20152016PleasantViewSchoolImprovementPlan

StateHistoricalDataforPleasantViewElementarySchool
20122013
GradeLevel

Reading

Math

Writing

Science

3rdGrade
4thGrade
5thGrade
6thGrade

86.50%
83.30%
83.00%
63.20%

77.60%
43.80%

38.20%

20132014

3rdGrade
4thGrade
5thGrade
6thGrade

Reading
77.80%
80.80%
75.50%
84.60%

Writing

71.20%
44.90%

Science

43.80%

20142015
GradeLevel
3rdGrade
4thGrade
5thGrade
6thGrade

Reading
76.60%
72.90%
66.70%
76.50%

58.70%
56.00%
56.70%
55.30%

Math
61.40%
63.50%
53.50%
53.80%

Math
61.70%
72.90%
57.10%
68.60%

Writing

75.00%

Science

67.70%

PleasantViewsmissionistosupporteachchildsacademicjourneyasaconfident,respectfuland
independentlearner.Westrivetodevelopaloveoflearning,anappreciationofindividualdifferencesandan
understandingofsociallyresponsiblebehaviorthatwillserveasafoundationforstudentsfortherestoftheir
lives.


ActionPlan1(Math)

SchoolImprovementGoal:
Increasepercentageofstudentsmeetingstandardfor20152016inMathasfollows:
Kindergartenwillincreaseto90%ofstudentsmeetingstandardasevidencedbytheirreportcard
(basedonclassroom/districtassessments).

1st
gradewillincreaseto90%ofstudentsmeetingstandardasevidencedbytheirreportcard(based
onclassroom/districtassessments).
2nd

gradewillincreaseby90%ofstudentsmeetingstandardasevidencedbytheirreportcard
(basedonclassroom/districtassessments).
3rd

gradewillincreasefrom61.7%(2015CST)to80%ofstudentsmeetingstandardasevidenced
bytheir2016SBACscore.
4th

gradewillincreasefrom56%(2015CST)to80%ofstudentsmeetingstandardasevidencedby
their2016SBACscore
5th

gradewillincreasefrom56.70%(2015CST)to80%ofstudentsmeetingstandardasevidenced
bytheir2016SBACscore
6th

gradewillincreasefrom55.3%(2015CST)to80%ofstudentsmeetingstandardasevidencedby
their2016SBACscore

StrategiestoAchievethisGoal

Whatactionswilloccur?Whatstepswillstafftake?

Strategy1Ryan
Teacher/StaffDevelopmentUnpackingCommonCorestandardsandvocabulary
,
Continuingtoidentifyanduseeffective
instructionalstrategiesthroughMarzanosreflectiveteaching
,and
peerobservationsinclassroom.
Technologyintegration
ateachlevelofthestrategyisessentialformaximumlearning,engagement,andformeetingstatestandardsasmeasured
bythe2016SBAC(specifically,90%ofK2ndstudentsmeetingthestandard;80%of3rd6thstudentsmeetingthe
standard).

DataSources
Whatdatareflects
implementationof
thisstrategy?

Datasourceon
districtwebsite

Studentwork(i.e.,
graphicorganizers,
presentations,
documents)
producedusing
Prezi,Animoto,
Powtoons,IMovie,
Camtasia,Video
Thread,Google
Docs,Kidspiration
orsimilar
programs

Teacherlessons
videotapedand
archivedon
YouTube

SBAC2016results

District

Professional
Development
Howwillstaff
acquirethe
necessaryskillsand
attitudesto
implementthis
strategy?

Timeline
Whenwillthis
strategybeginand
end?

District
June20152016
Common
CoreWorkshops

ISTEaccessfor
strategiesto
implement
Marzano

Ongoing
technologycoach
workshopsfor
integrating
technology

Technology
Integration
Whattechnology
andhowwillthe
technologybeused
toimplementthis
strategy?
Teacher/Staff
Development
unpacking
CommonCore
standardsand
vocabularywillbe
supportedby
GoogleDocs
collaborationtools
andteacherissued
emails.

Continuingto
identifyanduse
effective
instructional
strategiesthrough
Marzanos
reflectiveteaching
willbesupported
by:1:1Ratioof
tabletHardwareto
implementvirtual
tools(
generating

Resources

Responsibility

Impact

Whatarethe
existingandthenew
resourcesthatwill
beusedto
accomplishthis
strategy?

Whowillprovide
theleadership?Who
willdothework?

Whatongoing
FORMATIVEdata
givesevidencethis
strategymakesa
positiveimpacton
studentoutcomes?

District
Personnel
Professional
Development
Funds

Teachers

Principal

Instructional
Coaches

Collaboration
Notes
(viaGoogle

Onsitetechnology
coach

DocComponents)

Student
Achievement
Data

Anecdotal
evidenceor
teacherefficacy
and
implementation
orworkshop
model
(videotapingof
lessonsvia
MovieMaker/IMovi
e;digitalphotos)

Benchmarks

andtesting
hypothesis)

1.Useof
computersto
implementvirtual
Assignments:
NationalLibraryof
Virtual
Manipulatives
2.Use
Illuminationsto
attemptbaseten,
numbernames,
andexpanded
forms
3.InstituteFluid
Mathfornumber
comparisons(<,>,
=)

Inaddition,
instructional
strategiesof
reinforcingeffort
andproviding
recognition
willbe
supportedwith
presentation
programsAnimoto,
Prezi,Powtoons;
nonlinguistic
representations
willbesupported
with
graphic
organizersvia
GoogleDoc
componentsand
Kidspiration;
summarizing,

cooperative
learning,setting
objectives,and
providingfeedback
willbesupported
bydistrictissued
student/teacher
emails,andGoogle
Docscomponents;
homeworkand
practice;andcues,
questionsand
advanced
organizers
willbe
supportedbyTed
Ed,YouTube,
TeacherTube,and
KahnAcademy
whichwillallow
studentstoaccess
videosupportat
homeandpriorto
lessons.

Peerobservations
intheclassroom
willbesupported
byvideotaping
teacherlessonsvia
MovieMaker/
iMovieand
documenting
artifactswith
teacherissued
digitalcameras.


Strategy2
Jody
Layeredinstruction(workshopmodel)inclassrooms,includinginterventiongroups(smallgrouporoneonone)
,

Teachersobservingteachers
andteachersrotatingcollaborationtimeinvariousclassroomstoshareobservableartifacts,seatingarrangements,schedules,etc.

Recruitand
trainvolunteerstoworkwithstudentstwiceweeklywithspecificstrategies(e.g.strings,problemsolvingetc.)

Provideintentionalandfocused
afterschooltutoringforidentifiedstudents
.

Technologyintegrationateachlevelofthisstrategyisessentialformaximumlearning,
engagement,andformeetingstatestandardsasmeasuredbythe2016SBAC(specifically,90%ofK2ndstudentsmeetingstandard;80%of
3rd6thstudentsmeetingstandard).

DataSources
Whatdatareflects
implementationof
thisstrategy?

Formative
assessments

Principaland
teacherofMath
Congress,Number
Strings,
differentiation,etc

Unit/Benchmark
assessments

Studentproduced
artifacts(using
programsoutlined
underTechnology
Integration)

2016SBAC(or
similarstatetests)

Professional
Development
Howwillstaff
acquirethe
necessaryskillsand
attitudesto
implementthis
strategy?
Collaboration
(duringPLCsand
viaGoogleDocs)

StaffMeetings

Subouttimes

SummerInstitute
(includingtech
integration
component)

TechnologyCoach
willinitially
introduce
integrated
technology
componentsto
teachers;timely
followup
instructionfor

Timeline
Whenwillthis
strategybeginand
end?

June20152016

Technology
Integration
Whattechnologyandhow
willthetechnologybe
usedtoimplementthis
strategy?

Layeredinstructionwill
besupportedbythe
following:
1:1ratioof
computerstostudents
(K2ndIPads;3rd6th
Chromebooks)
UseofKahnAcademy
videolibraryandfor
monitoringstudent
progress.
GoogleClassroom/
GoogleDocs(andits
components)forstudent
presentations,archiving,
andcollaboration.
Prezi,Animoto,and
Powtoonswebsite
subscriptionsavailable
forpresentations.
UseofVideothread
and/orCamtasia:to

Resources

Responsibility

Impact

Whatarethe
existingand
thenew
resourcesthat
willbeusedto
accomplishthis
strategy?

Whowillprovide
theleadership?Who
willdothework?

Whatongoing
FORMATIVEdata
givesevidencethis
strategymakesa
positiveimpacton
studentoutcomes?

Collaboration
withteachers
andspecial
education

Principaland
teacherto
teacher
observations

Teacher
created
intervention
models

K6Staff

Principal

AfterschoolTutor
(seesupportunder
Technology
Integration)

VolunteerMath
Tutors(supported
byThinkCentral,
SumDogandKahn
Academy
programsas
needed)

Fulltime
TechnologyCoach

Formativeand
summative
assessments

IncreasedStudent
Achievement

Student
conferencingand
sharingtheir
thinkingwithclass
andteacher
(see
Technoloy
Integrationfor
diversemethods)

Studentmonitoring
andgoalsettingof
theirown
progression
(via
GoogleDocs)

TechnologyCoach
evaluations

MonitoringResults
ofThinkCentral,
KahnAcademy,
SumDog

staffwillfollow;
individuals
coachingavailable
asrequested.

videotapelessonsfor
individualandsmall
groupviewingbothon
andoffcampus;andfor
presentationofstudent
work
Additionalsupport
willbetechcomponent
ofmathadoption(Think
Central),SumDog,and
BrainPop.
Teachersobserving
teachersandteachers
rotatingcollaboration
timeinvarious
classroomstoshare
observableartifacts,
seatingarrangements,
schedules,etc.

willbe
supportedbyproviding
teacherswith:

UseofVideothread
and/orCamtasiato
producevideotape
lessonsforsharing/
professional
development
ISTEaccessforbest
practicescollaboration
PhotoshopElements
14andPhotoshop
Premiere14toproduce
artifacts.

Recruitingand
trainingvolunteersto
workwithstudents
twiceweeklywith
specificstrategieswill
besupportedby
TechnologyCoachs
instructionofvolunteers

Student
presentations
(see
Technology
Integrationfor
diversemethods)

inadoptedtechnology
integration.

Provideintentional
andfocusedafterschool
tutoringforidentified
studentswillbe
supportedbyresults
suppliedbyKahn
AcademyandThink
Centralonline
monitoringand
intervention
components.Additional
teachervideoassistance
willbeprovidedas
identified.

Thefollowing
hardwareforeach
classroomwillsupport
technologyintegration
inallaspectsofthis
strategy:
acolorprinter,
scanner,document
camera,largeflatscreen
t.v.,videoanddigital
cameras,document
camera,andinteractive
whiteboardforeach
classroom,andthelab.

Strategy3
Erica
Continuetouseandrefineteachingstrategiesfromresearchbasedtexts.Unpackandconnecteffectivestrategies(Marzano)toCommonCore
curriculum.Strategiesincludesettingbiggoalsindividuallyandcollectively,
planningpurposefully
,
partneringwithfamiliesaroundgoalsetting
,
developingacultureofachievement
,and
usingspecificengagementtechniquesduringinstruction
.
Technologyintegrationateachlevelofthisstrategy
isessentialformaximumlearning,engagement,andformeetingstatestandardsasmeasuredbythe2016SBAC(specifically,90%ofK2ndstudents
meetingstandard;80%of3rd6thstudentsmeetingstandard).

DataSources
Whatdatareflects
implementationof
thisstrategy?

Principal
Observations

Formativeand
summative
assessments

Students
reachingtheir
goalsand
settingnew
ones.

Participationin
classmeeting
andintegration
ofrelevant

Professional
Development
Howwillstaff
acquirethe
necessaryskillsand
attitudesto
implementthis
strategy?

Wholegroup
andsmallgroup
collaboration
GoogleDocs

Vertical
collaboration
Technology
Coachtoassist
teachersintheir
integrated
instruction

Sharing
portfoliosand
goalsetting
processes

Timeline
Whenwillthis
strategybeginand
end?

June20152016

Technology
Integration

Resources

Responsibility

Impact

Whattechnologyandhow
willthetechnologybe
usedtoimplementthis
strategy?

Whatarethe
existingandthe
newresources
thatwillbe
usedto
accomplishthis
strategy?

Whowillprovide
theleadership?
Whowilldothe
work?

Whatongoing
FORMATIVEdata
givesevidencethis
strategymakesa
positiveimpacton
studentoutcomes?

Purposefulplanningwillbe
donebyincorporating
backwarddesignthrough
theuseofGoogledocs.
Teacherswillcollaborate
usingGoogleDocstocome
upwithcommon
assessmentsrelatingtotheir
standardsandgradelevel.

Establishingacommunity
withfamilieswillbedone
by:
creatingaschool
website,linkingto
eachteachers
personalsite.
Teacherswillbe
ableto
communicate
upcomingevents,
assignments,
technology
tutorialsand
guided

Professional
developmen
tfunds

iPad/compu
terlabwith
atechnology
coachto
assist
teachersand
students
during
designated
time.

Kindlesin
thelibrary
topromote

K6Staff

School
Counselor
Technology
Coach

Principal

Observable
studenteffort
optimismand
studentconfidence
tosetandachieve
goals

Observable
studenteffortto
supportothersin
achievingtheir
goalsbysmall
groupandpeer
tutoring.Class
recognitionof
goalsmet.

Increasedstudent
achievement
evidencedbyUnit

classroom
guidanceskills

Inservicefor
teachersonhow
touseGoogle
Docsandshare
data
collaboratively

CommonCore
PD

lessons/hw
assignments.
UsingClassDojos
anappthatcanbe
accessedthrough
smartphone,
tabletor
computer.This
helpsparentsand
teachers
communicate,
monitorand
encourage
positivebehavior
andshare
classroomstories
andlessons.
Goalswillbecommunicated
throughthesetools,opening
thelinesofcommunication
betweenparentandteacher.

Todevelopacultureof
achievementtheschoolwill
beginapplicationprocessto
becomeapartoftheNo
ExcusesUniversityprogram.
Anorganizationthat
preparesstudentsto
becomecollegeandcareer
ready.Thisprocessinvolves
teacherstoadopta
universityfortheir
classroom,createavideo
provingtheirschoolis
followingtheNEUprotocol,
partakeinspiritdaysand
demonstrateschool
character.Thisprogram
encouragesteachersto
collaborate,discussing
studentdataanddeveloping
commonassessments.It
alsostartskidsatanearly

readingona
device

Collaboratio
ntime

Afterand
before
schooltime

Mathat
school
Carnival

Mathnight
forparent
education

Portfolios

scoresand/or
classroom
assessment
measures

Observable
student
connectionsof
attitude,goal
setting,next
learningstepsand
achievement.

Participationin
Mathactivities,
afterschool
tutoring,Carnival,
etc

Parentattendance
atMathnight.

agethinkingabouttheir
futuregoals.Throughskype,
powerpointpresentation,
imagesandmore,teachers
canconnectwith
universitiestoprepare
studentsfortheirfuture
goals.

Engagingtechniquesduring
instructionare:
Plicker
(classroomQR
codestoquickly
assessusing
smartphone)
1:1devicesinthe
classroom
(tablets)
Interactive
learningsites
suchasEdmodo,
Google
Classrooms
Supplemental
appsthatsupport
studentlearning
(ex:virtual
fieldtrips,reading
programs,
mobymax,math
gamesandkahn
academy)

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