Comprehensive Progress Report · HMS will create a culture of actively engaged students who are...

Core Function: School Leadership and Decision MakingEffective Practice: Establishing a team structure with specific duties and time for instructional planning

ID01 A team structure is officially incorporated into the school governance policy.(36)

Implementation Status Assigned To Target Date

Initial Assessment: Arkansas School Board Association is working on this policy and will get it to the district.

Limited Development 09/10/2015

Priority Score: 2 Opportunity Score: 2 Index Score: 4

Hamburg Middle School

Comprehensive Progress Report9/26/2017

! = Past Due Actions KEY = Key Indicator

Mission:

Hamburg School District provides rigorous and relevant educational opportunities in a safe environment that enable our diverse students to become college/career ready and be respectful and productive citizens able to compete in our global society.

The Hamburg Middle School faculty and staff accept the responsibility of collaborating with the community to create a safe and nurturing environment in which students can reach their highest educational achievements in order to become productive and effective citizens.

Goals:

HMS will increase the individual student use of technology.

HMS will work to broaden our community partnership and involvement.HMS will create a culture of actively engaged students who are motivated and responsible for their own learning.

How it will lookwhen fully met:

5.4—SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT TEAMS

A team structure is officially incorporated into the school improvement plan. New school administrators shall receive a description of the teams’ purposes and how each team is constituted; In addition, each new administrator shall receive training on methods for effective teams. All teams shall create work plans for the year, which shall include specific work products for the team to produce. To aid in maintaining the work plan, all teams shall develop an agenda and keep minutes for each meeting. The school principal shall be responsible for maintaining a file of the agendas, work products, and minutes of all teams. Notes: This policy was created in collaboration with the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) School Improvement Team. The policy is not required but is recommended. The language in the policy is based on researched best practices but may be amended in entirety to conform with local practices, including, but not limited to, the number and length of team meetings. Districts should be aware that 3.12 of the ADE Rules Governing the Arkansas Comprehensive Testing, Assessment and Accountability Program states that the ACSIP shall be created by a leadership team; however, the team structure is not required to be in policy. Legal References: ADE Rules Governing theArkansas Comprehensive Testing, Assessment and Accountability ProgramArkansas Comprehensive School Improvement Plan Indicator 36 A.C.A. § 6-17-114 AG Opinion 2015 2005-299 Date Adopted: November 9, 2015Last Revised:

Objective Met11/19/15

John Spradlin 05/26/2017

Action(s) Created Date1

9/10/15

1. The Hamburg School District will call the Arkansas School Board for a policy on this indicator.2. Arkansas School Board will send a policy to the district and the district will pass this information on to HMS.

Complete 09/25/2015 John Spradlin 09/23/2016

Notes: The district contacted ASBA to receive the model policy.2

11/17/15

1. Administrators and process managers established a leadership team in 2014-2015 school year.2. Leadership team members met in Sept. 2016 to replace members that had left the school district or retired.3. New members added where Kelley Bozeman replacing M. Humphries, Debbie Bonds replacing Sandy West, and Nancy Martin replacing Dana Whited.


Notes: The model policy was approved by the HSD board on November 9, 2015.

Implementation: 11/19/2015Evidence

11/19/2015School board minutes and the approved policy, 5.4 are evidence.

Experience

11/19/2015The district leadership team worked towards the goal for the school leadership teams on attaining a policy for governance.

Sustainability

11/19/2015The HMS leadership team will use the new policy 5.4 as a guideline for the team.

ID04 All teams prepare agendas for their meetings.(39) Implementation Status Assigned To Target Date

Initial Assessment: Each PLC grade level and content-area meeting has an agenda and sigh-in sheet created by the instructional facilitators. Administrators are responsible for all faculty meeting agendas and sign-in sheets. Process managers are responsible for all Leadership Team meeting agendas and sigh in sheets.

Full Implementation 09/10/2015

ID07 A Leadership Team consisting of the principal, teachers who lead the Instructional Teams, and other key professional staff meets regularly (twice a month or more for an hour each meeting).(42)


Initial Assessment: We have established the current 2015-16 Leadership Team and are meeting on a regular basis.




Leadership Team will be able to regularly meet on a bi-weekly basis. Objective Met02/18/16

Phillip Baxter 05/27/2016


9/10/15The administration and process managers will schedule times that allow for all team members to attend meetings while maintaining classroom coverage.

Complete 01/29/2016 Tammy Streeter 05/27/2016

Notes:

2 1/20/16 Leadership team will once a month. Complete 02/12/2016 Phillip Baxter 01/21/2016Notes:

3 1/20/16 Process managers and administrators will meet bi-weekly. Complete 02/15/2016 Phillip Baxter 01/28/2016Notes:

Implementation: 02/18/2016Evidence 2/18/2016

All members are up to date on all aspects of the Indistar program.Experience 2/18/2016

We have established a time for the majority of the leadership team members to meet at least twice month.

Sustainability 2/18/2016We continue with monthly meetings and began establishing more objectives for 2016-1017 year.

ID08 The Leadership Team serves as a conduit of communication to the faculty and staff.(43)


Initial Assessment: Information will be given to staff during PLC and staff meetings to keep faculty informed.




Leadership team and faculty are aware and involved in the decision making for everyone. Everyone knows the indicators and how hese indicators are being accomplished.




9/23/16

The Leadership Team made a list of four indicators and had the faculty pick two as the school's indicators. The Leadership team choose one specific indicator that it wanted and then included the two indicators the faculty chose.


Notes: The faculty chose ID10 and IIIDO1. The Leadership team chose IDO8.2 9/26/16 Interim dates are set for November, January, and March. Complete 03/17/2017 Lynda Kay Chapman 03/31/2017

Notes: The dates for these interim assessments were given in a bi-weekly PLC meeting in November, 2016.

3 10/19/16 The process managers will lead discussions during PLC meetings regarding all progress and concerns for the completion of indicators.

Complete 04/19/2017 Phillip Baxter and Kelley Bozeman

05/26/2017

Notes:

43/30/17

The Leadership team will meet several times throughout the year to advise and inform team members of progress made for completeing indicator.

Complete 05/10/2017 Phillip Baxter 05/26/2017

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All faculty members can speak about goals and indicators.Experience 5/10/2017

During this school year the school faculty and administration showed much more interest in the SIP plan and made productive suggestion on how to accomplish these objectives and goals.

Sustainability 5/10/2017Every year we continue to utilize PLC and grade level meetings to keep faculty informed of our objectives and indicators. Faculty will help determine indicators to be selected for next year.

ID10 The Leadership Team regularly looks at school performance data and aggregated classroom observation data and uses that data to make decisions about school improvement and professional development needs.(45)


Initial Assessment: Data is regularly gathered through administrative walk throughs, PLC observations and interim tests.




All students and teachers will be actively engaged in learning. Objective Met05/10/17

Lynda Kay Chapman 05/26/2017

Action(s) Created Date1 9/23/16 First interim test given in November to determine a base score for all

students in math and literacy.Complete 03/17/2017 Lynda Kay Chapman 03/31/2017

Notes: Data from the first interim assessment and areas to remediate students were discussed during a faculty inservice meeting on January 4, 2017.

Interim 2 test were given in January 2017. Interim 3 test were given in March 2017.

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11/28/16

Music, art, health, and computer technology classes will utilize informational reading passages with comprehension questions on a monthly basis. This will supplement the core classes in helping students improve reading skills/scores.

Complete 04/28/2017 Kelley Bozeman 04/28/2017

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3 11/28/16 The computer program Moby Max will be used for remediation and enrichment in literacy, math, and science.

Complete 05/05/2017 Penny Woods 05/26/2017

Notes: Teachers remediating for literacy and math will include the use of Moby Max in their weekly lesson plans. Parents, students, and teachers can view progress in Moby Max.

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3/30/17

The administration will provide the HMS faculty with a survey for suggestions about professional development needed in the coming school year of 2017-2018.


Notes: The results of the professional development survey given to HMS faculty in March is as follows: most requested PD topics were Strategies to Increase Efficiency and Effectiveness and Developing a Mindset for Student Success/Daily Interactions with Students.


Evidence will be shown in the scores from ACT Aspire test, and the necessary corrections and remediation once this information is available.

Experience 5/10/2017All interim test and the ACT Aspire were given on schedule and implemented with some technical difficulty during the administering of ACT Aspire. The data information from the interim test were used to by classroom teachers for remediation and deficient skills.

Sustainability 5/10/2017All data information from ACT Aspire will be reviewed in the summer to decide who will placed in remediation for the 2017-2018 school year.

Core Function: School Leadership and Decision MakingEffective Practice: Aligning classroom observations with evaluation criteria and professional development

IF02 The Leadership Team reviews the principal’s summary reports of classroom observations and takes them into account in planning professional development.(66)


Initial Assessment: The administrators and instructional facilitators will meet in February of 2016 to begin developing professional development classes for the upcoming school year. A Google Docs survey will then be prepared and sent to all teachers in March. The survey will cover the areas, domains, and components of professional development each teacher needs to complete during the following school year. The leadership team, principles, and facilitators will then meet in April to discuss the results of the survey in order to plan what professional development the school will recommend or offer during the summer.




1. Math and Literacy facilitators will use a Google document survey to gather information from staff on professional development needs.2. The facilitators will meet with administrators in February 2016 to begin planning summer professional development for the faculty.




11/2/15

1. Lynda Kay Chapman and Penny Woods will create a Google Docs survey in February 2016 so that teachers may evaluate what the professional development needs are for HMS.

Complete 02/12/2016 Lynda Kay Chapman 05/26/2016

Notes:

21/20/16

2. Facilitators and administrators will meet in March or April to go over the results of the survey and other professional development options that administrators feel are needed.


Notes: Facilitators and adminstrator have met and made a tentative Professional development schedule. The tentative schedule was given to teachers during PLC meetings the week of March 14-18, 2016.

3 1/20/16 3. Professional development needs will be distributed through PLC meetings, based on each departments needs.


Notes: The tentative professional development scheudule was given during the week of March 14-16. Each teacher was told that six days were set aside by the adminstrator as PD days within the HMS. Teachers were told that the remaining four days must be handled at the teacher's own discretion.


Teachers have been received a list of mandatory professional days offered by the district and the Southeast Arkansas Cooperative.

Experience 3/16/2016The objective was met easily with help of the adminstrator and facilitators.

Sustainability 3/16/2016This is an ongoing process that is subject to according to needs of each school year.

IF06 Teachers are required to make individual professional development plans based on classroom observations.(70)


Initial Assessment: All teachers are required to complete a self-assessment in the months of August and April. Hamburg Middle School will use the self-assessment survey provided by Bloomboard. The self-assessment results and Bloomboard professional growth plans are used by administrators as a guide for both formal and informal observations. All information and data that is provided by the observations is stored in the individual Bloomboard accounts of the teachers and observers. School administrators use the TESS module to assist with teacher observations and ratings.




The assistant principal will use Bloomboard to monitor teacher self-assessment.




11/2/151. Teachers will complete a self-assessment in August and April on Bloomboard.


Notes:

21/20/16

2. Administrators will use teacher self-assessments and professional growth plans to conduct formal and informal observations.


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3 1/20/16 3. Teachers and administrators will review self-assessments, professional growth plans, and observations in Sept. and Apr.


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All certified personnel have met with administrators to discuss professional development needs and professional growth goals for the new year.All certified personnel have turned in a document listing Professional development for the summer.

Experience 5/24/2016Time and outside obstacles made this a lengthy process.

Sustainability 5/24/2016These items a continuing process for each year.

IF11 The school provides all staff high quality, ongoing, job-embedded, and differentiated professional development.(3984)


Initial Assessment: HMS provides and aligns high quality professional development by utilizing data assessed from TESS (teacher self-assessments) and needs identified through summative evaluations. Teacher voice is also given consideration through use of professional development needs surveys and weekly PLC meetings.

Summer professional development includes: Dyslexia and parental involvement training, Instructional Strategies refresher, Curriculum Mapping and Planning, Imbedded Technology and Bloomboard Training, Developing a Safe and Professional Environment/Effective Common Core Lessons, and Mission/Vision Alignment.

Pre-AP training for science and literacy teachers were provided June 17-21, 2014; math teachers during July 8-11, 2014.

On-going professional development includes: Literacy First training for teachers September 4th and 24thth, October 7th and 23rd, November 5th and December 1st. CMP training for math instructors October 20th, November 10th, and January 26th.Classroom Management with Lisa Brown November 3rd.Science Job Alike training October 27th, November 10th, December 16th, January 12th, February 9th, March 6th, and April 13th.


Core Function: School Leadership and Decision MakingEffective Practice: Expanded time for student learning and teacher collaboration

IH01 The school monitors progress of the extended learning time programs and other strategies related to school improvement.(3981)


Initial Assessment: Extended learning time programs and strategies include double blocking of all math and literacy courses, along with a minimum of 30 minutes per week used for remediation time.

Using results from pre-testing (Insight) and interim assessments, remediation is prescribed according to deficiencies. Individualized deficiency and standards that students are not familiar with are addressed using MyQuest.

Both individual and group weaknesses are identified through rotation stations and Literacy First strategies.Current math curriculum, skills ,and standards are reviewed through two-a-days and bell work.

Tutoring is also available for all students during lunch for both math and literacy, andreading fluency is addressed daily during M.I.R.P.




All students will show progress through pretest, interim assessment, fluency test, AIP's, and post test.

All students showing progress will give evidence to fullfilling this indicator.

To manage and monitor work toward this objective uses post-test and interim assessments.


Penny Woods 05/31/2016

Action(s) Created Date1 2/13/15 Pre and post test and interim assessment. Complete 03/20/2015 Penny Woods 04/16/2015

Notes: Februray 2016

March 2016

April 20162 2/19/15 Look into reorganizing classes Complete 04/02/2015 John Spradlin 03/02/2015

Notes: Pre-AP classes will be continued for the 2015-2016 school year. Teachers will be required to create a separate lesson plan for all Pre-Ap classes. Contracts containing guidelines of the program will be created by April 10th, 2015. These contracts will be sent to parents/guardians and must be agreed to in order for their child to participate.

Only students scoring advanced on the most recent state tests will receive contracts. Ancillary consideration will be reading fluency levels of at least grade level or higher (administered by April 24th), results from a new math basic skills test (to administered by May 22nd), student responsibility in completing independent assignments, report card grades, and student accountability concerning summer math projects and literacy reading lists.

Jennifer Tyson and Linda Chapman will be responsible for gathering the necessary information regarding reading fluency and math basic skills testing for upcoming 6th grade students.

Teachers will prepare Pre-Ap syllabi by May 8th.

Alert Now messages concerning Pre-AP guidelines will be sent to all current 5th grade students on May 17th. These students will receive contracts during the HMS "6th Grader for a Day" activity. On the following day, there will be an afterschool meeting for all grade level parents in which math and literacy teachers will lay out details regarding the HMS Pre-AP program.

After the first four weeks of the 2015-2016 school year, students in the Pre-AP program with less than a C average will be required to have at least a 2.00 GPA in the class by the end of the first nine weeks. Parents will receive a warning letter concerning the academic performance of any student with less than a C average at the end of the first four weeks. Any student with less than a C average at the completion of the first nine weeks will be dismissed from the program.

Teachers will be required to submit a separate lesson plan for Pre-AP classes weekly.

Implementation: 03/16/2016

Evidence 3/16/2016Student's indivdual clipboards from PLATO showed progress or no progress for the skills the student is studying.

3/16/2016Student's indivdual clipboards from PLATO showed progress or no progress for the skills the student is studying.

Experience 3/16/2016This was a diffcult objective to meet because of slow results from PARCC assessment given in 2015.

3/16/2016This was a diffcult objective to meet because of slow results from PARCC assessment given in 2015.

Sustainability 3/16/2016Teachers, facilatators, and adminstrator have decided based on scores to have students to continue work in the PLATO computer program as a way to be prepared for the ACT Aspire.

3/16/2016Teachers, facilatators, and adminstrator have decided based on scores to have students to continue work in the PLATO computer program as a way to be prepared for the ACT Aspire.

Core Function: School Leadership and Decision MakingEffective Practice: Ensuring High Quality Staff - Recruitment, Evaluation, and Retention

II01 The school works collaboratively with the district to recruit and retain highly-qualified teachers to support school improvement.(3982)


Initial Assessment: Hamburg School District employs a recruitment administrator at our central office. Doretta Griffin travels to colleges in Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana to recruit college students majoring in education. We also partner with the Education Renewal Zone through Tracie Jones and UAM. In efforts to retain highly-qualified teachers, our district provides dental, vision, hospital confinement, and long-term disability at no cost to employees. We also partner with Southeast Educational Cooperative and the UAM STEM Center to support our teachers with training, materials, and coaching. Hamburg Middle School has two curriculum facilitators to support classroom teachers.

Professional development is provided during the school year to assist teachers with direct needs. Content teachers are sent to training to become more highly qualified in their subject areas (CMP 3 Training and Pre-AP Training).


Core Function: Curriculum, Assessment, and Instructional PlanningEffective Practice: Engaging teachers in aligning instruction with standards and benchmarks

IIA01 Instructional Teams develop standards-aligned units of instruction for each subject and grade level.(88)


Initial Assessment: Beginning in August of 2015, all math teachers began attending ongoing CMP3 curriculum-based training. All teachers met in July for two days of curriculum mapping and will meet again in January of 2016 to complete this. Social studies teachers met in June 2015 to review new frameworks and to begin curriculum mapping, including C3 of CCSS. All literacy teachers are working throughout the school year to align curriculum across the district from K-8 using the CCSS and Expeditory Learning modules.




The administration will monitor the use of curriculum standards through classroom observations and curriculum meetings on a weekly basis.




11/2/151. All literacy teachers are working throughout the school year to align curriculum across the district from K-8 using the CCSS and Expeditory Learning modules.


Notes:

2 1/20/16 All teacher math teachers are attending monthly math professional development at the COOP.


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All math teachers have completed their COM 3 training and will have refresher professional development during the summer. Literacy teachers will plan 2016- 2017 curriculum using NY engage.

Experience 5/24/2016The math teachers gained valuable information and teaching skills to help their students succeed. Literacy teacher experienced some troubles at the beginning of the year using NY engage model of planning and teaching, however they have been successful at using the format and will continue using it next year.

Sustainability 5/24/2016Math and Literacy teachers will continue with CPM 3 training during August and continue during the school year. Literacy teachers will also be using NY engage program for the coming year.

Core Function: Curriculum, Assessment, and Instructional PlanningEffective Practice: Assessing student learning frequently with standards-based assessments

IID02 The school tests each student at least 3 times each year to determine progress toward standards-based objectives.(100)


Initial Assessment: The Hamburg school district has purchased the Edmentum (Plato) program for use in all interim, pre, and post assessments. Students began taking these tests in August. In October, it's planned that students will also take interim assessments utilizing the ACT Aspire.




1. P. Woods and L. Chapman will monitor student use of Edmentum (Plato).



Action(s) Created Date1 11/2/15 1. Students have taken a practice assessment for the ACT Aspire exam. Complete 02/16/2016 Penny Woods 05/26/2016

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2 1/20/16 8th grade students complete an infrastructure test for ACT Aspire. Complete 02/17/2016 Lynda Kay Chapman 02/26/2016

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Implementation: 02/18/2016Evidence

2/18/2016Data is collected in ACT Aspire website and Arkansas Department of Education.

Experience

2/18/2016It started off poorly and many computers and older model chrome books did not have an updated operating system. The previous operating system was incompatible with the ACT Aspire app.

Sustainability

2/18/2016Make sure all operating systems are aligned with the ACT Aspire app.

IID03 Teachers receive timely reports of results from standardized and objectives-based tests.(101)


Initial Assessment: Once the counselor receives the PARCC assessment scores from the Arkansas Department of Education, she will immediately give each teacher their students' scores. After each teacher disseminates their scores, they will meet with instructional facilitators to discuss strengths and weaknesses.




The counselor will email teachers the student scores from last year's PARCC exam.


Kelley Howie 02/26/2016


11/2/151. The counselor will email teachers the student scores from last year's PARCC exam.

Complete 01/19/2016 Meredith Quinn 05/26/2016

Notes: 2. Teachers have received 2015-2016 PARCC assessment scores.3. Teachers, administrators, facilitators, have met during PLCs to review and discuss strengths and weakness of the results.4. Teachers have completed AIPS for students scoring 3 or below on the PARCC assessment, and these have been sent home to be signed and return by Friday, January 22.

2 1/20/16 Teachers, administrators, and facilitators have reviewed PARCC scores. Complete 01/04/2016 John Spradlin 01/04/2016Notes:

3 1/20/16 Teachers and facilitators have prepared AIPS for remediation based on student's scores.


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4 1/20/16 Teacher sent AIPs home with students to be signed and returned by January 22, 2016.


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Implementation: 01/20/2016

Evidence 1/19/2016Signed AIPS in the teachers files and students' permanent records stored in the counselor's office.

1/20/2016AIPs are signed and returned. They are stored in teacher's classroom files and in students' permanent records located in the counselors office.

Experience 1/19/2016Since we didn't receive the PARCC results until December of 2015, and AIP's and proper remediation could not begin until Feb. 1, 2016.

1/20/2016It was very hard to complete this objective until the state had sent our PARCC scores.

Sustainability 1/19/2016We will continue remediation using PLATO and inter min assessments beginning in Feb. 2016.

1/20/2016Inter-min assessments need to be given and monitored for progress. Teachers need to keeping using the PLATO program for remediation and enrichment

IID11 Instructional Teams review the results of unit pre-/post-tests to make decisions about the curriculum and instructional plans and to "red flag" students in need of intervention (both students in need of tutoring or extra help and students needing enhanced learning opportunities because of their early mastery of objectives).(109)


Initial Assessment: All subject areas have developed curriculum maps and use a universal daily lesson plan template that are turned in weekly. Vertical mapping will be conducted this summer during professional development. Instructional strategies are listed in the lesson plan template.

Pre/Post and interim assessments are aligned with the Common Core State Standards.




Pre and post test will be in place along with regular progress monitoring. Students individual needs will be addressed based upon progress monitoring.



Action(s) Created Date1 2/13/15 Look at coming up with a better plan for MIRP using the fluency test. Complete 03/09/2015 Penny Woods 08/17/2015

Notes: Teachers will take a professional development refreshment session on July 27th concerning the MIRP program. Administrators will enforce MIRP implementation. Fluency test results will be distributed to 1st period teachers so that they can help students choose books that are appropriate for their reading level. Books must be kept inside each student's first period class. Teachers are looking into incentives/consequences for students using MIRP time to its fullest potential.

Students with lower reading levels will be required to read out loud more during MIRP with the guidance of a paraprofessional. The school is also looking into using volunteer retired teachers for listening to student readings in order to provide assistance in raising fluency levels.

22/13/15

Increase vocabulary in the classrooms by increasing strategies, hold a professional development workshop this summer to get all teachers on the same page.


Notes: Summer workshops to increase vocabulary usage and strategies in the classrooms will take place on August 4th, 2015.

3 2/13/15 All math classes will remediate multiplication facts daily or weekly. Complete 09/04/2015 Lynda Kay Chapman 08/17/2015

Notes: Lynda Kay will look at how math teachers will remediate multiplication facts daily or weekly.


All students have received AIPs and parents have signed them. All AIPs are in the teacher's files and students permanent records.

Experience 2/18/2016Teachers copied AIP from AIP generator at the AR DEpartmen of Education.

Sustainability 2/18/2016Follow through with procedures in the AIP

Core Function: Classroom InstructionEffective Practice: Expecting and monitoring sound instruction in a variety of modes

IIIA01 All teachers are guided by a document that aligns standards, curriculum, instruction, and assessment.(110)


Initial Assessment: All subject areas have developed curriculum maps and use universal daily lesson plan templates that are turned in weekly. Vertical mapping will be conducted this summer during professional development. Instructional strategies are listed in the lesson plan template. Interim pre and post assessments are aligned with the Common Core State Standards.


IIIA02 All teachers develop weekly lesson plans based on aligned units of instruction.(111)


Initial Assessment: Daily lesson plans are turned in weekly which includes Common Core State Standards and frameworks. All subject areas have curriculum maps aligned with Common Core State Standards. Teacher observations verify the aligned units of study are taking place.


IIIA05 All teachers maintain a record of each student’s mastery of specific learning objectives.(114)


Initial Assessment: Teachers maintain a record through lesson plans, grades (E-School), Insight, rubrics,pre and post test,and Interim test.


IIIA06 All teachers test frequently using a variety of evaluation methods and maintain a record of the results.(115)


Initial Assessment: Teachers test through formative assessments, unit test, exit tickets, pre and post test, Interim test, weekly math test, and 2 a days in math.


IIIA07 All teachers differentiate assignments (individualize instruction) in response to individual student performance on pre-tests and other methods of assessment.(116)


Initial Assessment: Teachers differentiate assignments based off of strengths and weaknesses from Insight, use rotation stations, 2 a days in math, all teachers do 30 minutes of remediation per week. At the beginning of every year teachers do inventory assessments with students to learn their learning styles.


Core Function: Classroom InstructionEffective Practice: Provide a tiered system of instructional and behavioral supports and interventions

IIID01 The school implements a reliable and valid system-wide screening process for academics and behavior that includes the assessment of all students multiple times per year and establishes decision rules to determine those students in need of targeted intervention.(5193)


Initial Assessment: Using the ASIS system, teachers will prepare AIP's for students that scored below expectations in Literacy, Math, and Science. Students are receiving remediation in these 3 areas over the period of one semester. Behavior is being in E-School and will eventually be monitored through the GPS program.




All students are see an increase in test scores after a full semester of remediation on interim test in February. All AIP's have been signed and return to teachers with a copy in the teachers files.



Action(s) Created Date1 9/23/16 All students with AIP's are placed in a remediation class of 1 semester

for literacy and math.Complete 10/14/2016 Lynda Kay Chapman 05/26/2017

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All teachers have each individual, signed AIP in a secured folder.Experience 10/19/2016

Teachers in the content areas of Literacy, Math, and Science were trained in the new procedures for completing the AIP's. All AIP's were passed out to students, signed by parents/guardians, and returned in a timely manner.

Sustainability 10/19/2016Students that received AIP's will attend remediation classes for one semester.

Core Function: Family Engagement in a School CommunityEffective Practice: Explain and communicate the purpose and practices of the school community

FE04 The school’s Title I Compact (Or Non-Title I schools roles and expectations for parents, students, and teachers) includes responsibilities (expectations) that communicate what parents (families) can do to support their students’ learning at home (curriculum of the home, with learning opportunities for families to develop their curriculum of the home). (3983)


Initial Assessment: The staff at Hamburg Middle School takes the responsibility of providing a safe and nurturing environment, one that allows for students to be able to learn and successfully reach their highest potential. Hamburg Middle School actively engages the community through the school's web site, Remind 101, E-School, Alert Now Messaging, parent-teacher conferences, notes/phone calls from teachers, email communication, parent packets, semester newsletter detailing student accomplishments, and award ceremonies. Each teacher is required to bring a person from the community each year to educate students over their content area.

Hamburg Middle School has a newsletter, "Middle Years: Working for Success", that is sent home monthly and gives sleep habits, nutritional information, study habits, and skills. A newsletter is sent home every nine weeks informing parents what standards will be covered in math, literacy, and science.

Title I meeting and Parental Involvement meeting with parents to inform them on how Title I funds are being used and to familiarize parents with the Parental Involvement Plan. We hold Open House in August before school begins to inform parents and students on school policies and practices. We will hold a testing night meeting to familiarize parents and students with the PARCC assessment and how parents can help prepare their child for this assessment.


Core Function: High School: Opportunity to LearnEffective Practice: Ensure content mastery and graduation

HS04 The school provides all students with guidance and supports (academic, financial, etc.) to prepare them for college and career.(4541)


Initial Assessment: All students are given the opportunity to take Pre-AP classes in math, literacy, and 8th grade science. The counselor will lead and assist teachers in instructional time provided once a month during the months of October through March that will be designed to help students prepare for college and careers. The counselor is also preparing for a career fair in the first few weeks of 2016 that will utilize former HMS alumni. All students in career classes will create Career Development Portfolios that will enable them to gauge various career interests.




1. The HMS counselor, will provide Pre-Ap intent forms and permission slips in May 2016 to all 5th, 6th, and 7th graders.2. The counselor will then work with office staff and administrators to place students in Pre-AP class in the fall of 2016.3. The counselor will lead students in discussions about college and careers and inform them of what is necessary for college preparation. 4. The Careers instructor, Special Education instructor, and HMS counselor will have all 7th and 8th grades students create a career and college folder. Students will also take an interest inventory, which allows them to examine the direction in which field of study or career choices their interest is leaning.5. Lastly, the counselor will set up a career fair for middle school students, in which former HMS alumni will be utilized as guest speakers.


Kelley Howie 05/26/2017

Action(s) Created Date1 11/2/15 1.The HMS counselor, will provide Pre-Ap intent forms and permission

slips in May 2016 to all 5th, 6th, and 7th graders. Complete 06/01/2016 Meredith Quinn 05/26/2017

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2 1/20/16 The counselor will then work with office staff and administrators to place students in Pre-AP class in the fall of 2016. students,


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3 1/20/16 The counselor will lead students in discussions about college and careers and inform them of what is necessary for college preparation.


Notes: Mrs. Quinn presented a lesson to 6th- 8th graders during her monthly teaching lesson. She discussed different types of higher education opportunities that students could chose. Mrs. Quinn also gave students a chance to research a college of their choosing for tuition cost, fields of study offered, and other activities associated with the college experience.

5 1/20/16 Lastly, the counselor will set up a career fair for middle school students, in which former HMS alumni will be utilized as guest speakers.


Notes: Students, teachers, and stakeholders will participate in a four part career day. Each grade of students will be able to hear from four different career representatives.


Mrs. Quinn had students to complete several surveys concerning the lessons she provided. All surveys were administered through google classroom, and the results were used to determine what instruction she provide at the next classroom visit. During Career Day all presenters were asked to sign in that they had participated in the program.

Experience 5/10/2017Mrs. Quinn did an outstanding job providing information to students during monthly grade level classroom visits. She provided information concerning getting prepared for high school, college, and career readiness. Also, she facilitated the career day in which a variety of presentersfrom different careers informed students of requirements and qualifications for different fields and job opportunities.

Sustainability 5/10/2017With the counselor leaving this year, the new counselor will be provided with the information to keep this process going.

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