Explain the activities in which your school will participate to increase your overall rating. Include specific details.

As evidenced in the SES Band Data, which content area(s) will be the focus for improving student achievement and why was this area chosen?

Based on the FSA data, we will target ELA Reading/Writing, Mathematics and Science. 

What specific BEST Practice(s) will be implemented or scaled-up to improve teaching and learning in order to increase performance within the SES Band?

Our weekly Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) will focus on working on goals that align with the Florida Standards.  The instruction will be guided by Project Based Learning which features hands-on activities, increased student engagement, generate connections to prior knowledge, and provide students opportunities to practice skills and deepen understanding.

Describe in detail how the BEST Practice(s) will be scaled-up.

Teachers participate in weekly professional learning communities that target standards based instruction. In addition, different deparments are collaborating together to create units of study that support the different content areas such as Reading, Language Arts, Math, Social Studies and the Elective areas. Teachers implement BEST (Beyond Expected Student Targets) and CARE (Curriculum, Assessment, Remediation, and Enrichment) in an effort to monitor student progress and provide strategies that will remediate, maintain, and enrich their skills. 
The best practices will include a school wide focus calendar and specific strategies that will enhance and develop student skills: Close Reading Strategies, Cornell Note Yaking Strategies and Academic Vocabulary & Lexile Interventions. 

What specific school-level progress monitoring data is collected and how often?

Each content area will submit progress monitoring data (lexile level testing, FSA scores, student diagnostics results, Standards based assessments, and BAT results) once a month to validiate best practices and or change instructional practices based on student results. Each department will participate in monthly data chats and present evidence of student exemplars and work samples to administration, department chairs, and district support personnel. 

How does the school ensure the fidelity of students not progressing towards school and district goals?

Students not progressing toward school and district goals will be identified for Tier 2 and Tier 3 Interventions and referred to the MTSS-RTI committee for additional evaluations, support and or placement. Parents will be notified and included in with committee meetings. The MTSS-RTI team will set up a schedule for progress monitoring and meetings.  

How does the school ensure that all classroom instruction is accessible to the full range of learners using Universal Designs for Learning (UDL) for effective instructional design (planning) and delivery (teaching)?

All students will have access to the curriculum via CANVAS, I-READY, STUDY ISLAND and CommonLit. Students will be presented with visuals and electronic versions of the curriculum to meet UDL for effective instructional design and delivery. 

How does the school ensure Tier 1 Standards-Based classroom instruction is being implemented properly and effectively?

Administration and department chairpersons will monitor classroom instruction and progress with Tier 1 Standards Based classroom by completing classroom observations and reviewing student work and exemplars during monthly data chats. 

Describe texts used for core, supplemental, and intervention programs at each grade level. How does the school ensure students have access to a balance of literary and informational text in a variety of mediums?

The Language Arts department will use Legacy Writes documents and the Collections textbook/series. 
The Math department will utilize 6th Grade: Go Math?, 7th grade Go Math, and 8th grade Go Math textbooks and supplemental materials. 

Please complete this section based on 2018-2019 end-of-year results.
Instructional Implications: Discuss the success of specific strategies/activities and provide a rationale as to why those academic improvements occurred as a result of those strategies.

We increased overall in English Language Arts to 47 percent.
We increased to 49.2 percent in English Language Arts learning gains.  
We increased to 43.2 percent in English Language Arts low 25 percent learning gains.
We increased overall in Mathematics to 43 percent.
We slightly decreased to 41.8 percent in Mathematics learning gains.
We decreased two points to 34.7 percent in Mathematics low 25 percent learning gains.
We had gains is Science achievement by increasing 3 points to 38.
We dropped 2 points in Social Studies achivement to 55 percent.
We were able to maintain our FLDOE grade of C.
Overall we had an increase in total points percentage from 45 to 47.