School Improvement Plan (SIP) - Oak Park Elementary School ...

need to successfully transition into the teaching profession and become highly effective professionals. This program:
Abraham Lincoln Elem School
5/15/2012 • Includes 3:50:05 release PM time new teachers and mentors can use for observations. School Improvement Plan 2011 Page 44 of 52
• Enables teacher leaders for mentoring to visit classrooms on a regular basis.
• Requires all non-tenured teachers to complete 60 hours of staff development during their first four years of employment.
• Assigns one mentor per building who meets with first and second year teachers on a weekly basis.
• 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
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).
• Requires teacher leaders for mentoring to conduct three classroom observations.
• 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
process for non-tenured teachers is based on a professional growth portfolio that targets the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards and applicable content standards.
These standards are reviewed/discussed during orientation and are incorporated into ongoing staff development.
• 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
“2nd Year Seminar” class during the school year and complete out of class assignments.
Section III - Development, Review and Implementation
Part E. District Responsibilities
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
implementation of strategies and activities. District technical assistance should include data analysis, identification of the school’s challenges in implementing professional
development requirements, the resulting need-related technical assistance and professional development to effect changes in instruction, and analysis and revision of the
school’s budget (NCLB, Section 1116). If applicable, identify corrective actions or restructuring options taken by the district.
Oak Park Elementary School District 97 provides its staff with a variety of professional development opportunities that are aimed at helping them develop into highly effective
educational leaders who excel both in and out the classroom. These opportunities include, but are not limited to:
1. Contracting with West 40 Intermediate Service Center to assist schools with their school improvement process.
2. Providing teachers with one day of release time to work on school improvement planning.
3. Contracting with West 40 to provide school improvement teams with two days of data training.
4. Organizing a half-day training session for school improvement teams that is run by the district’s teacher leader for student data analysis.
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