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Penderlea School SIP 2013 – 2017

School Year 2013-2014 (Year 1)

Last Updated 11.25.2013

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Penderlea School

The Penderlea Hornets

82 Penderlea School Road

Willard, North Carolina 28478

A Title I School

Diego Lehocky, Principal

910-285-2761 (Phone)

910-285-2990 (Fax)

www.pendercountyschools.net

School Improvement Plan 2013 - 2014

(Year 1) October 28, 2013

http://www.pendercountyschools.net/




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School Improvement Team

From GS §115C-105.27: “The principal of each school, representatives of the assistant principals, instructional personnel, instructional support personnel, and teacher assistants assigned to the school building, and parents of children enrolled in the school shall constitute a school improvement team to develop a school improvement plan to improve student performance. Representatives of the assistant principals, instructional personnel, instructional support personnel, and teacher assistants shall be elected by their respective groups by secret ballot....Parents serving on school improvement teams shall reflect the racial and socioeconomic composition of the students enrolled in that school and shall not be members of the building-level staff.”

Committee Position Name Committee Position Name Principal Diego Lehocky K/1 Teacher Brittiany Bridges Assistant Principal Tiffany Smith 1st Grade Teacher Mara Biggs Teacher Beth Moore 4th Grade Teacher Beth Moore Instructional Support Sue Roper 6th Grade Teacher Elaine Linke Teacher Assistant Kristin Farrior Teacher Assistant Kay Larson Parent Jennifer Hansen EC Teacher Lisa Cavenaugh Counselor Lisa Burdette Elective Teacher Bill Davis

Principal’s Signature: _______________________________________

School Board Chair Signature: ________________________________




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Penderlea School

Vision: We, the staff of Penderlea Elementary School, are committed to achieving and maintaining a clear and shared focus on student learning, with high levels of communication and collaboration within our learning community. It is the responsibility of our school to provide best practices and quality differentiated instructional programs that ensure student success in all curriculum subject areas, including art, music, physical education, technological proficiency, and character development. We will provide a learning environment where people feel safe, supported, and respected. We believe that parents, grandparents, guardians, and people in the community are essential to building the overall educational foundation of each child. Together, we can prepare our children to become 21st Century learners and leaders.

Mission:

It is the mission of Penderlea Elementary School to educate each student to provide the knowledge and attitudes necessary to progress in the 21st Century and the challenges of the future. We will empower students to become inquisitive, be actively involved in risk taking, try new challenges and view learning as a lifelong process. This task will be accomplished with the attitude that each student will enjoy learning, will seek greater knowledge through mastery of thinking skills and intellectual development, will have a high degree of self-esteem through success and participation in the entire educational program as tailored for the individual needs and requirement of each student.

Penderlea School History:

The quiet agricultural community of Penderlea was the first of five “farm cities” established under the United States Department of the Interior’s Division of Subsistence Homesteads in 1934. The government designed such “resettlement” projects to provide jobs for thousands of out-of-work men during the Great Depression. In August 1937 construction began at the center of Penderlea on a modern, single-story school complex, which would combine the enrollment of several smaller schools. Six hundred students started the year in temporary spaces like the workers barracks and potato house until the 26 classrooms were finished. Classrooms opened to the outside, connected by covered cement walkways. A community library separated the high school from the elementary area for grades 1–8. With more than 6,000 volumes, it was one of the largest rural school libraries in the state. The homesteaders took great pride in the school and library, which hosted many banquets and proms. The first graduation ceremony was held there in May 1938. The original school building continues to be utilized today with some cosmetic modifications. Students from the Penderlea




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community and the surrounding area attend. Penderlea School currently serves a student population of 600 students in grades kindergarten through eighth grade. Approximately 6% of the student population is transfers from other school districts. Penderlea has the only year round calendar in the district. Penderlea School is a Title I designated school.

Core Values

1. Integrity – Our customers and stakeholders can depend on us to be honest and fair.

2. Commitment – We are 100% committed to growing all students.

3. Respect – We treat all stakeholders as we want to be treated.

4. Excellence – We strive to deliver high quality education to all students and to achieve high

performance results.

5. Creativity – We analyze educational issues and look for innovative and productive solutions.

6. Ethics – We recognize that we serve as role-models for our students, and therefore exhibit

professional behavior at all times.

7. Results Orientation – We support decision-making for our school that is based upon data and

research-based best practices.




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NC/Pender/Penderlea

Alignment

State Board of Education Goals Pender County Schools’

Strategic Directives

Penderlea School

Strategic Directives

I North Carolina public schools will produce globally competitive students. Student Learning Directive 1 – Student

Learning and Growth

II North Carolina public schools will be led by 21st Century professionals. Personnel Development Directive 2 –

Personnel/Professional

Development

III North Carolina Public School students will be healthy and responsible. Community Connectedness Directive 3 –

Community/Parent

Connectedness

IV Leadership will guide innovation in North Carolina public schools. Culture Directive 4 – Culture

V North Carolina public schools will be governed and supported by 21st

Century systems.

Resource Management Directive 5 – Resource

Management/Home

Base




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Penderlea School

School Improvement Plan

Directive I

Student Learning & Growth




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Strategic Directive I: Student Learning & Growth

Goal 1: Increase the percentage of all students meeting growth by 10% as measured by State End of Grade Reading (EOG) and Math tests, grades 3-8,

and Science tests, grades 5 & 8, and Reading 3D/mClass K-3

Manager: Principal, Diego Lehocky

Item Initiative Action Steps Person Responsible Process

Check

A Assess current programs and

practices within the school to

ensure they align with

Common Core and Essential

Standards and are providing

growth oriented results

Identify current programs and practices used in classrooms

(ALEKS, Scholastic 21, SpringBoard, Guided Reading,

Fundations, Math & Reading Interventionist, Daily 5, SRA

Corrective Reading, SRA Early Interventions in Reading, SRA

Specific Skills, Number World)

Review current programs and practices for alignment

Implement the district benchmark protocol to provide growth data

Analyze benchmark data

Conduct walkthrough observations using district created

instrument to drive instruction

Analyze data obtained from the walkthrough instrument to guide

professional development and improve instruction

Provide teachers with PD on how to use EVAAS data to group,

differentiate for, and instruct students, in order to ensure growth

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B Provide Teachers with

Research Based Strategies

(Best Practices) to use when

delivering instruction

Curriculum Coaches will field-test research based strategies and

coach teachers and administrators on how to use these strategies

to best meet the needs of all students

Curriculum Coaches will coach teachers and administrators on

how to integrate research based strategies into all content areas

Curriculum Coaches will focus on literacy strategies,

differentiation strategies, and strategies on how to integrate

technology into instruction

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C Principal Data-Logs As the instructional leader in the school, principal will submit a

data-log (district created) to Central Support Services each month

to report progress in meeting the needs of all students and

supporting teachers

The Principal will use information gained in the data-logs to

reflect and guide school improvement to support student learning

and growth

The Principal will analyze the data that is collected in the logs and

use this data to guide the support that is offered at Penderlea

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D Utilize the digital district

walkthrough instrument and

guiding rubric to inform

instruction

Provide professional development to teachers on how to improve

instruction using the walkthrough rubric feedback and instrument

Provide professional development to teachers on each component

of the walkthrough rubric

Conduct daily walkthrough observations using district created


Analyze district digital data obtained from the walkthrough

instrument to guide professional development and improve

instruction

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E Grading Practices and

Procedures Ensure that grading percentages in Power School are correct

Analyze grade distribution reports after all interim and reporting

periods

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F Provide Teachers with



integrating technology into

instruction

Instructional Technology Coordinator will work with teachers to

field-test research based strategies and then coach teachers and

administrators on how to use these strategies to best meet the

needs of all students

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G Provide activities and programs

to ensure that students having

difficulty mastering proficient

and advanced levels of the

academic achievement are

provided with effective, timely

additional assistance

Math & Reading Interventionist

SRA Corrective Reading

SRA Early Interventions in Reading

SRA Specific Skills

Number World

ALEKS

Fundations

Guided Reading

Small group/individual tutoring

Student Support Team

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H Plans for assisting students

transitioning from Preschool to

Elementary Grades,

Elementary to Middle School,

and Middle School to High

School.

Pre K programs visit Kindergarten classes

Preschool assessments

Penderlea Kindergarten registration

Kindergarten and Your Child Brochure

Moving on up Night (Meet next year’s teacher and learn about

curriculum and expectations)

Middle School Orientation

Parent Conferences

Individual conferences are held with all eighth grade students

Pender High School and Early College principals, teachers,

coaches and students meet with eighth grade students and parents

Eighth grade visits Pender High School

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Goal 2: Reduce gaps and disparities in performance between targeted subgroups on identified measures. Exceptional Children subgroup will improve

by 15% in Reading (3% to 18%) and Math (3% to 18%) scores as evidenced by End of Grade tests (2012-2013 data).



Check

A Develop a plan to close the

achievement gap among

students

Identify research based strategies and professional development to

address targeted learning objectives

Train identified instructional staff to implement research based

strategies with fidelity (Utilize Math and Reading Interventionist)

Implement instructional coaching for implementation support,

problem solving, and walkthrough feedback

Conduct ongoing professional development (booster sessions) for

continuous skill building


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B Implement effective

personalized education plans

(PEPs) for all students at risk

of failure

Conduct professional development on the multi-tiered system of

support (RtI/PBIS)

Ensure differentiation for whole group (Tier 1)

Using grade-level or department teams, identify students at risk of

failure and determine instructional strategies to increase skills

(SST)

Conduct parent conferences for involvement in strategy

development/implementation (PEP creation)

Progress monitor targeted skills

Refer to Student Support Team upon no progress toward aim line

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D Assess current programs and

















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supporting teachers



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F Utilize the digital district



instruction









instruction

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G Grading Practices and



periods


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H Provide Teachers with




instruction

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test research based strategies and then coach teachers and



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Goal 3: Increase the percentage of students who perform at proficient levels on Reading 3D from 52% to 70% and End-of-Grade (EOG) English

Language Arts from 36% to 70%



Check

A Assess current programs and

















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B Grading Practices and



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D Provide Teachers with













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E Provide Teachers with




instruction

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F Principal Data-Logs As the instructional leader in the school, principal will submit a



supporting teachers



and growth



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Penderlea School


Directive II

Personnel/Professional

Development




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Strategic Directive II: Personnel Development

Goal 1: Develop a plan for teacher and staff learning and development that focuses on improving student achievement



Check

A Form a Professional

Development Planning Team

that includes a variety of

stakeholders to plan PD

Identify stakeholders (Diego Lehocky, Tiffany Smith, Sue Roper,

Lisa Handline, Amy Pridgen, Alexis Lunsford)


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B Provide quality Professional

Development that focuses on

student achievement

Provide Professional Development for a Balanced Literacy

Program, Differentiation, Math, Science, Social Studies, Art,

Music, and Physical Education





Provide teachers with PD on how to use Reading 3D data to

group, differentiate for, and instruct students, in order to ensure

growth

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Goal 2: Develop policies and practices to retain and recruit highly qualified staff (Create a work environment that attracts high quality staff)



Check

A Secure business-sponsored

incentives for Penderlea School

employees

Contact businesses for support

Engage local businesses to partner with for grant initiatives

Engage local businesses for consideration of employee discounts

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B Attract highly qualified

teachers Set up Penderlea School display at job fair

Include a teacher in the interview process

County Supplement

Meaningful professional growth for teachers

Year round school calendar

Community supported school

Provide a strong and consistent mentoring program

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C Ensure a highly qualified

professional staff Recruit only highly qualified professional staff including

paraprofessionals

Place staff in areas of expertise to ensure that all CCSS and

Essential Standards are taught by highly qualified staff

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Goal 3: Develop a plan to expand the use of PLCs in the school that is directly tied to instructional success



Check

A Implement training in the use

of PLCs Begin to establish data PLCs in order to track student growth in

Reading and Math

Develop a PLC Data team to track and present data from Reading

3D and Benchmark assessments

Using PLCs, identify students at risk of failure and work together

to develop personalized education plans (PEP)

Newly developed PLC meeting form to address students’ needs

related to formative student data


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Penderlea School


Directive III

Community/Parent

Connectedness




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Strategic Directive III: Community/Parent Connectedness

Goal 1: Improve Communication with all stakeholders


Item Initiative Action Steps Person

Responsible

Process

Check

A Monitor and Maintain school

website Continue to train key personnel on how to update and maintain

department pages

Post timely and relevant information on the website

Monitor website to ensure current and accurate content

Continually improve user experience for district website – adding new

features/pages as necessary

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B Post on school and district

websites and school radio press

releases publicizing various

school and district related

events

Continue to train key personnel on how to update and maintain websites

Monitor website to ensure current and accurate content

Continue broadcasting important information on W-PLS radio 89.5

BUZZ Radio/podcast

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C Provide significant and

sustained levels of parental

involvement in order to train

parents to better understand

how to help their children excel

in school

Pilot a third grade reading program that involves families. The goal is to

partner with families to move our “yellow” Reading 3D students into the

“green”

Provide curriculum/assessment informational parent meetings

Reading 3D Parent Friendly Letters are sent home after each benchmark

Parents are invited to the Student Support Team when their child is

being discussed

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Parents meet with the teacher to develop PEP

Provide science, social studies, math, and reading instructional

workshops for parents

Parent information center is always available

Invite Your Parent to School Day (Shadow your child in class)

Moving on up Night for transition from one grade to the next

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D Increase parental involvement Survey parents to determine their interests and preferred times for

parental involvement events

Provide the following activities for our families: bingo night, student

talent show, field day activities, quarter auction, award ceremonies,

spring fling, school volunteers, and PTO meetings

Utilize the Parent Involvement Coordinator

Parents will serve on committees to develop the School Compact, the

Parent Involvement Policy, and elected parents will serve on the School

Improvement Team

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Penderlea School


Directive IV

Culture




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Strategic Directive IV: Culture

Goal 1: Develop strategies for teaching students soft skills for real life



Check

A Provide students with pro

social skill strategies to use in

real life

The school Counselor will work with students through programs

such as Talking About Touching Safety, Steps to Respect, and

Second Step

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Goal 2: Improve the professional image and behaviors of all staff



Check

A Review Penderlea School Staff

Handbook Principal met with staff, discussed, and revised policies in the

Penderlea School Staff Handbook

Frequently reviews policies and behaviors throughout the year at

staff meetings

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ongoing

B Improve personal development

of staff professional image and

behaviors

The Pender County School procedures for technology use at

school was reviewed and discussed with staff (Media Policy,

Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.)

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Goal 3: Assess discipline programs to determine if they are sufficient



Check

A Stakeholder Surveys Initiate an annual student survey to measure the percentage of

students in grades K - 8 who feel their school provides a caring

and safe environment where they feel valued and supported

Provide a yearly parent survey to determine the percentage of

parents who indicate Penderlea School is a safe environment

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B To improve the awareness of

PBiS The Penderlea School PBiS Pledge is repeated every day as part

of the morning announcements

Assured PBiS rules and pledge are posted in each classroom

Positive behavior referrals

PBiS Reward Days

Real life videos are being made of expected behavior


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C Provide students with pro

social skill strategies to use in

real life

The school Counselor will work with students through programs

such as Talking About Touching Safety, Steps to Respect, and

Second Step

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Pender County Schools


Directive V

Resource Management/Home

Base




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Strategic Directive V: Resource Management

Goal 1: Meet or exceed key performance indicators for all budget audits



Check

A Budgeting Practice Follow all state and federal guidelines pertaining to the school

budget

Complete a review document from the auditing company

Bookkeeper

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Strategic Directive V: Resource Management

Goal 2: Implement Home-Base as directed by NCDPI



Check

A Home-Base Schools will identify members of its team to receive training to be

trainers of the other employees at the school for full

implementation

Home Base is a statewide, instructional improvement (IIS) and

student information system (SIS) for teachers, students, parents

and administrators

Teachers will be able to use Home Base to access student data and

teaching and learning resources

Students will be able to access their schoolwork, grades, and

learning activities

Parents will be able to view their child's attendance and progress,

and administrators can monitor data on students, teachers and

schools

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Checklist of State-required On-going Operational Activities

All Schools

Does this school:

Yes Implement strategies for improving performance of all students?

Yes Implement instructional practices designed to improve academic performance of students at-risk of academic failure or dropping out?

Yes Plan use of staff development funds?

Yes Plan for use of assessments to monitor student progress?

Yes Provide daily duty-free lunch to teachers?

Yes Provide at least five hours of planning time for teachers each week?

Yes Implement strategies for involving parents and the community in the educational program?

yes Amend the School Improvement Plan when AYP is not met for two consecutive years when missing one or more targets in the same subject area?

K-8 Schools Only

Does this school:

Yes Provide 30 minutes of daily physical activity to meet Healthy Active Children requirements?




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