The school has
recently developed the following goals, objectives and action plans as part of
the School Accreditation and School Improvement process and the development of
our Title 1 School-wide Plan. Our parents and patrons are encouraged to
review the goals and offer comment and suggestions. Comments and
suggestions concerning the new goals can be submitted by e-mailing
[email protected]
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN
Goals and Objectives
Standards
Goal: To maintain or increase test scores as shown by local, district, state,
and national standards.
Objective:
An annual increase in the number of students who show one year's growth on their
standardized test score rank
Assessment
Goal: To prepare students for classroom, district, state, and national
assessments
Objective: Align classroom instruction with
the State Achievement Standards and District Essential Learnings
Objective: Teach to proper test taking skills.
Objective: An annual increase in student
attendance rates
Accountability
Goal
#1: To Continue to hold students accountable for local, state, and national
standards.
Objective: Continue involving parents in the
learning process
Objective: Maintain or increase the rate of
parent participation in parent/teacher conferences
Objective: Hold students accountable for
their own actions, expect quality work, encourage self-direction and motivation,
and promote the development of strong job skills
Goal
#2: To Develop Strong Basic Skills
Objective: Emphasize the importance of
editing written work and using the other recognized steps involved in the
writing process
Objective: Maintain and encourage
development of programs that increase student skill levels such as Early
Intervention Strategies, Title 1, Reading Recovery, and Developmental First
Grade skills
Objective: To increase basic skills in the
area of spelling
Objective: Increase skills in the area of
literacy
Objective: Improve basic skills in
mathematics
Alignment
Goal:
To continue to assign resources to focus on students meeting standards through
the use of grants, professional development, community support, volunteer
programs, parent involvement, and communication and visibility within our
community
Objective: To encourage staff to seek grant
funding for projects which are designed to assist students in gaining the
knowledge needed to meet standards
Objective: To facilitate professional
development in those areas of the curriculum that will assist staff in focusing
student success in meeting the standards
Objective:
To formulate a focused
approach to encourage community support, volunteerism, and parent involvement
Climate
Goal #1: To continue efforts to maintain a positive school climate
Objective:
Maintain current
programs that promote a working and learning climate that is focused on being
positive
Goal #2: To continue efforts to maintain a safe school environment for students
and faculty members.
Objective:
To create a learning atmosphere that is safe for all members of the school
community
Goal #3: To work at creating positive school morale for all staff and students
Objective:
To promote a learning
atmosphere where students and staff have a positive feeling about their work and
what they have accomplished
Collaborative Relationships
Goal #1: To maximize available resources by continuing and expanding
partnerships with parents, community groups, social services, and/or businesses
Objective:
Sunnyside Staff will
take an active part in the school's Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO)
Objective:
To develop mutually
beneficial partnerships with community groups, social services, and/or
businesses
Continuous Improvement
Goal: To commit to continuous improvement of student achievement
Objective:
Using disaggregated data from various tests and assessments, the staff will
monitor and adjust curriculum and instruction so that maximum student
achievement will result and progress will be made towards meeting the needs of
all student populations.
Objective:
Using a three year
record of the school's Average Daily Attendance Data, the school will establish
a building attendance goal and will demonstrate evidence of progress towards
meeting (or having met) the stated goal.
Objective:
Using a three year
record of school's behavior referrals, suspensions, and expulsions, the school
will establish a building behavior goal and will demonstrate evidence of
progress towards meeting (or having met) the stated goal.
Building Goals for Continuous Improvement of Student Learning
v
Direct Math Assessment:
An annual review of disaggregated data will reveal that the average student
scores on the Idaho Direct Math Assessment been maintained at or above current
three-year average of students at the proficient level.
v
Direct Writing Assessment:
An annual review of disaggregated data will reveal that the average student
scores on the Idaho Direct Writing Assessment has improved by three percent over
the current three-year average of students at the proficient level.
v
Attendance:
An annual review of disaggregated data will reveal that the average daily
attendance for the student population of Sunnyside School will be maintained at
or above current five-year average.
v
Behavior:
An annual review of disaggregated data will reveal an annual reduction in total
student behavior referrals at all grade levels of 10% in relation to the five
year average.
v
Idaho Reading Indicator:
An annual review of disaggregated data will reveal that the average percentage
of student scores at level three of the Idaho Reading Indicator will increase
by 3% over the current three-year average at Grade Three.
v
Idaho Standards Achievement Tests:
An annual review of disaggregated data will reveal that the average percentage
of student scores on the math strand sub-tests relating to estimation,
computation, and measurement will show an increase of 3% or more in each of
grades two through five.
