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.

In order to gather a needs assessment of the entire student populaiton, the assessment data from the prior  school year (FSA sores as well as current diagnostic measurements) are organized and imported into excel . The information show individual teacher, grade level, and school-wide results. Individual student results were given to classroom teachers for their review.

As a school we recognize parents and their role as being 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.

Parents are invited to meet with administration to discuss student achievement results and strategies for improving scores. Suggestions are discussed with staff and considered for inclusion in school-wide plans.

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

N/A

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 Talent Acquisition & Operations department, as well as a district level Teacher Recruitment Committee work collaboratively to retain and recruit highly qualified, certified-in-field, educators. Glades Middle School's collaboration with the district is evidenced by participation in ‘Experience 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 Glades Middle School to grow professionally. By doing so we are able to retain highly qualified, certified-in-field, effective teachers in our school by utilizing the New Educator Support System (NESS Liaison), Professional Learning Communities (Reading Coach), District Trainings (District Personnel), School-Based Professional Development (Leadership Team / Team Leaders), Teacher Recognition and Incentives (Administration).

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

Staff Development
At Glades Middle School Funds are used to develop a comprehensive professional training program to improve delivery of instruction through a variety of workshops designed to move teachers to mastery and improve student achievement.

Parental Involvement 
At Glades Middle School, funds are utilized to fund monthly academic parent nights that provide parents 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 parental involvement component. Monies are used to purchase food, supplies/materials and provide stipends for teacher presenters.

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

N/A

Title I, Part D
Neglected and Delinquent

When students are identified as neglected and/or delinquent, they will be connected to a school social worker through the Student Services Department who will provide support and community resources for the individual.

Title II
(District professional development)

The school contiunally encourage teachers to activlely participate in professional development; which are linked to improved student achievement in the Florida State Standards.

Title III
(ESOL)

Glades Middle School teachers and staff are supportive in the achievement of the English Language Learners (ELL) population. These students do receive reading and developmental language arts instruction that are taught by certified ESOL and reading teachers. Furthermore, They receive additional support from ESOL aides who provide one-on-one and small group language support in mainstream classes.  At our monthly parent nights, district personnel attend to provide language translations and information to parents in their home language.

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

At Glades Middle School, our teachers and staff members are responsible for helping to identify homeless students and referring them to the Homeless Education program offered by the district. The purpose of the Homeless Education Program is to identify homeless students, remove barriers to their education, including school enrollment, provide them with supplemental academic and counseling case management services as well as linkages to their school social worker while maintaining school as the students stable environment.

Supplemental Academic Instruction (SAI)

This year Glades Middle school will be able to utilized SAI funds. The school is in the process of designing Saturday Academy to assist struggling students. Funds will also be used to provide additional before and after school tutoring for fragile students. 

Violence Prevention Programs

Glades Middle school implements the County Student Code of Conduct. Each year these forms are distributed to the student body population and are to be signed by parents. Students are made aware of the guidelines by both the school and the district. In addition to that the school also 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 Youth Crime Watch, Peer Counseling/Conflict Mediation programs, guest speakers and student assemblies.

Nutrition Programs

The school is definitly aware of the nutritional programs and health education which  are an integral part of our school, specifically through the Physical Educational curriculum and federal initiatives of the Broward County Public Schools Food & Nutrition Department.

Housing Programs

Head Start

Adult Education

Career and Technical Education

Job Training

Other

Pre-School Transition

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

The goal of Glades Middle School is to increase parental involvement in school events to at least 50% 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.