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?

This year Lake Forest Elementary School will focus on comprehension with a focus on vocabulary because in reviewing our previous data, both interim and summative, it showed vocabulary as an area of weakness. 

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?

BEST Practice #4 - Scaling up BEST Practices: The main area of focus will be strategic comprehesion with a focus on vocabulary building.

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

Teachers will share best practices within their grade level/peers and within the cadre schools to receive information and resources for improving instructional practices. Instructional coaches will attend monthly subject specific cadre meetings and will discuss information delivered to ensure a comprehensive approach to teaching and learning. Our continuous improvement is predicated on the fact that teachers will systematically review and analyze data to identify what works and what needs to be adjusted. 
We will contiue to identifying and targeting vocabulary through interactive read aloud as our areas of focus. Sub cadre meetings will provide training to select teachers in grades k-3, reading coach and our principal who will have the opportunity to see best practices at a variety schools in our cadre. They will in turn share ideas for strategic improvement with team leaders, teams and other instructional staff.

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

Alignment of instruction to grade-level Florida standards is observed in classroom walkthroughs, review of lesson plans, participation in team meetings where both content and instructional strategies are discussed. Data chats (student and teacher data) addresses the need for remediation as well as enrichment and what specific strategies can address those needs. Instructional coaches meet regularly with teams to discuss best practices, address standards, model effective teaching strategies and provide feedback to teachers on their instructional practice.
Assessments include but are not limited to iReady diagnostics (3 times/yr), exit tickets (daily), interim School City and Standards Mastery tests (monthly), chapter tests and cold read selections (weekly)

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

Students at our school will be pulled for small groups and closely monitored by administrators, ELA & Coach, and classroom teachers through interim assessment, exit tickets, formative and/or summative assessment, and End of Year Assessements. 

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)?

Lake Forest Elementary plans to ensure that the Universal Designs for Learning is accessible to the learners based on students needs.  We will also ensure that teachers will differentiate instruction to allow multiple means of representation, expression and engagement.
 

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

Progress monitoring of weekly grades, exit tickets, feedback from classroomwalk throughs and individual and team data chats as well as information gathered during PLCs.

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?

All students K-5 have access to our leveled book room which includes reading levels from A-Z. These selections include a wide variety of informational and literary books.

Students, K-5,also  have access to online resources, Journeys, and cross content areas selections. Students learn and practice reading skills using social studies and science texts, Storyworks on grades 2-3 and DBQ lessons in grades 4-5.
 

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.

Our rationale for targeting vocabulary is the impact effective planning and usage of data to identify critical vocaubulary has on student comprehension,  Increasing our students vocabulary improved their fluency that worked in tandem with systemic monitoring of exit tickets, PLCs, and effefctive instructional stratgies focused on building their vocabulary.  Our overall ELA proficiency went up 3% from the 17-18 school year.