School Improvement Plan
SMARTR goals for this academic school year
2017-18 School Innovation and Improvement Plan At-a-Glance
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2017-2018
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Holmes Middle School
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Region 2
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Margaret Barnes, Principal
Karri Iaquinta Springer and Christopher Kamar, Committee Co-Chairs
End of Year SMARTR Outcome
Increase Writing SOL Scores
- Overall = 80%
- Black & Hispanic = 75% each
- LEP & SpEd = 70% each
Strategies
- Common school-wide expectations for writing
- PD series on School Planning Days → Writing Strategies & Looking at Student Work (Qualitative data analysis)
| Civics | Science | Math 6 | Math 7 | Math 8 | English 6 | English 7 | English 8 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 91%+ | 85% | 80% | 80% | 80% | 75% | 85% | 80% |
| Black | 90% | 85% | 70% | 70% | 80% | 70% | 85% | 75% |
| Hispanic | 90% | 75% | 70% | 70% | 70% | 70% | 75% | 70% |
| LEP | 85% | 70% | 75% | 70% | 70% | 70% | 75% | 70% |
| SWD | 75% | 70% | 70% | 70% | 70% | 70% | 70% | 70% |
Strategies
- Crafting Learning Targets and informally assessing student learning more frequently
- Use of data wall to be more purposeful when supporting students by name and need
- Use of leveled texts eg. Newsela Pro
- Developing an implementation of the Engagement/Workshop Model to include small group instruction