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?

Social Studies 
 Literacy in Social Studies classrooms will be our focus to help improve overall student achievement. These areas were selected because only 59% of our lowest 25% are making reading gains with the Language Arts Florida Standards (LAFS). By focusing on LAFS intensely in Social Studies classrooms, we will be able to target all of our students, especially our lowest 25%. 

ELA/Reading
The English Language Arts and Intensive Reading classrooms will be our focus to help improve overall student achievement. These areas were selected because only 59% of our lowest 25% are making reading gains with the Language Arts Florida Standards (LAFS). By focusing on LAFS intensely in the ELA classroom, we will be able to target all of our students, especially our lowest 25%.

Math
Geometry is one of the lowest topics across all grade levels. In 6th and 7th grade it is the lowest standard with 6th grade only earning 60% proficient and 8th grade 58%.

Sciecne
Earth and Space Science is one of the lowest topics in the Science SSA with only 69% proficient.

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?

Social Studies 
 All Social Studies (literacy) classrooms will incorporate multiple sources and different pieces of text to address LAFS.  Teachers will continue to incorporate text-based writing prompts and questions to elicit text-based responses where students are required to support their thinking with text-based evidence. Teachers will continually assist students to improve literacy and grammar by providing feedback and suggestions in a timely manner. 

ELA/Reading

All literacy classrooms will incorporate multiple sources and different pieces of text to address LAFS. Teachers will continue to incorporate text-based writing prompts and questions to elicit text-based repsonses where students are required to support their thinking with text-based evidence. Turn It In will be utilized via CANVAS to ensure students are responding originally to text-based writing prompts. Turn It In will also be utilized to give grammar feedback and suggestions to all literacy learners.

Literacy classes will incorporate blended learning via CANVAS to address the LAFS. Both English Language Arts and Reading classes will incorporate text sets at each student’s lexile level as well as complex text to increase a student’s exposure to grade level and above text. Both ELA and Reading will be using the program: NEWSELA. Reading classes will also utilize Achieve 3000. This year we have purchased the Boost intervention components to incorpate with Achieve 3000 lessons. Both programs focus on reading informational text and writing skills using current event topics and/or articles related to other text being read in the literacy class.

Intensive Reading teachers differentiate instruction specific to each student's individual lexile reading level by utilizing the research-based programs, Achieve 3000 and National Geographic Inside.

English Language Arts teachers will utilize online tutorials, remediation, and enrichment components within the My HRW portal as well as the USA Test Prep portal in order to increase the overall reading proficiency for all students. District created writing prompts and performance tasks are also infused into Collections units throughout the year.

Math

We will continue to use PLC time to assess our common assessment data. We will continue to use that data to determine the students who need remediation and enrichment. This year we will start implementing PBL within our Geometry units. The goals of PBL is for student to have a full understanding of Geometry in the classroom and prep for FSA as well as its importance in the real world, outside the classroom.

Science 
Science teachers will utilize common assessments and journaling in classes.

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

Social Studies 
All Social Studies classes will incorporate at least one PBL this year. Sustained silent reading R&R (Read and Relax) time will be infused in one content area each month to further build the reading community within the school.  Teachers and students will read and relax together during an allotted time in content areas monthly.  Student engagement will be focused on more this year with learning stations will be introduced and utilized in social studies classrooms.

ELA/Reading
All literacy classes will incorporate at least one PBL this year. A school-wide novel will be focused on this year, The Red Bandana. All classrooms will have copies available for students to make sure this novel is accessible to all and to further build a community of readers on campus. Sustained silent reading R&R (Read and Relax) time will be infused in one content area each month to further build the reading community within the school. Teachers and students will read and relax together during an alloted time in content areas monthly. Student engagement will be focused on more this year with learning stations will be introduced and utilized in literacy classrooms. Teachers will use the IPG (Instructional Practice Guide) as a guide to classroom literacy.

Math
This year the BEST Practices will be scaled up with PBL activities in the classroom. Since PBL is new to our school, teachers will start with short PBL activities and lessons. Data will be collecting from the PBL to determine if the project was successful to decrease the Geometry achievement gap.

Science 
Science teachers will collaborate to create common assessments that correctly measure proficiency on state benchmarks Science teachers will collaborate to create activities for students using composition notebooks.

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

Social Studies 
Social Studies classes will use teacher-created performance tasks and writing prompts to progress monitor writing and literacy standards.

ELA/Reading

Intensive Reading classes will progress monitor students using Achieve 3000 data which is collected monthly by citing a student’s lexile level. Lexile level progress and regression will be examined via Achieve 3000 performance reports. Intensive Reading classes will administer the FAIR-FS 3 times per year and examine student progress. ELA classes will use district-created/ teacher-created performance tasks and writing prompts to progress monitor writing standards. ELA teachers will use NEWSELA to monitor student lexile level progress quarterly.

Math
Common assessments are given at the end of each Unit in each grade level, about once every 3 weeks. In between the common assessment cadres are using PLC time to determine how to close the gap with small projects, activities and other resources to enhance the day-to-day lessons. Data from these in class supplements are also discussed and analysed to help student fully understand the topics.

Science 
Common assessments are given at the end of each Unit in each grade level, Also CARE assessments are given about once every 4 weeks. Lowest 25% will be using USA Test prep to reinforce science concepts.

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

The school offers support for students not progressing by offering both math and reading help after school while pairing students up with Cypress Bay student volunteers.  There are also peer counseling student pull outs in which our top academic students assist struggling students during their study hall elective classes.

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)?

By providing text, audio, video and hands-on learning that gives all kids a chance to access the material in whichever way is best suited to their learning strengths.  This gives the students a chance to interact with the material in more than one way and getting them interested in the lesson.

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

Teachers will be provided with ongoing Professional Development training to promote a better understanding and implementation of Tier 1 strategies into the classroom across all content areas. 

The school-based RtI team will continuously execute action plans that provide support for students with academic and/or behavioral challenges

Administration willl monitor teachers in their classroom by continuously conducting observations and providing the appropriate feedback  about the teachers instruction.

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?

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.

Social Studies
Teachers in each cadre meet once a week for an hour to discuss which benchmarks should they covered in each assessment. They all used the Test Item Specification to determine which assessment questions appropriately measure student proficiency. Then the teachers created lesson plans to teach these concepts.This ensures continuity across the grade level and that each benchmark is being taught properly. Teachers in the department have attended professional development courses on science journaling, and teaching inquiry based lessons/ PBL. They they meet with they cadres and discussed how to implement these new strategies in the classroom. There were several new activities created by each cadre with different strategies that engage students in the classroom.  We had 100% of our Biology students proficient on the EOC. 64% of our 8th graders were proficient in the Science SSA.

ELA/Reading
During PLC time, social studies classroom teachers met in cadre groups to explore various resources to find other supplemental resources to plan appropriately during CARE cycles. Teachers explored how to connect to their core textbook curriculum and plan units of instruction featuring multiple sources focusing in on one theme/central idea. 84% of all students in grades 6-8 demonstrated reading proficiency as measured by the 2019 FSA ELA which meet our goal. 

Science 
During PLC time, literacy classroom teachers worked in cadre groups to explore various resources found in the Broward’s Sharepoint ELA Pathways, Achieve 3000, Vocabulary.com, and GALE to find other supplemental resources to plan appropriately during a CARE cycle. Teachers explored the variety of text sets provided in NEWSELA which connected to their core textbook curriculum and planed units of instruction featuring multiple sources focusing in on one theme/central idea. 84% of all students in grades 6-8 demonstrated reading proficiency as measured by the 2019 FSA ELA, which met our goal. 

Math
Teachers used PLC time to create common summative assessments, analize data, create and share best practices.  iThroughout the year they implemented project based learning. In June 2019 87% of all 6th , 7th, and 8th grade students were proficient as measure on the Math FSA which exceeded our goal.