Wadsworth

Elementary

School AdvancED/Griffith Public

Schools

Quality Assurance Review

Wadsworth School Leadership

Team

Michelle Lavin, Principal

Brenda Konopasek, KGN

Shelley Zahorsky, 2nd

Marty Jarmula, 5th

Jennifer Cary, K-6 special education

School Improvement Process

Building Leadership Team meets monthly.

If necessary, team meets more often to

complete tasks.

The school improvement process is on-

going.

Staff members are included in on the

decision making process.

School Improvement Process

School improvement plan is reviewed and

updated yearly by the Building Leadership

Team.

Through the continuous process,

Wadsworth identifies and addresses

strengths and weaknesses .

Wadsworth Elementary Mission

The mission of Elsie Wadsworth

Elementary School is to provide

for each student positive learning

opportunities, challenging

educational goals, and models

of respect and responsibility

while nurturing our students within

a safe environment.

Wadsworth Elementary Vision

We envision our school as a place

where we:

Develop academically successful

students; prepared for college and

career readiness

Provide a safe environment for all

students

Promote respect and responsibility

Demographic Data

Free and Reduced Lunch

Free

Reduced

Full Pay

Full Pay

46%

Free

48%

Reduced 6%

Demographic Data

60% 19%

11%

8%

1% 1%

Ethnicity

Caucasian Hispanic

African American Multi-racial

Asian/Pacific Islander American Indian

Number of Teachers/Enrollment

Grade/Class Number of Teachers Grade Level Enrollment

Kindergarten 3 61

1st 2 50

2nd 3 61

3rd 2 51

4th 2 47

5th 2 54

6th 2 49

Special Education/LRE 1 NA

Special Education/ECD 2 39

Special Education Paraprofessionals

3 (1-LRE, 2-ECD)

NA

Title I Interventionists 3 NA

Specials Teachers 3

Total Student Enrollment K-6 374

Enrollment Trend

314

336

355

318

340

374 Enrollment

Support Services for Students

Special Education/NISEC

LRE

Early Childhood Developmental Program

Speech

Title I-support for Tier 2 & Tier 3

8-Step Process

High ability needs met through

differentiated instruction

Support Services for Students

6th grade high ability math students identified and receiving math instruction at GMS

ESL

Weekly visits to the Wadsworth library

Technology 2 mobile lab carts

Computer lab

Programs for student use Study Island

Reading Eggs

DreamBox

Programs for Students

Academic competitions

Math Bowl

Spell Bowl

Science Bowl

Choir

Band

5th & 6th Grade Fitness Girls/Boys

Young Rembrandts

Programs for Students

Student Patrols

Student Council

Pizza Hut Book-It!

Accelerated Reader

Deep River Water Park Reading Program

Six Flags Read to Succeed Reading

Program

Support for Teachers

Professional Learning Communities re-

established for the 2014-2015 school year

Implementation of Learning Log meetings

to support 8-Step

Feedback from classroom observations

and visits

Data coaches

Parent Teacher Council

Notable Achievements

Students:

Student Recognition

Student of the Week

Weekly Attendance Recognition

Honor Roll

Perfect Attendance

Discipline referrals are down for the 2014-

2015 school year

Notable Achievements

Academic:

Curriculum Maps

8-Step Process

RTI Program

Fountas and Pinnell (F &P) Benchmarking

F & P Leveled Literacy Intervention K-2

Implementation of mClass & Acuity

Using data to help drive 8-Step & other instruction

Notable Achievements

Academic continued:

Data Wall implemented for math &

reading

Reading and Math Data Coaches

PLC’s re-established

Technology

Wadsworth IDOE Letter Grade

Wadsworth Elementary has earned a

B for the 2013-2014 school year.

Teachers and staff work together to help our students reach their full potential.

Why did Wadsworth earn a B?

Overall grade 3.25

ELA 2.50 points

ISTEP Performance 76.2%

Math 4.00 points

ISTEP Performance 81.9%

Bonus point in math for high growth

55.2% Top 75% with high growth

Strengths

Building level teams

Data wall

Learning objectives posted in all classrooms

RTI and Target Time

Communication with parents

Support for students

Using data to drive instruction

SMART goals

Opportunities: Goals for

Improvement

Implementation of math data wall

Using data more effectively

Professional development on data

interpretation

Effective use of PLC time

More opportunities for parents to get

involved

Mentoring for new teachers

Required Action Items

Standard 3: Teaching and Assessing for Learning

Teacher mentorship: Design and implement a district-wide mentoring and coaching program for new teachers

Professional Development: Provide on-going training that helps teachers develop a broad range of 21st Century data-driven teaching strategies that actively engage students in learning.

Required Action Items

Standard 5: Using Results for Continuous

Learning

School Improvement: Develop and

implement a comprehensive district-wide

school improvement process