| 1.Successful Planned Organizational Change This needs assessment was designed to be used primarily as a tool of school planning and school improvement. For that reason, a series of questions designed to assess attitudes and perceptions of staff and others relative to planned change have been included in the database. Holy Rosary Bi-parish School Planned Change 2001-2002 |
| 2.Frequent Monitoring of Student Progress In the effective school, academic progress is measured frequently. A variety of assessment procedures are used and the results of the assessments are used to improve the instructional program and individual student performance. Holy Rosary Bi-parish School Frequent Monitoring of Student Progress 2001-2002 |
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Action Plan
Actions
The Holy Rosary Bi-parish School Improvement Leadership Team continue to ensure that meetings aimed at discussing the findings and conclusions are the driving force for school improvement at Holy Rosary for the 2001-2002 and future school years.
The areas of focused school improvement to be implemented January 1, 2002 through January 1, 2003 shall be the areas of Planned Change and Frequent Monitoring of Student Progress. In order to ensure that all actions are implemented successfully, periodic assessment of these areas will occur from January 1, 2003 through January 1, 2004, with assessment on these areas as needed thereafter. As a result, the school improvement team (parents, staff, and faculty) shall achieve effective school improvement in a timely and efficient manner that will result in higher student achievement for our children.
Planned Change
Action
Strategies
Implemented
Ensure all staff and faculty have the opportunity to provide input when implementing successful school practices.
Make Staff/Faculty meetings mandatory for all fulltime personnel.
Make team meetings mandatory.
Post Staff/Faculty meeting agendas in faculty lounge.
January 2002
--Ensure that all new staff and students are made to feel welcome and a part of the group.
--Assign each new staff member a staff mentor.
Remove on staff meeting per month and replace it with a Department Meeting.
--Assign every new family a mentor family.
--Re-implement the parent-to-parent program to welcome new students and families and help with transition and introduction to school policies and procedures.
--Plan and execute a “Back to School Night” for the first week of school, and have mentor families contact their assigned families in order to ensure that all new families attend.
--Coordinate with Home and School on Family Socials. Ice cream social, Family Appreciation Day, Sock Hop, Fun Run, Auction.
Implement New Teacher In-service – to be an in-service training day run by the Principal with all new staff.
--Implement quarterly Faculty Socials and religious retreats.
August 2002
--Improve public relations and communications with parents/stakeholders.
--Publish specific jobs/needs that are required in the weekly newsletter;
--Assign a volunteer liaison to connect stakeholder interests/abilities with needs;
--Implement and maintain lists of speakers, etc. with school connections; and
--Contact each new student family prior to the beginning of the school year and implement list of talents they are willing to volunteer.
Implement Parent Night twice a year with the staff and principal available for questions of giving a presentation on topic.
--Ensure that School Board Secretary sends a prepared summary newsletter to be sent home in the family envelopes.
--Create and implement a new a Web Site with pertinent to students, parents, and other stakeholders.
--Frequent Monitoring of Student Progress
--Action
--Strategies
--Implemented
--Evidence of progress toward school goals is noted and published.
--Ensure all needs assessment results, standardized test results, action plans, and task assignments are communicated to all parents/stakeholders in weekly newsletters and documents maintained at the school but open to public viewing.
February 2002
--People reflect feelings of personal responsibility for what occurs in school.
--Develop and implement a published policy for dealing with concerns/discrepancies.
--Assign a volunteer to write grants for miscellaneous funding.
--Implement a non-participation fee option for parents that do not wish to volunteer.
--Develop and implement a volunteer punch card system to track volunteer hours on a monthly basis.
December 2002
Discussions in this school are reached in a process in which staff feel their views are considered, and successful school practices that have been evaluated are presented to the staff for consideration.
Ensure that all staff are involved in discussion and implementation of pending decisions.
June 2002
--Annual Standardized Test Scores are Systematically Used to Evaluate the Program.
--Assign Curriculum Team to review test scores at least twice per year. --The team will determine a specific score that is considered low enough to require attention.
--Ensure classroom teachers use test scores to determine skills and content requiring practice and review.
Implement a folder for each child with activities specific to the weaknesses shown in Standardized tests/or class performance for
--Success Club staff to utilize when homework is completed early.
--Utilize Students volunteers for peer tutoring.
--Recruit parent, parish, and community volunteers to assist bridging the gap between standardized testing and student performance.
December 2002
--Everyone in the school is involved in school improvement efforts.
--Utilize the church community involved with school projects.
--Implement a bulletin board at the back of both churches to post information and activities, and request and use a contact name and number.
--Implement staff development activities to assist the teaching staff in meeting identified school priorities.
October 2002
--Action
--Strategies
--Implemented
--The school takes part in implementation of the Effective Schools --Philosophy.
--Identify state standards.
--Ensure curriculum alignment in Math and Language Arts.
--Implement and Provide training for Language! Program and Effective --Schools.
--Implement Department meetings on last Monday of month.
--Implement three quarterly in-service meetings on alignment and --Effective Schools.
--Teacher’s implementation of all school selected programs.
--Early release time for teachers to work on all areas of improvement.
September 2002
--Instruction is designed appropriately for all types of students.
--Provide enhancement for students with special needs. Extra enrichment for those over 90%, teachers will use Accelerated Reader,
--Accelerated Math, and Success Club.
--Provide enrichment for lower level students. Accelerated Reader, --Accelerated Math, Success Club, Title One, Multi-disciplinary Team.
--Success Club grade breakdowns 1st – 3rd grade/ 4th –6th grade.
--Educate parents on special projects with a section in the weekly school newsletter. All grades must submit information.
--Implement multi-age classroom.
September 2002
--Annual standardized test results are an important part of program evaluation. Results are systematically reviewed by the principal and teachers.
--We teach the curriculum, which exceeds standardized test materials.
--Ensure curriculum is reviewed yearly.
February 2002
--Everyone in the school is involved in school improvement efforts.
--Everyone on staff at Holy Rosary serves on at least one school improvement team.
--All parents have been made aware of the efforts put forth by the Holy Rosary staff.
--At least one parent serves on every school improvement team.
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