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?

Math Proficiency and overall earning gains in the lowest 25%ile were chosen based on FSA scores and data analysis from 2017 - 2018 FSA in comparison to other SES bands.  

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?

• Visit the top 2 schools in the same SES 8 to improve our practice at Griffin Elementary.
• Planning and Teaching the standards with rigor and relevance at every grade level
• Correlating the standards with activities and assessment
• Utilizing Learning Goals and Performance Scales to drive instruction
• Tracking and monitoring the progress of our lowest 25% to increase learning gains.
• Authentic Formative Assessments based on mastering the standards
• Focus on instructional strategies by using Marzano High Frequency Elements and Thinking Maps
• Implementing common assessment data
• Monitoring quarterly data templates to track students progress
• Monthly data chats -individual and team chats to discuss progress of all students, remediation and enrichment activities
• Monitoring our specialized programs for percent of students successfully mainstreaming into regular education
• Streamlining online resources to meet the needs of all students - implementing iReady to drive targeted instruction- Grades K – 5 (ELA and MATH).
• Document Based Questions - Writing Program -grades 4 & 5

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

Professional Development will be provided to teachers to incorporate the Super 7 elements, Thinking Maps and DBQ's into the instruction. Teachers will also be trained in BAS to successfully screen their students for deficiencies and to provide the targeted intervention. During data chats teachers will be shown how to analyze their students scale scores and compute how many points they will need to make a learning gain. The team will also analyze the weakest strands for each student, group them accordingly and plan instruction to teach the strand with rigor. Going to continue implementing the push in model for VE instead of the pull out. Will organize a Family Academic Night to keep parents informed of all the schools initiatives and programs. 
Professional Learning Community (PLC) will take place bi-monthly utilizing Florida Standard Learning Progression to identify gaps and correct the learning necessary to close the gaps. 

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

Conduct Monthy/Quarterly Data Chats
Review Weekly iReady Usage and Accuracy Data for ELA and Math
iReady Diagnostics
BAS Data
Monthly Writing Prompts
BSA
FSA

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

Tier strategies are used for the classroom instruction and to identify students needs.  The MTSS team reviews data to ensure student movement and growth within the tiers.   Formative and summative assessment data is tracked through grade level data chats and iReady reports.  

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)?

Differentiation of student instruction to ensure that students are instructed on grade level standards with accommodations and necessary supports in place for small group instruction.  Extended planning time is utilized to allow for collaboration of grade level teams.  PLC based around standards as well as vertical progression of standards based instruction. 

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

Professional Development is offered to teachers for guidance and instruction on effective implementation of programs, understanding of BASIS, collection and analysis of data, including graphing and progress monitoring.
Student conferencing is utilized to engage students in their own progress in order to empower students to track of their own performance. 

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?

Small, intensive group instruction focuses on identified needs of the students. Groups consist of 1 - 3 students.
Programs to be utilized: Leveled Literacy Intervention, Reading Mastery, Wilson Fundations, Phonics for Reading, Write in Reader, QAR, Journey's Tool Kit, Go Math Reteach, Reading Mastery, Close Reading Strategies, Motivational/Engagement Strategies, Differentiated Instruction and iReady.

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.

By visiting the top schools in our same SES it allowed us to have the opportunity to implement the strategies at our school and see improvement academically.  By continuously looking at data from our lowest %, we were able to meet the needs of the students and give them the tools to be successful.  Having monthly data chats and discussing with the teachers how their students were performing allowed for opportunities for the teacher to see what needs their students still had or improvements they made. The goals in place gave our school the opportunity to improve academically and work collaboratively while achieving our goal.