Indiana Student Achievement Institute: Document 20
Worthington Elementary School
A. Parent Involvement: Annual Parent Involvement Meeting
A meeting will be held with all interested parents and Mr. Keller at the beginning of the school year in the cafeteria. This meeting will focus on the ways parents can be involved in school activies as well as how they can volunteer there time.
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Energy Level: Low
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A. Parent Involvement: Weekly Parent Newsletter
A weekly newsletter will be sent home with each student. Debbie Bender,school secretary in the front office,will prepare this to be sent home on Fridays.
Impact Level:
Energy Level: High
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B. Technology Coordination: Create Elementary Computer Lab
Mr Keller will arrange with the school board during the last school board meeting of the 2006-2007 school year, for a computer lab to be continued at the elementary level
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Energy Level: Low - cont
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B. Technology Coordination: Expansion of Harmony, School Mangement Program
Administration and all teachers will use Harmony, a school management software program to create computerized permanent records at the end of each semester.
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Energy Level: Low
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C. Safe and Disciplined Learning Environment: School Safety
Severe weather,fire, and lockdowns drills will be conducted by all faculty/staff and students on a schedule set by administration. A full-time nurse will be provided to address health care needs of students during the school day. This strategy is shown as a full plan for the sole purpose of providing professional development to the school nurse.
Impact Level:
Energy Level: Low - cont
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D. Attendance: Tracking Student Attendance
By using the Harmony Program all teachers will turn in absences by 9:00am daily, Pam Kirk will make contacts for any absences that need verified, and then she will mail 5 day, 7 day, and 10 day notices of unexcused abscences monthly.
Impact Level:
Energy Level: Low
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G1. Exceptional Learners - Gifted: Accelerated Math
Teachers, in grades 3-6 will provide opportunity for gifted students to ultilize the Accelerated Math program to challenge them to reach their greatest potential and motivate them to raise Math levels.
Impact Level:
Energy Level: Low
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G1. Exceptional Learners - Gifted: Accelerated Reader
Teachers will provide opportunity for gifted students to ultilize the accelerated reading program in their classrooms to challenge them to reach their highest potential and motivate students to raise individual reading levels.
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Energy Level: Low
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G1. Exceptional Learners - Gifted: Incorporating Differintiated Instruction
Teachers will utilize multiple teaching strategies as well as types of assessment monthly in the classroom to meet the needs of all learners. Teachers will provide opportunities for gifted students to excell by giving challenging activites based on their indivdual levels and providing unique ways to assess each students knowledge.
Impact Level:
Energy Level: High
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G2. Exceptional Learners - Special Education: Inclusion of Special Needs
Inclusion of special needs students into their grade appropriate main-stream non-core classroom activities and inclusion of other special needs students into core-curricular classroom activities utilizing special strategies and providing aides for those special needs students.
Impact Level:
Energy Level: Low
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G2. Exceptional Learners - Special Education: Incorporating Differintiated Instruction
Teachers will utilize multiple teaching strategies as well as types of assessment monthly in the classroom to meet the needs of all learners. Teachers will provide opportunities for special education students to excell by providing activites based on their indivdual levels and providing unique ways to assess each students knowledge.
Impact Level:
Energy Level: High
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H. Cultural Competency: Disabilities Awareness Fair
Students in grades K-6 will attend an activities fair in October, in the school gymnasium, to gain respect and knowledge of several types of disabilites. This disabilties awareness fair will be prepared by the Cultural Compentency Strategy Committee and feature guest speakers as well as stations with activites to educate the children on disabilites.
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Energy Level: Low
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