Academic Team wins District Governor’s Cup
1st Place Quick Recall & 1st Place Future Problem SolvingSponsors: Mrs. Karen O’Daniel & Mrs. Kelly Rawlings
Artist in Residence April 22-23
Focus: Storytelling in grade 3Faculty sponsors: Sarah Martin & Joanna Wright
The “great 3-headed storyteller”
School Improvement Plan Update
IMPLEMENTED:• Literacy training for all staff• Assessment & Rigor training for certified staff• Sharing of reading strategies• Standards-based grading in Math• Parent Night for grades 3, 4, 5• Lesson plan upgrades• Guided literacy groups
IMPLEMENTED (CONT.):• Longer reading passages & timed tests• Reading logs• Vocabulary & comprehension work• Effectiveness survey• Book study (grades 4 & 5) on classroom
expectations• More math application problems• Upgraded technology• Adding lexile levels to books• Tracking student reading lexiles using SRI
STILL TO BE IMPLEMENTED:• Review of Understanding Poverty concepts• Additional training related to reading and
math standards (PD planned for June)• Standards-based Reading• New Reading materials based on new
standards • Work on student motivation• Summer JumpStart program• Book study for teachers in grades K-3
A TEAM OF TEACHERS COLLABORATED AND DISCUSSED THE DOCUMENT IN PLC MEETINGS.
Glasscock Elementary School was selected to complete a Primary Program Review for the 2012-2013 school year.
Strengths in Primary Program Review• Collaboration among teachers on their team or grade levels.• Students have access to and use a variety of equipment and
materials.• RtI decision -making protocol has been established and is
used to make decisions.• Aligned curriculum• Teachers embed multiple and developmentally -appropriate
assessments to monitor progress and guide instruction.• Teachers participate in job-embedded professional
development.• K-3 teachers regularly collaborate with stakeholders (Mock
election, artist in residence, Government Day, Health Department classes, Extension Office, etc)
Areas for Growth• Learning targets are connected to intended
standards.• Instructional strategies vary throughout
the school.• Teachers provide primarily evaluative
feedback. • Communication with parents about the K-3
program.
Strategies to turn Areas of Growth to Strengths• Improving communication with learning targets (posted
targets outside classrooms and inside classrooms, addressed to the students at the beginning and end of lesson, written in child-friendly language)—KASC (KY Association of School Councils) suggestions and tips,
• Instructional strategies vary throughout the school—common lesson planning template, PLCs, acknowledgement of student led, teacher led instructional strategies.
• Teachers provide effective feedback to students—KASC suggestions and tips, collaboration amongst teachers
• Communication with parents about the K-3 program—Planning to update policy, handbook, all grade levels held parent nights explaining their program and standards based grading model.