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    Sparks Middle School's performance plan has three key goals: 1) Improve math, ELA, and science achievement through professional development on questioning techniques and decreasing the number of low-performing students. 2) Enhance climate and culture by increasing staff, family, and student perceptions of respect, safety, and engagement. 3) Achieve these goals through professional learning on instructional strategies, family engagement events, and aligning curriculum, instruction, and assessment to standards.

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    Sparks Middle School's performance plan has three key goals: 1) Improve math, ELA, and science achievement through professional development on questioning techniques and decreasing the number of low-performing students. 2) Enhance climate and culture by increasing staff, family, and student perceptions of respect, safety, and engagement. 3) Achieve these goals through professional learning on instructional strategies, family engagement events, and aligning curriculum, instruction, and assessment to standards.

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    Sparks Middle School's performance plan has three key goals: 1) Improve math, ELA, and science achievement through professional development on questioning techniques and decreasing the number of low-performing students. 2) Enhance climate and culture by increasing staff, family, and student perceptions of respect, safety, and engagement. 3) Achieve these goals through professional learning on instructional strategies, family engagement events, and aligning curriculum, instruction, and assessment to standards.

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    Sparks Middle School

    Performance Plan

    School

    MATH/ELA/SCIENCE

    CLIMATE AND
    CULTURE

    Our goal is to ensure strong student


    achievement for all students by
    focusing on core instructional practices
    in implementing NVACS

    Through focused professional development, the


    core instruction will incorporate effective or
    highly effective questioning and discussion
    techniques (as measured through administrator
    observations by the Danielson 3b components)
    in more than 75% of lessons by March 2016.
    Due to constraints of the changing assessment
    system, we will utilize grade level MAP data to
    provide support for all sub-groups. In 2015/16,
    our objective is to decrease the number of
    students in the low and low average
    performance groups by 20%.

    Climate and engagement: Sparks Middle School will


    achieve student engagement and academic success
    through a focus on creating a healthy learning
    climate where students and staff are aware of
    behavioral expectations, feel safe, and promote
    social and emotional learning.

    The number of staff agree that there is a strong culture of


    respect and fairness at the school site will increase from 67% to
    80% as measured by the teacher/staff climate survey for Sparks
    Middle School.
    Increase the number of families completing the climate survey12% to 40%- as measured by yearly Climate Survey for Sparks
    Middle School.
    Increase the number of students who agree that they are
    academically engaged in their coursework from 59% to 75%.

    Decrease the number of major discipline referrals from 941 to 475.

    ACTION PLAN
    1. Professional Learning: Whole staff development, PLCs, and individualized support

    Focus is on NVACs and students doing


    the heavy lifting.

    Monthly strategic instruction on Understanding


    By Design (UBD) provided by RPDP trainers
    Nicolette Smith and Kristen Campbell.
    Training on the work by John Hattie with Dr.
    Sakalaris on high leverage instructional
    strategies - questioning and discussion
    techniques.
    Developed whole school lesson plan template
    aligned with the Danielson evaluation rubric

    Focus on Fundamental Four Climate and Engagement


    Implementation of meaningful school wide expectations - BEAR
    Power.
    Creation of a unique advisory tracker designed by students,
    tailored to fit the needs as decided by the students.
    PBL training to support the role of teachers as facilitators and
    students thinking critically about reality based issues/problem
    solving.
    Home Visit program training - 36 faculty members trained
    Mandated weekly team PLC meetings focused on student data,
    building relationships, and school to home communication.
    Bullying instruction on State/District preventative curriculum

    Sparks Middle School


    Performance Plan

    (questioning and discussion techniques).


    Book Club focus on Classroom Management
    and Student Centered Coaching (Diane
    Sweeny).
    Weekly PLC meetings with additional support
    from Master Teacher and ELL Coach to identify
    differentiation strategies.
    Mentor Teachers assigned to provide
    individualized support for novice teachers.
    Weekly Novice Teacher seminar meetings
    focused on NVACs and intentional and strategic
    instruction on questioning and discussion
    techniques.
    Master/Mentor teachers modeling best
    practices and co-teaching using
    questioning/discussion techniques.

    School
    Professional learning on cultural responsive practices.

    2. Family Engagement: Bilingual support for parent advocacy and academic understanding
    School-wide events
    Community Partnership events
    Family & student achievement nights (where families learn about student
    performance trends)
    Rotational outreach events at our elementary feeder schools focused on
    transitions

    3. Curriculum/Instruction/Assessment: Correlated with the Teacher Performance Standards and


    21st Century Learning.
    Curricular Practices
    Instructional Strategies
    Student Practices
    1. Content Collaboration (PLC work)
    2. Standards (NVACS & NGSS)
    3. Essential Understanding

    1. Roles
    2. Engaging Students in
    Learning
    3. Questioning and Discussion

    4.
    5.
    6.
    7.

    4.
    5.
    6.
    7.

    Scope and Sequence


    Texts/Materials
    Vocabulary
    High Expectations

    Formative Assessment
    Authentic Feedback
    Progress Monitoring
    Data-based Decision Making

    1. Collaboration
    2. Project Based Learning
    3. Real-World Problem
    Solving & Innovation
    4. Self-Regulation
    5. Grit
    6. Skilled Communication
    7. Self-Monitoring of
    Progress

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