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?

The area of concern is Mathematics. FSA Math Scores went down from 47% in 2017 to 42% in 2018, a 5% decrease. Several assessments have been administered school- wide to increase the weakest area of concern.  At Pompano Beach Middle, we practice standard driven instruction to meet the needs of the students. Content areas meet in professional learning communities twice a month to deconstruct the standards, collaborate, and devise high yield instructional strategies and activities. Evidence is found in the PLC meeting minutes,’ teacher lesson plans and data collection.

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?

We will continue to be proactive in increasing our learning gains this year to ensure that every student is receiving personalized instruction. Continuous follow-up will be assessed to ensure mastery within each core subjects to increase learning gains. As a measurable mean to ensure data reflect the outcome, we will continue to scale up our use of data to compare pre-assessment data with common formative assessment data and identifying the point gains between the two. Data will be collected for every standard and benchmark. Students that don't exhibit learning gains will be offered extended learning opportunities.

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

Best practices will be scaled up by monitoring each student’s progress by assigning bi-weekly or monthly reports and goal tracking sheets to empower them to be responsible for their own learning. Teachers will assist with helping each student to assess his or her weakest area(s) by completing their goal sheets to assist with keeping up with their levels and where improvement is needed the most. This combined with online instructional programs that students can utilize from home will enable them to maximize their achievement and improvement by identifying the areas that shows the biggest room for improvement.
 
 

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

We practice standard driven instruction to meet the needs of the students. Content areas meet in professional learning communities twice a month to deconstruct the standards, collaborate, and devise high yield instructional strategies and activities. Evidence is found in the PLC meeting minutes,’ teacher lesson plans and data collection.

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

The school ensures that each teacher knows how to align and break down each standard upon prepare for an exciting lesson through our school-wide PLC. Each meeting is centered around the Florida Department of Education curriculum for each grade level to accurately align each lesson with the classroom setting. Each grade level instructor is responsible for ensuring that every student knows the standards and can explain the standards that are written within the classroom and placed on the white board.

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)?

At the beginning of the school year, every teacher is trained on differentiated instruction.  Teachers are also trained on how to access individual students demographic, academic, behavioral and risk factor data.  Many teachers utilize Canvas and other technological resources so students can have access outside of the classroom. 

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

There is a department chair day every month, where the department chairs observe classrooms and share data with administration. Content area meetings are held bi-weekly for teachers to plan together and discuss content and classroom practices.  All teachers are required to keep a data spreadsheet to monitor student progress across standards. Administrators observe classrooms and teachers team teach.  Data is submitted to department chairs and administrators on a monthly basis.  

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?

Students in 6, 7, and 8 grade use the Collections book. Newsela, Common lit, Vocabulary.com, Stem Scope, Study Island, Khan Academy, Tween Tribune, Readworks.org, Flocabulary, short stories, novels and newspaper articles. Rewards is used for remedial readers. Daily Tiger Tune-Up offers 80% informational text and 20% literary.  

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.

Math Proficiency increased from 42% to 47%, thus exceeding the school's goal.  IReady diagnostic (Pre and Post) and Pull-Outs were used to help us achieve a 5% increase.