Student and Stakeholder Focus

North Bethesda Middle School

School Improvement Plan 2015-2016

Student and Stakeholder Focus As a result of our root cause analysis which revealed a significant achievement gap between Black and Hispanic students and their White and Asian counterparts which is reflected in the 2014-2015 eligibility and honor roll data, it was determined that students need teachers to regularly check for understanding of course content demonstrate high expectations promote social, emotional, and physical well-being Faculty and Staff Focus Professional development will be provided to staff on the following in order to meet students’ needs: Checking for understanding strategies Instructing students on how to use academic language to demonstrate understanding of curriculum content. Implementation of culturally responsive instruction that will have a positive impact on teaching and learning Professional development will be provided to leaders on the following: Examination of attitudes and beliefs about race that impact teaching and learning Continued support with coaching		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. (1)Literacy Goal: To increase the percentage of Black and Hispanic students who score proficient or advanced on MAP-R from 80% and 76.8% respectively to 86%. (2) Math Goal: To increase percentage of Black and Hispanic students who complete Algebra with a C or higher from 46.6% and 56.7% respectively to 76.5%. (3) Cultural Proficiency Goal: To eliminate racial/ethnic achievement performance gaps in ineligibility and honor roll data by decreasing ineligibility of BL (12.3%) and HI (6.6%) to 3% and increasing honor roll percentages for BL (54.44%) and HI (60.87%) to 74.1% Process Management Daily course-alike collaborative common/team planning time supported by the content RT, SDT, Media Specialist, and/or administrator Regular staff development 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 to identify student needs Develop and monitor student learning objectives (SLOs) targeted towards reducing the achievement gap		Organizational Performance Results Baseline Data from Ineligibility data and Honor Roll NBMS Eligibility Data 2014-2015 AS BL HI MU WH MP1 Inelig 1.1 % 6.3 % 1.6 % 3.4 % 1.2 % MP2 Inelig 3 % 9.4% 5% 6.8 % 3.8 % MP3 Inelig 5 % 15.2 % 5.8 % 10.2 % 3.7 % MP4 Inelig 3 % 12.3 % 6.6 % 5 % 3 % NBMS Honor Roll 2014-15 AS BL HI MU WH 73.75 % 51.44 % 60.87 % 72.5 % 74.1 % Spring ’15 MAP R Adv & Prof There is an achievement gap among student groups. All-86.5%, A-83.9%,BL-80%,H-76.8%,W-89.3% Basic All-13.44, A-16%, BL-20%, H-23%, W-10.7% Algebra 1 C or Higher- 2014-2015 A-80.7%, W- 73.5%, BL- 46.6%, H-56.7% Math Classes 2015-2016 Grade 8 AS AS% BL BL% HI HI% WH WH% Algebra 1 15 38.5% 8 47.1% 18 41.9% 98 47.3% Geometry 11 28.2% 2 11.8% 8 18.6% 48 23.2% Hon Alg 2 2 5.1% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 7 3.4% Alg Prep 11 28.2% 7 41.2% 17 39.5% 54 26.1% Grade 7 AS AS% BL BL% HI HI% WH WH% Math 7 1 2.6% 1 7% 9 23% 19 8% IM 24 63.2% 12 80% 26 65% 152 66% Algebra 1 13 34.2% 2 13% 5 13% 58 25% Grade 6 AS* AS% BL BL% HI HI% WH WH% Math 6 33 71.7% 27 96% 45 96% 168 79% IM 12 26.1% 1 4% 2 4% 46 21% Grade AS   BL   HI   WH   Grade 8 39   17   43   207   Grade 7 38   15   40   230   Grade 6* 46   28   47   214   Measurement, Analysis, and Knowledge Management Teacher Data Informal observations – ILT Teacher reflections after peer visits SLO data Level 2 teacher learning data Level 4 teacher application data Teacher and student voice data

5/23/2017