School Plan - Blytheville Public Schools

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Kindergarten classrooms with English
Language Learner students will continue to
use Smart Talk Card Readers with various
sets of vocabulary cards for oral language
development.
Action Type: Equity
Action Type: Technology Inclusion
K-2 classrooms will use purchased pictures
of objects with the name of the object to
help increase the vocabulary and
comprehension of all students.
Action Type: Equity
The Blytheville School District has hired an
English as a Second Language Coordinator
to oversee the ELL program.
Action Type: Collaboration
Anita Self,
Instructional
Facilitator
Anita Self,
Instructional
Facilitator
Jean Cole,
Director of
Support
Services;
Gregg
Yarbrough,
Principal
(K) Materials will be purchased for teachers, Gregg
tutors, and paraprofessionals working with
ELL students to promote academic
proficiency by increasing the child's
vocabulary and comprehension of words and
terminology.
Action Type: Equity
Action Type: Technology Inclusion
(K) PROGRAM EVALUATION: 1. The
intervention for all students classified as
English Language Learners is being
implemented as evidenced by the
observations of the Instructional
Facilitators, principal, and JBHM consultant.
Explicit vocabulary instruction is used
throughout the literacy block in shared
reading, read-aloud, and guided reading.
Listening centers, computer programs, and
Smart Talk Card Readers are used to
develop vocabulary. Labels with pictures are
used in classrooms. 2. Students classified
as English Language Learners are assessed
in the areas of listening, speaking, reading,
and writing which will also measure their
level of comprehension. They are given the
English Language Development Assessment
(ELDA). 3. Activities which focus on
vocabulary building skills will be purchased
to increase these scores this year. A
certified teacher who has been trained in
teaching ELL students has been added to
the kindergarten staff and will be used as
resource to help develop explicit instruction
for ELL students. THE ELDA data revealed
the greatest level of proficiency was in
Listening followed by Speaking, Writing,
and Reading. With Reading Comprehension
being the lowest area, more strategies need
to be used to help students derive meaning
from what is read.
Action Type: Program Evaluation
Yarbrough,
Principal; Marc
Sherrell,
Assistant
Principal
Gregg
Yarbrough,
Principal; Marc
Sherrell,
Assistant
Prinicipal
Start:
07/01/2012
End:
06/30/2013
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07/01/2012
End:
06/30/2013
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07/01/2012
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06/30/2013
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07/01/2012
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06/30/2013
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07/01/2012
End:
06/30/2013
Teaching
Aids ACTION BUDGET: $
Teachers
Teaching
Aids
ACTION BUDGET: $
District Staff
Teachers ACTION BUDGET: $
Computers
Teachers
Teaching
Aids
ACTION BUDGET: $
ACTION BUDGET: $
Total Budget: $213
Priority 7:
BPS will implement restructuring actions consistent with state law that improve academic achievement.
JBHM has been contracted as the school improvement specialist and will provide embedded professional
development in best practice, high yield strategies, and interpreting and analyzing test data. Blytheville
Primary School is a feeder school to Central Elementary. A new principal and assistant principal were
appointed to CES for the 2011-2012 school year.
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