School Improvement Criteria

Action Steps and Look Fors

Math:  By 2021, will increase the percentage of students identified as being on track or college and career ready from 26.1% to 33.4%.

All teachers will utilize the district adopted curriculum using a strong instructional cycle with targeted high probability strategies specific to math to support student learning.    

• Language and learning goals posted and referenced throughout the lesson
• Direct instruction, guided practice, independent practice and evidence of learning within each lesson
• Student discourse utilized to deepen understanding of content
• Use of parallel problems and anchor charts to provide a visual model and list of steps
• All lessons should demonstrate concrete representation
• Use of end of lesson assessment that can be analyzed to demonstrate student proficiency

Language Arts: By 2021, will increase the percentage of students identified as being on track or college and career ready from 39.6% to 46.5%.

All teachers will use the district adopted materials: along with a collaborative structure to develop plans and common formative assessments.  Teachers will analyze student data weekly and will match data to instruction to reteach individualized student skill deficits. 

• Language and learning goals posted and referenced throughout the lesson
• Use of district adopted curriculum in alignment with OPS Pacing Guides
• Evidence of student to student discourse
• Models outside of text to provide student with a parallel model
• Use annotating the text and student discourse aligned with citing evidence to support thinking
• Use of end of lesson assessment that can be analyzed to demonstrate student proficiency

Science:  By 2021, will increase the percentage of students identified as being on track or college and career ready from 58.9% to 64.6%.

All teachers will deepen knowledge and understanding of the CCCR standards and curriculum:  Unpacking standards, evidence statements, utilize common lesson planning document, collaboration including developing and analyzing common formative assessments. 

• Language and learning goals posted, referenced throughout the lesson
• Student discourse utilized to deepen understanding and provide rationale for thinking
• Use of common language for providing evidence of learning
• Use of end of lesson assessment that can be analyzed to demonstrate student proficiency

MTSSB: By 2021, will:

• Decrease the percentage of students referred to the office
• Decrease the percentage of students assigned out of school suspension

By 2021, will show a minimum increase of 10% in each SAS system:  Schoolwide, Non-classroom and Classroom. 

MTSS-B team will review data, emphasize school-wide procedures and expectations with an emphasis on building positive relationships with students and positive reinforcement.

• Increase use of positive feedback 4:1 positive to correction
• Increase the consistent use of school-wide MTSS-B language, procedures and expectations
• MTSS-B team will meet monthly
• Staff will teach, model and practice behavior expectations
• Increase positive relationships
• Positive reinforcement campus-wide

Wellness: Increase wellness strategies implemented by 2%.

Increase awareness of wellness among staff and students with weekly information and activities.

• Present general health and wellness information at regular staff meetings
• Include wellness information in weekly staff and family newsletter
• Increase wellness activities/information for students during Team Time
• Educate students and families about food labels, the importance of water consumption and hand washing.