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School Improvement Plan (SIP)

The School Improvement Plan (SIP) is a live document that is subject to change based on School Advisory Council (SAC) recommendations.

School Name

Castle Hill ES (1461)

School Year

2018 - 2019

School Grade
(2017 - 2018)

D

Executive Summary

BEST PRACTICE #1

A Focused and Authentic PLC

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES (PLC)

A Professional Learning Community (PLC) is a process in which teachers work in teams and use student information to develop strategies to improve their classroom practices.

BEST PRACTICE #2

An Embedded High Quality RtI Process

RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION (RTI)

Response to Intervention (RtI) uses student academic and behavior information to identify students with learning and behavior needs to guarantee that those in danger of failure and/or retention are receiving assistance and support.

Graduation/College and Career Readiness (Early Warning Indicators)

Describe all intervention strategies employed by the school to improve the academic performance of students identified by the early warning system.

ELA
We will use the Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System (BAS) to assess students and track their growth. We will use the Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI) as Tier 3 instruction to those students who scored the lowest on the BAS in each class. We will implement the Saxon Phonics and Spelling program across the grades since we have seen a neglect in Phonics over the years. We will implement more manipulatives for students to build words while in small reading group. We will continue to use i-Ready in all grades to help boost instruction. Teachers will implement and model with the Rehearsal Reading books as a whole group guided reading lesson so students will build upon their fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills. Detailed pacing guide will be provided with prompting questions, standards, and specific lessons to teach

Math
As a morning routine to help build computation fluency, students will complete their ADD Math worksheets (teachers will review with students). Before Math, students will complete their Math for Today worksheet and then review with teacher. Detailed pacing guide will be provided with math page numbers, standards, extra lessons, and resources to use with each lesson. Students will continue to use i-Ready to build upon math skills. Reflex Math will be incorporated into technology time to help with math fluency.

Attendance
Students who come to school daily will be acknowledged at the Award Ceremony and will receive a Perfect Attendance Certificate. Those students who display a pattern of tardiness or who miss a lot of days will be identified and their parents will be contacted. The social worker will make home visits and provide the families with strategies, resources, and assistance to help prevent chronic absences and tardies.

Suspensions
Students who get suspended will be observed and will be tracked if the suspensions are repetitive. Students who display inappropriate behaviors consistently will be discussed during RtI. Behavior plans will be created and monitored for students who misbehave often. Meetings will be scheduled with parents to help create a solution. Incentives will be provided to students who make a change in their behaviors. The social worker and guidance counselor will be involved in helping to decrease negative behaviors and suspensions.

RtI Team Meeting Schedule

BEST PRACTICE #3

Optimal Internal/External Relationships

ACCREDITATION PROCESS

The Accreditation Process leads schools to critically evaluate teaching and learning with a focus on academic excellence. All stakeholders (parents, students, staff, and community) are part of the accreditation process.

SCHOOL ADVISORY COUNCIL (SAC)

Each school has a School (SAC) to facilitate the development and monitor progress of the annual School Improvement Plan. Agendas and minutes reflect annual needs assessment, SIP monitoring and allocation of Accountability Funds.

SAC Upload Center

BEST PRACTICE #4

Scaling Up BEST Practices

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

School improvement is based on a continuous improvement model, using research-based accepted best practices, which align with student achievement needs, insure student progress, and may be revised when appropriate.