Boutwell Early Childhood Center
School Improvement Plan
2014-15
Wilmington Public Schools
Boutwell Early Childhood Center
School Improvement Plan
2014-15
School Advisory Council
2013-2014 Members
Robert Appolloni Principal, Boutwell
Erin Burke Head Teacher, Wildwood
Amy Largenton Parent Representative
Chanel Romano Parent Representative
Sharon Scaramozza Parent Representative
Christine Stanford Teacher Representative
Jeff Strasnik Principal, Wildwood
Jennifer Mahon Head Teacher, Boutwell
Jessica Peroni Parent Representative
Lori Fitzgerald Parent Representative
Meghan Ryle Teacher Representative
School Advisory Council
2014-2015 Members
Lisa King Principal, Boutwell
Charlotte Phillips Wildwood Director
Mandeep Lane Parent Representative
Lisa Murphy Teacher Representative
Jeff Strasnik Principal, Wildwood
Jennifer Mahon Boutwell Director
Jennifer Bryson Parent Representative
Kristin O’Toole Teacher Representative
School Improvement Plan 2013-14 Summary
The staff and students at the Boutwell Early Childhood Center achieved their 2013-2014 School Improvement Goals. The staff and students worked
diligently to improve Letter Naming Fluency. The teachers used WIN time to instruct the students and to reinforce letter naming skills. Students’
progress was monitored twice a month if they were significantly below the target and monitored once a month if they were slightly below the target. In
addition, struggling students worked with the part time reading specialist to continue to enhance the student skills. Staff met three times a month to
review the data, plan for instruction, and reflect upon areas of success and areas for improvement. Our Aimsweb Letter Naming Fluency scores went
from 43% of students performing below or well below the Massachusetts Early Literacy Norms as measured by the Aims Web Letter Naming Fluency at
the end of the 2013 school year to 12% of students scoring below or well below the average.
The staff and the students at the Boutwell Early Childhood Center achieved their 2013-2014 School Improvement Goal in regards to math (number
recognition). Teachers used WINN time to reinforce skills and reviewed data at data meetings occurring three times a month. Based on the results of the
newly implemented math assessment 10% of students fell below the target in regards to number recognition.
The staff worked in a collaborative spirit for the 2013-2014 school year. Staff members participated in data team meetings, staff meetings, used
common planning time effectively, and many staff members participated in Math or ELA vertical team meetings.
The building administrators were able to accomplish the goal of effectively implementing the new Educator Evaluation tool. The success of this
implementation was due in part to the training and support of the central office staff.
We were able to meet all of our timelines in regards to our Literacy and Math goals which had an impact on student growth. The timelines in regards to
the Educator Evaluation system were about a week late in all aspects.
School Improvement Plan 2014-15
The Boutwell’s school improvement plan for the 2014-2015 school year is a follow-up to last year’s plan. The current plan is connected to our ongoing
work to increase our Early Literacy performance in Kindergarten. New this year is a focus on preschool assessments and alignment of curriculum with
the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. This is plan has links to the strategic plan in setting high expectations for all learners.
School Improvement Goal #1
Goal Statement: Based on the fact that currently the preschool program does not have a consistent common assessment tool to monitor student
progress, at the end of the 2015-2016 school year the preschool teachers with the support of the Early Childhood Directors will design (year 1) and
implement (year 2) an assessment tool to align with the Common Core standards.
Resources
Actions
Benchmarks/Evidence
Timeline
Collect samples from area
districts during SEEM job-alike
meetings
Facilitate collaborative
meeting time with preschool
teachers twice a month
Use collaborative meeting time
to review current assessments
and progress report
Review MA Curriculum
Framework for alignment with
current progress report
Review item analysis and links
to MA Curriculum Framework
Receipt of sample assessments from area
district
samples
10/2014-11/2014
meeting agendas
time
10/2014-6/2015
list of assessments/progress report
examples and timeline for administering
assessments
Item analysis of progress report skills with
documented links to the MA Curriculum
Framework
Compiled list of assessments that can be
used to document student growth
Time, assessments, reports
Time, MA Curriculum
Frameworks
Item analysis data
11/2014
12/2014
1/2015
and identify which items are
currently assessed
Add items to be assessed that
are not being addressed
currently
Create the assessment tool to
focus on the agreed upon
areas.
Develop a rubric to give
ratings to the items covered by
the assessment
Administer the assessment to
five students as a test
Review results of assessment
and make changes as
necessary
Implementation of the
common assessment at both
Early Childhood Centers twice
a year
Mid-year review of data
gathered
Completion of the common
assessment at both Early
Childhood Centers
Compiled list of areas to assessed
time
2/2015
Assessment created
time
3/2015
Rubric developed
time
Five students will participate in the
assessment
time
Revisions to the assessment tool
Assessment data gathered
Collaborative meeting time to review data
time
Communication, time
Data, time
4/2015
5/2015
6/2015
12/15-6/15
1/2016
time
Assessment data gathered
6/2016
School Improvement Goal #2
Goal Statement: Based on the fact that 29% of kindergarten students scored below (tier 2) or well below (tier 3) the Massachusetts Early Literacy
Norms as measured by Aims web Phoneme Segmentation at the end of the 2014 school year, our goal is that by June of 2015 there will be a 20%
reduction of students that score in the tier 2 or tier 3 range as measured by the Aims web Phoneme Segmentation assessment. We will monitor our
progress towards this goal two times per year.
Actions
Review AimsWeb data from
last school year during initial
data team meeting.
Discuss how to enhance
phonological awareness
Benchmarks/Evidence
Benchmark data for winter and spring
provided to the teachers
Teachers and reading specialist fill in a
google document with the instructional
Resources
Time, data
time
Timeline
September/October 2014
September/October 2014
instruction using our current
resources
Use data team meetings to
plan instruction to teach
phonemic awareness during
WIN time
Administer first winter
benchmark Phoneme
Segmentation
Review winter benchmark
data for Phoneme
Segmentation for 2015 and
compare to data from January
of 2014
Based on the results of the
winter benchmark plan
instruction for students that
are falling below the target
Continued use of data team
meetings to review
instructional practice and
review curriculum materials.
Administer second spring
benchmark Phoneme
Segmentation
Review spring benchmark
data for Phoneme
Segmentation for May of 2015
and compare to Spring of 2014
Use information from
AimsWeb Phoneme
Segmentation to determine
strengths or weaknesses of
current materials
If necessary purchase
intervention kits for the
intervention closet to address
phonemic awareness skills
materials they currently use to teach
phonemic awareness
Data, time
Teachers develop activities and/or use
materials available in the intervention closet
Input data into AimsWeb
Review and analysis of data during data team
meetings
Use of reading specialist to work with small
groups for intensive skill work. Use of WINN
time to address borderline students.
Review google document from September
2014 review instructional
materials/intervention kits.
Ongoing throughout the year
time
January 2015
Data, time
January/February 2015
Benchmark data, time
Curriculum materials , time
February-May 2015
April 2015
time
Input data into Aims web
May 2015
Benchmark data, time
Review and analyze the data during data
team meetings
May 2015
time
Review and list current materials
Pricing quote/invoice/purchase order
May 2015
Funding
June 2015