Ballantyne Elementary School Improvement Plan 2016-2017

School Improvement Plan2016-2017 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: October 3, 2016 Final Copy Due: October 18, 2016 2016-2017 Ballantyne Elementary School Improvement Plan ReportBallantyne Elementary School Contact Information School: Ballantyne Elementary Courier Number: 437 15425 Scholastic Drive Phone Number: 980-343-0413 Address: Charlotte, NC 28277 Fax Number: 980-343-1829 Learning Community South School Website: [email protected]Principal: Dr. Sharon Mazurek Learning Community Superintendent: Mrs. Kathleen EllingBallantyne Elementary 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. Sharon Mazurek [email protected] Assistant Principal Representative Temika Smith [email protected] 9/15 Teacher Representative Lisa Moore [email protected] 9/15 Inst. Support Representative Aaron Plummer [email protected] 9/15 Teacher Assistant Representative Maxie Dixon [email protected] 9/16 Parent Representative Lori Goodman [email protected] 8/14 Parent Representative Fakra Chaudhry [email protected] 10/14 Parent Representative Brooke Christmas [email protected] 10/14 Parent Representative Naomi Morin [email protected] 10/15 2 2016-2017 Ballantyne Elementary School Improvement Plan Report Parent Representative Maria Rachal [email protected] 10/16 Vision StatementDistrict: CMS provides all students the best education available anywhere, preparing every child to lead a rich and productive life.School: Preparing every child to excel in a global society.Mission StatementDistrict: The mission of CMS is to maximize academic achievement by every student in every school.School: Promoting character and creating lifelong learners, one child at a time.Ballantyne Elementary School Shared Beliefs  Teachers, parents, and the community share the responsibility for the support and advancement of the school’s mission.  Students learn best in a safe and orderly environment where individual learning styles are supported through differentiation in instruction. Student diversity and talent should be valued, nurtured, and celebrated. Students learn best when actively engaged in authentic tasks that develop higher-order thinking. 3 2016-2017 Ballantyne Elementary School Improvement Plan Report  Positive relationships and mutual respect among students, staff, and parents create an effective learning environment. All school staff work as a team, are knowledgeable educators, are committed to the success of children and actively seek professional development opportunities. Character education integrated in the daily curriculum enhances student pride in themselves and in our school. Ballantyne Elementary School SMART Goals Provide a duty-free lunch period for every teacher on a regular basis.  Provide duty-free instructional planning time for every teacher under G.S. 115C-105.27 and 301.1, with the goal of providing 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 school contact hours. Provide a positive school climate, under CMS regulation JICK-R, by promoting a safe learning environment free of bullying and harassing behaviors.  At least 85% of students in grades K-2 will demonstrate at or above grade level proficiency in reading, as measured by Reading 3D composite scores and TRC data. 4 2016-2017 Ballantyne Elementary School Improvement Plan Report  At least 85% of students in grades 3-5 will demonstrate proficiency in reading, as measured by North Carolina End of Grade testing; the school will meet or exceed growth standards in reading in grades 3-5.  At least 80% of students in grades 3-5 will be college and career ready (CCR) in mathematics, as measured by North Carolina End of Grade mathematics testing; the school will meet or exceed growth standards in mathematics in grades 3-5.5 2016-2017 Ballantyne Elementary School Improvement Plan Report Ballantyne Elementary School Assessment Data SnapshotBallantyne Elementary School 2015-2016 2014-2015 2013-2014 2012-2013 Assessment Subgroup % GLP % CCR % GLP % CCR % GLP % CCR % GLP % CCR Grade 03 EOG Composite All 77.9 69.9 82.9 70.4 79.9 70.5 73.3Grade 03 EOG Math All 77.3 69.3 80.0 65.7 81.1 70.9 70.5Grade 03 EOG Reading All 78.5 70.6 85.7 75.0 78.7 70.1 76.0Grade 04 EOG Composite All 82.5 74.6 80.7 72.8 81.1 74.1 77.3Grade 04 EOG Math All 84.2 80.4 82.7 75.6 82.5 78.3 81.8Grade 04 EOG Reading All 80.9 68.8 78.7 70.1 79.7 69.9 72.7Grade 05 EOG Composite All 84.2 79.0 86.7 79.8 85.4 79.1 73.8Grade 05 EOG Math All 86.7 86.7 85.5 83.4 82.7 79.1 72.3Grade 05 EOG Reading All 75.0 64.1 80.7 68.3 79.1 69.1 68.5Grade 05 EOG Science All 90.7 86.0 93.8 87.6 94.2 89.2 80.8School EOG Reading Composite All 78.3 68.1 81.8 71.1 79.2 69.7 72.5School EOG Math Composite All 82.4 78.2 82.8 75.0 82.2 76.3 74.8School EOG Science Composite All 90.7 86.0 93.8 87.6 94.2 89.2 80.8EOG Composite All 81.7 74.8 84.0 75.2 82.7 75.3 74.6School Composite All 81.7 74.8 84.0 75.2 82.7 75.3 74.66 2016-2017 Ballantyne Elementary School Improvement Plan Report7 2016-2017 Ballantyne Elementary School Improvement Plan Report Ballantyne Elementary School ProfileBallantyne Elementary School opened in August, 2008, relieving overcrowded conditions at Hawk Ridge, Endhaven, and Pineville Elementary Schools. Located in the community of Ballantyne in south Charlotte, we currently serve approximately 865 students in grades K-5. Our demographics are as follows: White-49%, African-American-17%, Asian-21%, Hispanic-10%, and 3%for those reporting more than one ethnicity upon registration. For four years straight, Ballantyne was designated a North Carolina Honor School of Excellence (the state discontinued these designations after our fourth year). High growth was achieved in reading and in math, in fourth and fifth grades in 2011-2012. In 2012- 2013 and 2013-2014 the school exceeded growth expectations. For the 2013-2014 school year, Ballantyne earned a grade of (84) from the state with the new state letter grade system. Growth standards were exceeded. This year, 2014-2015 scores designated our school as A+ and we exceeded growth standards. All state and federal target goals were also met. For the 2015-2016 school year Ballantyne received a grade of B (82) and exceeded growth standards for the fourth straight year. Math received a grade of A, literacy and science received grades of B. All state and federal target goals were achieved at 100%.We have a very dedicated staff working at Ballantyne and most have previous teaching experience. Our faculty includes 37 classroom teachers, nine teacher assistants, one media specialist, one fulltime and one part-time music, art, and PE teacher, a fulltime and a part-time talent development teacher, one literacy facilitator, two literacy intervention teachers, and a fulltime ESL teacher and a STEM teacher. The two literacy intervention teachers and the STEM teacher positions are ADM teacher positions we were able to utilize this year due to class enrollment sizes remaining stable. We also have two fulltime special education resource teachers, a part-time speech-language pathologist, a part-time psychologist, and two school counselors. We house a before/after school enrichment program, under the direction of the after school program coordinator. Three fulltime secretaries, an assistant principal, three custodians, and a cafeteria manager round out the staffing for Ballantyne. In terms of teaching 8 2016-2017 Ballantyne Elementary School Improvement Plan Report experience, 44% of teachers hold advanced degrees. We have seven national board certified teachers. At our school, 32.7% of teachers have 0-3 years of experience, 20% have 3-5 years of experience, 9.1% have 5-7 years of experience, 14.5% have 7-10 years of experience, 10.9% have 10-15 years of experience, 9.1% have 15-20 years of experience, and 3.6% have 20+ years of experience. A hallmark of our school is strong family involvement. The PTA continues to build traditions that will contribute to a culture of positive home-school experiences and partnerships. The PTA raises funds for the school which directly impact classroom instruction. Initiatives funded include technology such as Chromebooks this past year to supplement the one to one initiative begun with our fourth and fifth graders in the district. Other areas funded have included novel sets, classroom literacy libraries, and educational games/materials to support teaching and learning. We will continue to integrate technology in order to help students acquire strong 21st century skills that they will take forward to middle and high school. This year the PTA will continue to focus on adding a variety of state-of-the art physical education equipment for students’ use during physical activity time.We continue to build strong partnerships with area businesses. Our school family is actively involved in community projects such as providing donations of various items to the local food banks and working collaboratively with area businesses. We have a formal partnership with Wingate University and Ballantyne is one of two CMS schools to house their master’s level interns and student teachers. We also have many other interns and student teachers from other area universities working under the expertise of our teaching staff. We continue to work with our faith partner, Light of Christ Church, and are grateful for their donations of school supplies, as well as the backpack food ministry provided for families in need. Winterfield Elementary has become our Schoolmates district partner and we will be working with the leadership to identify how we can form an effective partnership to meet their needs.Helping students to become leaders in the classroom, as well as within their community, is key to their emotional and social development. We focus on expecting and modeling strong character in our school, as we continue to build a culture of collaboration and respect. Students have opportunities to 9 2016-2017 Ballantyne Elementary School Improvement Plan Report join various clubs such as chess, Math Olympiad, Girls on the Run, Play Spanish, Science and Engineering, orchestra, chorus, drama, rugby, Battle of the Books, and others. Leadership roles include serving as a safety patrol, character ambassador, running the WBES closed-circuit broadcasts, and working on the yearbook committee, or writing for the school newspaper. Clubs are fluid, and students’ interests are taken into account as we evaluate these clubs for their effectiveness each year. Strategic Plan 2018: For a Better TomorrowGoal 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 developmentGoal 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 service10 2016-2017 Ballantyne Elementary School Improvement Plan Report 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: 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: #2: Recruit, develop, retain, and reward a premier workforce. Strategic Plan Focus Area: Teacher retention Data Used: Disciplinary referrals; attendance of lunch monitorsStrategies (determined by what data) Point Person Evidence of Success Funding Personnel Timeline (title/name) (Student Impact) (estimated Involved (Start—End) cost / source)  Interim Dates 1. Hire lunch monitors to Dr. Sharon Teachers will regularly have State Lunch August, supervise students in the cafeteria Mazurek, duty-free lunch, at least funding monitors 2016 Principal three times a week2.Adults and students will provide Dr. Sharon There will be a decrease in None Lunch August, models for appropriate cafeteria Mazurek, office referrals for needed monitors; 2016; Nov. behaviors Principal inappropriate cafeteria character 2016, behaviors education March, committee 201711 2016-2017 Ballantyne Elementary School Improvement Plan Report 3.Provide training for lunch Dr. Sharon There will be a decrease in None Lunch August, monitors in utilizing positive Mazurek, office referrals for needed monitors; 2016; Nov. disciplinary strategies and Principal inappropriate cafeteria cafeteria 2016; relationship building behaviors manager March, 2017SMART 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: #1: Maximize academic achievement in a personalized 21st century learning environment for every child to graduate college- and career-ready. Strategic Plan Focus Area: College and career-readiness Data Used: Master instructional schedule; team minutes/agendas; support during planning meetingsStrategies (determined by what data) Point Person Evidence of Success Funding Personnel Timeline (title/name) (Student Impact) (estimated Involved (Start—End) cost / source)  Interim Dates 1 Provide weekly, duty-free Dr. Sharon Instruction will be driven by No funding Instructional September, instructional planning time for Mazurek, assessment data analysis needed leadership 2016-May, every teacher. Principal as teachers plan team; 2017 collaboratively each week; admin weekly agendas will be team; Interim provided by the team chair Connect check at least two days prior to the team; dates-Nov. 12 2016-2017 Ballantyne Elementary School Improvement Plan Report weekly 90-minute planning teacher 2016; to the administrative team, assistants March, facilitators, and team 2017 members 2.Utilize teacher assistants and Temika Smith, Weekly planning blocks will No funding Connect September, the connect team teachers to Assistant be scheduled around needed team 2016-May, provide coverage during planning Principal connect class schedules as teachers; 2017 meetings much as possible, in order teacher to avoid disruptions to assistants Interim instruction of core check curriculum dates-Nov. 2016; March, 201713 2016-2017 Ballantyne Elementary School Improvement Plan Report 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: #4: Promote a system-wide culture of safety, high engagement, cultural competency, and customer service Strategic Plan Focus Area: Physical safety; social and emotional health Data Used: CMS Student Survey results; behavior referrals; minutes from committee meetings/actions taken Strategies (determined by what data) Point Person Evidence of Success Funding Personnel Timeline (title/name) (Student Impact) (estimated Involved (Start—End) cost / source)  Interim Dates1. Bully Liaison / Bully-prevention Peggy Wright, At least 85% of fourth and No funding Character September, school fifth grade students needed education 2016 Continue to implement a bullying counselor surveyed on the CMS comm. and harassment committee within Student Survey will indicate the structure of the character that they feel safe at school education committee to proactively address issues October, Provide bullying and harassment 2016-June, information regularly through the 2017 school counselor’s website, as Interim well as through school activities check and closed-circuit broadcasts at dates-Nov. the start of the school day to keep 2016; students and parents informed March, 201714 2016-2017 Ballantyne Elementary School Improvement Plan Report 2. Character Education At least 85% of fourth and No funding Character September, fifth grade students needed education 2016-May, Establish and maintain consistent surveyed on the CMS committee; 2017 behavior expectations throughout Student Survey will indicate character the school environment that they know and follow ambassa- Interim the school rules/procedures dors check dates-Nov. Recognize students selected for 2016; good character at a monthly March, 2017 principal’s character celebration attended by parents and familiesIntegrate character education in daily curriculum, highlighting positive behaviors and choices, by way of WBES, announcements, and nomination of students for various awards3. Healthy Active Child 30 min. Aaron Plummer Every child will participate in PTA has Physical September, and Anne daily physical activity for 30 funded education 2016-May, Students will participate in a daily Sluder, minutes approximat teachers; 2017 30-minute physical activity time physical ely $50,000 classroom education thus far teachers; The physical education teachers teachers BES PTA will provide options to teachers executive and students for outdoor activity board; BES Interim involvement families; check community dates-Nov. The PTA will continue to raise donors 2016; funds for purchase of new March, 2017 15 2016-2017 Ballantyne Elementary School Improvement Plan Report playground equipment which will focus on fitness and the setting of goals to promote health for the whole child 4. School Health Team Aaron Highlighting healthy No funding School September, Plummer, practices such as needed health team 2016-May, The school health team will meet at physical encouraging all students to 2017 least quarterly to ensure education eat the free school implementation of the district’s teacher breakfast, being physically wellness plan for staff and students active each day, and Interim practicing proper hand check The school health team will highlight healthy practices throughout the year washing and good hygiene dates-Nov. and encourage partnerships with skills will result in students 2016; families and community agencies for and staff who attend school March, 2017 healthy living daily and are attentive to teaching and learning16 2016-2017 Ballantyne Elementary School Improvement Plan Report At least 85% of students in grades K-2 will demonstrate at or above grade level proficiency in reading, as measured by Reading 3D composite scores and TRC (Text Reading SMART Goal (4): Comprehension) data. Strategic Plan 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: College and career-ready; academic growth/high academic achievement Data Used: DIBELS Next assessments; TRC data; MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) data Strategies (determined by what data) Point Person Evidence of Success Funding Personnel Timeline (title/name) (Student Impact) (estimated Involved (Start—End) cost / source)  Interim Dates 1 .Continue to implement a Lacey Teachers will successfully No funding Literacy September, balanced literacy approach in Hoffman, implement the components needed facilitator; 2016-May, teaching students how to read, literacy of the balanced literacy classroom 2017 and read to learn, using the facilitator framework with fidelity, as teachers; Teachers’ College Reading and observed through formal support Interim Writing Project, as well as other and informal observations staff check dates supplemental materials such as by administrators and —October, Making Meaning, Leveled Literacy facilitators; Mclass data 2016; Intervention, Words Their Way, and MAP data will February, The Continuum for Learning, the demonstrate that students 2017; April, CMS Scope and Sequence, are making appropriate 2017 leveled texts, and technology growth toward grade level which supports reading; hire two standards literacy intervention teachers this year using a traded ADM position to provide support to K-2 staff and students and 3-5 staff and students17 2016-2017 Ballantyne Elementary School Improvement Plan Report 2. Provide teachers will Lacey Teachers will implement No funding Literacy November, opportunities to observe Hoffman, best practices within their needed; facilitator; 2016-April, colleagues engaged in and literacy classrooms as affirmed teacher classroom 2017 appropriately modeling facilitator through formal/informal assistants teachers components of balanced literacy observation data; DIBELS will be Interim instruction; grade levels will Next, TRC data, and MAP needed for check dates discuss and implement application data will demonstrate that coverage —October, of their observations students are making during 2016; appropriate growth toward planning February, grade level standards periods 2017; April, 2017 3. Classroom teachers (K-5) will Lacey Weekly data discussion No funding Literacy October, continuously analyze assessment Hoffman, meetings will be held within needed facilitator; 2016 data to inform all instruction and literacy PLCs; quarterly planning classroom revise strategies to meet facilitator will be scheduled to allow teachers; January, individual student needs; flexible teams to analyze interim admin. 2017 groupings will be utilized across assessment data and to team; grades 2-5 to address these inform instructional support March, 2017 needs and interim assessments strategies staff will be administered approximately April, 2017 every six-eight weeks to measure progress with standards18 2016-2017 Ballantyne Elementary School Improvement Plan Report 4.The multi-tiered system of Peggy Wright Documentation of No funding Intervention September, support process (MTSS) will be and Joanne intervention team meetings needed team; 2016-May, effectively implemented by Anderson, will demonstrate effective classroom 2017 classroom teachers and support school and appropriate teachers; Interim staff (EC, ESL, AIG) to assist counselors interventions and progress support check dates students needing additional monitoring strategies, based staff —October, support in the learning process; on a student’s targeted 2016; Professional development will be area(s) for support February, provided by the district MTSS 2017; April, team in August for all instructional 2017 staff and follow-up will be ongoing throughout the school year 5. Focus professional School-based Professional development No funding School- September, development on the continued instructional will be based on staff needs needed (the based ILT 2016-May, implementation of the balanced leadership as identified by end of year district will 2017 literacy framework, the use of team (ILT) feedback from 2015-2016 pay for two Date Driven Instruction (DDI) to PD culmination, through teacher Monthly improve instruction, and formal/informal observation subs when interim implementation of strategies from data by admin. team and the ILT checks will the ILT district work each month facilitators, results of attends be student assessments, and district conducted district/state mandates and trainings) by the initiatives, as well as admin. team through needs identified by individual teachers; PD will be differentiated appropriately for specialized teams in literacy, math, and/or science 6. Conduct workshops for Lacey Increased support from No funding Literacy and October, parents/community on balanced Hoffman, parents with a common needed math 2016-May, 19 2016-2017 Ballantyne Elementary School Improvement Plan Report literacy; provide updates and literacy understanding that reading curriculum 2017 suggestions for home support of facilitator; Gina Increased support from committees; reading through weekly classroom Flowers, math parents with a common PTA; SLT teacher emails, the weekly “Bear facilitator understanding that reading Blast” published by the PTA, is fundamental for school through the school’s website, and success and being college through Connect Ed messages 7. Continue to implement the School design Using this school design No funding School October, school transformation plan as one team model will allow all students needed design 2016-May, of the schools in the first cohort of to have access to excellent team; K-2 2017 the Student Success by Design teachers; all teachers have teachers Collaborative, adding second career opportunities Interim grade to the plan, implementing dependent upon their check dates specialization in literacy and math; excellence, leadership, and —October, first grade will implement a hybrid student impact; this model 2016; model of specialization, whereby will also increase February, teachers will be paired, having collaboration time and make 2017; April, one teacher teach literacy/social development toward 2017 studies and the other teach excellence more attainable math/science for staff working in PLCs20 2016-2017 Ballantyne Elementary School Improvement Plan ReportSMART Goal (5): At least 85% of students in grades 3-5 will demonstrate proficiency in reading, as measured by North Carolina End of Grade testing data; the school will meet or exceed growth standards Strategic Plan 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: College and career-ready Data Used: End of Grade state reading assessment dataStrategies (determined by what data) Point Person Evidence of Success Funding Personnel Timeline (title/name) (Student Impact) (estimated Involved (Start—End) cost / source)  Interim Dates 1. Continue to implement a Lacey Teachers will successfully No funding Literacy September, balanced literacy approach in Hoffman, implement the components needed facilitator; 2016-May, teaching students how to read, literacy of the balanced literacy classroom 2017 and read to learn, using the facilitator framework with fidelity, as teachers; Teachers’ College Reading and observed through formal support Interim Writing Project, as well as other and informal observations staff check dates supplemental materials such as by administrators and —October, Making Meaning, Leveled Literacy facilitators; M Class data 2016; Intervention, Words Their Way, and MAP data will February, leveled texts’ and technology demonstrate that students 2017; April, which supports reading; hire two are making appropriate 2017 literacy intervention teachers this growth toward grade level year using a traded ADM position standards to provide support to K-2 staff and students and 3-5 staff and students21 2016-2017 Ballantyne Elementary School Improvement Plan Report 2. Provide teachers will Lacey Teachers will implement No funding Literacy November, opportunities to observe Hoffman, best practices within their needed; facilitator; 2016-April, colleagues engaged in and literacy classrooms as affirmed teacher classroom 2017 appropriately modeling facilitator through formal/informal assistants teachers components of balanced literacy observation data; DIBELS will be Interim instruction; grade levels will Next, TRC data, and MAP needed for check dates discuss and implement application data will demonstrate that coverage —October, of their observations students are making during 2016; appropriate growth toward planning February, grade level standards periods 2017; April, 2017 3. Classroom teachers (K-5) will ILT Weekly data discussion No funding Literacy October, continuously analyze assessment meetings will be held with needed facilitator; 2016 data to inform all instruction and PLCs; quarterly planning classroom revise strategies to meet will be scheduled to allow teachers; January, individual student needs; flexible teams to analyze interim admin. 2017 groupings will be utilized across assessment data and to team; grades 2-5 to address these inform instructional support March, needs and interim assessments strategies staff 2017 will be administered approximately every six-eight weeks to measure April, 2017 progress with standards22 2016-2017 Ballantyne Elementary School Improvement Plan Report4. The multi-tiered system of Peggy Wright, Documentation of No funding Intervention September, support process (MTSS) will be Joanne intervention team meetings needed team; 2016-May, effectively implemented by Anderson, will demonstrate effective classroom 2017 classroom teachers and school and appropriate teachers; monitored by support staff (EC, counselors interventions and progress support Interim ESL, AIG) to assist students monitoring strategies, based staff check dates needing additional support in the on a student’s targeted —October, learning process Professional area(s) for support 2016; development will be provided by February, the district MTSS team in August 2017; April, for all instructional staff and 2017 follow-up will be ongoing throughout the school year 5. Focus professional ILT Professional development No funding Literacy September, development on the continued will be based on staff needs needed facilitators; 2016-April, implementation of the balanced as identified by exit tickets (subs will data 2017 literacy framework, the use of from 2015-2016 PD be provided leadership Date Driven Instruction (DDI) to culmination, through by the team; Monthly improve instruction, and formal/informal observation district for classroom interim implementation of strategies data by admin. team and the two teachers; checks will learned from the monthly training facilitators, results of teacher support be by the ILT team student assessments, and leaders on staff; conducted district/state mandates and the ILT) Connect by the initiatives, as well as team admin. team through needs identified by individual teachers; PD will be differentiated 6. Conduct workshops for Lacey Increased support from No funding Curriculum September, parents/community on balanced Hoffman, parents with a common needed committees; 2016-May, 23 2016-2017 Ballantyne Elementary School Improvement Plan Report literacy; provide updates and literacy understanding that reading PTA; SLT; 2017 suggestions for home support of facilitator; Gina is fundamental for school classroom reading through weekly classroom Flowers, math success; success can be teachers teacher emails, the weekly “Bear facilitator measured through parent Blast” published by the PTA, participation at various through the school’s website, and workshops offered through Connect Ed messages throughout the year, as well as through conferences held beyond the October parent conference if needed 7. Continue to implement the School design Using this school design No funding School October, school transformation plan as one team model will allow all students needed design 2016-May, of the schools in the first cohort of to have access to excellent team; 3-5 2017 the Student Success by Design teachers; all teachers have teachers; Collaborative, adding third grade career opportunities support Interim to the model of specialization this dependent upon their staff check dates year; components for excellence, leadership, and —October, grades 3-5 will include student impact; this model 2016; intervention/enrichment blocks will also increase February, (personalized learning) for literacy collaboration time and make 2017; April, and math, and the utilization of development toward 2017 flexible groupings to meet the excellence more attainable needs of all students for staff working in PLCs 8. Use the .5 ADM allotment to Dr. Sharon The addition of another TD ADM Gina August, hire a part-time talent Mazurek, teacher will contribute to an allotment Flowers, 2016-May, development teacher to provide principal increase in proficiency provided by talent 2017 support to students who are scores in literacy and math the district develop- working above grade level, and to (.5) ment support teachers in implementing facilitator; rigorous curriculum Kerry Lewis, 24 2016-2017 Ballantyne Elementary School Improvement Plan Report talent development teacher25 2016-2017 Ballantyne Elementary School Improvement Plan Report SMART Goal (6): At least 80% of students in grades 3-5 will be college and career-ready in mathematics (levels 4 and 5), as measured by North Carolina End of Grade tests in mathematics Strategic Plan 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: College and career-readiness Data Used: North Carolina End of Grade assessments in mathematicsStrategies (determined by what data) Point Person Evidence of Success Funding Personnel Timeline (title/name) (Student Impact) (estimated Involved (Start—End) cost / source)  Interim Dates 1.Continue to implement the Gina Flowers, Using this school design Funding is School October, school transformation model; math facilitator model will provide all provided for design 2016-May, components will include students with access to sub days by team; math 2017 intervention/enrichment blocks, excellent teachers; all the district facilitators; and the utilization of flexible teachers have career when the classroom Interim groupings to meet the needs of all opportunities dependent school teachers K- check dates students in mathematics upon their effectiveness, design team 5 —October, instruction leadership, and student meets 2016; impact results; this model February, will also increase 2017; April, collaboration time and 2017 support teacher effectiveness as the model of specialization is utilized26 2016-2017 Ballantyne Elementary School Improvement Plan Report 2.Classroom teachers (K-5) will Gina Flowers, Weekly data discussion No funding Math October, continuously analyze assessment math facilitator meetings will be held within needed facilitator; 2016 data to inform all instruction and PLCs; quarterly planning math revise strategies as needed, to will allow teams to analyze teachers January, meet all students’ needs; flexible interim assessment data 2017 groupings will be utilized across and to inform all all grade levels to address these instructional strategies; data March, needs; interim assessments will from interim assessments 2017 be administered to all grade levels and MAP data will show that approximately every six-eight students are making growth April, 2017 weeks to measure progress with with standards standards 3. Conduct workshops for Gina Flowers, Increased support from No funding Math October, parents/community members on math facilitator parents with a common needed curriculum 2016-May, mathematics; provide updates and understanding that math is committee; 2017 suggestions for home support of fundamental for school PTA; SLT; mathematics through weekly success; success will be classroom classroom teacher emails, parent measured through parent teachers conferences when needed, the participation at various weekly Bear Blast published by workshops, as well as the PTA, through the school’s through conferences held website, and through Connect Ed beyond the October parent messages conference designated, if needed 4. Utilize the Math Investigations Gina Flowers, Students will demonstrate No funding Math September, Program as the core of math facilitator growth on math standards, needed teachers 2016-May, mathematics instruction, as measured by MAP data, 2017 supplementing instruction with interim assessments, and other resources such as Do the end of grade assessments Interim Math, Math Olympiad (grades 4 check dates and 5), The Problem Solver, —October, 27 2016-2017 Ballantyne Elementary School Improvement Plan Report problem-based learning; integrate 2016; technology with math instruction— February, Dreambox, Sumdog, First in Math, 2017; April, Aimsweb, and TenMarks 20175. Assign math mentors to third Gina Flowers, Third grade math No funding Math October, grade math/science teachers, math facilitator proficiency scores will needed teachers 2016 using designated fourth and fifth increase as a result of the (grades 3-5) grade math/science teachers to collaboration coach in best practices and to support rigorous instruction 6. Utilize an ADM to create a Dr. Sharon The STEM teacher will work Funding Megan September, STEM teacher position Mazurek, under the direction of the needed will Mehta 2016-May, principal math facilitator to support be to outfit (STEM 2017 math and technology the STEM teacher); integration, as well as to lab with classroom promote rigorous practices appropriate teachers in science, resulting in an equipment; increase in proficiency the PTA scores in math and science has provided funding of at least $5000.00 7. Pilot “Success Maker” in order Gina Flowers, Piloting this program will No funding Math October, to provide teachers with math facilitator allow teachers to add needed teachers 2016-May, interventions to implement with additional intervention 2017 students having difficulty in math strategies to their instruction28 2016-2017 Ballantyne Elementary School Improvement Plan ReportMastery 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: Assessments (common and interim); teacher-developed rubrics; report card data; retests and test corrections; recorded grades in PowerSchoolStrategies (determined by what data) Point Person Evidence of Success Funding Personnel Timeline (title/name) (Student Impact) (estimated Involved (Start—End) cost / source)  Interim Dates 1. Common assessments Lacey Common assessments No funding Literacy September, Hoffman, developed by teachers will needed facilitator; 2016-May, A minimum of four common formal literacy provide data to inform all math 2017 assessments will be given in facilitator; Gina instruction; teachers will facilitator; reading and math and will be Flowers, math group students flexibly classroom Interim aligned with content standards; a facilitator according to individual teachers check dates minimum of two common needs identified by ongoing —October, assessments will be given in other analysis of assessment 2016; subject areas results February, 2017; April, Teachers will utilize SchoolNet to Improved student 2017 develop common assessments performance on common assessments through Assessment components will be effective PLC collaboration broken down by learning objectiveStudents earning a grade below 29 2016-2017 Ballantyne Elementary School Improvement Plan Report 79% on any of the four common formal assessments will be provided the opportunity to make test corrections one time within one week of the original assessment, after re-teaching has taken place; students will then be given an opportunity to retest and replace the original grade up to 79%, upon completion of test corrections and re-teachingThe ILT will work with PLC leaders to facilitate weekly data discussions which focus on student achievement and progress with lesson concept mastery, or the need for re- teachingThe ILT will review and monitor common formative assessments through planning meetingsInterim assessments will be developed by the data leadership team; assessments will be provided to the PLCs at the beginning of each teaching cycle for review and feedback; interim assessments will be used to 30 2016-2017 Ballantyne Elementary School Improvement Plan Report facilitate PLC data discussions and analysis of data for use in flexibly grouping students for reading and for mathematics instruction 2. Data disaggregation Lacey Data discussion meetings No funding Literacy September, Hoffman, will be conducted weekly in needed facilitator; 2016-May, PD will continue their focus on literacy PLC meetings to determine math 2017 data driven instruction, using facilitator student needs for facilitator; Driven by Data text intervention or enrichment instructional Interim Gina Flowers, staff check dates Teachers will use data to groups math facilitator Data will be used to plan for —October, students flexibly and to differentiated instruction 2016; differentiate instruction to meet February, individual student needs Assessment quality will 2017; April, improve as a result of the 2017 Teachers will communicate with alignment of assessments parents when skills are not with standards taught, using mastered through parent-teacher the Scope and Sequence as conferences, updates, and well documentation of assessment results3. Flexible grouping Dr. Sharon Remediation and No funding Admin September, Mazurek, enrichment strategies will needed team; 2016-May, Personalized learning blocks, Principal be more targeted and literacy 2017 offering remediation or strategic to increase overall facilitator; enrichment, will be built into the mastery of standards; math master instructional schedule for growth standards will be facilitator Interim all grade levels, K-5, and will met or exceeded classroom check dates target students’ learning needs teachers; —October, 31 2016-2017 Ballantyne Elementary School Improvement Plan Report through small group or individual support 2016; instruction when appropriate; data staff February, will drive flexible grouping of all 2017; April, students 2017Leveled Learning Intervention (LLI) groups will be implemented by the classroom literacy teachers and intervention teachers, for students requiring extra support32 2016-2017 Ballantyne Elementary School Improvement Plan Report 4. Late and make-up work PLC leaders Greater student No funding SLT; September, (grade chairs) accountability to make up needed classroom 2016 Students missing work due to work as measured by teachers excused or unexcused absences teacher anecdotal notes Interim will be allowed to make up the and grade book notations check dates work; if the absence is unexcused —October, the student will receive 50% less An understanding among all 2016; credit on the completed work staff, students, and parents February, regarding CMS and school 2017; April, Teachers will initiate contact with grading expectations 2017 students for completing missed work within five school days of the student’s return to schoolA teacher may choose to provide extended time for a student to complete missing assignments, pending a review of the circumstances and communication with the parent If the student was present in class on the due date, the work will be assigned a score of 50.Teachers will post grades for each assignment that is graded in the PowerSchool grade book within ten (10) school days of the assignment date Note: Grades for long-term assignments/projects and work 33 2016-2017 Ballantyne Elementary School Improvement Plan Report turned in late are excluded from this expectation.Regarding formal assessments, assessments will be standards- based and measure students’ level of mastery on specific learning objectives. Additional practice will be provided for students who do not achieve mastery (79%). Following additional practice, new opportunities shall be provided to measure student mastery. A minimum score of 79% can be earned. Ballantyne Elementary School - 600 Waiver RequestsRequest for Waiver1. Insert the waivers you are requesting Maximum Teaching Load and Maximum Class Size (grades 4-12) [required for all schools with grades 4-12]34 2016-2017 Ballantyne Elementary School Improvement Plan Report 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.35 2016-2017 Ballantyne Elementary School Improvement Plan Report36

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