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 (FSA) and end-of-the-year tests were analyzed and shared with individual teachers, grade levels, and school community. Individual FSA results were given to classroom teachers and sent home for families for their review.
Teachers and administrators reviewed the FSA results.  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 25th percentile (all subjects tested). Teachers worked in groups-primary and 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 improving student achievement. These included school climate, parent participation and barriers to learning at home.
Parents are also a vital part of the process. A parent survey is sent home each spring to gather input concerning curriculum, environment, and communication. Results from this survey are used to help write goals and objectives for the school.

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 of the Instructional staff members and Education Support Profesionals at James S Hunt Elementary 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 Recruiting Committee recruits individuals that are hightly qualified and certified to join Broward Schools.  James S Hunt Elementary has a nurturing environment for teachers to grow professionally. We retain highly qualified, certified-in-field, effective teachers in our school by utilizing the New Educator Support System (NESS Liaison), Professional Learning Communities (Literacy Coach), District Trainings (District Personnel), School-Based Professional Development (Leadership Team / Team Leaders) and Teacher Recognition and Incentives (Administration).

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

Staff Development funds are used to purchase professional reading materials for book studies during which teachers collaborate to master skills and improve student achievement. 
Through our Parent Involvement funds we purchase agendas and Nicky folders to bridge the communication gap between school and home.  The PI funds also purchase food and drinks for monthly parent meetings as well as Literacy Night at school.   Family Science and Literacy nights provide parents with strategies and manipulatives to support student learning at home.

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

At this time, there are no migrant students identified at James S Hunt Elementary.  If a student at Hunt is identified as migrant, we would work with the community agencies to ensure that all needs are being met with appropriate services.  

Title I, Part D
Neglected and Delinquent

Students identified as neglected and/or delinquent will be connected to the school Guidance Counselor and the school Social Worker who will provide support and contact community resources for student and family.

Title II
(District professional development)

Teachers will participate in district professional development that provide them with tools to improve student achievement on county and state assessments.

Title III
(ESOL)

ELL students receive small group reading with vocabualry and developmental language instruction by a certified ESOL teacher and/or a paraprofessional working closely with a ESOL resource teacher.

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

Teachers and staff members are responsible for helping to identify homeless students, providing the names to the school Guidance Counselor who will refer them to the Homeless Education program offered by the district.  The Homeless Education Program assists in identifying homeless students, removing barriers to their education, including school enrollment, providing them with supplemental academic and counseling case management services.  They also assist in making the connection to their school social worker to provide a stable school environment for the student.

Supplemental Academic Instruction (SAI)

James S Hunt Elementary does not receive SAI funds.

Violence Prevention Programs

James S Hunt implements the County Student Code of Conduct and follows the District Discipline Matrix.  Our school enforces the District's Anti-Bullying Policy and has zero tolerance for bullying and violence. The No Bullying policy is enforced through student assemblies and classroom visits with the school Guidance Counselor.

Nutrition Programs

Nutritional programs and health education are an integral part of our Unified Arts Program, specifically through the Physical Educational curriculum.  Broward County Public Schools Food and Nutrition Department assists in nutritional programs through federal initiatives.

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 this time James S Hunt does not have any Head Start programs.

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/adult trade schools for information on various programs.

Career and Technical Education

Fifth grade students will receive instruction through the Junior Achievement Biztown Program.  Career Day provides an insight to the variety of jobs that are available in with workforce.  Fifth Graders participate in Junior Achievement BIZ town to explore different jobs along with the financial aspects of the business. 

Job Training

Our fifth grade students participate in an annual trip to Junior Achievement (JA) Biztown to experience career choices and on the job training.  Career day is an annual event that involves all grades, Kindergarten to Fifth.  The students are exposed to a variety of careers by the volunteers from our community taking their time to share their career responsibilites with our students.

Other

Pre-School Transition

James S Hunt services one Specialized and one Intensive PreK.  The PreK and Kindergarten teachers conduct vertical articulation meetings to ensure that the transition from the PreK program to Kindergarten is smooth.  James S Hunt's Kindergarten teachers visit and provide Kindergarten Round-up Orientation flyers to neighborhood PreK programs prior to the end of the school year.  During Kindergarten Round-up, parents are provided with an overview of Kindergarten expectations, Florida Standards and a walk through the classrooms. 

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

The goal of James Hunt Elementary is to increase parental involvement in school events to at least 20% for the 2018-2019 school year.  All parent involvement activities will include engaging activities that offer opportunities to learn about student achievement and available resources.