EECHS School Improvement Plan

EECHS School Improvement Plan

ECPS CORE VALUE: COMMUNITY
WE BELIEVE the school and community should work collaboratively in supporting the learning community by fostering open and direct communication. We all share the responsibility for educating our students/citizens.
Goal 1: Communicate effectively with all stakeholders.
Strategic Initiative / Timeline / Person Responsible / Implementation Evidence
Identify external stakeholders.
Identify and evaluate present external communication processes (Ex. stakeholder survey, ConnectEd, email, websites, etc).
Develop a school wide external communication plan to include notification of all SIT meetings.
Establish ways to communicate processes to external stakeholders.
Develop strategies for marketing the school.
Reorganize PTSO by starting with executive officers.
Establish requirement of report card pick-up (initial report card each semester.
Require parental participation in registration process twice a year.
Establish an event calendar that is shared with parents at the beginning of each semester (mail and website).
Establish a plan to improve home “calls” for parental notification of student progress.
Create a panel of guest speakers for a Lyceum Series for the yearly theme.
Create monthly newspaper to be shared (hardcopy and website).
Monthly Parent Council meetings to share activities, needs, and future plans.
Maintain minutes of all SIT meetings.
The school will aim to streamline the school's reporting system and procedures, including requiring forms and reports to be in electronic form when possible. / October 2013
October 2013
December 2013
December 2013
March 2014
August 2013
August 2013
November 2013/March 2014
August 2013/January 2014
November 2013
August 2013 – April 2014
September 2013
September 2013
October 2013
August 2013 - 2014 / All staff
All staff
All staff
All staff
All staff
Principal, Community Liaison, College Liaison, parents
Principal, Counselor, Community Liaison, College Liaison, Office Manager
Counselor, Community Liaison
Principal, Counselor, Community Liaison, College Liaison, Office Manager, Teachers
Principal
Principal, Counselor, Community Liaison, College Liaison, Office Manager, Teachers, Parents
Principal, Office Manager, Journalism Teacher
Principal, Counselor, Community Liaison, College Liaison, Office Manager, Teachers
Principal, teacher volunteer
Principal / List
Narrative summarizing process
Plan
Communication Plan
Marketing Plan
Executive List with contact information. Minutes from initial mtg.
Welcome Back Letter
Registration flyers, calendar of scheduled appointments, registration form
Event calendar mailing
Expectation Memo, call log
List, Town Meeting Agenda, Copy of Thank You Card
Newspaper
Minutes from meeting, parent invitation letter
Minutes binder
Electronic communications
ECPS CORE VALUE: RELATIONSHIPS
WE BELIEVE in strong, positive, caring relationships with all school stakeholders and community is the key to student success.
Goal 2: To embrace positive relationships with all stakeholders.
Strategic Initiative / Timeline / Person Responsible / Implementation Evidence
Host one academic night for parents/students.
Establish a focus group to research differentiation and instructional strategies to enhance instructional presentation.
Assess strengths of the school that are beneficial for the community college in order to present offers to enhance a positive relationship on the campus.
Identify at-risk students at the end of the first reporting period to receive mentoring support from a peer as well as one-on-one support sessions (principal, counselor, college liaison, and community liaison).
Research and create a probation plan for success for at-risk students to be implemented by second semester.
Every student will have a HOUSE Advisor that will help him or her personalize the educational experience.
Ensure a duty-free lunch for all teachers / December 2013 and May 2014
November 2013
January 2014
October 2013
January 2014
December 2013
August 2013 – May 2014 / Principal, Counselor, Community Liaison, College Liaison, Office Manager, Teachers, Parents
Principal, Counselor, Community Liaison, College Liaison, Teacher Leader, Parents
Principal, Counselor, Community Liaison, College Liaison, Office Manager, Teachers, Parents
Principal, Counselor, Community Liaison, College Liaison, Office Manager, Teachers
Principal, Counselor, Community Liaison, College Liaison, Office Manager, Teachers
Principal, Counselor, Community Liaison, College Liaison, Teachers
Principal, Counselor, College Liaison, and Community Liaison / Pictures, Parent Letter, Postcard Reminder,
Team names, meeting minutes, compile research (articles and strategies)
Narrative, List of Strengths, List of Possible Services to be Provided, List of Needs, Confirmed meeting
List of students, Scheduled Meetings, Individual Student Reflection Sheet, Mentor/Mentee pairing list
Research samples, Probation forms, Scheduled Meetings
Student Goal Sheets
Teacher survey to verify
ECPS CORE VALUE: SAFE SCHOOLS
WE BELIEVE that students excel in a secure, nurturing environment. They must have a physically, emotionally and intellectually safe atmosphere which promote student success.
Goal 3: ECPS will provide safe, orderly and caring environments that promote students success
Strategic Initiative / Timeline / Person Responsible / Implementation Evidence
Issue ID badges to all students that must be worn, visually, each day to increase safety to identify EECHS students.
Lunch supervision in common areas.
Annual review of PBIS plan and training. Monthly meetings to analyze data and monitor any discipline concerns.
Develop a school climate survey for parents.
Participate in all campus-wide safety drills as administered by ECC.
Develop an evaluation survey for the instructional program that will be given to every student and aggregated by teacher.
Staff development funds will be allocated to the following: Summer Institute NSP, MCNC (leadership professional development, student leadership initiative, and summer institute), School Counselor Update conferences and NSP counselor and college liaison sessions, NSP principal leadership development sessions, Worldview updates for foreign language, NSP new teacher institute, and NSP Common practice symposium for teacher professional development. / August 2013
November 2014
August
February 2014
Random as scheduled by ECC.
March 2014
August 2013 – June 2014 / College Liaison
Principal, Counselor, Community Liaison, College Liaison, Office Manager
Community Liaison, Office Manager
Principal, College Liaison
College Liaison and Principal
Principal, College Liaison
Principal, Counselor, College liaison, teachers / Student ID Badges
Coverage Duty Roster
Meeting agenda and minutes
Survey
After action summary
Survey
Agenda, Best Practice presentations from participants
ECPS CORE VALUE: CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
WE BELIEVE that improvement is a process and not a destination. ECPS must have a strategic process to continuously evaluate each step of the learning process, operational efficiency and monitoring framework so that our District continues to improve in a thoughtful, planned way.
Goal 4: Build and sustain a District culture based on high expectations and continuous improvement.
Strategic Initiative / Timeline / Person Responsible / Implementation Evidence
Train all identified staff on PowerSchool and PowerTeacher components.
Train all certified staff on True North Logic components.
Train all certified staff on Schoolnet components.
Administrative teams will review lesson plans and monitor lesson plan implementation assuring that they are aligned to CCES and district pacing guides.
Conduct frequent classroom observations; 10 weekly walk throughs per District deadline, Peer Observations, Formal Observations. Each observation will be followed by immediate descriptive feedback. Each Peer Observation will be followed by collegial conversation about instruction and improvement.
Create high school syllabus such that they mirror college syllabi
Research and develop an “Late Work Acceptance Policy”
Professional Learning Community researcher and engage in meaningful dialogue about student expectations, academic performance, quality of work, preparedness, etc. / August – ongoing monthly
August – ongoing monthly
August – ongoing monthly
November – ongoing monthly
September – ongoing weekly
August 2013 and January 2014
August 2013
November 2013 / Principal, Data Manager, Lead Teacher
Principal
Principal, Data Manager, Lead Teacher
Principal, Community Liaison, College Liaison, Counselor
Principal
Principal, Community Liaison, College Liaison, Counselor, Teachers
Principal, Community Liaison, College Liaison, Counselor, Teachers
Principal, Community Liaison, College Liaison, Counselor, Teachers / Meeting agenda, Handouts
Meeting agenda, Handouts
Meeting agenda, Handouts
Lesson Plan Feedback
Walkthrough instrument response form
Syllabus
Late Work Acceptance Policy
Meeting minutes, Next Steps Plan
ECPS CORE VALUE: RIGOROUS CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION
WE BELIEVE in providing all students with an opportunity to share their knowledge, solve problems and question their learning through collaborative environments.
WE BELIEVE it is our responsibility to develop well educated critical thinkers that are focused on being college and career ready.
WE BELIEVE in a challenging and diverse curriculum that encourages the creativity, innovation and risk taking necessary to succeed in a global community.
Goal 5: Provide all students with rigorous curriculum and instruction in an academically rich environment that is committed to student success.
Strategic Initiative / Timeline / Person Responsible / Implementation Evidence
Build and apply an understanding for rigor.
Develop a plan for reading, writing, thinking, and talking every day in every classroom that incorporates constructive response opportunities.
Implement daily sustained silent reading program with written reflections
Provide professional development on Mastery Teaching, differentiations, and Common Instructional Framework.
Teacherswill utilize effective lessons aligned to Common Core curriculum and that meetstudent needs.
Use research based effective strategies, high student engagement, and differentiate instruction governed by data-driven instruction provided by EVAAS and ClassScape benchmark results.
Utilize Power Hour observation and peer observation feedback to analyze school-wide strengths and weaknesses.
Lesson plans reflect common criteria around small group instruction, differentiation, essential questions and child friendly standards.
Conduct data days and share analysis with staff.
Provide each grade level an opportunity to participate in a college field trip.
Field trips aligned with NCSCOS curriculum.
Establish data notebooks for staff. / October 2013 and January 2014
November 2013
August 2013
February 2014
December 2013
November 2013 – ongoing monthly
January 2014
September – ongoing
November 2013 – ongoing monthly
December 2013 and
March 2014
September 2013 – May 2014
September 2013 – May 2014
November 2013 / Principal, Community Liaison, College Liaison, Counselor, Office Manager
Principal, Community Liaison, College Liaison, Counselor, Office Manager, Teachers
Principal, Community Liaison, College Liaison, Counselor, Office Manager, Teachers
Principal, Community Liaison, College Liaison, Counselor, Office Manager
Principal, Community Liaison, College Liaison, Counselor, Office Manager, Teachers
Principal, Community Liaison, College Liaison, Counselor, Office Manager, Teachers
Principal, Community Liaison, College Liaison, Counselor, Office Manager, Teachers
Principal, Community Liaison, College Liaison, Counselor, Teachers
Principal, Community Liaison, College Liaison, Counselor, Office Manager, Teachers
Principal, Community Liaison, College Liaison, Counselor, Office Manager, Teachers
Principal, Community Liaison, College Liaison, Counselor, Office Manager, Teachers
Principal, Community Liaison, College Liaison, Counselor, Office Manager, Teachers / Meeting Minutes, Presentation, Handouts
Literacy Plan
Question guide, Rubric, Reflection Sheet
Meeting Minutes, Presentation, Handouts
Sample Lesson Plans
Meeting Minutes, Presentation, Handouts
Qualitative and Quantitative feedback data, Next Steps plan
Sample Lesson Plans, Lesson Plan feedback
Meeting Minutes, Results analysis, Next Steps Plan
Field Trip Request Form,
Sample Student Reflections of Benefits
Field Trip Request Form,
Sample Student Reflections of Benefits
Data notebooks

Team Members

Name / Role / Signatures
Katrenna Rich / Principal
Etheleen Wilkins / Administrative Assistant
Shawn Dawes / School Counselor
Ulric Terrell Hill / Community Liaison
Kathy Webb / College Liaison
Guy Bair / Teacher
Meghan Barbee / Teacher
Janice Clark / Teacher
James Guy / Teacher
Jamie Hathaway / Teacher
Mildred Manley / Teacher
Brittany Tripp / Teacher
Keith Webb / Teacher
Cathy Worley / Parent
Denise Rogerson / Parent
Michelle Sexton / Parent
Nancy Brake / Parent
Cynthia Smith / Student
Steven Terrell / Student

Edgecombe Early College High School

Focused Intervention Plan Budget

2013-2014

PLAN A

STRATEGY I:

To provide targeted release dates for data study and interpretation for EOC tested subjects (Biology, English II, and Integrated Math I) and MSL tested subjects. Substitute teachers will be hired at the conclusion of testing and after the release of data. The dates include for teacher release include: November 14th (Semester 1) and April 11th (Semester 2).

FUNDS NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT STRATEGY II:

Substitute Teacher Pay: (7 teachers X 2 days of release X $91.00 per day) ...... $1,274.00

This plan is contingent upon an increase in FIP funds and is the preferred plan to include all teachers teaching these subjects. If no increase is provided, Plan B will be utilized.

PLAN B

STRATEGY I:

To provide targeted release dates for data study and interpretation for EOC tested subjects (Biology, English II, and Integrated Math I). Substitute teachers will be hired at the conclusion of testing and after the release of data. The dates include for teacher release include: November 14th (Semester 1) and April 11th (Semester 2).

FUNDS NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT STRATEGY II:

Substitute Teacher Pay: (3 teachers X 2 days of release X $91.00 per day) ...... $546.00

This plan will focus only on EOC teachers.

GRAND TOTAL OF EXPENDITURES: ...... PLAN A...... $1,274.00

……………PLAN B………$546.00

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