ST. SCHOLASTICA ACADEMY SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN !"#$-‐!"!" Goal 1: To increase rigor in the college preparatory program in order to close learning gaps between the honors/AP and college prep programs. Strategies 1. Conduct a comprehensive annual curriculum renewal process Timeline May (of each year) 2. Align curriculum with May (of each year) ACT college readiness standards and adopted ELA and math common core state standards Resources • Best practices research • Colleges and universities • Standardized testing data • Classroom performance data Responsible Party Academic Dean Academic Dean • Common core state standards and school-‐ developed “power standards” • ACT college readiness standards • Academic Council • Academic Excellence Committee (school board) 3. Begin development January 2015-‐May 2020 • NY Regions Academic Dean of End-‐of-‐course examinations assessments for core • ACT End-‐of-‐course subjects including assessments foreign languages • ACT standardized released examinations • PARCC assessments 4. Implement close On-‐going Academic Dean • ELA common core reading strategies and standards for reading evidence-‐based and writing writing across the • Primary and curriculum secondary sources Evidence of Completion Measurement • Curriculum maps with • Standardized testing changes highlighted data o EXPLORE/PLAN/ACT o ASPIRE 8, 9, 10 o PSAT/SAT • School developed end-‐ of-‐course assessment data • Alumnae performance in 1st year of college • Curriculum maps with • Standardized testing standards highlighted data o EXPLORE/PLAN/ACT o ASPIRE 8, 9, 10 • Alumnae performance in 1st year of college • End-‐of-‐course assessments • School developed end-‐ of-‐course assessment data • Writing assignments across the disciplines • Use of primary and secondary sources to support evidence-‐ based writing • Teacher-‐developed reading and writing assignments using evidence • Teacher-‐selected primary and secondary ST. SCHOLASTICA ACADEMY SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN !"#$-‐!"!" • • • 5. Implement use of On-‐going multiple formative assessments to increase student understanding and success on summative assessments Academic Dean • Differentiated instruction assessment practices • Transformative Assessments by James Popham • Sample formative assessments • Teacher-‐developed formative assessments FROM summative assessments • • • sources Unit and lesson plans Standardized testing data in English, Reading, and Science o EXPLORE/PLAN/ACT o ASPIRE 8, 9, 10 Alumnae performance in 1st year of college writing courses Unit plans Teacher-‐developed summative and formative assessments Lesson plans Goal 2. To increase math and science performance on standardized tests to better compete with local schools. 1. Implement Physics-‐ First ® curriculum Completed • • • • Physics-‐First Research Academic Dean Ben Franklin School High Tech High School McGill-‐Toolen School 2. Implementation of year-‐ long math and science Completed • Brain research in female cognitive development Academic Dean • Implementation of Physics-‐First curriculum • Implementation of year-‐long math and science • Science performance on standardized tests beginning with the Class of 2019 o EXPLORE/PLAN/ACT o ASPIRE 8, 9, 10 o Course schedules o Curriculum guide and offerings • Science performance on standardized tests beginning with the Class of 2019 o EXPLORE/PLAN/ACT ST. SCHOLASTICA ACADEMY SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN !"#$-‐!"!" • 3. Align major concepts and skills in math and science curriculum On-‐going • Transcending concepts and skills in math and science • Common core math practices • Common core state standards in math • The Next Generation Science standards • ACT and PARCC assessments Academic Dean • Curriculum maps identifying alignment of major concepts and skills • • • • • 4. Develop standard policies and procedures to be implemented in math and science On-‐going • UPS-‐check problem solving model • Graphing rules and expectations • Differentiated instruction practices for assessment and grading policies • Close reading techniques • Use of formative assessments • Student-‐self assessment for test analysis Academic Dean • Standard Policies and procedures • • • o ASPIRE 8, 9, 10 Student performance on science end-‐of-‐ course assessments Course schedules Curriculum guide Science and math performance on standardized tests beginning with the Class of 2019 o EXPLORE/PLAN/ACT o ASPIRE 8, 9, 10 Student performance on science and math end-‐of-‐course assessments Academic council and department meeting minutes Science and math performance on standardized tests beginning with the Class of 2019 o EXPLORE/PLAN/ACT o ASPIRE 8, 9, 10 Student performance on science and math end-‐of-‐course assessments Monitoring for consistent implementation of standard policies and procedures through ST. SCHOLASTICA ACADEMY SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN !"#$-‐!"!" lesson plans, assessments, learning walks and observations • Professional development for math and science teaching staff Goal 3. To increase the use of data to inform instructional decisions so as to better meet the needs of individual students. 1. Provide faculty with professional development in the use of data to inform instructional decisions August 2015 – May 2016 • Catapult (and beyond) • ACT.org • School Leadership Center Academic Dean 2. Provide faculty with professional development and coahcing in differentiated instruction August 2015 – May 2016 • Staff Development Academic Dean (and beyond) for Educators • Catapult • School Leadership Center • National Staff Development Council • Rick Wormeli • DI coach • Grade-‐level data teams • School-‐wide academic goals • Grade-‐level data teams • Instructional teams • DI cadre • DI coach • Student performance growth on standard tests (increase in percentage of students exceeding predicted scores and decrease in percentage of students scoring below predicted scores) o EXPLORE/PLAN/ACT linkage reports o ASPIRE 8, 9, 10 linkage reports • Unit plans, differentiated instructional approaches and assessments • Tiered instruction and assessment • Student performance growth on standard tests (increase in percentage of students exceeding predicted scores and decrease in percentage of students scoring below predicted scores) o EXPLORE/PLAN/ACT linkage reports o ASPIRE 8, 9, 10 linkage ST. SCHOLASTICA ACADEMY SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN !"#$-‐!"!" reports