School Wide Focus
Valley Oak Middle School School-Wide Goals
2024-2025
| By the end of the 2024 - 2025 school year, |
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| ELA met or exceeded scores will increase by 5% |
| Math met or exceeded scores will increase by 5% |
| our English learners will improve on the English learner progress indicator by 10% |
| Science met or exceeded CAST scores will increase by 4% |
In order to increase student achievement, our two BIG ROCKS for the 2024-2025 school year will focus on:
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Tier 1 Core Instruction
- Identify and develop school Tier 1 Embedded Practices
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Enhancing Professional Learning Communities:
- Develop Common Formative Assessments
- Analyze Data
- Deploy and Re-Teach
Tier 1 Core Instruction & Lesson Sequence
Embedded Practices:
- Staff fosters a positive classroom community through routines and practices that promote trust, respect, and inclusivity among students
- Staff plan lessons intentionally and employs a diverse range of instructional methods
- Staff provides timely feedback of student work to monitor progress and areas for growth
- Staff provides structures for student engagement and interactions
Daily Objective:
- Clear and Measurable (What, Why, How format)
- Posted in same location school-wide
- Referenced to it a minimum 3X/Period
- Clear Learning Intentions and Student Success Criteria
Checking for Understanding:
- Minimum of 4 times per period
- Random Selection by Teacher
- Systematic use of Blooms Leveled Questions
- Appropriate Checks for Lesson
- Model and give feedback to all students
Student Engagement
- Use Engagement Structures used by name
- Use of the Kagan 5 routinely
- Model as needed
- Use structures with fidelity to ensure PIES
- Choose Structure based on daily objective
Professional Learning Communities (PLC’s)
Weekly Meetings will be focused on:
What do we want all students know and do? (Before the Unit)
- Common Pacing
- Lesson Design and Delivery
- Focus on Essential Standards
- Formative and Summative Assessment Calendar
- Research based Strategies
- Identified Clear Learning Targets weekly
How will we know if they learned it? (During/After Unit)
- Data Analysis
- Tracking my own Learning
- Frequent visits to Smart Goals
- Team Celebrations
How will we respond if students don't know it? (After Unit)
- RTI
- Structured Intervention
How will we respond if students learned it? (After Unit)
- RTI
- Structured Enrichment
School Climate and Culture
- School Wide PBIS Focus
- Team/Class building emphasis
- Spirit days
- Bronco ”RISE UP” Assemblies
- School Leadership Team
- New Teacher Cohort Training
- Leadership Summit for all
- Connecting with Community Partners
- Project Based Learning in Science
- Staff Teambuilding and recognition
- College/Career Pathways offered for RTI
Technology
- Staff Development for all on Schoology & Google Classroom
- Online Assessments for all Core departments
- 1:1 Chromebook for each student
- Use of Software Programs to enhance teaching
- Staff Development for use new Software Programs
- iReady school wide program
- Suite 360 used school wide
- PowerSchool used for attendance and grades
Literacy
- Focus Notes done in all departments
- Clear teacher understanding of CCSS
- Cross-Department Pacing with emphasis on Literacy
- Use of Reading Strategies in all departments
- Emphasis on Non-Fiction Text in History/Science
- Emphasis on Citing Textual Evidence
- Emphasis on Reading, Writing, Speaking in all departments
- All departments use Schoology & iReady