Indiana Student Achievement Institute: Document 20
Rosedale Elementary School
Parent Involvement/Family Involvement
Teachers will make positive contacts with a parent/guardian for all students with postcards or phone calls at least once each grading period.
Impact Level: High Impact - Outside
Energy Level: Low - continuation
Focus: General
Safe and Disciplined Learning Environment
Rosedale staff will implement the Olweus Bully Prevention Program. Homerooms will meet every two weeks to particpate in a lesson developed by the OBP Steering team. These lessons will teach students to identify bullying behaviors, to be bystanders who intervene, and to know what is appropriate behavior.
Impact Level: High Impact - Outside
Energy Level: Low - continuation
Focus: Specific
Student Behavior Intervention
Rosedale staff will implement a schoolwide positive behavior plan during the 2010-2011 school year.
Impact Level: High Impact - Outside
Energy Level: High
Focus: General
F. Encourage Rigorous Curriculum: Differentiation of Instruction
In the area of language arts, staff will provide differentiated instruction during an assigned block of time daily.
Impact Level: High Impact - Inside
Energy Level: High
Focus: Specific
F. Encourage Rigorous Curriculum: Improve Writing Instruction for Grades 3 - 6
Teachers of grades 3-6 will research and develop a curriculum and assessment plan based on best practices for writing instruction during the first semester. Full implementation will begin second semester. This will give students the opportunity to be engaged in independent writing, while the teacher provides support and meets the individual learning needs of students through writing conferences.
Impact Level: High Impact - Inside
Energy Level: High
Focus: Specific
I. Focused Academic Area: Math Multi-step Problem Solving
Classroom math teachers will continue to develop and use a weekly mathematics multi-step problem-solving prompt for student practice each Monday. This problem will be used as an instructional tool for improving student achievement.
Impact Level: High Impact - Inside
Energy Level: Low - continuation
Focus: Specific
I. Focused Academic Area: Writing Workshop for Grades K-2
The teachers will create and implement the writing workshop in their classrooms. This will consist of three parts: a biweekly mini-lesson based on selected read alouds, time to write independently and/or confer with the teacher, and time to share writing.
Impact Level: High Impact - Inside
Energy Level: Medium
Focus: Specific
U. Focused Student Group: Teaching Nonfiction to Male Students
During the 2010-2011 school year, Rosedale Elementary's teaching staff will learn strategies to use to teach with nonfiction text.
Impact Level: High Impact - Inside
Energy Level: High
Focus: Specific