School Innovation and Improvement Plan
SIIP-at-a-Glance
Beech Tree Elementary School
Region 2
Taiia Clarke, Principal
English Language Arts
Outcome:
By June 2024, 75% of students in grade 3 will pass the Reading SOL (unadjusted). The percentage of English Language Learners who pass will increase by 10% (to 52%).
Goal:
Students reading on grade level by the end of 3rd Grade.
Strategy 1
Expand use of conversation structures to increase academic talk and build relationships among students.
Strategy 2
Increase interdisciplinary opportunities to build language and SEL skill development across content areas and throughout the school day.
Strategy 3
Increase use of data (e.g., iReady, CORE, PASS, PRF, WIDA) to plan instruction and monitor progress for students demonstrating risk.
Additional Learning Environment Strategy
Access to Rigor: Provide responsive instruction (supports and scaffolds) within rigorous Tier 1 learning opportunities
Math
Outcome:
By June 2024, 75% of students in grades 3-5 will pass the Math SOL (unadjusted). The percentage of English Language Learners who pass will increase by 10% (to 53%).
Goal:
Successful completion of Algebra 1 by 8th Grade.
Strategy 1
Increase teachers implementation strategies related to Shift 8: from looking for correct answers towards revealing student thinking.
Strategy 2
Use conversation structures to increase academic talk between students.
Strategy 3
Increase teacher implementation of explicit instruction and other components of effective mathematics intervention.
Additional Learning Environment Strategy
Access to Rigor: Provide responsive instruction (supports and scaffolds) within rigorous Tier 1 learning opportunities
Chronic Absenteeism
Outcome:
By the end of the 2023-24 school year, we will reduce our school’s chronic absenteeism rate to below 15% as evidenced by our school’s chronic absenteeism data.
Goal:
Increase student attendance and decrease absenteeism rates.
Strategy 1
Strengthen school team practices to monitor attendance data and determine need for intervention and additional support.
Strategy 2
Strengthening messaging to staff, students and families around attendance to school. Each stakeholder should be able to understand how daily attendance matters, not only for academic success, but because school offers an opportunity to develop social and emotional skills such as listening, paying attention, problem-solving and self-regulation, all which are needed to grow and learn.
Strategy 3
Develop community partnerships to promote engagement opportunities for increased student attendance.