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School Improvement Plan2017-2018

Alice Coachman Elementary

Dougherty County Schools

District Improvement Plan2017-2018


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SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN

This report template was designed by the Georgia Department of Education to assist schools in meeting all Federal and State planning requirements. The following programs are included in Georgia’s planning process:

• IDEA - Special Education• School and District Effectiveness• Title I, Part A - Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged• Title I, Part A - Foster Care Program• Title I, Part A - Parent Engagement Program • Title I, Part C - Education of Migratory Children• Title I, Part D - Programs for Neglected or Delinquent Children• Title II, Part A - Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High-Quality Teachers, Principals, and Other School

Leaders• Title III - Language Instruction for English Learners and Immigrant Students• Title IV, Part A - Student Support and Academic Enrichment• Title IV, Part B - 21st Century Community Learning Centers• Title V, Part B - Rural Education Initiative• Title IX, Part A - McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program

The Georgia Department of Education has created a webinar series to support schools in completing this plan. The series, and accompanying resources, are available at the Office of Federal Programs webpage. Webinar series topics include:

• Georgia’s Systems of Continuous Improvement Overview February 10, 2017• Planning and Preparation February 17, 2017• Coherent Instructional System February 24, 2017• Effective Leadership March 3, 2017• Professional Capacity March 10, 2017• Family and Community Engagement March 17, 2017• Supportive Learning Environment March 24, 2017• Identifying Need - Root Causes, Drawing Conclusions, and Prioritizing March 31, 2017• Problem Solving Process and Selecting Interventions April 7, 2017• Improvement Planning - Systems and Processes April 21, 2017• Planning - Budgeting April 28, 2017• Submitting the Comprehensive LEA Improvement Plan (CLIP) May 5, 2017

To contact the Department with any questions related to this plan, please email [email protected] and include “CNA Question” in the subject line. To contact the Department for technical support related to this template, please email Nicholas Handville at [email protected].

Document Number: 1704-0420

Richard Woods, State School Superintendent“Educating Georgia’s Future.”

April 2017

205 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive SEAtlanta, GA 30334(404) 657-4209 [email protected]




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The Georgia Department of Education’s strategic plan emphasizes transforming the agency into one that provides meaningful support to schools and districts. The agency has developed a common, continuous improvement framework to ensure that these efforts are aligned across all agency divisions, departments, and programs. Georgia’s Systems of Continuous Improvement focuses on the systems and structures (the “what”) that must be in place for sustained improvement in student outcomes. It also utilizes a problem-solving model (the “how”) to provide a clear process for identifying improvement needs, planning for improvement, and implementing, monitoring, and evaluating the improvement efforts.

Systems to Improve (What to Improve)

Coherent Instructional System: The major system of the complex school organization that articulates and guides the “what” and “how” of instruction. This comprehensive system includes the processes related to:• Planning for quality instruction - The structure of the instructional system in which the district defines what the

students should “know” and “do”, and determine how their students will show they “know” the content and can “do” a skill or performance task

• Delivering quality instruction - The structure of the instructional system that guides teachers in how they introduce content, practice its use along with the students, and then allow students to use the content on their own while providing students regular standards-based feedback to gain mastery of the content

• Monitoring student progress - The structure of the instructional system that methodically discovers if the students are getting the content, and what to do about it when they are getting it or are not getting it

• Refining the instructional system - The structure of the instructional system that examines how to improve the planning for quality instruction, delivering quality instruction, and monitoring student progress

GEORGIA’S SYSTEMS OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

Georgia’s Systems of Continuous Improvement



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Effective Leadership: A major system of the complex school organization that sets the direction for the school, ensures that the school staff and the school leaders are capable of meeting that direction, and makes sure the organization functions according to its mission. This system includes the processes related to:• Creating and maintaining a climate and culture conducive to learning - the structure of the leadership system that

ensures that the school allows both adults and children to put learning at the center of their daily activities• Cultivating and distributing leadership - the structure of the leadership system that develops others to accomplish the

group’s purpose and encourages the development of leadership across the organization• Ensuring high quality instruction in all classrooms - the structure of the leadership system that reduces the variability in

the quality of instruction across all schools and all classrooms• Managing the district and its resources - the structure of the leadership system that ensures leaders effectively use all the

resources at hand so that the district functions according to its mission• Driving improvement efforts - the structure of the leadership systems that methodically, intentionally, and effectively

improves the district’s major systems, structures, and processes

Professional Capacity: A major system of the complex school organization that develops a quality staff to reduce the variance of quality in instruction throughout the school. This system includes the processes related to:• Attracting staff - the structure of the professional capacity system that is intentional in locating the teachers and leaders

that are the best fit for the district and its schools to achieve its mission• Developing staff - the structure of the professional capacity system that ensures the increasing quality of the school

staff ’s knowledge and skills• Retaining staff - the structure of the professional capacity system that ensures the quality staff is working in the context/

position that is most beneficial to student achievement• Ensuring staff collaboration - the structure of the professional capacity system that reinforces the effective practice of

constant collaboration to improve instructional quality in all schools and in all classrooms

Family and Community Engagement: A major system of the complex school organization that develops quality links between school professionals and the parents and community the school is intended to serve. This system includes the processes related to:• Welcoming all families and the community - The structure of the family and community engagement system that

ensures families and the community are active participants in the life of the school, and feel welcomed, valued, and connected to each other, to school staff, and to what students are learning and doing in the school

• Communicating effectively with all families and the community - The structure of the family and community engagement system that ensures families/the community and school staff engage in regular, two-way, meaningful communication about student learning

• Supporting student success - the structure of the family and community engagement system that ensures families, communities, and school staff, continuously collaborate to support students’ learning and healthy development both at home and at school, and have regular opportunities to strengthen their knowledge and skills to do so effectively

• Empowering families - the structure of the family and community engagement system that ensures families are empowered to be advocates for their own and other children, to ensure that students are treated fairly and have access to learning opportunities that will support their success

• Sharing leadership with families and the community - the structure of the family and community engagement system that ensures families/the community and school staff are equal partners in decisions that affect children and families and together inform, influence, and create policies, practices, and programs

• Collaborating with the community - the structure of the family and community engagement system that ensures families and school staff collaborate with community members to connect students, families, and staff to expanded learning opportunities, community services, and civic participation





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Supportive Learning Environment: A major system of the complex school organization that ensures students’ school participation and willingness to expend major effort on classroom learning. This system includes the processes related to:• Maintaining order and safety - the structure of the supportive learning environment system that ensures that the basic

needs of orderliness and safety are met• Developing and monitoring a system of supports - the structure of the supportive learning environment system that

provides comprehensive services to students to meet their unique, whole-child needs• Ensuring a student learning community - the structure of the supportive learning environment system that ensures

compliance with positive and healthy behavioral and academic norms

Process to Improve (How to Improve)

Step 1: Identify Needs: Consult many sources to determine what in the district needs improvement.• Plan and prepare for the process• Collect and analyze data• Identify needs and conduct a root cause analysis

Step 2: Select Interventions: Research many sources to determine the solutions that have a good chance of meeting the identified district needs.• Consider all the evidence for needed improvements• Research possible interventions• Determine if staff has the capacity to implement possible interventions

Step 3: Plan Implementation: Develop a team and plan to implement the solutions that are most promising and can be carried out at the school.• Identify roles and responsibilities of those implementing the intervention• Develop a team that will deeply understand the intervention and of best ways to implement it• Develop the implementation timeline• Identify resources and supports needed for the implementation of the intervention• Develop a set of information to be reviewed to track the implementation

Step 4: Implement Plan: Carry out the plan to implement the promising solutions, making real-time adjustments where/when needed.• Collect information to monitor the quality of supports being provided for the intervention• Consider what additional information is needed to determine if intervention is working• Assess the degree to which the implementation plan is being followed• Identify ways to break down any barriers• Build capacity of others to facilitate the improvement process now and in the future

Step 5: Examine Progress: Determine whether the implementation of the promising solutions is meeting the originally identified needs of the school.• Determine if the staff can formally study the effects of the intervention to share with others in the field• Monitor implementation and progress against defined goals• Define reasonable expectations for success• Identify and track progress and performance• Develop a plan for how knowledge about the intervention will be shared with others• Use the evidence to determine whether the intervention should continue as is, be modified, or be discontinued




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1. GENERAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN INFORMATION

1. General Improvement Plan Information

District NameSchool NameTeam Lead Position Email Phone

Georgia Department of EducationSchool Improvement Plan

Federal Funding Options to Be Employed (SWP Schools) in This Plan(Select all that apply)

Traditional funding (all Federal funds budgeted separately)Consolidated funds (state/local and federal funds consolidated) - Pilot systems ONLY“Fund 400” - Consolidation of Federal funds only

Factor(s) Used by District to Identify Students in Poverty (Select all that apply)

Free/Reduced meal applicationsCommunity Eligibility Program (CEP) - Direct Certification ONLYOther (if selected, please describe below)

Dougherty County SchoolsAlice Coachman Elementary

Melissa BrubakerPrincipal [email protected](229) 431-3488

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Effective goals assist schools in attaining collective agreement about what work needs to occur for improvement to take place. Goals should focus and prioritize the efforts and resources of the district/school to the previously identified needs and create a focus for improvement. Setting goals should be a strategic process which aligns the goals within one of the five systems: Coherent Instruction, Effective Leadership, Professional Capacity, Family and Community Engagement, or Supportive Learning Environment.

There are several categories of goals which may be used in school improvement but the one type which focuses on improv-ing results and not just enhancing processes is a SMART goal. SMART is an acronym for:

An example of a SMART goal is:By the end of the school year 2017-2018, all teachers will have training and be included in a PLC for their content-specific area.

2. SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT GOALS

2.1 CREATING IMPROVEMENT GOALS

2. School Improvement Goals

Enter the school’s two to four overarching needs and related root causes, as identified in the Comprehensive Needs Assessment 2017-2018 School Report, into the tables on pages 8, 14, 20, and 26. Determine a goal for each overarching need and include the goal in the last row of each corresponding table. For each overarching need, complete the planning tables covering the five systems from Georgia’s Systems of Continuous Improvement. Use the codes below to list the structures addressed through the goal within each system. For each system, identify one to six action steps that will be taken to address the root causes that have created the overarching need. Finally, identify any supplemental action steps necessary to ensure the necessary supports are in place for the listed subgroups.

Coherent Instructional SystemCIS-1 Planning for quality instruction CIS-2 Delivering quality instruction CIS-3 Monitoring student progress CIS-4 Refining the instructional system

Effective LeadershipEL-1 Creating and maintaining a climate and culture conducive to learning EL-2 Cultivating and distributing leadership EL-3 Ensuring high quality instruction in all classrooms EL-4 Managing the district and its resources EL-5 Driving improvement efforts

Professional CapacityPC-1 Attracting staffPC-2 Developing staff PC-3 Retaining staff PC-4 Ensuring staff collaboration

Family and Community EngagementFCE-1 Welcoming all families and the communityFCE-2 Communicating effectively with all families and the community FCE-3 Supporting student success FCE-4 Empowering familiesFCE-5 Sharing leadership with families and the community FCE-6 Collaborating with the community

Supportive Learning EnvironmentSLE-1 Maintaining order and safetySLE-2 Developing and monitoring a system of supportsSLE-3 Ensuring a student learning community

Specific Measurable Attainable Relevant Time-bound

2.1.1 Completing the Improvement Goals Tables




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Overarching Need

Root Cause #1

Root Cause #2

Root Cause #3

Root Cause #4

Root Cause #5

GOAL


2.2 OVERARCHING NEED #1

Improving Instruction, Planning, and Assessment

School leaders need assistance in monitoring instruction and assessment data to check for systematic, consistent application of effective teaching strategies.

New and struggling teachers require more support.

Administration may not be familiar with the most effective and innovative strategies for instruction.

Common assessments may not be adequately aligned to standards, or contain varied DOK levels to be appropriately rigorous.

Use of differentiated instruction and targeted interventions have not been systematically developed nor consistently implemented.

By May 2018, 90% of teachers will consistently analyze common assessment data to identify instructional weakness and collaborate to develop effective, standards-based instruction and targeted interventions.

COHERENT INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEM

GOAL

Structure(s)

Evidence-based Action Steps: Describe the evidence-based action steps to be taken to achieve the goal.

Action Steps Possible Funding Source(s)

a. Timeline for Implementation Position/Role Responsibleb. Method for Monitoring

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Supplemental Supports: What supplemental action steps will be implemented for these subgroups?Economically Disadvantaged Foster and Homeless

English Learners Migrant

Race/Ethnicity/Minority Students with Disabilities

By May 2018, 90% of teachers will consistently analyze common assessment data to identify instructional weakness and collaborate to develop effective, standards-based instruction and targeted interventions.Planning for quality instruction; delivering quality instruction; monitoring student progress; refining the instructional system;

The most current state standards are used to plan effective instruction.

Consolidated Funds, Grant

Pre-planning

Monitored by SI during collaborative planning and observation

Admin, SI, GOSA

Teachers will engage students through rigorous instructional practices and use of technology.

Consolidated Funds, Grant Observations, data reports, usage reports

Admin, SI, GOSA

Administrators and academic coaches are versed on the latest and most effective instructional strategies.

Grant, Consolidated Funds

Ongoing

PL evaluations, TKES

Admin, SI, GOSA

Rigorous, common assessments aligned to current standards will be utilized throughout all grade levels.


Ongoing

Monitored by SI during planning and through School City

Admin, SI, GOSA

Assessment data is consistently, systematically analyzed to identify weaknesses.


Ongoing

Monitored by Admin and SI

Admin, SI, GOSA

Data is consistently used to plan interventions, small group instruction and differentiation.


Ongoing

Ongoing

Data reports, RTI, observations, TKES, grades, Admin/SI

Admin, SI, GOSA

Student needs are met through small group instruction, with instructional materials provided as needed.

Support services are coordinated with Admin, counselor, and social workers to ensure needs of this subgroup are met.

ESOL department provides learning supports for ELL students and parents. APPT parent materials and homework are printed in multiple languages as needed.

N/A

Learning materials are inclusive of variety of cultures. Teachers have the flexibility to adapt learning materials to be inclusive of their individual students.

ACE works in collaboration with the District to provide quality, research-based materials that promote success of all subgroups.

EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP

GOAL

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By May 2018, 90% of teachers will consistently analyze common assessment data to identify instructional weakness and collaborate to develop effective, standards-based instruction and targeted interventions.Ensuring quality instruction in all classrooms

Teachers receive relevant professional learning and be given time to practice new skills to ensure success.


Ongoing PL with GOSA, SI, Content Coodinators

Observations, TKES, monitored by SI with feedback

Admin, SI, GOSA Coach

Monitoring of instruction and data reports is more consistent with the addition of an academic coach.

Consolidated Funds

Observations, assessment reports, monitored by SI

SI

A data management program (School City) promotes consistent use of common assessments.

Consolidated Funds Pre-planning, ongoing

School City assessments and reports, monitored by SI and Ad

Admin, SI, staff

Use of standards-based common assessment results assists in targeting weakness and creating interventions.

Consolidated Funds Grant

Ongoing

School City assessment reports, RTI, easyCGM: Admin

District, Admin, SI, staff

Collaborative planning meetings are attended by Administrators and/or academic coaches.


Ongoing

Meeting sign-in sheets, observations, program data reports

Admin, SI

Master-schedule includes common planning to analyze data and plan for differentiated instruction.

N/A Ongoing

Ongoing

Assessment data, program data reports, monitored by admin

Admin

The leadership team consistently monitors to ensure the needs ED students are met, and students have equal access to instructional materials.

Admin coordinates with counselor and social workers to ensure the needs these students are met, and students have equal access to instructional materials.

Instructional material are offered in multiple languages as needed, with support from ESOL department.

Coordinate with district liaison

The leadership team consistently monitors instruction to ensure the needs of all subgroups are met.

The leadership team consistently monitors instruction to ensure the needs ESP student are met. IEP goals are monitored for progress.

PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY

GOAL

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By May 2018, 90% of teachers will consistently analyze common assessment data to identify instructional weakness and collaborate to develop effective, standards-based instruction and targeted interventions.Developing staff; ensuring staff collaboration

PL prepares teachers to provide a rigorous, engaging, standards-based learning environment.


Ongoing

Coach Observations, TKES (Admin), with feedback


New and struggling teachers will receive targeted assistance and PL to strengthen weaknesses.

Grant, Consolidated Funds Coach Observations, TKES (Admin), GOSA Coach, w/feedba


PL provided on instructional programs:i Ready, Max Scholar, FFast Math, DIBELS, Eureka, School City


Preplanning, August, ongoing

Coach Observations, TKES (Admin) data reports (SI & Admin)

Admin, SI, District

Teacher teams are participating in Project Lead the Way, New Leaders, RESA Math Training, Science Training

Grants, Consolidated Funds

Summer workshops, ongoing

Coach Observations, TKES, Peer Observations

Admin, RESA, SI, GOSA

Collaborative planning by grade level, including ESP & EIP promotes PL, collaboration on data analysis


Ongoing PL in data analysis and instruction

Coach Observations, SI & Admin, TKES, School City

Admin, SI, GOSA

Reading Mentors Grant provides a GOSA Literacy Coach who works with K-3 teachers two days per month.


Ongoing

Ongoing

GOSA and SI Coach Observations, TKES , with feedback

GOSA coach

Teacher teams and administration work to provide additional support for ED students to ensure equal access to all educational programs.

Teacher teams and administration work with counselor and social workers to coordinate appropriate services to address individual student needs.

EIP and regular education teachers have common planning to plan instruction and assessments that ensures individual student goals (504, RTI, etc.) are met.

Coordinate with district liaison

Consistent use of rigorous, engaging instructional strategies, differentiated instruction, and valid assessments enable teachers to plan targeted interventions.

ESP, EIP and regular education teachers have common planning to plan instruction that ensures individual student goals (IEP, 504, RTI, etc.) are met.

FAMILY and COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

GOAL

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By May 2018, 90% of teachers will consistently analyze common assessment data to identify instructional weakness and collaborate to develop effective, standards-based instruction and targeted interventions.Empowering families, Communicating effectively with all families and the community.

Parent Coordinator provides training to encourage parents to assist at home to help their children meet the standards

Consolidated Funds Ongoing

Parent Coordinator reports, monitored by admin

Parent Coordinator

CCRPI and Climate Scores provide information on school progress.

N/A

DOE monitors

DOE

APTT meetings take place three times per year. Consolidated Funds September, January, April

Smart Goal outcomes are graphed, monitored by SI

SI, teachers, parents, admin

Parent Portal allows parents access to their children's grades in Infinite Campus.


Sign-up sheets, use monitored by parent coordinator and adm

DOE, parent coordinator

Friday Folders, Homework Folders, progress reports, and report cards provide continuous feedback to parents.


Consistent utilization monitored by Admin and SI

staff, admin

Teacher and school websites relay learning goals and expectations.


Year-end

Media and principal monitor websites.

staff, admin, media

ACE staff engages parents to support the academic success of their individual students. RTI meetings are scheduled as needed to address concerns.

ACE staff engages parents to support the academic success of their individual students. Counselor and social workers connect students to appropriate services.

ACE staff engages parents to support the academic success of their individual students. ESOL procedures provide additional student support.

Coordinate with district liaisan.

ACE staff engages parents to support the academic success of their individual students. Additional parent support is provided through RTI and APPT.

ACE staff engages parents to support the academic success of their individual students. ESP teachers make extra contact through regular IEP meetings.

SUPPORTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

GOAL

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By May 2018, 90% of teachers will consistently analyze common assessment data to identify instructional weakness and collaborate to develop effective, standards-based instruction and targeted interventions.Ensuring a student learning community

SOLE Time! (Self Organized Learning Environment), Mindfulness, PBIS, student leadership council

Consolidated Funds Teacher trained during preplanning: Ongoing through the year

Observations and monitoring by admin and SI

Admin, SI, Staff

Individual student needs are met through RTI, IEP, EIP, ESOL, Gifted, small group instruction, and differentiation.

Consolidated Funds

Observations, reports, progress monitoring data, admin, SI

Admin, SI, ESP, Staff

Health and Vision Clinics ensure children are healthy, ready to learn, and present at school.

N/A Operational throughout the year.

Clinic reports

Admin, District, AHPH

All students receive standards-based, engaging instruction, relevant tasks and valid assessments.


Ongoing throughout the entire year.

Observations, TKES, walk-throughs, monitored by Admin, SI

Admin, SI, GOSA coach

Each student is assigned a tablet for the duration of the school year to promote use of instructional technology.

Consolidated Funds August assignment, student use throughout the year

Program usage reports, data reports

Media

Students develop leadership skills through student council, student leadership team, book club, etc.


Consistently applied from beginning to end of each year

Monitored by Admin and Media Specialist

Media, Admin

Students are immersed in student-driven learning opportunities to increase accountability and achievement. Instruction is targeted to individual needs.

Students are immersed in student-driven learning opportunities to increase accountability and achievement; support provided by counselor and social worker

All students are immersed in student-driven learning opportunities to increase personal accountability and achievement. Coordinate with ESOL as needed.

Coordinate with district liaison.

All students are immersed in student-driven learning opportunities to increase personal accountability and achievement.

All students are immersed in student-driven learning opportunities to increase personal accountability and achievement. IEP goals are monitored.



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Overarching Need

Root Cause #1

Root Cause #2

Root Cause #3

Root Cause #4

Root Cause #5

GOAL



Students must receive rigorous standards-based instruction, and targeted interventions to increase academic achievement on DIBELS end-of-year benchmarks and the Georgia Milestones.

Collaborative planning has not consistently focused on analyzing student assessment data.

Assessment data has not been consistently or systematically utilized to plan for instruction.

Common assessment results have been discussed informally, but not broken down by standard and analyzed to determine trends in strengths and weaknesses.

Use of resources has been inconsistent across grade levels.

The state provided performance level indicators have not been routinely utilized to provide rigorous classroom instruction.

The percentages of 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students scoring proficient or above on the ELA EOGs will increase by 20%.


GOAL

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Planning for quality instruction, delivering quality instruction, monitoring student progress

Collaborative planning utilizes student assessment data to plan instruction and interventions.


Pre-planning, first nine weeks of school

Collaborative Planning (CP) meeting calendar and minutes

SI, Admin, GOSA Coach

Research-based, effective instructional strategies are consistently implemented across grade levels.

Consolidated Funds, Grant Peer observations, Walk-throughs and TKES evaluations


Use of instructional frameworks evident in all classrooms Consolidated Funds, Grant

Pre-planning

Assessment data, walk-throughs


Fully functional Data and RTI Teams promote effective differentiated instruction and targeted interventions.


Pre-planning, first nine weeks of school, ongoing

Monitoring by SI

Admin, SI

All teachers have equal access to applicable print and digital resources and training across grade levels.


PL meetings, academic coach modeling and visits

Collaborative Planning meetings, monitored by SI

SI, District, GOSA, Admin

State provided standards and performance indicators will be used to guide planning for rigorous instruction.


Pre-planning, August

Ongoing

Observations by Admin, SI, GOSA Coach, data reports

Admin, SI, GOSA

ED students receive effective, standards-based instruction designed to meet their needs, and tiered interventions when appropriate.

Liaison with foster parents, DFACS case workers and parents to plan strategies to support student progress in meeting standards.

Work with District ESOL teacher to align standards-based instruction to ELL goals and plans.

Coordinate with District liaison.

Minority students receive effective, standards-based instruction designed to meet their needs, and targeted interventions as needed.

Work with ESP lead teacher to align standards-based instruction to IEP goals.


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Creating and maintaining a climate and culture conducive to learning; managing the district and its resources, driving improvement efforts.

Ensure common planning for regular, EIP, and ESP teachers to promote collaboration.

Consolidated Funds Before pre-planning

Master-schedule and collaborative planning calendar, SI

Admin, SI

Ensure teachers utilize School City to assess students and analyze data.

Consolidated Funds

Data reports, data team meetings monitored by Admin & SI

Admin, SI

Walk-throughs are consistently used to monitor instruction and student engagement to determine effectiveness.


September-October

Data reports, evaluation documentation, monitored by Admin

SI, Admin, GOSA Coach

Monitor phonics program to ensure consistent instruction across K-2.


Data reports and walk-throughs will ensure effective utilization

Admin, SI

September-October, ongoing

The Family System ensures each student has a mentor throughout elementary school. (Caring Adult in the Building)

The Family System ensures all students have a mentor throughout elementary school. (Caring Adult in the Building) Coordinate with counselor and social workers

The Family System ensures each student has a mentor throughout elementary school. (Caring Adult in the Building) Documents are printed in multiple languages

Coordinate with District liaison.

The Family System ensures each student has a mentor throughout elementary school. (Caring Adult in the Building) Empathy is built in small group discussions.

The Family System ensures each student has a mentor throughout elementary school. (Caring Adult in the Building)


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Developing staff; ensuring staff collaboration

The New Teacher Induction Program provides PL, support and mentors for all beginning teachers.

Consolidated Funds Before pre-planning, during pre-palnning

Mentor meeting notes

Admin, school mentors

Ongoing PL strengthens teacher effectiveness and communicates expected outcomes.

Grant, Consolidated Funds Walk-throughs, evaluations, observations

SI, GOSA Coach

Leadership roles: District Leadership Program, REVAMP Team, grade chair, Literacy Team, PLTW, New Leaders

Consolidated Funds,Grants

Before and during pre-planning, throughout school-year

Meeting minutes, team rosters, redelivery of strategies

Admin, District

Staff collaboration will be enhanced by peer evaluations, improved access to data, ongoing PL.


Data reports, meeting minutes, lesson plans


Faculty meetings allow school-wide collaboration, feedback and celebrations.

Consolidated Funds Pre-planning, ongoing

Meeting minutes, observations

Admin

Collaborative planning meetings, data team and RTI meetings increase instructional effectiveness.


Ongoing

Pre-planning, and throughout school-year

Data and progress monitoring reports, evaluations, agendas


Through their "families," all teachers have a group of mentees, and all students have a "Caring Adult in the Building." Student receive help to be ready for class.

Through their "families," all teachers have a group of mentees, and every student will have a "Caring Adult in the Building." Coordinates with counseling services.

Through their "families," all teachers have a group of mentees, and every student will have a "Caring Adult in the Building." Documents offered in multiple languages

Coordinate with district migrant liaisan.

Through their "families," all teachers have a group of mentees, and every student will have a "Caring Adult in the Building." Multicultural activities are inclusive.

Through their "families," all teachers have a group of mentees, and every student will have a "Caring Adult in the Building." IEP, and RTI goals are addressed.


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Communicating effectively with all families and the community; welcoming all families and the community; supporting student success

APTT, Charter School (Local School Governance Team- LSGT), Pipeline school cluster collaboration


Action steps are documented and monitored by Admin.

Admin, SI

Parent Meetings/Workshops/Computer access Consolidated Funds

Documented and monitored by Parent Coordinator.

Parent Coordinator

Open House Consolidated Funds Pre-planning

Planned, documented, and implemented by admin

Admin, Parent Coordinator

Parent Portal allows parents access to their children's grades in Infinite Campus.


Parent sign-up forms, admin monitors grade entries

Parent Coordinator

Friday Folders, Homework Folders, progress reports, and report cards provide continuous feedback to parents.


Monitored by Admin and SI to ensure consistency

Teachers, Admin, Staff

Health and Vision Clinics ensure children are healthy and ready to learn.

Albany Area Primary Health

Ongoing

Ongoing

Clinic reports

AAPH

Increased parent outreach ensures knowledge of opportunities to support student success. Parents are notified about specific services available to their students.

Increased parent outreach ensure knowledge of opportunities to support student success. Services are coordinated with counselors, and social workers.

Increased parent outreach ensures knowledge of opportunities to support student success. Communication is provided in multiple languages as needed.

Coordinate with district liaisan.

Increased parent outreach ensures knowledge of opportunities to support student success. School and class activities are designed to value multiculturalism.

Increased parent outreach ensures knowledge of opportunities to support student success. SST, 504, and IEP meetings and plans address individual issues.


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Maintaining order and safety, developing and monitoring a system of supports

PBIS, 5-Step Discipline Process, Student Handbook Consolidated Funds, Donations

Ongoing

Student rewards and discipline data are monitored by Admi

Admin, SI, Staff

School Emergency Plan, Severe Weather and Fire Drills, Code Valentine and Code Red Procedures

N/A

Reports to Georgia Fire Commission, and District

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SOLE Time (Self-organized Learning Environment) is built into the master schedule.


Schedules, performance evaluation monitored by Admin

Admin, SI

Annual Mandated Reporter training by all staff, Faculty Safety online training, Ethics training

N/A August and May

Monitored by Admin

Admin

Climate Surveys, counseling of students, ACE "family" mentee groups


TKES, counselor schedule and reports, admin monitors

Admin, Parent Co., Staff

RTI Process, Interventions, IEP Process, District ESOL teacher for ELL students, 504, EIP


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easyCGM, DIBELs, IEP goals, EOG, Access Test; Admin

Admin, ESP, teachers, EIP

ED students' needs are addressed through appropriate interventions, services and school procedures.

Foster and homeless students' needs are addressed through appropriate interventions, services and school procedures, via counselor, and Social Workers.

EL students' needs are addressed through appropriate interventions, services and school procedures. Students receive support through ESOL Program.

Coordinate with district migrant liaison.

Minority students' needs are addressed through appropriate interventions, services and school procedures.

ESP students' needs are addressed through appropriate interventions, services and school procedures. Students may have small group testing accommodations.



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4.a - In developing this plan, briefly describe how the school sought advice from individuals (teachers, staff, other school leaders, paraprofessionals, specialized instructional support personnel, parents, community partners, and other stakeholders) was sought and included. [Sec. 2103(b)(2)]

4. REQUIRED QUESTIONS

4.b - Describe how the school will ensure that low-income and minority children enrolled in the Title I school are not served at disproportionate rates by ineffective, out-of-field, or inexperienced teachers.[Sec. 1111(g)(1)(B)]

Throughout the CNA and SIP process a variety of stakeholders were involved in the evolution of the plans. The ACE leadership team met with the Local School Governance Team (including teachers, parents, community members and school leaders) to review the process, the data, the goals, etc. and requested their feedback and input. The School Leadership Revamp team (including teachers and support staff) was involved in creating the vision for the next year based on the needs assessment and data gathered. They were also consulted and included in the creation of the CNA and SIP.

Every effort is made to ensure highly qualified and effective teachers are in every classroom and that all support staff are equally as effective. Great care is taken when scheduling teachers to provide opportunities for them to teach in their areas of strength. To ensure all ACE students are provided a first class education, teachers receive extensive professional learning through academic and literacy coaches, as well as training courses through the district, RESA, and State departments. Monitoring and support of instructional practices are provided throughout the building by administrators, academic coaches and the GOSA coach. Coaches provide needed resources for new programs such as Eureka Math, model instructional strategies, and schedule peer observations that allow teachers to learn from one another. Academic coaches also attend all weekly collaborative planning meetings to ensure the use of student assessment data in the development of effective instructional strategies and targeted interventions. Observations by coaches and administrators monitor to check that effective instructional practices are consistent, systematically implemented with fidelity across grade levels. Steps are taken to recruit and retain teachers who "highly qualified." Additionally, teachers are given opportunities to expand their abilities and develop leadership skills through programs such as Project Lead the Way, and the New Leaders grant. If teachers are deemed ineffective, steps will be taken to ensure either remediation or replacement of the teacher. It is the goal of the administrative team at ACE that each student is served in a manner that we would like our own children to be served.




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4.c - Provide a general description of the Title I instructional program being implemented at this Title I School. Specifically define the subject areas to be addressed and the instructional strategies/methodologies to be employed to address the identified needs of the most academically at-risk students in the school. Please include services to be provided for students living in local institutions for neglected or delinquent children (if applicable). [Sec. 1114(b)(7)(ii)]

As a Title I school, Alice Coachman receives additional funds to support student achievement to help meet the diverse needs of students who do not meet or exceed standards. To coordinate and integrate our services and programs, we: • Hire staff-teachers, paraprofessionals and a parent facilitator • Provide professional development opportunities for staff • Offer Early Intervention Services • Reduced class sizes • Offer after-school and early morning tutorial services • Offer Summer School




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4.d - If applicable, provide a description of how teachers, in consultation with parents, administrators, and pupil services personnel, will identify eligible children most in need of services in Title I targeted assistance schools/programs. Please include a description of how the school will develop and implement multiple (a minimum of 2) objective, academic-based performance criteria to rank students for service. Also include a description of the measurable scale (point system) that uses the objective criteria to rank all students. [Sec. 1115(b)(1)]; [Sec.1115(c)(1)(B)]

DIBELS and i-Ready Math are used as Universal Screeners at the beginning, middle and end of the school year. Both programs are also used for progress monitoring and frequency of monitoring is determined by individual student performance levels. EOG scores, past academic achievement and retention status are additional criteria used to rank students for service. Students with two or more data points are enrolled in EIP services. Students with one data point may be considered for services based on results of a rubric completed by classroom teachers. Students who score 15 points or less on the rubric qualify for service.




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4.e - If applicable, describe how the school will support, coordinate, and integrate services with early childhood programs at the school level, including strategies for assisting preschool children in the transition from early childhood education programs to local elementary school programs. [Sec. 1114(b)(7)(V)]

The faculty at Alice Coachman Elementary works closely with local pre-kindergarten programs to ease the transition for students entering kindergarten. • Each year our school hosts activities to help parents and students learn more about our school culture and learning community. • In the spring, Pre-K students and parents come to ACE for an interactive tour. During the tour, parents, and students have an opportunity to visit various places (kindergarten classrooms, media center, music room, gym, and cafeteria) within the school. At the end of the tour students enjoy a snack and listen to a story. • Our kindergarten teachers participate in the Dougherty County Pre-K Round Up. The round up is designed to encourage early registration and answer questions about our school’s kindergarten programs. • Prior to the first day of school, incoming kindergärtners are given an opportunity to attend Open House. During Open House, students meet their teachers and receive important information about the upcoming year.




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4.f - If applicable, describe how the school will implement strategies to facilitate effective transitions for students from middle grades to high school and from high school to postsecondary education including:• Coordination with institutions of higher education, employers and local partners; and• Increased student access to early college high school or dual or concurrent enrollment opportunities or career

counseling to identify student interest and skills. [Se. 1114(b)(7)(II)]

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4.g - Describe how the school will support efforts to reduce the overuse of discipline practices that remove students from the classroom, specifically addressing the effects on all subgroups of students. [Sec. 1114(b)(7)(III)]

A variety of strategies will be in place for the 2017/2018 school year, to include: 1. Continued implementation of the PBIS program 2. Incorporation of a mindfulness program (https://innerexplorer.org/) 3. The creation of family groups which will serve in a mentor capacity 4. Continued professional development for creative and positive classroom management 5. An increased focus on hands-on, project based learning to engage students and maintain interest 6. Administrative professional development on best practices for positive discipline in a high needs school environment 7. Continued implementation of the CAB program (Caring Adult in the Building)



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