School Improvement Action Plan

School Improvement Action Plan Garrison Elementary Goal #1: Garrison Elementary students in grades 3-6 will improve student writing process and application scores by 6% each year as measured by ISTEP+.

Support Data (from the profile): Standardized Assessments: Local Assessment:  Lowest essential skill in  ISTEP + in grades 3, 4, 5, & 6 -Trimester writing prompt assessment standardized testing in grades 3 -6.  Acuity -Day-to-day assessment to monitor this skill  General consensus among the staff  F & P reading benchmark that this is among the lowest assessment Persons Responsible for Data Collection: academic skills of Garrison students  PPVT Literacy Coaches, classroom teachers, according to informal interviews  DIBELS Principal- Mrs. Kelly Andrews conducted by the goals team.

Interventions: Students will become more proficient in writing applications through a variety of new learning experiences that the Garrison staff will create through Literacy Collaborative.  Emergent Writers are those children who know that symbols on a page convey a message, yet have not grasped how to use the letters and symbols to make a message.  Early Writers are those children who have learned to make important connections with letters, sounds, and words.  Developing Writers are children who can elaborate on a piece of writing using a combination of high-frequency spelling and phonetic spellings. They can generate ideas, but may lack structure.  Fluent Writers are students whose writing is characterized by clearly organized and well-crafted pieces that use figurative language and paint pictures in the reader’s mind.

At the end of a Garrison K-6th experience, each student will have been instructed with a spiral curriculum of 6+1 Traits in Writing.

Research / Best Practice Sources:  6 + 1 Traits of Writing- Culham  What a Writer Needs- Fletcher  Writing Workshop The Essential Guide - Ralph Fletcher and Joanne Portalupi  The Writer’s Notebook- Ralph Fletcher  The Revision Toolbox - Georgia Heard  Teaching Qualities of Writing- Fletcher  Lessons for the Writers Notebook- Fletcher  Marvelous Minilesson for Teaching Beginning Writing K - 3 – Rog Activities to Implement the Person (s) Time Resources Staff Development Activities Intervention: Accountable: Beginning End 1. K-3 students will be instructed Classroom Fall 2010 Spring 2013 6+1 Traits  Monthly Professional through the stages of Teachers focused on K-3 Development emergent, early, and students activities designed by developing writers with Primary Literacy corresponding and Coach in conjunction developmentally appropriate with Primary staff Traits. needs.  Monthly data meetings to disaggregate data and form instruction.  Monthly Professional Learning Communities meetings to provide 2. 4th-6th Grade students will be Classroom Fall 2010 Spring 2013 6+1 Traits wrap around support instructed through the stages Teachers focused on 4-6th to academics and of developing and fluent grade students climate. writers with corresponding  Curriculum mapping. and developmentally appropriate 6 Traits.  Monthly Professional Development activities designed by the Intermediate Literacy Coach in conjunction with Intermediate staff needs.  Monthly data meetings to disaggregate data and form instruction.  Monthly Professiaonl Learning Communities meetings to provide wrap around supoort to academics and climate.  Curriculum mapping. School Improvement Action Plan Garrison Elementary Goal #2: Garrison Elementary students will demonstrate a minimum of 5% growth in the area of Measurement and Problem Solving in Math on ISTEP+.

Support Data (from the profile): Standardized Assessments: Local Assessment:  Measurement and  ISTEP + in grades 3, 4, 5, & 6 -Everyday Math Pre/Post Assessment Problem Solving are areas  Acuity -Periodic classroom assessment of this specific skill of low achievement as reviewed regarding Person Responsible for Data Collection: student performance in Teachers, Kelly Andrews, Math/ Science Team grades 3-6 on standardized assessments.

Interventions: Research / Best Practice Sources: Students will become more proficient in measurement and problem solving  Everyday Math through a variety of learning experiences.

Person (s) Time Activities to Implement the Accountable: Resources Staff Development Intervention: Activities Beginning End 1. Students will maintain a Classroom Fall 2010 Spring 2013 Math Teachers Edition Review of existing math vocabulary notebook Teachers programs will be offered for those who need a refresher course.

2. Students will participate in Classroom Fall 2010 Spring 2013 Teacher created problem Staff will participate in- primary/intermediate problems Teachers of the day service sessions of the day… some of which highlighting measurement include measurement & problem and problem solving solving concepts. Students will activities. explain their answers in writing.

3. Students will have more Classroom Fall 2010 Spring 2013 Classroom materials frequent experiences working Teachers with measurement & problem solving activities in mathematics.

Math Facts in a Flash 4. Students will participate in Classroom Fall 2010 Spring 2013 Classroom materials discussions 10 minute study of math facts Teachers Wall of recognition for per day appropriate to grade Math Facts level. Activity will be separate from regular math instruction. Teachers will share ideas 5. Students/Teachers will Classroom Fall 2010 Spring 2013 Teacher found websites. on websites through e- have a list of suitable sites to Teachers mail. assist the development of mathematical skills. Training by Literacy Coaches 6. Curriculum Mapping Classroom Fall 2010 Spring 2013 Provided by district Teachers