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 focus is Mathematics.  Our academic gains have been minimal, stagnant, or have decreased in Mathematics in the past few years.  Our target focus is Mathematics Lowest Quartile because these students are not showing Learning Gain growth.

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?

The BEST Practices implemented are collaborative schools visits with schools within our SES Band, the effective implementaion of the Instructional Practice Guide (IPG), and the implementation of data cycles.

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

The trends gathered from the collaborative visits will be compiled and addressed through leadership and department meetings.  The professional development team will advise trainings that will assist in addressing the concerns.  The teachers will use the IPG as a guidance tool for lesson planning.  The department administrators will use the IPG as a tool for data chats with individual teachers.

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

The specific school level progress monitoring data collected is CARE data for grade levels 6-8. This data is collected in cycles every 2-4 weeks. 

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

The schools ensures the fidelity of students not progressing towards school and district goals by providing remediation of previously taught standards, rigorous instruction that is data driven in both Math and ELA and a paraprofessional who supports our lowest quartile students in Math. 

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)?

Not applicable 

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

The school ensures that TIER One standards based classroom instruction is being implemented properly and effectively by using Collections and STEM scopes. 

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 texts used for core, supplemental and intervention programs for grade levels 6-8 are USA Test Prep, Achieve 3000 for Intensive Reading students, Collections and curriculum as a diagnostic assessment and monitoring tool, the ELA learning gains of the lowest quartile improved as well as the overall profieciency. 

The school ensures students have access to a balance of literary and informational text in a variety of mediums by providing resources such as consumables, scholastic action magazines, scholastic scope magazines and newspapers on grade equilavent lexile levels. 

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 target focus is Mathematics Lowest Quartile because these students are not showing Learning Gain growth. Based on the 2019 FSA data, the Mathematics Lowest Quartile results increased from 37% to 41%.