Gretchen Everhart School School Improvement Plan Public Hearing Public Hearing September 13, 2011

School Improvement Plan Look what we have accomplished! and what we hope to accomplish!

Our SIP for The SIP is in the Differentiated School Accountability Format as mandated by the State of Florida Uses goals in: »Reading »Writing »Math »Science »Attendance »Parent Involvement and aims for improvements over last years scores

Changes in how scores were reported Students scores are in one of three levels/categories: –Emergent (1-3) –Achieved (4-6) –Commended (7-9) Most of our students are Emergent

Reading End of Year Results: 14% of Everhart students assessed in reading by the Florida Alternate Assessment (grades 3 – 10) achieved a level 4 or higher in order to attain adequate yearly progress. 80% of the students in the school made gains in reading as assessed on school wide reading assessments Next Years goal utilizing Safe Harbor 23% of Everhart students assessed in Reading by the Florida Alternate Assessment (grades 3 – 10) will achieve a level 4 or higher.

Writing End of Year Results: 4% of Everhart students assessed in writing by the Florida Alternate Assessment (grades 4, 8 & 10) achieved a level 4 or higher. 50% achieved a level 3 or higher! Next Years goal: 14% of Everhart students assessed in writing by the Florida Alternate Assessment (grades 4, 8 & 10) will achieve a level 4 or higher as evidenced by the Florida Alternate Assessment Report results.

Math End of Year Objective: 7% of Everhart students assessed in mathematics by the Florida Alternate Assessment (grades 3 – 10) achieved a level 4 or higher in order to attain adequate yearly progress. Next years goal utilizing Safe Harbor: 17% of the students tested on the FAA (grades 3-10) will achieve a level 4 or higher.

Science End of Year Results: 9% of Everhart students assessed in science by the Florida Alternate Assessment (grades 5, 8 & 10) achieved a level 4 or higher. Next years goal: 18% of Everhart students assessed in science by the Florida Alternate Assessment (grades 5, 8 & 10) will achieve a level 4 or higher as evidenced by the Florida Alternate Assessment Report results.

Florida Alternate Assessment: Takes into consideration the 3 access point levels –Participatory Level –Supported Level –Independent Level Performance Task Approach Allows students to work across levels to their fullest potential

Grades tested same as FCAT 3 rd ReadingMath th ReadingMathWriting th ReadingMath Science 6 th ReadingMath th ReadingMath th ReadingMathWritingScience 9 th ReadingMath th ReadingMathWriting th Science

When? F.A.A. Test Administration window is from: January 9 th – Feb. 24 th FCAT is: Feb. - Writing March - Reading / Math and Science

Attendance Goals Average daily attendance of students at Everhart is 88.32% –Next year: 90% or more 56% were absent for 10 days or more –Next year: 50% or less 18 students wil excessive unexcused tardies –Nest year: 15 students or less

Parent Involvement 75% of the parents will be in attendance at their childs IEP meeting Attendance at school sponsored activities will have at least 10 parents or more.

We are a part of Leon County Schools Accreditation Process Self studies involved in the process help us better determine the direction of our school and ultimately will impact our School Improvement Plan which is a critical component of continuous improvement

Vision Statement in a few words Striving for quality of life... one student... one success at a time

Comments / Ideas? Stay tuned…….. the School Advisory Council will meet: Tuesday, September 20 th 6:00 – 7:00 to approve the Plan for the year

Recruiting S.A.C. Members If you would like to serve on the School Advisory Council for Everhart We could use you! Please let one of us know! We need people to represent our diverse school population! We also need D.A.C. Representatives (District Advisory Council)

Thank You! Thank you for participating in the Public Hearing of the Gretchen Everhart School School Improvement Plan for