CONTENT AREA: Reading Math Writing Science Parental Drop-out Prevention Programs Involvement Language Social Arts/PE Other: Arts Studies School Based Objective: (Action statement: What will we do to improve programmatic and/or instructional effectiveness?) Lockmar’s objective is to provide more rigor in classroom instruction to prepare students to appropriately respond to text-based writing assignments and to have the ability to understand domain-specific vocabulary that will be needed to comprehend complex text. This objective will be achieved by teaching standards based vocabulary, by using higher order questions to extend thinking and by using Marzano’s highest yield strategy: Identifying Similarities and Differences. Strategies: (Small number of action oriented staff performance objectives) Person In-Process Barrier Action Steps Timetable Budget Responsible Measure 1. Teachers do not share 1. Teachers will attend School Based Team August 14, 2014 $0 Training agendas one common definition training on the content for Language Arts and records of “rigor”, and are not and instructional and Mathematics September – familiar with standards implications of the November 2014 Sample lesson plans on the new Florida Florida Standards for Early Release days Standards Assessment Language Arts and Student work Mathematics. September 2014- samples showcasing May 2015 standards being taught 2. Inconsistency in 1. Interactive student Principal September 2014- $0 Use of student data student achievement data cards will be set up April 2015 cards to track across grade levels in the teacher work growth, MTSS grade level room so all teachers can information, and chairs monitor student instructional
CONTENT AREA: Reading Math Writing Science Parental Involvement Drop-out Prevention Programs Language Arts Social Studies Arts/PE Other: School Based Objective: (Action statement: What will we do to improve programmatic and/or instructional effectiveness?) Lockmar’s objective is to provide more rigor in classroom instruction to prepare students to appropriately respond to text-based writing assignments and to have the ability to understand domain-specific vocabulary that will be needed to comprehend complex text. This objective will be achieved by teaching standards based vocabulary, by using higher order questions to extend thinking and by using Marzano’s highest yield strategy: Identifying Similarities and Differences. Strategies: (Small number of action oriented staff performance objectives) Barrier Action Steps Person Responsible Timetable Budget In-Process Measure 1. Teachers do not share one common definition of “rigor”, and are not familiar with standards on the new Florida Standards Assessment 1. Teachers will attend training on the content and instructional implications of the Florida Standards for Language Arts and Mathematics. School Based Team for Language Arts and Mathematics August 14, 2014 September – November 2014 Early Release days September 2014- May 2015 $0 Training agendas and records Sample lesson plans Student work samples showcasing standards being taught 2. Inconsistency in student achievement across grade levels 1. Interactive student data cards will be set up in the teacher work room so all teachers can monitor student Principal MTSS grade level chairs September 2014- April 2015 $0 Use of student data cards to track growth, information, and instructional