Pathway to Excellence: Improvement Update Jennifer Sinsebox Tony Mannara December 18, 2017 1
Greatest Area of Need (GAN) Process • Data Analysis • Development • GAN • Implementation Identification • Measure Plan Do Determined Act Study • Reflection • Data Analysis • Study Options School Improvement Planning Process 2
Data used to develop GAN Action Steps by Grade Level and/or Department: • 3-8 ELA and Math Assessments • Regents Examinations • STAR Reading and Math • Next Steps to Guided Reading 3
Academic Greatest Area of Needs 4
Grade Level/ Greatest Area of Need GAN Action Step Measure Department • • Kindergarten Understand addition as Students will use Quarterly STAR Q1: putting together and ST Math for 20 Early Literacy • ST Math 18 x 20 adding to, and minutes per Assessment • minutes from understand subtraction week ST Math 10/23 - 12/1 as taking apart and Assessment • 12% of students taking from. Reports were within or (CCSS.K.OA.A) above mastery • • Grade One Adding and subtracting Use of ST Math Quarterly STAR Q1: within 20 in daily Early Literacy • ST Math 36 x 20 (CCSS. 1.OA.C) supplemental Assessment • from 10/10 - 12/1 instruction ST Math • 30% of students Assessment were within or above mastery • Grade Two Fluently add/subtract Once a month Students will Q1: within 100 using students will use daily math • Sept: 0% strategies based on answer time to improve • Oct. : 18% place value, properties addition/subtract fluency weekly. • Nov.: 31% of operations, and/or ion questions Students the relationship (100 questions) will work to between addition and answering all subtraction. (2.NBT.5) questions in 5 minutes. 5
Grade Level/ Greatest Area of GAN Action Step Measure Department Need • Grade Three Responding to Use of RACES Choosing one Q1: constructed response strategy for ELA passage for • Once a week/8 questions focusing on (Restate, Answer the students to respond weeks of instruction supporting and question, Cite to using the explaining written evidence, Explain strategy 1 x/week response in both your thinking, reading and Summarize) math. (RL.3.3/RL.3.5) • • Grade Four Reading and Use of CUBES Weekly Checklist • Q1: analyzing math word strategy for Use of NYS Rubric • • 4-5 times a week/ 8 problems, choosing multiple choice Use of NYS weeks of instruction appropriate operations responses Released Questions needed and persevering in solving. • • Grade Five Reading and Use of CUBES Weekly Checklist • Q1: analyzing mathematic strategy for Use of NYS Rubric • • 3 times per week/8 al word problems, multiple choice Use of NYS weeks of instruction choosing appropriate responses Released Questions operations needed and persevering in solving. 6
Grade Level/ Greatest Area of GAN Action Step Measure Department Need • Business/Technology/ On College and Incorporate more Track participation FACS/Health/PE Career Ready college and career ready rates weekly in the Skills: attitude, activities in the four categories: Q1: behaviors, career classroom. This includes attitude, behaviors, Attitude: 100% specific, and life career-specific skills, career specific, and Behaviors: 100% skills. attitudes, behaviors, and life skills. Career-specific skills: 83% life skills. Life skills - 50% • ELA/LOTE Identifying the Complete activities Every 5 weeks • Q1: (ELA ) structure of a text. aligning to the standard 75% proficiency on • 100% of teachers using the following an activity aligned to implemented an activity skills: the standard • • 80% of teachers had Plot diagram Chart in OneNote. 75% or more students (fiction) • succeed on the scored Flashback Every 5 weeks • activity. Sentence/paragraph/ 75 % proficiency on Acquisition and dialogue contributes assessment reflecting Q1: (LOTE) application of the structure of a students ability to • 100% of teachers targeted (high text interpret vocab as it implemented activities frequency) Rhetorical Devices relates to reading • Students scored above vocabulary in target Complete activities passage (question) in the 75% proficiency language. designed to reinforce target language. • target. vocabulary/strengthen Chart in one note cross curricular connections 7
Grade Level/ Greatest Area of GAN Action Step Measure Department Need Artistic literacy — • Introduce new musical Weekly performance Music decoding of musical symbol and incorporate task and/or quiz Q1: • symbols symbol on a word wall. Chart in 365 • K-5- 45 minutes per week • 6-7-Average of 105 minutes per week • HS band & choir in 8th-12th grade – Average of 145 minutes per week • AP Music – 210 minutes per week • 75% Proficiency on performance tasks • The incorporation of Implement creativity Weekly collection of Art practices to develop rubric for students to levels of proficiency Q1: and grow creativity use as they develop aligned to the rubric: • 100% of K-8 teachers and innovative their art pieces. Sub-Standard, • Meeting the standard thinking Approaching- for 3-4 (out of 5) Standard, At- components of Standard creativity and approaching standard in 1-2 components. 8
Grade Level/ Greatest Area of Need GAN Action Step Measure Department • Special Education (6- Using diverse strategies Monitor use of Weekly collection 12) to meet student needs. strategies that of categorized data Q1: accommodate content, in Excel on Office • Averaged a total of process, location or 365. 145 strategies used end-product for SWD. per week across department. • • Math Analyzing and/or Use of warm-up, Percent correct on homework, and weekly basis per explaining the Q1: other assessment teacher per course significance of an • 100% of 6-12 questions gathered on answer given the teachers tested OneNote context of the question. skills relevant to GAN for 10 weeks. • Cumulative results were 58% proficiency across all grade levels. 9
Grade Level/ Greatest Area of Need GAN Action Step Measure Department • Analysis of visual Implement Reading and Weekly Science • representations such as Writing in the Content 65% proficiency Q1: • charts, diagrams, and Area strategies into Chart in OneNote • 100% of graphic instructional practice to teachers answer a stimulus/ • 65% question aligned to the proficiency or topic or Unit of Study above using previously released grade 8/Regents questions. • Written responses to Use of stimulus Weekly Social Studies • stimulus response questions response questions in Chart in OneNote Q1: all content areas • 100% of the teachers are using SOAPSTONE strategy • 78% are approach the 75% threshold on the writing stimulus 10
Communication Greatest Area of Needs 11
GAN Action Step Grade Level/ Resource Measure Department • • • Kindergarten Sharing academic Next Steps to Quarterly data student progress as Guided Reading reports Q1: measured by the Assessment • 100% of teachers Next Steps Pre-A provided 100% of Reading the parents the Assessment. students scores in the first quarter. • • Grade One Use of ClassDoJo Use of ClassDoJo Send individualized Q1: to update families messages to parents • 92% of families are with academic once a month connected programs, communication to ClassDoJo. expectations, and student progress student progress • • Grade Two Use of ClassDoJo Use of ClassDoJo Track contacts to update families weekly or number Q1: with academic of contacts and • 92% of families are programs, messages received connected to expectations, and in a checklist ClassDoJo. student progress 12
Grade Level/ GAN Action Step Resources Measure Department Use of ClassDoJo • • Grade Three Use of ClassDoJo to Track contacts update families with weekly or number Q1: • academic programs, of contacts and 99.94% percent of expectations, and messages received parents are connected student progress in a checklist to Dojo. • • Grade Four Newsletter with 2x a month Checklist program, expectation Twice a month Q1: and student progress • 2 - Fourth grade newsletters • 114 other parent contacts. • • • Grade Five Newsletter with 2x a month Checklist • program, expectation Twice a month Q1: and student progress • 7- Fifth grade newsletters • 136 other parent contacts 13
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