School Improvement Plan

• Timeline: February 2023 - August/Sept. 2023
• Lead Person Responsible: 

  Suzanne Peerenboom, Alliy Schrader, Oday Vega Alvarez, Esteban Acosta, 8th grade counselor (David Kong)

    
• Resources: 

  6th Grade First Day  

  Leadership Application 

   

  Leadership calendar and Committees 

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• Measures (The quantifiable change in what adult and/or student knowledge, abilities, skills, attitudes or beliefs will occur.):

  • An increase in students reporting feeling safe, welcome and accepted

  • An increase in students reporting they are understood as a person at school

  • An increase in students reporting feeling knowledgeable about school  including where classes are, how to navigate the building, and who to go to for help.

• Timeline: 

  Ongoing all year

• Lead Person Responsible: 

  Culture Committee

  Implementation:

  All Staff

• Resources: 
  • Advisory Calendar
• Measures (The quantifiable change in what adult and/or student knowledge, abilities, skills, attitudes or beliefs will occur.): 

  • Feedback from 8th grade conferences showing student connection to their advisory teacher increasing over the 3 years they have been together.

  • Increase in student voice.

  • Increase in student use and knowledge of school wide organizational tools including binders and Canvas. 

  • A decrease in bias incidents due to increased knowledge of our community members.

• Timeline: 

  We have 3 big events each year and smaller events in between. 

• Lead Person Responsible: 

  AVID Site Team, Leadership team, Culture Committee

  Implementation:

  All Staff

• Resources: 

  • Dia de Los Muertos

  • BTSN

  • Falcon Family Fest '23

  • Summer Prep Slideshow '23    

  • Padres Unidos - Mental Health 

• Measures (The quantifiable change in what adult and/or student knowledge, abilities, skills, attitudes or beliefs will occur.): 

• Increased attendance at our events that are representative of our school community demographics.

• Increased interest in AVID elective classes. (Course selection process)

• Increased interest in elective courses via showcase at FFF. (Evidence: course selection process, anecdotal evidence)

• Increased sense of belonging from parents and students. (Surveys

Strategic Plan Strategy: Teams in each building meet regularly to examine social-emotional, academic, attendance and discipline data for students

• Timeline: 

  Weekly throughout the year.

• Lead Person Responsible: 

  BH&W team including counselors, administration, SSS, SLP, Psych, Bilingual Liaison, Coaches as needed.

• Resources: 

  • BH&W Data not linked in order to preserve privacy of student information

  • Students are referred through counselor kid chats and our BH&W team. 

• Measures (The quantifiable change in what adult and/or student knowledge, abilities, skills, attitudes or beliefs will occur.): 

• A decrease in overall need for Tier 2 and 3 interventions as student feel more connected to school

• A defined system for moving students from needing Tier 2 and 3 interventions via BH&W to being able to manage more consistently without intervention.

• Clear systems to get students on the docket for Special Education consideration if the need arises.

• Timeline:
  Monthly by grade level.
• Lead Person Responsible: 
• Counselors
• Resources: 

  • Kid chat process

    Google form link

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• Measures (The quantifiable change in what adult and/or student knowledge, abilities, skills, attitudes or beliefs will occur.): 

• A collaborative process to identify students in need of intervention or support. Teachers can share what is working, what isn’t working, and how to support one another including next steps (referral to BH&W, parent meeting, etc.).

• Teacher engagement to evaluate efficacy of the model.

• Student behavior changes resulting in decreasing referrals per student over time.

• Timeline:

  Monthly  Committees are chosen by staff based on their interest

• Lead Person Responsible: 
• All Staff
• Resources: 

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    Committees and College and Career Framework   Committee Assignments   Instruction Committee Agenda   Systems committee notes   Culture Committee Agenda/Notes   AVID Site Team (Leadership) Agenda

     

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• Measures (The quantifiable change in what adult and/or student knowledge, abilities, skills, attitudes or beliefs will occur.): 
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• Distribution of leadership among staff including leading committees, partnering with one another to analyze data to refine systems, teaching, and events. This will look like increased teacher leadership and significantly increased use of AVID strategies school wide with evidence.

• Timeline:
• As needed based on attendance/tardies, officer referrals, other behaviors.
• Lead Person Responsible: 

  Ruby Fuller, counselors, SSS

• Resources: 

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    Student Goal Plan template   AVID Support Plan letter     Policy Refresher Lesson   Community Problem Solving

     

• Measures (The quantifiable change in what adult and/or student knowledge, abilities, skills, attitudes or beliefs will occur.): 

• Increase in positive behaviors 

• Fewer referrals for the student

• Increased attendance percentage and lower numbers of tardies

• Improve staff/student/family relationships

• Timeline: 

  Quarter 1 - implementation

  Ongoing after throughout the year after implementation

• Lead Person Responsible: 

  Kelly Laverne, Chris Giles, Rob Centis, All staff users

• Resources:

  • Canvas > Synergy Outcomes Slide Deck

     

    Instructions how to use Canvas Outcomes and transfer to Synergy (DOC) 

     

    Canvas - Synergy Flowchart for staff

• Measures (The quantifiable change in what adult and/or student knowledge, abilities, skills, attitudes or beliefs will occur.):

  • All staff trained in quarter 1.

  • Implementation completed by the first 9 weeks of the school year with ongoing support as needed from specialists.

  • Increased transparency in grading and assessment for families.

  • Increased student understanding of grades including rubrics, and how that translates to their semester score.

• Timeline: 

  Throughout the school year.

• Lead Person Responsible: 

  BH&W team including counselors, administration, SSS, SLP, Psych, Bilingual Liaison, Coaches as needed.

• Resources:

  • Inservice slides

     

    Learning Targets and goal setting

     

    Examples of first five and EQ slide

     

    First 5 check list

• Measures (The quantifiable change in what adult and/or student knowledge, abilities, skills, attitudes or beliefs will occur.):

  • Evidence of an essential question for every unit and lesson posted.

  • Our goal is 100% of teachers being able to articulate the EQ and learning targets to students daily with students also being able to identify the “what and why” of their learning when prompted. 

  • Daily use of a “first five” strategy to make sure students have a reason to be on time and engaged to maximize class time.

• Timeline: 

  October -June

• Lead Person Responsible: 

  Kelly Laverne, Counselors, Instructional Coaches, Academic Coaching teachers, elective teachers

• Resources:

  • Scope and sequence and flowchart

     

    Parent Letter that communicates the program purpose and format. 

     

    Add lessons (link to folder)

• Measures (The quantifiable change in what adult and/or student knowledge, abilities, skills, attitudes or beliefs will occur.):

  • Increase in student Lexia use as evidenced by Lexia dashboard data.

  • Target students progressing to either “intermediate” or “advanced” level of proficiency in the targeted area by the end of their Academic Coaching session (advanced is grade level), based on their starting place. 

  • Increase in state testing performance in ELA

Strategic Plan Strategy:

Articulated and scaffolded high leverage teaching strategies (AVID-WICOR) taught and consistently used in all content areas at all grade levels

• Timeline: 

  By May, all evidence will be collected.  This strategy is ongoing throughout the school year.

• Lead Person Responsible: 

  Jamie Cooper, Kristine Rice, Department Chairs, All staff

• Resources:

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    Falcons Take Flight   Engagement Strategy Bingo   Pre-service slides on Engagement strategies   Individual AVID Evidence Tracker   Schoolwide binder check   Pre-service slides on Costas   Learning Walks- Colleague Observations Notecatcher Topic: Discourse

     

• Measures (The quantifiable change in what adult and/or student knowledge, abilities, skills, attitudes or beliefs will occur.):

  • Organization

    • Use of school supplied materials to normalize organization strategies.

    • More systematized use of Canvas as an organizational tool including the use of the calendar feature. 

    • Google drive organization and naming conventions in use.

  • Inquiry

    • Increased use of level 2-4 questions. 

    • Stepping up questioning strategies to allow all students entry points into the curriculum

    • Increase in student’s ability to identify and create leveled questions.

• Timeline: 
• Lead Person Responsible: 

  Jamie Cooper, Kristine Rice

• Resources:

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    Link to WICOR reporting tool(ongoing)

     

• Measures (The quantifiable change in what adult and/or student knowledge, abilities, skills, attitudes or beliefs will occur.):

  • Evidence of WICOR being used school wide with an emphasis on reading, writing, and inquiry across content areas.