Abraham Lincoln School Improvement Plan (SIP) Executive Summary
February 2017 - June 2018
“Our mission is to create a passion for lifelong learning. Through a climate of dedication, love, and respect, our school community nurtures children to become
productive and responsible citizens.”
1. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT DATA
1a. Analyze the SBA ELA scores. What observations and conclusions can you make? What do you attribute to the gains or losses? What trends seem to be occurring? (see
comparison/longitudinal charts below and following page)?
2015-2016 - Grade 3 was the only grade that increased students’ scores from the prior year. The 4th graders made the most
significant decline. Student Groups also declined in achievement with the exception of TAG students. When drilling down
further, we discovered that the writing strand and research strand are the weakest. The writing strand is weighted more heavily
than research.
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Abraham Lincoln School Improvement Plan (SIP) Executive Summary
February 2017 - June 2018
“Our mission is to create a passion for lifelong learning. Through a climate of dedication, love, and respect, our school community nurtures children to become
productive and responsible citizens.”
1b. Analyze the SBA Mathematics scores. What observations and conclusions can you make? What do you attribute to the gains or losses? What trends seem to be occurring? (see
comparison/longitudinal charts below and following page)?
2015-2016 - Grade 3 was the only grade that increased students’ scores from the prior year. The 4th graders made the most
significant decline. Student Groups also declined in achievement with the exception of TAG students. When drilling down
further, we discovered that the weak strands varied from grade to grade. Overall, our students struggle more with math.
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Abraham Lincoln School Improvement Plan (SIP) Executive Summary
February 2017 - June 2018
“Our mission is to create a passion for lifelong learning. Through a climate of dedication, love, and respect, our school community nurtures children to become
productive and responsible citizens.”
1c. Analyze the last three years of OAKS Science scores. What observations and conclusions can you make? What do you attribute to the gains or losses? What trends seem to be occurring?
(see comparison/longitudinal charts below and following page)?
ALE’s science scores remain above district average. While the percentage of students exceeding expectations has increased, the
percentage of students meeting expectations has declined.
Abraham Lincoln Elementary
5th Grade Science
District
School
100%
90%
13.2%
5.0%
15.2%
26.2%
28.2%
22.8%
80%
70%
60%
63.3%
54.5%
61.8%
50%
57.2%
40%
54.0%
58.9%
30%
20%
10%
25.0%
30.3%
30.0%
15.9%
12.3%
2013-14
2014-15
20.1%
0%
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
Exceeded
Met
Not Met
3
Did not take
2015-16
Abraham Lincoln School Improvement Plan (SIP) Executive Summary
February 2017 - June 2018
“Our mission is to create a passion for lifelong learning. Through a climate of dedication, love, and respect, our school community nurtures children to become
productive and responsible citizens.”
2. Student Behavior Data
Review ATTENDANCE and SWIS data. What observations and conclusions can you make? What do you attribute to the gains or losses? What trends seem to be occurring?
2a. Attendance – ALE continues to have good attendance as a reflection of our positive learning environment. (We’d like to point
out that 2013-2014 was the Teacher Strike year.)
2b. Behavioral Data (suspension/expulsion/referrals) – The number of behavior referrals continues to increase. Initially we thought
this was due to a few individual students. Upon further inspection, we discovered that was not the case.
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Abraham Lincoln School Improvement Plan (SIP) Executive Summary
February 2017 - June 2018
“Our mission is to create a passion for lifelong learning. Through a climate of dedication, love, and respect, our school community nurtures children to become
productive and responsible citizens.”
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Abraham Lincoln School Improvement Plan (SIP) Executive Summary
February 2017 - June 2018
“Our mission is to create a passion for lifelong learning. Through a climate of dedication, love, and respect, our school community nurtures children to become
productive and responsible citizens.”
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Abraham Lincoln School Improvement Plan (SIP) Executive Summary
February 2017 - June 2018
“Our mission is to create a passion for lifelong learning. Through a climate of dedication, love, and respect, our school community nurtures children to become
productive and responsible citizens.”
3. Stakeholder Survey Data
In November, Medford School District will provide each school with an electronic survey that gathers staff, student, and family perceptions that
match the schoolwide requirements for the District Improvement Plan. The categories include:
• School Structure & Climate
• Educator Effectiveness
• Family and Community Involvement
• Teaching and Learning
• Leadership
Review the data and summarize the results in the expandable table below.
Areas of Strength
Areas for Improvement
Staff
Overall, the majority of respondents had positive feedback in all Instructional Technology
areas of the survey.
Student
n/a
n/a
Families
Overall, the majority of respondents had positive feedback in all Some questions resulted in an answer of “no basis for
areas of the survey.
judgement.” This indicates a communication weakness.
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Abraham Lincoln School Improvement Plan (SIP) Executive Summary
February 2017 - June 2018
“Our mission is to create a passion for lifelong learning. Through a climate of dedication, love, and respect, our school community nurtures children to become
productive and responsible citizens.”
4. Area(s) of strength and key activities that contribute to your school’s success:
Abraham Lincoln Elementary continues to be the place to be! Students, families, and staff feel a tremendous positive connection
to our learning community. This is evidenced by families going to great lengths to keep their children at ALE. We have a strong
Booster Club which we partner with to increase family involvement. Overall, compared to state and district averages, Abraham
Lincoln students perform well on standardized assessments. Our facility is safe, secure, and well cared for. Our staff
collaborates in a positive way to create an engaging, positive, caring learning environment for everyone. We have a school
community that nurtures students.
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Abraham Lincoln School Improvement Plan (SIP) Executive Summary
February 2017 - June 2018
“Our mission is to create a passion for lifelong learning. Through a climate of dedication, love, and respect, our school community nurtures children to become
productive and responsible citizens.”
4. Area(s) for improvement and key activities you are planning to address concerns:
We believe we can improve. Our office discipline referrals continue to increase. Also, overall, our Smarter Balanced Assessment scores did not
crease as we would have liked. We have set goals to obtain additional curriculum materials and increase our professional knowledge around best
practices in instruction. We are also utilizing resources (professionals and materials) to provide students Additional Targeted Instruction. We are
increasing communication with families by beginning to utilize our website and Facebook. Additionally, teachers are using Remind App, Class
DoJo, classroom Facebook pages, and email.
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Abraham Lincoln School Improvement Plan (SIP) Executive Summary
February 2017 - June 2018
“Our mission is to create a passion for lifelong learning. Through a climate of dedication, love, and respect, our school community nurtures children to become
productive and responsible citizens.”
5. What staff development needs have you identified for this year?
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Calibration of behavior expectations.
Trainer of trainer model of powerful practices in writing instruction addressing both Writer’s Workshop process writing and Constructed
Response writing.
Math Practice Standards: Principles to Action book study. 117 pages to be read in 5-7 page sections prior to staff meetings. Small group
discussion for 10-15 minutes at staff meetings.
Math Studio
PLC strengthening around cognitively demanding standards based instruction, formative assessment, re-teaching, and feedback.
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Abraham Lincoln School Improvement Plan (SIP) Executive Summary
February 2017 - June 2018
“Our mission is to create a passion for lifelong learning. Through a climate of dedication, love, and respect, our school community nurtures children to become
productive and responsible citizens.”
Select the three most important goal areas. Write SMART goals and action plans for each.
Current Status/Baseline Data:
In 2013-2014 and the 2014-2015 school years ALE averaged around 35 referrals a month. In 2015-2016 students earned an average of 58 referrals a
month. As the 2016-2017 school year begins, students are averaging 65 referrals a month. Physical Aggression is the most prevalent problem
behavior. Depending on the year, Physical Aggression (Major and Minor) averages 36%-54% of referrals.
SMART Goal: By June 2018, we will reduce the percentage of Physical Aggression (minors and majors) referrals by 10%.
Strategy
Strengthen Behavior
Support and intervention
System
Due Date
On-going
Responsible Person
PBIS Team
Resources Needed Evidence of Completion/Reflections
Professional
Monthly SWISS data reports, CICO data
Development
around: aligning
behavior
continuum and
everyone’s
understanding of
behaviors and
consequences and
what level requires
a referral vs a think
sheet/action
plan.
How to teach
more problem
solving skills to
kids, where they
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Abraham Lincoln School Improvement Plan (SIP) Executive Summary
February 2017 - June 2018
“Our mission is to create a passion for lifelong learning. Through a climate of dedication, love, and respect, our school community nurtures children to become
productive and responsible citizens.”
can practice and
implement those
skills.
Social Skills instruction
June 2017 PBIS Team
Re-focus on the
use of Second
Steps Bullying
Prevention
Curriculum or Is
there a more
effective avenue?
(Collaborative
Problem Solving,
Superflex Social
thinking
curriculum)
Create and Maintain a
On-Going PBIS Team
Kindness Tree
Culture of Kindness
Buddy Wall/Bench
Increase support of repeat June 2018
Re-teaching
offenders
Increase positive
connections with
staff members
Refine CICO by
identifying
individual
students’ needs
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Abraham Lincoln School Improvement Plan (SIP) Executive Summary
February 2017 - June 2018
“Our mission is to create a passion for lifelong learning. Through a climate of dedication, love, and respect, our school community nurtures children to become
productive and responsible citizens.”
and setting specific
goals.
Exploring a staff
member that runs
a “PBIS
intervention”
room where kids
could come to
problem solvecollaborative
problem solving-Student Success
Specialist, the
could be in charge
of this?
Peer Mentor
Problem solving
facilitators.
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Abraham Lincoln School Improvement Plan (SIP) Executive Summary
February 2017 - June 2018
“Our mission is to create a passion for lifelong learning. Through a climate of dedication, love, and respect, our school community nurtures children to become
productive and responsible citizens.”
Current Status/Baseline Data:
In grades three through six in the 2014-2015 school year 40% of students did not meet expectations in the writing strand of Smarter Balanced
Assessment. In the 2015-2016 school year 43% of students did not meet expectations in the writing stand of Smarter Balanced Assessment.
SMART Goal: By June 2018, we will increase the percentage of students meeting or exceeding in Smarter Balanced Assessment Writing Strand by
10%.
Strategy
Due Date
Increase the number of
teachers who have
attended the Summer
Writing Institute
presented by Columbia
University Teacher's
College Reading and
Writing Project.
Work toward purchasing
and utilizing Calkin’s Units
of Study for every
classroom
June 2017
Consistent
implementation of
Writer’s Workshop and
On-going
June 2018
Responsible Resources Needed
Person
Megan
Currently have 4 teachers on
staff who have previously
attended. Possible dates:
8/14-8/17 or 8/21-8/24.
Evidence of Completion/Reflections
Michelle W. Currently we have 7 kits (one
K, one 2nd, two 3rd, one 4th,
one 5th, and two 6th). Each
kit costs about
$275. Journey’s does not
offer strong enough process
writing instruction (learning
to write).
ELA Lead
Professional Development
Teachers:
based on self-assessment
Kelly
survey.
Kits for every classroom, all being utilized.
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2-3 teachers attend
Daily writing in multiple subject areas, both
short, on demand and process writing.
Abraham Lincoln School Improvement Plan (SIP) Executive Summary
February 2017 - June 2018
“Our mission is to create a passion for lifelong learning. Through a climate of dedication, love, and respect, our school community nurtures children to become
productive and responsible citizens.”
constructed responses
Dempsey,
throughout the day.
Michele
Trainer of trainer model of
Holcomb,
powerful practices.
Julia Curiel,
Amy
Writer’s Workshop process
Sampson,
writing
Amy
Tumbaga
Constructed Response
writing
Strengthen our PLC work
On-going
PLC
Share examples and
in writing including
strategies; develop rubrics,
formative assessment, rebackward planning
teaching, and feedback
Additional Targeted
Philip, Jenni Focus on students who
Instruction in Writing
Casad, and achieved a Level 2 on the
classroom
SBA Writing Strand. What iteachers
Ready profiles do L2s fall
into?
Refine Smarter Balanced
March
Michelle W,
testing logistics and
2017
Megan, and
schedule.
March
Team
2018
Increase technology
On-going
Jennie
Utilize Type 2 Learn
support & instruction for
Maulsby,
students
Michelle W, Utilize ChromeBooks in
grades 2-6 on a daily basis.
and
classroom
teachers
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Abraham Lincoln School Improvement Plan (SIP) Executive Summary
February 2017 - June 2018
“Our mission is to create a passion for lifelong learning. Through a climate of dedication, love, and respect, our school community nurtures children to become
productive and responsible citizens.”
Current Status/Baseline Data:
In grades three through six in the 2014-2015 school year 55.4% of students met expectations in overall math Smarter Balanced Assessment. In the
2015-2016 school year 54.4% of students met expectations in overall math Smarter Balanced Assessment.
SMART Goal: By June 2018, we will increase the percentage of students meeting or exceeding on Smarter Balanced Assessment in math overall by
10%.
Strategy
Due Date
Increase the number of
teachers participating in
and applying the practices
from Math Studio
June 2017
Implement the Math
Practice Standards in all
classrooms
December
2017
Responsible
Person
Marisa
Poling,
Megan
Megan,
Marisa
Poling
Resources Needed
Evidence of Completion/Reflections
We currently have 11
teachers participating. All of
kindergarten, one 2nd grade,
one 3rd grade, two 4th grade,
one 5th grade, two 6th grade,
and one SpEd. teacher.
Math studio language throughout the school continuity.
Stronger evidence in classrooms.
Math Studio materials
needed, such as posters.
Teachers need to attend
summer sessions.
Professional Development:
Principles to Action book
study. 117 pages to be read
in 5-7 page sections prior to
staff meetings. Small group
discussion for 10-15 minutes
at staff meetings.
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Math Practice Standards will be more evident
in classroom lessons and discussions.
Abraham Lincoln School Improvement Plan (SIP) Executive Summary
February 2017 - June 2018
“Our mission is to create a passion for lifelong learning. Through a climate of dedication, love, and respect, our school community nurtures children to become
productive and responsible citizens.”
Additional Targeted
Winter
Megan
Strengthen our ATI system
Instruction in Math
2017
Philip
around math. (e.g. diagnostic
assessment and RTI
approved supplemental
materials are needed).
Strengthen our PLC work
On-going
PLC
Monthly goals and objectives Consistency with all PLCs. Notes or minutes
in math including
Megan
during PLCs.
of math PLC goals and discussions.
formative assessment, reTraining on formative
teaching, and feedback
assessments, re-teaching,
etc.
Refine Smarter Balanced
March
Michelle W,
testing logistics and
2017
Megan, and
schedule.
March
Team
2018
Consistent
September Megan
School wide consistency for
New curriculum is consistently being used and
implementation of
2017
new curriculum adoption.
maintained.
adopted math curriculum
in 2017-2018 school year
Training for new curriculum
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