Vision: Empowering Dreams for the Future
Mission: Creating and Supporting Pathways for Success
School Strategic Plan - Elementary
Addison Elementary School
Principal: Susan Hallmark Area 4 Date 09/18/2014
Vision: Engaging Learners to Become Successful Leaders
Mission: To assure our citizens literate, confident children who are interested in learning by providing
a relevant curriculum, facilitated by caring, lifelong learners in a child-centered environment.
Core Values/Beliefs
Long Range Goals
Values
1. Vary learning experiences
to increase success in
college and career paths.
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Achievement
Integrity
Creativity/Innovation
Accountability
Beliefs
1. We believe successful
schools are a foundation of
community stability,
growth, and prosperity.
2. We believe family and
community engagement is
critical to student and
district success.
3. We believe in a constant
and purposeful focus on
what is best for students.
4. We believe creativity and
innovation are encouraged
and embraced by all
stakeholders.
5. We believe in cultivating a
positive environment
where students are
provided pathways for
success.
2. Differentiate resources for
students based on needs.
3. Develop stakeholder
involvement to promote
student success.
Targets
Key Strategies (3-5 yrs)
Targets for 2014-2015
(Where will we be?)
Lexile Levels (E)
Gap closure (E)
College Ready (E)
Career Ready (E)
Stakeholder
Satisfaction
CCSD School
76.30% 81%
102.00
11
43.80% 98%
55.00% 100%
NA
NA
4. Recruit, hire, support, and
retain employees for the
highest levels of excellence.
District Priorities for 2014 -2015
1. Implement CCGPS with fidelity
2. Create flexibility and support structures for schools
3. Develop systems to prepare students for college and career readiness
4. Engage community in dialogue about the future of Cobb schools
5. Provide opportunities for innovative learning experiences for
students
Theme for 2014-2015
One Team
One Goal
Student Success
 Create flexible and innovative
learning opportunities for
students
 Develop, implement, and support
new plans and/or programs that
focus on student-centered
learning, higher-order thinking,
and problem solving in the
classroom
 Enhance existing programs to
further develop college and
career paths from kindergarten
to twelfth grade
 Increase strategic partnerships
with businesses, post-secondary
institutions, and community
leaders to fully integrate college
and career paths in CCSD
 Increase the school’s ability to
meet student and school needs
 Provide flexibility for teachers
to use resources
 Advance innovative ways to
engage the community and
parents in the educational
process
 Expand community service
learning opportunities for
students and increase
communication efforts with
community agencies.
 Create a supportive environment
that empowers staff
Key Actions (1-3 years) Aligned to District Goals and Key Strategies
Action to be taken
Goal Alignment
Timeline
Person(s) Responsible
Addison staff will continue to implement the “Leader In Me”
initiative with the students, building leaders and leadership
potential in all students.
Goal Alignment2,3,4,5
Timeline:
Principal, Asst. Principal,
Staff, Lighthouse Committee
Addison teachers will be a member of a professional learning
community where they will learn to use data to drive instruction
through data teaming
Addison staff will work to increase the number of ways we engage
volunteers here at school, offering many opportunities for parents and
partners to get involved
Strengths
*“Leader In Me” school
*Positive Climate
*Science Lab is active
*Gardens are blooming
*Communication
Opportunities for struggling students
Weaknesses
*More parent participation
*Inability to involve parents
across all groups
Aug.2013-May,
2015
1,2,3,4
Aug. 2013-May
2016
Principal, Asst. Principal
2,3,4,5
Aug. 2014-May,
2015
Addison Staff, Principal, Asst.
Principal
Opportunities
*Partners in Education and FBI
* Democratic Service Learning
and sharing leadership
*Grant writing
Threats
*Budget
*Lack of updated technology and
small number of computers in
classrooms
School Strategic Plan - Elementary
Vision: Empowering Dreams for the Future
Mission: Creating and Supporting Pathways for Success
Tactical (Action) Plan for Addison Elementary
What are the desired results?*
(Begin with the end in mind. What is your SMART goal?)
How will the school/team(s) accomplish the desired results,
including professional learning?
(Clearly define the action steps that you will employ.)
2014-2015
What is the Cost
and Funding
Source?
Who is
Responsible?
Timeline
(Add rows as needed)
Teachers will become more comfortable with implementing technology
when teaching the common core by using all types of technology. The
number of teacher’s implementing ipads in the classroom during their
assigned grade level time will be 90% for the 2014-15 school year.
Teachers will participate in collaborative planning and training on using the
new-ipads and will learn of new Apps to utilize with their students and will
implement them in their classroom
No Cost
Claire
Aug. –
Brogdon\Cobb May- I
TIS
day a
month
The number of Addison third, fourth and fifth grade students in all
student groups scoring a meets or exceeds standard in science on the
2015 Georgia Milestone Assessment will increase as we embed the
close reading strategy in science instruction during the 2014-2015
school year.”
We will complete a book study on the book “For the Love of Close Reading” and
implement the close reading strategy when integrating reading with science
content.
For the Love of
Closed Reading40 copies @$20.00
Admin and
Cobb Prof.
Learning
From Oct.
to Dec.
The number of 3rd-5th grade Addison students in all student groups
who meet or exceed standards in math will increase from 93% to
95% overall as measured by the End of Grade tests at the end of the
2014-15 school year.
Teachers will select a math standard for their grade level. They will make a
common formative and common summative assessment. They will give their
students a pre- test, and will look at strengths and weaknesses and use that
data to drive their instruction.
No Cost
Principal and
Asst. Principal
Aug. to
May2014-15
Teachers will continue to collaborate with their grade level teams and
with vertical teams and with the 6th grade teachers at Daniell middle
school to increase student achievement weekly throughout the school
year.
The teachers will collaborate each week on Thursday and again during staff
meetings with vertical teams 3 times this school year.
No Cost
Principal/Asst. Aug-MayPrincipal
2014-15
SFSD funds
Vision: Empowering Dreams for the Future
Mission: Creating and Supporting Pathways for Success
School Strategic Plan - Elementary
Formative Indicators Tied to Desired Results
Indicators
Target
Results
Use of Number Talks
in classroom at least
3 times a week
All K-5 teachers
Application of
Close Reading
Strategy in all
subjects
All K-5
Teachers, and
target, EIP, and
ELL teachers
Teachers’ usage
of i-pads in the
classroom will
increase from 0
teachers using
them to 90%
using them
Scores on
formative math
assessments as
compared to
summative will
increase with
each child
meeting
standards
Raise over all math
scores and
mathematical
thinking
Raised scores
in reading,
higher lexile
levels, higher
science scores.
All K-5
Increased
teachers, gifted, engagement by
EIP, ELL
students in the
classroom.
All K-5
teachers, SPED,
ELL, EIP
teachers
Overall
increase in
Math scores on
the Georgia
Milestone.
Professional Learning Tied to Desired Results
Topic
Target
Audience
Delivery
Method
Cost and
Source
Timeline
Using I-pads in the
Classrooms
All
teachers
Grade
level
team
training
I monthly
meeting from
Aug. to May.
Book Study: For the Love
of Close Reading”
All
Classroom Whole
teachers
group
and
grade
level
meetings
All
classroom Staff
Teachers
meetings
No CostCobb County
TIS is
instructor
$20.00 for 40
books
Continued support with
Number Talks and
Extended response
questions
Prof. Learning
facilitating the
book study.
No costPrincipal and
Asst. Principal
Begins in Oct.
and ends by
Dec. 2014
Aug. through
May- 2014-15