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School Improvement Plan (SIP) 2017-2018

School Name: South Ridge Principal: Todd Graves Assistant Principal: Brian Heim Date Plan Completed: September 2017 Team Members: South Ridge Site Council and Parent Advisory Teams District Purpose Statement: The Ridgefield School District aspires to be the state’s premier district, leveraging strong community partnerships to provide each student personalized learning experiences, opportunities, and skills that ensure success and unlimited possibilities. District Core Values: QUALITY INSTRUCTION We ensure research-based instructional practices are implemented in every classroom utilizing access to professional growth and collaboration opportunities to reflect on and improve our practices. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS We deliver a premier educational program dedicated to developing the whole child. We provide students with personalized academic and extracurricular opportunities while increasing student learning. LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS We strive to provide safe, well-maintained facilities with 21st century learning environments in which all students can succeed. We will maximize the availability of its facilities to support community use.

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COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS We will create educational partnerships to promote collaboration, improve communication, and provide programs for greater learning opportunities. School Overview: Last year South Ridge performed well above the state average in all areas of the State Assessment. South also experienced another year of growth and now has

a student population of approx. 750 students. We have added six additional portable classrooms. This year also brings nineteen new staff members to the South

Ridge team. Having successfully achieved most of the priorities for the 2016-2017 school year, we will continue with the implementation of the four-year plan.

South received an award for continuing to remain well above state standards while experiencing extreme growth.

The goals in this plan will support a 4-year process to bring all South Ridge students up to a 90% performance level in all academic areas. Details and timeline for

the implementation process are below.

Priorities/Year 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019

Instruction Charlotte Danielson domain 3 Highest impact instructional strategies (Hattie, Danielson,

Foundational Elements)

Intervention LLI 1st grade trial

Universal screener (iReady)

LLI expansion (2nd)

Explore math

Interventions/PBIS introduction

Resource expansion trial math intervention

Resource expansion

Math/Reading intervention

Master Schedule / Assessment Calendar

Intervention time 1st grade

(reading)

Explore assessment calendar

Intervention/workshop time for

all grades

Finalize assessment calendar

Intervention time all grades (reading and math)

Data Teams Introduction to Data Team process

Reading Data Teams Reading and math Data Team

Poverty Growth Mindset (Dweck) / Grit (Duckworth)

Teaching with poverty in mind (book study)

Strategy implementation

Specific tasks to support the 4-year plan can be found in the SIP goals below.

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School Vision: South Ridge Elementary provides a student centered learning experience based on mutual respect, personal integrity, responsible citizenship, and outstanding

learning opportunities. Students become empowered, inspired, and challenged lifelong learners in a safe, supportive atmosphere.

School Mission: The Ridgefield School District aspires to be the state’s premier district, leveraging strong community partnerships to provide each student personalized learning experiences, opportunities, and skills that ensure success and unlimited possibilities. Student enrollment and demographics:

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OSPI - School Improvement:

• Yes Step:_1_ (Include school plan of improvement specific to school) Building Budget: South Ridge Elementary has a building budget for the 2017-18 school year of $62,250.

Volunteer Opportunities: The South Ridge Parent/Teacher Association (PTA) is an active organization committed to staff, students and community. The PTA consistently provides funds

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and activities that support staff and students. Parents volunteer on a daily basis in the classrooms supporting academic and clerical needs for teachers. Watch

Dogs is a program specific for the fathers of our students. Our goal is to have a Watchdog in the building everyday of the year. We also have a parent advisory

committee that provides feedback on our school wide systems and improvement efforts.

Special Offering: Students have an opportunity to participate in Math Is Cool, Science Olympiad and Mad Science. Specialists provide music (vocal & band), art and physical education weekly. The South Ridge counselor is the advisor for the ASB. The ASB students plan school activities to foster a welcoming environment for all students. There are highly capable opportunities in all classroom. The PTA also provides a grant application process for teachers, funds the end of the year play, school assemblies and end of the year field day. The Ridgefield Public School Foundation also provides grants related to student achievement. 5th grade students attend CISPUS for 5 days of outdoor school. Collaboration: Collaboration, done effectively, can dramatically improve our pedagogy, school climate, and student learning. In order to allow the time necessary for ongoing collaboration, so that we can thoroughly improve without artificial deadlines and focus on quality, we are committed to weekly collaboration time. The main goal of collaboration is to work together to share ideas, improve teaching practice, and strengthen our schools. This time may include the creation of common assessments, sharing student data, planning units, reflecting on past practices, working across grade bands, and other clearly stated goals that improve team and school performance. Data Analysis:

2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017

Grade Level SBA ELA SBA Math Grade Level SBA ELA SBA Math Grade Level SBA ELA SBA Math

3rd grade 75.0% 52% 75.0% 56% 3rd grade 84.2% 54% 82.0% 58% 3rd grade 85% 53% 86% 58%

4th grade 90.7% 54% 93.8% 54% 4th grade 80.7% 57% 73.8% 55% 4th grade 67% 56% 59% 55%

5th grade 60.4% 57% 62.7% 48% 5th grade 72.0% 60% 64.2% 49% 5th grade 72% 59% 66% 49%

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6th grade 85.3% 56% 84.24% 48% 6th grade 68% 56% 65% 48%

SIP Goal #1: Achieve high outcomes through quality instruction, personalized learning, and continuous improvement resulting in success for every student. Strategy #1:

● Staff will analyze multiple assessment measures to inform instructional decision-making, track student progress, and ensure every student meets or exceeds expected growth.

Activities:

o Classroom teachers will use the iReady diagnostic and progress monitoring tools for ELA and Math. This information will be shared with parents in a timely manner after each diagnostic assessment.

o Classroom teachers will use a variety of classroom-based assessments to monitor academic growth of students (October 2017) o Progress monitoring data (e.g. i-Ready) will be used to connect students to differentiated learning opportunities (October 2017) o 3-6 grade teachers will use interim assessments for SBA to predict and target student learning. o Send home a parent survey asking about parents strengths and how they might contribute to the learning of students (set up for Jan. check in) o Provide parents additional information on how to support student learning (i.e., iReady Parent Reports, Ready Math Parent Letters, etc.)

Measure of Success

o All students will make at minimum, a year’s growth in a year’s time. o Multiple programs will be available for personalized learning opportunities (Ready Math online lessons, Workshop small groups, Imagine

Learning for ELLs, etc.)

Strategy #2:

● Align resources for classroom support, professional development, and implementation of best practices that are proven to increase successes for all students. Activities:

o Classroom teachers will identify professional development and educational resources needed to implement best practices (October 2017) o Develop schoolwide math and literacy resource libraries (October 2017) o Integrate technology practices to optimize and enhance student learning (October 2017)

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Measure of Success

o Multiple programs and resources will be available for personalized learning opportunities (Ready Math online lessons, Workshop small groups, Imagine Learning for ELLs, etc.)

o Students who are more than one year behind will make more than a year's growth, closing the learning gap o All South Ridge staff will design professional growth goals designed around their instructional practice. Educational resources and professional

development opportunities will be designed to support these professional goals. SIP Goal #2: Provide safe, inclusive, and supportive environments that nurture the wellbeing of the whole child. Strategy #1:

● Implement Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports in all schools. Activities:

o Monthly assemblies around a specific character trait presented by the South Ridge ASB o SWIS data tracking system and professional development to support o Tokens given to students during school and turned into homeroom teacher and postcards to be sent home o Rule School o Behavioral referral system o PBIS training for parents and staff

Measure of Success

o At the conclusion of the 2017-2018 school year, South Ridge will have reduced the disciplinary disparity between student subgroups. o At the end of the 2017-18 school year, the percentage of suspensions and/or expulsions will be reduced at South Ridge. o South Ridge will offer at least 2 trainings for parents and 4 trainings for staff with training agenda/strategies posted to our website with

newsletter highlights following the trainings. SIP Goal #3: Provide collaboration and communication opportunities with families, staff, and the community resulting in strong partnerships. Strategy #1:

● Communicate with staff and stakeholders in a timely manner utilizing a variety of tools that promote two-way communication.

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Activities:

o Positive Behavior Postcards o Grade level choice to provide success celebrations that apply to specific needs. o Bi-weekly social media updates for the schools live feed webpage (new app). o Design and implement Watch DOGS program to increase adult male involvement in our school.

Measure of Success

o Increase the number of students, staff, and community celebrations of success. o South Ridge will utilize PBIS postcards monthly. o Increase male volunteers. We will have a male role model in the building 50% of the school year. o Monthly school wide newsletter that includes sections for different grade levels and departments within the school.

SIP Goal #4: Close the disparity gaps by ensuring high expectations, removing barriers and providing opportunities for all students. Strategy #1:

● Increase awareness of and develop programs that support the unique needs of targeted identified sub-group populations. Activities:

o Professional development for differentiated instructional strategies to support diverse learners, i.e. ELs (English Learners), students experiencing poverty & Highly Capable

o Family Solutions Counselor providing services to students and family o Increasing staff cultural competency o Increase partnerships and collaboration between and among staff and families o Explore and develop mentorship programs, i.e. Watch D.O.G.S, Lunch Buddies, high school buddies o Continue to develop school leadership teams o Utilizing PLC time to analyze academic and discipline data for disparate gaps to then develop strategies to narrow identified gaps o Promote equity in access to STEM opportunities and hands-on experiences to develop language, leadership, problem solving, & collaboration

Measure of Success

o The state’s annual equity gap report will show a narrowing of (academic) disparity. o Increased staff and patron understanding as the district identifies experts in subgroup populations--for example, staff and patrons know who the

Family Resource Center staff are, who the ELL program staff are, who the Family Solutions Counselor is, etc.

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o Annual expansion of Tier II and Tier III academic intervention strategies. o PLC Notes reflect time spent analyzing data and discussing strategies.

OSPI Designated School of Improvement: Yes (Step #s_1_) No

STATE TEST SCORES - ELA

Grade 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Overall 86.4 65.2 70.4 65

Male 81.8 58.5 68.3 56.8

Female 91 70.5 73.6 74.3

Low Income 78.5 40 45.4 41.6

Special Education NA NA NA NA

Hispanic/Latino NA 31.2 NA 45.4

American Indian NA NA NA NA

Asian NA NA NA NA

Black/African American NA NA NA NA

Native Hawaiian NA NA NA NA

White 85.7 72.7 65.3 68.8

Two or more races NA NA NA NA

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STATE TEST SCORES - MATH

Grade 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Overall 85.8 58.6 63.2 63

Male 84.2 56 71.6 57.7

Female 87.5 60.7 50 69.2

Low Income 67.8 25 54.5 41.8

Special Education NA NA NA NA

Hispanic/Latino 68.7 12.5 NA 45.4

American Indian NA NA NA NA

Asian NA NA NA NA

Black/African American NA NA NA NA

Native Hawaiian NA NA NA NA

White 88.3 68.1 77.3 65.5

Two or more races NA NA NA NA

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STATE TEST SCORES - SCIENCE

EOC - BIOLOGY

Grade 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Overall 68.3

Male 73.3

Female 60.5

Low Income 40.9

Special Education NA

Hispanic/Latino NA

American Indian NA

Asian NA

Black/African American NA

Native Hawaiian NA

White 76

Two or more races NA

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SCHOOL DISCIPLINE DATA

Grade K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Office referrals 38 59 30 11 38 26 32

Male 8 10 11 5 14 11 11

Female 3 3 1 2 3 5 2

Low Income 2 6 0 1 4 3 6

ELL 1 1 0 0 1 0 0

Special Education 0 4 4 1 4 2 1

Section 504 0 1 0 0 1 2 0

Hispanic/Latino 0 1 4 2 2 1 2

American Indian 0 0 0 0 1 1 1

Asian 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

Black/African American 0 1 0 0 3 0 1

Native Hawaiian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

White 11 13 11 7 16 16 12

Two or more races 1 1 0 0 3 1 1

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ADVANCED PLACEMENT

Course Title Participation Achievement