1. DATA RETREAT PRINCIPAL’S MID-YEAR REPORT 2010-11 Vandercook Lake Middle School Principal: Renee Rudloff Subject Area: Reading & Writing

2. GOAL All students will be proficient in reading and writing by 2014. What group of students is targeted with this goal: All students in grades 6-12

3. Objective 1 Teachers will administer writing prompts twice a year and provide feedback to evaluate and improve persuasive writing skills.

4. Evidence of Action Grade 6 = Narrative Prompt 7-12 = Persuasive Prompt November (Pre Assessment) = Prompt A February (Post Assessment) = Prompt A

5. Prompt Results Pre/Post (sample) NameGradeUIC Prompt 1 Prompt 2 ALEXANDER, WILLIAM VINCENT6xxxxxxxxxx 2 2 AMBURGEY-MCDERMOTT, SAVANNAH ZOE6xxxxxxxxxx 5 5 ANKNEY, SHELBY JO6xxxxxxxxxx 3 5 AVERY, SARAH ELAINE6xxxxxxxxxx 4 4 BAHR, TYSON J6xxxxxxxxxx 1 4 BAIRD, HANNAH ELIZABETH6xxxxxxxxxx 3 4

6. Evidence of Action (continued) Quality feedback given to students on an individual basis Staff has been trained on scoring prompts using the ACT Rubric Writing prompts scored by ELA staff using the ACT Rubric (grades 7-12), and MEAP Rubric (grade 6)

7. Is It Working? Common Initiative Among ELA Staff Additional Writing Data For This Year Evaluation of Scores and Discussion of Possible Interventions Will Be Added to Data Director

8. Objective 2 Teachers will increase access, time, and authentic purpose of informational texts in lessons in order to improve reading comprehension.

9. Evidence of Action Curriculum re-alignment to support the improvement of informational text goal Discussion/notes from bi-monthly meetings Share-out of resource information during our department meetings “Professional Learning Community” has been established and are sharing lessons with focus on informational text

10. Is It Working? Discussion / Ideas during monthly meetings Item analysis of MEAP results when they are released Analysis of semester exams

11. Objective 3 Teachers will provide explicit vocabulary activities in order to improve reading comprehension.

12. Evidence of Action RTI Strategies in Classrooms Discussion/sharing of ideas and resources during department meetings Review and implement Lifetyme strategies into all core subject areas Daily exposure/instruction involving ACT vocabulary lists

13. Is It Working? Data analysis of ACT Practice Test through Sylvan Learning Classroom walkthroughs/informal observations by principals

14. What’s Next? Evaluation of writing prompt scores MEAP/MME Item Analysis Pre/Post Assessment Data Review of weekly lesson plans (new this year)