NORTHERN LINCOLN SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ACTION PLAN TEMPLATE

Target: An increase in a quantifiable indicator by a specified amount.  We will see an increase in the NECAP Math scores by 3%.

Result Statement: What will students know and be able to do by the end of next year?        

All students will demonstrate an understanding of math concepts and vocabulary as well as use multiple strategies to calculate, problem solve, reason and apply higher level thinking skills.

Changes in student learning behavior: What will students do to reach the identified result?  What new things will they do to learn?  What things will they do more of?  How do these connect to the RI GLEs/GSEs? Consider how  students will:

1.        Use standards & expectations to become better learners,

2.        Use assessment results to guide their learning, and

Access the learning opportunities they need.

Changes in  instruction: What will teachers do to ensure students learn and develop the learning behaviors identified in the first column?

 (Be sure that the instructional practices you identify will address every student learning behavior and connect to the Rhode Island Beginning Teacher Standards)

Monitoring Progress with Timelines and Adjustments: How will teachers measure progress and make adjustments to the changes in learning and teaching behaviors that we want? How often will this occur? How will teachers inform and involve the principal, parents and SIT?

Collaboration and Support: When will teachers find time to collaborate and discuss the information they get from monitoring to improve learning and teaching?

Resources, School and District: What school-wide and district supports and resources will be necessary to achieve the results of the action plan? Organize support into the categories below and fill out the attached back up sheets for each area.

(Use the attached resource planning templates to specify the professional development support for teachers.)

Evaluating Results: How will the school know if the students reach the intended results? In light of what we have learned, how will we revise the plan for next year?

Reporting to Families and Community How will we share the results of this plan with the entire school community?

Students will:

1. Recognize and apply appropriate problem solving strategies in all content areas.  Strategies will include:  act out or use objects, use or make a picture or diagram, use or make a table, make an organized list, guess and check, use or look for a pattern, work backwards, use logical reasoning, make it simpler, and brainstorm

2. Reflect on and explain

their thought process in

writing to justify their solutions and/ or predictions using appropriate vocabulary

3.  Display fluency in  recall of developmentally

appropriate basic math facts and automaticity of math skills

Teachers will:

1.  Teach various strategies by explicit and repeated modeling

2.  Provide students with multiple opportunities in all content areas to problem solve and to justify their reasoning in writing

3.  Share and review math lesson and analyze student work to guide instruction

4.  Continue to use and increase the use of Everyday Math games to develop fluency with math calculations

5. Use NECAP released items throughout the year

Teachers will:

1. Utilizing “Common Plan/Prep” and grade level meetings to arrange consistent rubrics, benchmarks, and NECAP released items

2. Schedule one common plan time per quarter to report progress on students needing interventions with Special education teachers, Title 1 teachers and principal

3. Use pre and post math assessments to make growth more measurable

4. Analyze and report state assessment data

5. Teacher/ student conferences

1.At Everyday Math professional development training

2. Weekly grade level common planning time

3.  Data collection will continue with yearly reports and summations will be sent to faculty making everyone aware of progress

4.  Grade level meetings will be used to report and analyze summations at least twice a year

1.  Article 31 Funding for Everyday Math professional development

2. Part Time Title 1 Math teacher

3.  LEA Funding for Ramp-Up program to targeted population before state testing

4. Alignment of math curriculum with GLEs.

Evaluating Results:

1.  Analyze and use state assessments for decision making about teaching and learning

Reporting to Families and Community:

1.  Assessments will be reported through progress reports and report cards

2.  Principal will continue to report out to parents through the use of “Cliff Notes” and PTA meetings and newsletter

3.   Revise SIT Plans and report out annually

4.  Parent/ Teacher conferences

5. Open House