CSIP/SMART Goals Worksheet - Oldham County Schools

2010 CSIP/SMART Goals Worksheet
School: SOHS Team Name: English Department Lead Teacher: Christine Price
Team Members: Ian Borders, Denise Bush, Jacki Day, Chandra Emerson, Hallie Hunt, Heather Johnson, Ethan
Moore, Kate Nitzken, Christine Price, Suzanne Raque, Cindy Reedy, Ashley Sandor, Adam Watson, Lora Shields
(Literacy Coach), Cathy Bosemer (Associate Principal)
Goal(s):
The English PLC at SOHS will focus on the following areas in order to increase student learning in English.
Team SMART Goals Strategies & Action Steps Responsibility Timeline Evidence of
Effectiveness
1. The PLC will improve On-
Demand writing and skills
assessed on the ACT
through the analysis of
student assessment data.
Specifically, we will:
Use On-Demand pre
and post assessment
data to guide PLC
goals for instruction.
Use school-wide
reading and English
data collected during
On-Demand testing
window to guide PLC
goals for instruction.
RTI: Create
instructional activities
that increase student
English and reading
skills on ACT
2. Because one SB1
requirement is that the
school follows a district
wide Writing Plan, the PLC
will increase collaboration
with other departments by
developing, implementing,
1. Analyze pre and post assessment
data for On-Demand writing and
for reading and English
assessment.
2. Identify trends that highlight
strengths and areas for growth in
student reading and writing.
3. RTI: Develop instructional goals
as a PLC as response to analysis
of assessment data.
1. Develop and implement a school
wide research plan.
2. Collect feedback from other
departments to gather and analyze
student work samples.
3. Utilize reflection organizers to
Christine Price,
Lora Shields
English PLC
Members, Lead
Teachers from
Content Areas,
School
Librarians
9/29/10
11/1/10
On-Going
On-going
2/23/10
Early
Release
date
On January 26 and March
23 Early Release Days,
teachers will report on
effectiveness of intentional
instruction by class and
targeted student groups.
Post-assessment data can be
gathered from classroom
testing, ACT scores, and/or
use of Study Island ACT
assessments.
The PLC will work with
content area lead teachers
and the school librarians to
evaluate the implementation
and effectiveness of the
research plan. After
reflection, the PLC will revise

and revising a school-wide
research plan.
focus student writers on
continuous growth.
PLC Members
8/7/10
On-going
the school wide research
plan as determined by the
group.
Writing collections will show
evidence of teacher feedback,
student reflection, and ongoing
progress.
3. The PLC will improve
reading scores by
increasing the number of
students who move “up” a
step on the KCCT
assessment.
4. The PLC will increase
student critical thinking by
utilizing and modeling
thinking strategies in the
classroom.
5. The PLC will review the
Common Core Standards
mandated by SB1 and
create a document to
analyze texts currently
used in the classroom for
targeted depth and
complexity.
1. Implement an English lab class for
freshmen as indicated by scores on
the Aimsweb middle school
assessment.
2. Continue daytime ESS
collaboration with content teachers
who have large populations of
English lab students in classes.
1. Untrained PLC members will
attend OCLI.
2. ECS teachers will address learning
needs of student population with
disabilities by increasing modeling
and use of thinking strategies in
collaboration classes.
3. PLC members will choose among
four veteran lab classes (Emerson,
Price, Raque, Watson) to observe
thinking strategies in action.
4. New OCLI participants will host lab
visits for PLC to observe thinking
strategies in action.
1. PLC members will review Range of
Text Types, 6 – 12, in Common
Core Standards to determine how
to supplement and/or replace
current texts used in courses.
2. PLC members will utilize GRR
when teaching nonfiction texts
with increased depth and
complexity.
Emerson, Day
Alison Moulder
(contract
instructor)
Day, Moore,
Sandor
Day, Moore
Price, Shields
On-going
On-going
October,
2010
On-going
Winter
Moore, Day,
Sandor
Spring
PLC Members 11/11/10
Early
Release
Day
On-going
The PLC will analyze the
KCCT reading assessment to
determine a trend of higher
reading scores at the school
and individual level.
The PLC will analyze various
assessments (KCCT, ACT,
EXPLORE) to determine a
trend of higher reading
scores at the school and
individual level.
Syllabi in 2010 – 2011 will
reflect increased emphasis
on nonfiction texts.
ACT and AP scores will be
analyzed to determine if
requiring texts that have
more depth and complexity
will result in higher reading
scores.