Madison Rose Lane 2012-2013 School

School Improvement Plan

LEA Academic Focus

Mission: ‘Students, Staff, Community—LEARNING FOR ALL’

2011-2012 Rose Lane received a letter grade of ‘A’ and was identified as a ‘Rewards School’ for being both ‘high progressing’ (significant growth of lowest quartile) and ‘high performing’ (significant growth of all students)

School Improvement Plan Overview (5 key areas) Reading Math ELD Student Attendance Parent Involvement

Reading

To improve Reading Achievement from 85% to 87% as measured by AIMS Spring 2013 Scores

Strategies: Maximize CORE Reading Instruction; Small Group; Monitor Data; AIMS web for Resource students

Action Steps: Maximize CORE Reading Instruction; Restructure W2D to focus on skill deficits while also providing independent enrichment support for at and above grade level students; Development of Common Formative Assessments; Progress monitoring/assess weekly; Monthly progress on AIMSweb—1st Grade (pilot year) and SPED only; Quarterly Data Reflections—ALL

Mathematics

To improve mathematics achievement from 73% to 80% meeting or exceeding as demonstrated on the AIMS 2013 Spring Scores

Strategies: Maximize CORE Instruction; Implement homogeneous/flexible grouping; Small group instruction for intensive students; Monitor ongoing data

Action Steps: Minimum of 70 minutes of daily core math time; Monitor weekly progress; Use of Common Formative Assessments; Quarterly Data Reflection—ALL

ELD

To increase proficiency levels from 45% to 48% as evidenced by the 2013 AZELLA Spring scores

Strategies: 4 Hour Block; Ongoing Collaboration between ELD staff; Focus on English Language Acquisition

Action Steps: Progress Monitor weekly; Quarterly Data reflections

Student Attendance

To maintain attendance rate at 95% by May 2013 by using 2012-2013 attendance data

Strategies: Written reminders sent throughout the year (Newsletter); oral reminders at Curriculum Night, Parent Conferences

Action Steps: Celebrations of students with perfect attendance; notices sent home with students with attendance issues; Home visits; use of CUTS for families with significant number of absences

Parental Involvement

To increase parental involvement and opportunities for 2012-2013 by using the parent sign in data sheets

Strategies: General TEAM Meetings provide learning opportunities for parents; Fall & Spring Carnivals; Dine out nights; Principal Coffee Chats; Curriculum Nights; Literacy Night; High level of staff participation in support for Community Building events

Action Steps: Advertise events in advance; post on website; teacher communication; increased use of teacher websites; articulation of student growth/progress

Conclusion

Goals for improvement in areas of Reading, Math, ELD, Student Attendance, and Parental Involvement for 2013

Improvement Process is fluid and flexible Initiatives of PLC, RTI, PBIS, Kindergarten

BUILD Program, 1st and 2nd Grade LEAP, W2D, Identification and Deconstruction of Common Core Standards, Development of Common Formative Assessments for Math/Language, Data Monitoring