SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN

Who are we?

Rdale Logo School Name School Logo

Principal:
Asst Principal:
Intern:
Coordinator:
Instructional Coach:
ILT (Instructional Leadership Team - as you
determine your action steps in the following pages,
and the roles and responsibilities of staff, who are
the leaders? Who will be part of the leadership
team as change agents to build a healthy school
climate, rigor, Growth Mindset, HOPs..?):

How do we do business?
Vision Core Values (Social Justice, collaboration, equity)
To what extent do we share a common vision? To what extent do our policies, priorities, and actions reflect
What educational beliefs about teaching and learning do we all our beliefs?
hold, if any? What do the imply?

What we insist on? What is impermissible?

What type of engagement do staff expect from each other What actions do all staff agree are counter to a healthy school
when learning together? When working with students? climate?
How is collaboration fostered? How are staff expected to talk about each other? Students?
What is expected of staff in terms of planning for instruction? Families?

Principals Perspective
When thinking back on SY 2014-15, what highlights would you want prospective parents to know about your school?
NEEDS ASSESSMENT

How are our students doing?

How effective are our practices?
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 Where do we want to go? By the end of SY 2015-16? In three years time?
What are our gaps and their causes?
To what extent do our policies, structures, and culture reflect our beliefs about learning? What messages do our policies send?
Who owns the learning?
Are we creating well-rounded students? (Communicators, problem-solvers, collaborators, innovators, growth mindset,
perserverant, ask and engage with essential questions, are skilled at and have high levels of knowledge in a variety of content
areas?)
Instructional Student Achievement Fidelity of Next Steps
Strengths Data Implementation Data
(Based on learning (Based on learning walks,
walks, instructional instructional rounds, Data
rounds, student data) Process minutes and
outcomes, student data)
List Instructional strengths List student achievement data below List fidelity of implementation data List next steps below
below below
To CFAs,
what extent is our Standardized
instruction assessments,
engaging and attendance, behavior,
effective? program enrollment

To What
what extent does stories do your
current students bring with
instruction reflect them? How do you
research and know?
best practices
(HOPs, Hattie)? Who are
the students that are
To placed in special
what extent are education, gifted, and
we engaging advanced placement
students in programs, and why?
doing the
subject - what What do
percent of the our current program
time? numbers reflect?

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 How
are we effectively
reaching all
students?

What
interdisciplinary
actions stand out
(standards-
aligned, rigorous,
engaging, how
are students
being grouped,
student talk
across all levels
of Blooms)
What
specific content
strengths do you
notice?

Instructional Data Analyzed/Reviewed Root Causes Possible Instructional Solutions

Challenges (Based on learning walks,
(Based on learning instructional rounds, Data
walks, instructional Process minutes and
rounds, student data) outcomes, student data)
List instructional challenges List data analyzed/reviewed below List root causes below List possible instructional solutions below
below
To CFAs,
what extent is our Standardized
instruction assessments,
engaging and attendance, behavior,
effective? program enrollment

To What

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what extent does stories do your
current Students bring with
instruction reflect them? How do you
research and know?
best practices
(HOPs, Hattie)? Who are
the students who are
To not attending school,
what extent are or who are being
we engaging disciplined, and why?
students in
doing the What do
subject - what our current program
percent of the numbers reflect?
time?
What do
Are we want these
we effectively numbers to be?
reaching all
students? All As staff,
kinds of what do we need to
students? Who learn to understand
isnt learning and who our students are,
why? and how they learn
best?

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 SCHOOL ACTION PLAN

Essential Questions

How can we get to where we want to be?

How will we implement?
How will we evaluate our efforts?
Is what we are doing making a difference?
How will innovative practices and spaces be established so that students own the learning?
How are we creating well-rounded students? (Communicators, problem-solvers, collaborators, innovators, growth mindset,
perserverant, ask and engage with essential questions, are skilled at and have high levels of knowledge in a variety of content
areas?)
Stages of Implementation
Literacy
Cheryl will have SMART goals ready for you to copy and paste here.
(Overall Reading) The percentage of all students enrolled October 1st in grades ___ at ___ School who are proficient on the ____ will
increase from ___% in 20__ to ___% in 20___.
(Achievement gap)

(Grade 3 Reading)
(K Readiness) BLANK
(Writing)

Instructional Practice
How should frameworks be implemented to better achieve the mission and overcome bad habits of coverage?
What research-based, best practices will be refined and/or implemented to elicit high intellectual performance and promote
students who are socially-emotionally healthy?
Sample Best Practice in Writing

Professional Learning Actions

Which actions will the leadership team take throughout the course of the school-year to ensure the listed instructional practice
is implemented faithfully and effectively?
(in-house PL, workshop, co-teaching, micro-teaching, lab professional learning, partnership, residency, instructional rounds,
read/discuss/implement practices and strategies from a book/article)

Roles and Responsibilities

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 Principal - What is my role as an instructional leader to ensure this instructional practice is implemented, teachers are
supported, and data and staff actions are monitored consistently to make any needed adjustments? How will I ensure staff
meetings, professional learning days, and all other staff support time are maximized to support staff in this area? How will I
receive the honest feedback I need to improve?
AP - What is my role as an instructional leader? How will the communication flow look between me, the principal, and the staff
to be sure work flow is in place?
Instructional Leadership Team - How will the leaders on this team serve as change agents to build a healthy school climate,
rigor, Growth Mindset, HOPs..? How will we assist the principal in supporting and monitoring the implementation of our SIP?
Instructional Coach - What is my role in supporting staff as they implement this instructional practice? What actions will I take
as I build relationships and support teachers in implementation? Where will I go for support?
Teacher Leaders - What expertise do I bring in this area? How will I utilize this expertise to support my colleagues throughout
implementation? Where will I go for support?

Resources (Time, personnel, funds, technology, facilities, research)

Are resources being used optimally to advance learning?
What supports from Central Office are needed to activate your SIP?

Benchmarks/Monitoring Progress (Assessments, student work samples)

How are we doing? What evidence is needed to answer this question?
How will we know that students really understand the big ideas?
Are we assessing everything we value (or only those things that are most easily tested and graded)?
Is anything important falling through the cracks because we are not assessing it?
How might our assessments better promote learning, not simply measure it?
What evidence will teachers provide in an ongoing basis so the ILT can consistently utilize that data to determine next steps?

Timelines (30 day check in)

Given the goals set above, set dates for the quarter, semester, school year to a) conduct walk throughs, b) conduct learning
walks, c) conduct instructional rounds, d) meet with students groups to elicit student voice in measuring how we are meeting
our goals, e) collect evidence from staff and analyze with the ILT team, f) provide professional learning supports (as listed in
the actions above) in response to this data.

Evidence (Look fors in Learning Walks, Walk Throughs, Data)

What specific artifacts, data sets, and observable data will be collected to monitor implementation? How will staff be notified
and supported so these items are available?