Longs Peak Middle School SMART GOALS Beckie Large-Swope Teacher Librarian

LPMS  470 Students  62.3% Free and Reduced Lunch  224 students on Individual Literacy Plans (ILP)  Approximate Cultural Break Down 49% Mexican American 49% Caucasian American 2% Asian, African American, Native American

Renaissance Learning  LPMS uses the computerized STAR reading test to determine student reading levels  Renaissance Place is an online version of Accelerated Reader (AR)  Currently has over 122,000 quizzes available for students

Renaissance Learning  Quizzes for all level of readers  Fiction and Nonfiction quizzes  New quizzes added weekly  Data for each student  STAR designed as a tool for Response to Intervention (RtI)  Reward based system

SMART Goal Process  Identify a need that the library can impact: Student Achievement in reading  Collaboration: Working with all the teachers in the building to create a culture of reading  Data Driven Instruction: knowing exactly where to help our students

LPMS SMART Goals 1.Students will obtain a years growth in reading. This will be assessed by STAR reading scores. 2.All students will set quarterly goals in Accelerated Reader based on their STAR scores to help them attain a years growth in reading.

LPMS STAR Data Grade1 st Quarter 2 nd Quarter 3 rd Quarter 4 th Quarter

Quarter AR Goal Achievement Grade1 st Quarter2 nd Quarter 3 rd Quarter 653%66%69% 732%58%62% 847%51%52% Total47%58%60%

Quarter AR Totals School Totals 1 st Quarter2 nd Quarter 3 rd Quarter Points11,1629, ,304 % Correct Taken5,3464,7815,499 Passed4,5153,9074,611

Year Long Statistics (and still counting…)  Over 13,521 quizzes passed  35,336.6 points earned  81.2 average percent correct  524 Spanish Quizzes passed  LPMS students took quizzes over 3,215 different titles  Checked out 15,167 books (32 per student)

Rewards  Ice Cream Sunday and Root Beer Float parties for Goal Achievers  Students who made their Year goal will go to a Colorado Rockies game  Students who made their goals have their names displayed in the library

Data Analysis  Seeing improvement each quarter with number of students getting their AR goal  STAR results are not improving as much as we would like  Students are reading  Fourth Quarter goal will end May 7

Next Steps  Final STAR test will be at the end of the school year  Continue to adapt the program based on the data  Have Access classes devoted to helping students get AR goals

Next Steps  Collection Development for the library  Selecting books that meet the needs of our students  Continuing to be a culturally responsive library

Next Year’s Focus  Continue with current goals  Focus on closing the Achievement Gap  Focus on Students who are on an ILP  Integrating Read 180 and System 44 into the AR program