard in all strands in Reading as measured by the 2009 MSP, and 90% of students will meet standard in all strands in Reading as measured by the 2010 MSP.

 

S.M.A.R.T. goals

In 2010, 85% of all students will meet standard on the Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) and/or trimester report card grades in reading.

 

DRA Data
                                            
Trimester one
Trimester two
Trimester three
First Grade:
66.6%
74.6%
 
Second Grade:
71.2 %
79.8%
 
Third Grade:
74.7%
78.4%
 
Fourth Grade:
*
*
 
Fifth Grade:
*
*
 
 
*DRA is only given to students not meeting standard in these grade levels as an intervention

 

Skills and Strategies
                                            
Trimester one
Trimester two
Trimester three
First Grade:
56%
66%
73%
Second Grade:
68%
79%
84%
Third Grade:
75%
81%
80%
Fourth Grade:
66%
81%
87%
Fifth Grade:
77%
81%
87%


 

 

Understanding Meaning/Reading Comprehension
                                            
Trimester one
Trimester two
Trimester three
First Grade:
56%
71%
75%
Second Grade:
63%
69%
76%
Third Grade:
64%
74%
68%
Fourth Grade:
59%
78%
84%
Fifth Grade:
48%
64%
75%


 

 
S.M.A.R.T. Processes
S.M.A.R.T. Results
Instructional Leadership Plan (Map)
Resources
Evidence of Implementation: Evidence of

Impact:
Instructional Practices:

(What are we going to do?)
 

Schedule of Activities

(supporting actions)
People/Team Involved
Materials Needed
Budget Required
Are we working our plan?

(What are teachers doing?)
Is our plan working?

(What are students doing? Classroom evidence)
DRA testing and data collection for all students (1st-4th*)

 

-  Follow up training at the building level to determine how to effectively use the data to drive instruction.

 

- Collaborative release time for grade levels/multi-grade neighborhood teams to review, share and plan with data (January/February 2010)
DRA 2 Training in August 2010

 

(*4th and 5th grade teachers get support from administration if needed)

 

 
Classroom teachers, Building leadership team

 

Evelyn McEwen, building administration

 

 

 
DRA 2 materials from district literacy curric. dept.

 

 

 
$120 per teacher/ day for release for 4th and 5th grade teachers (approx. ½ needed per teacher (10) OR internal coverage by specialists/ admin

 

Collaborative release time costs: 5-6 subs, once per month ≈ $650
Teachers, working collaboratively will use DRA reading data to drive small group instruction, focus guided, shared and independent reading instruction Students will be working with staff and participating in meaningful, small, flexible group instruction in literacy, including guided, shared, modeled and independent reading.
Best practice routines (Good Habits, Great Readers) sharing

 
Grade-band meetings to teach several of the best practice routines (Spring of 2010)

 

Schedule and calendar best practice routines and support meetings for the first six weeks of the 2010-2011 school year.  
Classroom teachers, Building leadership team

 
 Use scheduled staff meetings (no cost)

 

 

 
Teachers will begin the first stages of using the GHGR materials in preparation for curriculum implementation in Fall of 2010 Students will be using the best practice routines in Spring of 2010.

 

Students will be able to articulate and exemplify the seven habits of good readers.
Build assessment menu of available tools for use in classroom to check for understanding, fluency, etc.

 

 
January 2010

 

Preparation for GHGR: showing staff what assessments are available in the GHGR materials and how to use them
Building leadership team, grade level teams, Evelyn McEwen (support from Christy Clausen) Current assess. tools, GHGR asses. tools No budgeted costs Teachers will use appropriate assessment tools to collect student data and information to guide instruction. Teachers will also be more ready for the implementation practices in GHGR curriculum for Fall 2010 Students will be participating in a variety of teacher-selected, formative assessments that align with the current reading curriculum adoption.
Develop strategies for meaningful, independent literacy activities

 
(from daily 5 in preparation for GHGR roll out) Feb-Mar 2010)

 

 
Evelyn McEwen, literacy team, building administration Good Habits, Great Readers materials Two 2-hour afterschool meetings for literacy team (2 hours at per diem per teacher) ≈ $550 To increase student performance in guided, shared and independent reading, teachers will use these strategies to support classroom literacy instruction.

 
During small-group guided reading, students not participating in the group will be actively and productively engaged in meaningful literacy activities.

 

 
Teachers will use ideas and understandings found in Regie Routman in Residence- The Reading-Writing Connection to assist students in making deeper connections in literacy.

 

 

 
Extended day professional development sessions focused use of best practices in literacy instruction (September-March)  

Shelley Petillo

 
Regie Routman in Residence- Reading-Writing Connection Program

 
(Purchased with I-728 $ from 2008-2009 funds)

 

Use of staff meetings and extended workdays in 2009-2010 and 2010-2011
Teachers will attend the professional development sessions, complete assignments and readings in preparation for discussion.

 

 

Teachers will share their ideas and thoughts about implementation strategies.
Students will participate in literacy lessons focused on the Optimum Learning Model (“I do, we do, we do, we do, you do”) in literacy lessons.

 

 


 

S.M.A.R.T. = S pecific & S trategic, M easurable, A ttainable, R esults-oriented, T ime-bound.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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