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School Improvement Plan

2016-2017

School Improvement Plans remain in effect for two years, but a School Leadership Team may amend as often as necessary or appropriate.

Draft Due: October 3, 2016 Final Copy Due: October 18, 2016

2016-2017 Northwest School of the Arts School Improvement Plan Report

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Northwest School of the Arts

Contact Information

School: Northwest School of the Arts

Courier Number: 482

Address:

14 15 Beatties Ford Road Charlotte, NC 28216

Phone Number: 980-343-5500

Fax Number:

980-343-5593

Learning Community East

School Website: School.cms.k12.nc.us/Northwesths/pages/default.aspx or j.mp/nwsacms

Principal: Melody Sears

Learning Community Superintendent: Nancy Brightwell

Northwest School of the Arts School Improvement Team Membership From GS §115C-105.27: “The principal of each school, representatives of the assistant principals, instructional personnel, instructional support personnel, and teacher assistants assigned to the school building, and parents of children enrolled in the school shall constitute a school improvement team to develop a school improvement plan to improve student performance. Representatives of the assistant principals, instructional personnel, instructional support personnel, and teacher assistants shall be elected by their respective groups by secret ballot....Parents serving on school improvement teams shall reflect the racial and socioeconomic composition of the students enrolled in that school and shall not be members of the building-level staff.”

Committee Position Name Email Address Date

Elected

Principal Melody Sears [email protected]

Assistant Principal Representative Joyce Lockhart [email protected] 9/15/14

Teacher Representative Christopher Barth [email protected] 9/12/16

Teacher Representative Joanne Rowe [email protected] 9/15/14

Teacher Representative Elizabeth Slater [email protected] 9/8/15

Inst. Support Representative Okemia June [email protected] 9/12/16

Teacher Assistant Representative Sharimaine Henderson [email protected] 9/12/16


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Parent Representative Cynthia Conrow [email protected] 9/15/14

Parent Representative Stacy Driscoll [email protected] 9/8/15

Parent Representative Sylvia Casey [email protected] 9/8/15

Parent Representative Rod Buie [email protected] 9/12/16

Parent Representative Natasha McMichael [email protected] 9/12/16

Vision Statement

District: CMS provides all students the best education available anywhere, preparing every child to lead a rich and

productive life.

School: We are committed to helping the student develop intellectually, artistically, socially, emotionally, and physically,

and in so doing, we will encourage the student to become a contributing member of society. We feel it is necessary to

look at the student holistically. We strive to establish high expectations for ourselves and for our students. We work

diligently to provide a positive atmosphere in which students will learn and grow. Only when all our students have met

these expectations will we have met the ultimate expectations we have of ourselves as professionals.

Mission Statement

District: The mission of CMS is to maximize academic achievement by every student in every school.

School: The pursuit of excellence in Academics, the Arts, and the Humanities.

Northwest School of the Arts Shared Beliefs


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Student learning in both academics and the arts is the chief priority for the school.

Positive relationships and mutual respect among and between students and staff are essential to learning.

A safe and physically comfortable environment promotes learning.

All students can learn and do so by being held to high expectations with many opportunities for success

Because students learn in different ways, they should be provided with a variety of instructional approaches.

Each student is a valued individual with unique physical, social, emotional, and intellectual needs.

Students need essential knowledge, must be actively involved in solving problems, and are expected to produce quality work.

Diversity can increase students’ understanding of different peoples and culture.

Northwest School of the Arts SMART Goals

By June 2017, we will raise EOY level test reading composite scores in ELA 6-8, as measured by EOG end of year test results by 5 percent.

By June 2017, we will raise our EOY level test math composite scores in Math 6-8, as measured by EOG end of year

test scores by 5 percent.

By June 2017, we will raise our Science 8 CCR scores 5 percent, as measured by EOC test scores.

By June 2017, we will raise EOY CCR level Biology CCR scores 3 percent, as measured by EOC tests.

By June 2017, we will raise EOY English II CCR level test scores 3 percent, as measured by EOC tests.

Northwest School of the Arts Assessment Data Snapshot


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School Name

#

Tested

2015-

16

# Tested

2014-15

# GLP

2015-16

% GLP

2015-16

# GLP 2014-

15

% GLP 2014-

15

# CCR

2015-16

% CCR

2015-16

# CCR

2014-15

% CCR

2014-15

Northwest School Of The

Arts

1,495 1,442 1,169 78.19 +0.79 1,116 77.40 1,013 67.76 +1.76 952 66.00

Northwest School Of The Arts

GLP

Achievement Level 3/4/5

CCR

Achievement Level 4/5

Assessment 2015-

16

2014-15 to 2015-16

Pct. Change 2014-15

2013-14 to 2014-15

Pct. Change

2013-

14

2015-

16

2014-15 to 2015-16

Pct. Change 2014-15

2013-14 to 2014-15

Pct. Change

2013-14

School Composite 77.6% 0.2% 77.4% 8.3% 69.1% 67.1% 1.1% 66.0% 8.3% 57.7%

Grade 06 EOG Reading 76.3% 2.0% 74.3% 4.1% 70.2% 68.3% 5.8% 62.5% 8.6% 53.9%

Grade 06 EOG Math 64.0% 8.9% 55.1% 1.2% 53.9% 51.8% 3.3% 48.5% 2.4% 46.1%

Grade 06 EOG

Composite

70.1% 5.4% 64.7% 2.6% 62.1% 60.1% 4.6% 55.5% 5.5% 50.0%

Grade 06 EOG Reading

and Math Composite

59.7% 11.2% 48.5% -1.1% 49.6% 44.6% 3.4% 41.2% 2.9% 38.3%

Grade 07 EOG Reading 77.9% 1.8% 76.1% -4.5% 80.6% 68.4% 7.1% 61.3% -7.0% 68.3%

Grade 07 EOG Math 72.1% -2.5% 74.6% 19.2% 55.4% 64.7% 1.3% 63.4% 19.5% 43.9%

Grade 07 EOG 75.0% -0.4% 75.4% 7.4% 68.0% 66.5% 4.2% 62.3% 6.2% 56.1%

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Composite


and Math Composite

63.2% -3.7% 66.9% 14.4% 52.5% 55.1% 3.0% 52.1% 12.5% 39.6%

Grade 08 EOG Reading 78.9% 2.9% 76.0% -6.2% 82.2% 60.5% 5.2% 55.3% -15.2% 70.5%

Grade 08 EOG Math 85.0% 5.7% 79.3% 12.2% 67.1% 76.9% 5.6% 71.3% 12.4% 58.9%

Grade 08 EOG Science 78.2% -1.7% 79.9% -0.2% 80.1% 64.6% -3.2% 67.8% 0.7% 67.1%

Grade 08 EOG

Composite

80.7% 2.3% 78.4% 1.9% 76.5% 67.3% 2.5% 64.8% -0.7% 65.5%


and Math Composite

72.1% 2.8% 69.3% 6.3% 63.0% 54.4% 4.4% 50.0% -3.4% 53.4%

EOC Biology 77.8% -4.5% 82.3% 45.5% 36.8% 71.0% -2.8% 73.8% 44.2% 29.6%

EOC Math I 80.0% -1.1% 81.1% 3.9% 77.2% 69.3% 0.1% 69.2% 5.4% 63.8%

EOC English II 84.8% -8.0% 92.8% 7.7% 85.1% 74.2% -10.8% 85.0% 12.6% 72.4%

EOC Composite 80.8% -4.8% 85.6% 18.8% 66.8% 71.5% -4.7% 76.2% 20.5% 55.7%

EOG Composite 76.2% 2.4% 73.8% 3.8% 70.0% 65.1% 3.5% 61.6% 3.1% 58.5%

EOG Reading and Math

Composite

65.2% 3.3% 61.9% 6.7% 55.2% 51.4% 3.5% 47.9% 4.0% 43.9%

School EOG Math

Composite

73.9% 3.8% 70.1% 11.2% 58.9% 64.7% 3.3% 61.4% 11.6% 49.8%

School EOG Reading 77.7% 2.2% 75.5% -2.2% 77.7% 65.6% 6.0% 59.6% -4.7% 64.3%






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Composite

School EOG Science

Composite

78.2% -1.7% 79.9% -0.2% 80.1% 64.6% -3.2% 67.8% 0.7% 67.1%

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Profile

Northwest School of the Arts provides students the opportunity to explore, discover, and refine their talents. Using a hands-on approach and learning by doing, students are taught the arts by both full-time certified teachers and local and national professionals who present master classes throughout the academic year.

Our school is distinctive because of our diverse student population. The students in grades 6-12 come from all socio-economic and cultural backgrounds, as our Advance-Ed 2015-2016 self-assessment attests. Our students enjoy an accepting and supportive school climate where everyone is respected and embraced. The culture of our school encourages students to express themselves as unique individuals. Our auditions process is vital to the magnet’s student selection process, as our school was designed to further the talents of students already expressing an interest in the arts, and to use the arts to help students learn to the fullest in academic areas. Currently, we are assisting CMS in determining how to replicate an arts magnet, complete with arts magnet feeder schools, by establishing arts magnet standards and descriptors. This is being done with the help of the Lilly Sarah Grace foundation, at the direction of the CMS school board. In addition, we are working with the Student Placement Office to revise our student placement processes, in that we are sectioning arts majors into categories for more equitable distribution of talented students into arts majors areas.

Our arts magnet offers a strong foundation in reading, writing, mathematics, science, social studies and the arts. Academic rigor and challenge combined with effective hands-on teaching and learning are a vital component of our program and we are nationally recognized for the percent of students enrolled in Advanced Placement courses. Three of our AP teachers have recently become Master AP teachers in Visual Arts, US History, and European History, respectively, this year, setting the standard for AP classes across the district.

Our students win accolades and awards from the city and the state in competitions in vocal and instrumental music, drama, and musical theatre. Nationally, our students have been recognized in the visual arts, vocal performance, and drama. We are the southeast model for high school education in dance and musical theatre. Last year we hosted an exchange with dancers in Denmark. Two years ago, our production of “Shrek” swept the major nominated categories at the Blumeys, the regional musical theatre awards program. We continue to win Blumey Awards. Two years ago, our orchestra students also had the opportunity to perform a recital featuring a composition written specifically for our school by a guest artist. We continue to maintain our Seminar class with The Charlotte Symphony, a Recital class that is not replicated in this state. We have the only Pointe Ballet class for public schools in the state, and two of our students won


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full $60,000.00 per year scholarships for pointe, last year. Our school has majors in visual arts, vocal and instrumental performance, theatre and musical theatre, dance, costume design, and technical theatre.

Northwest School of the Arts (NWSA) has a diverse student body, grades 6-12. Presently, we have 1051 students enrolled, up from 1020 at the same time, last year 461 middle school, up from 451, last year/ 590 high school, up from 569, last year. Of these, 25.7% male and 74.3% female; 49.9% African-American students, up .9% from last year, 34.5% White students, down from 38% White students last year, 8.2% Hispanic, up from 7% Hispanic last year, 1.8% Asian, up from 1% Asian last year, and about 4.8% of our students come from other races and ethnicities, down .2% from last year’s 5%. Our staff consists of 37 core subject teachers, including 2 positions in foreign language, 17.5 art teachers, and 3 CTE teachers. Our 57 SWD students are served by an EC staff of 3 and one assistant

Two years ago, our ACT data indicated that our composite ACT score was 20.1 and our percentage pass rate was 70.6 percent. At the end of last school year, our ACT data showed an over 84% pass rate and a score of over 22.

Our graduation rate in 2014 was 96.9%, the second year in a row it was over 95%, and it was 97.4% for 2014-2015. For 2015-2016, it rose to 100%. Our composite test scores, for the past three years, including last year, showed an increase overall, and we expect to do the same, this school year.


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Strategic Plan 2018: For a Better Tomorrow

Goal 1: Maximize academic achievement in a personalized 21st-century learning environment for every child to graduate college- and career-ready Four focus areas:

I. College- and career-readiness II. Academic growth/high academic achievement III. Access to rigor IV. Closing achievement gaps

Goal 2: Recruit, develop, retain and reward a premier workforce Five focus areas:

I. Proactive recruitment II. Individualized professional development III. Retention/quality appraisals IV. Multiple career pathways V. Leadership development

Goal 3: Cultivate partnerships with families, businesses, faith-based groups and community organizations to provide a sustainable system of support and care for each child Three focus areas:

I. Family engagement II. Communication and outreach III. Partnership development

Goal 4: Promote a system-wide culture of safety, high engagement, cultural competency and customer service Five focus areas:

I. Physical safety II. Social and emotional health III. High engagement IV. Cultural competency V. Customer service

Goal 5: Optimize district performance and accountability by strengthening data use, processes and systems Four focus areas:

I. Effective and efficient processes and systems II. Strategic use of district resources III. Data integrity and use IV. School performance improvement

Goal 6: Inspire and nurture learning, creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship through technology and strategic school redesign

Four focus areas: I. Learning everywhere, all the time

II. Innovation and entrepreneurship III. Strategic school redesign IV. Innovative new schools


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SMART Goal (1): Duty Free Lunch for Teachers

Provide a duty-free lunch period for every teacher on a daily basis.

Strategic Plan Goal: Goal 2: Recruit, develop, and retain a premier workforce.

Strategic Plan Focus Area: Retention

Navigator Pathway: Enter Kindergarten ready Advanced Reading in K-2 At/Above Grade Level in

Reading/Writing Grade 3 At/Above Grade Level in

Reading/Writing Grade 7

At/Above Grade Level in Math Grades 3-5

Successful completion of Math I in grade 9

Take and pass at least 1 AP/IB/Post-Secondary class & exam

Score 1550 on SAT or 22 on ACT

Data Used: Master Schedule and Duty Rosters

Strategies (determined by what data)

Task

Task

Task (PD)

Point Person (title/name)

Evidence of Success (Student Impact)

Funding (estimated cost / source)

Personnel Involved

Timeline (Start—End)

Interim Dates

1. We have analyzed our coverage and duty plan during lunch periods that determines a plan for staff duty that provides necessary supervision. The School Administrative Team approves this semester rotation. At the middle school level, teachers will bring their students to lunch, and students will sit in assigned areas. Once students are seated, the CSA’s and the administration will cover the lunch and teachers can have duty free lunch. All teachers should have

AP/Andrew Lawler, Safety Committee Leader/CSA’s, SRO A. Currie

100% of teachers have duty free lunch as stated in the strategies.

None Safety Committee, AP Andrew Lawler

Begin August 18, 2016 to develop plan. Initial Plan Due August 26th, 2016. Quarterly review of lunchtime incidents.


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duty free lunch unless the principal determines there is a safety risk or any other deemed emergency factor on any given day, and must call for teacher duty during a lunch period.

SMART Goal (2): Duty Free Instructional Planning Time

Provide duty-free instructional planning time for every teacher under G.S. 115C-105.27 and -301.1, with the goal of proving an average of at least five hours of planning time per week, to the maximum extent that the safety and proper supervision of students may allow during regular student contact hours.

Strategic Plan Goal: Goal 1: Maximize academic achievement in a personalized 21st century learning environment for every child to graduate career and college ready.

Strategic Plan Focus Area: College and Career Readiness, Academic Growth/High Academic Achievement, Access to Rigor, Closing Achievement Gaps








Data Used: Master Schedule and Duty Roster


Task

Task

Task (PD)




Personnel Involved


Interim Dates


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1. The master schedule will be created so that teachers at grade levels will have the increased capacity to plan together for an average of five hours per week, every quarter.

API, Master Scheduler

Scores on EOC and EOG tests will reflect one year’s growth in one year’s time. ACT tests will reflect a pass rate greater than 75%. Team minutes and agenda from team planning meetings.

None API Master Scheduler, Schedulers: AP All counselors, PLC Team Leads, AF

August 26 for initial schedule. Oct. 6 for balancing classes and making adjustmentsOctober 17 for continued adjustments.

2. PLC reports/minutes will be generated at the high school and middle school levels to reflect and refine the work being done in PLC plan time for the benefit of our students’ increased test scores.

API, AP, AF

Team planning minutes AP, API, All teachers in PLC groups at the high school and middle school

Monthly reports on PLC meetings on the second Monday of every month in : October November December January February March April May


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SMART Goal (3): Anti-Bullying / Character Education

Provide a positive school climate, under CMS regulation JICK-R, by promoting a safe learning environment free of bullying and harassing behaviors.

Strategic Plan Goal: Goal 4: Promote a system-wide culture of safety, high engagement, customer service, and cultural competence.

Strategic Plan Focus Area: Physical Safety, Social and Emotional Health, High Engagement, Cultural Competency








Data Used: School Calendar of Events, Discipline Reports, Student Insight Surveys


Task

Task

Task (PD)




Personnel Involved


Interim Dates

1a. Bully Liaison / Bully-prevention

Pro-Caring Days, tied to Close Reading Days for the school

1b. Continue the Right Moves for Youth Program, continuing the newly added female arm of the program, this year c. School Health Fair to focus on physical and emotional fitness

Principal/ Arts Director/ Grade 6 Counselor, SRO, Coordinator Health and PE Teachers and School Health Team for Health Fair Principal/ M. Sears

Survey will provide input about effectiveness of pro-caring day. Lesson Plans Discipline Reports Schedule of Right Moves for Youth meetings and membership rosters Health Fair handouts from March 4 setup in gym

None Fred Hudson, John Concelman, Don Nagel, Arts Director, and Entire Staff Robin Pacifico, Health and PE teacher, India Solomon,

Nov. 2, 2016, Dec. 20, Feb. 15, March 28, 2017, for Pro-Caring (tied to Close Reading) and March 8, 2017 for Health Fair


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1d. Implement the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBIS) Program, complete with incentives to recognize appropriate behaviors, and lesson plans to enforce positive behaviors among students, as well as surveys to measure the effectiveness of the program.

Jeff Johnson, MS and HS AP’s, PBIS Team Members

Discipline reports show a 10% decrease in number (397 as of March 2015 to 357 in March 2016, and ) of referrals, overall. 10% overall improvement of staff morale as indicated on in-house teacher survey, from a 7.3 (on the August 2015 survey) to an 8.3 on a 10 point survey scale on the March 2016 survey scale.

Cafeteria Manager, Nurse Stone-Gill, and the rest of the Health Team Jeff Johnson, PBIS Team members: Tess Brooks, Al Jacobi, Stephanie Madsen, AP for MS Andrew Lawler

Discipline reports check at the last day of every school month, beginning in October and ending in March. End of December work days mid-year morale check, and March 2017 staff morale check.


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2. Character Education

Mediation Program involving our ISS coordinator, AP’s, and Counselors where we bring students in conflict together to solve differences

AP’s, Counselors, ISS Coordinator

Documentation of successful and unsuccessful mediations between students and run by counselors, AP’s, and our ISS Coordinator

AP’s, Counselors, ISS Coordinator

November 1 December 1 January 6 February 1 March 1 April 1 May 1 Will be the dates for the mediation reports

3. Healthy Active Child 30 min. SPA Observed – add sports

Middle school teachers Gym Teachers

PE and SPA teacher records and reports

Middle school teachers

SPA Checks, quarterly by middle school teachers

4. Student Advisory initiated to attend SLT meetings and bring student voice and concerns to the SLT and the principal.

Advisor TBD Student representation on the SLT will rise 100% over what it was last year, which was nothing.

Administrative team members

By SLT Mtg. in November, the 7th

5.. School Health Team Meet to discuss and plan strategies for student health issues President’s physical test

Nurse/ S. Gill PE Teachers/ R. Pacifico N. Roberts Cafeteria

Healthier Food Choices Physically fit students Health Team Meeting Minutes

School Nurse, Cafeteria Manager, Health and

Monthly Health Team Meetings, beginning in


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Mgr/Ms. Solomon

PE Teachers

September.


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SMART Goals: 90-Day Plan Goals.

Strategic Plan Goal:

Strategic Plan Focus Area:

Data Used:


Task

Task

Task (PD)

Point Person (title)



Personnel Involved


Interim Dates

1.

2.

3.

See 90-Day

Plan


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The 90-Day Plan serves as a road map that provides clarity to specific priorities and actions that are most important during the next 90 days. The plan will help ensure the focus of all stakeholders toward an aligned understanding of the implementation and progress of our school’s continuous improvement initiative.

PURPOSE OF THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVE:

Articulate in a few sentences what you hope to achieve by participating in the continuous improvement initiative.

Our purpose is our mission statement, which is “The pursuit of excellence in Academics, The Arts, and The Humanities.”

GOAL SETTING: Along with a Literacy goal, identify a math or science goal for the school year. If your school would like to identify goals in all three subject areas and/or school culture those sections are included.

GOAL SETTING:

Goals 2015-2016 RESULTS 2016-2017 GOALS GOAL INDICATORS (METRIC TO INDICATE PROGRESS)

4 (Literacy)

By June 2017 6-8 grade EOG reading CCR will increase by 5% as measured by EOG

CCR 65.6% CCR 70.6% Level 4 or 5 on NC End of Grade Test

District: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

School: Northwest School of the Arts

Principal: Melody Sears

90-DAY ACTION PLAN


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test.

5 (Math) By June 2017 6-8 grade EOG reading CCR will increase by 5% as measured by EOG test.


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(Science) By June 2017 8 grade EOG

science CCR will increase by

5% as measured by EOG

test.


7 (Biology) By June 2017 Biology CCR will increase by 3% as measured by EOC test.

CCR 70.4% CCR 73.4% Level 4 or 5 on NC End of Course Test

8 (English II) By June 2017 English II CCR will increase by 3% as measured by EOC test.

CCR 74.2% English II: CCR 77.2% Level 4 or 5 on NC End of Course Test

Principal Commitment: My signature indicates that this plan provides focus and urgency to move the continuous improvement initiative forward – and that a school team participated in the development of the plan and support its direction. My signature also indicates a commitment to ambitiously pursue the articulated goals, addressing priorities, and monitoring progress. Finally, my signature confirms that this plan is a living document and that adjustments will likely be needed based on ongoing data and lessons learned.

______________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________ Principal Signature Date


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Learning Community Superintendent Commitment: My signature indicates that this plan has been reviewed and the content of the plan is aligned with the needs of the school. My signature confirms a commitment to support the school in the implementation of this plan, while also holding the school’s leader accountable for its implementation.

______________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________ Learning Community Superintendent Signature Date


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90-Day Action Plan – Priority #1

Continuous Improvement Initiative Focus Area (Big Rock): PLC Collaborative Efforts (goals 4-8)

School’s Priority: (Given the goals identified, what problem needs to be addressed to achieve these goals?)

Teachers will increase their ability to collaborate in PLCs to create common lesson plans and common assessments.

School Leader Responsible:

AF Okemia June

AP Andrew Lawler

API Joyce Lockhart

Desired Outcome: (What will be different if you are successful in addressing this priority?)

Teachers will be able to create lesson plans and common assessments aligned to the rigor of the CCSS and EOG/EOC assessments.

Root Cause(s) to Address Hypothesis of Priority: (What do you believe is at the heart of this problem? What evidence do you have to support this

hypothesis?) Increased student enrollment has provided opportunities for PLC teams to form and the ability for collaboration among teachers. In the past, we had one teacher per grade level per subject.

ACTIONS Critical Action to Address Root Cause & Achieve Desired Outcome

(Focus on teacher practice and systems & processes)

Person

Completing Action

Timeline Resources Needed / Source

Regularly scheduled PLC meetings for every PLC group, with established protocols for instructional planning and common assessments.

PLC Members, AF/Admin AP’s

Oct. 28, 2016 Protocols from Coalition of Essential Schools

Engage PLC Leads to align collaborative planning systems and success

rubrics (PLC members’ weekly planning roles/expectations, common

assessments, data analysis) for the selection of rigorous resources/student

Master Scheduler/Test Coordinator, AP’s, AF

Sept. 28th, and 10/28/2016

Driven by Data


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tasks/alignment to standards.

Resources distributed from CMS through our tech team to assist with common

assessments and EOY assessments, including distribution of chrome books, and

additionally, the development of PLC planning calendars.

Principal AF Media Specialist Arts Director

8/27/2016 Chrome Books and research from other high schools’ forms

Review of common assessments and data analysis per teacher – create 90 Day Action

Plan per PLC and state tested area.

AF and AP’s 9/22/16 90 day plans due (calendars)

Driven by Data

ILT will perform ghost walks and status walks on a monthly basis to assess Close

Reading strategies and Academic Conversation strategies. The AF will be part of the

ILT and will develop and deliver PD to the faculty on strategies delivered at ILT

meetings for the zone prior to every ghost walk.

ILT members

Begin Sept.

28th, 2016,

and monthly

through

December

2016.

Ghost Walk “look-for’s” from

ILT Mtgs.

ILT will review data from walks to determine trends and provide feedback through staff meetings and individually for positive feedback and direction.

Admin, ILT Leads,

AF provide

feedback to staff

regarding

coaching steps

and trends.

Oct. through

December

2016

Feedback Form

PROGRESS INDICATORS Indicator Date Evidence to Determine Progress Toward Achieving Desired Outcome Potential Adjustments

8/22/16 Collaborative Plan Time so PLC’s can produce common lesson plans and assessments

For PLC’s that are not doing well, we will

provide additional support through coaching

and any needed additional PD.


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Nov. 2016

MAP scores from Winter will indicate rising student proficiency. The baseline MAP will be administered in the Fall.

For PLC’s that are not doing well, we will provide additional support through coaching and any needed additional PD.


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Continuous Improvement Initiative Focus Area (Big Rock):





hypothesis?)



Person

Completing Action



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Continuous Improvement Initiative Focus Area (Big Rock) - (If applicable):





hypothesis?)



Person

Completing Action



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Continuous Improvement Initiative Focus Area (Big Rock) - (If applicable):





hypothesis?)

ACTIONS Critical Action to Address Root Cause & Achieve Desired Outcome Person

Completing Action



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Mastery Grading Procedures Plan – Required for All Schools

Strategic Plan Goal: Goal 1: Maximize academic achievement in a personalized 21st-century learning environment for every child to graduate college- and career-ready.

Strategic Plan Focus Area: Academic growth/high academic achievement








Data Used: Schoolnet data analysis, PLC Minutes, Common Assessments, Teacher office hours, monthly calendars, Saturday School Rosters of students and teachers, grading policy, policy for late work and make-up work, data trackers showing student assignments and date complete, staff meeting agendas, EOC, EOG, and MAP scores


Task

Task

Task (PD)




Personnel Involved


Interim Dates


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Common Assessments

Create pre- and post- assessments in School Net or Mastery Prep/TE21 aligned to course objectives (high school and middle school)

Create common assessments in School Net, Mastery Prep, TE21 aligned to course objectives (middle school)

Identify courses with NC finals and use those assessments to measure student knowledge

Offer PD for teachers to learn how to develop individual assessments, to access existing assessments for use as a data source.

Investigate the purchase of TE21 to use in conjunction with Mastery Prep

Principal/ AP’s, AF, Testing Coordinator

Pre- and Post Assessments in key EOG/EOC courses are available in School Net Pre- and Post Common Assessments are available in School Net PLC Minutes and copies of assessments 100% of teachers have gone through School Net Training/Mastery Prep training, and TE21 training (should we decide to go with the program for targeted subject areas from our 90 Day Plan). Provided during Planning period.

N/A N/A N/A N/A

Administrators Teachers Counselors

Nov. 2016 –June 2017 Nov. 2016 – June 2017 October 1, 2016 October 29, 2016: Date to be adjusted, should we include TE21

Data Disaggregation:

Use pre- and post-test data to identify instructional strategies

Use assessment data from multiple sources to identify students who are failing specific objectives

Data team to meet monthly to review school-wide data

ILT Team, AP’s, AF, Test Coordinator Counselors

Assessments are reviewed during PLC’s which show alignment to objectives. List of identified students with associated data Data team meeting minutes

N/A N/A

Administrators, AF, Testing Coordinator Teachers

Oct. 2016 –June 2017


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Offer professional development on MTSS/RTI processes,

100% of teachers have gone through training as evidenced by sign-in pages.

10/28/16

Flexible grouping:

Use tutorials to identify and group students based on need.

Group students heterogeneously based on needs

AP’s, Health and PE Instructors, Academic Facilitator and Master Scheduler/

Walk Through Reports Class Rosters

N/A

Teachers, AP’s. Health and PE Instructors/ AF, and Master Scheduler/

Tutorials begin second semester in school, each week Thurs & Fri, Feb. –June 2017

Additional learning opportunities:

Establish a roster of teacher office hours for one day per week, minimum, to address student learning issues.

Students and parents will be able to view upcoming extracurricular learning opportunities monthly at a glance

Establish weekly tutorials during school hours.

Provide Saturday school tutoring opportunity

AP’s List of teacher office hours by department (HS), grade level (MS) Monthly printed calendars Sign-in sheets for students attending on Saturdays

N/A Cost for printing Saturday School Funding for EOG/EOC classes

Teachers Sept. 2016-May 2017 Sept. 2016-May 2017 Each week Thurs & Fri Calendars distributed monthly, by the 3rd of every month Aug. 2016-June


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2017 Feb.-May

Late and make-up work:

Communicate the school-wide policy for late and make-up work

SLT Team

Grading policy signed by student and parent Posted on School Website Delivered to staff via Google Docs

Cost for printing

Teachers 10/28/16

Grade reporting:

Review expectations for grade reporting quarterly.

Periodic random gradebook audits

PD on Power School on reporting grades

Principal/ AP’s

Email and staff meeting agendas Copies of emails communicating results to teachers Copies of grade reports Sign-In Sheets

N/A Teachers Sept. 2016 Sept. 2016-May 2017 10/6/2016 (completed as of 10/6/16)


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Northwest School of the Arts - 600 Waiver Requests

Request for Waiver

1. Insert the waivers you are requesting

Maximum Teaching Load and Maximum Class Size (grades 4-12) [required for all schools with grades 4-12]

2. Please identify the law, regulation or policy from which you are seeking an exemption.

115C-301 (c and d) Maximum Teaching Load and Maximum Class Size [required for all schools with grades 4-12]

3. Please state how the waiver will be used.

Class size will be adjusted to address student individual instructional needs through flexible grouping of students in the

most effective utilization of teaching teams. Maximum teaching load will be used to allow teachers in specific areas of

the curriculum to teach students designated for specific skill needs and to address the large number of students

requesting elective classes.

4. Please state how the waiver will promote achievement of performance goals.

This waiver will allow more flexibility in grouping students to meet their abilities and needs and thus should enhance their achievement on the performance goals.


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Committee Position Name Email Address Date

Elected

Principal Melody Sears [email protected]

Assistant Principal Representative Joyce Lockhart [email protected] 9/15/14

Teacher Representative Christopher Barth [email protected] 9/12/16

Teacher Representative Joanne Rowe [email protected] 9/15/14

Teacher Representative Elizabeth Slater [email protected] 9/8/15

Inst. Support Representative Okemia June [email protected] 9/12/16

Teacher Assistant Representative Sharimaine Henderson [email protected] 9/12/16

Parent Representative Cynthia Conrow [email protected] 9/15/14

Parent Representative Stacy Driscoll [email protected] 9/8/15

Parent Representative Sylvia Casey [email protected] 9/8/15

Parent Representative Rod Buie [email protected] 9/12/16

Parent Representative Natasha McMichael [email protected] 9/12/16

SLT meetings are held at the school on the second Monday of every month, unless otherwise designated by the school calendar, and/or decided

by the SLT.


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Approval of Plan

Committee Position Name Signature Date

Principal

Assistant Principal Representative

Teacher Representative

Inst. Support Representative

Teacher Assistant Representative

Parent Representative



