Pioneer Elementary School
School Performance Plan 2016-2017 | |||
Accreditation Status: Fully Accredited Area(s) Warned: None AMO Status: Met Overall in Reading & Math Area(s) Not Meeting AMO: Reading - GAP Group 2 Other Areas of Concern: None Other Areas of Focus: None Related Division Goal(s): Align Indicators with School Board Goals
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Important Dates: Initial Principal - Directors Meeting: September, 2016 Jacqueline Chavis, Pamela Connor, Stenette Byrd, Principal School Performance Plan (SIP) Due: October 21, 2016 – Document Upload in Indistar Schools in Improvement – Update in SSP template and monthly in Indistar Schools not in Improvement – Update status in SSP template Principal - Directors Meeting: starting October 31,2016 and/or Review: School Performance Review Date: October 4, 2016 @ 12:30 PM Literacy Review Date: December 16, 2016 @ 8:00 AM Math Review Date: Special Education Review: December 16, 2016 @ 8:00 AM Other: Anticipated Date of Completion: June 16, 2017 School Leadership Meetings: 9/21/16, 10/19/16, 11/16/16, 1/18/17, 2/15/17, 3/8/17, 4/19/17, 5/17/17 @ 8:15 AM School Data Team Meetings: Include times and dates 8/29/16, 10/12/16 Staff Meetings: 8/29/16, 9/1/16, 9/2/16, 9/14/16 @ 8:15 AM New Teacher Meetings: 8/29/16, 9/9/16 , 10/5/16 @ 8:15 AM School and Division Indicator Alignment: Data: TA01/Division: ID10; Instruction: TA02/Division: IA1; Leadership/Principals’ Role: TA03/Division: IB07; Professional Development: IF08 /Division: IC07; Stakeholder / Community: VD01 /Division: IA03 | |||
Indicator # 1 (Data) Indistar Rapid Improvement Indicator Number: TA01 Indication Description: The school will use an identification process (including ongoing conversations with instructional leadership teams and data points to be used) for all students at risk of failing or in need of targeted interventions. | |||
Academic SMART Goal (This should be the same as the SMART goal required for your principal’s evaluation): See Principal’s Goal | |||
Essential Action: Each grade level will meet on a monthly basis to review student and classroom data and performance. Each grade level will complete a Grade Level Planning Form indicating identified areas of weakness noted, student tiers, and a Plan of Action. This planning form is shared with Administration and Academic Coach. The Data Team will meet on a monthly basis to review and discuss school wide data with a focus on student, class, and grade level growth. | |||
Strategies | Timeline | Person(s) Responsible | Status update by the Principal-Mid-Year Review |
Each grade level will meet on a monthly basis to review student and classroom data and performance. Each grade level will complete a Grade Level Planning Form indicating identified areas of weakness, student tiers, and a Plan of Action for Tier 2 & 3 students. | Monthly |
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The Data Team will meet on a monthly basis to review and discuss school wide data with a focus on student, class, and grade level growth. | Monthly |
(1 Representative from each grade level)
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Grade Level Pre-SOS Meetings & SOS Team | As needed |
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Data Usage (Include status from last review): Emerging | |||
Indicator # 2 (Instruction) Indistar Rapid Improvement Indicator Number: TA02 Indication Description: The school will use a tiered, differentiated intervention process to assign research-based interventions aligned with the individual needs of identified students (the process includes a description of how interventions are selected and assigned to students as well as the frequency and duration of interventions for Tier 2 and Tier 3 students). | |||
Academic SMART Goal (This should be the same as the SMART goal required for your principal’s evaluation): See Principal’s Goal | |||
Essential Action: Grade levels will hold monthly meetings to discuss student data and plan instruction based on student needs - enrichment and remediation plan included as needed. Monthly Grade Level Planning Forms will be completed and shared with Administration. Lesson plans will be checked using the VDOE lesson plan rubric. Administration will perform classroom walk-throughs and observations to monitor taught curriculum using VDOE observation rubric. | |||
Strategies | Timeline | Person(s) Responsible | Status update by the Principal-Mid-Year Review |
Each grade level will meet on a monthly basis to review student and classroom data and performance. Each grade level will complete a Grade Level Planning Form indicating identified areas of weakness, student tiers, and a Plan of Action for Tier 2 & 3 students. | Monthly |
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Grade levels will have weekly common planning. | Weekly |
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Lesson Plans checked weekly. | Weekly |
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Written, Taught, and Tested (Include status from last review): Emerging The School Lesson Plan Evaluation Tool status: ____________ Implementation. The School Lesson Observation Development Evaluation Tool status: ________ Implementation. The School Assessment Alignment and Basic Components Evaluation Tool status: _______ Implementation. | |||
Addressing the Needs of At Risk Students and Teachers (Academic, Behavior & Attendance) (Include status from last review): Priority | |||
Focus Area(s) Interventions (English and Mathematics AMO’s) (Include status from last review): Priority | |||
Indicator # 3 (Leadership/Principal’s Role): Comprehensive Academic Plan Indistar Rapid Improvement Indicator Number: TA03 Indication Description: The school will use a monitoring process (including a multidisciplinary team that meets regularly to review student intervention outcome data and identifies “triggers” and next steps for unsuccessful interventions) for targeted intervention students to ensure fidelity and effectiveness. | |||
Academic SMART Goal (This should be the same as the SMART goal required for your principal’s evaluation): | |||
Essential Action: The Leadership Team will meet monthly as well as over the summer to discuss school wide goals and progress. Decisions will be made to increase overall student achievement. Grade chairs will share information from Leadership Team Meetings with their grade levels, including changes or new initiatives. | |||
Strategies | Timeline | Person(s) Responsible | Status update by the Principal-Mid-Year Review |
The Leadership Team will meet monthly to discuss school wide goals and progress. Decisions will be made to increase overall student achievement. Grade chairs will share information from Leadership Team Meetings with their grade levels, including changes or new initiatives. | Monthly |
(1 Representative from each grade level, parent and SAO Liaison)
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IEP Monitoring and Compliance (Include status from End of Year Checkout): Emerging | |||
Quality Feedback to Staff (Include status from last review): Emerging | |||
Academic Review Required Strategy: The School Leadership Basic Components Evaluation Tool status: ______ Implementation. | |||
Indicator # 4 (Stakeholder and Community - All Surveys are addressed in this area) Indistar Rapid Improvement Indicator Number: VD01 Indication Description: Programs that engage and support family members will be provided. | |||
Academic SMART Goal (Include status from last review): | |||
Essential Action: Promote positive relationships among all stakeholders to promote positive peer relationships, shared ownership, collaboration among staff, and enhanced student-teacher relationships. | |||
Strategies: | Timeline | Person(s) Responsible | Status update by the Principal-Mid-Year Review |
Seek teacher input/involvement in staff development planning. Administration will provide a staff survey for teacher input on Professional Learning. | Oct. 2016 | Administration | |
Provide Monthly Family Engagement Activities. | Monthly | Title 1 Administration Teachers |
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Communication to Internal and External stakeholders (Include status from last review): Sustain | |||
Faculty Interviews (Safety & Climate) (Include status from last review): Sustain | |||
Student Interviews (Safety & Climate) (Include status from last review): Sustain | |||
Indicator # 5 (Professional Development): Indistar Rapid Improvement Indicator Number: IF08 Indication Description: Professional development for the whole faculty will include assessment of strengths and areas in need of improvement from classroom observations of indicators of effective teaching. | |||
Academic SMART Goal (Optional): | |||
Essential Action: Develop a long-term plan for professional development that includes training, practice, feedback, monitoring, and implementation of learned skills focused on area(s) of need. | |||
Strategy: | Timeline | Person(s) Responsible | Status update by the Principal-Mid-Year Review |
Incorporate peer coaching, modeling, and problem-solving as systematic follow-up to professional development. Professional Development Survey for Staff Quality of feedback with observations | Monthly | Mentors Academic Coach Administration |
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Professional Development is aligned to School Improvement efforts (Include status from last review): | |||
Academic Review Required Strategy: Sustain The School Professional Development Evaluation Tool status: ______ Implementation. | |||
Data Inventory
Data Source | Content Area | Dates of Collection | Students Assessed | Data Points | Outcome |
SOL Data (school, grade level, teacher) | Content | Current-2016 Longitudinal | All Students, Grades 3 to 5 | Yearly / Semester | |
SOL Data Subgroups (school, grade level, teacher | Content | Current-2016 Longitudinal | All Students, Grades 3 to 5 | Yearly / Semester |
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Benchmarks (PowerSchool) | Content | 1st to 3rd Nine Weeks | All Students Grades 1 to 5 | PowerSchool Reports |
(need access to share these watchlists with teachers) |
NWEA/MAP | Reading Math | September February April | All Students | MAP Reports |
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PALS Assessments | Reading | September February May | Pre-K – Grade 3 | PALS Report |
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Student Failure Rate (by teacher) | All | Quarterly | All Students | Report cards |
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Attendance Report | All | Monthly | All students | Cognos | |
School Discipline Report | All | Monthly | All students | Cognos | |
Other |
Observation Checklist
Number Walkthrough Observations | Number of Formal Observations | Number of Joint Observations | Rubric Ranking | Quality of Feedback | |
September | Principal- 20 Asst. Principal- 17 | Principal- 0 Asst. Principal- 0 | Principal & AP- 3 Admin & SAO- 0 | Edivate is more aligned with Rubrics. Comments and Professional Learning is assigned to teachers with feedback. | |
October | Principal- 6 Asst. Principal- 7 | Principal- 10 Asst. Principal- 10 | Principal & AP- 8 Admin & SAO- 0 | ||
November | Principal- 5 Asst. Principal- 4 | Principal- 14 Asst. Principal-8 | Principal & AP- 10 Admin & SAO- 0 | ||
December | Principal- Asst. Principal- | Principal- Asst. Principal- | Principal & AP- Admin & SAO- | ||
January | Principal- Asst. Principal- | Principal- Asst. Principal- | Principal & AP- Admin & SAO- | ||
February | Principal- Asst. Principal- | Principal- Asst. Principal- | Principal & AP- Admin & SAO- | ||
March | Principal- Asst. Principal- | Principal- Asst. Principal- | Principal & AP- Admin & SAO- | ||
April | Principal- Asst. Principal- | Principal- Asst. Principal- | Principal & AP- Admin & SAO- | ||
May | Principal- Asst. Principal- | Principal- Asst. Principal- | Principal & AP- Admin & SAO- | ||
June | Principal- Asst. Principal- | Principal- Asst. Principal- | Principal & AP- Admin & SAO- |
Principals who are in need of more support will be provided a school Improvement Monitoring Rubric
Professional Development Plan (2016-2017)
Professional Learning | Staff Responsible | Date (dates are subject to change) |
Communication and Collaboration between Home and School | Tracy Lee (VDOE) | August 29, 2016 |
New Teacher - Alignment Training (Part 1) | D. Belton, J. McCarter | August 29, 2016 |
Lesson Plan & Observation Alignment | Melody Mondell | August 30, 2016 |
Diving into Guided Reading (Small Groups) | Lisa Rath | August 30, 2016 |
PowerSchool Training (Technology) | S. Davis / B. Bertero / J. Limtiaco | August 30, 2016 |
Running Records (Differentiated for grade levels) | J. Limtiaco | September 14, 2016 |
AR Training - Setting goals, Running reports | J. Limtiaco | September 28, 2016 |
New Teacher - Alignment and SOS Training (Part 2) | D. Belton, J. McCarter | September 7, 2016 |
SOS Review for Teachers | J. McCarter | October 12, 2016 |
Google Keep Tab Scissors/Tab Glue for advanced Google users | Melissa Babb | November 9, 2016 |
Running Records, Part 2 - Review Accuracy - Discuss Fluency and Comprehension | J. Limtiaco | January 2017 |
Students not meeting Criteria? | Belton / McCarter | January 2017 |
Guided Reading (Small groups) that Works Differentiated for beginners, intermediate and advance | Lisa Rath | January 25, 2017 |
SUMDOG | J. Limtiaco | Jan/Feb 2017 |
Resource Remediation – Using the Data | B. Alston | February 8, 2017 |
Fractions & CRA | K. Greening | February 2017 |
Small Group Activities - Phonics / Spelling | J. Gwaltney, T. Veselicky | March 15, 2017 |
CRA Math (William & Mary) SPED Strategies & Interventions | J. Limtiaco Sallie Barnes, Bonis-Shirley, Lane | March 15, 2017 |
Incorporating Technology | S. Lee, V. Chappell, K. Leitner | March 15, 2017 |
Getting Ready for the SOL Gr. 3-5 | M. Mondell | March 22, 2017 |
SOL Testing New Teachers - how to administer All - Preparing our Students | S. Barnes, J. Limtiaco | April 2017 |
* Per PES Professional Development Survey Results
Areas of greatest interest - Small Group Instruction, Technology
Areas of expertise offered by staff - Small Group ideas, Technology
Pioneer Elementary School
School Performance Summary Document
December / January , 2016
Academic Review Team Members
Assistant Superintendent
Pamela Connor, Director of Elementary Leadership
Stenette Byrd III, Director of Secondary Leadership
Steven Edwards, Coordinator of Research and Testing
Carolyn Taylor, Coordinator of Compensatory Services
Latoya Floyd, Supervisor of Special Education
Roberta Branch, History/Social Science Specialist
Janice McCarter, Assistant Principal
Danielle Belton, Principal
From February 24, 2016: Commendations:
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Implementation.
to address the needs of the Pioneer Elementary community.
From February 24, 2016: Recommendations:
Pioneer Elementary School
School Performance Review At A Glance
October 4, 2016
Priority (Attention Required) | Emerging (Making Progress) | Sustain (On Target) | ||
Data Usage | √ | |||
Written, Taught, Tested | √ | |||
IEP Monitoring and Compliance | √ | |||
Quality Feedback to Teachers | √ | |||
Addressing the Needs of At Risk Students and Teachers (Academic, Behavior & Attendance) | √ | |||
Communication to Internal and External stakeholders (Student & Staff Interview) | √ | |||
Focus Area(s) Interventions | √ | |||
Faculty Interviews (Safety & Climate) | √ | |||
Student Interviews (Safety & Climate) | √ | |||
Professional Development is aligned to School Improvement efforts | √ |
School Performance Review: 10/04/16 | School Performance Plan due: October 21, 2016 Academic Review: 3 lesson plans, observations, and assessments from Reading, Math, and Science with completed rubrics for each to share Share updated School Performance Plan Share MAP Data (compared to Norms), Grades 1-3 PALS, SOL Presentation (PP) overview and data summaries (growing document) Special Education – 1 student portfolio from each Self-Contained Teacher, Inclusion Binder for each Special Education Inclusion Teacher and Paraprofessional. Must have evidence of LEA Representative Review. |
Data Usage | It is evident that |
Written, Taught, Tested | Written – Taught – Tested – Recommendation: Use the Table of Specifications when developing assessments. |
IEP Monitoring and Compliance | The portfolio review …. |
Quality Feedback to Staff | Upon review of the School Leadership Basic Components Evaluation Tool in February 24, 2016, the rubric was scored as Full Implementation. |
Addressing the Needs of At Risk Students and Teachers (Academic, Behavior & Attendance) | |
Communication to Internal and External stakeholders | |
Focus Area(s) Interventions (Mathematics) | |
Faculty Interviews (Safety & Climate) | |
Student Interviews (Safety & Climate) | |
Professional Development is aligned to School Improvement efforts | Professional Development Allocation (71 @ $29.18 per person) $2,071.00 Upon review of the School Professional Development Evaluation Tool in February 24, 2016, the rubric was scored as Full Implementation. |
Principal Interview Planning Document
October 4, 2016
8:30 – 12:30
Guiding Questions:
Existing Practice | Proposed New Practice | Anticipated Impact |
Edivate - Observations / Feedback | Follow-up from Observations - Increase communication with teachers via Edivate to include PD/video links |
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PowerSchool | Track students using Watchlists in PowerSchool - M&M students; Retention students; Rationale students; SOS students; SOL Recovery students |
(once given the access)
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Professional Development | Professional Development Interest Survey |
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December 2016