Huron County Rural Schools

3-5 Year Plan (2011-2012/2016-2017)

Vision:             Raising Up Responsible Achieving Learners

Mission:           The Huron County Rural Schools will serve all children in the community by providing opportunities for learning and skills necessary for a productive life.

Each student’s highest potential will be enhanced by a unique learning situation involving individualized attention/programs, and multi-level support in a close-knit setting. 

Introduction:  The purpose of the school improvement plan is to increase student achievement by concentrating on curriculum alignment, data collection and classroom management procedures. 

This will be accomplished through professional development, teamwork, and continual effort towards enhancing academic success.

Goals 

School improvement goals, as developed by the Huron County Rural School’s School Improvement Team on May 25, 2011 are:  

1. To improve student achievement in the following academic areas:

Reading

Writing

Social Studies

Science

                                    Math   

            2.  To improve data and information collection, analysis, and interpretation.

            3.  To continue and make changes to improve our Positive Behavior Support program.

Goal Action Plan

Goal 1: To increase student achievement in reading.
Description of Activity	Person/s Responsible	Timeline	Measurement/Indicator of Success
Curriculum alignment with state reading curriculum.	Teachers	Ongoing	Reading curriculum shows correlation to state curriculum.
Implement Six-Minute Solution	Teachers	Fall 2011	Increased reading fluency.
Attend professional development opportunities in reading.	Teachers	Ongoing	Increased teacher proficiency in reading curriculum.
Analyze DIBELS Next data.	Teachers ISD Staff	Ongoing	Increased usage of data analysis.
Summary of progress toward goal:  During the 2010-2011 school year, 78% of students in 6^th grade passed the reading MEAP.  All grades met the state goals to meet AYP.   DIBELS screenings are given to students three times a year. Spring 2011 assessments show 75% at tier 1, 16% at tier 2, and 9% at tier 3.

Goal Action Plan

Goal 1: To improve student achievement in writing.
Description of Activity	Person/s Responsible	Timeline	Measurement/Indicator of Success
Send representatives to the Student Achievement Model Training for writing.	Michelle Daniels Dave Phelps	Ongoing	Increased proficiency on MEAP writing assessments.
Step-Up-To-Writing Training or other Writing Workshops.	Teachers	Ongoing	Increased daily writing activities and improved student paragraph development.
Continual critique of current writing instruction.	Teachers	Ongoing	Increased student performance in writing.
Implement a daily writing journal.	Teachers	Ongoing	Increased student performance in writing.
Summary of progress toward goal:  A 3-minute writing assessment was given to students in grades K-8 and the results show 61 % of students at a benchmark level for the spring 2011 testing period.  Continued assessment will take place three times a year using AIMSweb writing.

Goal Action Plan

Goal 1: To increase student achievement in science.
Description of Activity	Person/s Responsible	Timeline	Measurement/Indicator of Success
Curriculum alignment with state science curriculum.	Teachers	Ongoing	Science curriculum shows correlation to state curriculum.
Send representatives to Student Achievement Model training for science.	Amy Schweitzer	Ongoing	Increased proficiency on MEAP science assessment.
Attend professional development opportunities in science.	Teachers	Ongoing	Increased teacher proficiency of science curriculum.
Summary of progress toward goal:  We are implementing the Battle Creek science kits into our science curriculum.  MEAP 2010 results show that 78% of students in both fifth and eighth grade were proficient in science.

Goal Action Plan

Goal 1: To increase student achievement in social studies.
Description of Activity	Person/s Responsible	Timeline	Measurement/Indicator of Success
Curriculum alignment with state social studies curriculum.	Teachers	Ongoing	Social Studies curriculum shows correlation to state curriculum.
Send representatives to Student Achievement Model training for social studies.	Kaleena Hampton	Ongoing	Increased proficiency on MEAP social studies assessment.
Attend professional development opportunities in social studies.	Teachers	Ongoing	Increased teacher proficiency in social studies curriculum.
Summary of progress toward goal:  2010 MEAP Social Studies test scores show 6^th graders at an 89% proficiency level, which is a 14% increase from 2009.

Goal Action Plan

Goal 1: To increase student achievement in math.
Description of Activity	Person/s Responsible	Timeline	Measurement/Indicator of Success
Curriculum alignment with state math curriculum.	Teachers	Ongoing	Math curriculum shows correlation to state curriculum.
Continue sending representative to Student Achievement Model training for math.	Anne Kennedy	Ongoing	Increased proficiency on MEAP math assessment.
Attend professional development opportunities in math.	Teachers	Ongoing	Increased teacher proficiency of math curriculum.
Analyze AIMSweb data.	Teachers ISD Staff	Ongoing	Increased usage of data analysis.
Summary of progress toward goal:  During the 2010-2011 school year, all grades had above 80% proficiency.  All grades met the state goals to meet AYP.   AIMSweb math and Algebra Probes are given to students three times a year. Fall 2011 assessments show 6^th grade at 78% needs improvement.

Goal Action Plan

Goal 2: To improve data and information collection, analysis, and interpretation.
Description of Activity	Person/s Responsible	Timeline	Measurement/Indicator of Success
Student achievement data and information is collected from various state and local sources. (MEAP, DIBELS, AIMSweb)	State and local sources and teachers.	Ongoing	Student test scores.
Student achievement data and information will be analyzed and interpreted.	Teachers and Support Staff	Ongoing	Students will be placed into necessary intervention programs. (Read Naturally, Spelling and Reading Mastery, Title I, STAR math)
Progress monitoring	Teachers and Support Staff Title I Instructors	Ongoing	Graphs and visual aids to show development over time.
Training on interpretation of test scores.	Teachers, ISD Staff	Ongoing	Increased teacher proficiency of data interpretation.
Summary of progress toward goal:  Teachers attend workshops with HISD staff on interpretation of test scores.  This interpretation was used in our Education Yes! document.  Training continued during the 2010-2011 school year and will continue in the 2011-2012 school year.

Goal Action Plan

Goal 3: To implement a Positive Behavior Support program.
Description of Activity	Person/s Responsible	Timeline	Measurement/Indicator of Success
Identify expectations, teach behaviors, and monitor and reinforce positive behaviors.	Jessica Tenbusch Kathy Cregeur	Ongoing	Reduced behavioral problems within the school environment.
Summary of progress toward goal:  The PBS plan now contains lesson plans to teach expected behaviors.  A student referral form was developed and is used to evaluate behaviors that need to be improved.  Referral forms are collected on a monthly basis and sorted for evaluation.  This data is collected and analyzed to look for problem areas where interventions will be implemented to improve students’ behavior.

I.  Community resources

     Various speakers from the community are called upon each year to present information on their respective areas of expertise.  Community resources are utilized throughout the year by taking fields trips to supplement education and connect students with their surroundings.

II.  Role of adult and community education, libraries, and community colleges

     Local libraries are a vital resource for our schools since school libraries are not always adequate to meet the needs of our          students. Adult education does not play a role in our schools since our schools are elementary schools.

III.  Building level decision-making

    Building level decisions are made in cooperation with the teacher, the school board, and (when appropriate) the superintendent.  Monthly board meetings are an adequate forum for this process.

IV.  Methods for effective use of technology

     All students are given equal time and access to technology in each building.  Various forms of technology are used in each building; the forms of technology range from computers to projectors to digital presenters and document cameras.  Our schools have published and adopted a uniform technology plan that has been filed with the state department of education.  The plan has been approved by the appropriate state agency.

V.  Structured on-the-job training

     Since ours are elementary schools no on-the-job training is offered.

VI.  Required stakeholders

     The school improvement team is comprised of the teacher, a school board member, and at least one parent from each of the districts.  Any parent or school board member is welcome and encouraged to attend meetings.