1. 2014-2015 Konnoak School Improvement Plan To increase the percent of students proficient in reading, math and science by 20%. Strategy 2: Implementation of Daily Routines to focus on Number Sense, Base 10 and Place Value skills. Action steps: 1. Provide training and implement Math Journals/interactive notebook to engage students in math talk, higher order thinking activities and applications of skills. 2. Implement data-based intervention groups and provide targeted intervention/ enrichment (skills specific) to identified students for during school and afterschool tutoring. (GL) 3. Implementation of Thinking Maps as cognitive tools to use across the standards and DIBELS Math to teach, intervene and help students understand their present level of performance. Strategy 3: Strengthen the Science Program to meet the needs of all students.. Action steps: 1. Provide Science as a special class to supplement the classroom instruction. 2. Build vocabulary skills and strategies to increase Tier 2 and 3 vocabulary. 3. Apply Thinking Maps to learning and demonstrating understanding of scientific concepts. Strategy 1:. Implement data-based intervention/workshop groups and provide research based, skill specific strategies and enrichment to identified students to reach benchmark goals for students and grade levels us. Action steps: 1. Data-based decision making with analysis to group students, data notebooks to track student progress, data wall to monitor subgroup, and goal setting (student, class, etc.) for during and afterschool intervention. 2. Select research-based, instructional level materials to address specific reading skills to close reading gaps for students at their reading level. Host sessions for parents on these skills and use of strategies. 3. Teach Thinking Maps, how/when to use them and cognitive skills by which to apply To increase the number of staff with proficient or higher evaluation ratings by 10% to retain quality educators relative to school-based factors. Strategy: Survey staff and provide a menu of PD available to meet individual and small group needs. Action steps: 1. Identify breakfast clubs for interest groups (single gender, Eric Jensen, etc.) 2. Create and implement surveys (poll everywhere, PDP connection list, PDP review, etc.) for staff input, as well as parental interest in classes/topics. 3. Provide PD and necessary equipment, resources & tools to implement initiatives and assessments (DIBELS). Strategy: Eric Jensen training on understanding students living in poverty, mindset shifts, etc. Action steps: Provide direct support for teachers with non-proficient standards. 1. Assist with growth plans for teachers identified with developing areas in observations. 2. Facilitate individual coaching sessions with identified teachers 3. Provide training (parent information), focus groups and strategies to partner and address issues facing our population’s needs around teaching and learning. Increase the instructional time by reducing the emotional/behavioral distractions and time out of the learning environment by 50%. Strategy: Implement Strategies schoolwide, classroom and with individuals to reduce off-task behaviors. Action steps: 1. Use Class Dojo as a progress monitoring tool and parent notification system. 2. Explore Eric Jensen, Teaching with Poverty in Mind & Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind to better understand the students. 3. Implement Staff and Student incentives to recognize consistent, outstanding and improving behavior. The Konnoak Way: clear vision *communication * commitment * college/career ready *collaboration