School-Wide Literacy Action Plan

School-wide Literacy Action Plan Student Motivation, Engagement, and Achievement

School Name: Morse High School School Year: 2009-10

Goal Statement #2: The Morse High School literacy initiative will be evident through teachers' support of all students in setting and working toward goals to improve their performance as readers, writers, and learners across all content areas.

Supporting data on capacity/need: Decreasing SAT scores, PSAT scores, low scores on Stanford Reading test, graduation rates.

Action Step 1 Action Step 2 Action Step 3

Using a common literacy vocabulary across Teachers routinely provide a strong focus on Students will be able to select and use disciplines, teachers will communicate the modeling, guided practice, and content area literacy support strategies to match the expectation that all students will succeed reading and writing instruction to strengthen content area demands. academically. content learning.

Timeline  Apr. 2009 completed Goal Statement 2  On-going with implementation  Spring of 2009 and on-going (use a  Select a 2nd rubric for Goal Statement 1 beginning calendar)  March 1st monthly newsletter 2008-09  Students will be selected and tested  Pam’s PD with ELA and Science and  Identify key student strategies with SPI Scholastic Phonics Inventory Team - Making Connections by Sept. 2009  By 28th review faculty feedback on Goal - Visualizing  Students will be able to use School- Statement 2 - Determining importance wide rubrics to measure their progress  March 3 - lit team in afternoon - Inferring Spring 2010  Finalize the action plan and calendar - Synthesizing  Students will demonstrate learning March - Academic vocabulary and content through technology – Spring 2010  April/May continue as team area vocabulary  Students will use literacy software to  Analyze Read 180 and Stanford data by - Monitoring comprehension enhance learning. mid--June - Writing to learn  Addition of System 44 by Sept. 2009  Learning to write  Boys' Book Club – Feb. 09 - Ongoing 11/12/09 update to use the Thinkquery Toolkit  Budgeted for ½ time literacy specialist Sept. 2009 Done  Add potential Writing Resource Lab – Sept. 2009 Added 3 labs  Continue monthly Wiki Literacy newsletter - ongoing Lead Literacy team, David Ingmundson, Dept. heads, Cindy Hutchins, teachers, Literacy team, David Ingmundson, Person(s) department heads, principal, new literacy David Ingmundson, Karen Mace, Michelle department heads, principal, literacy specialist Gabrielleson literacy coaches. specialist, technology coordinator,

Resources Continue professional development and Continue training and practice of strategies. Continue training and practice with Needed literacy training, practice with specific Increase use of technology. specific strategies, copies of Reading strategies, copies of Reading Reminders for Teachers will need additional training on Reminders for teachers, increase teachers, literacy newsletter, literacy MLTI laptops. (Olga LaPlant does twice a technology Wednesday for staff collaboration, month technology workshops for teachers) implementation of writing class, extension package of Read 180

Measure of Formative assessments, sample assignments Literacy walk-throughs, sample work, rubrics, Formative assessments, increased Success developed by teachers, common literacy, shared lessons on Noteshare. scores on comprehension questions, lexile testing in Read 180, strategies in syllabi, Presentations using technology. sample assignments developed by academic vocabulary in syllabi, newsletter, teachers. PSAT, MHSA, Standford participation in boys’ book club scores will increase by 5% by 2011-12.

Check in/ Monthly Each Quarter Monthly review date CRM Date in August 11,12,13 School-wide Literacy Action Plan #1 : Literacy-Rich Environment

School Name: Morse High School School Year: 2008-2009

Goal Statement #1: The Morse High School literacy initiative will share a vision for improved literacy through teacher and student participation to enhance and celebrate a literacy-rich environment.

Supporting data on capacity/need: Rubric survey from faculty, under-scheduled library, literacy walk-through, no common planning, lack of intervention strategies, lack of participation in professional development, need for a shared commitment to literacy

Action Step 1 Action Step 2 Action Step 3

A shared vision for literacy improvement at Teachers will actively participate in literacy Students will participate in literacy- Morse High School will be articulated and development, seek and share resources, and related activities and authentic literacy shared with teachers, staff, students, and interpret data to improve student literacy and experiences both in and out of the community. learning. classroom.

Timeline  Shared District-wide literacy goal –  Full-day literacy workshop – Oct. 08  Formation of Boys' Book Club (Feb August 08 (ongoing)  Literacy Team meets with Literacy 09)  Dedicated administrative team to facilitator 6 times – March 09  Community Read (Ongoing) literacy improvement (08-09) - ongoing  Dept. professional development –  Banned Book Week (Ongoing)  Monthly LSW literacy meetings – March 09  Movie Club (Ongoing) ongoing  Each department has incorporate  Literary Magazine (08/09)  Created Action Planning Goals 1 and 2 literacy strategies into common  Letters to Amnesty International – March 09 assessments – ongoing (Ongoing)  Share Action Plans with faculty – May  Survey rubric data compiled and  Yearbook (ongoing) 09 examined (Nov – Mar. 08/09)  Debate (O8/09)  Action Plans and Literacy Newsletter  PSAT analysis in English classes –  On going use of technology posted to school website – March 09 Dec. 08  Student-written One Act play (Dec.  SAT Word of the Day – Jan 09  Monthly revision of unit plans to create 08) (ongoing) cohesive K-12 framework with literacy  Peer tutoring (Oct – June 08/09)  Resources added such as Read 180, incorporated  Interact Club reading to elementary System 44 (08-09)  SPI Scholastic Phonics Inventory – students (Feb 09)  Quarterly Newsletter (Morse Navigator) Spring 09  Summer Reading (ongoing) include a section on literacy initiative.  Literacy Newsletter distributed each  Anime Club (Sept-Jun 08/09) month with suggested strategy (March  Online Newspaper (Sep. 09) 09) - ongoing  Online podcast or blog (Sept. 09)  Reading Reminders In-Service Course  Electronic banner with SAT words (Feb – May 09) (08/09)  Memoir Writing Workshop (June/July  Student Naming Contest for 09) literacy initiative (Sept. 09)  Two Ed. Tech literacy workshops  Common writing/reading rubrics in (Oct/Mar 08/09) student handbook (Sept. 09)

Lead Literacy team, CRM, administration (Supt. Literacy team, department heads, Nancy Teachers, Dawn Lee, Seth Thompson, Person(s) and prin.), curriculum specialist (Nancy H), Harriman, principal, Pam Thompson, Cindy principal, literacy team, literacy literacy coach (David I.), literacy specialist Hutchins, Sharon Brown specialist, club advisors, literacy (coming), instructional strategist (Cindy coach, superintendent, educational Hutchins), special education director (S. technicians (Brenda Fagan, Sheli Brown), Media specialist (D. Lee) Boyle, etc)

Resources Common planning, additional professional Dedicated time in schedule for teachers, MLTI training on laptops, more Needed development, increased community continued reinforcement of common stipends for co-curricular advisors, involvement, literacy displays language and literacy strategies, literacy community partnerships, after school walk-through, means of sharing literacy activity transportation, more after- resources, money for professional literacy school opportunities, more student library choice, real-world opportunities for students through field trips, display cases through the building (especially math wing)

Measure of Teachers can articulate vision, learned Student assessments reflect evidence of Drop outs decrease from 28% to 18%), Success strategies, evidence of literacy in classrooms, improved literacy skills. Evidence of student participation increases in community access to literacy goals, strategies being used – i.e. displays of activities (Currently 1,100 students professional sharing student work, word walls, increased participate in co-curricular), MHSA awareness, common language and rubrics. scores would improve by (add), Follow-up survey of rubrics by staff. increase traffic in media center, student driven projects celebrated in quarterly recognition ceremonies, increased college applications (guidance), increased public displays of student work (hallways)

Check in/ Monthly (Nov. through Jun. 08-09) Quarterly Annually review date