Scotland Early College High School
Date: November 5, 2013
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Acknowledgements
Indicate Literacy Team Members who assisted in the development of plan
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements ..................................................................................................................... 1
Section 1:
Section 2:
Section 3:
Section 4:
Section 5:
Section 6:
Section 7:
Section 8:
Connection Between the School's Literacy Action Plan and the Districts............................ 3
Purpose of Plan .................................................................................................................... 4
Literacy Vision Statement..................................................................................................... 5
School Literacy Improvement Goals .................................................................................... 6
Action Plan Maps ................................................................................................................. 7
Plan for Assessing and Reporting Progress ..................................................................... 14
Expectations and Supports ............................................................................................... 15
Plan for Monitoring Implementation .................................................................................. 16
Appendices (as needed) ........................................................................................................... 16
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Section 1: Connection Between the School’s Literacy Action Plan and the District
This Scotland Early College Literacy Plan connects to the current Scotland County School District Action Plan through the
Mission Statement, Vision Statement and following goals:
NC Goal 1: NC public schools will produce globally competitive students.
SCS Goal: Scotland County Schools will produce high performance students.
Literacy Goal: Scotland Early College High School will identify students based on ability level utilizing EVAAS proficiency
and other student academic data such as EOC, Common Exam, and Richmond Community College’s entrance exam
scores to structure scheduling to support school-wide literacy.
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Section 2: Why is School Literacy Plan Needed (Purpose)
A focus on literacy improvement is necessary for Scotland Early College High
School to ensure that we graduate students who are fully knowledgeable in
multiple literacies. It is our duty to equip our graduates with the knowledge to
use reading, writing, listening, and cognitive strategies to learn across the
academic disciplines. Further, SEarCH graduates will be able to teach others,
who need to know, successfully execute tasks in digital environments, think
critically, evaluate, and analyze information, and actively participate in their own
knowledge production. Literacy improvement is also necessary to produce
graduates who are prepared to participate in a global, technologically advanced
economy. Literary is a blueprint for raising student achievement, increasing
informed citizenry, producing self-directed lifelong learners, and creating critical
thinkers.
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Section 3: Literacy Vision Statement
Scotland Early College High School strongly promotes reading and writing
proficiency, high order thinking skills, and effective communication. We believe
that a continuing focus on teaching literacy is essential in all curriculum areas to
ensure that all graduates are college and career ready through significant
reading, writing, listening, speaking, and technology-based instruction.
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Section 4: School Literacy Improvement Goals
Literacy Goal 1: Scotland Early College High School will identify students based on ability level utilizing EVAAS
proficiency and other student academic data such as EOC, Common Exam, and Richmond Community College’s
entrance exam scores to structure scheduling to support school-wide literacy.
Literacy Goal 2: Scotland Early College High School teachers will provide high quality to all students and targeted
instruction for students who require additional support.
Literacy Goal 3: Scotland Early College High School will provide family and community events and opportunities for
school literacy improvement.
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Section 5: Action Plan Maps
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Goal Action Map
Literacy
Goal
Statement:
Scotland Early College High School will identify students based on ability level utilizing
EVAAS proficiency and other student academic data such as EOC, Common Exam, and
Richmond Community College’s entrance exam scores to structure scheduling to
support school-wide literacy.
Action Steps:
Timeline
(include check in
dates)
Lead Person(s)
1.
Review middle school
EOG’s, teacher
recommendations, and
EVAAS data to determine
literacy proficiency for
incoming freshmen
Principal and
guidance
counselors
Spring 2014
2.
SEarCh staff and
central office
testing department
Review EOC and common
exam scores
Ongoing
3.
Review Richmond
Community College
Ongoing
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Implementation Specifics
-Review application rubric
-Analyze data
-Review middle school ELA
teachers reference letter
-Conduct face to face interviews
-Use New Schools instructional
framework model
-Differentiate instruction
-Collaborative teaching
-Mandatory tutorials
-SAT Prep course
-Fast ForWord
-Bridge classes
Resources needed
-EOG scores
-Student application
-SEarCH staff
interviews
-Professional
development
-Flexible scheduling
-SEarCh staff
-Review Accuplacer scores
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-Accuplacer materials
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Measure of Success
-Improved student
outcomes on literacy
based assessments
-Improved student
growth as measured by
EVAAS
-Teacher Assessments
-EOC/ Common exam
test scores
-Analyze
developmental scores
-Evaluate passing
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entrance exam
-Testing calendar
scores
Goal Action Map
Literacy
Goal
Statement:
Scotland Early College High School teachers will provide high quality to all students and
targeted instruction for students who require additional support.
Action Steps:
Timeline
(include check in
dates)
Lead Person(s)
1.
Principal
Professional
development
Academic year
Ongoing
2.
Ongoing
Oral Language and
Vocabulary
Development
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Implementation Specifics
-Creation of school wide literacy
team
-Development of a schedule of
departmental meetings
-New School’s coach will teach
literacy strategies to staff
-Development of a schedule of
departmental meetings
-New School’s coach will teach
literacy strategies to staff
Resources needed
-Articles
-Literature
-Data
-Time
-Webinars
-Literacy Team
-New School’s coach/
staff
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Measure of Success
-EVAAS data
-EOC scores
-Common exam scores
-Grades
-Accuplacer scores
-EVAAS data
-EOC scores
-Common exam scores
-Grades
-Accuplacer scores
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Core Instruction
Ongoing
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-Individualized tutoring
-Progress monitoring
-Departmental meetings to
determine instructional needs
-Data
-Meeting time
-Instructional
materials
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-EVAAS data
-EOC scores
-Common exam scores
-Grades
-Accuplacer scores
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Goal Action Map
Literacy
Goal
Statement:
Scotland Early College High School will provide family and community events and
opportunities for school literacy improvement.
Action Steps:
Timeline
(include check in
dates)
1.
Involve community in
literacy events
Lead Person(s)
Principal and staff
Implementation Specifics
-Schedule an initial meeting with
stakeholders
Resources needed
-Computer access
-Teachers
-Stakeholders
Measure of Success
-Participation of
stakeholders
Fall semester
2.
Principal and staff
-Develop a calendar of events
-Share literacy vision statement
with stakeholders
Follow-up literacy events
Ongoing
3.
SEarCH
webmaster
Ongoing
-Utilize high school students
involved in technology and
photography programs to
maintain website
-PTO
-Principal
-Staff
-Computer access/
Wi-Fi
-Updated website
-Website
-Web links
-Internet access
Develop web links for
literacy activities
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-Participation of
stakeholders
-Feedback from
participants
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Section 6: Plan for Assessing and Reporting School Progress
Progress of our goals will be measured using the following tools: EOC scores, Benchmark scores, EVAAS data, quizzes, test,
Accuplacer data, high school grades, and community college grades. Goals will be revised based on student need and progress by
accessing their performance against state and district scores and graduation rates.
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Section 7: Expectations and Supports for School’s Literacy Plan
The supports needed for this plan to be successful are: teachers, administrators, parents, SIT team, RCC instructors, New School’s
Project staff, Scotland County School’s curriculum coaches, and Scotland County School’s mentors for beginning teachers.
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Section 8: Plan for Monitoring Implementation
The principal asked the English Department to represent the SEarCH staff to provide input for our literacy plan. This literacy team
consistently provided the opportunity for all stakeholders the SEarCH
Appendices
[You might include a Glossary of Terms, Data Summary, Key Messages, description of program elements, etc. as needed or desired.]
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