Springside School Learning Improvement Plan
2014-2015
Principal: Jason Trost
Goal #1
SCC Chair: Radelle Audette
Literacy
Strategies
Responsibilities
Timelines
Data Instrument in green
Part A
100% of our Grade 1-5 students will be reading
at grade level or above according to the Fountas
& Pinnell benchmarks by June 2015.
Previous Data:
60 students total in Gr 1-5
 1 below level F&P
 17 at level F&P
 42 above level F&P
Part B
Our Destiny Library Circulation will increase by
50% in the 2014-2015.
Previous Data:
 The total number of library books checked out
in 2013-2014 was 9106. This is 29.98 books
checked out per individual over the year.
Springside School Learning Improvement Plan
Part A
1) All of our grade 1 to 5 students will be
given the Fountas & Pinnell Reading
Assessment according to GSSD
timelines.
2) New teachers in ELA will receive
Fountas & Pinnell training
3) Co-Teaching will occur in Grade 1-4
with a focus on Guided reading.
4) Grade 3 teachers will watch modeled
guided reading lessons by the literacy
coach.
5) Grade 3 teachers will be observed
teaching a guided reading lesson by
the GSSD literacy coaches
6) The old entry way will be converted to
a ‘Literacy Corner’ and will contain all
of our Guided Reading resources,
Leveled Literacy resources and be an
area for small group instruction.
7) All teachers of ELA will have created
two UbD units
Part B
1) Our library will be accessed by small
Part A
1) Classroom
teachers
2) Literacy
coaches
Ashley
Livingston,
Alyssa Kuschak
3) Ashley
Livingston,
Karlie Hnidey,
Alyssa Kuschak
4) Karlie Hnidey
5) Nicole Piercey
6) Jason Trost
7) Classroom
teachers
Part A
1) September/October &
May/June
2) September 15
3) September to June
4) March
5) April
6) June
7) June
Part B
Part B
1) Sheila Tillman
1) June
groups of students rather than entire
classrooms. This will provide students
with a more focused book choice and
will increase the Destiny Library
Circulation.
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Springside School Learning Improvement Plan
2014-2015
Principal: Jason Trost
SCC Chair: Radelle Audette
Goal #2 Student Engagement - Use of
Technology
Part A
100% of our grade 5 to 8 students will have
access to technology devices when needed.
Strategies
Part A
1.
2.
3.
4.
Part B
100% of our parents will be connected to the school
through technology.
Part A
6 desktop computers will be
put in every room.
Our students will be
encouraged to bring their own
device and will be given the
roaming password
Our grade 7 class will be given
individual tablets
The Technology Survey will be
given in May 2015 to gather
and compare data collected
from last year regarding the
effectiveness of our use of
technology
1.
3.
4.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Timelines
Part A
Mr. Trost
Mr. Trost/Classroom teachers
Mr. Trost/Mrs. Templeman
Mr. Trost
Part B
Part B
2.
Springside School Learning Improvement Plan
Responsibilities
Data Instrument in green
Remind will be used by all
teachers and the office to
keep parents connected to
classroom activities
Facebook pages will be
developed by grade 5 to 8
teachers to keep students and
staff up to date with
classroom activities and
events
Our staff will use the Open
House as an opportunity to
solicit subscribers to Facebook
pages and Remind
Our staff will learn about the
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
1.
2.
3.
4.
August 27
September 12
September 26
May 1
Part B
Classroom teachers
Classroom teachers/Thad
Swidzinski
Classroom teachers
GSSD/Mr. Trost
Mr. Trost
Mr. Trost
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
August 27
September 5
September 9
October 7
May 1
May 1
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Springside School Learning Improvement Plan
2014-2015
Principal: Jason Trost
SCC Chair: Radelle Audette
5.
6.
Part C
100% of our grade 5 to 8 students will use technology to
indicate their knowledge for a given outcome at least
once every term in the area of ELA or Math.
1.
Springside School Learning Improvement Plan
Our grade 5 to 8 teachers will
attend professional
development to learn about
offering students choice in
what they know.
The GSSD will provide the
data collection instrument
Part D
1.
2.
Previous Data Related to Student Engagement and Tech:
a) 85% of our grade 5 to 8 families own a mobile device.
b) Of 26 families who replied to the survey, only 9 were
not supportive of students bringing their devices
c) 100% of the Springside teaching staff were in favour of
allowing personal devices for our students
d) The biggest worry of students about bringing their
device was that it would get ‘lost or stolen’
Part C
Part C
2.
Part D
100% of our grade 5 to 8 students will receive effective
feedback through technology at least once every term in
the area of ELA or Math
Portal and will follow GSSD
timelines to develop
classroom pages
Our school webpage will be
transferred to our Portal site.
The Technology Survey will
quantitatively measure our
parent connection to school
through technology.
Our grade 5 to 8 teachers will
offer students feedback to an
assignment using some form
of technology.
Mr. Trost will qualitatively
gather data through staff
discussions and Professional
Growth Discussions
1.
2.
Part C
GSSD 5 Year PD
Continuum/Classroom
Teachers
GSSD
Part D
1.
2.
Classroom Teachers
Mr. Trost
1.
2.
May 1
June 1
Part D
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May 1
June 1
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Springside School Learning Improvement Plan
2014-2015
Principal: Jason Trost
SCC Chair: Radelle Audette
Long Range Plan for Springside School Improvement
2013-2014 – Student Led Conferences

See 2013/2014 school report for data
*Note that Student Engagement
is a long range goal. Timelines
are tentative and adapted from
the GSSD’s 5 Year PD Continuum
2015-2016 - Comprehensive School Health
2016-2017 – Inquiry Based Learning
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