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?

We are doing a school-wide initiative to try and improve all our content areas through all campus WICOR strategies, which incorporates teaching/learning methodologies in the following critical areas: Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading to Learn.  Through each of our principal content areas we are training our students to think more critically with the use of Cornell notes.  All of our 9th and 10th grade ELA students are taking 2 classes of Writing and reading throughout the year. Teachers and students are utilizing Khan Academy through PSAT data to improve literacy.  Geometry students are paired Informal Geometry to help re-mediate student Geometry skills.  We have a built in tier 2 intervention for all our struggling students to have double the amount of instructional time within the content area. This includes Algebra 1, ELA 1 and 2, Geometry, and Biology. 

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?

With regards to our school initiatives such as Cornell Notes and School-wide AVID binders, teachers will participate in Professional Learning Communities. These PLC’s will allow the teachers to collaborate and share best teaching practices and strategies to improve overall teachers and student performance. “Building positive relationships and PASL will help create a positive environment for struggling students, it would also allow for an increase in student achievement through the use of positive interventions. Lastly, we will focus on the social and emotional learning, as well as ensuring the needs of our students are met through the collaboration of all stakeholders (ie. parents, teachers, administrators, community leaders, and local businesses), the focus of students' achievement will increase.

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

Coconut Creek High School will implement the AVID strategies of Cornell Note Taking and Student Binders school-wide in 2017-18.  These strategies encompass all of the components of WICOR (Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, Reading) which are essentila to the learning classroom.  Both Cornell Taking and Student Binders were introduced in the spring of 2017 to the staff.  New staff were offered PD during the summer and in pre-planning.  In additon, continuous PD sessions are occurring throughout the 2018-19 school year.  The school has an AVID site team that provides additional resources to instructional staff throughout the year in both formal and informal settings.  Application wil be measured by classroom observation and student interview.

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

Lessons plans are collected quarterly to monitor school level progress. Informal and formal observations are conducted periodically and Assistant Principals continue to use walk through as a tool to monitor student engagement. In addition, Grade level team analyze student performance in midterm exam to review student's progress.  

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

The school ensures the fidelity of students not progressing towards school and district goals by offering 21st century tutoring for remediation, Algebra project, and MTL.

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)?

The school ensures that all teachers have been trained in courses that deal with:
- Differentiate Instruction [using audio, visual, movement, digital text, one on one]
- Understanding student IEP
- Community building
- Using Technology effectively
- Knowing students' strength and weaknesses
- Learning goals and Scales 
- Avid Strategies
 

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

The administrators ensure Tier 1 Standards-Based classroolm instruction is being implemented properly and effectively by conducting walk through, observations, pre-conference, post-conference with teachers and provide corrective feedback during those conferences. Also, Coconut Creek High School provides professional development to ensure teachers are implenting standards based classroom instructions with fidelity. 

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?

Teachers access a variety of text via the internet to supplement their content level textbook.  Current events enhance the curriculum to make it relevant and engaging for our students. Videos and audio sound bites allow students to learn from a variety of mediums. Students record the information into Cornell Notes and keep in their AVID binder.

How does your school implement the Broward County Public Schools Social and Emotional Learning Standards to ensure students are developing social and emotional skills?

Through individual and group sessions we help students cope with personal and psychological issues that affect their school performance, behavior and socialization. Through one-on-one, classroom or school-wide sessions, we address issues relevant to the student population we serve, such as school attendance, substance abuse, teen pregnancy, abuse & neglect, and identity crisis.

In which ways are the five competencies of the Social Emotional Learning explicitly taught and/or integrated school-wide and in the classroom?

How does your school-wide policy and practices support the social emotional learning for students?

Through groups, and clubs such as MTL, Women of Tomorrow, Lantinos in Action, and Women in Action we provide mentoring opportunities, empower, strengthen, educate and effectively build our student’s self-esteem. By doing so we are recognizing their personal qualities and making them aware of external supports. We have just begun to teach our students, yoga, mindfulness, and meditation. These practices will be used as tools to cope with and manage stressors, as well as mental health conditions such as Anxiety, and Depression.