School Improvement Plan (SIP) - Oak Park Elementary School ...
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need to successfully transition into the teaching profession and become highly effective professionals. This program:<br />
Abraham Lincoln Elem <strong>School</strong><br />
5/15/2012 • Includes 3:50:05 release PM time new teachers and mentors can use for observations. <strong>School</strong> <strong>Improvement</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> 2011 Page 44 of 52<br />
• Enables teacher leaders for mentoring to visit classrooms on a regular basis.<br />
• Requires all non-tenured teachers to complete 60 hours of staff development during their first four years of employment.<br />
• Assigns one mentor per building who meets with first and second year teachers on a weekly basis.<br />
• Requires building mentors to keep a log of all interactions they have with teachers. The log will include the date and time the interaction occurred, then name of the<br />
individual who initiated contact, and the manner in which the contact was made (e.g. one on one, e-mail, phone call, classroom observation or conference).<br />
• Requires teacher leaders for mentoring to conduct three classroom observations.<br />
• Provides three full days of professional development, including training on the evaluation process, for all new teachers prior to the start of the school year. The evaluation<br />
process for non-tenured teachers is based on a professional growth portfolio that targets the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards and applicable content standards.<br />
These standards are reviewed/discussed during orientation and are incorporated into ongoing staff development.<br />
• Requires all first year teachers to take the “Best Practices” class that meets once a month for nine months. Requires all second year teachers to attend five sessions of the<br />
“2nd Year Seminar” class during the school year and complete out of class assignments.<br />
Section III - Development, Review and Implementation<br />
Part E. District Responsibilities<br />
District Responsibilities - Specify the services and resources that the district has provided to revise the plan and other services that the district will provide toward<br />
implementation of strategies and activities. District technical assistance should include data analysis, identification of the school’s challenges in implementing professional<br />
development requirements, the resulting need-related technical assistance and professional development to effect changes in instruction, and analysis and revision of the<br />
school’s budget (NCLB, Section 1116). If applicable, identify corrective actions or restructuring options taken by the district.<br />
<strong>Oak</strong> <strong>Park</strong> <strong>Elementary</strong> <strong>School</strong> District 97 provides its staff with a variety of professional development opportunities that are aimed at helping them develop into highly effective<br />
educational leaders who excel both in and out the classroom. These opportunities include, but are not limited to:<br />
1. Contracting with West 40 Intermediate Service Center to assist schools with their school improvement process.<br />
2. Providing teachers with one day of release time to work on school improvement planning.<br />
3. Contracting with West 40 to provide school improvement teams with two days of data training.<br />
4. Organizing a half-day training session for school improvement teams that is run by the district’s teacher leader for student data analysis.<br />
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