Joplin High School BSIP 2022-2027


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2		Joplin Schools Improvement Plan Five-Year Improvement Plan * beginning July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2027 *updated annually
3		School/Department Name:		Joplin High School
4		Last Updated: 23 August 2024		2024-2025
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7	District Strategic Plan Goal:	1.1.1 Student proficiency and growth in English Language Arts in grades K-12 will improve as measured by local benchmark assessments and annually by state assessments.
8	2027 SMART GOAL					Current Year Goal	Goal Met/Not Met
9	English II EOC Score Improvement: Average scores will increase by 2% each year.					48%
10	The percentage of students scoring below basic on the EOC will be reduced by 3% or more annually.					11%
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12	Action Step	Resource Need & Costs Include funding source	PD Needs & Cost Include funding source	Person(s) Responsible	Timeline	Fidelity of Implementation
13	1) Implemented as needed, PLC time will be set aside to address instructional strategies and interventions. Formative assessment data and growth measures will be used to evaluate student success.	PLC Time, GoogleDocs, Canvas	Continued PD for formative assessment strategies	Department Chair & Content Leads - English Language Arts PLC Team for intervention implementation	In progress and reviewed as needed
14	2) In all English Language Arts Core classes: Unit Common assessments with varying question styles that align to the grade-level standards.	Previous EOC question banks Department-created EOC-like questions	Continued training on assessing & instructing writing mechanics	Content Teams for English I, English II, English III, and English IV. Chris Young	Unit by unit.
15	3) Vertical alignment of English Language Arts curriculum grades 9th - 12th.	9-12 English Language Arts Department meetings Every other PLC dedicated to vertical alignment work.	Occasional grade-level or course team workdays, as needed.	Department Chairs and Content Leads, Chris Young	Curriculum revisions are always ongoing to meet the varying needs of Missouri standards, and district objectives.
16	4) EOC Review work scheduled into the curriculum calendar for English I and II	Canvas Pearson Text	None	Department Chairs English II Content Lead English I Content Lead	Ongoing
17	5) Tutoring for at-risk students - 8 hours available per week before school or after school.	Continued tutoring component - Eagle advantage/Career Ladder	None	English teachers before and after school	Ongoing
18	6) Learning Intentions and Success Criteria will be posted daily and communicated to students.	MO Learning Standards; curriculum	PLC meetings will be utilized	JHS English teachers	review and amend as needed
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21	District Strategic Plan Goal:	1.1.2 Student proficiency and growth in Mathematics in grades K-12 will improve as measured by local benchmark assessments and annually by state assessments.
22	2027 SMART GOAL					Current Year Goal	Goal Met/Not Met
23	Student proficiency in Algebra I will improve in grades 9-12 from 38.6% to 53.6% as measured by EOC by the end of the SY2027.					46.5%
24	Student passing rate overall will improve from 86.87% to 95% as measured by PowerSchool reports by the end of the SY2027.					92.50%
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27	Action Step	Resource Need & Costs Include funding source	PD Needs & Cost Include funding source	Person(s) Responsible	Timeline	Fidelity of Implementation
28	Tutoring	Eagle Advantage/Career Ladder	None	Math Department	Review yearly
29	Unit Test Retakes up to Algebra II (formatives analysed)	Retesting Support Intervention time Canvas Data Tracking PLC input planning time	PLC District Professional Development Schedule for Remediation Time	Math Department Dept. Heads and Content Leads	Review yearly
30	Common Formative Assessments	Retesting Support Intervention time Canvas Data Tracking PLC input planning time Weekly PLC Meetings	PLC District Professional Development Supporting Students	Math Department Dept. Heads and Content Leads	Review throughout year for each unit
31	Intervention and Differentiating Instruction	Delta Math (?) KhanAcademy (?) Desmos (?) OpenMiddle Math (?) Thinking Math (?) Shared responsibility (No $) Intervention Time	None RTI at work training	Math Department	Review yearly
32	Team Communication (weekly emails?) for current path and next step	The math department will show improvement in paying attention to self and others to monitor our ways of working.	PLC Training Adaptive Schools	Math Dept./Content Leads	Review yearly
33	Review and develop a guaranteed and viable curriculum: 1. Develop year at a glance 2. Common Assessments 3. RTI Plan	PLC Planning Time by content teams	Planning days Site Visit	Math Department Leads	2024-2025 Reviewed Yearly
34	Researching and implementing Project Based Learning / Real World Learning to support the Academies	Need	Professional Development RWL / PBL	Dept Leads and Department	2024-2025
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37	District Strategic Plan Goal:	1.1.3 Student proficiency and progress in Science in grades 5, 8, and high school Biology will improve as measured by local benchmark assessments and annually by state assessments.
38	2027 SMART GOAL					Current Year Goal	Goal Met/Not Met
39	Student proficiency in Biology will improve from 27.4% to 45% as measured by EOC by the end of the SY2027.					41%
40	Student passing rate in Biology will improve from 77% to 90% as measured by PowerSchool reports by the end of the SY2027.					84.00%
41	Student passing rate in Physical Science Chemistry will improve from 85% to 95% as measured by PowerSchool reports by the end of the SY2027.					90%
42	Student passing rate in Physical Science Physics will improve from 91% to 95% as measured by PowerSchool reports by the end of the SY2027.					93%
43	Action Step	Resource Need & Costs Include funding source	PD Needs & Cost Include funding source	Person(s) Responsible	Timeline	Fidelity of Implementation
44	Required science courses will be aligned with the MO Learning Standards.	District curriculum, Course Level Expectations, Progress Learning A Plus Competencies, printed materials; Canvas	Various PD opportunities available	JHS Science Dept (Karisa Boyer- subject leader has curriculum access)	reviewed quarterly and as common summatives are given
45	Course timelines will be developed for required courses.	District curriculum, Course Level Expectations, PLC meetings	PLC meetings	JHS Science Dept	reviewed bi-monthly during PLCs
46	Common formative and summatives will be created and analyzed by team.	Canvas, Progress Learning	PLC Time	JHS Science Dept	Reviewed quarterly (at a minimum)
47	Physical Science/Chemistry teachers will develop and incorporate ACT type questions (common assessments)	ACT Practice test items, DESE released items	PLC Time	JHS Science Dept (physical science and chemistry teachers).	Reviewed quarterly
48	EOC data and ACT science data will be reviewed and strategies will be developed to address improvement.	EOC data and ACT data, activities developed by science teachers	DESE data, ACT data	JHS Science Department	Reviewed annually in the Fall; EOC data also in Spring for review preparations
49	Strategies will be developed and implemented in required science courses to increase achievement on the EOC exam	course level expectations, released items, activities by teachers	PLC Time	JHS Science Dept	Reviewed quarterly
50	Tutoring will be available before and after school.	JHS Science teachers - schedule created; Eagle advantage for pay	Eagle Advantage	JHS Science teachers that volunteer to tutor	review and amend as needed
51	Learning and Success Criteria will be posted daily and communicated to students.	MO Learning Standards; curriculum	PLC meetings will be utilized	JHS Science teachers	review and amend as needed
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57	District Strategic Plan Goal:	1.1.4 Student proficiency and progress in Social Studies in high school Government will improve as measured by local benchmark assessments and annually by state assessments.
58	2027 SMART GOAL					Current Year Goal	Goal Met/Not Met
59	Government EOC Score Improvement: Average scores will increase by 1% each year.					56.8	Met
60	Social Studies Department will decrease the failure rate by 1.5% each year.					6.58	Met
61	Government EOC score improvement: Increase advanced proficiency by 3% each year.					43.7	Not Met
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63	Action Step	Resource Need & Costs Include funding source	PD Needs & Cost Include funding source	Person(s) Responsible	Timeline	Fidelity of Implementation
64	1) Implemented as needed, PLC time will be set aside to address instructional strategies and interventions. Formative assessment data and growth measures will be used to evaluate student success.	PLC Time, GoogleDocs, Canvas, Progress Learning	Continued PD for formative assessment strategies	Social Studies PLC Team for intervention implementation Department Chair & Content Leads	In progress, and reviewed as needed
65	2) In all Social Studies Core classes: Quarterly Common assessments with varying question styles that align to the Government EOC.	Previous EOC question banks Progress Learning for EOC-like questions	Continued training on assessing & instructing writing mechanics	Content Teams for US History, World History, American Government, & World Geography	Reviewed 4 times per year during common assessments and data analysis
66	3) In all Social Studies content areas, continued development of lessons and assessments with a focus on varying stimuli similar to EOC type questions.	Previous EOC questions banks Progress Learning	Training on question writing Lessons geared toward test taking	PLC team Government Teachers Department Chair & Content Leads	40% of test questions in Semester 1 and 50% in Semester 2 will have visual stimuli (composite questions, graphs, charts, maps, interpreting data, political cartoons, etc)
67	4) Vertical alignment of Social Studies curriculum grades 6th - 12th.	6-12 Social Studies Department meetings Dedicated time and development for team building between the HS and the MS faculties	Half-Day releases for content leads to work together with vertically aligned Middle School faculty groups.	Department Chairs and Content Leads	Curriculum revisions are always ongoing to meet the varying needs of Missouri standards, and district objectives. Freshmen exam given at the beginning of the year with data provided to Middle Schools.
68	5) Weekly formative bell ringers will be given in each Social Studies course focusing on Government EOC style questions.	PLC Time, Progress Learning	Dedicated time to come up with questions.	PLC team Department chairs and content leads	Weekly
69	6) EOC Review work scheduled into the curriculum calendar for Government and US History. Individualized student review with department developed tools to address student weaknesses. For US History, 1 week unit geared toward American Government review for the Citizenship Test that will also address GOV EOC. In American Government a 2 day focus on Comparative Government and the Enlightenment Era to addressed low scoring areas of the EOC. Two day curriculum additions to Government to include explicitly Civic Responsibility & Civic Duty	Progress Learning, Canvas	None	American - Amber Travis Government Content Lead - Kristen Bagby	2+ weeks before the scheduled dates for the Government EOC examination and 1 week before the Citizenship Test.
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72	District Strategic Plan Goal:	1.2.1 Students meeting graduation requirements as measured by state metrics will improve annually by status and growth (i.e. Four and Five-Plus Year Graduation Rate calculation)
73	2027 SMART GOAL					Current Year Goal	Goal Met/Not Met
74	Student on-time 4 year graduation rate will improve from 81.8% to 90% as measured by APR Graduation Rate by the end of the SY2027.
75	Student 5+ year graduation rate will improve from 84.2% to 92% as measured by APR Graduation Rate by the end of the SY2027.
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77	Action Step	Resource Need & Costs Include funding source	PD Needs & Cost Include funding source	Person(s) Responsible	Timeline	Fidelity of Implementation
78	The Student Intervention Team (SIT) will implement intervention strategies for identified at-risk students.	Eagle Advantage Support	SIT Meetings (2/month)	SIT Team Members	On-going throughout the school year.
79	Weekly failing grades report for all grade levels.	None	None	At-RIsk Principal	On-going throughout the school year.
80	Face to face meetings w/ students to review current grades, missing work, and credits earned.	None	PowerSchool University PD training	At-Risk Principal	On-going throughout the school year.
81	Each department will have individual BSIPs:	None	Ongoing PD; PLC department meetings	All Departments and Administrators	On-going throughout the school year.
82	Review trend data	None	None	Administrators	On-going throughout the school year.
83	Identify and advise at-risk students for placement in alternative programs based on each individual student's needs.	Eagle Advantage Support Alternative Program Funding	SIT Meetings (2/month) FLEX/MoOption/Skill Recovery/JAG	Principals, Counselors, SIT Team	On-going throughout the school year.
84	Fusion leaders will support 9th graders academically and socially and promote school spirit and club participation.	Substitute Teachers for Fusion activities	Yearly training and planning by Fusion Sponsors	Fusion Coordinators & 9th Grade Teachers	Monthly check-ins
85	College and Career curriculum will be embedded into the Transitions courses at every grade level.	Subsitute Teachers for Transitions Grade-Level Leaders	Transitions Leader Meetings (1/quarter)	Grade Level Principals, Transitions Team, and Counselors	Quarterly Leader Meetings
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91	District Strategic Plan Goal:	1.2.2 Students earning qualifying scores for post-secondary success ready coursework and/or assessments will improve annually as measured by status qand growth (i.e. ACT, PLTW, Industry Recognized Credentials, Advanced Placement courses, Dual Credit courses, ASVAB, and Work Keys).
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93	100% of students in the class of 2024 will have a completed, qualifying score for College and Career Readiness
94	Student proficiency in CCR Assessment will improve from 53.1% to 75% as measured by CCR Assessment Report by the end of the SY2027.
95	Student proficiency in CCR Advanced Credit will improve from 40.5% to 60% as measured by CCR Advanced Credit Report by the end of the SY2027.
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98	Seniors will complete walking papers/senior exit survey prior to graduation.	None	None	Kellie Bowman Meridith Johnson	On-going
99	Early graduates will complete the early graduation form.	None	None	Counseling Department	December
100	Eleventh grade students will complete the ASVAB	None	None	Administration Counseling Department	November
101	Students completing the ACT	Scholarships available for students interested	Test administrator certification PD	Administration Counseling Department	On-going
102	Students completing AP and DC courses	Scholarships available for students interested	Teacher AP Certification Training	Administration Counseling Department Dr. MacLaughlin	On-going
103	Students completing the Work Keys test	CTE Funding	Test administrator certification PD	FTC, Administration	On-going
104	Students completing PLTW courses	District funded PLTW fee	PLTW Teacher Training	PLTW Coordinator Administration Counseling Department	On-going
105	Students completing the IRC test	CTE Funding	Test administrator certfication PD	FTC, Administration	On-going
106	4yr & 5yr graduation rate focus	JHS Earned Credit Report & Attendance Reports- PowerSchool	None	Administration Counseling Department Registrar	Credit Report - BOY & MOY Attendance Report - Mid-September, Mid-November, Mid-January, Mid-February, Mid-March
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111	District Strategic Plan Goal:	1.3.1 The district attendance rate will meet or exceed projected targets of students in attendance as evaluated by the 90/90 attendance report annually.
112	2027 SMART GOAL					Current Year Goal	Goal Met/Not Met
113	1) 96% of students will attend school 90% of the time, or better.
114	2) Joplin High School will receive at least 90% of APR Proportional Attendance points by 2027.
115	3) Joplin High School's ADA/ADM measurement will reach at least 90% by 2027.
116	4) All students will have access to a variety of highly engaging academic and extra-curricular experiences to involve its student body and improve participation over time.
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119	Progress Monitoring: Enter benchmark data for your current year goal as your track it throughout the school year. The headings and row labels can be changed as needed.	SMART Goal	Fall	Winter	Spring	FY25 Goal	Goal Met/Not Met
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122		3	92.86%
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127	Teacher will conduct tardy sweeps daily throughout the school year.	Minimal	Faculty Meetings	Teachers and Principals	On-going throughout the school year
128	Teachers will conduct 1:1 student conversations in Transitions about attendance and grades.	Canvas/Dropout Detective	Minimal	Teachers	Weekly Check
129	Encourage involvement in clubs and after-school activities to engage students who have little or no connection to the school.	Eagle Advantage will be used to support club sponsors.	Minimal	Administrators, Teachers, Counselors	Club Fest and on-going throughout the school year
130	Monitor student attendance rate.	None	None	At-Risk Principal, Truancy Officer	On-going throughout the school year
131	Develop a systematic approach to analyzing attendance data to include designated benchmarks throughout the year to include 90/90, Proportional Attendance, and ADA/ADM.	Powerschool	NA	Counselors, Principals, At-Risk Coordinators, Student Success Coordinators, Director of Student Services, McKinney Vento Case Manager, CARE teams, attendance committees	- Wed., October 23, 2024 - Wed., January 22, 2025 - Wed., April 2, 2025 - Thurs., May 22, 2025 - Monthly attendance review
132	Home Visits will be utilized to create the partnership between home and school.	Time	N/A	At-Risk Principal, Truancy Officer	On-Going
133	PBIS Incentives for Attendance.	General Operating Budget	N/A	PBIS Team / Fusion Leaders / Admin Team	On-Going / Quarterly
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136	District Strategic Plan Goal:	3.3.2 The District will grow community partnerships with local businesses and organizations to support student and staff engagement and success.
137	2027 SMART GOAL					Current Year Goal	Goal Met/Not Met
138	By FY27, staff, students, parents, & community members will increase to at least 70% positive feedback on questions 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22. Baseline ranges from 61% to 73%.
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141	Lunch and Learn with Business Partners	District		Dorton, FTC
142	Site Council	JHS - Breakfast		Admin
143	Advisory Boards
144	Fusion - Community Partnerships with Gauntlet and Grateful Feast	Fundraising		Cox
145	Community Coffee Chats			Superintendent
146	Science Research Class - partnerships with MSSU and other local colleges/universities
147	Trunk or Treat
148	Meet and Greet With Reading to Elementary Students			Cox, Jasper
149	All School District Play
150	Peer Buddies (Special Olympics, Pumpkin Patch, Bowling Alley)			Cox, SPED
151	Philanthropic Club			Oliver
152	Job Sites			Dorton
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154	District Strategic Plan Goal:	3.4: Joplin Schools will engage parents as partners in education.
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159	Site Council will meet to discuss school wide celebrations, etc.	Provide food & coffee	None	Administration Principal/Secretary	First Monday of the month
160	Parent square system will be utilized to send out parent/student communication.	Send dialers, gather data	None	Administration Principal/Secretary	On-going
161	Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held 2x a year as a tool to extend parent and teacher communication.	Provide Sign-Up Genius. Collect data from meetings.	None	Administration Faculty/Staff Instructional Technology Specialist	End of 1st Quarter End of 3rd Quarter
162	Open house will be held once a year	Print schedules. Signage to sent parents to the appropriate place	None	Administration Faculty/Staff Instructional Technology Specialist	August - prior to beginning of school
163	Clubs -- Community	Needs on a per-club basis	None	JHS Philanthropic Society National Honors Society STUCO	On-going
164	Web Site	Person to manage	None	Principal/Secretary	On-going
165	The RiseVision system will be utilized to communicate with students and visitors at JHS.	Time and effort	On-going work to maintain system	Dustin Dixon Aaron Brown Ed Raschen	On-going
166	Principal's Weekly Memo to Students, Parents, and Staff to inform all of upcoming events and important information	Time and Effort - attention to detail	None	Randy Oliver	On-Going
167	Freshman Parent Meeting	Time and effort	None	Freshman Principal	On-going
168	Work Ready / College-Bound Parent Meetings During Parent-Teacher Conferences	Time and effort	None	Counseling Department	On-going
169	Social Media Accounts	Time and effort	Best practices for sharing posts.	Principal/Secretary	On-going
170	Student Success Principal - Home Visits	Time and Effort	None	Student Success Principal	On-Going
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