SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

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SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT 2004 -2005 MIDLAND HIGH
SCHOOL
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GOOD NEWS

• 19 STUDENTS QUALIFIED FOR ME DAYS. To qualify
  for ME days students must meet or exceed state
  goals and standards in 3 of 5 subjects
  (including math and reading)
• Reading and Writing Scores are up for the
  third year in a row.
• Composite ACT scores are up in core students
• This years scores were predictable through the
  use of PLAN.
• Low income level is the lowest it has been in
  many years
• Attendance rate has been consistent.

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BAD NEWS

• Science scores have dropped by 6.9 points
• Math scores have dropped by 10.2 points
• Non Core student ACT composite scores have
  dropped by .5 points
• No female students exceeded any subjects except
  writing

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MICRO ANALYSIS MIDLAND HIGH SCHOOL
Was this predictable?
YES
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COMPARISON TO ACTUAL SCORES
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CORE VS NONCORE SCORES
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CORE SCORES
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NONCORE
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NOW WHAT?? HOW DO WE IMPROVE??
TEAMS NEW SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT MODEL
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Target essential skills Enact an action
plan Assess student performance in these skills
Modify - between present performance and
expectations. Share results
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• TARGET ESSENTIAL SKILLS
• What skills do students need to improve?
• How do students currently perform on the skill?
• How much do we want our students to improve?

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• ENACT AN ACTION PLAN
• Identify the over all plan adopted to improve
  student performance in the targeted skill.
• State the product that will result. I.E. unit
  of instruction, Lab, writing project, or a
  series of lessons etc.
• Clearly state the steps being taken to develop
  the product.
• Indicates a timeline and strategies.
• Identify resources
• List best practices

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• ASSESS
• Identifies the assessment to be used to
  determine if student performance has improved .
• Describe the data which will result from the
  assessment and how it is to be used by the
  staff

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• MODIFY
• Describe how the assessment data is to be used
  to improve the instruction.
• Indicate what teaching methods or course
  content has been revised

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• SHARE
• Indicate how the Target, Enacted plan,
  Assessment, and instructional Modification
  will be shared with the community.

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HOW DO WE IMPLEMENT T.E.A.M.S. AT MIDLAND HIGH
SCHOOL??
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• TARGET
• Review current data available to professional
  staff
• PSAE - (11th graders) Implemented 00-01
• PLAN (10th graders) Implemented 02-03
• EXPLORE (9th graders) Implement during 04-05
• This will allow us to track students from
  Freshman year through junior year. In addition,
  it will give students 3 full years of experience
  to an ACT format test prior to taking the PSAE
  (ACT is part of the PSAE).

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• ENACT
• Develop building goals and a mission statement
• 3 4 goals related to building goals
• Develop class goals
• 2-3 goals related to building goals
• Instructional practices to be taken to improve
  student performance.
• Examples Strategies to be implemented to
  improve skills
• Develop a timeline for all goals
• Indicate how performance be assessed

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• ASSESS
• Describe what data is being reviewed
• What did you conclude from data?

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• MODIFY
• What were the strengths and weaknesses of
  the plan?
• What do we need to do to modify the plan?

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• PROPOSED BUILDING GOALS 04-05
• Continue to implement writing across
  curriculum program
• Implement a building-wide writing manual to
  facilitate the writing program.
• Implement EXPLORE test to assess student
  performance.
• Implement a building-wide reading program that
  utilizes
• Predicting
• Inferring
• Vocabulary banks
• Sequencing
• Authors view point

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• STAFF RESPONSIBILITIES FOR T.E.A.M.S.
• Continue to maintain portfolios
• Include reading assignments in portfolios
• Writing may be included in test or in class
  assignments
• Staff will be provided with T.E.A.M. binders
  for portfolios.

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• ADDITIONAL SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
• FOR
• 2004-2005
• Peer tutoring program
• Writing Manual
• WAC
• T.E.A.M.S.
• Math Pretesting

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BUT WHAT ABOUT NEXT YEAR?

• MAP CURRICLUM HORIZONATALLY
• MAP CURRICULUM VERTICALLY
• MICRO AND MACRO MAPS SHOULD BE COMPLETED
• REVIEW ALL TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS AND COURSE
  CONTENT.
• COMPARE CURRICULUM MAPS TO OTHER SCHOOLS THAT
  HAVE DEMONSTRATED EXCELLENCE
• REVIEW ALL TEXTBOOKS AND COURSE WORK
• IMPLEMENT NOVEL BASED INSTRUCTION
• CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT READING AND WRITING
  STRATAGIES
• CONTINUE TO WORK WITH CONSULTANTS
• CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT TECHNOLOGY
• THREE YEARS OF MATH AND SCIENCE

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WHAT ABOUT NEXT YEAR CONTINUED

• Create a remedial reading english class
  students not Students not meeting or exceeding
  state goals and standards will be placed in
  English I Students at or above state goals and
  standards will be placed in English II
• Create a remedial science class Students not
  meeting or exceeding state goals and standards
  in Science will be placed in General Science.
  Students meeting state goals and standards will
  be placed in Biology all students will take
  biology.

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• We have reached a crossroad
• The district must be reformed horizontally and
  vertically
• Change must occur with the contribution of all
  participants
• The board and administration should foster a
  family concept.
• The family members are parents, teachers,
  administration and students.