| Westford Elementary Pre K - 8 |
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Learning Opportunities |
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Statement of Identified Need |
Measurable Performance Goal |
Activities to Meet Goal |
Timeline for Activities |
Personnel Responsible |
Development and Resource Needs |
| Learning Opportunities
Access instruction Assessment and reporting connections Best Practices Preventing and responding to disruptive behavior to ensure a physically and emotionally safe, educationally supportive environment in which to learn. |
Safe and Healthy Environment Equipment, work, play, and learning spaces maintained and organized so that tasks and projects any be carried out safely. |
Analyze and establish baseline data from the NSRE survey
of leaning opportunities
Safe School Checklist is maintained and reviewed quarterly |
Annually 2000
Quarterly 2001-2002
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Administration
Director of Maintenance and Principal |
Safe Schools Training Workshops for parents on safety procedures.
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| Student's be involved in assessment and reporting their results and accomplishments. | Assessment and Reporting
Students use clear criteria and examples to evaluate their won work and self reflection activities including rubrics to assess their progress. |
Individual goal setting conferences are scheduled with students
Student led conference format is reviewed with parent during open house or parent orientation meetings Student are familiar with student led conference format and expectations Evidence is collected by students for student led conferences through-out the year |
Quarterly
August and September
September 2001
2001-2002 |
Faculty
Faculty or Principal
Faculty
Student Body |
Goal Setting Training Student Led Conference Model
Student Led Conference Training
Parent attendance at Student Led conferences |
Vital Results |
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Statement of Identified Need |
Measurable Performance Goal |
Activities to Meet Goal |
Timeline for Activities |
Personnel Responsible |
Development and Resource Needs |
| Ensuring safe, civil orderly, and positive school learning environment |
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Review school wide discipline policy and procedures. School
Crisis Response Plan and Planning Room procedures with entire staff
Attain Board approval and implement a comprehensive standards based health and wellness curriculum. |
Inservice agenda August 2001- June 2002
September 2000
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Training time for faculty in Discipline with Dignity Strategies,
video tapes and book
Crisis Intervention and Life Space Interview training Social Skills Training with Dinosaur Program and Second Step Curriculum |
Planning Room Space
Planning Room Supervisor
Database and Technology Support Second Step Curriculum
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| Compliance with Legislature Act 250 <relation to hazing and harassment> |
Data Policy |
Meeting on Definition
Use of state reporting forms (TBA) for local design of Data
Internal Policy Review of Policy
Meetings on Training |
September / October
November 2000 / Feb. 2001
Jan. - March 2001
Feb. - April
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M. Deweese
M. Deweese
P. O'Brian
M. Deweese |
Teacher time at one meeting (commitment from school board)
State forms (TBA)
Model policies
Teacher rep time at meetings (commitment from school) |
Fields of Knowledge: Language Arts |
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Statement of Identified Need |
Measurable Performance Goal |
Activities to Meet Goal |
Timeline for Activities |
Personnel Responsible |
Development and Resource Needs |
| To increase the percentage of students who achieve or achieve with honors in the four standards of the English Language Arts Reference Exam (Reading; Understanding, analysis and Interpretation, Writing Effectiveness and Conventions, Usage, Spelling and Punctuation). | To reach the 80% level of achievement in all four Language
Arts standards.
(See: Accountability Report ) |
Review and analyze state and local assessment measures
K-8 review reading materials and teaching strategies to assure continuos curriculum Participate in state writing portfolio meetings |
August / September
1999 - 2002
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Action Planning Team and Faculty
District Reading Committee - D.Goss, G. Piotrowski and P. Costello |
Writing and rubric training in conventions and effectiveness
Statewide Development Days
NSRE writing rubric and scoring methods District Inservice Days
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| To decrease the percentage of students who fall into the
category of nearly, below, or show little evidence in the four standards
of NSRE, DRA, and those scoring below average range in Reading and Language
on the Terra Nova.
Construct standards based and standards referenced Individual Educational Plans (IEP's) |
(See: Accountability
Report ) |
Develop and provide school and possibly district training
in the area of writing effectiveness and conventions.
Identify and refer K-8 students not meeting standards to Educational
Support Services (CORE Team)
Review service and delivery model based on student need Identify resource need to prepare data for budget Identify ways to connect young children and families with early intervention programs and resources Primary Team implement Spelling Writing Reading Program (SWR added to 3rd Gr.) Implement Phonological Awareness techniques and assessments Pre-K-2 Review DRA and Terra Nova and NSRE individual results with parents
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State Portfolio Meetings and District/School Inservice Days
2000-2002
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Full Faculty
Grade Cluster Teams
Administration
EEE/EEI Teachers, Principal and SLP
Primary Team
3/4, 5/6, and 7/8 Teams
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How to use data to improve results (Correlation between Terra Nova and NSRE results) |
Fields of Knowledge: Math |
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Statement of Identified Need |
Measurable Performance Goal |
Activities to Meet Goal |
Timeline for Activities |
Personnel Responsible |
Development and Resource Needs |
| To increase the percentage of students who achieve or achieve
with honors the three standards of the Math Reference Exam (Concepts, Skills
and Problem Solving) over a four year period.
To decrease the number of students who fall into the categories of nearly, below, and show little evidence in the three standards of the NSRE. |
To reach the 80% level of achievement in all three Math
standards.
(See: Accountability Report ) |
Implement K-4 newly adopted curriculum and Standards based
Everyday Math Program
K-6 Increase the number of Algebra student in grade 8 and post-test with high school final exam Identify and refer students not meeting standards to CORE Team and determine class percentage and resources needed to prepare data for November budget planning. Implement school wide ESS process and procedures
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1998 - 2003
1998 - 2003
Annually
2001-2002
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K-4 teams, Title 1 Math and Sp.Ed. teachers
D. Maguire, K. Sherman, L.Grant, K.Johnson, and para-educators Grade Cluster Teams and L.Lichtenstein Grade Cluster Teams (Team Leaders)
Guidance, Principal, and Team Leaders
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Everyday math Training Purchase Everyday math program K-6
and training for teachers
Purchase NSRE Math practice tests
Standards based and Standards referenced IEP writing development
Educational Support, Team Training and Technology support
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| To construct standards based and standards referenced Individualized Educational Plans (IEP's). | Review NSRE Math scores and Terra Nova scores. Share data
with 5th grade parents at conference time
Develop instructional strategies based on data |
Annually
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5/6 Grade Team
Grade Cluster Teams Annually |
District wide assessment committee recommendation
Purchase Terra Nova practice sheets |
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Fields of Knowledge: Science |
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Statement of Identified Need |
Measurable Performance Goal |
Activities to Meet Goal |
Timeline for Activities |
Personnel Responsible |
Development and Resource Needs |
| To increase the percentage of students in grades 3, 5, and
7 scoring in the average to above average range in Science on the Terra
Nova.
Continue to show improvement on science assessments. |
Science Terra Nova Results:
(See: Accountability Report ) |
Implement VISMT Units Grades K-2 and 5/6 | 2001 | C. Friel, M.McCray, B.Skutel, G.Piotrowski and K. Sherman | VISMT classroom kits
Teacher Training Funds |
| Assessment -Grade 5 to assist in a standards setting project
Participate in PASS Pilot |
2001 | K. Sherman | |||