School Improvement Plan
2016-2017
School Improvement Plans remain in effect for two years, but a School Leadership Team may amend as often as necessary or appropriate.
Draft Due: October 3, 2016
Final Copy Due: October 18, 2016
2016-2017 Ashley Park School Improvement Plan Report
Ashley Park Contact Information
Ashley Park
School:
Courier Number:
2401 Belfast Drive
Address:
Charlotte NC 28208
Project LIFT
Learning Community
Phone Number:
980-343-6018
Fax Number:
980-343-6024
School Website:
Principal:
Meaghan Loftus
Learning Community Superintendent:
Denise Watts
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http://schools.cms.k12.nc.
Ashley Park School Improvement Team Membership
From GS §115C-105.27: “The principal of each school, representatives of the assistant principals, instructional personnel, instructional support personnel, and
teacher assistants assigned to the school building, and parents of children enrolled in the school shall constitute a school improvement team to develop a school
improvement plan to improve student performance. Representatives of the assistant principals, instructional personnel, instructional support personnel, and teacher
assistants shall be elected by their respective groups by secret ballot....Parents serving on school improvement teams shall reflect the racial and socioeconomic
composition of the students enrolled in that school and shall not be members of the building-level staff.”
Committee Position
Principal
Assistant Principal Representative
Teacher Representative
Inst. Support Representative
Teacher Assistant Representative
Parent Representative
Name
Meaghan Loftus
Cheryl Laster
Cassandra Black
Doug Neill
Stephanie Caruso
Ms. Edwards
Email Address
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Date
Elected
8/29/16
8/29/16
8/29/16
8/29/16
8/29/16
8/29/16
Vision Statement
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District: CMS provides all students the best education available anywhere, preparing every child to lead a rich and
productive life.
School: Ashley Park PreK-8 School empowers scholars to create present and futures opportunity through meaningful
relationships and high expectations.
Mission Statement
District: The mission of CMS is to maximize academic achievement by every student in every school.
School: Ashley Park PreK-8 School equips scholars with the academic skills and habits of character to ensure their
limitless success in high school, college and beyond. #opportunityknocks #ashleyparkprek8
Ashley Park Shared Beliefs
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Grit: We do not give up. We do not accept the status
quo.
Flexibility: We are malleable to our scholars’ needs.
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Love: We love our scholars through empowerment
and high expectation.
Family: We achieve success together. Everyone
matters; everyone has an impact.
Ashley Park SMART Goals
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Provide a duty-free lunch for teachers on a daily basis.
Provide duty-free instructional planning time for every teacher under G.S. 115C-105.27 and -301.1, with the goal of
providing an average of at least five hours of planning time per week, to the maximum extent that the safety and proper
supervision of students may allow during regular student contact hours.
Provide a positive school climate, under CMS regulation JICK-R, by promoting a safe learning environment free of
bullying and harassing behaviors.
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100% of staff will be No Nonsense Nurturers in and outside of the classroom through a consistent referral and
restorative system.
100% of content teachers will master RTTC-I strategies presented throughout the year and attain an average of 90%
authentic engagement.
Ashley Park Assessment Data Snapshot
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Ashley Park Profile
Ashley Park PreK-8 School serves scholars in the west Charlotte area. Our demographics are 87% African-American
scholars and above 90% Economically Disadvantaged Students (EDS). Our overall EOG composite score is 33.4%
proficiency. This score includes data from math, reading and science assessments in 2016. The majority of Ashley Park’s
teachers have taught between one and five years, and we yielded 85% retention from the 2015-16 school year.
40% percent of our teachers have Masters degrees in Educational Leadership or in Teaching.
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Strategic Plan 2018: For a Better Tomorrow
Goal 1: Maximize academic achievement in a personalized
21st-century learning environment for every child to
graduate college- and career-ready
Four focus areas:
I.
College- and career-readiness
II. Academic growth/high academic achievement
III. Access to rigor
IV. Closing achievement gaps
Goal 3: Cultivate partnerships with families, businesses,
faith-based groups and community organizations to provide
a sustainable system of support and care for each child
Three focus areas:
I.
Family engagement
II. Communication and outreach
III. Partnership development
Goal 5: Optimize district performance and accountability by
strengthening data use, processes and systems
Four focus areas:
I.
Effective and efficient processes and systems
II. Strategic use of district resources
III. Data integrity and use
Goal 2: Recruit, develop, retain and reward a premier
workforce
Five focus areas:
I.
Proactive recruitment
II. Individualized professional development
III. Retention/quality appraisals
IV. Multiple career pathways
V. Leadership development
Goal 4: Promote a system-wide culture of safety, high
engagement, cultural competency and customer service
Five focus areas:
I.
Physical safety
II. Social and emotional health
III. High engagement
IV. Cultural competency
V. Customer service
Goal 6: Inspire and nurture learning, creativity, innovation
and entrepreneurship through technology and strategic
school redesign
Four focus areas:
I.
Learning everywhere, all the time
II. Innovation and entrepreneurship
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IV.
III. Strategic school redesign
IV. Innovative new schools
Provide a duty-free lunch period for every teacher on a daily basis.
School performance improvement
SMART Goal (1):
Duty Free Lunch for Teachers
Strategic Plan Goal:
Strategic Plan Focus Area:
Data Used:
Recruit, develop, retain and reward a premier workforce.
Retention
Observation
Strategies (determined by what data)
 Task
 Task
 Task (PD)
Point Person
Evidence of Success
Funding
(title)
(Student Impact)
(estimated
cost / source)
1.Improved cafeteria system
 Training for all staff
 Incentive structure for each
class in cafe
Loftus/
Principal
Minimal infractions in
cafeteria; safe environment
2. Use of lunch captains for every
grade to provide coverage
 Schedule from 10:30-1
Loftus/
Principal
Teachers able to take daily
lunch break
SMART Goal (2):
Duty Free Instructional Planning Time
Strategic Plan Goal:
Strategic Plan Focus Area:
Personnel
Involved
Timeline
NA
All Staff
8/29/1606/09/16
NA
All Staff
8/29/1606/09/16
(Start—End)
 Interim
Dates
Provide duty-free instructional planning time for every teacher under G.S. 115C-105.27 and 301.1, with the goal of proving an average of at least five hours of planning time per week, to
the maximum extent that the safety and proper supervision of students may allow during
regular student contact hours.
Recruit, develop, retain and reward a premier workforce
Retention, Leadership Development
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Data Used:
Master Schedule
Strategies (determined by what data)
 Task
 Task
 Task (PD)
Point Person
Evidence of Success
Funding
(title)
(Student Impact)
(estimated
cost / source)
1.Master schedule changes
 Provision of 60 minutes
each day
Loftus/
Principal
60 minutes of planning
achieved every day for
every teacher
2.PLC training and execution
 One meeting for content
 One meeting for coaching
Coaches
Efficient and effective PLC
meetings and coaching
check-ins weekly
SMART Goal (3):
Anti-Bullying / Character Education
Strategic Plan Goal:
Strategic Plan Focus Area:
Data Used:
Personnel
Involved
Timeline
NA
All Staff
8/29/1606/09/16
NA
All Staff
8/29/1606/09/16
(Start—End)
 Interim
Dates
Provide a positive school climate, under CMS regulation JICK-R, by promoting a safe learning
environment free of bullying and harassing behaviors.
Promote a system-wide culture of safety, high engagement, cultural competency and
customer service.
Social and Emotional Health
Suspension data, bullying reports
Strategies (determined by what data)
 Task
 Task
 Task (PD)
Point Person
Evidence of Success
Funding
(title)
(Student Impact)
(estimated
cost / source)
Personnel
Involved
Timeline
(Start—End)
 Interim
Dates
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1. Bully Liaison / Bully-prevention
 All possible bullying cases
investigated by EOD
 Counselors pulling specific
tier 2 scholars by weekly
for strategic support
2. Character Education
 Morning News
 3-5 Assemblies
 6-8 Advisory
Selip/
Counselor
Reduction in suspensions
and bullying reports
Loftus/
Principal
Neill/ Dean
Hasan/ Dean
3. Healthy Active Child 30 min.
 PD on strategies
 Monitoring
4. School Health Team
 Team meetings
NA
Counseling
Team
8/29/1606/09/16
Character language in every NA
classroom; reduction in
suspensions and bullying
reports
Admin
8/29/1606/09/16
Codgell/ PE
Targeted PD on strategies
and healthy active child in
process in all classrooms
NA
All Staff
8/29/1606/09/16
Moody/
Counselor
Consistent meeting with
diagnosis and actions steps
that are monitored
NA
Counseling
Team
8/29/1606/09/16
SMART Goal (4):
100% of staff will be No Nonsense Nurturers in and outside of the classroom through a
consistent referral and restorative system.
Strategic Plan Goal:
Promote a system-wide culture of safety, high engagement, cultural competency and
customer service.
High engagement
TNTP Survey results
Strategic Plan Focus Area:
Data Used:
SEE 90 DAY PLAN
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SMART Goal (5):
100% of content teachers will master RTTC-I strategies presented throughout the year and
attain an average of 90% authentic engagement.
Strategic Plan Goal:
Maximize academic achievement in a personalized 21st – century learning environment for
every child to graduate college and career- ready.
Academic growth and high achievement
Formative and EOG data / weekly walk through engagement counts
Strategic Plan Focus Area:
Data Used:
SEE 90 DAY PLAN
Mastery Grading Procedures Plan – Required for All Schools
Strategic Plan Goal:
Goal 1: Maximize academic achievement in a personalized 21st-century learning environment
for every child to graduate college- and career-ready.
Strategic Plan Focus Area: Academic growth/high academic achievement
Data Used:
Strategies (determined by what data)
 Task
 Task
 Task (PD)
Point Person
Evidence of Success
Funding
(title)
(Student Impact)
(estimated
cost / source)
Personnel
Involved
Timeline
(Start—End)
 Interim
Dates
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1. Common assessments
 Creation for K-2 math
 Internalization for 3-8
 Action Planning aligned to
common assessment 6-8
weeks prior
2. Data disaggregation
 Data spreadsheet returned
within 48 hours of
assessment, returned to
teacher for analysis
Principal
Loftus/
Coaches
High quality formatives And
high quality action plans;
high formative scores as a
result (above 60%)
NA
Coaches
08/15/16 –
06/09/16
Principal
Loftus/
Coaches
High quality analysis and
action plans that align;
improvements each
formative cycle
NA
Coaches
08/15/16 –
06/09/16
3. Flexible grouping
 Gaps closed on formative
assessments
Coaches/
Teachers
Gaps closed on formative
assessments
NA
Coaches
08/15/16 –
06/09/16
4. Late and make-up work
Coaches /
 Systems for communicating Teachers
and grading work
Gaps closed on formative
assessments
NA
Coaches/
Teachers
08/15/16 –
06/09/16
Assessment Reports,
Agendas, Progress
Monitoring tools, Progress
Reports, Benchmark/ CIA
Data
NA
Coaches/
Teachers
08/15/16 –
06/09/16
5. Additional Learning
opportunities
 Instructional pull out by
MCL’s, Blended Learning
to accelerate, Mastery
Connect, and Leveled
Literacy Interventions are
our intervention resources
MCL’s, PLC’s,
ILT
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
Scholars will be
reassessed on nonmastered standards and
grades will be updated
accordingly
6. Late and make up work
 A student who misses
homework assignments or
other assignments or due
dates because of
absences, whether
excused or unexcused, will
be allowed to make up
his/her work.
 Arrangements for
completing the work will be
made within five school
days of the scholars return
to school.
 These arrangements
should include a schedule
for completion of the work.
7. Grade reporting
 Grading will be on a 10pt
Scale
 Teachers must maintain a
minimum of 10 class
Teachers, ILT
Assessment Reports,
Agendas, Progress
Monitoring tools, Progress
Reports, Benchmark/ CIA
Data
Principal,
Administrators,
Power-school
Administrator
Assessment Reports,
Agendas, Progress
Monitoring tools, Progress
Reports, Benchmark/ CIA
Data
NA
Coaches /
Teachers
08/15/16 –
06/09/16
Principal,
Coaches,
Teachers,
Powerschool
8/15/1606/09/16
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work/informal assessment
grades per quarter for
classes that meet daily and
4 for classes that meet on
an A/B day schedule
Teachers will maintain a
minimum of 10 homework
grades per quarter for
classes that meet daily.
Teachers will maintain a
minimum of 4 formal
assessment grades per
quarter for classes that
meet daily and 2 for
classes that meet on
alternating days.
Administrat
or
Ashley Park - 600 Waiver Requests
Request for Waiver
1.
Insert the waivers you are requesting

Maximum Teaching Load and Maximum Class Size (grades 4-12) [required for all schools with grades 4-12]
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2.
Please identify the law, regulation or policy from which you are seeking an exemption.
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115C-301 (c and d) Maximum Teaching Load and Maximum Class Size [required for all schools with grades 4-12]
3. Please state how the waiver will be used.
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Class size will be adjusted to address student individual instructional needs through flexible grouping of students in the
most effective utilization of teaching teams. Maximum teaching load will be used to allow teachers in specific areas of
the curriculum to teach students designated for specific skill needs and to address the large number of students
requesting elective classes.
4. Please state how the waiver will promote achievement of performance goals.
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This waiver will allow more flexibility in grouping students to meet their abilities and needs and thus should enhance
their achievement on the performance goals.
Approval of Plan
Committee Position
Name
Signature
Date
Principal
Assistant Principal Representative
Teacher Representative
Inst. Support Representative
Teacher Assistant Representative
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Parent Representative
Parent Representative
Parent Representative
Parent Representative
Parent Representative
Quarter 2 Review
Committee Position
Name
Signature
Date
Principal
Assistant Principal Representative
Teacher Representative
Inst. Support Representative
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Teacher Assistant Representative
Parent Representative
Parent Representative
Parent Representative
Parent Representative
Parent Representative
Quarter 3 Review
Committee Position
Name
Signature
Date
Principal
Assistant Principal Representative
Teacher Representative
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Inst. Support Representative
Teacher Assistant Representative
Parent Representative
Parent Representative
Parent Representative
Parent Representative
Parent Representative
Quarter 4 Review
Committee Position
Name
Signature
Date
Principal
Assistant Principal Representative
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Teacher Representative
Inst. Support Representative
Teacher Assistant Representative
Parent Representative
Parent Representative
Parent Representative
Parent Representative
Parent Representative
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