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School Improvement Plan FY 14-18

Coffee County School System Page 1

Coffee High School School Improvement Plan

FY 14-18



Dr. Rowland Cummings

Executive Summary Table of Contents

Executive Summary 3

Mission, Vision, Beliefs, and Strategic Goals 4

Coffee County’s Strategic Goals 5

AdvanceEd Standards 6

Standard 1: Purpose and Direction 7

Standard 2: Governance and Leadership 8

Standard 3: Teaching and Assessing for Learning 9-11

Standard 4: Resources and Support Systems 12

Standard 5: Using Results for Continuous Improvement 13

Academic Performance Objectives 14-18

CCRPI Scores/Performance Flags 19



Executive Summary

Coffee High School is a Title I school located in a rural area between Broxton and Douglas, Georgia. It is the only high

school in the county which serves four major communities of Broxton, Nicholls, West Green, and Ambrose, as well as several

smaller communities. Coffee High has approximately 1469 students in grades10-12 with a 65.6% economically disadvantaged

subgroup.

Coffee High School has steadily made academic achievement gains and has greatly narrowed the achievement gap. Despite

the gains achieved, the school was unable to make Adequate Yearly Progress as determined by the previous NCLB mandate. The

school was always close but the achievement data never reflected the actual strides that were made. With the implementation of the

new College Career Readiness Performance Index (CCRPI) and a new school administrative team the school culture and focus is

now moving in the right direction to maximize student academic achievement to prepare students not to just earn a diploma but to be

college and career ready when they graduate from Coffee High School.

Administration and Leadership

The administration of Coffee High School is committed to student success. The Leadership Team is made up of school administrators,

instructional leaders from each department, counselors, and instructional coaches. The Leadership Team is actively involved in the school

improvement process and uses the Plan-Do-Check-Act structure to monitor school improvement initiatives. The Team is fully operational

according to the High Impact Performance Rubric for school improvement. Building leadership capacity within each department to support the



instructional needs of the school to better meet the needs of all students is a primary focus of the Leadership Team. Our Continuous

Improvement Plan is aligned to the Coffee County’s Strategic Planning Goals as well as the newly revised AdvanceEd (SACS) Standards.

Mission: Destination Graduation for College, Career and Life

Vision: An Equitable and Excellent Education for Every Student

Beliefs: All students can learn

The family plays the most important role in a young child’s life

Children come to school at different levels of readiness

People learn is diverse ways and at different rates

Students’ needs must drive educational decisions

The schools are responsible for educating all children in a safe environment

A relationship exists between expectations and learning

Learning occurs when students are motivated and engaged

Effective teaching promotes learning

Nurturing relationships support learning

Creating a caring culture is key to engaging all learners

Community engagement and support are vital for effective schools

Community share responsibility for educating all children

Community and the state have the responsibility to ensure a viable public educational program



Coffee County’s Strategic Goals

Goal 1: Children entering school ready to learn

Goal 2: A Curriculum that is broad, challenging, relevant, and real for all students

Goal 3: Instructional practices that increase students’ motivation, engagement, and success

Goal 4: A Balanced student assessment system with multiple measures of student learning

Goal 5: High school graduates who are ready for college or career entry and for life itself

Goal 6: Organizational and governance structures that support student learning

Goal 7: A highly reliable and accountable school system that guarantees qualified and effective leaders, teachers,

and support staff throughout the school system

Goal 8: Increased parental engagement and satisfaction and improved community relations

Goal 9: Adequate financial resources expended effectively and efficiently to maximize student learning.



AdvanceEd Standards (SACS)

Standard 1: Vision and Purpose

The school will maintain and communicate, at all levels of the organization, a purpose and direction for continuous improvement that

commits to high expectations for learning as well as shared values and beliefs about teaching and learning.

Standard 2: Governance and Leadership

The school will operate under governance and leadership that promote and support student performance and school

effectiveness.

Standard 3: Teaching and Learning

The school’s curriculum, instructional design, and assessment practices will guide and ensure teacher effectiveness

Standard 4: Documenting and Using Results

The school has resources and provides services in all schools that support its purpose and direction to ensure success for all students.

Standard 5: Resource and Support Systems

The school implements a comprehensive assessment system that generates a range of data about student learning and school

effectiveness and uses the results to guide continuous improvement.



SACS Standard 1: Purpose and Direction Monitored: 10.5.13

Stra

teg

ic

Go

als

Actions, Strategies, and

Interventions

Time Line

Professional

Learning

Cost,

Funding

Source

Person(s)

Responsible

Evaluation of Implementation of

Strategies and Impact on Student

Learning

Artifacts Evidences

6,7 Implement Instructional

Leaders Team meetings to

monitor School Improvement

Initiatives.

August 2013-

June 2014

Instructional

Leaders Summer

Planning

3,000

(title I)

Admin Team

and

Instructional

Leaders

Focus Walks

Data, Meting

Minutes

Team members can

articulate roles and

leadership protocols.

6,7 Select and assign mentors for

new faculty members to

ensure a clear direction for

CHS protocols are shared in an

organized and sequential

manner.

August 2013-

June 2014

Back to School

Meeting

Dr. Joy

Perren

Monthly

documentation

and meeting

minutes

submitted

New teachers know

their assigned mentor

and can locate

needed resources at

the school and

district levels.

Completed



SACS Standard 2: Governance and Leadership

Stra

teg

ic

Go

als


Interventions

Time Line

Professional

Learning

Cost,

Funding

Source

Person(s)

Responsible



Learning

Artifacts Evidences

6 Establish a school governance

council that will assist in

establishing policies and

procedures to promote

continued student growth in all

academic and social areas.

May 2013 Dr.

Cummings

Voting

Ballots,

Parent sign

in sheets

School Governance

Council members can

articulate the school’s

initiatives outlined in

the Continuous

Improvement Plan.

6 School Governance Members

will participate in training

modules.

May 2013-May

2014

Training Modules

to be redelivered

Dr. Perren

Dr.

Cummings

Sign in

Sheets

School Governance

Council members can

articulate roles and

responsibilities of

members.

6 School Governance Council will

meet regularly with Principal.

May 2013-May

2014

Dr.

Cummings

Sign in

Sheets,

Meeting

Agendas

School Governance

Council members can

articulate the school’s

initiatives as outlined

in the CIP, SRG, and

Title I plans.

In Progress

In Progress

In Progress



SACS Standard 3. Teaching and Assessing for Learning

Stra

teg

ic

Go

als


Interventions

Time Line

Professional

Learning

Cost,

Funding

Source

Person(s)

Responsible



Learning

Artifacts Evidences

3,6,

7,9

Academic Coach and Numeracy

Coach will assist teachers in

implementing Common Cores

Standards in all contents and

support Best Practices

instructional strategies.

July 2013-

May 2014

Salaries

(Title I)

Rhonda Dorsey

Sandy Joiner

Sign in

Sheets,

Collaborativ

e minutes,

Redelivery

of

Professional

Learning

Teachers can articulate

the roles of the

academic coaches and

state specific examples

on how they have been

assisted.

2,3,

5

Implement a comprehensive

literacy initiative with the

Striving Readers Grant.

May 2013-May

2016

Scholastic

Inventory

Overview

Online

Professional

Learning

Modules

NA

NA

Sandy Joiner

Sonya Ross

All teachers

Sign in

Sheets

Sign in

Sheets,

Discussion

Logs, Focus

Walk Data

Teachers cans articulate

the purpose and date

data received by using

the SRI three times a

year to access student

Lexiles.

Teaching practices will

include recommended

literacy strategies.

2,3,

5

Implement READ 180 and

System 44 software to support

students reading below 2 or

more grade levels.

July 2013-May

2014

July 2013 CMS SRG Penny Graves

Cindy Papierz

Sign in

Sheet

Classes in

Infinite

Students enrolled in

READ180 and System 44

will improve in reading

comprehension using

In Progress

In Progress

In Progress



Campus SRI comparison data.

E20/20 instructional software

will be implemented to support

students in need of credit

accrual, credit recovery, or

credit repair.

July 2013 June 2013

Title I CR staff

Katrina Burch

Cathy Latham

Erica Downing

Don Joiner

Credit

Repair

Plans, CR

rosters,

After school

rosters


and demonstrate how

to use E20/20 to

support student

learning and academic

achievement.

3,5 Create an Extended Learning

Block for teachers and students

to focus on EOCT courses.

July 2013-May

2014

PL to give an

overview of ELT

(Under

consideration)

Angelique

Austin

Sonya Ross

Sign in

Sheets, ELT

Roster

Teachers and students

can articulate the

2,3,

4,7

Implement Teacher Keys

Evaluation System to support

teacher growth.

Emphasis with:

• Instructional

Framework

• Differentiation

• Assessment Practices

August 2013-

May 2014

PLC to study each

standard in

depth and detail.

Subs to cover

1, 000

(Title I)

Sonya Ross Sign in

Sheets,

Learning

Quick Tips,

Focus Walks

Teachers will articulate

the expectations of

TKES and demonstrate

implementation of

evidences of standards.

7 Creation of a revised Teacher

As Advisors Program

August 2013-

May 2014

Initial PLC to

jump start the

initiative, and

regular

committee

meetings to

monitor progress

of

implementation

NA Angelique

Austin and

Committee

Members

Sign In

Sheets,

Meeting

minutes


the purpose, roles, and

responsibilities of a TAA

program.

5,6 Increase student enrollment

with Dual enrollment

opportunities with Wiregrass

and South Georgia State

August 2013-

May 2014

PL to ensure staff

is aware of

correct

information

NA Rowland

Cunnings

Sonya Ross

Angelique

Sign in

sheet,

meeting

minutes


alike can articulate

information concerning

Dual enrollment

In Progress

On Going

In Progress

Completed



College. when advising

students.

Austin

Chera Ganger

opportunities and how

to locate information if

needed.

2,3,

5

Create gender based Math

classes to support research on

student performance

August 2013-

May 2014

Angelique

Austin

Jared Wood

Lisa Taylor

Class

Rosters

Student

performanc

e data


can articulate the

advantages of gender

based classrooms and

share personal

experiences.

2,3,

4,5,

Increase Advance Placement

course offerings for students to

include AP Chemistry

August 2013 AP Summer

Institute

AP Grant

Sonya Ross

Jessica Baker

Ashley Vickers

Class

Rosters,

Student AP

enrollment

Students can articulate

all AP offerings and

advantages of AP

courses.

2,3,

4,9

Increase the access to

technology:

• 2 Additional computer

Labs

• Vizitech 3D machines

• Additional tablets and

IPads

• Kuta Software (1,000)

• USA TESTPREP (3,000)

• Calculus In Motion

(400)

August 2013

August 2013

May 2013-May

2014

Preplanning 2013

Math and

Science Teachers

SRG

(Title 6b)

SRG

$4,400

(Title I)

Sonya Ross

Technology

Department

Sign in

sheets for

lab/machin

e usage


can articulate how

computer access

supports academic

growth.

3,8 Implement and Monitor a

School Wide Progress

Monitoring Plan to support RTI

process at the secondary level.

August 2013-

May 2014

PL to review

Progress

Monitoring

Protocol

Chera Ganger

Admin

Sign In

Sheets,

Progress

Monitoring

Data


can articulate progress

monitoring process.

Attendees can articulate

Completed

Completed

Completed

In Progress



SACS Standard 4: Resources and Support Systems

Stra

teg

ic

Go

als


Interventions

Time Line

Professional

Learning

Cost,

Funding

Source

Person(s)

Responsible



Learning

Artifacts Evidences

6,7 Utilize effective hiring practices

to secure the highly qualified

teachers to support student

learning.

July 2013-May

2014

Dr. Cummings Hiring forms

and

protocols

followed

Administrators can

articulate the hiring

process and how

effective teaching

staff is secured.

6,7 Share the school budget and

scheduling process with all

stakeholders to include,

faculty, staff, school

governance members, and

parents.

July 2013-May

2014

Dr. Cummings

Angelique

Austin

Sign in

sheets,

informationa

l handouts

All stake holders can

articulate the budget

and scheduling

process of the school.

Professional

Learning

Conferences to

support RTI

Professional

Learning

Funds

selected Updated

information

on current

RTI

practices

RTI process and any

update information at

the state level.

On going



SACS Standard 5: Using Results for Continuous Improvement

Stra

teg

ic

Go

als


Interventions

Time Line

Professional

Learning

Cost,

Funding

Source

Person(s)

Responsible



Learning

Artifacts Evidences

3,4 Organize EOCT Extravaganza

for students Exceeding EOCT

test

Organize EOCT Blitz for review

and remediation

Fall 2013

Spring 2014

$2,500

Various

funds

3,000 (Title I)

Academic

Recognition

Committee

List of

student

participants,

pictures of

celebration

Teachers and

students can

articulate the purpose

of EOCT Extravaganza.

2,3,4 Compile and analyze data from

AP, EOCT, GHSWT, and EOPs.

July 2013-May

2014

All Teachers Data Charts

and SMART

Goals

Teachers and

students can

articulate testing

strengths and

weakness of the

school. On going



Measure 1: In each year of the charter term, the Charter System will Meet or Exceed the State Performance Targets for all subjects on

all Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (CRCTs), all End Of Course Tests (EOCTs) and all other minimum requirements as set by the

Department. (Data Source: SDLS as of October 1, 2013)

SMART GOAL: for All Students: The percent of students scoring meet and exceed on all EOCT test will meet or exceed the State

target listed.

EOCT FY13 FY14 (Baseline) FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18

CHS

Target CHS Target CHS Target CHS Target CHS Target CHS Target

9th

Lit 75 85 86.7 88.1 89.6 91.1

Am Lit 88 90 90.8 91.8 92.8 93.9

Biology 75 74 77.0 79.5 82.1 84.7

Economics 76 78 79.5 81.8 84.1 86.4

Coor. Alg. 56 Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set

Math ll 49 62 67.9 71.5 75.0 78.6

Phys Sc 55 81 81.3 83.3 85.4 87.5

US History 56 71 73.8 76.7 79.6 82.5

Goal 1: The Charter System will demonstrate improvement as defined by Georgia requirements and the Elementary and Secondary

Education Act, as amended.



Measure 2: The Charter System shall Meet or Exceed the state EXCEEDS averages on the CRCT and EOCT by subject and grade.

(Data Source: System/School Summary Reports/SLDS October 1, 2013)

SMART GOAL: for All Students: The percent of students scoring Exceeds on all EOCT test will meet or exceed the State target listed.

EOCT

EXCEEDS

FY13 FY14 (Baseline) FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18

System

State System State System State System State System State System State

FC

9th

Lit 82 86

Coor Alg 36 33

Phy Sc 85 82

CHS

9th

Lit 20 38

Am Lit 22 33

Biology 33 34

Phy Sc 11 47

Economics 31 37

US History 22 38

Math II 1 9

Measure 1: In each year of the charter term, the Charter System will Meet or Exceed the State Performance Targets for graduation rate using the

Department’s cohort-based calculation

Measure 2: If in any year of the charter term, the Charter System fails to Meet or Exceed the State Performance Target for graduation rate, each

year thereafter, the Charter System shall reduce the percentage of students not graduating by an amount equal to 10% of the difference between

the current graduation rate and 100%. The Charter System shall use the Department’s cohort-based calculation to establish the current graduation

rate.

Goal 2: The Charter System will demonstrate that all students are college and career ready.



To Calculate: (100-Current Grad Rate*(.1)= Target percentage to reduce not graduating

Number of Students: Target Percentage * Total potential graduates

GR FY13 FY14 (Baseline) FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18

System Target System Target System Target System Target System Target System Target

85.2 86.7 88.1 89.6 91.1

Measure 3: From a baseline established in Year 1 of the charter term (2013-2014), the Charter System will increase the percentage of graduates

earning high school credit(s) for accelerated enrollment via at least one of the following options Accel, Dual HOPE Grant, Move On When Ready,

Early College, Gateway to College, Articulated Credit, Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses by 5% each year.

Accelerated

Enrollment


System Target System Target System Target System Target System Target System Target

Dual

Enrollment

AP

enrollment

Measure 4: In each year of the charter term, the Charter System will increase the number of students seamlessly entering

colleges and technical schools by 5% and decrease the percentage of students needing Learning Support (LS) by 3% each year as

measured through the National Student Clearinghouse data and the Georgia Student Finance Commission.

Number

Entering

College and

Tech Schools


System

Target

System

Target

System

Target

System

Target

System

Target

System

Target

College

Tech School

Supported



Measure 3: From a baseline established in Year 1 of the charter term (2013-2014), the Charter System will increase the percentage of

students scoring in the Meets or Exceeds categories on the 5th, 8

th and 11

th grade Writing Tests. If the baseline percentage is below 90%,

the Charter System will increase by 2% each year up to 90%. If the baseline is 90% or above, then the Charter System will increase by

1% each year up to 95%. Once 95% of students are Meeting or Exceeding by grade, the Charter System will maintain that performance SMART GOAL: for All Students: The percent of 11

th grade students scoring meet and exceed on the Georgia High School Graduation

test will meet or exceed the State target listed.

Writing FY13 FY14 (Baseline) FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18

System State System Target System Target System Target System Target System Target

Gr 5 89 79

Gr 8 82 82

Gr 11 86 90 90

Measure 4: From a baseline established in Year 1 of the charter term (2013-2014), the Charter System will increase the percentage of

students scoring in the Exceeds category on and 11th

grade Writing Tests. If the baseline percentage is below 50%, the Charter System

will increase by 2% each year up to 50%. If the baseline is 50% or above, or once 50% of students are Exceeding by grade, the Charter

System will increase by 1% each year thereafter.

SMART GOAL: for All Students: The percent of 11th

grade students scoring Exceeds on the Georgia High School Graduation test will

meet or exceed the State target listed.

Writing

EXCEEDS



Gr 5 10 13

Gr 8 7 6

Gr 11 8 10

Goal 3: The Charter System will increase student performance of all students so that all students are high performing.



Measure 1: From a baseline established in Year 1 of the charter term (2013-2014), each year thereafter the Charter System shall

increase the average total SAT score of the district by a minimum of 0.4 percent.

SMART GOAL: for All Students: The percent of students taking SAT will increase their Mean score to meet or exceed

State target in the areas of Critical Reading, Mathematics, and Writing.

SAT Mean

Scores



Test Takers 190 72,119

Critical

Reading

446 490

Mathematics 444 487

Writing 426 475

Measure 2: From a baseline established in Year 1 of the charter term (2013-2014), each year thereafter the Charter System shall increase

percentage of students taking either the SAT or ACT by 2%.

SMART GOAL: for All Students: The percent of students taking ACT will increase to meet or exceed

State target composite scores in each area.

Goal 4: The Charter System will increase performance on national assessments.

ACT FY13 FY14 (Baseline) FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18

System Target Benchmark

System Target System Target System Target System Target System Target

Test

Takers

56 48,505

English 17.6 20.2

(18)

Math 19.1 20.3

(22)

Readiing 19.4 21.2

(22)

Science 18.9 20.5

(23)

Total

Composite

18.9 20.7



Coffee High School’s CCRPI Scores/Performance Additional Data

SMART GOAL: for All Students: The percent of Advance Placement students scoring 3 or highest on AP Exam from 42% in 2013 to

50% in 2014.

Advance

Placement



Test Takers 139 142,014

3,4,& 5 42% 55%

AP Gov 61% 48%

AP US History 44% 53%

AP Economics 21% 54%

AP Literature 25% 53%

AP Language 28% 53%

AP Biology 50% 59%

AP Calculus 69% 51%





Focus Dates Person(s) Responsible School Based

Professional

Learning 2013-2014

Striving Readers Grant Implementation

• SRI Training

• Literacy Modules

• Building Background Knowledge October 29th

• Building Vocabulary November 7th

• Building Vocabulary November 21st

Second Semester TBA

August 5, 2013

November-May

2013/14

Sandy Joiner

Joiner, Ross, Austin

Teacher Keys Effectiveness System

• Overview Standards 1-5

• Overview Standards 6-10

September 17,

2013

September 24,

2013

Ross, Austin, Cummings

Differentiation:: Impacting Student Achievement

• Standard 4 Differentiation

• Differentiation with the Core In Mind

October 23,

2013

October 23,

2013

Dr. Victor Wolfe

RESA Team: Ross, Austin,

Dorsey, Womack,

Crawford, Vaughn,

Effective Data Analysis

• Designing School Wide Assessment Tools

October 10,

2013

Ross

Common Core implementation

“Getting It Write” webinar

September 12,

2013

Technology Integration to Support TKES

• Google Docs

November 14,

2013

Jessica Baker

Striving Reader’s Grant Implementation

Module

Sandy Joiner



Purpose Planning for Differentiation Redelivery

Day 1: Definition, what it is, what it is not, expectations

(TKES and walk thru form) environment

Day 2: Assessments (focus on formative)

Day 3: Strategies and management

Next year focus on Learning styles and diagnostics

February 5, 19,

March 5, 2014

Sonya Ross

Angelique Austin

Jessica Baker

Rhonda Dorsey

Erica Downing

Suzanne Wade

Documents

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