1. Strategic Plan: Heards Ferry Elementary
3rd Grade Inquiry
100% of 3rd grade students will engage through inquiry-based learning.
School Culture
Attain and maintain a five-star climate rating from the Georgia Department of Education.
Partnerships
Increase the number of impactful partnerships that align to school goals.
Transparent and Efficient Management of Local Funds
Reduce the number of audit findings for Student Activity funds and ensure effective management of funds between schools and School Governance Councils.
Outcomes: What will success look like for our school?
5th Grade Writing
50% of 5th grade students will perform at proficient or distinguished levels in writing on the EOG assessment.
Teacher Retention
Increase retention of teachers beyond their 5th year.
Family Engagement
Increase the percentage of parents who volunteer their time at HFE.
Program of Inquiry
Implement instruction that supports the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program.
Positive Culture
Work to create a culture where families, students, and staff feel welcomed and appreciated.
Community Champions
Cultivate and sustain community champions to support student achievement.
Effective Budgeting
Refine and adjust our modified zero-based budgeting process to ensure that resources are used effectively and efficiently to impact district goals.
Initiatives: What will we do to achieve success?
Balanced Literacy Framework
Implement literacy instruction that includes a progression of teacher modeling, guided practice, and student independent learning.
Staff Leadership Development
Provide staff with the necessary coaching and opportunities to grow as educators and enhance their performance with students.
New Parent Involvement
Work to increase the amount of new parent volunteers we have in our school.

2. Initiatives: What will we do to achieve success?
Critical actions: What major actions will we complete and by when?
Evidence of progress: How will we know that the initiative is working?
Outcomes: What will success look like for our school?
Implement all 6 International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program units in grades K-5.
Provide IB PYP training opportunities using the timeline provided by IB.
Maintain IB PYP student portfolios.
Increase the % of teachers scoring level 4 on the Academically Challenging Environment standard on the TKES Summative to show an increase in inquiry-based teaching strategies in the classroom.
Increase the % of students in 3rd grade scoring level 4 on EOG ELA and Math to show effective use of inquiry-based instructional strategies and their impact on increasing the % of level 4 students.
3rd Grade Inquiry
100% of 3rd grade students will engage through inquiry-based learning
Inquiry-based Program Implementation (IB PYP)
Provide Lucy Calkins writing PD to teachers.
Administrative team will complete observations during writing block twice per year and calibrate.
Students will monitor their writing data 3 times per year.
Increase in the percentage of students scoring in the proficient or distinguished level on EOG writing.
Student growth on the Lucy Calkins WUOS post-tests.
An increase in the percentage of students using a data/writing notebook to monitor their own progress in writing.
5th Grade Writing
50% of 5th grade students will perform at proficient or distinguished levels in writing on the EOG assessment.
Lucy Calkins Writing Units of Study Implementation
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3. Initiatives: What will we do to achieve success?
Critical actions: What major actions will we complete and by when?
Evidence of progress: How will we know that the initiative is working?
Outcomes: What will success look like for our school?
Reevaluate PBIS plan using PBIS evaluation rubric and make necessary changes.
Teachers will self-identify their desired areas of leadership.
School-based leadership opportunities will be created based on teachers’ indicated areas.
Develop a new parent communication plan.
Administer a mid-year parent satisfaction survey.
5 Star Climate rating on State Survey
Results of mid-year parent survey.
Increase in the number of parents who participate in the new parent program.
School Culture
Attain and maintain a five-star climate rating from the Georgia Department of Education.
5 Star Climate
Maintain new teacher mentor program
Continue teacher support beyond year one at HFE through teacher mentor program which includes monthly meetings and coaching.
Create opportunities for teachers to share best educational practices.
Increase the number of teachers that stay with HFE after one year.
Increase the amount of teachers who share best practices. We will track this by using a spreadsheet.
Teacher Retention
Increase retention of teachers beyond their 5th year.
Teacher Development
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4. Initiatives: What will we do to achieve success?
Critical actions: What major actions will we complete and by when?
Evidence of progress: How will we know that the initiative is working?
Outcomes: What will success look like for our school?
Identify potential external organizations that our school can partner with to support our school goals.
Leverage our parent organization and SGC’s outreach and communication committee to identify new business partners.
Increase the number of new partnerships that contribute resources to support HFE.
Increase the number of SGC meetings community champions attend to discuss the school’s needs.
Partnerships
Increase the number of impactful partnerships that align to school goals.
Community Champions Plan
Develop a policy for parent volunteer hours
Communicate the plan to the community
Provide opportunities for volunteering
Increase in new parent participation.
Increase in hours logged on parent volunteer log.
Family Engagement
Increase the percentage of parents who volunteer their time at HFE.
Parent Volunteer Policy
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5. Initiatives: What will we do to achieve success?
Critical actions: What major actions will we complete and by when?
Evidence of progress: How will we know that the initiative is working?
Outcomes: What will success look like for our school?
Minimize monthly deficits by monitoring our budget.
Principal and administrative staff will review the Budget and Accountability Report (BAR) monthly
SGC will monitor school General Fund on a quarterly basis.
Average monthly deficits are 1 or less each month.
Carryover is projected to be less than 5% at the end of the school year
Transparent and Efficient Management of Local Funds
Reduce the number of audit findings for Student Activity funds and ensure effective management of funds between schools and School Governance Councils.
Effective Budgeting
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