Indiana Student Achievement Institute: Document 20
Wendell Phillips School 63
Administrator Walkthroughs
The administrator will conduct "walkthroughs" with each teacher at least once a week during which the administrator will look for student orientation to work, curriculum decisions, delivery of instruction, read the walls, teacher expectations (TESA), cultural competencies and health/safety issues throughout the school year. The principal will provide mentoring to teachers as needed.
Impact Level:
Energy Level: Low - continuation
Focus:
Predictor & End of Semester Assessments
Teachers will follow the IPS pacing guides for Math, Science, and Social Studies and the Language Arts consensus/pacing maps. Teachers will implement three predictor assessments in Math, Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies throughout the school year. End-of-semester assessments in Math, Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies will be given at the end of the second and fourth grading periods.
Impact Level:
Energy Level: High
Focus:
Student Graduation Plan
The school will develop and require a Graduation Plan for students in grades 6 through 12.
Impact Level:
Energy Level: High
Focus:
Teacher Expectation and Student Achievement (TESA)
Using the TESA model, teachers will become sensitized to their expectations of all students and interact with students on a more equitable basis with an emphasis on involving perceived low and perceived high achievers in the teaching and learning process throughout the school year.
Impact Level:
Energy Level: Medium
Focus:
A. Parent Involvement
Parent Liaison provides information, peer support, and training for parents in IPS through 1) a minimum of 5 home visits per month, 2) phone calls to students' homes, and 3) workshops throughout the school year, from August through May.
Impact Level:
Energy Level: High
Focus:
F. Encourage Rigorous Curriculum: Curriculum Mapping - Atlas Rubicon
Tier III and IV Leadership teams will present the consensus/pacing maps and individual maps for Language Arts to all staff members. Teachers will be instructed on how to add to the individual maps so that it becomes the teachers' lesson plans for Language Arts for each week during the school year, from August through May.
Impact Level:
Energy Level: High
Focus:
I. Focused Academic Area: 5-5-3-3 District-Wide Strategies
Teachers will routinely implement these Comprehension, Vocabulary, Test Taking and Writing strategies as part of their daily instructional teaching practice.
Impact Level:
Energy Level: High
Focus:
J. Instruction by Highly Qualified Teachers
Schools will continue to maintain a staff of highly qualified teachers throughout the school year, from August through May, by communicating with the IPS Human Resources Department. We will only interview and select candidates from a list provided by this department.
Impact Level:
Energy Level: Low - continuation
Focus:
K. Attracting Highly Qualified Teachers
Schools will use the IPS Human Resources Department list of potential highly qualified teachers to interview for positions in our building throughout the school year, from August through May. IPS Human Resources Department will promote and give recommendations to schools for potential interviewees through their recruiting process. The SBDM committee will continue to use the current interview process to attract highly qualified teachers. Highly successful student teachers will be recommended for an interview for future positions.
Impact Level:
Energy Level: Low
Focus:
L. Early Childhood Transition: Teacher Training For Parent Involvement
Teacher training for building partnerships with families will be offered throughout the school year, from August through May.
Impact Level:
Energy Level: Medium
Focus:
L. Early Childhood Transition: Transition Team
Throughout the school year, a transition planning team involving school personnel and families will implement a jointly developed plan to help promote a smooth transition from home or preschool to Kindergarten.
Impact Level:
Energy Level: High
Focus:
M. Parent Notice - Assessment Results
Classroom teachers will continue to send home progress reports, midterm grades, and report cards to inform parents and guardians of their child's academic progress. In addition to these reports, standardized test scores will be sent home in a timely manner throughout the school year, from August through May.
Impact Level:
Energy Level: Low - continuation
Focus:
N. Parent Notice - School in Improvement
The school will verify that the IPS District has sent to all parents the Parent Notice of School Improvement including the specific responsibilities of the school, LEA and SEA.
Impact Level:
Energy Level: Low
Focus:
O. Extended Learning Activities
Students will participate in the After School Tutoring Program provided through the Safe Haven Grant Program.
Impact Level:
Energy Level: High
Focus:
P. Teacher Mentoring Program
The school will participate in the service of mentoring that is provided by the district. This service is provided by the district directors, the instructional coaches, TESA model (peer to peer), and InSAI building level strategy chairperson.
Impact Level:
Energy Level: High
Focus:
Q. School-Parent Involvement Policy
Title I teachers and parents of students enrolled will collaborate to revise and update the School Parent Involvement Policy once each year.
Impact Level:
Energy Level: Low - continuation
Focus:
R1. Parent Right-to-Know Letter - Qualifications
At the beginning of the year, the school will verify that the District has sent a parent Right-To-Know letter about teacher qualifications throughout the school year, from August through May.
Impact Level:
Energy Level: Low
Focus:
R2. Parent Right-to-Know Letter - Non-Qualified Teacher
The school will send home a notice if children are not being taught by a highly qualified teacher at any time throughout the school year, from August through May.
Impact Level:
Energy Level: Low
Focus:
S. School-Parent Compact
Parents and Title I teachers will collaborate to revise and update the School-Parent compact.
Impact Level:
Energy Level: Low - continuation
Focus:
T. Annual Parent Meeting
Schools will continue to hold an annual parent meeting during the first month of school to inform parents about the Parent Involvement Policy, the School Parent Compact and the Title I program (i.e. services available, staff members, schedule, and types of activities for students and parents to do at home) and its impact on student achievement throughout the school year, from August through May.
Impact Level:
Energy Level: Low - continuation
Focus:
U. Focused Student Group: Special Education
Each month, Special Education teachers will attend STPT Structured Teacher Planning Time meetings to discuss, analyze, and plan instructional strategies that focus on fluency and reading comprehension for special education students.
Impact Level:
Energy Level: High
Focus:
V. Peer Review for SIP
The school will participate in a Peer Review of our School Improvement Plan with a representative of a school that has been successful in meeting AYP in the spring of 2010 after InSAI has approved our School Improvement Plan.
Impact Level:
Energy Level: Low - continuation
Focus:
W. Timely Additional Assistance
Teachers will schedule an additional 30 minutes of intervention/remediation time into their daily schedules for students whose score indicates strategic groupings on DIBELS, SRI, Diagnostic Assessments, and End of Semester Assessments. Teachers will schedule an additional 40-60 minutes of intervention/remediation time into their daily schedules for students whose scores indicate intensive groupings on DIBELS, SRI, Diagnostic Assessments, and End of Semester Assessments throughout the school year, from August through May.
Impact Level:
Energy Level: High
Focus: