COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS ASSESSMENT of the entire school (including the needs of migrant children) with information about the academic achievement of children in relation to the state academic content standards.
Describe the process utilized to conduct the comprehensive needs assessment for this school.

Prior year assessment data from the Florida Standards Assessment Test (FSA); Benchmark Standards Test (BSA); and end-or-year tests were organized and shared. Information was disaggregated to show individual teacher, grade level, and school-wide results. Individual student results were given to classroom teachers for their review. 

Teachers and administrators came together in a pre-school workshop to discuss this data (Preplanning week).  Teachers analyzed academic achievement results in all core subjects and subgroups, including race, gender, economically disadvantaged, students with disabilities (ESE), English Language Learners (ELL), and lowest quartile.  Teachers worked in groups - primary/intermediate - to write specific goals and objectives in all subject areas to improve student achievement. In addition, teachers and staff discussed additional areas of need related to improvement student achievement. These include school climate, parent participation, and barriers to learning at home. 

Instruction by HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS in all core content area classes
List instructional staff and paraprofessionals that are NOT highly qualified (instructional staff only).

All teacheers are highly qualified.

ATTRACT HIGH-QUALITY, HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS to the school.
Describe strategies that will be used to attract high-quality, highly qualified teachers.

The District's Human Resources and Talent Development Departments, as well as a District Level Teacher Recruitment committee work collaboratively to retain and recruit highly qualified, certified in-field, effective teachers.  The District also has a website used to attract teachers to Broward County based upon regional perks, and opportunities to receive benefits beyond a paycheck.  Norcrest Elementary collaborates with the district as evidenced by participation in Broward Teacher Recruitment Fairs.  Vacancies are filled with candidates interviewed at the recruitment fair and referred by the District's instructional staffing department. 

Retention of teachers is a top priority of our school. Teachers are cultivated and nurtured at Norcrest Elementary School to grow professionally. We retain highly qualified, certified in field, effective teachers in our school by utilizing the Teacher Induction for Effectiveness and Retention (T.I.E.R.) program, district training, school based professional development (Balanced Literacy PLC) and teacher recognition and incentives.  

Title I, Part A
Title I funds provide additional teachers to assist students, particularly low performing students.

Staff development funds are used to develop a comprehensive training program to improve delivery of instruction through a variety of workshops designed to move teachers to mastery and improve student achievement. 

Parental involvement funds are utilized to fund academic parent nights that provide parent with new skills to support student learning at home.  Improving the frequency and quality of family participation and increasing family literacy are also goals of our parential involvement component. Monies are used to purchase supplies/materials, food and provide stipends for teacher presenters. 

Title I, Part C- Migrant
(Migrant-Title I schools have been advised if Migrant students attend their school)

There are currently no migrent students attending.

Title I, Part D
Neglected and Delinquent

Students identified as neglected and/or deliquent will be connected to a school social worker through the student services department who will provide support and community resources

Title II
(District professional development)

Cadre Meeting Training - Interdisciplinary Units of Study
Instructional Facilitors - Differentiated center activities (ELA & Math) - Core subject support

Title III
(ESOL)

ELL students receiving reading and development language arts instruction by a certified ESOL teacher.  The Multicultural Department provides ESOL materials. Students will also receive additional accomodations, such as small group learning and additional time as needed. Families will be connected with the district ESOL website and outside resources through the ESOL Contact.

Title X- Homeless
(Homeless- All Title I schools may complete with this statement)

Students identified as homeless will be connected to a school social worker through the Student Services Department who will provide support and community resources. 

Supplemental Academic Instruction (SAI)

In this year's current budget the SAI line item amount ($2.00) is not great enough to hold camps or offer additional services. 

Violence Prevention Programs

Norcrest Elementary school implements the District Student Code of Conduct and follows the District Discipline Matrix. Our school enforces the District's Anti-Bullying Policy and has a zero tolerance for bullying and violence. Bullying prevention programs are supported through conflict mediation programs, guest speakers and student assemblies.  Norcrest also implements the Social Thinking Program with Zones of Regulations as a component of our T.IG.E.R.S. program. 

Nutrition Programs

Students are exposed to nutrition and education through their classroom teachers as well as during physical education instruction. Students are also able to receive healthy breakfast, lunch and snacks through the cafeteria program.

Housing Programs

Referrals are made to the school social worker, when parents are in need of housing or food.  Additionally, the front office staff takes note of families expressing a need and passes this information on to administration and/or the guidance counselor.

Head Start

At the current time we have 2 specialized and 1 internsive Pre-K programs. We do not have a Head Start program on this campus at this time.

Adult Education

Parents and other adults of the community requesting ESOL, GED, or other continuing education programs are referred to the district's community school for services through our school social worker.

Career and Technical Education

Althought we are an elementary school, students will be exposed to a variety of careers during our career fair.

Job Training

Althought we are an elementary school, students will be exposed to a variety of careers during our career fair.

Other

During this school year, Norcrest is beginning a Minority Male Mentorship program.  The program will target our older boys who need positive male role models, as well as guidance and emotional support

Pre-School Transition

Norcrest Elementary services two classes of Specialized PreK ESE (formerly Preschool Learning Activities Classroom Experience-PLACE) and one Intensive Pre-K class. The teachers conduct vertical articulation meetings during the school year to ensure that the transition from the early childhood programs to kindergarten program is smooth. A Kindergarten Round-Up is also held during the spring. This gives the incoming kindergarten students an opportunity to meet the teacher and get acclimated to a classroom environment. Additionally, parents are given an overview of the kindergarten curriculum and expectations.  We reach out to the local preschools to recruit students for the upcoming year.

Parent Involvement Goal:
Based on the analysis of the parent involvement data, identify and define an area in need of improvement.

Our parent involvement data indicates a need to increase participation at our parent training nights. Our goal is to increase parent participation by ten (10%) percent in our parent training nights.