Student and Stakeholder Focus

North Bethesda Middle School

School Improvement Plan 2014-2015

Student and Stakeholder Focus As a result of the Common Core State Standards expectations, teachers need to instruct students on how to: Cite specific textual evidence using academic language to support analysis of complex text and demonstrate mastery of curriculum content. Build their self-awareness, resilience, perseverance, and growth mindset to better demonstrate respect (empathy) for diversity and differences. Faculty and Staff Focus Teachers and staff will need professional development on: How to use academic language to demonstrate mastery of curriculum content. Developing close-reading activities and creating text-dependent questions. Strategies that will promote positive social-emotional learning in the classroom. Leaders will need professional development on: Coaching teachers Promoting equity

Leadership Mission: Our school provides an environment where all students thrive emotionally, academically, and socially.  Vision: We envision a learning environment where individual differences are valued and every student achieves personal growth and academic success.  Strong relationships between staff, students and parents are nurtured so that every student takes intellectual risks, thinks broadly, self-advocates and contributes to his or her community.  We will collaborate to establish, implement and align consistent policies, curricular expectations and assessments. Progress toward goals will be monitored through observations of, and feedback from staff, students, and community, and progress will be communicated through a variety of sources including walkthroughs. We will be professionally evaluated according to the Professional Growth System and be given feedback to foster improvement. We will communicate our vision, mission, SIP plan and progress at staff, team, department, PTSA meetings and through the website. Strategic Planning. All students will demonstrate growth in essential elements of literacy: Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening, and Language across the content areas, as measured by MAP-R and course-specific assessments. Students will develop a respect for diversity and engage in risk-taking, collaboration, constructive debate, and productive conflict resolution Process Management Daily course-alike collaborative common/team planning time supported by the content RT, SDT, Media Specialist, and/or administrator Regular job-embedded professional learning to study and examine the instructional focus Peer observations to examine the impact of the implemented strategies on focus students Focused observations by instructional leaders with feedback/reflective conversations On-going student voice surveys and focus groups to monitor implementation of literacy and social emotional strategies Develop and monitor student learning objectives (SLOs). Develop guidelines for writing text-dependent questions.

Organizational Performance Results Trend data attached Baseline Data from Spring 2014MAP-R (% Basic, Proficient, Advanced) Race 6^th Gr % of R % of Gr AS 7 18.4 2.2 BL 2 12.5 0.6 HI 3 6.0 0.9 MU 3 15.8 0.9 WH 12 6.0 3.7 Total Sts. 27 8.3 Race 6^th % of R % of Gr AS 9 23.7 2.8 BL 5 31.3 1.5 HI 24 48.0 7.4 MU 6 31.6 1.8 WH 49 24.6 15.1 Total 93 28.6 Race 6^th % of R % of Gr AS 22 57.9 6.8 BL 9 56.3 2.8 HI 22 44.0 6.8 MU 10 52.6 3.1 WH 142 71.4 43.7 Total 205 63.1 Race 7th % of R % of Gr AS 2 7.1 0.7 BL 7 25.9 2.5 HI 1 2.9 0.4 MU 2 10.0 0.7 WH 5 2.9 1.8 Total Sts. 17 6.4 Race 7^th % of R % of Gr AS 5 17.9 1.8 BL 10 37.0 3.6 HI 4 11.4 1.4 MU 6 30.0 2.1 WH 41 24.1 14.6 Total 66 23.5 Race 7^th % of R % of Gr AS 21 75.0 7.5 BL 10 37.0 3.6 HI 28 80.0 10.0 MU 12 60.0 4.3 WH 124 72.9 44.1 Total 195 70.1 Race 8th % of R % of Gr AS 1 3.0 0.3 BL 2 8.7 0.7 HI 4 10.5 1.3 MU 0 00.0 00.0 WH 6 3.1 2.0 Total Sts. 13 4.3 Race 8^th % of R % of Gr AS 14 42.4 4.6 BL 12 52.2 4.0 HI 16 42.1 5.3 MU 4 21.1 1.3 WH 58 30.1 19.1 Total 104 34.3 Race 8^th % of R % of Gr AS 18 54.5 5.9 BL 9 39.1 3.0 HI 17 44.7 5.6 MU 16 84.2 5.3 WH 126 65.3 41.6 Total 186 61.4 Baseline Data from Science MSA 12/13 (% Proficient) Sub-Group 2012 2013 2014 BL/AA 79.2 80.0 87.0 Asian 96.1 85.7 ≥95.0 White 93.9 95.0 ≥95.0 Hisp. 87.9 86.8 91.4 MU 89.5 100 ≥95.0 Sp Ed 73.9 81.5 81.8 LEP 72.2 46.7 * FARMS 82.3 69.2 * All 91.8 93.4 ≥95.0 Measurement, Analysis, and Knowledge Management Student Data Math and reading /English class achievement data by sub-group (IDA) READ 180 breakdown of skills – SRI MAP-R Data points connected to citing complex textual evidence Gallup poll survey (social emotional) Student voice survey conducted during fall and spring MAP-R. Teacher Data Informal observations – ILT Formal observations – RT and Admin Teacher reflections after peer visits SLO data

5/23/2017