School Improvement Plan Report

CMS SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN REPORT

School: Eastover Elementary Principal: Vanessa Ashford Address: 500 Cherokee Road Charlotte, NC 28207 Title I Specialist: NA

Courier Number: 379 Phone: 980-343-5505 Fax: 980-343-5524 Learning Community: Southwest Area Superintendent: Kit Rea CMS School Improvement Plan 2010-12 Eastover 2010-11

ASSESSMENT DATA SNAPSHOT

EOG Reading Math Science 08-09 09-10 08-09 09-10 10-11 (target)

ABC AYP AYP Growt ABC AYP ABC AYP ABC ABC ABC Growth ABC Prof ABC Prof Growth Growth Growth Growth Prof Prof Prof h Prof Prof Prof Prof Prof Prof Prof

All 17/17 met 1.79 9/9 met 0.04 9/9 0.10 17/17 met 0.118 9/9 met 1.80 9/9 2 AA 45.8 No -0.179 41.4 No -0.21 50 0.25 45.8 No -0.179 55.2 met 0.05 60 0.10 42.9 50 Asian 100 NA 0.79 100 NA 0.60 100 1 100 NA .079 66.7 NA -0.07 70 0.10 100 100 H 53.8 NA 0.38 75 NA -1.59 80 0.10 53.8 NA 0.38 75 NA 4 80 0.10 50 60 W 92.9 met 0.16 93.9 met 0.02 95 0.10 92.9 met 0.16 92.9 met 2.06 95 2.50 91.2 95 AI NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA MR 100 NA 0.08 71.4 NA -0.31 80 0.10 100 NA 0.08 71.4 NA 1.5 75 2 100 80 LEP NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA SWD 27.6 NA -0.15 36 NA -0.17 40 0.10 27.6 NA -0.15 44 met 2 50 0.10 27.3 35 ED 45.3 No -0.05 45.3 No -0.01

SCHOOL PROFILE

This narrative should include a description of student and staff demographics, recent achievement, and staff qualifications. Eastover Elementary School is a renovated facility nestled in the historic Eastover community. It has 13 new classrooms, a state of the art computer lab, new media center, and a renovated auditorium, music room, art room, and cafeteria. Eastover was the first uniform school in the CMS district. The current attendance zone includes students in the following neighborhoods: Cherry, Cotswold, Eastover, Elizabeth, and Myers Park. The school is located on 500 Cherokee Road in Charlotte. In addition to challenging and innovative instruction in the regular classroom, we offer excellent resource services for the visually impaired.

Eastover’s PTA has one of the most active memberships in Mecklenburg County. It supports the school community by raising more than $150,000 each year to support school-wide initiatives including providing technology for the 21st century learner, staff development support, additional classroom materials, library books, Accelerated Reader subscription, classroom libraries, cultivating community partners, and a variety of new/prospective parent activities. CMS School Improvement Plan 2010-12 Eastover 2010-11

The Eastover instructional team: 97% with 4+ years experience, 3% with National Board certification  21 classroom teachers  1 Exceptional Children Resource teachers  2 literacy facilitators (K-2) (3-5)  1 full-time talent development teacher-Grades 2-5  1School Psychologist (part time)  1 Counselor  1 art teacher  1 physical education teacher  1 media specialist  1 music teacher  Visually impaired program—21teacher, 2 assistants  Speech program—1 full time therapist  0.5 English as Second Language teacher  Assistant Principal (half time—2.5 days ) With a systematic child-centered approach to instructional planning and accountability, inclusion, positive disciplinary interaction, and open communication with constituents, staff development activities and administrative support, the culture of Eastover Elementary School will continue to deliver a positive, challenging, and differentiated approach to educating all children. Last year, Eastover had 86.8% at or above grade level in math and 86.4% at or above grade level in reading. We met nine out of nine AYP goals. Our current population is 417 students K-5. Our focus this year will be on closing the gap in math and reading achievement and developing a stronger writing program with a focus on writing across the curriculum in K-5.

Outcome Increase math proficiency for all AYP groups as measured by the NC EOG (1): CMS School Improvement Plan 2010-12 Eastover 2010-11

Strategic Plan 2014 Areas of Focus: School Quality Review Criteria: Effective Teaching and Leadership Performance Management Achievement Leadership/Management Increasing the Graduation Rate Teaching/Learning through Technology Curriculum Learning Environment Environmental Stewardship Parent/Community Connections Learning/Teaching Parent and Community

Strategies Point Person Evidence of Success Leadership Prof. Dev. Focus Parental Timeline (title/name) Standard* Involvement End Date  Task  Participant  Responsibilities s  Activity  ck date  Task Process Outcome  Funding  Fundin  ck date Source g Example: Academic Dept Planning SQR 3.1, 3.2 – Instructional (2) Differentiation Supply Material 6-10-11 1. Differentiate instruction for each subgroup Facil/Smith Agenda, “Teaching is high Monitor Faculty None 11-3-10 Lesson Plans quality, well paced      Include differentiation strategies in and challenging for  Evaluate  PDC  PTSA  1-24-11 lesson plans all students." Walk-throughs  4-4-11 TD teacher Meeting SQR 3.4 “Teachers Instructional (2) Differentiaton None Monthly work 1. Increase quality of math instruction minutes Facilitate Faculty 9/10-5/11 collaboratively to    Establish Math/Science Committee— Lesson Plans plan lessons which  Create  PTA Gather materials/resources to support are effective and environment the program, oversee data wise improve instruction. process SQR 3.5 “Students Strategic (1) Differentiation TD teacher Team None 9/10-5/11 respond to the high Facilitate the  2. Increase yearly growth for TD students Grade Planning  Faculty expectations for setting of high  PTA  TD teacher will co-teach top math Chairs Lesson Plans achievement set by concrete goals funding groups in order to enrich and compact teachers and the for math instruction Increased expectations material proficiency on that all s formative and EOG students achieve them Team SQR 2.2 Instructional (2) Parent tutors 3-5 Literacy  Faculty 10/10- 3. Increase yearly growth for “brinker” students Facilitator planning “curriculum is New ways to PTA 5/11 Tutoring designed to meet accomplish  Parents provides  Continue tutoring program for level 2 center the individual tasks materials for and 3 students in order to increase Tutor Training needs of all Distribute cent student proficiency. Schedules students leadership

Outcome Increase math proficiency for all AYP groups as measured by the NC EOG CMS School Improvement Plan 2010-12 Eastover 2010-11

Strategies Point Person Leadership Standard* Parental Involvement Timeline (title/name) End Date  Task  Responsibilities   Activity  ck date  Task Outcome   Funding  ck date SQR 6.3 “Parent/Guardian Exter Spring, 2011 4. Increase parent involvement in math Math/Sci Faculty involvement is solicited to enhance nal   Schedule “Explore Investigations” committee Pare  the work of the school” Dev  Parents parent event. (6) Crea  None  te Non syste ms that enga ge all com muni ty stak ehol ders … CMS School Improvement Plan 2010-12 Eastover 2010-11

Outcome Increase reading proficiency for all AYP groups as measured by the NC EOG (2):

Strategies Point Person Evidence of Success Leadership Prof. Dev. Focus Parental Timeline (title/name) Standard* Involvement End Date  Task  Participants  Responsibilities  Activit  ck date Funding  Task  y Process Outcome Source  ck date  Fundi ng Literacy Center creation Assist in creating 1. Increase student vocabulary proficiency. facilitators Create materials Increased Instructional(2) Faculty materials 9/10-11/10 from book study reading fluency Essential concepts None Purchase books  Create vocabulary resource center Parent tutor log and Allocation of in planning room comprehension resources proficiency  Complete book study Vocabulary Games for the Classroom-Marzano SQR 2.1 ”Curriculum  Continue to utilize parent tutors for aligned…” literacy

Grade Team planning Increased Strategic (1) None 9/10-5/11 2. Refine novel studies Chairs Project reading fluency Facilitate the Faculty assignments and setting of high None  Align skills with NCSCOS and CMS Literacy comprehension concrete goals and literacy pacing guide. Facilitators proficiency the expectations SQR 3.2 that all students  Assign projects that provide “High level on achieve them opportunity for higher level thinking task” Aligning curriculum and creating as indicated in Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy CMS School Improvement Plan 2010-12 Eastover 2010-11

Grade Team Planning Increased Instructional(2) Faculty None 9/10-5/11 3. Create common assessments that track Chairs Item Bank reading fluency Collecting and None DPI released and using data to drive student performance on core standards. forms comprehension instruction  Each grade level will create unit proficiency SQR 3.11 assessments that provide data to “Monitor/Evaluat differentiate instruction e

Outcome Increase writing proficiency for all AYP groups as measured by quarterly writing assessments. (3):

Strategies Point Person Evidence of Success Leadership Prof. Dev. Focus Parental Timeline (title/name) Standard* Involvement End Date  Task  Participants  Responsibilities  Activit  ck date Funding  Task  y Process Outcome Source  ck date  Fundi ng

Increased Instructional(2) 9/10-5/11 1. Provide opportunities for students to write Grade Writing period writing Alignment Faculty None to learn. Chairs during Literacy proficiency as Collaboration None Block measured by Evaluation  Students will write across the Student rubrics and Accountability curriculum by completing informal Portfolio quarterly writing tasks that help them think creation and prompts through key concepts or ideas maintenance SQR 3.10 presented in a course. “Diverse learners”  Student portfolios will be refined to illustrate continuous progress CMS School Improvement Plan 2010-12 Eastover 2010-11

Strategies Point Person Evidence of Success Leadership Prof. Dev. Focus Parental Timeline (title/name) Standard* Involvement End Date  Task  Participants  Responsibilitie  Activity  ck date Funding  Task s  Source  Funding  ck date

Literacy Process Outcome Instructional(2) Faculty None 3-9/10-5/11 3. Teachers will continue to integrate Facilitators Inservice Increased Knowledge None 4-Jan, 2011 schedule Mentor Texts in the writing program TD teacher writing and skills 5-9/10-5/11 Lesson Plans proficiency as Essential  Continue to reference and use measured by concepts Dorfman and Capelli’s Mentor Text rubrics and during Writers’ Workshop. quarterly Conduct book study for Dorfman prompts  SQR 3.7 and Capelli’s Mentor Text for “Collaboratively remaining staff plan effective 4. Create and disseminate via hardcopy and lessons that improve weblink a parent guide for the school-wide instruction writing program. 5. Continue to recognize good writing via the morning broadcast, CMS School Improvement Plan 2010-12 Eastover 2010-11

Eastover Elementary School is committed to making our school a safe and caring place for all students. We will treat each other with respect, and we will refuse to tolerate bullying in any form at our school.

Eastover defines bullying as follows: Bullying is unfair and one-sided. It happens when someone continues to hurt, frighten, threaten or leave someone out on purpose.

We believe in the four R’s  Respect for Self  Respect for Others  Respect for the Environment  Respect for Learning

Examples of bullying:  Hurting someone physically by hitting, kicking, tripping, pushing, etc  Stealing or damaging another person’s things  Ganging up on someone  Teasing someone in a hurtful way  Using put-downs, such as insulting someone’s race, appearance, or making fun of someone for being a boy or a girl  Spreading rumors about someone CMS School Improvement Plan 2010-12 Eastover 2010-11

 Leaving someone out on purpose or trying to get other students not to play with someone

Consequences for Bullying  Making amends o Apologizing o Writing a report on the topic o School or community service o Repairing, cleaning, or replacing items  Class meeting on topic  Loss of privileges  Parent notice  Attendance at one-to-one intervention sessions  Short-term suspension

CMS Bullying Prevention Initiative CMS Mission: To assure each student a safe, respectful, and compassionate climate of learning where academic social and emotional development can take place free from bullying, ridicule, and violence. Eastover Bullying Prevention Plan:

Eastover will plan and implement Steps to Respect, a school-wide approach to preventing and addressing bullying. The program has a dual focus on bullying and socially responsible behavior.

Target grades: 4th & 5th

Guidance lessons for grades K-3