School Wide Improvement Plan
2016-2017
Strengths and Weaknesses
2016-2017
Strengths:
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Students are challenged academically
Students feel safe and comfortable at school
Public feel welcome in our building
Teachers and administrators are concerned about individual students
Parents have up to date access to students information via Infinite Campus/parent portal
Utilize technology in education
Teachers incorporate a variety of instructional strategies
Small class sizes
Variety of electives offered
Teacher’s offer multiple incentives to motivate students
Staff are trained in ELA and Math for CCSS
Weaknesses:
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Using differentiated instruction for Reading and Math grades PK-12
Using DIBELS benchmarks to target tier lll students for individual instruction/referral for SpEd services
Adjust classroom instruction to move students from proficient to advanced levels
Working with advanced level students with enrichment exercises
Retaining volunteers
Equip students with a variety of study skills
Utilize community members in school setting
Focus on bullying issues and respecting others K-12
Utilize small group and individualized instruction focusing on individual learner needs
K-6 counseling instruction unit on bullying and what it is
7-12 counseling instruction unit on relationships
Communication between staff members/respecting peers
Title 1 needs more consistency in services for grades K-6
Written discipline policy in elementary
Elementary staff meetings-monthly on early release days
Goals for 2016-17
Goal 1 By the end of 2016-17 school year, 70% of all Lake Preston students, K-12, will be proficient or advanced in reading.
Assessments – Smarter Balance Assessment, Alt test/MSAA, DRA, Star Reading, Reading plus grades 3-11, DIBELS, Functional Assessments, Surveys,
Observations, classroom data
Goal 2 By the end of the 2016-17 school year, 70% of all Lake Preston students, K-12, will be proficient or advanced in mathematics.
Assessment – Smarter Balance Assessment, STAR Math, Functional Assessments, Accelerated Math/IXL, Surveys, Observations, classroom data
Goal 3 Reportable incidences of bullying will be 5 or less for the 2016-17 school year
Assessment—Student, parent, staff surveys, Safe, Drug, and Gun Free School Data Submission
Goal 5 The Lake Preston School District will have a graduation rate 100% for all students for the 2015-2016 school year.
Assessment – State issued Report Card
Lake Preston Elementary School Parent Compact
School Responsibilities
The Lake Preston Elementary Teachers and Administration will:
1. Provide high-quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective learning environment that enables the participating children to meet the
State’s student academic achievement standards
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Have high expectations for student achievement.
Help all students in their classroom do their best in school.
Provide high quality curriculum, and instruction to assist students in learning the state standards.
Come to school each day with a positive attitude about my students and their families and with well-prepared classroom lessons to assist students’ learning.
Communicate clearly and frequently so that all families understand school programs and their children’s progress.
Provide parents reasonable access to staff.
Show respect for each child and his/her family.
Enforce school and classroom rules fairly and consistently.
Guide families to monitor their children’s homework and to discuss report card grades and academic goals with their children.
Arrange ways for parents and other volunteers to use their time and talents to assist my students at school, in my class or at home.
2. Hold parent-teacher conferences bi-annually (fall and spring) during which this compact will be discussed as it relates to the individual child’s
achievement.
3. Provide parents with frequent reports on their children’s progress.
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Report cards are sent home 4 times a year, and progress reports are sent home 4 times a year.
4. Provide parents reasonable access to staff.
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Staff will be available for parents, before school, after school, parent teacher conferences twice a year, and other meetings arranged through the elementary office.
5. Provide parents opportunities to volunteer and participate in their child’s class, and to observe classroom activities.
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The August open house will have signup sheets for parents if they would like to volunteer or help with a classroom project.
Parent Responsibilities
We, as parents, will support our children’s learning in the following ways:
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Send my child to school on time each day with a positive attitude about school and being a student.
Encourage my child to work hard and cooperate with teachers and other students.
Read notices from the school and communicate with teachers or others about questions that I have.
I will see that the missed work is made up, if my child is absent.
Check to see that my child completes the homework that is assigned.
Encourage my child to discuss homework, class work, report cards grades, and academic goals with me.
Volunteer to work at school or at home to conduct activities to assist my child and teacher, class, and community.
Instruction by Highly Qualified Staff
Lake Preston Elementary School serves students in grades Pre K through sixth grade with a total of 82 students. We have two FTE certified special
education teachers. We have 1 certified Title I Coordinator. We have one certified Title 1 teacher .5 FTE/Certified preschool teacher .5FTE. We have
two Special Education aides at 100% FTE. We have 7 FTE certified elementary teachers.
Current Professional Development Plan at the end of the plan.
Transition
Daycare/Head Start/Kindergarten
The Lake Preston School District provides services for children birth to four years of age. We use a child find procedure to identify at risk children in need of
services. We have partnership compacts with SDDC as well as NESC who participate in the screening of our students. We also hold a spring screening which
includes birth to four-year-olds. We use the scores on the kindergarten test to alert the Title I and SPED staff as to possible referrals, if a student is struggling
with the kindergarten curriculum.
At screening the incoming kindergarten students get a chance to meet and visit with the kindergarten teacher. The incoming kindergarten students receive a
packet that consists of a starting school color book, school tips and a sample of the handwriting for them to practice. At the Kindergarten screening parents will
receive information about Kindergarten expectations/schedules.
A planning team meeting will be held in May to further extend our transition plan to meet the needs of incoming students. This meeting will include: Roxanne
Lamphere Principal, Liz McGuire Kindergarten teacher, Kathy Natwick ICAP/ Head Start or designee, a current parent of a kindergartener, and a Lake Preston
Preschool teacher.
Monitoring / Evaluation
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Staff will meet quarterly during early release time to evaluate curriculum, instruction, and make adjustments as needed. Questions to be answered are:
1. what is working well that we can build on? 2. What is not working well and needs to be modified or changed? 3. Who is falling through the cracks?
Teachers will review student achievement as related to the goals of the Lake Preston School-Wide Plan at the end of each semester.
Teachers will pretest students before every unit in ELA and Math to determine which skills students need to review.
Teachers will review Smarter Balance Assessment scores to adjust curriculum for the next school year.
Teaching staff will benchmark students fall/winter/spring for evaluation purposes using DIBELS or equivalent tools
The staff will evaluate all strategies and actions in the spring/fall and revise as necessary.
Lake Preston Elementary Professional Development Plan
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Demonstrated
Need
Proficient or
advanced in ELA
Professional Development
Description
All staff will be trained in the
use and disaggregation of
data for DRA, DIBELS,
Reading Plus and be able to
use the information to guide
future instruction
Professional
Development
Goals
(Tied to district/school
goals)
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Proficient or
advanced in Math
All staff will be trained in
CBM’s, effective diagnostic
and formative assessments
and use the data to guide
future instruction
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Prevent bullying
All staff will be trained in the
use of Character Counts
curriculum or comparable
curriculum
1.
70% of students
will be proficient
or advanced in
ELA
25% of SpEd,
migrant, ELL,
homeless, foster
care students
will be proficient
or advanced in
ELA
70% of students
will be proficient
or advanced in
Math
25% of SpEd,
migrant ELL,
homeless, foster
care students will
be proficient or
advanced in Math
There will be less
than 2 reportable
incidences of
bullying at the
elementary level
Timeline
2016-2017 School
year
2016-2017 School
year
2016-2017 School
year
2016-2017 School
year
2016-2017 School
year
Involved
Person(s) (indicate
if it is specifically
for admin or
teachers when not
for full staff)
Evaluation of
Effectiveness
and/or Impact
(How)
Title 1 staff,
teachers, para’s
SLO’s
Post Tests
End of year
benchmarks
State testing
Teachers, para’s,
SpEd staff
SLO’s
Post Tests
End of year
benchmarks
State testing
Title 1 staff,
teachers, para’s
SLO’s
Post Tests
End of year
benchmarks
State testing
Teachers, para’s,
SpEd staff
All staff-certified
and non-certified
SLO’s
Post Tests
End of year
benchmarks
State testing
School climate
surveys
Safe, Drug, and Gun
Free School Data
Submission
Resources Required
(Supplies, additional plans,
prior trainings)
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General fund for
reading Plus
Program
Lake Preston
Elementary School
level
Indicate District
Wide PD or
Building/School
Level PD
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Reading Plus
DIBELS
DRA
Pre/post Tests
Differentiated
instruction
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Reading Plus
DIBELS
DRA
Pre/post Tests
Differentiated
instruction
General fund for
reading Plus
Program
Lake Preston
Elementary School
level
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Pre/post Tests
CBM’s
Differentiated
instruction
STAR math
Pre/post Tests
CBM’s
Differentiated
instruction
STAR math
General fund for
STAR math
Lake Preston
Elementary School
level
General fund for
STAR math
Lake Preston
Elementary School
level
Character Counts
Curriculum or comparable
curriculum
Pre-teach to staff before it
is introduced to students at
all grade levels
General funds
for purchase of
curriculum
Elementary PD
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Lake Preston District Professional Development Plan 2016-2017
Demonstrated
Need
Proficient or
advanced in ELA by
the end of grade 3
Proficient or
advanced in Math by
the end grade 8
Professional
Development
Description
All staff will be
trained in the use
and disaggregation
of data for DRA,
DIBELS, Reading
Plus and be able to
use the information
to guide future
instruction
All staff will be
trained in CBM’s,
effective diagnostic
and formative
assessments and
use the data to
guide future
instruction
Professional Development
Goals
(Tied to district/school goals)
3.
70% of students will be
proficient or advanced
in ELA
4.
25% of SpEd, migrant,
ELL, homeless, foster
care students will be
proficient or advanced
in ELA
3.
4.
Prevent bullying
All staff will be
trained in the use
of Character
Counts curriculum
or comparable
curriculum
2.
70% of students will be
proficient or advanced in
Math
25% of SpEd, migrant
ELL, homeless, foster
care students will be
proficient or advanced in
Math
There will be less than 5
reportable incidences of
bullying
Timeline
2016-2017 School
year
2016-2017 School
year
2016-2017 School
year
2016-2017 School
year
2016-2017 School
year
Involved
Person(s) (indicate if
it is specifically for
admin or teachers
when not for full staff)
Evaluation of
Effectiveness
and/or Impact
(How)
Title 1 staff, teachers,
para’s
SLO’s
Post Tests
End of year
benchmarks
State testing
Teachers, para’s, SpEd
staff
SLO’s
Post Tests
End of year
benchmarks
State testing
Title 1 staff, teachers,
para’s
Teachers, para’s, SpEd
staff
All staff-certified and
non-certified
SLO’s
Post Tests
End of year
benchmarks
State testing
SLO’s
Post Tests
End of year
benchmarks
State testing
School climate
surveys
Safe, Drug, and Gun
Free School Data
Submission
Resources Required
(Supplies, additional plans,
prior trainings)
Funding Source(s)
Title
I
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Reading Plus
DIBELS
DRA
Pre/post Tests
Differentiated
instruction
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Reading Plus
DIBELS
DRA
Pre/post Tests
Differentiated
instruction
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Title
II
Other (Describe)
General fund for reading Plus
Program
Lake Preston
Elementary
School level
General fund for reading Plus
Program
Lake Preston
Elementary
School level
General fund for STAR math
Lake Preston
Elementary and
secondary
School level
General fund for STAR math
Lake Preston
Elementary and
secondary
School level
General funds for purchase of
curriculum
District wide
PD
Pre/post Tests
CBM’s
Differentiated
instruction
STAR math
Pre/post Tests
CBM’s
Differentiated
instruction
STAR math
Character Counts
Curriculum or
comparable
curriculum
Pre-teach to staff before it
is introduced to students at
all grade levels
Indicate
District Wide
PD or
Building/School
Level PD