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School Management Plan
Administrator Holly Hawthorne
School Year(s) 2015-2016
Position Principal
Location Arlington Traditional School
Division Strategic Plan Goal Areas: 2011-2017
challenging educational experience for all students
by recruiting and hiring an exemplary and diverse
workforce, offering a competitive compensation
package, and providing staff with necessary tools and
training.
1. Ensure That Every Student is Challenged and
Engaged: APS will provide all students with the
knowledge and skills to succeed in the 21st century
through a challenging, engaging, and comprehensive
education. Students will have a passion for learning,
be inquisitive and open minded, and become
responsible citizens.
4. Provide Optimal Learning Environments: APS
provides the necessary resources and facilities to
sustain excellence.
2. Eliminate Achievement Gaps: All APS students
will meet high academic standards and achieve
success regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, home or
native language, disability, special learning needs,
economic background, or other factors that should
not be a predictor of success.
5. Meet the Needs of the Whole Child: APS will
nurture students’ intellectual, personal, social, and
emotional development with services and strategies
that support students and their families to enable
students to learn and develop their potentials.
3. Recruit, Retain, and Develop High Quality
Staff: APS will provide a high quality and
Section I. SMART Goals*
SMART
Goal 1
SMART
Goal 2
Goals
All students in grades 3, 4, and 5 will demonstrate
Reading proficiency by achieving ≥ 90% passing rate
on the 2016 Virginia Reading Standards of Learning
Assessments.
Students with Disabilities (SWD) will demonstrate
improvement in Reading achievement that will be
evident by scoring within ±5 points of 88% (83%93%) on the 2016 Reading Standards of Learning
Assessments.
All students will demonstrate proficiency in
Mathematics by achieving ≥ 90% passing rate on the
2016 Virginia Mathematics Standards of Learning
Assessments.
Students with Disabilities (SWD) will demonstrate
improvement in Mathematics achievement that will
be evident by scoring within ±5 points of 85% (80%90%) on the 2016 Mathematics Standards of Learning
Assessments.
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Alignment with Strategic Plan
☒ 1. Challenging/Engaging Program
☒ 2. Eliminating Gaps
☐ 3. High Quality Staff
☒ 4. Optimal Learning Environments
☒ 5. The Whole Child
☒ 1. Challenging/Engaging Program
☒ 2. Eliminating Gaps
☐ 3. High Quality Staff
☒ 4. Optimal Learning Environments
☒ 5. The Whole Child
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Arlington Traditional School will implement
SMART
initiatives to meet the needs of, and promote the
Goal 3
(Optional) growth of, the WHOLE CHILD. The success of this
goal will be demonstrated by monitoring
implementation of initiatives and documenting
training related to responsive strategies designed to
meet the needs of children.
☒ 1. Challenging/Engaging Program
☒ 2. Eliminating Gaps
☒ 3. High Quality Staff
☒ 4. Optimal Learning Environments
☒ 5. The Whole Child
Optimal performance by students will be
demonstrated through the use of personalized devices,
formative assessment, intervention programming, and
by creating optimal classroom environments for all
students.
Section II. Detail
SMART Goal 1
All students in grades 3, 4, and 5 will demonstrate Reading proficiency by achieving ≥ 90% passing rate on the
2016 Virginia Reading Standards of Learning Assessments.
Students with Disabilities (SWD) will demonstrate improvement in Reading achievement that will be evident
by scoring within ±5 points of 88% (83%-93%) on the 2016 Reading Standards of Learning Assessments.
Evidence:
Reading Achievement
Student Group
All Students
Proficiency Gap Group 1: Economically
Disadvantaged, Limited English Proficiency (LEP)
and/or Students with Disabilities (SWS)
Proficiency Gap Group 2: Black
Proficiency Gap Group 3: Hispanic
Asian
Economically Disadvantaged
Limited English Proficient (LEP)
Students with Disabilities (SWD)
White
2
2013
2014
2016
(Target)
96
88
2015
Last
Year
98
94
96
87
83
88
96
85
87
84
98
79
91
96
79
86
87
99
100
95
94
97
95
88
100
83-93
-
≥90
-
2016
(Actual)
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Rationale:
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As they progress through the elementary grades, students continue to acquire and refine strategies
for comprehending and analyzing selections that encompass all literary types, exemplify universal
themes, and relate to all subjects.
K-3 standards are organized in three strands: Oral Language, Reading and Writing. Beginning at
grade 4 the strands become Communication: Speaking, Listening, Media Literacy, Reading, Writing,
and Research. Students are tested to facilitate decisions about student learning.
Students will demonstrate their reading proficiency on the 2016 Virginia Reading Standards of
Learning Assessments given in Grades 3, 4, and 5.
The goal in Reading aligns with the objectives of the Arlington Public Schools strategic plan, School
Board priorities, and with state requirements.
SMART Goal 2
All students will demonstrate proficiency in Mathematics by achieving ≥ 90% passing rate on the 2016
Virginia Mathematics Standards of Learning Assessments.
Students with Disabilities (SWD) will demonstrate improvement in Mathematics achievement that will be
evident by scoring within ±5 points of 85% (80%-90%) on the 2016 Mathematics Standards of Learning
Assessments.
Evidence:
Mathematics Achievement
Student Group
2013
2014
2015
Last
Year
All Students
Proficiency Gap Group 1: Economically
Disadvantaged, Limited English Proficiency (LEP)
and/or Students with Disabilities (SWS)
92
80
96
88
97
92
≥90
-
Proficiency Gap Group 2: Black
Proficiency Gap Group 3: Hispanic
Asian
Economically Disadvantaged
Limited English Proficient (LEP)
Students with Disabilities (SWD)
White
71
92
88
73
84
68
95
93
87
100
88
90
81
97
90
92
97
93
98
85
99
80-90
-
3
2016
2016
(Target) (Actual)
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Rationale:
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Students are tested to facilitate decisions about student learning.
The Virginia Mathematics Standards of Learning identify essential academic content at each grade level
for sequential learning. The content of the mathematics standards supports the following five goals for
students: becoming mathematical problem solvers, communicating mathematically, reasoning
mathematically, making mathematical connections and using mathematical representations to model and
interpret practical situations.
Students will demonstrate their mathematics proficiency on the 2016 Virginia Mathematics Standards of
Learning Assessments given in Grades 3, 4, and 5.
The goal in Mathematics aligns with the objectives of the Arlington Public Schools strategic plan,
School Board priorities, and with state requirements.
SMART Goal 3
Arlington Traditional School will implement initiatives to meet the needs of, and promote the growth of, the
WHOLE CHILD. Success of this goal will be demonstrated by monitoring implementation of initiatives and
documenting training related to responsive strategies designed to meet the needs of children.
Optimal performance by students will be demonstrated through the expanded use of personalized devices,
formative assessment, intervention programming, and by creating optimal classroom environments for all
students.
Evidence:
The success of this SMART Goal will be measured by periodically monitoring the implementation of intended
professional development and programs to gauge on-going improvement in student success.
Rationale:
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Arlington Public Schools expanded a definition of success beyond test scores to include a focus on the
development of the WHOLE CHILD, making sure each student is healthy, safe, engaged, and supported
by caring adults.
Site-based data already exists for this goal. Because the survey is given every other year, we will
document the trainings, activities, and lessons implemented to support the WHOLE CHILD this year.
SMART Goal 3 relates to goals and objectives for the Arlington Public Schools strategic plan and
priorities, state or federal requirements, and with the Arlington Partnership for Youth and Families.
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Section III. Action Plan
SMART Goal 1
Strategies/Activities
Time Frame
Person(s) Responsible
1. Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI) training and
implementation.
Sept. 18
Sept. 19
Jan. 7
Reading Specialists
ESL teachers
Sped teachers
2. Early Literacy Partnership with George Mason
University (phase II; cohort III)
Sept. 4
Oct.28
Nov. 3
Nov 23
Dec 9
Grades 1, 2 classroom
teachers
Reading Specialists
Administrators
Sped teacher
ESL teachers
3. Classroom libraries expanded in Grades 2 and 3.
August
Ongoing
Reading Specialists
Classroom teachers
Strategies/Activities
Time Frame
Person(s) Responsible
1. Grade 5/6 Math
Quarterly
Math Office
Math Coach,
5th Grade teachers
2. M² and M³
Sept. Oct.
Math/Gifted Parent
Night (Oct.)
Math Coach
RTG
Classroom teachers
3. Do the Math
Oct. (professional
development)
Ongoing
Math Coach
Sped teachers
SMART Goal 2
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SMART Goal 3
Strategies/Activities
Time Frame
Person(s) Responsible
1. Arlington Tiered System of Support (ATSS)
Aug. 11
Nov. 30
Feb. 23
Ongoing
Administrators
Classroom teachers
Counselor
2. Fall and Spring Bridging the Americas and
Urban Nest watch visits (Cultural Competence)
Oct. 21 (migration)
Apr. 22 (Urban nest
watch)
Ongoing
Art teacher
2nd Grade Classroom teachers
Smithsonian consultant
Sept.
Classroom teachers
Instructional Technology
Coordinator (ITC)
Technology teacher
3. Personalized Learning:
a. Digital citizenship lessons taught at every
grade level
b. 1:1 iPad initiative implemented grades 2, 4,
and 5.
c. Scheduled technology lessons
4. Continuing implementation of Responsive
Classroom strategies
Sept./Oct.
Ongoing
45 minutes/week
Aug. (professional
development)
Ongoing
6
Teachers