1. School Improvement Grant (SIG)
HCS
School Improvement Grant (SIG)
June 7, 2012

2. School Improvement Grant (SIG)
HCS
School Improvement Grant (SIG)
Westlawn Middle and James I Dawson applied in 2011 for a School Improvement Grant (SIG), which means they were identified as needing
improvement,
corrective action,
or restructuring,
as to enable them to make adequate yearly progress.

3. Or Choice & SES Made AYP No Choice or SES
AYP Status (Data from )
AYP Status (Data from )
Huntsville City Schools AYP
AYP Status (Data from )
Huntsville City Schools AYP              
James I Dawson
Transformation Model
School Improvement Grant
School Improvement Year 2
Choice & SES Or
Made AYP
No Choice or SES
School Improvement Year 1 Delay - Made AYP
School Improvement Year 1
Did not meet Proficiency
for
Reading - All Students;
Black;
Free-Reduced Lunch
and
Math - All Students; Black;
Westlawn
Turnaround Model
AYP Starting Over in the AYP Process
School Improvement Year 7
Did not meet Proficiency for
Reading - All Students; Special Education;
Math – Special Education & Black
School Improvement Year 6
Reading - Special Education
Math - Special Education

4. James I Dawson Transformation Model Westlawn Turnaround Model
Amount Requested in the SIG
Important Academic Measures
Instructional Program
James I Dawson
Transformation Model
Replace Principal and work with the evaluation program of the existing staff
School Improvement Grant
Approximately
$1,054,000
a year
for 3 years
 Extended learning time
(30 minutes)
Job embedded PD
Continuous use of data to inform and differentiate instruction
HCS benchmark and outside evaluator
Community Engagement
Behavior Management
Instructional program aligned with standards based instruction through one-to-one technology
Westlawn
Turnaround Model
Replace Principal and 50% of the teachers
$1,059,000
Extended learning time
(60 minutes)