CMS School Improvement Plan 2010-12

Winget Park Elementary School 2011-12

CMS SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN REPORT

School: Winget Park Elementary School

Principal: Paul M. Williams

Assistant Principal: Kimberly White

Address: 12235 Winget Road

Charlotte NC 28278

Courier Number: 588

Phone: 980-343-1063

Learning Zone: Southwest Zone

Area Superintendent: Kit Rea


SCHOOL PROFILE

Winget Park Elementary School opened in 2006. This year we will promote our very first Kindergarten class to middle school!

We are located in the Southwestern most corner of Mecklenburg County, our school continues to expand in its sixth year. Enrollment has steadily increased over the past two years. Built for 800 students, we educate 970 talented children each day. We have many students from various grade levels learning in mobile classrooms. Our students are 41.9% White, 30.2% African-American, 18.9% Hispanic, 0.5% Native American, 2.9% multiracial and 5.6% Asian. Students are rewarded with Wolf of the Day and Wolfpack of the Week recognitions. Our students participate in numerous co-curricular activities that are engaging and often community service oriented. Winget Park has 100 faculty and staff members. We have 72 teachers, 16 instructional assistants, four support staff/secretaries, four custodians, five cafeteria workers, and two administrators. Our Before and After School Enrichment Programs are operated by a director and seven staff members. Eight of our teachers are National Board Certified and thirty have earned their master’s degrees. Extremely strong parental involvement is one of the cornerstones of our success. Numerous opportunities abound for volunteering. Parents serve our school by volunteering in classrooms, the Media Center, the Health Room and other areas of need. Our parents logged more than 4,000 volunteer hours last school year. Our PTO provides funding for classroom materials, technology, teacher supplies, scholarships for student field trips, uniforms and supplies for student activities. Our PTO has also established partnerships with various business that include but are not limited to Chik-Fil-A, McDonald’s, Jim and Nick’s, Target, Salsaritas, Harris Teeter, and Wells Fargo. They provide gifts for school-sponsored events and family spirit nights where Winget Park earns a percentage of total sales.

Our school’s success depends on the strong relationships we have with our students, faculty and staff, parents and our community. We look forward to another successful and rewarding year!

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CMS School Improvement Plan 2010-12

Winget Park Elementary School 2011-12

Outcome (1): Increase parent involvement and volunteerism in our school as evidenced by the amount of our registered volunteers, and the number of hours logged in classrooms working with teachers and students. Our goal is to have our volunteers log and complete over 4,500 hours of service, exceeding 4,000 hours last year. We will also work to raise funds and promote community collaboration through community service, outreach projects, and corporate sponsorships.

Strategic Plan 2014 Areas of Focus: School Quality Review Criteria:

Effective Teaching and Leadership Performance Management Achievement Leadership/Management

Increasing the Graduation Rate Teaching/Learning through Technology Curriculum Learning Environment

Environmental Stewardship Parent/Community Connections Learning/Teaching Parent and Community

Strategies
·  Task
·  Task / Point Person
(title/name) / Deliverables/Assessments
(evidence-SQR rubric) / Leadership Standard*
·  Responsibilities / Prof. Dev. Focus
·  Participants
·  Funding / Parental Involvement
·  Activity
·  Funding / Timeline
End Date
·  ck date
·  ck date
Process / Outcome
·  Training opportunities for parents to help in class.
·  Volunteer menu for parents to choose from (per grade level).
·  Create motivation for volunteers (awards, recognition, chart, etc.).
·  Create groups for parents to work with (lunch buddies, math groups, reading groups).
·  Create a volunteer center in the classroom.
·  Better and more frequent communications with parents (newsletters, web posts, etc.)
·  CMS volunteer login sheets in the classroom or main office.
·  Set up groups so that parents can facilitate computer use to review skills.
·  Post a thermometer (chart to track) in the main lobby to track measurable progress.
·  Place a volunteer board in the main lobby to raise awareness of volunteer opportunities in the building.
·  Strategically coordinate volunteers to meet the academic needs of students.
·  Students , with parental and faculty/staff
support and sponsorship, will lead and participate in projects throughout our school and in the community. / Admin
Team:
P. Williams,
K. White
Facilitators/
Ervay and
M. Rodriguez
Bill Parker
______
P. Williams, K. White
Ervay, Rodriguez
Teachers
Bill Parker
Bill Parker,
Ervay, Rodriguez / Lesson plans
Team
collaborative
lesson
planning
DIBELS and
Study Island reports
AR reports
Grade Level
Agendas
______
Faculty
Meeting
Agendas / Volunteer Log Reports
Notes and feedback forms
Survey data / Cultural(3)
Efficacy and Empowerment / Volunteerism
Instructional Support / Parent involvement in classrooms and at events / 6.8.12
10.31.11
1.24.12
4.09.12


Outcome (2): Enhance our school-wide literacy instructional model to improve student performance on common, formative, and summative literacy assessments. Our 3-5 composite reading score will rise to 80% and the percentage of our K-2 students who meet the benchmark requirements for their grade level on the end of year DIBELS assessment will exceed 90%. All students will make more than one year’s worth of academic growth as evidenced by end of year assessments.

Strategic Plan 2014 Areas of Focus: School Quality Review Criteria:

Effective Teaching and Leadership Performance Management Achievement Leadership/Management

Increasing the Graduation Rate Teaching/Learning through Technology Curriculum Learning Environment

Environmental Stewardship Parent/Community Connections Learning/Teaching Parent and Community

Strategies
·  Task
·  Task / Point Person
(title/name) / Deliverables/Assessments
(evidence-SQR rubric) / Leadership Standard*
·  Responsibilities / Prof. Dev. Focus
·  Participants
·  Funding / Parental Involvement
·  Activity
·  Funding / Timeline
End Date
·  ck date
·  ck date
Process / Outcome
·  Teachers will all have access to, and use the Reading A-Z program in K-5.
·  Differentiated instruction will be provided based on specific standards and reading skills. Data will drive reading instruction.
·  Cooperative learning and reading groups will be formed in each classroom for each grade level.
·  Students will have access to the William and Mary literacy curriculum.
·  Teachers will check out and use the leveled texts in the leveled text library.
·  Create ongoing professional development and training in order to implement research-based best practices for reading instruction.
·  Purchase and grant access to research proven programs such as RazKids, Study Island, and Discovery Education.
·  Implement the Daily 5 reading structure in all classrooms.
·  Use the Words Their Way program to teach orthography. / Admin
Team
P. Williams, K. White
Facilitators/
Ervay and
Rodriguez
Ervay, Rodriguez, and Teachers
Williams / Grade Level
Planning
Lesson Plans
Walkthroughs
Observations
Coaching:
Peer
(Teacher to
Teacher)
Admin / Walkthroughs
Observation Data
PD attendance / Instructional (2)
Monitor
Coach
Evaluate / Rigor
Faculty
PDC
SWZ
Bloom’s
Taxonomy
Marzano Research
PLC’s / Supplies and
materials
PTA / 6.8.12
10.31.11
1.24.12
4.09.12


Outcome (3): Step up fundraising efforts to increase the amount of instructional materials and technology for use in our classrooms. Our goal is to raise at least $500 for every classroom ($24,000). This can be measured by the amount of funds raised during our capital campaign and in our final PTO and school fundraising reports. This can also be measured by the capital improvements made for our school through enhanced technology and literacy resources.

Strategic Plan 2014 Areas of Focus: School Quality Review Criteria:

Effective Teaching and Leadership Performance Management Achievement Leadership/Management

Increasing the Graduation Rate Teaching/Learning through Technology Curriculum Learning Environment

Environmental Stewardship Parent/Community Connections Learning/Teaching Parent and Community

Strategies
·  Task
·  Task / Point Person
(title/name) / Deliverables/Assessments
(evidence-SQR rubric) / Leadership Standard*
·  Responsibilities / Prof. Dev. Focus
·  Participants
·  Funding / Parental Involvement
·  Activity
·  Funding / Timeline
End Date
·  ck date
·  ck date
Process / Outcome
·  Draft a letter and send to local businesses to request partnerships and funding.
·  Pledges for Raz-Kids goals
·  Include a dollar amount for ticket sales for school events
·  Provide opportunities for local businesses to advertise in exchange for donations.
·  Maintain current partnerships with Bi-Lo, Target, Salsarita’s, FUEL pizza,
·  Create social events that are high yield, and low in cost
·  Penny Challenge
·  Offer school supply bundles by the end of the year. / P. Williams,
Principal
Mindy Ervay
Debbie Harley,
PTO Pres.
Carl Wilson,
SLT Chair / PTO
Executive
Board
Meetings
SLT Meetings
Faculty/Staff
Meetings
Parent
Conferences
Grade Level
Meetings / Fundraising reports
Donations
Business partnerships / External
Development (6) / Parent
University
Funding / PTO
SLT
Volunteers for events / 6.8.12
10.31.11
1.24.12
4.09.12

Outcome (4): Enhance parent and teacher communications with the implementation of teacher websites, wikis, podcasting, videos and email. We will provide world class customer service for our students and parents. Our team will support the instructional staff so that 100% of teachers have their own functioning and helpful website, and so that 100% of our parents believe that communication is excellent from the school and the teachers. We can measure this through our parent survey results.

Strategic Plan 2014 Areas of Focus: School Quality Review Criteria:

Effective Teaching and Leadership Performance Management Achievement Leadership/Management

Increasing the Graduation Rate Teaching/Learning through Technology Curriculum Learning Environment

Environmental Stewardship Parent/Community Connections Learning/Teaching Parent and Community

Strategies
·  Task
·  Task / Point Person
(title/name) / Deliverables/Assessments
(evidence-SQR rubric) / Leadership Standard*
·  Responsibilities / Prof. Dev. Focus
·  Participants
·  Funding / Parental Involvement
·  Activity
·  Funding / Timeline
End Date
·  ck date
·  ck date
Process / Outcome
·  / P. Williams,
K. White,
Teachers
M. Ervay
M. Rodriguez
Susan Purser
PTO members
5th grade team
Limia Bowen
K. Ledbetter
G. Becker / Monthly Newsletters
Weekly Connect-ED messages
Seek opportunities / Outreach projects completed
Meetings with partners and schools
Pictures on website / Cultural Leadership (3)
External Development (6)
Micro-Political (7) / Parent
University
Service
Stewardship / Outreach / 6.8.12
10.31.11
1.24.12
4.09.12

Identify for each strategy, the NC Leadership Standard (7-listed below) and supporting McREL Responsibility (21) that the principal will assume.

1-Strategic, 2-Instructional, 3-Cultural, 4-Human Resources, 5-Managerial, 6-External Development, 7-Micro Political.