Southmoreland Primary Center School Board Presentation 2015-2016

About SPC 290 students in grades K and 1 148 in K 142 in 1 55% Free and Reduced 22 faculty members, including shared elementary itinerants and support teachers ½ time counselor, ½ time LS teacher SPC

Accomplishments Accomplishment #1: Recipient of the 2012-2013 Governor’s Award for Excellence in Academics Accomplishment #2: Selected as a 2013 National Model of a Professional Learning Community at Work Accomplishment #3: Transition from Pre-K to Kindergarten improved through more student activities and focused meetings with Pre-K providers Accomplishment #4: Revision of Super Scottie Awards focused on monthly citizenship lessons that became basis for student selection and addresses Social Studies curriculum

Accomplishments Accomplishment #5: Highest School Performance Profile (89.4) in the district Accomplishment #6: Improved school climate concerns as a building with School Norms Accomplishment #7: Collaboration and collective responsibility for the learning of students and adults Accomplishment #8: Increased parent and community involvement in the school through targeted activities and communications Accomplishment #9: Successfully implemented Guided Reading and the Daily 5 at SPC—collected prescriptive data to identify student growth and needs

Concerns Concern #1: District performance and state results on the PSSA were significantly lower in 2014-2015 Concern #2: Vertical alignment for Daily 5 and Guided Reading for grades K-3 Concern #3: Improvement of transition from grades 1-2 for faculty and students Concern #4: First grade IE structure

Concerns Concern #5: Student excessive truancy numbers were 10% in 2014-2015 Concern #6: School does not have access to ESAP resources and trainings to identify student issues Concern #7: Super Scottie Awards focus on citizenship, but other areas of student performance are not recognized Concern #8 Behavior in the lunchroom needs to be taught systematically and consistently

Goal #1: Establish a system within the school that fully ensures consistent implementation of standards aligned curricula across all classrooms for all students. Itinerant Involvement in Student Support and Curriculum meetings · Build time into master schedule to facilitate the meetings · Itinerant schedules allow itinerant team to attend grade level Student Support and Curriculum meetings on a rotating basis · Using support staff to free teachers from morning duties to attend some of the curriculum and SSP meetings · Monthly team calendars Align student experiences at SPC/SES Will meet with 2nd Grade team to discuss transition plans, which may include but are not limited to: · Grade 2 meetings--what concerns do you see with new students arriving from SPC? What skills do you feel students need to improve upon? · Vertical alignment of Daily 5 and Guided Reading K-3 · Enhancement of First Grade/Second Grade “Buddies” and Adopt-A-Classroom Our Plan

Our Plan Vertical Alignment of Daily 5 and Guided Reading K-3 Together, teams will: · review curriculum maps and essential outcomes · identify overlap and gaps in curriculum · agree upon introduction and mastery of identified skills · ensure systemic process for supporting students through IE · implement the Daily 5 and Guided Reading reading program to target district goal of increased reading proficiency Goal #2: Establish a system within the school that fully ensures students who are academically at risk are identified early and are supported by a process that provides interventions based upon student needs and includes procedures for monitoring effectiveness. Consistent implementation of IE · Consistent systems for identifying, planning and implementing plans to support all students at SPC Reading Buddies Program · Using high school students twice a month, identified at-risk readers will read to and listen to reading with their buddies, who will model and practice with them. Our Plan

Goal #3: Establish a system within the school that fully ensures each member of the school community promotes, enhances and sustains a shared vision of positive school climate. Increasing student recognitions · Itinerants will enhance current student awards for their respective disciplines · During one monthly SSP meeting, teams will write Good News Post Cards to share positive student experiences with parents · Posters and Art in cafe and in school entrances to reflect student accomplishments · Developing a calendar with dates for each of the categories for SSS and deadlines for voting · Daily announcements reminding students and staff about the character trait for the month · BASE program targeting three or fewer absences for any reason per nine weeks to affect student attendance Developing Shared School Values · Reviewing and revising as a school (faculty, staff, support staff) the norms of behavior for all adults at SPC · Modeling positive behaviors for students · Sharing those norms with substitutes, visitors, and parents through Principal’s newsletter · Posting those norms throughout the school Our Plan

Our Plan Professional Growth through Team Learning Goal #4: Establish a system within the school that fully ensures teachers and administrators receive timely, effective support and intervention as needed. Professional Growth through Team Learning · Teams will read professional works on topics that relate to the school's mission through team book study · Through the team learning process, teams will: 1. Develop team norms 2. Clarify the 8-10 essential learnings by semester by course (aligned with common core) 3. Map curriculum 4. Develop common assessments 5. Establish specific targets/benchmarks 6. Analyze results 7. Identify and implement improvement strategies 8. Develop smart goals based upon our assessment results 9. Quarterly best practice meetings for teams Teams will faithfully complete this process and renew the cycle regularly. This will be reflected in the monthly team calendars and monitored through completion of those items. Our Plan

BASE Program--Attendance 2.9% of students have missed 9 or more days this year, which is a significant improvement from 10% of students missing 9 or more days as of the close of the third quarter.

Super Scottie Students--Citizenship

Super Scottie Bus--Positive Behavior Plan

Results Grade level goals: Kindergarten Reading: target 87%--currently 92% proficient on team common assessments Kindergarten Math: target 92%--currently 95% proficient on team common assessments First Grade Reading: target 86%--currently 88% proficient on team common assessments First Grade Math: target 87%--currently 90% proficient on team common assessments