NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN

2017-2020

Revised 11/27/18

This School Improvement Plan (SIP) has been created through the efforts of the following people:

NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS ADMINISTRATION:

Scott C. Holcomb, Superintendent of Schools                                                        Lori McEwen, Assistant  

                                                                                                                                                Superintendent of Schools

NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM

Brianne E. Kelleher, Principal

Cory Cox, Asst. Principal                                                                        Matthew Bosh, Asst. Principal

Laura Detri, Guidance Counselor                                                                Cathy Breen, Special Needs Team Chair

Teresa Smith, Special Needs Team Chair                                                         Lori Flannery, Nurse

Nancy Dorrance, Nurse                                                                        Jessica Cook, Guidance Counselor

NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNCIL

Kerrie Grant, Reading Teacher 6th Grade                                                         Joy Tetreault, Parent                

Stacey Nassanany, Parent                                                                        Brianne E. Kelleher, Principal

Robert Collins, Social Studies Teacher 8th Grade                                                                                                                         

NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL FACULTY SENATE:

Diane Milliken, Everest                                                                        Steven Mackey, Innovation

Carl Leitao/Janese Gasper, Odyssey                                                                William Santagata, North Star

Mike Stetkiewicz/Mary Belden, Fusion                                                        Adriana Soria, Infinity

Viviana Hardy, Soar                                                                                Matthew Lacasse, Revolution

Chelsea Wagner, Liberty                                                                        Catherine Novio, Related Arts                                                        

North Attleborough Public Schools

North Attleborough Middle School Improvement Plan

2017-2020

        Level of

                                  Generality

Strategic Plan

DIP

SIP

STUDENT

ACHIEVEMENT

        Level of

        Specificity

Introduction

The School Improvement Plan (SIP) is a 3-year document that addresses each of the District’s Strategic Plan system-wide core values, guided by the stated vision and mission, as well as the District’s Improvement Plan (DIP) goals. In monthly meetings, each fall, NAMS school-wide organizations, (the NAMS Administrative Team, School Council and Faculty Senate),  collaborates in crafting and revising this document to provide a vision of where we are going as a school by defining a set of goals and strategies to help us improve our programs and services. This SIP is therefore a document that reflects the core values, mission, and vision of the North Attleborough Public Schools, as well as specific improvement goals for the North Attleborough Middle School.

Each school goal has been created with a statement that reflects our core values and also includes actions, timelines, people responsible for implementation, and evidence of effectiveness. These goals help provide our school community with a well-defined and easily implemented system for accountability, measurement of outcomes and evaluation of progress. The goals are the blueprint for the efforts that will occur during implementation of this 3-year plan. All actions can be directly connected back to the District Improvement Plan and our school district’s core values.

The SIP is designed to provide for greater specificity to the District’s Improvement Plan and Strategic Plan. The SIP is specific to our school, and provides greater detail than is provided in the District Improvement Plan (DIP). It will be the intent of the school’s SIP to emulate the DIP based on the needs of our school, with the consistent focus of addressing the core values, mission, and vision of the North Attleborough Public Schools.

Each goal reflected in the SIP includes actions that will be implemented over the next 3 years. It is important that we consistently take action to implement this plan by gathering data, analyzing and reporting results and planning for improvement based on these results. Therefore, additions, deletions, and modifications of actions will be an important part of each goal. The DIP and SIP will be revisited on an annual basis to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness.  A goal of the DIP is to provide specific direction for our School Council and faculty to operate in developing a SIP for our school. Our SIP fits the needs and strengths of our school and the overall goal of this process is to improve the learning of our students. It is our belief that our improvement planning should not only build upon areas that we need to improve upon, but also we must continue to build upon the many strengths of our school and the District.

Glossary

CIP – Capital Improvement Plan                                                         PLC – Professional Learning Community                                                

DDM – District Determined Measure                                                         RTI – Response Tiered Intervention

DIP – District Improvement Plan                                                         SEL – Social Emotional Learning        

ELL – English Language Learner                                                         SIP – School Improvement Plan

EWIS – Early Warning Indicator System                                                 SPED – Special Education                                         

MCAS – Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System                                STE – Science Technology Engineering        

NAMS – North Attleboro Middle School                                                STEAM – Science Technology Engineering Art Math

NAPS – North Attleboro Public Schools                                                STEM- Science Technology Engineering Math

PD – Professional Development                                                        UBD – Understanding by Design                

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Mission, Vision, and Core Values

Mission – The purpose of our mission statement is to define the essential purpose of our school system. Our mission statement reads:

Guided by its core values, the North Attleborough Public Schools (NAPS), in partnership with families and the community will provide a respectful, caring, safe, and supportive environment that actively engages and challenges our students and staff to reach their full potential.

Vision – The purpose of our vision statement is to define the future we hope to create for the North Attleborough Public Schools. The vision describes a realistic, attractive future for our schools. A future that is better and more desirable in important ways than our current conditions. It is what we hope to become. Our vision statement reads:

Our schools will be innovative learning environments where students are supported intellectually, emotionally, socially, and physically, while becoming productive and responsible citizens.

Core Values – A core value is a belief that is most important to the people of our entire community regarding how we educate our children. They are intended to identify specific attitudes, behaviors, and commitments. Core values drive the decision and behaviors in our schools. North Attleboro’s core values are:

Collaboration

Achievement

Respect

Excellence

Support

Key Areas, Goals, and Objectives:

Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment – NAPS will provide rigorous and relevant learning opportunities to develop college and career readiness while maximizing individual achievement.

1. Develop a 21st Century Curriculum.
2. Embed social emotional core competencies within our schools.
3. Increase and enhance communication across the district.
4. Expand and enhance the use of technology tools to maximize student achievement, curriculum delivery and assessments.
5. Enhance administrative instructional leadership.

Culture and Climate – NAPS will provide its students with a supportive environment to foster academic, social, emotional and physical needs.

1. Promote the academic, social and emotional welfare of all students.
2. Expand and enhance professional development opportunities and leadership opportunities for staff.
3. Expand community involvement.

Facilities – NAPS will provide a well-maintained healthy, safe/secure environment to optimize student learning and support of 21st Century Teaching & Learning.

1. Develop a Facilities Master Plan
2. Evaluate a reconfiguration and consolidation model at the elementary level
3. Increase, and upgrade technology at all schools
4. Increase security measures at all schools

Financial Sustainability – NAPS will continue efficient operations that are transparent and aligned with educational priorities.

1. Develop a budget that is student- and classroom teacher-centered
2. Work with town departments and officials to secure adequate funding to ensure educationally appropriate staffing, programs, and facilities
3. Explore grant opportunities and other non-traditional revenue sources that align with our priorities

Key Area – Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment

Goal: NAPS will provide rigorous and relevant learning opportunities to develop college and career readiness while maximizing individual achievement.

Objective (i) – Develop a 21st Century Curriculum.  

Key Area – Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment

Goal: NAPS will provide rigorous and relevant learning opportunities to develop college and career readiness while maximizing individual achievement.

Objective (ii) – Embed social emotional core competencies within our schools.

Key Area – Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment

Goal: NAPS will provide rigorous and relevant learning opportunities to develop college and career readiness while maximizing individual achievement.

Objective (iii) – Increase and enhance communication across the district.

Key Area – Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment

Goal: NAPS will provide rigorous and relevant learning opportunities to develop college and career readiness while maximizing individual achievement.

Objective (iv) – Expand and enhance the use of technology tools to maximize student achievement, curriculum delivery and assessments.

Key Area – Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment

Goal: NAPS will provide rigorous and relevant learning opportunities to develop college and career readiness while maximizing individual achievement.

Objective (v) – Enhance administrative instructional leadership.

Key Area – Culture and Climate

Goal: NAPS will provide its students with a supportive environment to foster academic, social, emotional and physical needs.

Objective (i) – Promote the academic, social, and emotional welfare of all students

Key Area – Culture and Climate

Goal: NAPS will provide its students with a supportive environment to foster academic, social, emotional and physical needs.

Objective (ii) – Expand and enhance professional development and leadership opportunities for staff.  

Key Area – Culture and Climate

Goal: NAPS will provide its students with a supportive environment to foster academic, social, emotional and physical needs.

Objective (iii) – Expand community involvement.  

Key Area- Facilities

Goal: NAPS will provide a well-maintained healthy, safe/secure environment to optimize student learning and support of 21st Century Teaching & Learning.

Objective (i):  Develop a Facilities Master Plan

Key Area- Facilities

Goal: NAPS will provide a well-maintained healthy, safe/secure environment to optimize student learning and support of 21st Century Teaching & Learning.

Objective (iii):  Increase and upgrade technology at all schools.  

Key Area- Facilities

Goal: NAPS will provide a well-maintained healthy, safe/secure environment to optimize student learning and support of 21st Century Teaching & Learning.

Objective (iv):  Increase security measures at all schools.

Key Area -- Financial Sustainability

Goal:  NAPS will continue efficient operations that are transparent and aligned with educational priorities.

Objective (iii): Explore grant opportunities and other non-traditional revenue sources that align with our priorities