Roosevelt H.S. A Professional Learning Community

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Roosevelt H.S.A Professional Learning Community

• School Improvement Plan
• 2006-2008

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• Each of us who has an education has obtained it
  from the community whoever accepts it, must
  return it in the shape of good citizenship.
  Theodore Roosevelt

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R.H.S. Philosophy

• We believe that Roosevelt High School students
  will
• become productive and responsible global
  citizens
• develop the fundamental skills essential to
  self-directed lifelong learning
• make appropriate educational and career plans
• learn and apply strategies for logical problem
  solving and decision making
• develop self discipline and a sense of personal
  responsibility for his or her learning,
  decisions, and actions
• demonstrate consideration and respect for others
  
• make choices consistent with a healthy lifestyle
• demonstrate the ability to work well with others
  
• and use technology effectively.

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Our Vision

• Roosevelt High School's vision is to empower each
  student to develop to his
• or her maximum potential.
• Addressing the whole person, mind, body,
  heart, and spirit, we want to help each student
  develop the fundamental skills essential to
  lifelong learning and become a productive and
  responsible global citizen.

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Our Mission

• As a professional learning community,
  Roosevelt High School will empower everyone to
  teach each other how to learn.

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Priority 1

• 1. Meet school performance targets for
• freshmen on track and increase
• graduation rates.
• Indicator A 5 increase in the number
• of students on track to graduate and
• a 3 increase in the yearly
• graduation rate.

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Priority 2

• 2. Meet school performance targets in reading.
• Indicator An increase in the number of
  students meeting or exceeding state standards on
  PSAE, ACT, and IMAGE.

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Priority 3

• 3. Meet school performance targets in math.
• Indicator An increase in the number of
  students meeting or exceeding state standards on
  PSAE, ACT, and IMAGE.

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Priority 4

• 4. Improve student connection to the school, with
  special emphasis on meeting attendance
• targets and decreasing safety and security
  concerns.
• Indicator A 2 increase in attendance,
  decrease in the number of suspensions, increased
  participation in school activities Student
  Council, Student Development Program, and
  extracurricular activities.

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Priority 1 Strategies

• Revamp freshman orientation/ transition
• (LINK CREW)
• Expand counseling services with an emphasis on
  first year students who are not on track to
  graduate after each semester
• Offer parent training for parents of freshmen
• Expand work-keys to include freshmen
• Offer the A.V.I.D. Program for middle tier
  freshmen
• Addition of a second post-secondary coach to work
  with our feeder schools

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Priority 2 Strategies

• Addition of another reading lab
• Program freshmen who score below the 35th
  percentile for Reading Workshop
• Apply for a restructured day to allow for
  professional development, common planning time,
  dept. meetings, etc.
• Common assessments
• Local Walk Throughs

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Priority 3 Strategies

• Professional development as part of the
  EXCELerator Project- Springboard training
• Program freshmen who score below the 35th
  percentile for Algebra Workshop
• Expand math lab and Algebra Help Center

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Priority 4 Strategies

• Implement Discipline Committee recommendations
• Implement recommendations from Breaking Ranks II
• Increase opportunities for student participation