2013-2014 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT: Cousins MIDDLE SCHOOL
SUBGROUP ACHIEVEMENT
SUB
STUDENT GROUP
CURRENT
STATE
96%
PERFORMANCE
TARGET
94.6%
92.9%
96.3%
71.6%
91.5%
88.9%
94%
READING
ALL STUDENTS
ASIAN/PACIFIC
ISLANDER
BLACK
HISPANIC
GOAL IF
HIGHER PT
STRATEGIES USED TO ACHIEVE GOAL
SRA, School-wide Sustained Silent
Reading, Title 1 Reading, Focus
remediation, ASAP remedial reading, Kids
College, AR/STAR, COACH Connected,
Springboard Strategies, LFS, Interactive
Vocabulary Wall, Reading Logs,
Collaborative Classes, High Interest Nonfiction Readers
(readingandwritingproject.com)
SRA, School-wide Sustained Silent
Reading, Title 1 Reading, Focus
remediation, ASAP remedial reading, Kids
College, AR/STAR, COACH Connected,
Springboard Strategies, LFS, Interactive
Vocabulary Wall, Reading Logs,
Collaborative Classes, High Interest Nonfiction Readers
(readingandwritingproject.com)
SRA, School-wide Sustained Silent
Reading, Title 1 Reading, Focus
remediation, ASAP remedial reading, Kids
College, AR/STAR, COACH Connected,
Springboard Strategies, LFS, Interactive
Vocabulary Wall, Reading Logs,
Collaborative Classes, High Interest Nonfiction Readers
(readingandwritingproject.com)
SRA, School-wide Sustained Silent
Reading, Title 1 Reading, Focus
WHO IS
RESPONSIBLE?
Classroom teachers,
media specialists,
ASAP instructors,
Department Chair,
SPED teachers,
Assistant Principal for
Instruction
METRICS
STAR, CRCT,
Benchmarks,
Common
Assessments,
COACH
Connected
Classroom teachers,
media specialists,
ASAP instructors
STAR, CRCT,
Benchmarks,
Common
Assessments,
COACH
Connected
Classroom teachers,
media specialists,
ASAP instructors
STAR, CRCT,
Benchmarks,
Common
Assessments,
COACH
Connected
Classroom teachers,
media specialists,
STAR, CRCT,
Benchmarks,
2013-2014 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT: Cousins MIDDLE SCHOOL
100%
96.1%
87.3%
97.2%
83.3%
96.6%
ALASKAN/AMERICAN
INDIAN
WHITE
MULTI-RACIAL
remediation, ASAP remedial reading, Kids
College, AR/STAR, COACH Connected,
Springboard Strategies, LFS, Interactive
Vocabulary Wall, Reading Logs,
Collaborative Classes, High Interest Nonfiction Readers
(readingandwritingproject.com)
Maintain
SRA, School-wide Sustained Silent
current level Reading, Title 1 Reading, Focus
of
remediation, ASAP remedial reading, Kids
performance College, AR/STAR, COACH Connected,
Springboard Strategies, LFS, Interactive
Vocabulary Wall, Reading Logs,
Collaborative Classes, High Interest Nonfiction Readers
(readingandwritingproject.com)
SRA, School-wide Sustained Silent
Reading, Title 1 Reading, Focus
remediation, ASAP remedial reading, Kids
College, AR/STAR, COACH Connected,
Springboard Strategies, LFS, Interactive
Vocabulary Wall, Reading Logs,
Collaborative Classes, High Interest Nonfiction Readers
(readingandwritingproject.com)
SRA, School-wide Sustained Silent
Reading, Title 1 Reading, Focus
remediation, ASAP remedial reading, Kids
College, AR/STAR, COACH Connected,
Springboard Strategies, LFS, Interactive
Vocabulary Wall, Reading Logs,
Collaborative Classes, High Interest Nonfiction Readers
(readingandwritingproject.com)
ASAP instructors
Common
Assessments,
COACH
Connected
Classroom teachers,
media specialists,
ASAP instructors
STAR, CRCT,
Benchmarks,
Common
Assessments,
COACH
Connected
Classroom teachers,
media specialists,
ASAP instructors
STAR, CRCT,
Benchmarks,
Common
Assessments,
COACH
Connected
Classroom teachers,
media specialists,
ASAP instructors
STAR, CRCT,
Benchmarks,
Common
Assessments,
COACH
Connected
2013-2014 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT: Cousins MIDDLE SCHOOL
40.4%
81.6%
55.6%
88.6%
71.5%
92.2%
CURRENT
STATE
91%
PERFORMANCE
TARGET
93%
STUDENTS WITH
DISABILITIES
ENGLISH LEARNERS
ECONOMICALLY
DISADVANTAGED
ENGLISH
LANGUAGE
ARTS
SUB
STUDENT GROUP
ALL STUDENTS
GOAL IF
HIGHER PT
SRA, School-wide Sustained Silent
Reading, Title 1 Reading, Focus
remediation, ASAP remedial reading, Kids
College, AR/STAR, Springboard Strategies,
LFS, Interactive Vocabulary Wall, Reading
Logs, Collaborative Classes, High Interest
Non-fiction
Readers(readingandwritingproject.com)
SRA, School-wide Sustained Silent
Reading, Title 1 Reading, Focus
remediation, ASAP remedial reading, Kids
College, AR/STAR, COACH Connected,
Springboard Strategies, LFS, Interactive
Vocabulary Wall, Reading Logs,
Collaborative Classes, Focus ELL classes,
High Interest Non-fiction Readers
(readingandwritingproject.com)
SRA, School-wide Sustained Silent
Reading, Title 1 Reading, Focus
remediation, ASAP remedial reading, Kids
College, AR/STAR, COACH Connected,
Springboard Strategies, LFS, Interactive
Vocabulary Wall, Reading Logs,
Collaborative Classes, High Interest Nonfiction Readers
(readingandwritingproject.com)
STRATEGIES USED TO ACHIEVE GOAL
SRA, School-wide Sustained Silent
Reading, Title 1 Reading, Focus
remediation, ASAP remedial reading, Kids
College, AR/STAR, COACH Connected,
Springboard Strategies, Interactive
Vocabulary Wall, Collaborative Classes
Classroom teachers,
media specialists,
ASAP instructors,
SPED teachers
STAR, CRCT,
Benchmarks,
Common
Assessments,
COACH
Connected
Classroom teachers,
media specialists,
ASAP instructors
STAR, CRCT,
Benchmarks,
Common
Assessments,
COACH
Connected
Classroom teachers,
media specialists,
ASAP instructors
STAR, CRCT,
Benchmarks,
Common
Assessments,
COACH
Connected
WHO IS
RESPONSIBLE?
Classroom teachers,
media specialists,
ASAP instructors,
Assistant Principal for
Instruction, SPED
teachers
METRICS
STAR, CRCT,
Benchmarks,
Common
Assessments,
COACH
Connected
2013-2014 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT: Cousins MIDDLE SCHOOL
92.9%
96%
86.9%
89.9%
95.6%
92.1%
100%
93.6%
93.3%
95.7%
94.4%
95%
ASIAN/PACIFIC
ISLANDER
BLACK
HISPANIC
ALASKAN/AMERICAN
INDIAN
WHITE
MULTI-RACIAL
SRA, School-wide Sustained Silent
Reading, Title 1 Reading, Focus
remediation, ASAP remedial reading, Kids
College, AR/STAR, COACH Connected,
Springboard Strategies, Interactive
Vocabulary Wall, Collaborative Classes
SRA, School-wide Sustained Silent
Reading, Title 1 Reading, Focus
remediation, ASAP remedial reading, Kids
College, AR/STAR, COACH Connected,
Springboard Strategies, Interactive
Vocabulary Wall, Collaborative Classes
98.6%
SRA, School-wide Sustained Silent
Reading, Title 1 Reading, Focus
remediation, ASAP remedial reading, Kids
College, AR/STAR, COACH Connected,
Springboard Strategies, Interactive
Vocabulary Wall, Collaborative Classes
Maintain
SRA, School-wide Sustained Silent
current level Reading, Title 1 Reading, Focus
of
remediation, ASAP remedial reading, Kids
performance College, AR/STAR, COACH Connected,
Springboard Strategies, Interactive
Vocabulary Wall, Collaborative Classes
SRA, School-wide Sustained Silent
Reading, Title 1 Reading, Focus
remediation, ASAP remedial reading, Kids
College, AR/STAR, COACH Connected,
Springboard Strategies, Interactive
Vocabulary Wall, Collaborative Classes
SRA, School-wide Sustained Silent
Reading, Title 1 Reading, Focus
remediation, ASAP remedial reading, Kids
College, AR/STAR, COACH Connected,
Springboard Strategies, Interactive
Classroom teachers,
media specialists,
ASAP instructors
Classroom teachers,
media specialists,
ASAP instructors
Classroom teachers,
media specialists,
ASAP instructors
Classroom teachers,
media specialists,
ASAP instructors
Classroom teachers,
media specialists,
ASAP instructors
Classroom teachers,
media specialists,
ASAP instructors
STAR, CRCT,
Benchmarks,
Common
Assessments,
COACH
Connected
STAR, CRCT,
Benchmarks,
Common
Assessments,
COACH
Connected
STAR, CRCT,
Benchmarks,
Common
Assessments,
COACH
Connected
STAR, CRCT,
Benchmarks,
Common
Assessments,
COACH
Connected
STAR, CRCT,
Benchmarks,
Common
Assessments,
COACH
Connected
STAR, CRCT,
Benchmarks,
Common
Assessments,
COACH
2013-2014 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT: Cousins MIDDLE SCHOOL
Vocabulary Wall, Collaborative Classes
42.0%
78%
77.8%
85.7%
76.4%
90.1%
CURRENT
STATE
82
PERFORMANCE
TARGET
88.1
STUDENTS WITH
DISABILITIES
ENGLISH LEARNERS
ECONOMICALLY
DISADVANTAGED
MATH
SUB
STUDENT GROUP
ALL STUDENTS
GOAL IF
HIGHER PT
SRA, School-wide Sustained Silent
Reading, Title 1 Reading, Focus
remediation, ASAP remedial reading, Kids
College, AR/STAR, COACH Connected,
Springboard Strategies, Interactive
Vocabulary Wall, Collaborative Classes
SRA, School-wide Sustained Silent
Reading, Title 1 Reading, Focus
remediation, ASAP remedial reading, Kids
College, AR/STAR, COACH Connected,
Springboard Strategies, Interactive
Vocabulary Wall, Collaborative Classes
SRA, School-wide Sustained Silent
Reading, Title 1 Reading, Focus
remediation, ASAP remedial reading, Kids
College, AR/STAR, COACH Connected,
Springboard Strategies, Interactive
Vocabulary Wall, Collaborative Classes
STRATEGIES USED TO ACHIEVE GOAL
CRCT Coach Books; 21st CCLC After School
Program Remediation; Kids College;
FOCUS Remediation Classes; Title I
Classes; SpringBoard Strategies; LFS
Strategies; Interactive Vocabulary Walls;
Graphic Organizers; Benchmarks;
Common Assessments; Manipulatives;
Safari Montage; Calculators (graphing &
scientific); iSucceed Math; Professional
Learning Communities (school and
system level); Differentiated Instruction;
Study Island; STEM Training; Accelerated
Math; Triumph Learning Coach
Connected; Digital Coach Books and
Connected
Classroom teachers,
media specialists,
ASAP instructors,
SPED teachers
Classroom teachers,
media specialists,
ASAP instructors
Classroom teachers,
media specialists,
ASAP instructors
WHO IS
RESPONSIBLE?
Administration;
Mathematics
Department; Title I;
Secondary Education
Instructional Coach
for Mathematics
STAR, CRCT,
Benchmarks,
Common
Assessments,
COACH
Connected
STAR, CRCT,
Benchmarks,
Common
Assessments,
COACH
Connected
STAR, CRCT,
Benchmarks,
Common
Assessments,
COACH
Connected
METRICS
Benchmarks
Common
Assessments
GCRCT
STAR Math
2013-2014 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT: Cousins MIDDLE SCHOOL
92.9
95.1
ASIAN/PACIFIC
ISLANDER
71.6
BLACK
81.9
Materials; Classroom Sets of Active
Votes; Laptops
CRCT Coach Books; 21st CCLC After School
Program Remediation; Kids College;
FOCUS Remediation Classes; Title I
Classes; SpringBoard Strategies; LFS
Strategies; Interactive Vocabulary Walls;
Graphic Organizers; Benchmarks;
Common Assessments; Manipulatives;
Safari Montage; Calculators (graphing &
scientific); iSucceed Math; Professional
Learning Communities (school and
system level); Differentiated Instruction;
Study Island; STEM Training; Accelerated
Math; Triumph Learning Coach
Connected; Digital Coach Books and
Materials; Classroom Sets of Active
Votes; Laptops
CRCT Coach Books; 21st CCLC After School
Program Remediation; Kids College;
FOCUS Remediation Classes; Title I
Classes; SpringBoard Strategies; LFS
Strategies; Interactive Vocabulary Walls;
Graphic Organizers; Benchmarks;
Common Assessments; Manipulatives;
Safari Montage; Calculators (graphing &
scientific); iSucceed Math; Professional
Learning Communities (school and
system level); Differentiated Instruction;
Study Island; STEM Training; Accelerated
Math; Triumph Learning Coach
Connected; Digital Coach Books and
Materials; Classroom Sets of Active
Votes; Laptops
Administration;
Mathematics
Department; Title I;
Secondary Education
Instructional Coach
for Mathematics
Benchmarks
Common
Assessments
GCRCT
STAR Math
Administration;
Mathematics
Department; Title I;
Secondary Education
Instructional Coach
for Mathematics
Benchmarks
Common
Assessments
GCRCT
STAR Math
2013-2014 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT: Cousins MIDDLE SCHOOL
88.9
87.8
HISPANIC
0
90
ALASKAN/AMERICAN
INDIAN
87.3
WHITE
92.8
91.9
CRCT Coach Books; 21st CCLC After School
Program Remediation; Kids College;
FOCUS Remediation Classes; Title I
Classes; SpringBoard Strategies; LFS
Strategies; Interactive Vocabulary Walls;
Graphic Organizers; Benchmarks;
Common Assessments; Manipulatives;
Safari Montage; Calculators (graphing &
scientific); iSucceed Math; Professional
Learning Communities (school and
system level); Differentiated Instruction;
Study Island; STEM Training; Accelerated
Math; Triumph Learning Coach
Connected; Digital Coach Books and
Materials; Classroom Sets of Active
Votes; Laptops
CRCT Coach Books; 21st CCLC After School
Program Remediation; Kids College;
FOCUS Remediation Classes; Title I
Classes; SpringBoard Strategies; LFS
Strategies; Interactive Vocabulary Walls;
Graphic Organizers; Benchmarks;
Common Assessments; Manipulatives;
Safari Montage; Calculators (graphing &
scientific); iSucceed Math; Professional
Learning Communities (school and
system level); Differentiated Instruction;
Study Island; STEM Training; Accelerated
Math; Triumph Learning Coach
Connected; Digital Coach Books and
Materials; Classroom Sets of Active
Votes; Laptops
CRCT Coach Books; 21st CCLC After School
Program Remediation; Kids College;
FOCUS Remediation Classes; Title I
Administration;
Mathematics
Department; Title I;
Secondary Education
Instructional Coach
for Mathematics
Benchmarks
Common
Assessments
GCRCT
STAR Math
Administration;
Mathematics
Department; Title I;
Secondary Education
Instructional Coach
for Mathematics
Benchmarks
Common
Assessments
GCRCT
STAR Math
Administration;
Mathematics
Department; Title I;
Benchmarks
Common
2013-2014 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT: Cousins MIDDLE SCHOOL
83.3
9.3
MULTI-RACIAL
42
STUDENTS WITH
DISABILITIES
72.9
Classes; SpringBoard Strategies; LFS
Strategies; Interactive Vocabulary Walls;
Graphic Organizers; Benchmarks;
Common Assessments; Manipulatives;
Safari Montage; Calculators (graphing &
scientific); iSucceed Math; Professional
Learning Communities (school and
system level); Differentiated Instruction;
Study Island; STEM Training; Accelerated
Math; Triumph Learning Coach
Connected; Digital Coach Books and
Materials; Classroom Sets of Active
Votes; Laptops
CRCT Coach Books; 21st CCLC After School
Program Remediation; Kids College;
FOCUS Remediation Classes; Title I
Classes; SpringBoard Strategies; LFS
Strategies; Interactive Vocabulary Walls;
Graphic Organizers; Benchmarks;
Common Assessments; Manipulatives;
Safari Montage; Calculators (graphing &
scientific); iSucceed Math; Professional
Learning Communities (school and
system level); Differentiated Instruction;
Study Island; STEM Training; Accelerated
Math; Triumph Learning Coach
Connected; Digital Coach Books and
Materials; Classroom Sets of Active
Votes; Laptops
Collaborative Teaching; CRCT Coach
Books; 21st CCLC After School Program
Remediation; Kids College; FOCUS
Remediation Classes; Title I Classes;
SpringBoard Strategies; LFS Strategies;
Interactive Vocabulary Walls; Graphic
Secondary Education
Instructional Coach
for Mathematics
Assessments
GCRCT
STAR Math
Administration;
Mathematics
Department; Title I;
Secondary Education
Instructional Coach
for Mathematics
Benchmarks
Common
Assessments
GCRCT
STAR Math
Administration;
Mathematics
Department; Title I;
Secondary Education
Instructional Coach
for Mathematics
Benchmarks
Common
Assessments
GCRCT
2013-2014 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT: Cousins MIDDLE SCHOOL
77.8
81.2
ENGLISH LEARNERS
76.4
ECONOMICALLY
DISADVANTAGED
83.5
Organizers; Benchmarks; Common
Assessments; Manipulatives; Safari
Montage; Calculators (graphing &
scientific); iSucceed Math; Professional
Learning Communities (school and
system level); Differentiated Instruction;
Study Island; STEM Training; Accelerated
Math; Triumph Learning Coach
Connected; Digital Coach Books and
Materials; Classroom Sets of Active
Votes; Laptops
CRCT Coach Books; 21st CCLC After School
Program Remediation; Kids College;
FOCUS Remediation Classes; Title I
Classes; SpringBoard Strategies; LFS
Strategies; Interactive Vocabulary Walls;
Graphic Organizers; Benchmarks;
Common Assessments; Manipulatives;
Safari Montage; Calculators (graphing &
scientific); iSucceed Math; Professional
Learning Communities (school and
system level); Differentiated Instruction;
Study Island; STEM Training; Accelerated
Math; Triumph Learning Coach
Connected; Digital Coach Books and
Materials; Classroom Sets of Active
Votes; Laptops
CRCT Coach Books; 21st CCLC After School
Program Remediation; Kids College;
FOCUS Remediation Classes; Title I
Classes; SpringBoard Strategies; LFS
Strategies; Interactive Vocabulary Walls;
Graphic Organizers; Benchmarks;
Common Assessments; Manipulatives;
Safari Montage; Calculators (graphing &
STAR Math
Administration;
Mathematics
Department; Title I;
Secondary Education
Instructional Coach
for Mathematics
Benchmarks
Common
Assessments
GCRCT
STAR Math
Administration;
Mathematics
Department; Title I;
Secondary Education
Instructional Coach
for Mathematics
Benchmarks
Common
Assessments
GCRCT
STAR Math
2013-2014 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT: Cousins MIDDLE SCHOOL
SCIENCE
SUB
STUDENT GROUP
ALL STUDENTS
CURRENT
STATE
76
PERFORMANCE
TARGET
82.3
GOAL IF
HIGHER PT
scientific); iSucceed Math; Professional
Learning Communities (school and
system level); Differentiated Instruction;
Study Island; STEM Training; Accelerated
Math; Triumph Learning Coach
Connected; Digital Coach Books and
Materials; Classroom Sets of Active
Votes; Laptops
STRATEGIES USED TO ACHIEVE GOAL
*Current Science Magazines (Class Sets)
*Coach Science Books (Class Sets)
*Expert Space: Digital Curriculum for the
21st Century
*Ipad science apps for the classroom
*Science Fair completion for all students
*My Big Campus
*Teacher professional learning
*Parent/Teacher communication through
newsletters, emails, etc.
*Active boards and audio enhancement
equipment in classrooms
*Science Fair participation for ALL
students
*Utilize school weather station
*Continuous professional development
for teachers on new science standards
and objectives
*PLC weekly meetings
*Utilize Instructional Coach to support
teachers
*6th Grade: Rocks/Minerals identification
kits (30 sets), Rotating Demo model of
the solar system (3), Landform
demonstration kit (1), Ocean Activity
WHO IS
RESPONSIBLE?
Administrators
Instructional Coach
(Lynn House)
Department Chair
Team Teachers
METRICS
CRCT Data
Common
Assessments
Benchmark
Data
2013-2014 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT: Cousins MIDDLE SCHOOL
Model/Demo (1)
*7th Grade: Earthworms for dissection lab
(200), dissecting pans with wax (30),
Safety-Lock Scalpel Student Edition (30),
Dissecting Pins (4 boxes), Biology
prepared slide set demo (1), Soil test
kits/lab (200)
*8th Grade: Periodic Table Toss Around
Ball/demo (4), Wave demonstrator set
(2), Prisms (4), Energy Ball (4), Newtonian
Demonstrator (2), Solar Bag Demo (1),
Stem Game Kit (2), Stopwatches (10)
ASIAN/PACIFIC
ISLANDER
100
91.5
63.5
72.3
*Response to Intervention (RTI)
HISPANIC
82.6
79.7
ALASKAN/AMERICAN
INDIAN
100
86.1
WHITE
85.2
90.4
MULTI-RACIAL
83.4
86.5
30
64.4
55.6
71
69.1
75.5
CURRENT
STATE
75.1
PERFORMANCE
TARGET
81.3
BLACK
STUDENTS WITH
DISABILITIES
ENGLISH LEARNERS
ECONOMICALLY
DISADVANTAGED
SUB
SOCI
AL
STU
DIES
STUDENT GROUP
ALL STUDENTS
GOAL IF
HIGHER PT
STAR
*ELL support from ELL Teacher
Counselor
RTI Teacher
ELL Teacher
*Small group interventions to review or
re-teach concepts
*Response to Intervention (RTI)
Team Teachers
Counselor
RTI Teacher
STAR, ALEKS
*Provide notebooks/supplies where
needed.
*After-school program
STRATEGIES USED TO ACHIEVE GOAL
Team Teachers
STAR
CRCT Coach Books; Social Studies FOCUS
Classes, Benchmarks; Common
Assessments; Social Studies Fair Projects;
WHO IS
RESPONSIBLE?
Administration; Social
Studies Department
ACCESS
METRICS
2013-2014 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT: Cousins MIDDLE SCHOOL
100
91.8
100
73
72.1
76
78.3
78.4
100
83.8
83.4
88.8
ASIAN/PACIFIC
ISLANDER
BLACK
HISPANIC
ALASKAN/AMERICAN
INDIAN
WHITE
100
Content Specific Novels & Magazines;
Traveling Trunks; Literacy Units through
Georgia Humanities Council; Guest
Speakers
CRCT Coach Books; Social Studies FOCUS
Classes, Benchmarks; Common
Assessments; Social Studies Fair Projects;
Content Specific Novels & Magazines;
Traveling Trunks; Literacy Units through
Georgia Humanities Council; Guest
Speakers
CRCT Coach Books; Social Studies FOCUS
Classes, Benchmarks; Common
Assessments; Social Studies Fair Projects;
Content Specific Novels & Magazines;
Traveling Trunks; Literacy Units through
Georgia Humanities Council; Guest
Speakers
CRCT Coach Books; Social Studies FOCUS
Classes, Benchmarks; Common
Assessments; Social Studies Fair Projects;
Content Specific Novels & Magazines;
Traveling Trunks; Literacy Units through
Georgia Humanities Council; Guest
Speakers
CRCT Coach Books; Social Studies FOCUS
Classes, Benchmarks; Common
Assessments; Social Studies Fair Projects;
Content Specific Novels & Magazines;
Traveling Trunks; Literacy Units through
Georgia Humanities Council; Guest
Speakers
CRCT Coach Books; Social Studies FOCUS
Classes, Benchmarks; Common
Assessments; Social Studies Fair Projects;
Administration; Social
Studies Department
Administration; Social
Studies Department
Administration; Social
Studies Department
2013-2014 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT: Cousins MIDDLE SCHOOL
77.8
85.2
30.0
62.2
55.6
69.5
69.1
74.1
MULTI-RACIAL
STUDENTS WITH
DISABILITIES
ENGLISH LEARNERS
ECONOMICALLY
DISADVANTAGED
Content Specific Novels & Magazines;
Traveling Trunks; Literacy Units through
Georgia Humanities Council; Guest
Speakers
CRCT Coach Books; Social Studies FOCUS
Classes, Benchmarks; Common
Assessments; Social Studies Fair Projects;
Content Specific Novels & Magazines;
Traveling Trunks; Literacy Units through
Georgia Humanities Council; Guest
Speakers
CRCT Coach Books; Social Studies FOCUS
Classes, Benchmarks; Common
Assessments; Social Studies Fair Projects;
Content Specific Novels & Magazines;
Traveling Trunks; Literacy Units through
Georgia Humanities Council; Guest
Speakers
CRCT Coach Books; Social Studies FOCUS
Classes, Benchmarks; Common
Assessments; Social Studies Fair Projects;
Content Specific Novels & Magazines;
Traveling Trunks; Literacy Units through
Georgia Humanities Council; Guest
Speakers
CRCT Coach Books; Social Studies FOCUS
Classes, Benchmarks; Common
Assessments; Social Studies Fair Projects;
Content Specific Novels & Magazines;
Traveling Trunks; Literacy Units through
Georgia Humanities Council; Guest
Speakers; Interactive Maps; Expert Space
Software Program; Safari Montage
2013-2014 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT: Cousins MIDDLE SCHOOL
CURRENT
STATE
INDICATOR
GOAL
STRATEGIES USED TO
ACHIEVE GOAL
WHO IS
RESPONSIBLE
?
METRICS
CONTENT MASTERY
Percent of students
scoring at Meets or
Exceeds in ELA
(required participation
rate ≥ 95%)
91%
93%
SRA, School-wide Sustained Silent
Reading, Title 1 Reading, Focus
remediation, ASAP remedial reading, Kids
College, AR/STAR, COACH Connected,
Springboard Strategies, Interactive
Vocabulary Wall, Collaborative Classes,
High Interest Non-fiction Readers
(readingandwritingproject.com)
Classroom teachers,
media specialists,
ASAP instructors,
Assistant Principal for
Instruction, SPED
teachers
STAR, CRCT,
Benchmarks, Common
Assessments, COACH
Connected
Percent of students
scoring at Meets or
Exceeds in reading
(required participation
rate ≥ 95%)
96%
94.6%
Classroom teachers,
media specialists,
ASAP instructors,
Assistant Principal for
Instruction, SPED
teachers
STAR, CRCT,
Benchmarks, Common
Assessments, COACH
Connected
Percent of students
scoring at Meets or
Exceeds in mathematics
(required participation
rate ≥ 95%)
82
88.1
SRA, School-wide Sustained Silent
Reading, Title 1 Reading, Focus
remediation, ASAP remedial reading, Kids
College, AR/STAR, COACH Connected,
Springboard Strategies, Interactive
Vocabulary Wall, Collaborative Classes,
High Interest Non-fiction Readers
(readingandwritingproject.com)
CRCT Coach Books; 21st CCLC After School
Program Remediation; Kids College;
FOCUS Remediation Classes; Title I
Classes; SpringBoard Strategies; LFS
Strategies; Interactive Vocabulary Walls;
Graphic Organizers; Benchmarks;
Common Assessments; Manipulatives;
Safari Montage; Calculators (graphing &
scientific); iSucceed Math; Professional
Administration;
Mathematics
Department Teachers;
Title I Department
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Learning Communities (school and
system level); Differentiated Instruction;
Study Island; STEM Training; Accelerated
Math; Triumph Learning Coach
Connected; Digital Coach Books and
Materials; Classroom Sets of Active
Votes; Laptops
Percent of students
scoring at Meets or
Exceeds in science
(required participation
rate ≥ 95%)
76%
82.3%
*Current Science Magazines (Class Sets)
*Coach Science Books (Class Sets)
*Expert Space: Digital Curriculum for the
21st Century
*Ipad science apps for the classroom
*Science Fair completion for all students
*Continuous professional development
for teachers on new science standards
and objectives
*PLC weekly meetings
*Utilize Instructional Coach to support
teachers
*6th Grade: Rocks/Minerals identification
kits (30 sets), Rotating Demo model of
the solar system (3), Landform
demonstration kit (1), Ocean Activity
Model/Demo (1)
*7th Grade: Earthworms for dissection lab
(200), dissecting pans with wax (30),
Safety-Lock Scalpel Student Edition (30),
Dissecting Pins (4 boxes), Biology
Administrators
Classroom Teachers
Department Chair
*Thinkgate
Benchmark Scores
*Authentic
Assessments
*Performance Tasks
(Labs/Lab Reports)
*CRCT Data
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Percent of students
scoring at Meets or
Exceeds in social
studies (required
participation rate ≥ 95%)
CURRENT
STATE
75.1
GOAL
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81.3
prepared slide set demo (1), Soil test
kits/lab (200)
*8th Grade: Periodic Table Toss Around
Ball/demo (4), Wave demonstrator set
(2), Prisms (4), Energy Ball (4), Newtonian
Demonstrator (2), Solar Bag Demo (1),
Stem Game Kit (2), Stopwatches (10)
CRCT Coach Books; Social Studies FOCUS
Classes, Benchmarks; Common
Assessments; Social Studies Fair Projects;
Content Specific Novels & Magazines;
Traveling Trunks; Literacy Units through
Georgia Humanities Council; Guest
Speakers; Interactive Maps; Expert Space
Software Program; Safari Montage
POST MIDDLE SCHOOL READINESS
Percent of English
Learners with positive
movement from one
Performance Band to a
higher Performance
Band as measured by
the ACCESS for ELLs
During the 2013-14 school year, each EL
student is receiving two segments. One
segment is a pull out model which entails
a sixth through eighth grade FOCUS class.
The other model is a push in which
entails working closely with the EL in the
area of language arts, social studies,
and/or science. In essence, although the
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areas of service are varied emphasis will
be placed in the areas of reading and
writing to increase ACCESS scores.
Percent of Students With
Disabilities served in
general education
environments greater
than 80% of the school
day
Percent of students
scoring at Meets or
Exceeds on the Grade
Eight Writing
Assessment (required
participation rate ≥ 95%)
Percent of students in
grade 8 achieving a
Lexile measure equal to
56
65
Increase number of students being
serviced in Co-Teach and Para Support
Classes.
2013-14 school year-No Science and SS
resource classes will be offered. Students
outside of Self-Contained will be serviced
in the regular ed setting
100
80
Building writing skills in FOCUS classes for
6th, 7th and 8th grade students. Infusing
writing in other content areas through
our Writing Across the Curriculum
initiative. This includes emphasis in
Exploratory classes and a one day a week
emphasis in Science and Social Studies.
Research and writing as required for the
Science and Social Studies Fair is
designed to follow the curriculum map
and support technology integration and
research skills.
With the continued implementation of
the Springboard curriculum, that
incorporates the Common Core
Amie Cumming, AP
over Spec Ed
Infinite Campus
rosters
Phalanda PerrimanSPED contact
All SPED and Regular
Ed teachers
Classroom teachers,
Administration
Mock Writing Tests;
September and
November
ELA Teachers,
Administrators
Benchmarks, STAR,
Classroom grades
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or greater than 1050
Percent of students
completing 2 or more
state defined career
related
assessments/inventories
by the end of grade 8
Percent of students with
a complete state defined
Individual Graduation
Plan by the end of grade
8
Student Attendance Rate
STRATEGIES USED TO
ACHIEVE GOAL
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Standards and increases rigor, scores are
expected to improve in this area for the
2013-2014 school year. Springboard
strategies include encourage students
to read and generate and transform a
text using strategies such as RAFT,
TPCASTT, Share and Respond, TWIST,
SOAPSTone, and SMELL. There will also
be an emphasis placed on reading and
comprehending informational texts
within Focus classes and core academic
classes. Students will continue to read 30
minutes daily and complete a summary in
their reading logs.
99
99
12%
100
100
GA College 411 Interest Inventories
School Counselors
GA College 411
Reports
Unique Learning Systems for students on
GAAs
Case Managers
Review of IEPs
GA College 411
School Counselors
Transition plan for students on GAAs
Case Mangers
GA College 411
Reports and hard
copies of IGPs
Review of IEPs
We closely monitor attendance, taking
Infinite Campus
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appropriate steps to notify
parents. Recent data on attendance
indicates that our white students are
absent most as a group.
PREDICTOR FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION
Percent of students in
grade eight passing at
least four courses in
core content areas (ELA,
mathematics, science,
social studies)
Percent of CRCT
assessments scoring at
the Exceeds level
EXCEEDING THE BAR
Percent of students in
grades 6 - 8 successfully
completing above grade
level core courses (ELA,
mathematics, science,
social studies)
Percent of students
successfully earning
three middle school
course credits in the fine
arts, or career
exploratory , or world
languages
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records and
attendance records
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Percent of students
earning at least one high
school credit by the end
of grade 8 (ELA,
mathematics, science,
social studies, world
languages, fine arts,
CTAE)
School has earned a
Georgia Science,
Technology, Engineering
and Math (STEM)
Program Certification
Percent of students in
grade 8 scoring
proficient/advanced on
the 21st Century Skills
Technology Assessment
or a GaDOE recognized
technology assessment
100
Percent of students in
grades 6 - 8 with a fully
documented
Fitnessgram assessment
School or LEA-defined
innovative practice
accompanied by
documented data
supporting improved
GOAL
85
STRATEGIES USED TO
ACHIEVE GOAL
Scheduling students to physical
education; Offering Fitness during FOCUS
for students who would not be able to
get it during Exploratory block.
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Physical Education
teachers;
Administration
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Grades in gradebook;
Fitness spreadsheet in
Infinite Campus
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student achievement
School or LEA-defined
interventions or
practices designed to
facilitate a personalized
climate in the school
SCHOOL SPECIFIC
INDICATORS TO
ADDRESS PARENT
INVOLVEMENT,
DISCIPLINE, AND
OTHER SCHOOL
INITIATIVES (ADD A
NEW ROW FOR EACH
AREA)
CURRENT
STATE
GOAL
Parental Involvement
STRATEGIES USED TO
ACHIEVE GOAL
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School Compact and Parent Policy- A Title I Contact,
school-home compact is used and will Administration,
continued to be used to enlist parents’ Teachers
support in getting students to meet grade
level expectations. The terms of the
compact are referenced repeatedly
throughout the school year as
appropriate. It outlines how parents will
be responsible for supporting student
learning, homework help, and behavior,
etc. (See copy of compact attached).
Additionally, a parent-involvement policy
has been formulated and implemented
(See copy of policy attached).
Curriculum Nights/Parent Workshops –
Curriculum
nights
and/or
parent
workshops are held throughout the year
to give parents a chance to experience
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what their child is learning everyday at
school.
During subject specific
curriculum nights, teachers will give an
overview of the standards as well as
provide resources for additional help and
showcase student work for parents to
view. The parent workshops such as the
8th grade parent night are provided as a
valuable resource for parents who have
questions about important topics such as
the CRCT or promotion requirements for
high school.
Example topics include:
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Curriculum Night
Student
Showcase
Night
(Science/Social Studies Projects)
CRCT Workshop ~ Parents learn
tips on how to help their child
review for the CRCT
ASAP (After-School Program
8th
grade
Parent
Night
(Promotion/Retention
Requirements)
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Cousins Middle School Website – Cousins
Middle School’s website is a great
resource where parents can find ongoing
information and learn more about the
school. Several of the teachers have their
own My Big Campus websites which can
be linked to from the main website.
Newsletters
–
School-wide
announcements, parental involvement
opportunities, and other school related
information are sent home on a weekly
basis in an electronic newsletter. In
addition, many teachers send out their
own teacher newsletters which provide
parents with ongoing information
regarding
school
functions
and
curriculum updates.
Daily Agendas - Agendas go home with
students
daily.
Students
record
homework assignments, and reminders.
The agenda can also serve as an open line
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of communication between teachers and
parents in regards to a student’s
academic and behavioral progress.
Infinite Campus – Infinite Campus
provides parents with access to their
child(ren)’s grades, discipline, and
attendance via the internet.
Mentoring Program - As an extra support
to students, teacher and community
mentors may be assigned to work one on
one with mentees.
Parent/Teacher
Conferences
Conferences are held anytime a parent or
teacher would like to set up a meeting to
discuss the child. Conferences are
officially scheduled twice a year to
provide parents with information about
their child’s academic progress and the
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proficiency level of their children.
Parent Surveys - Surveys are completed
by parents to provide Cousins Middle
with input about the school. The data is
collected and reviewed by the school
leadership team. Suggestions for
improvement guide the planning for the
upcoming school year. Recent survey
results include that:
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objectives were well
established
parents would like a
packet of information for
every meeting to review
at a later date
meetings
are
well
organized
Call
Messenger
–
Pre-recorded
announcements and reminders are sent
through call messenger directly to the
student’s home or listed contact number.
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School Council - Active school council
that is comprised of parents, community
members, teachers, and parents, chair
the committee.
Volunteers – Volunteers are encouraged
to participate in various activities at
school such as fieldtrips, school dances,
and tutoring.
Discipline
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