School Innovation and Improvement Plan 

• 2017-2018

• Clermont Elementary School

• Region 3

• Anne Stokowski, Principal  

Year 1 Targets 2017-2018

Reading: Raise the Bar

CAG driver:  Academic Support

POG: Creative and Critical Thinker, Communicator

Goal:  Increase the number of students reading above grade level.

Strategy: Instruction will focus on the ongoing student use of critical and creative thinking skills to comprehend text.  

Action(s):

1. Teachers will embed the 9 critical and creative thinking strategies in explicit instruction to all students to support higher order thinking skills using both fiction and nonfiction text.

2. Teachers will learn and begin to implement the Read Above Phase I and Phase II structures and bookmarks  during reading instruction.

3. Teachers will provide time for independent reading and reflection daily.

4. Teachers not currently endorsed will continue to work towards their AA endorsement.

 

Reading: Close the Gap

CAG: Academic Support

POG: Communicator

Goal:  Increase the number of students reading on grade level.

Strategy: Students who are reading below grade level will participate in specific interventions to improve decoding, fluency, and/or comprehension skills.  

Action(s):

1. All teachers will collaborate to create pre/post-assessments to gather information about students’ knowledge prior to and after a unit of instruction.

2. Specialists will carefully match research based reading programs through consultation with instructional service reading specialists to meet students’ needs. Specialists will monitor student progress every 4 to 6 weeks in collaboration with the classroom teacher.            

3. The RI Team will define and share the RI Process.

4. Teachers  will have a basic understanding of the RI Process and the EDSL RI Application to monitor students progress.

 

Math: Raise the Bar

POG: Collaborator, Creative and Critical Thinker

Goal:  Increase the number of students performing at an advanced math level.

Strategy: Collaborative teams will analyze the results of pre/post assessments and differentiate instruction based on each student’s level of skill mastery.

Action(s):

1. All teachers will collaborate to create pre/post-assessments to gather information about students’ knowledge prior to and after a unit of instruction.

2. Teachers will learn about the different advanced academic resources to plan differentiated instruction based on each student’s level of skill mastery.

 

Math: Close the Gap

POG: Creative and Critical Thinker, Communicator, Collaborator

Goal:  Increase the number of students performing on grade level.

Strategy: Teachers will model and give opportunities for students to show multiple representations to explain their thinking.  

Action(s):

1. Students will use interactive notebooks in all grade levels to process information and show their thinking

2. Performance tasks with rubrics and number talks/academic conversations will be used to show thinking and multiple representations.

3. Teachers will pre-plan and post higher level thinking questions to promote critical thinking.

4. Teachers will learn about and start one-on-one collaborative learning visits to gain/share ideas on student engagement and differentiation.

 

PBL

CAG: Academic Support

POG: Communicator, Collaborator, Critical and Creative Thinker

Strategy: Students will participate in two Project Based Learning activities, one each semester.  

Action(s): CTs will collaborate and plan to implement at least two PBL projects this year with a corresponding rubric to measure skill mastery.

Year 2 Targets 2018-2019

Reading: Raise the Bar

CAG driver:  Academic Support

POG: Creative and Critical Thinker, Communicator

Goal:  Increase the number of students reading above grade level.

Strategy: Instruction will focus on the ongoing student use of critical and creative thinking skills to comprehend text.

Action(s):

1. Teachers will consistently implement Phase I and Phase II of the Read Above structure and bookmarks  during reading instruction.

2. Teachers will learn and  begin to implement Phase III of the Read Above structure.

3. Students will apply the 9 critical  and creative thinking strategies during independent reading and daily reflection.

4. Teachers not currently endorsed will continue to work towards their AA endorsement.

 

Reading: Close the Gap

CAG: Academic Support

POG: Communicator

Goal:  Increase the number of students reading on grade level.

Strategy: Students who are reading below grade level will participate in specific interventions to improve decoding, fluency, and/or comprehension skills.

Action(s):

1. All teachers will use pre/post-assessments to gather information and guide instruction.

2. Specialists will carefully match research based reading programs to students’ needs and monitor student progress every 4 to 6 weeks in collaboration with the classroom teacher.

3. Students will apply the skills learned from the research based learning programs in guided reading groups.

4. All teams will follow the RI Process to provide interventions to students.

5. Teachers  will use the RI Process and the EDSL RI Application to monitor students progress.

 

Math: Raise the Bar

POG: Collaborator, Creative and Critical Thinker

Goal:  Increase the number of students performing at an advanced math level.

Strategy: Collaborative teams will analyze the results of pre/post assessments and differentiate instruction based on each student’s level of skill mastery.

Action(s):

1. All teachers will use pre/post-assessments to gather information and guide instruction.

2. Teachers will use advanced academic resources to plan differentiated instruction based on each student’s level of skill mastery.

 

Math: Close the Gap

POG: Creative and Critical Thinker, Communicator, Collaborator

Goal:  Increase the number of students performing on grade level.

Strategy: Teachers will model and give opportunities for students to show multiple representations to explain their thinking.  

Action(s):

1. Students will use interactive notebooks in all grade levels to process information, show their thinking, and reflect on their learning.

2. Performance tasks with rubrics and number talks/academic conversations will be used to continue to show thinking and multiple representations.

3. Teachers will use higher level thinking questions to promote critical thinking.

4. Teachers will integrate math application across the curricular areas.

5. Teachers will go on CT collaborative learning visits to gain/share ideas on student engagement and differentiation. The findings will be used to plan professional development and guide the SIIP.

 

PBL

CAG: Academic Support

POG: Communicator, Collaborator, Critical and Creative Thinker

Strategy: Students will participate in three Project Based Learning activities.  

Action(s):

1. CTs will collaborate and plan to implement at least three PBL projects this year with a corresponding rubric to measure skill mastery.

Year 3 Targets 2019-2020

Reading: Raise the Bar

CAG driver:  Academic Support

POG: Creative and Critical Thinker, Communicator

Goal:  Increase the number of students reading above grade level.

Strategy: Instruction will focus on the ongoing student use of critical and creative thinking skills to comprehend text.

Action(s):

1. Teachers will consistently implement Phase I,  Phase II, and Phase III of the Read Above structure and bookmarks  during reading instruction.

2. Students will apply the 9 critical  and creative thinking strategies across content areas.

3. Teachers not currently endorsed will continue to work towards their AA endorsement.

 

Reading: Close the Gap

CAG: Academic Support

POG: Communicator

Goal:  Increase the number of students reading on grade level.

Strategy: Students who are reading below grade level will participate in specific interventions to improve decoding, fluency, and/or comprehension skills.

Action(s):

1. All teachers will proficiently use pre/post-assessments to drive instruction.

2. Specialists will continue to match research based reading programs to students’ needs and monitor student progress every 4 to 6 weeks in collaboration with the classroom teacher.

3. Students will apply the skills learned from the research based learning programs during independent reading.

4. The RI Process and use of the EDSL RI Application will be fully embedded.

 

Math: Raise the Bar

POG: Collaborator, Creative and Critical Thinker

Goal:  Increase the number of students performing at an advanced math level.

Strategy: Collaborative teams will analyze the results of pre/post assessments and differentiate instruction based on each student’s level of skill mastery.

Action(s):

1. All teachers will proficiently use pre/post-assessments to drive instruction.

2. Teachers will continue to use advanced academic resources to plan differentiated instruction based on each student’s level of skill mastery.

 

Math: Close the Gap

POG: Creative and Critical Thinker, Communicator, Collaborator

Goal:  Increase the number of students performing on grade level.

Strategy: Teachers will model and give opportunities for students to show multiple representations to explain their thinking.  

Action(s):

1. Students will continue to use interactive notebooks in all grade levels to process information, show their thinking, and reflect on their learning.

2. Performance tasks with rubrics and number talks/academic conversations will be used to continue to show thinking and multiple representations.

3. Students will ask their own higher level thinking questions to promote critical thinking.

4. Teachers will continue to integrate math application across the curricular areas.

5. Vertical teams will go on collaborative learning visits to gain/share ideas on student engagement and differentiation. The findings will be used to plan professional development and guide the SIIP.

 

PBL

CAG: Academic Support

POG: Communicator, Collaborator, Critical and Creative Thinker

Strategy: Students will participate in four Project Based Learning activities, one each quarter.  

Action(s):

1. CTs will collaborate and plan to implement at least four PBL projects this year with a corresponding rubric to measure skill mastery.