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<strong>45</strong>-<strong>Day</strong> <strong>Action</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>Improvement</strong> <strong>Team</strong><br />
Region: North East Georgia System: <strong>Walton</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>School</strong>: Loganville High <strong>School</strong><br />
Date: 1/5/09 Next Meeting: 3/13/09<br />
Persons Attending: Nathan Franklin, Carole Hicks, Fara Hicks, Mistye Meador, Rick Weeks, Mike Robison, Emily Keag<br />
GSS /<br />
Topic<br />
Curriculum<br />
and<br />
Instructional<br />
Design<br />
<strong>Action</strong> Steps Timeline<br />
Objective: to strengthen<br />
standards based classroom<br />
instruction<br />
Implementation:<br />
Continue collaborative planning<br />
sessions by subject area to create<br />
common tasks/assessments for<br />
each unit.<br />
Continue collaborative planning<br />
sessions by subject area to focus on<br />
evaluating results of common<br />
tasks/assessments.<br />
Provide professional development<br />
on differentiated instruction.<br />
Review results of GAPSS review<br />
and identify strengths and<br />
weaknesses to be addressed<br />
1/6/09 –<br />
3/13/09<br />
Person<br />
Responsible<br />
Current Progress Next Steps<br />
<strong>School</strong> Specific <strong>Action</strong> Steps<br />
Administrators<br />
Department<br />
Chairs<br />
Fara Hicks<br />
The majority of subject teams have<br />
established a curriculum map and unit<br />
plans collaboratively. These are<br />
available electronically on subject drives<br />
available to all department members.<br />
Nathan Franklin presented summarized<br />
results of GAPSS review by strands.<br />
GAPSS committees met and reviewed<br />
their individual strands and<br />
recommendations.<br />
Monitoring: AP classroom visits,<br />
Collaborative planning session visits,<br />
reports to the Principal, sample common<br />
assessments<br />
Impact on Student Learning:<br />
Consistent and Pervasive instruction in<br />
each subject team classroom equaling<br />
increased student achievement.<br />
Monitor collaborative planning<br />
through administrative participation<br />
and documentation. Administrators<br />
will share evidence of teaching and<br />
learning at each administrators<br />
meeting along with collaborative<br />
planning meeting notes that include<br />
examples of discussed student work,<br />
teachers using the language of the<br />
standards during the lesson and in<br />
feedback on student work.<br />
Differentiation training by Miranda<br />
Compton will be held on 1/22 at the<br />
main campus during planning periods<br />
and on 1/29 at the academy during<br />
planning periods.<br />
Tier 2 at LHS presented by POI team<br />
at faculty meeting.<br />
Finish shared drive of interventions for<br />
teacher access during planning time.<br />
Professional development training on<br />
SEMS Tracker for staff.
Instruction<br />
1.1-3.3, 2.7<br />
Leadership<br />
1.1 -4.3<br />
Instruction<br />
1.1 – 1.3, 2.7<br />
Objective: to improve test<br />
results on standardized tests:<br />
GHSGT, EOCT, SAT<br />
Implementation:<br />
EOCT preparation implementation<br />
will be monitored by checking<br />
OAS summary reports and analysis<br />
of EOCT scores.<br />
Identify sub-group and at risk<br />
students for HSGT.<br />
Develop specific remediation for<br />
HSGT by department.<br />
Provide professional development<br />
on reading in the subject areas to<br />
improve reading skills for<br />
struggling readers.<br />
Establish a manageable process for<br />
identifying and monitoring the<br />
students on Tier 1 and 2 of the POI<br />
process.<br />
Faculty workshop “Understanding<br />
Poverty” to enhance teachers’<br />
ability to recognize and teach<br />
students who are victims of<br />
generational poverty.<br />
Objective: to increase student<br />
success in Math 1<br />
Implementation:<br />
Gather modification suggestions<br />
for Math support students.<br />
Analyze prerequisite skills and<br />
remediation strategies.<br />
1/6/09 –<br />
3/13/09<br />
1/6/09 –<br />
3/13/09<br />
EOCT subject<br />
area faculty<br />
Administrators<br />
Math 1 faculty<br />
Administrators<br />
Math<br />
Department<br />
Chair<br />
Professional<br />
Learning Coach<br />
Carole Hicks provided list of all subgroup<br />
students to all faculty. Emily Keag<br />
distributes DEES sub-group student<br />
information and they create action plans<br />
based on IEPs and teaching strategies.<br />
Fara Hicks created list of math at risk<br />
students based on past EOCT failures<br />
and distributed to current math teachers<br />
and department chair.<br />
Each subject area created an A+ review<br />
to be used for student<br />
review/remediation.<br />
POI committee has been established and<br />
meets monthly to review specific student<br />
situations and create POI processes and<br />
procedures. Emily Keag presented “POI<br />
Tier 1 / Standards Based Classroom<br />
Learning” on 1/5/09 to faculty. Include<br />
Brad Williford from MHS to ensure<br />
county wide collaboration.<br />
First of 3 sessions on “understanding<br />
poverty” completed by Sallie Echols.<br />
Extended advisements for test prep.<br />
Monitoring: Historical achievement of at<br />
risk students, OAS summary reports,<br />
POI meetings, and student participation<br />
in academy of reading and math.<br />
Impact on Student Learning: Lunch-nlearns<br />
give exposure to test prep, poverty<br />
training helps teaches identify student<br />
issues that slow achievement.<br />
100% of math 1b, math support and<br />
math special education collaborative<br />
teachers were trained in math support<br />
strategies 1/5/09.<br />
Development of strategies database by<br />
disability is in progress.<br />
Development of prerequisite skills<br />
assessment for each math 1 unit is in<br />
Counselors will gather course history<br />
for each student in sub-group and<br />
assess the need for specific remediation<br />
by subject area.<br />
Reading in the Content Areas training<br />
by Fara Hicks will be held on 2/5 at the<br />
main campus during planning periods<br />
and on 2/12 at the academy during<br />
planning periods.<br />
2 nd and 3 rd sessions on “understanding<br />
poverty” are scheduled with Sally<br />
Echols. Understanding Poverty book<br />
study is also available.<br />
Emily Keag will distribute EOCT data<br />
for DEES students so teachers can<br />
engage in a reflective activity to<br />
examine and compare teaching<br />
strategies and achievement data from<br />
last year to this year.<br />
June Reid will implement an “after the<br />
tutoring, tutoring” to teach<br />
organizational skills, out of the box<br />
teaching strategies to reach at risk<br />
students.<br />
Letter to parents about GA Virtual<br />
<strong>School</strong> free online course.<br />
Letter to parents about evening<br />
homework help sessions.<br />
Emily Keag and Fara Hicks: Vertical<br />
team to gather graphic organizers for<br />
key standards at each grade level and
Student<br />
Family<br />
Community<br />
1.1<br />
Distribute Cognitive Tutor licenses<br />
for home use for at risk students.<br />
Increase student’s awareness of<br />
GA Virtual <strong>School</strong> free online<br />
course.<br />
Provide homework help in the<br />
evenings via Elluminate sessions<br />
facilitated by certified math<br />
teachers.<br />
Provide student peer tutoring in<br />
class and during after school<br />
tutoring sessions.<br />
Create vertical team alignment for<br />
math content and methods.<br />
Objective: to increase<br />
communication and training for<br />
parents<br />
Implementation:<br />
Continue communication with<br />
parents regarding student<br />
achievement and behavior via<br />
Progressbook (gradebook program)<br />
Provide “Positive Discipline”<br />
training via CD to parents.<br />
Provide Lunch and Learn session<br />
for parents on helping their high<br />
school student become successful.<br />
1/6/09 –<br />
3/13/09<br />
Teachers<br />
College and<br />
Career Coach<br />
Administrators<br />
progress.<br />
Cognitive tutor licenses were distributed,<br />
students were trained by Mr. Ruiz on<br />
how to use the software, parents were<br />
notified of expectations, and the<br />
computer lab is available Tuesday<br />
evenings from 6 to 8 for student use.<br />
Peer tutors have been identified and<br />
training is in process for after school help<br />
and during the day assistance for Math 1<br />
teachers.<br />
Vertical team has been established and<br />
met to determine direction and goals.<br />
Monitoring: classroom visits, student<br />
work, student assessment scores, and<br />
after school tutoring attendance logs.<br />
Impact on Student Learning: hearing<br />
topics explained in different ways by<br />
different people will improve student<br />
achievement.<br />
Andrea Mitchell and Fara Hicks will<br />
attend a seminar on community and<br />
parent lunch-n-learns. They will<br />
redeliver to leadership team for<br />
implementation at LHS.<br />
Utilize connect ed. to update parents on<br />
current events and important dates.<br />
DEES department shall forward<br />
parent/mentor activity information as<br />
received by county DEES department.<br />
Monitoring: Parent logins on<br />
Progressbook, teacher communication<br />
logs, and early release sign in logs.<br />
Impact on Student Learning:<br />
standardized test scores improve,<br />
percentage of students that exceeds<br />
standards shall increase, and at risk<br />
student achievement shall increase.<br />
create “set of documents” for student<br />
review at the next level.<br />
In mid January Fara Hicks and Jackie<br />
Meadows will start an online math 1<br />
elluminate tutoring program from 7:30<br />
– 8:30 PM Monday – Thursday.<br />
Elluminate facilitator accounts have<br />
been created and access link to LHS<br />
web page is in process.<br />
Nathan Franklin will continue to meet<br />
with RESA reps along with Kaycie<br />
Maddox to investigate what other<br />
schools are doing to improve student<br />
achievement in Math 1 and also<br />
scheduling ideas for Math 2.<br />
Copy the training CD for distribution.<br />
Gather information to be included in<br />
parent lunch and learn session.<br />
Information sessions regarding<br />
registration decisions to be held for<br />
parents, teaches, and students.<br />
POI <strong>Team</strong> finalizes parent letter for<br />
Tier 1 and Tier 2 students.<br />
Computer lab will be opened one night<br />
per week at both locations for student<br />
and parent usage, 6-8 PM.