2006-2007 School Improvement Plan: Deer Crossing Elementary School


School Improvement Plan of: Deer Crossing Elementary                                                                  
System Goal 1: All students will demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to meet graduation standards and achieve their potential.
Specific Measurable Objective: The percentage of students exiting each grade level meeting or exceeding enrolled grade level standards in language arts

Action Plan/Strategies

 

Personnel Responsible

Timeline

 

Formative

Milestones

 

Implement Voluntary State Curriculum standards and indicators

 

Communicate information and ideas effectively using technology

 

Locate, evaluate, collect, and organize information from electronic resources (e.g. encyclopedias, library catalog, selected Internet sites, periodical databases)

Continue to use diagnostic tools to determine proficiency at grade level standards, including curriculum assessments, MSA, SAT-10

 

Provide professional development in FCPS curriculum, assessments, and resources

 

Differentiate instruction within classes based on ongoing assessment

 

Provide additional extension opportunities for all students including Special Education, FARM, and African American subgroups

 

Educate parent/community about the changes and expectations of the essential curriculum and communicate parent responsibilities for reinforcing grade-level expectations

 

Classroom teachers, special educators

Technology Coordinator, Media
Specialist, Classroom Teachers, Special Education Teachers

Technology Coordinator
Media Specialist

Reading Team
Classroom Teachers
Special Education Team

 

Reading team

 

Classroom Teachers
Special Education Team

 

Classroom Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Administration, Parent volunteers

Administration
Reading Team
Literacy committee

 

August ’06 – June ‘07

August ’06  - June ‘07

 

August ’06 – June ‘07

Ongoing

 

 

September ‘06 -June ‘07

Ongoing

 

Ongoing

 

 

September ‘06 -June ‘07

 

Student Work

 

Student Work

 

Student Writing

 

 

 

Teacher Survey

 

 

 

 

 

Parent Survey, Newsletter

 

Summative Evaluation (Evidence to support progress toward achievement of system goal)

Analyze, on an annual basis, the following information:

  • Grade level standards - the percentage of students meeting or exceeding the enrolled grade level standards
  • State assessments - the percentage of students meeting advanced and proficient level on CRT portion of MSA
  • Classroom implementation via formal and informal observations by administration

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School Improvement Plan of: Deer Crossing Elementary
System Goal 1: All students will demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to meet graduation standards and achieve their potential.  Provide programs and services to meet diverse needs of all students.
Specific Measurable Objective: Reduce the number of students not meeting enrolled grade standards.

Action Plan/Strategies

 

Personnel Responsible

Timeline

 

Formative

Milestones

 

Provide professional development for teachers on the identification and writing of ILP’s

Continue to develop Individual Learning Plans (ILP’s) for every student in grades one through five not meeting enrolled grade and/or readiness standards, or who are not demonstrating adequate progress toward graduation.

Monitor student progress on ILP goals

 

Provide specific intervention in for all students at risk.

 

 

 

Evaluate resources, materials and alternative instructional programs used to support students in achieving IEP goals and objectives

 

Continue to implement research based programs to support students in attaining mastery of IEP goals

 

 

Reading Team

 

Reading Team
Classroom Teachers
Guidance Counselor

Classroom Teachers
Reading Team
Administration

Classroom Teachers, Administration, Special Education Teachers, Instructional Assistants, Parent volunteers, Targeted Reading Team, Targeted Math Team

Special Education Team
Reading Team
Administration

Special Education Team

 

 

 

On-going

 

Quarterly Review Meeting

 

Ongoing

 

 

 

Ongoing

 

Ongoing

 

 

Parent Conferences

 

Quarterly Assessments, Running Records, Benchmarks

 

 

Informal evaluation of programs

 

 

Quarterly Progress reports

 

Quarterly Progress reports, Ongoing mastery assessments, curriculum assessments

 

Summative Evaluation (Evidence to support progress toward achievement of system goal)

Analyze, on an annual basis, the following information:

  • Grade level standards - the percentage of students meeting or exceeding the enrolled grade level standards
  • State assessments - the percentage of students meeting advanced and proficient level on MSA
  • IEP goals and objectives

 

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School Improvement Plan of: Deer Crossing Elementary
System Goal 1: All students will demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to meet graduation standards and achieve their potential.
Specific Measurable Objective: The percentage of students exiting each grade level meeting or exceeding enrolled grade level standards in mathematics.

Action Plan/Strategies

 

Personnel Responsible

Timeline

 

Formative

Milestones

 

Provide professional development in mathematical thinking and communication

 

 

Implement flexible semi-heterogeneous grouping model in math classrooms

Evaluate and explore alternative models for providing special education services in mathematics

 

 

Implement strategies to increase understanding and application of number sense, mental math, logic, problem solving, and reasoning

Monitor student performance and placement.  Discuss strengths and weaknesses at quarterly grouping meetings.  Provide parents with results of quarterly facts test.

 

Continue use of manipulatives as a means to foster mathematical thinking

Promote use of written communication in math to explain processes and demonstrate understanding

Utilize Examview software to provide opportunities for Selected Responses (SR), Content Responses (CR), and Brief Constructed Responses (BCR) in instruction, homework, and assessments

Utilize and incorporate technology to foster mathematical thinking and communication, to include additional math software

 

Implement math investigation projects for math night

 

Grade Level Teams K-5, Assistant Principal,  Math Committee,  Math Specialist,  Support Team

 

Classroom Teachers 1-5

Special Education Team
Targeted Math Specialist
Administration
Classroom Teachers
Instructional Assistants

 

Grade Level Teams K-5

 

Grade Level Teams, Administration, Support Team member

 

Grade Level Teams K-5

Grade Level Teams K-5

 

Grade Level Teams 1-5

 

Grade level Teams K -5
Technology Coordinator
Targeted Math Team

Team 5, Math committee

 

Ongoing

 

 

August ’06- June ‘07

August ‘06 – June ‘07

 

Ongoing

 

Quarterly

 

 

Ongoing

Ongoing

 

Ongoing

 

Ongoing

 

Annually

 

Teacher Survey

 

 

 

MSA Math Scores

 

 

 

 

Quarterly Skills Assessment/Facts Test

 

 

 

Quarterly Assessments and work samples

 

 

Summative Evaluation (Evidence to support progress toward achievement of system goal)

Analyze, on an annual basis, the following information:

  • Grade level standards - the percentage of students meeting or exceeding the enrolled grade level standards
  • State assessments - the percentage of students meeting advanced and proficient level on MSA
  • Classroom implementation via formal and informal observations by administration

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School Improvement Plan of: Deer Crossing Elementary                                                                  
System Goal 2:  All schools will be safe and inviting with a climate that fosters learning and character development.
Specific Measurable Objective: DCES will maintain and/or improve attendance, decrease referral rates, and foster positive attitudes as measured by Character Counts.

Action Plan/Strategies

 

Personnel Responsible

Timeline

 

Formative

Milestones

 

Provide opportunities for students to participate in extracurricular and co-curricular service activities such as Empty Bowls Banquet, Jump Rope for Heart, Martin Luther King Award, Disability Awareness Week, Patrols, Student Ambassadors

 

Present programs to sensitize students to the needs of others in an effort to reduce negative behaviors such as bullying and discrimination

Provide continued awareness to the needs of diverse populations and learners by continuing to implement Ruby Payne training

  • Continue to foster significant staff/student mentor relationships

Foster positive actions by rewarding/promoting desired behaviors:

  • “Gotcha”
  • Modeling and promoting “Character Counts”
  • Social Skills groups/lunch bunch

Initiate proactive discipline measures:

  • Monitor blue slips
  • Identify/implement proactive interventions
  • Clarify pre-referral steps

Continue to update and refine school emergency plans

Continue to monitor and improve individual attendance

  • Call parents
  • Conference with students, parents
  • Distribute brochures clarifying attendance policies and procedures
  • Send letters to parents of students with significant absences
  • Communicate with Pupil Personnel Worker

 

Classroom Teachers, Reading Specialist, Administration, counselor, Multicultural/
Character Counts Committee

PTA, Counselor, Staff

 

Staff

 

Staff, Administration, Counselor, Speech Pathologist

 

 

Staff, Administration

 

 

Safety/Discipline Committee

 

Staff, Administration, Pupil Personnel Worker, CASS

 

Ongoing

 

 

Ongoing

 

August ’06 -
June ‘07

Ongoing

 

 

Ongoing

 

 

Ongoing

 

Ongoing

 

Increased Participation

 

Reduction of bullying and discriminatory acts

 

 

 

 

 

Reduction in referrals

 

 

 

Increase in attendance

 

 

Summative Evaluation (Evidence to support progress toward achievement of system goal)

Analyze, on an annual basis, the following information:

  • Number of referrals and repeat offenders
  • Attendance rates for school and individuals

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School Improvement Plan of: Deer Crossing Elementary
System Goal 3: All employees will be highly qualified, motivated and effective.
Specific Measurable Objective:  Provide ongoing differentiated staff development.

Action Plan/Strategies

 

Personnel Responsible

Timeline

 

Formative

Milestones

 

Establish a school calendar that provides adequate, flexible and predictable time for staff development and instructional planning

Offer staff development strands based on grade level curriculum needs and team goals

Train and support all teachers new to DCES in established methodologies and DCES culture and focus

 

Provide mentors for all non-tenured teachers

 

Provide curriculum training and updating for teachers and building administrators

 

 

Administration, Reading Team, Staff trainers

Reading Team, Math Specialist

 

Administration, Reading Specialist, Staff Trainers, Team leader and teams

Support team, Administration, Team leaders and team,
Reading Specialist

Curriculum Specialist, Reading Specialist, Support Team, LA/Math Targeted Intervention Team

 

August ‘06- June ‘07

Ongoing

 

Ongoing

 

Ongoing

 

Ongoing

 

 

 

Teacher survey

 

Teacher feedback

 

Instructional Delivery Observation

 

 

Summative Evaluation (Evidence to support progress toward achievement of system goal)

Analyze, on an annual basis, the following information:

  • Staff perceptions of system and school performance, training needs and working conditions through the School Performance Indicators
  • Classroom implementation via formal and informal observation by administration

 

 

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School Improvement Plan of: Deer Crossing Elementary
System Goal 4:  All sectors of the community will be engaged in the education of our children.
Specific Measurable Objective:  Increase the parent, school and community communication as outlined in the FCPS Family and Community Involvement document, Goal 1.

Action Plan/Strategies

 

Personnel Responsible

Timeline

 

Formative

Milestones

 

Increase community volunteers in supporting classroom instruction

 

Provide training for classroom volunteers of best practices to support classroom instruction

Continue to provide parents with opportunities to share leadership and/or
decision-making through:

  • Bi-monthly PTA meetings
  • Representation on SIT
  • Representation on committees
  • Parent conferences
  • Communicate with parents via email
  • Cultural Arts
  • Comments and suggestions box

Continue to engage staff, students, parents and community members in extra-curricular activities that extend and enrich their learning opportunities

    • Winter Reading Celebration
    • Math Night
    • Science Fair
    • Challenge 24
    • Reflections
    • Parent-Child Book Club
    • Book Fairs
    • History Club
    • Chorus
    • Drama Productions
    • Band and Orchestra
    • County Athletic Events

Continue to provide educational and community news through school newsletter, school website, staff web pages, school marquee, local newspapers and Channel 18

Develop relationships with neighborhood businesses

 

Provide opportunities for Linganore and other high school interns and service learning students to support education of DCES students

Expand career education opportunities including Take Your Child to Work Day

 

Continue to provide opportunities for two-way communication between home and school

  • FCPS = “First class Public School”
  • Newsletter with parent response tear-off section
  • E-mail
  • Monthly meeting with CASS
  • Reply link on website
  • Student Planner

Promote and implement the Parent Involvement Plan

 

Continue to use grade level student interest surveys for sharing student information from a parental viewpoint

 

Provide opportunities for community members to participate in American Education Week

 

Provide parent workshops to provide information for parents regarding curriculum and instructional practices

 

DCES Staff

 

Classroom Teachers,
Reading Team

PTA
DCES Staff

 

 

 

 

DCES Staff, PTA,
Parent Volunteers

 

 

 

 

 

 

DCES Staff, PTA,
Parent Volunteers

Administration

 

Classroom Teachers, Counselor, Administration, CASS

Counselor, Classroom Teachers

 

DCES Staff

 

 

 

 

PTA, Leadership Team

 

Classroom Teachers

 

DCES Staff, PTA, Community, Administration

 

DCES Staff, Administration, PTA

 

August ‘06-
June ‘07

October ‘06-
June ‘07

Ongoing

 

 

 

 

 

Ongoing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ongoing

 

 

 

Annually

 

Annually

 

 

 

 

 

 

August ’06

 

Monitor Volunteer Log

 

 

Participation and/or attendance of parents

 

 

 

 

Participation of students and parents

 

 

 

 

 

 

Student/Parent Participation

 

 

 

 

Parents’ Response
Forms

 

 

 

 

 

PTA Certificate of Excellence Award

Student Interest Surveys

 

 

Summative Evaluation (Evidence to support progress toward achievement of system goal)

Analyze, on an annual basis, the following information:

  • Staff and parent perception of system and school performance, training needs and working conditions through the School Performance Indicators