2013-16 Executive Summary
School Improvement Plan
School Name: Kelly Mill Elementary
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
Human Resources
Public Information and Communications
School Safety and Discipline
Special Education
Student Support Services
Continuous Improvement Goal
AdvancED Standards
Utilizing the 10 standards found within the
TKES process, KME will focus on responding to
the essential question: ‘What is Effective
Teaching?’
 Providing specific and descriptive
feedback at all levels of learning.
Teaching and Assessing for Learning
Indicator 3.2
Curriculum, instruction, and assessment are
monitored and adjusted systematically in
response to data from multiple assessments of
student learning and an examination of
professional practice.
Indicator 3.4
School leaders monitor and support the
improvement of instructional practices of
teachers to ensure student success.
Indicator 3.7
Mentoring, coaching, and induction programs
support instructional improvement
consistent with the school’s values and beliefs
about teaching and learning.
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Improve Instructional Practices to increase
achievement in technical writing and
technical reading
Vertical Teaming around Common Core
Standards.
Authentic Assessment (formative)
strategies
Superintendent
Technology and Information Services
Transportation
Support from FCS Department(s)
Content specific professional development
regarding CCGPS.
Literacy Instruction which is content based
(Different from Guided Reading or Running
Records)
Continued flexibility with school-based
decisions regarding securing resources (like the
choice for LL or CCGPS resources this year).
Technology support for instructional latitude
with resources that are directly aligned to
CCGPS and the TKES standards for
differentiation.
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AdvancED Standards
(check all that apply)
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Purpose and Direction
Governance and Leadership
Teaching and Assessing for
Learning
Resources and Support
Systems
Using Results for
Continuous Improvement
Annual School Improvement Plan
Continuous Improvement Goal: Through effective teaching, Kelly Mill Elementary will create an
academically challenging environment for students that builds a foundation of strategies in order for
them to become self-directed learners.
SMART Goal: ___KME students will demonstrate increased achievement in all content areas as
measured by state and local assessments and increased CCRPI scores.
School Name: _____Kelly Mill Elementary_____________________ School Year: ___2013-2014__
Actions, Strategies and
Interventions
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.
Standard 5: Using Results for
Continuous Improvement
The school implements a
comprehensive assessment system
that generates a range of data about
student learning and school
effectiveness and uses the results to
guide continuous improvement.
(Includes Professional
Learning Plan)
Impact on Student and
Adult Behavior
Timeline
Resources Needed?
Who is Responsible?
(“If…then...” Statements)
Provide targeted professional
learning during additional Common
Planning times and at monthly
Faculty Meetings
targeting TKES standards 2, 3 and 4
If teachers are provided common
time for collaboration with a
targeted focus, then
implementation of differentiated
instructional strategies will result is
students achieving at higher levels.
Ongoing
throughout the
2013-2014 school
year.
Specials Area teachers to
provide coverage for grade
levels during RtI time weekly.
Track student performance across
various formative and summative
assessments including local and
district-level assessments.
Target TKES standards 5 and 6
If teachers consistently track
individual student performance
and analyze the data to identify
student and group trends, then
patterns for implementing specific
instructional strategies will assist in
increasing student learning.
Ongoing
throughout the
2013-2014 school
year.
Data Team Training
All KME Staff
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AdvancED Standards
(check all that apply)
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X
X
Purpose and Direction
Governance and Leadership
Teaching and Assessing for
Learning
Resources and Support
Systems
Using Results for
Continuous Improvement
Annual School Improvement Plan
Continuous Improvement Goal: Through effective teaching, Kelly Mill Elementary will create an
academically challenging environment for students that builds a foundation of strategies in order for
them to become self-directed learners.
SMART Goal: ___KME students will demonstrate increased achievement in all content areas as
measured by state and local assessments and increased CCRPI scores.
School Name: _____Kelly Mill Elementary_____________________ School Year: ___2013-2014__
Actions, Strategies and
Interventions
AdvancED Standard(s)
Standard 1: Purpose and Direction
The school maintains and
communicates a purpose and
direction that commit to high
expectations for learning as well as
shared values and beliefs about
teaching and learning.
(Includes Professional
Learning Plan)
Teachers will become familiar with
and implement the expectations as
outlined in the TKES standards.
Impact on Student and
Adult Behavior
Timeline
Resources Needed?
Who is Responsible?
Ongoing
throughout the
2013-2014 school
year.
TKES standards and exemplar
videos, updated information
provided by the DOE.
School Administration
(“If…then...” Statements)
If teachers increase their
professional knowledge regarding
effective teaching, then they will
increase the implementation of
targeted instructional practices
with the learners.
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2013-14 Professional Learning Plan
for School Improvement Planning
School Name: __Kelly Mill Elementary__________________
Professional Learning Goal(s):
Connection to Continuous Improvement Goal(s):
Differentiated Instructional Strategies with Increased Rigor
Increased student performance in all content areas. Increase the CCRPI score for
KME.
Date
# Hours
Description of Learning Activities
August 1
Pre-Planning (School)
6
Technology Integration: BYOT with Tony Vincent
Grade Level Collaboration time
August 2
Pre-Planning (District)
6
District Collaboration day and Grade Level Collaboration
August 5
Pre-Planning
4.5
Grade Level Collaboration
August 6
Pre-Planning
3
Grade Level Collaboration (Common Planning for the first 10 days).
August 7
Pre-Planning
6
Grade Level and Faculty Meeting
August 28
Early Release/Prof. Dev. (School)
3
TKES standards 1 and 4
Answer the essential question, "What is effective teaching?"
September 18
Early Release/Prof. Dev. (District)
2
TKES Standards 2,3 and 4: Differentiated Instructional Strategies
Grade Level Collaboration across LAC team schools
January 6
Prof. Dev. Day (School)
4
February 14 PD Day (District a.m.)
3
Grade Level Collaboration
TKES Standards Review
Targeted Reading and Writing Strategies
TBD
May 27 Post-Planning
3
TBD
May 28Post-Planning
3
TBD
Total Hours: 43.5
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