Last Updated:
June 1, 2008
Meadows Mission Statement
Madison Meadows’ staff, parents, and community expect our students
to achieve the highest levels of academic performance consistent with their
abilities, and
we accept responsibility for creating an environment that will allow this to
happen.
MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT
2008-2009 ACTION PLAN FOR MADISON MEADOWS
GOAL I: The Meadows community will strive to ensure a safe, orderly, and
purposeful climate directed towards teaching and learning.
OBJECTIVES:
A. School-wide discipline plan, including consequences, will be discussed,
reviewed frequently, and enforced consistently throughout the 2006-2007
school year by staff, parents, and students.
B. Students will display respectful behavior towards self, fellow students, and staff.
C. The dress code will be effectively enforced throughout the 2007-2008
school year.
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ACTION STEPS |
PERSON RESPONSIBLE |
RESOURCES |
DATE |
EVALUATION |
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1. |
Continued enforcement of school wide discipline plan |
all school staff and parents |
Discipline Ladder |
Aug. & ongoing |
Maintain data to document |
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2. |
All staff will participate in active supervision of students |
all staff |
time, Duty Schedule |
Aug. & ongoing |
duty schedule parent and teacher perception survey |
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3. |
All grade levels will participate in school wide detention program |
all teachers |
time, person to record data, teams |
Aug. & ongoing |
maintain data to document recidivism |
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4. |
The teacher will notify the parents of minor infractions via planner |
all staff |
planner |
Aug. 20, 2007 & ongoing |
decrease in detentions/increase of parent support |
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5. |
Student assembly to discuss school rules with emphasis on dress code |
administration and teachers |
planners, time, place, assemblies |
Aug. |
discipline data |
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6. |
Monitor detention and lunch detention |
teachers and administration |
time |
Aug. |
completed form |
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7. |
Faculty meeting to discuss school discipline standards with emphasis on dress code enforcement |
administration and teachers |
time, Faculty meetings |
Aug. |
documented meeting |
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8. |
Parents will be encouraged to discontinue pulling students from class for appointments, trips, etc. and classes will not be interrupted to deliver messages or items to students |
staff and parents |
parents informed, parent participation |
Aug. |
teacher survey to document number of interruptions |
GOAL II: The Meadows community will promote high academic achievement for all students..
OBJECTIVES:
A. The learner will increase language arts skills to grade level proficiency or above as measured by standardized tests and essential skills assessments.
B. Instruction and intervention will be provided at the appropriate levels for all students.
C. Technology will be used to enhance the learning of all students.
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ACTION STEPS |
PERSON RESPONSIBLE |
RESOURCES |
DATE |
EVALUATION |
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1. |
Students in all grade levels will take the AIMS test and the results used for measuring student growth in language arts |
Administration, teaching staff, D.O. personnel |
Nationally norm and criteria reference test |
April, 2009 |
Growth from April 2008 to April 2009 |
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2. |
Each grade level will review, revise, and implement a written plan for vocabulary, comprehension, and writing |
Individual teacher, grade levels, and administration |
Time to plan and discuss, teams |
March 2009 |
Written plan, standardized scores, assessments |
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3. |
Identify students needing intervention and enrichment |
Teachers and administration |
Student records, teams |
Sept. 2008 |
Written plan for intervention, tracking of test scores |
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4. |
7th and 8th grade "core" staff will be provided a daily team preparation period to enable them to identify student needs, plan interventions, involve parents, and monitor student progress |
Administration, teachers |
Master schedule, placement of class, teacher time, parent support, student effort |
Aug. - May |
Growth of students as measured through testing, success in classes and teacher/student perception |
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5. |
Staff development will be offered to assist teachers in increasing expertise in using effective instructional strategies to insure that instruction at appropriate levels is offered to students. |
Administration, teaching staff, D.O. personnel |
Time, funding, identifying teacher needs, literacy training, math training, Teacher Collaboration Time |
June, 2009 |
Teachers’ evaluation of in service, parent/administrative perceptions of impact |
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6. |
Continue expansion of the use of technology as another tool to increase student achievement |
Administration, teachers, district office personnel |
Computers, software, in-service |
Ongoing |
Increase of use of computers, teacher/student assessment of assistance noted |
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7. |
Identify and recommend use of technology to enhance learning |
Task force |
Time and information |
August, 2008 Ongoing |
Report from task force |
GOAL III: The Meadows Community will work to increase communication and cooperation.
OBJECTIVES:
A. Communication between home and school will be enhanced through continued collaboration amongst staff, parents, and students.
B. Communication of student achievement, effort, and citizenship will be developed further to continue to broaden link between home and school.
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ACTION STEPS |
PERSON RESPONSIBLE |
RESOURCES |
DATE |
EVALUATION |
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1. |
Utilization of the planner as a communication tool |
Administration, teachers, parents, and students |
Planners |
August 21 and ongoing |
Survey of staff, parents, and teachers |
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2. |
Use of telephone system to notify parents of various school events or general information and give them more access to the staff through the use of the voice mail system |
Administration, teachers, secretarial staff |
In-service for all staff |
July and ongoing |
Survey of parents and teachers |
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3. |
Utilization of all SBM Team members to communicate pertinent information from school or brought from home |
All SBM members |
Direction from SBM team |
Aug. and ongoing |
Survey of all parents |
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4. |
Investigate the possibility of a before-the-start-of-school conferences for students |
Administration, sub-committee, and teachers |
Time and funding, Teams |
March, 2008 |
Program designed and implemented |
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5. |
Investigate the perception of the Meadow’s community as to the need for character education |
Sub-committee of Goal III |
Time and survey, Site Based Management, Teams |
March, 2008 |
Program implementation |