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·         Student learning and interest inventory

Fill-in language barriers by utilizing resources available.

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More PLCs

·         More professional development

·         Encourage creative thinking skills and differentiation, get to know their students
Provide other resources other than traditional trainings for teachers. (Team building days, break out sessions

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Reassuring them that professional development trainings are being utilized to better develop teachers, better serve students and positively impact student performance on standardized tests, and improve overall school grade.

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General info on top 3 strengths
Reassuring parents that teachers are working on their craft.
There are professional development opportunities provided to align with SIP. Also, these PDs are data driven. Teachers are encouraged to attend and reflect.

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Identify strengths and weaknesses (top 3 and bottom 3).
Strengths: Identify top 3 sub categories
Solicit feedback for what worked well in effort to maintain those as strengths.

Weakness: Present bottom 3 sub categories and plans to improve them. Open floor for feedback and suggestions to get faculty buy in.

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Community Event where we let everyone know the areas that we are focusing on improving: community involvement, student and teacher support, and other areas that our scores went down. Have intense strong relevant marketing to catch the attention and get people motivated. Run campaign of mission/vision throughout the school. Teachers can decorate doors, hallways and have a class contest linked with incentives to get the mission out there and bring it life! At this event, we will invite every one who is involved and not involved!

·         get the “buy in”

·         provide visuals and campaign throughout the school

·         Mission over the intercom

·         More walk throughs

·         Open door policy

·         Immediate feedback

·         Provide professional learning based on the faculty request and student need.

·         Brochure for condensed update: This is where we are, this is where we want to be, and this is how we are going to get there.

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·         The administrator needs to strengthen the relationship.

·         get the “buy in”

·         provide visuals and campaign throughout the school

·         Mission over the intercom

·         More walk throughs

·         Open door policy

·         Immediate feedback

·         Provide professional learning based on the faculty request and student need.

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Have a “learning style” inventory. Give the teachers a foot in the door with learning more about their students interests to gear lessons toward their students’ interests.
·         get the “buy in”

·         provide visuals and campaign throughout the school

·         Mission over the intercom

·         More walk throughs

·         Open door policy

·         Immediate feedback

·         Provide professional learning based on the faculty request and student need.

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Community-

Incentive driven fundraising event:

Work for a Common Cause- Rely for life, Breast Cancer Walk, Child Abuse America, etc.

Teachers/ faculty/ staff work together to collect, organize, and execute an event as a team

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Parents-

Parent-teacher “Town- hall/ Meet the Teachers” (Inform parents of common grading for assessing student performance across grade levels or subject-areas/ similar syllabus- standards- expectations)

Grading aligns with school standards- explain how they come together and PLC to decide grading standards.

Power-point/ handout that shows the policies and grading.

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Faculty/ Staff-

Staff meeting where teachers are broken up into randomized groups.

Principal recognizes teacher abilities and performance on their individual duties.

In their groups they will work together to create a vision board on a process for problem solving and group decisions. The presentations will explain how to share information with other departments and sharing collaborative decision-making (common grading/ standards/ policies). A more specific documented process that can be used across all departments and utilizes the expertise of all teachers.

Team-building Activity

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Goal: Improve your child's academic environment

Plan of Action

Maintain open stream of communications with teachers

Encourage parents to have open and honest conversations with students about the importance of behavioral and academic goals

School-wide focus on student discipline tied to academic gains

Students in class more are going to perform better academically

Academics are top priority to help your students succeed; Conference Night/Meet the Teacher

Call attention to new policy and procedures

Newsletter

Utilize all points of contact

Firm plan in place If… Then…

Major vs. Minor infraction

Have resources for parents

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Goal: Better support teachers in their efforts

Plan for moving forward:

Review student code of conduct- major/minor offenses

Ask the staff where the disconnect is

Create another survey or opportunity where staff can voice (verbal/non-verbal)- what ways can admin support you? I feel supported when…

Focus on supporting teachers to support the fact that admin are supporting the rules

Work together as teachers and administration to consistently enforce will positively influence student behaviors

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Goal: To improve students' learning environment by supporting teachers' efforts

Plan of Action

Teachers need to feel more support/appreciations- Teacher Appreciation Events

Incentive Events with the community to influence positive student behavior (within realistic limits)

Resources- mentors for student and resources for parents

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Areas of Strength
c) The school does a good job of encouraging parent/guardian involvement (BIGGEST GAIN)
d) Teachers provide parents/guardians with useful information about student learning
b) This school maintains clear, two-way communication with the community
Areas of Focus
f) Parents/guardians support teachers, contributing to their success with students (BIGGEST DROP)
g) Community members support teachers, contributing to their success with students
a) Parents/guardians are influential decision makers in this school

Presentation of Data to Parents
- Pick a well-attended school event (Open House) at the beginning of the year and have teacher/parent committee and have them explain areas of strength and areas of focus as well as future steps within action plan to improve parental involvement in regards to student success and decision making

Presentation of Data to Teachers
- Take 20 minutes in staff orientation on brainstorming ways to create parents buy-in as well as incentivize a staff of up to 5 members to create an action plan on a later date (with admin member facilitating the first couple meetings and acting as a guide for future advice).

Presentation of Data to Community Members
- Create a marketing/communication blast in your school zone to community members with an action plan in place with information on how we will support them through our school and what assistance they can give us in improving our areas of focus as a school.

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To Community & Business Leaders

1. Technology support

1. Solicit Support from local vendors and/or offices that may wish to support.

2. Local Partnerships with “EF” Boys and Girls Club, local law offices, etc.

3. Explain that my kids are the same or better if provided resources/opportunities

2. Solicit Posters/Propaganda to teach school pride/show students how to keep their school beautiful/clean.

1. Possible Voluntering/Community Service (our students go there if you help us?

2. Recycling groups?

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To Parents: Generally vibe is SUPER POSITIVE - Increased access to things like copiers, printers, and textbooks n such in the last year!

To address Concerns
Technology
1.  We would like to create a Parent Team to look into technology grants and awards for student success.
Cleanliness

1. We’ve heard your concerns - restructured and made significant investments with staff around the campus to make sure our campus looks as bright as your students’ minds.

2. Love to have a volunteer parent team to utilize your support to leverage faculty/staff in other areas

A.  Late evening Programs
B.  Interns
C. ELL support

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To Faculty & Staff

1. Many of last year’s concerns were met (materials, textbooks, access to copiers.

We do have some concerns and we want to address them.

1. Cleanliness

A.  First, what are your suggestions? Form small groups and hear concerns/listen and respond.
i. What are the things you notice? (Sometimes its the little things)
B. Train students to be better caretakers of the facility (and give/assign jobs across the school incl. lunch detention)
C.  We have restructured/made some investments in our staff/personnel for room and cleanliness, but we will continue to need/solicit your help with kids.

1. Technology

A. We have allotted a greater amount of budget to getting new equipment (equally amongst departments as needed)
B.  SAC Funds, Conversation about how they’re allocating funds?
C. Teach them ways to download/rip technology so that internet isn’t relied upon.