School Improvement Plan Format
2012-13
Introduction
Each Fulton County school should utilize three documents to communicate performance and a plan for
improvement.
The School Improvement Detailed Plan is for the management of the plan within the school and generally shared
with the LSAC and school staff. It describes the priority objectives for improvement and major initiatives, and also
delineates performance measures, action steps and progress monitoring. The priority objectives and major
initiatives should remain relatively constant over a three-year period so that meaningful improvement can take
place.
The Annual Performance Report is intended for the full school community. It is a retrospective picture of the
school’s past performance on standardized tests. It shows how the school compares with the county overall. It
also includes other school accomplishments and recognitions.
The School Improvement Plan Summary can be provided to the full school community along with the Annual
Performance Report. The School Improvement Plan Summary lists the priority improvement objectives and major
initiatives.
Below is the format for the School Improvement Detailed Plan, and example of a Detailed Plan and Summary.
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School Improvement Detailed Plan
Instructions
2012-13
School Name
Milton High School
Principal
Clifford R. Jones
STEP 1:
Identify 3-5 specific areas for improvement for students in your school. These are your objectives. Objectives can
address overall subject areas or content areas within subject areas. Objectives may also address areas of student
behavior (ex. attendance, discipline).
Underneath each objective list the related data to be reported to determine if improvement efforts have been
successful … these are your measures. Please include baseline (or historical) data for each measure, if available,
and targets for achievement for 2012-13 through 2014-15. Note that data for both leading indicators (ex. tardy or
attendance data, cumulative Checkpoints proficiency, common assessments) or lagging indicators (ex. CRCT, EOCT,
ITBS) can be included as a measure
Objectives
1. Increase the academic success of Economically Disadvantaged (EDA) 9th grade students and
9th grade Students with Disabilities (SWD)
2. Increase the passing rate on the CCGPS Coordinate Algebra & CCGPS Coordinate Geometry
EOCTs and GHSGT (when applicable) for Students with Disabilities (SWD) and African American
Males
3. Increase the performance level of 10th grade students with disabilities (SWD) on the Physical
Science EOCT
4. Improve student performance on the SAT
Measure
Percentage of students in target group who earn 5 or more credits before the 2013/14 school year.
2009-10
65%
2010-11
79%
Measure
Passing rate on the CCGPS Coordinate Algebra and CCGPS Coordinate Geometry EOCTs.
2009-10
60%
2010-11
47%
Baseline Data
Actual Result
2011-12
81%
Baseline Data
2012-13
Targets
2012-13
83%
Actual Result
2011-12
50%
2012-13
2013-14
85%
2014-15
87%
Targets
2012-13
50%
2013-14
55%
2014-15
60%
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Measure
Percentage of students “meeting” or “exceeding” on the Physical Science EOCT.
2009-10
65%
2010-11
70%
Baseline Data
Actual Result
2011-12
72%
2012-13
Targets
2012-13
74%
2013-14
76%
2014-15
78%
Measure
Increase the mean score for reading, Math, and Writing on SAT by .04% annually.
Baseline Data
2009-10
1654
2010-11
1659
Actual Result
2011-12
1681
2012-13
Targets
2012-13
1690
2013-14
1700
2014-15
1710
Add more objective templates as needed, but ideally no more than a total of five.
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STEP 2:
What will be done to foster improvement in the areas identified in Step 1? These are your initiatives. Initiatives
can be school-wide or be centered around a specific objective. Initiatives are not programs; initiatives are what
people will do differently or in an enhanced way to support improvement. If the initiative is related to a specific
objective, please include the number of the objective; if the objective is general, leave this area blank. No more
than 5 initiatives should be included.
The following information should be included for each initiative:
 Action steps (or specific tasks) to be taken during the 2012-13 school year to support the initiative.
 Person responsible for monitoring the initiative.
 Data, or other indicators, that will be used to monitor the initiative.
Initiative Description
Data monitoring and communication
Is this a general initiative?
YES
If no, which objective is the initiative supporting?
Action Steps for this initiative to be completed in 2012-13
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Identify groups of students
Communicate students in groups to Core Cabinet and teacher groups
Provide professional development for Department Chairs and PLC leaders around data talks
Utilize data talks in PLCs to check on student progress
Create common area to display student data wall
What data will be collected to monitor progress on this initiative?
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Monitor the passing rates for the following groups every six weeks:
Student by grade
Teacher
Subject by teacher
Students with disabilities
Level one, two, three, and four ESOL students
Retained students
Remedial students
African American males
Who is responsible for this initiative? (List position(s) only … do not include names)
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Principal
Assistant Principals
Department Chair
PLC leaders
ESOL teachers
Counselors
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Graduation Coach
Data clerk
Initiative Description
Establish Professional Learning Communities to increase student achievement
Is this a general initiative?
YES
If no, which objective is the initiative supporting?
Action Steps for this initiative to be completed in 2012-13
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Establish PLCs for each teacher in the building
Create time in the schedule for each PLC to meet twice a week for 30 minutes
Identify PLC leaders to be teacher leaders
Define the Department Chair role as support for the PLCs
Ask PLCs to create common syllabi, have similar tasks and weights, utilize the same recovery standards,
and develop team norms
PLCs will submit common unit plans
Send PLC leaders to professional development seminars (formative assessment, differentiation, and
common core) to redeliver
What data will be collected to monitor progress on this initiative?
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EOCT data in the core subjects
AP scores and enrollment in the AP courses
PLCs will turn in the following artifacts
Syllabi
Norms
Unit Plans
Meeting agenda and/or meeting minutes
Who is responsible for this initiative? (List position(s) only … do not include names)
Principal
Assistant Principals
Department Chairs
PLC leaders
Initiative Description
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Increase frequency of instruction monitoring for rigor and differentiation
Is this a general initiative?
YES
If no, which objective is the initiative supporting?
Action Steps for this initiative to be completed in 2012-13
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Have administrators complete professional development and become credentialed in Teacher Evaluation
System (TKES)
Teachers and Administrators trained in Common Core and Differentiation Strategies
Depth of knowledge training and implementation
Peer observations utilizing TKES instrument
What data will be collected to monitor progress on this initiative?
Informal observation data
Who is responsible for this initiative? (List position(s) only … do not include names)
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School Improvement Plan
2012-13
Summary for Distribution to School Community
School Name
Milton High School
Principal
Clifford R. Jones
Objectives for Improving Student Achievement
Objective No. 1
Increase the academic success of Economically Disadvantaged (EDA) 9th grade students and
9th grade Students with Disabilities (SWD)
Objective No. 2
Increase the passing rate on the CCGPS Coordinate Algebra & CCGPS Coordinate Geometry
EOCTs and GHSGT (when applicable) for Students with Disabilities (SWD) and African American
Males
Objective No. 3
Increase the performance level of 10th grade students with disabilities (SWD) on the Physical
Science EOCT
Objective No. 4
Improve student performance on the SAT
Major Improvement Initiatives
Initiative Description
Data monitoring and communication
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Initiative Description
Establish Professional Learning Communities to increase student achievement
Initiative Description
Increase frequency of instruction monitoring for rigor and differentiation
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Objective 1
Increase the academic success of Economically Disadvantaged (EDA) 9th grade students and 9th grade
Students with Disabilities (SWD)
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Monitor passing rates (9th Grade Assistant Principal)
Identify struggling students by name and monitor interventions (9th Grade Assistant Principal
and Counselors)
Conduct regular progress monitoring of interventions (Counselors and Graduation Coach)
Objective 2:
Increase the passing rate on the CCGPS Coordinate Algebra & CCGPS Coordinate Geometry EOCTs and
GHSGT (when applicable) for Students with Disabilities (SWD)
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Monitor passing rates (Assistant Principal over Special Education, IRR co-Department Chairs,
Math Department Chair)
 Increase frequency and quality of unit plan monitoring for rigor and differentiation (Assistant
Principal over Special Education, IRR co-Department Chairs, Math Department Chair)
 Identify struggling students by name and monitor interventions (Teachers, Counselors, and
Caseload Managers)
 Use PLC time to examine student work (PLC team leaders and teams)
 Increase frequency of monitoring of instruction (Administrative Team)
Objective 3:
Increase the performance level of 10th grade students with disabilities (SWD) on the Physical Science
EOCT
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Monitor passing rates (Assistant Principal over Special Education, IRR co-Department Chairs, and
Science Department co-Chairs)
Increase frequency and quality of unit plan monitoring for rigor and differentiation (Assistant
Principal over Special Education, IRR co-Department Chairs, and Science Department co-Chairs)
Identify struggling students by name and monitor interventions (Teachers, Counselors, and
Caseload Managers)
Use PLC time to examine student work (PLC team leaders and teams)
Increase frequency of monitoring of instruction (Administrative Team)
Objective 4:
Improve student performance on the SAT
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Incorporate SAT activities into Unit Plans (All teachers)
Utilize ancillary material in Honors Language Arts and AP Language and Literature classes
Promote and utilize PSAT date (Assistant Principal over Language Arts and Language Arts
Department Chair)
Utilize PLC framework to plan, execute, and discuss student performance of SAT strategies (PLC
leaders and teams)
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