James H. Moran Middle School

Wallingford Public Schools James H. Moran Middle School School Climate Strategic Plan 2013 – 2016 Belief:  A positive, safe, healthy school environment nurtures, inspires and enables the development of each student’s potential.  Education and learning are the shared responsibilities of students, families, school, and community.  Honesty, integrity, respect and fairness are essential to building trust: The district climate will foster a collaborative, collegial environment. Goal(s):  To create a climate where students feel safe from verbal abuse, teasing, and exclusion.  To improve parent perception of the inclusivity and acceptance of all students and parents that enter James H. Moran, Sr. Middle School.  To increase overall building morale at Moran Middle School.

Objective(s) Action (s) defined People Action(s) Responsible Indic Resources Needed Due Date ation of Succ ess 1) STUDENT Back-To- School Grade level meetings Students, All Sprin ongoing OBJECTIVE: To Assembly by build community, allow Staff, and g create a climate where grade level opportunities to discuss Administration surve students feel safe from expectations, and are an y verbal abuse, teasing, opportunity for student Students, All result and exclusion. voice Staff, and s will Whole School Administration reflec $2000 Assembly- Digital t a Fall 2014 Citizenship & Presentation by outside decre Responsibility program to teach students ase in about benefits and hazards stude to social media use and nt abuse surve y respo nses whic h reflec t stude nt exper ience s with unkin dness and/o r exclu sion

Fewe r disci plina ry incid ents with stude nts regar ding socia l medi a abuse Developmental All 6,7,and 8 grade Guidance Sprin ongoing guidance students have received g unit instruction focused surve on Anti-Bullying y thought the result developmental guidance s will program reflec t a decre ase in stude nt surve y respo nses whic h reflec t stude nt exper ience s with unkin dness and/o r exclu sion Service projects Seek other grade level All Grade levels Incre ongoing service projects/Eagles ase in say something positive stude focus nt servi ce partic ipatio n and oppo rtunit ies Spirit Days Increase the positive Student Stude ongoing climate of the students Government & nt/St through themed events Friends of aff (hat day, tie day etc.) Rachel Club partic ipatio n Student created Student-led focus on Staff/Students Regu ongoing version of Project character education to be MVP news lar Wisdom used during MVP News incor porat ion of chara cter mess ages on MVP News Rachel’s School wide anti- All Students, All Incre ongoing Challenge bullying program to Staff, The ase in address positive Friends of perce relationships and Rachel Club ption acceptance of stude nt conn ected ness as meas ured by stude nt surve y respo nses Survey Team will redesign the Staff Incre Anually reevaluation and survey to address this ased reconfigure by focus, sort by grade stude grade level level and re-assess using nt, cohort information paren t, and staff perce ption of conn ected ness as meas ured by surve y result s Suggestion Box Student government to Student Incre ongoing create and monitor box Government, All ase in that allows students to Students and perce submit suggestions to Administration ption improve the school of and/or its policies. SG stude president to meet nt regularly with voice administration to discuss as the ideas generated as a meas result. ured by stude nt surve y respo nses Bully Boxes Creation of two bully All Students, Exist ongoing boxes in main office and Tech Ed ence guidance that allow Department and of students the opportunity Administration foru to anonymously report m for bullying behavior stude occurring at Moran. nts to repor t anon ymou sly 2) STAFF Organize Social  team School Incre Ongoing OBJECTIVE: To Events sponsored Community ase increase overall gatherings Members in building morale at  organize perce Moran Middle School. holiday/ year ntage end party of  organize staff events refle throughout the cting year to celebrate favor staff and the able successes we are mora making le on  creation of group to include scho staff in ol celebration of clim life events, ate and/or activities surve y

Incre ase in staff parti cipat ion in scho ol- wide event s Build consensus Admin to lead activities Team Leaders, Incre Ongoing around Moran’s that build support for a All Staff & ased vision community vision upon Administration staff which future school-wide perce decisions can be made. ption of conn ected ness and value as meas ured by surve y result s Communication Provide open All Staff & Incre Ongoing of information in communication of Administration ased a timely manner school events, including staff Liaison, Monthly perce Middle School Principal ption meetings, of Administrative Council, conn PTAC, PTO, weekly ected updates from ness Administration. and value as meas ured by surve y result s Staff recognition Recognition of others in All Staff & Incre Ongoing the building for efforts Administration ased within the school staff community perce ption of conn ected ness and value as meas ured by surve y result s Open Door Policy Administrators will Administration Incre Ongoing make themselves ased available to discuss staff needs and concerns perce ption of conn ected ness and value as meas ured by surve y result s Classroom visits Frequent visits to All Staff & Incre Ongoing improve the visibility of Administration ased administration for staff support and perce communication ption of conn ected ness and value as meas ured by surve y result s Classroom visits Pursue opportunities for All Staff & Incre Ongoing staff to observe Administration ased instruction in the staff building by peers to perce enhance perception of ption common grounds related of to quality instruction conn ected ness and value as meas ured by surve y result s Redistribute Conduct and evaluate School Climate Incre Spring 2014-2016 survey results of teacher Committee ased surveys to reevaluate staff concerns perce ption of conn ected ness and value as meas ured by surve y result s

3. PARENT/ Create parent Collect, input and Office & Follo Ongoing GUARDIAN email distribution maintain parent email Technology Staff w up OBJECTIVE: list addresses. Offer an pare To improve opportunity mid-way nt parent through the year for surve perception of parents to update their y the information. Incre inclusivity ase and in acceptance pare of all nt students and parti parents that cipat enter James ion H. Moran, Sr. Middle in School. scho ol- spon sored activ ities

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Community Create school wide Main Office Incre Ongoing Calendar calendar on the website Staff ased that parents can access paren and that can be t maintained by a perce representative group of ption school staff of conn ected ness as meas ured by surve y result s Redistribute Conduct and evaluate School Climate Incre Spring 2014-2016 parent survey results of parent surveys Survey ased to revaluate concerns. paren t perce ption of conn ected ness as meas ured by surve y result s