2013-16 Executive Summary
School Improvement Plan
School Name: Chestatee Elementary School
AdvancED Standards
FCS Departments
Purpose and Direction
Governance and Leadership
Teaching and Assessing for Learning
Resources and Support Systems
Using Results for Continuous Improvement
Academics & Accountability
Educational Leadership
Facilities and Operations
Finance and Operations
Food and Nutrition Services
Continuous Improvement Goal
Instruction is Chestatee’s Continuous School
Improvement Goal. We will raise our CCRPI score in
Achievement by concentrating on the subjects of Math
and Writing through the use of trained Data Teams. We
anticipate working on this for two consecutive school
years. (2013-14, 2014-2015)
Human Resources
Public Information and Communications
School Safety and Discipline
Special Education
Student Support Services
AdvancED Standards
Our focus is on the Teaching and Assessing for Learning
Standard
Superintendent
Technology and Information Services
Transportation
Support from FCS Department(s)
Academics and AccountabilitySupport for Title 1 Programming
Professional Learning from Teachers on Special
Assignments
Data Team support-work with teacher leaders
Special Education:
Research Based Programs and training on how to
Implement the programs with fidelity.
On-going support on how to write IEPs to meet the
students’ needs in the LRE
Technology and Information Services:
On-going training for new ITS
Support for Poverty students with access to wifi
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In 2015-2016 we will expand our goal to focus on
Performance Based Assessments in all Content Areas.
Having completed our five year plan of Assessment,
Design, and Instruction, we will cycle through the
framework.
Our focus will expand to include Using Results for
Continuous Improvement
To Be Determined
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AdvancED Standards
(check all that apply)
X
Purpose and Direction
Governance and Leadership
Teaching and Assessing for
Learning
Resources and Support
Systems
Using Results for
Continuous Improvement
AdvancED Standard(s)
Standard 3: Teaching and Assessing
for Learning
The school’s curriculum, instructional
design, and assessment practices
guide and ensure teacher
effectiveness and student learning.
Annual School Improvement Plan
Continuous Improvement Goal: __Raise the CCRPI________________________________________
SMART Goal: ____Increase Math assessment scores school wide (see attachment)____________
School Name: ___Chestatee Elementary________________ School Year: __2013-2014_________
Actions, Strategies and
Interventions
(Includes Professional
Learning Plan)
Impact on Student and
Adult Behavior
Timeline
Resources Needed?
Who is Responsible?
(“If…then...” Statements)
Providing job embedded
professional learning through Power
Learning Sessions every 8 days. (See
Plan attached)
If educators have a deeper
understanding of instructional delivery,
then students will achieve to a higher
level.
Beginning August 7,
2013 through May
13, 2014.
Teacher Leaders within building,
Educators on Special
Assignment, and Math
Consultant.
Tracking student progress in math
through Data Teams led by a trained
teacher leader.
If groups work collaborative to monitor
student progress, then interventions
will be supplied with fidelity to
students at-risk while others will be
accelerated.
Beginning
September 16, 2013
meetings scheduled
every two weeks for
the school year.
Training for teacher leaders for
each grade level. Schedule in
place to allow time for
collaboration.
Providing peer observations by
encouraging visitations to other schools
and classrooms within Chestatee. Each
teacher will have the opportunity to
visit a particular area of math/writing
instructional need or interest twice
during the 2013-14 school year.
If educators view model classrooms
and math instructional practices, then
they will reflect on their own
instructional practices to the benefit of
students. (PAC evidence piece)
Window beginning
September 3, 2013
through May 13,
2014.
Names of model classrooms for
educators to visit.
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AdvancED Standards
(check all that apply)
X
Purpose and Direction
Governance and Leadership
Teaching and Assessing for
Learning
Resources and Support
Systems
Using Results for
Continuous Improvement
AdvancED Standard(s)
Standard 3: Teaching and Assessing
for Learning
The school’s curriculum, instructional
design, and assessment practices
guide and ensure teacher
effectiveness and student learning.
Annual School Improvement Plan
Continuous Improvement Goal: __Raise the CCRPI________________________________________
SMART Goal: ____Increase Writing assessment scores school wide (see attachment)____________
School Name: ___Chestatee Elementary________________ School Year: __2013-2014_________
Actions, Strategies and
Interventions
(Includes Professional
Learning Plan)
Impact on Student and
Adult Behavior
Timeline
Resources Needed?
Who is Responsible?
(“If…then...” Statements)
Providing job embedded
professional learning through Power
Learning Sessions every 8 days. (See
Plan attached)
If educators have a deeper
understanding of writing instruction
across the content areas, then
students will achieve to a higher level.
Beginning August 7,
2013 through May
13, 2014.
Teacher Leaders within building.
Tracking student progress in writing
through Data Teams led by a trained
teacher leader.
If groups work collaborative to monitor
student progress, then interventions
will be supplied with fidelity to
students at-risk while others will be
accelerated.
Beginning
September 16, 2013
meetings scheduled
every two weeks for
the school year.
Training for teacher leaders for
each grade level. Schedule in
place to allow time for
collaboration.
Provide more specific feedback. Use
Peer partners with all classrooms
through “Tech Buddies” to provide an
audience for students to present their
writing. Establish conference times for
students and teachers on a regular
basis.
If teachers provide feedback on writing
to the authors, then students will be
able to revise and edit to a higher
standard.
Beginning August
20th, 2013 through
May 13, 2013
Establish Tech Buddies by
the ITS.
Establish conference
schedule for teachers.
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AdvancED Standards
(check all that apply)
X
Purpose and Direction
Governance and Leadership
Teaching and Assessing for
Learning
Resources and Support
Systems
Using Results for
Continuous Improvement
AdvancED Standard(s)
Annual School Improvement Plan
Continuous Improvement Goal: __Raise the CCRPI________________________________________
SMART Goal: ____Increase Math assessment scores school wide (see attachment)____________
School Name: ___Chestatee Elementary________________ School Year: __2013-2014_________
Actions, Strategies and
Interventions
(Includes Professional
Learning Plan)
Providing peer observations by
encouraging visitations to other schools
and classrooms within Chestatee. Each
teacher will have the opportunity to
visit a particular area of math/writing
instructional need or interest twice
during the 2013-14 school year.
Impact on Student and
Adult Behavior
Timeline
Resources Needed?
Who is Responsible?
(“If…then...” Statements)
If educators view model classrooms
and writing instructional practices,
then they will reflect on their own
instructional practices to the benefit of
students. (PAC evidence piece)
Window beginning
September 3, 2013
through May 13,
2014.
Names of model classrooms for
educators to visit facilitated by
Instructional Technology
Specialist.
Guiding questions for visits.
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Professional Learning
Session
Pre
POWER LEARNING: Title
Preplanning Session: Beginning
(Code of Ethics, School Improvement, Vision & Beliefs)
By
Admin Team
Date
8/1
Time
2 hr
Pre
Todd Whitaker: Inspiring Teachers
North Collaborative
8/1
1.5hr
Pre
Flight School
(Mandated Reporter, School Improvement, Math Launch)
Admin Team
Jetton
8/7
2.25
1
*
*
Early
Release
Itslearning.com
Math Consultant to Common Planning
Cindy Cupp Refresher: K-1, paras
Math Rotation: Organization, Vocabulary and Misconceptions
Or
SIMS Strategies MATH
8/20-8/29
8/27
8/21
8/28
1 hr
.75
2 hr
3 hr
2
8 Standards of Math Practice/Moby Max
I Achieve Training: 4th grade teachers, select 5th.
Fields/Wolfer
Consultant/Wolfer
Cindy Cupp
Wolfer
Ahrens
Math Consultant
Basler
Fields/Ahrens
Central Office
8/30-9/10
8/30
1 hr
2 hr
*
*
*
3
Math Consultant to Common Planning
Math Consultant to Demo Lessons
Ipad Training for Teachers
Data Teams/Common Formative
9/3
9/4
9/12, 9/20
9/11-9/19
.75
.75
2 hr
1 hr
4
5
County Day
Fontas& Pinnell/Why Running Records?
Getting Ready for Parent Teacher Conferences
Consultant/Wolfer
Consultant/Wolfer
KSU/Wolfer
Wolfer/Grade level Data Team
Leader
Central Office
Wolfer
Wolfer/Grade Chairs
9/18
9/24/10/2
10/3-10/11
3 hr
1 hr
1 hr
6
7
Silicon Valley Math Initiative/Questioning
Performance Based Assessments
Wolfer/Ahrens
Feicht, Curry, Keyser
10/15-10/29
10/30-11/7
1 hr
1 hr
8
9
10
Math Manipulatives/Problem Solving
Summarizing/Math Journals/Tech
Gizmos: Math and Science
Jetton
Wolfer/Fields
Fields/Moran
©
11/8-11/19
11/20-12/5
12/6-12/17
2013 FCS Public
Information &
1 hr
1 hr
1Communications
hr
Dept.
Session
Power Learning: Session Title
By
Date
Time
Work Day
Admin
Wolfer
1/6/14
3 hr
11
Team Assessments for PL
Data Teams Share Vertically
GAPSS
Informational Writing Across the Content Areas: Focus IDEAS
1/7-1/15
1 hr
12
Gearing Up for GAPSS
1/16-1/24
1 hr
13
Performance Based Assessments
1/28-2/5
1 hr
14
TKES: Teacher Keys
Instructional Strategies
County Day
Culver
Wolfer
Admin
Wolfer
Feicht, Curry
Keyser
Admin
2/6-2/18
1 hr
Central Office
Feb. 14th
Wolfer
IST Leaders
Grade Chair
2/19-2/27
1 hr
2/28- 3/11
1 hr
TBD
3/12-3/21
Admin
4/22- 4/30
1 hr
IST Leader
Wolfer
Admin
5/1 -5/9
1 hr
5/13- 5/21
1 hr
15
Data Team
16
Getting Ready for Parent Teacher Conferences
3rd Quarter Assessments
TBD
17
18
19
TKES: Teacher Keys
Student Survey
Data Team: Submission for PAC
20
Class Construction
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