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School Improvement Plan

2015-2016 2015-2016 through 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: September 28, 2015 Final Copy Due: October 26, 2015

Garinger High School Contact Information School: Garinger High School Courier Number: 397 1100 Eastway Drive Phone Number: (980) 343-6450 Address: Charlotte, NC 28205 Fax Number: (980) 343-1475 Learning Community Northeast School Website: http://schools.cms.k12.nc.us/garingerHS/Pages/Default.aspx

Principal: Dr. Kelly Gwaltney Learning Community Superintendent: Charity Bell

Garinger High 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.” Date Committee Position Name Email Address Elected Principal Dr. Kelly Gwaltney [email protected] Assistant Principal Representative Janna Licata [email protected] Teacher Representative Alison Swartz, Chair [email protected] 9-23-15 Inst. Support Representative Rachel Lloyd [email protected] 9-11-15 Classified Representative Rita Cannady [email protected] 9-11-15 Parent Representative Erica Shepherd [email protected] 10-15-15 Student Representative Carlos Gonzalez Student Representative Alexia Mendoza Vision Statement 2 District: CMS provides all students the best education available anywhere, preparing every child to lead a rich and productive life.

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Mission Statement

District: The mission of CMS is to maximize academic achievement by every student in every school.

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Garinger High School SMART Goals 

 Garinger High School Assessment Data Snapshot

Paste desired SIP data reports from Principal Portal here. Insert other related data points pertinent to your school here.

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4 Garinger High School Profile

This narrative should include a description of student and staff demographics, recent achievement(s), and staff qualifications.

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5 Strategic Plan 2018: For a Better Tomorrow

Goal 1: Maximize academic achievement in a personalized Goal 2: Recruit, develop, retain and reward a premier 21st-century learning environment for every child to workforce graduate college- and career-ready Five focus areas: Four focus areas: I. Proactive recruitment I. College- and career-readiness II. Individualized professional development II. Academic growth/high academic achievement III. Retention/quality appraisals III. Access to rigor IV. Multiple career pathways IV. Closing achievement gaps V. Leadership development

Goal 3: Cultivate partnerships with families, businesses, Goal 4: Promote a system-wide culture of safety, high faith-based groups and community organizations to provide engagement, cultural competency and customer service a sustainable system of support and care for each child Five focus areas: Three focus areas: I. Physical safety I. Family engagement II. Social and emotional health II. Communication and outreach III. High engagement III. Partnership development IV. Cultural competency V. Customer service

Goal 5: Optimize district performance and accountability by Goal 6: Inspire and nurture learning, creativity, innovation strengthening data use, processes and systems and entrepreneurship through technology and strategic school redesign Four focus areas: 6 I. Effective and efficient processes and systems Four focus areas: II. Strategic use of district resources I. Learning everywhere, all the time III. Data integrity and use II. Innovation and entrepreneurship IV. School performance improvement III. Strategic school redesign IV. Innovative new schools SMART Goal (1): Provide a duty-free lunch period for every teacher on a daily basis. Duty Free Lunch for Teachers Strategic Plan Goal: Goal 2: Recruit, develop, retain and reward a premier workforce Strategic Plan Focus Area: Retention/quality appraisals Data Used: Power School Master Schedule

Strategies (determined by what data) Point Person Evidence of Success Funding Personnel Timeline  Task (title/name) (Student Impact) (estimated Involved (Start—End)  Task cost / source)  Interim  Task (PD) Dates 1. Master schedule created so Assistant Referral data will show that $0 Principal, May 2015- that each teacher receives one Principal/ the number of incidents will Assistant August prep period Sharon Bracey decrease. Principal 2015 Sharon Bracey 2. Alternative coverage during Dean/Tomeka Referral data will show that $0 Principal, August lunches Barbour the number of incidents Assistant 2015 during lunches will Principals, decrease. Deans 3. Schedule third period meetings Assistant Referral data will show that $0 Assistant August and professional developments so Principal/Janna the number of incidents will Principal 2015-June that they do not conflict with duty- Licata decrease. 2016 free lunches

7 SMART Goal (2): Provide duty-free instructional planning time for every teacher under G.S. 115C-105.27 and Duty Free Instructional Planning Time -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. 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: Power School Master Schedule

Strategies (determined by what data) Point Person Evidence of Success Funding Personnel Timeline  Task (title/name) (Student Impact) (estimated Involved (Start—End)  Task cost / source)  Interim  Task (PD) Dates 1. Hire sufficient teachers to Principal/Dr. Student: teacher ratio $0 Principal, June 2015- ensure adequate supervision of Gwaltney maintained at a Assistant August students manageable level; growth is Principals 2015 evident in EOC, ACT and SAT results 2. Schedule a minimum of one Assistant Each teacher is allotted one $0 Assistant May 2015- prep period in each teacher’s Principal/ prep period per day; growth Principal August schedule Sharon Bracey is evident in EOC, ACT and 2015 SAT results

8 SMART Goal (3): Provide a positive school climate, under CMS regulation JICK-R, by promoting a safe learning Anti-Bullying / Character Education environment free of bullying and harassing behaviors. Strategic Plan Goal: Goal 4: Promote a system-wide culture of safety, high engagement, cultural competency and customer service Goal 6: Inspire and nurture learning, creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship through technology and strategic school redesign

Strategic Plan Focus Area: Social and emotional health Data Used: 2015/16 incident and suspension rate reports, 2015/16 Insight Survey, parent and student feedback

Strategies (determined by what data) Point Person Evidence of Success Funding Personnel Timeline  Task (title/name) (Student Impact) (estimated Involved (Start—End)  Task cost / source)  Interim  Task (PD) Dates 1. Bully Liaison / Bully-prevention Dean/Mr. BMTs regularly meet with $0 Dean and 2015-2016 Crumble students to mediate conflict BMTs School Year and prevent bullying

9 2. Character Education Dean/Mr. BMTs regularly meet with $0 Dean and 2015-2016 Crumble students to counsel and BMTs School Year support students in the area of character education

3. School Health Team Assistant School Health Team $0 Assistant 2015-2016 Principal/Janna established and meeting at Principal, School Year Licata least four times yearly; Data Health Corp collection of decreased representa- health incidents tive

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: 2015-16 EOC’s, PLC and classroom-level formative data

Strategies (determined by what data) Point Person Evidence of Success Funding Personnel Timeline  Task (title/name) (Student Impact) (estimated Involved (Start—End)  Task cost / source)  Interim  Task (PD) Dates 1. Common assessments Principal/ Data-informed student $0 All, PLCs, 2015-16 * Pre- and post- assessments Gwaltney performance improvement APs, School Year created in School Net AP/Bracey, Principal *Jan. Forshee, *March Tornfelt, Licata *June

10 2. Data disaggregation Principal/ Data-informed student $0 All, PLCs, 2015-16 * Monitoring student achievement Gwaltney performance improvement APs, School Year by objective AP/Bracey, Principal *Jan. Forshee, *March Tornfelt, Licata *June 3. Flexible grouping AP/Bracey Master Schedule, data- $0 AP, PLCs, 2015-16 * Multiple sections of like courses informed student all teachers School Year are grouped together to allow for performance improvement flexible grouping 4. Late and make-up work Principal/ Power School grade reports $0 All teachers 2015-16 * Students have opportunity to Gwaltney School Year turn in make-up and late work in accordance with CMS BOE policy * No penalty for late or make-up work for excused absences

11 Garinger High School - 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]

2. Please identify the law, regulation or policy from which you are seeking an exemption.

 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.

 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.

 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.

12 Approval of Plan Committee Position Name Signature Date Dr. Kelly Gwaltney Principal Janna Licata Assistant Principal Representative Alison Swartz, Chair Teacher Representative Rachel Lloyd Inst. Support Representative Rita Cannady Classified Representative Erica Shepherd Parent Representative Carlos Gonzalez Student Representative Alexia Mendoza Student Representative

Quarter 2 Review 13 Committee Position Name Signature Date Dr. Kelly Gwaltney Principal Janna Licata Assistant Principal Representative Alison Swartz, Chair Teacher Representative Rachel Lloyd Inst. Support Representative Rita Cannady Classified Representative Erica Shepherd Parent Representative Carlos Gonzalez Student Representative Alexia Mendoza Student Representative

14 Quarter 3 Review Committee Position Name Signature Date Dr. Kelly Gwaltney Principal Janna Licata Assistant Principal Representative Alison Swartz, Chair Teacher Representative Rachel Lloyd Inst. Support Representative Rita Cannady Classified Representative Erica Shepherd Parent Representative Carlos Gonzalez Student Representative Alexia Mendoza Student Representative

Quarter 4 Review 15 Committee Position Name Signature Date Dr. Kelly Gwaltney Principal Janna Licata Assistant Principal Representative Alison Swartz, Chair Teacher Representative Rachel Lloyd Inst. Support Representative Rita Cannady Classified Representative Erica Shepherd Parent Representative Carlos Gonzalez Student Representative Alexia Mendoza Student Representative