2010-2011 School Improvement Plan - Highland Elementary (PDF)

3 Building-wide and grade level work onusing the Six Traits as the chosen languageto help students improve their writingwithin the writing process. Students andteachers will use this language tocommunicate how to better improve theirwriting skills and product on a daily basis.(Resources- time, building budget formaterials, posters)4 Building-wide practice at scoring studentpapers in the area of writing in order tocalibrate what teachers and students feelmeets standard. (Resources- time, buildingbudget, work with Beth Niemi, ESDliteracy consultant)Highland Elementary School Improvement Plan 2010-2011In order for students to improve theirwriting, teachers and students must have asolid knowledge of the Six Traits andhow to use them to improve their writingskills. Mini-lessons and conferencingwith students using the Six Traitslanguage will allow clear communicationand a vehicle for students/teachers toassess and improve their writing in aconcrete fashion.We as an instructional staff must all havea common vision of what quality writinglooks like according to designatedcriteria. Our staff must spend timetogether (as a building, and as grade levelteams) scoring writing using commoncriteria in areas of COS/CON anddiscussing our rationale.1. Classroom observations, gradelevel collaboration, observations ofteacher/student conferencing.2. Grade level revising/editingchecklist, monthly data from gradelevelprompts turned in, writingassessments, MSP data1. Grade level and school-widecollaboration, staff meetings used toscore papers, grade levelrevising/editing checklists.2. Grade level revising/editingchecklist, monthly data from gradelevelprompts turned in, writingassessments, MSP dataResults:Results:5 Building-wide pre-write adopted in orderto provide students (K-5) a structure inwhich to organize their creative thinking.Staff will continually model this process asa writer, an d provide examples of qualitypre-writes, rough drafts, revision/editingprocess, and final copies for students to seethose quality outcomes/targets. (Resourcestime,building budget)6 We will focus on recognizing two students2X per month of the school year in eachclassroom who display excellence in thearea of writing. They will be awarded witha Pencils of Power certificate and a shortrecognition ceremony with the principal.To avoid having to start from scratch eachyear, students will see the same basic prewrite(developmentally appropriate) eachyear at Highland. Teachers will be ableto continue the work as they providestudents with an effective tool to organizetheir thoughts.We must recognize excellence in ourstudents consistently and often in order toencourage excellence, improvement, andperseverance in the area of writing.1. Classroom observations, gradelevel and school-wide collaboration,lesson plan alignment.2. Grade level monthlyassignments/assessments, MSPresults.1. Student work will be evidence ofthe effectiveness of this program, andthe number of different studentsrecognized throughout the year.2.Evidence/data- Correlationbetween MSP data and P.O.P. data.Results:Results:9 9