OSD Students Will

Outcome 1:
Be compassionate and kind.
Board Monitoring Report 6/9/2022

Outcome 2:
Have the academic and life skills to pursue their individual career, civic and educational goals.
Board Monitoring Report 1/27/2022

Outcome 3:
Advocate for the social, physical and mental wellness of themselves and others and be hopeful about the future.
Board Monitoring Report 4/14/2022

Outcome 4:
Have the skills, knowledge and courage to identify and confront personal, systemic and societal bias.
Board Monitoring Report 3/10/2022

Outcome 5:
Discover their passions, be curious and love learning.
Board Monitoring Report 2/10/2022

Outcome 6:
Be critical thinkers who contribute to and collaborate with our local, global and natural world.
Board Monitoring Report 10/26/2021

Avanti School Improvement Plan (2022-23)

Outcome 1: Be compassionate and kind.

  1. Be aware of and appreciate one’s similarities and differences with others.
  2. Listen well and cooperate with others.
  3. Demonstrate awareness of one’s own thoughts and emotions and how they impact behavior.
  4. Express emotions, thoughts and impulses in positive and beneficial ways.
  5. Resolve conflicts and repair relationships.

Metric

Metric
  1. Students will participate is workshops that emphasize Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Education (CRSE) that include topics, such as racial justice, gender equity, LGBTQIA+ advocacy, differing abilities, ethnicity awareness, social class, religious tolerance, bullying, sexual harrassment, implicit bias, stereotypes, and microaggressions.  The workshops will engage students in perspective taking, self-regulation skill building, mindfulness, and building empathy.  We will measure the number of students participating in the Social Justice Institute's (SOJI) programming on a monthly basis beginning in October (2022) through May (2023) with the goal of having a 50% increase from the 100 students participating from the previous school year.    

Baseline
The Avanti staff will use the Social Justice Institute workshop participation data from the previous school year (2021-2022) as a baseline of the participation rates in the 2022-2023 school year.

Goal

Goals
Year 1 Goal:
  • There will be a 50% increase in student participation in the SOJI workshops offered throughout the school year, overall.

Year 3 Goal
  • By the end of the 2023-24 school year, 90% of Avanti students will have participated in at least two of the the workshops, events, or DEI opportunities  offered by the Social Justice Institute by requiring all students to have at least 75 hours of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) traning hours a requirement for graduation from Avanti.

Action Plan

Action Plan
  • Staff will devise a system (Avanti Passport Booklet) to help students with their own tracking of student participation in SOJI workshops, events, and activities. (1.1)
  • Staff will create additional opportunities for students to participate in DEI related workshops, activities, events, and curriculum. (1.1)
  • Students will engage in project-based learning that require cooperation, communication, and team building opportunities that will support students to learn how to work as a member of a team. (1.2)
  • Students will engage in Socratic Seminars which will require active listening skills (1.2)
  • Students will engage in mindfulness activities in multiple settings (classes and Advisory) which will support self-regulation skill building. (1.3)
  • Students will continue to develop their social emotional intelligence by engaging in the Avanti Habits of the mind and heart.  (1.1; 1.2; 1.3; 1.4; 1.5)

The Avanti Habits include:
  • Critical Thinking
  • Compassion
  • Mindfulness
  • Reflection
  • Connection
  • Responsibility
  • Communication
  • Quality
  • Resiliency
  • Integrity
  • Joy
  • Inspiration
  • Creativity


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Outcome 2: Have the academic and life skills to pursue their individual career, civic and educational goals.

  1. Read, write and speak effectively for a wide range of purposes, including the interpretation and analysis of both literary and informational texts.
  2. Know and apply mathematics to a level of fluency that ensures a broad range of post-secondary opportunities and career choices.
  3. Use analytic and scientific principles to draw sound conclusions.
  4. Analyze multiple causal factors that shape major events in history.
  5. Exit with a personalized post-secondary transition plan for work, career and/or college, and complete the first steps toward achieving post-secondary goals before graduation.
  6. Develop and use conceptual understanding, exploring knowledge across a range of disciplines, and engage with issues and ideas that have local and global significance.
  7. Problem solve using both creative and critical thinking skills.
  8. Demonstrate continuous growth across the disciplines to meet or exceed academic learning standards and work toward graduation.
  9. Apply reliable information and systematic decision making to personal financial decisions.

Metric

Metric:
  • ELA proficiency (SBAC) 
  • Math proficiency (SBAC) 
  • Science proficiency (WCAS) 
  • Classroom Based Assessments (CBA) in Social Studies classes (World History, US History, and Civics)
  • High School Beyond Plan completion during Advisory
  • Mastery-Based Learning
  • On-Time and 5-year Gradiation rates

Baseline:
The Avanti staff will use the ELA (SBAC), Math (SBAC), and Science (WCAS) data collected from the 21-22 school year as a baseline for student growth.  

Goal

Goals

Year 1 Goal:
  1.  ELA proficiency (SBAC) will increase by 5% from 84.8% to 89.8%
  2. Math proficiency (SBAC) will increase by 30% from 21.2% to 51.2%
  3. Science proficiency (WCAS) will increase by 40% from 7.1% to 47.1%

Year 3 Goal:
  •  ELA proficiency (SBAC) will increase by an additional 3% from 89.8% to 92.8% by the end of the 2025 school year
  • Math proficiency (SBAC) will increase by an additional 10% from 51.2% to 61.2% by the end of the 2025 school year
  • Science proficiency (WCAS) will increase by an additional 10% from 47.1% to 57.1% by the end of the 2025 school year

Action Plan

Action Plan:
  • Staff will continue to require writing and reading skill development in all classes.  Student will be provided with a six-trait writing model refresher. (2.1)
  • Staff will continue to engage students in close reading and socratic seminars to promote literacy and communication skill building. (2.1)
  • Staff will continue to provide students with multiple opportunities for edits, revisons, and retakes to demonstrate mastery (2.1; 2.8)
  • Students will continue to be provided with opportunities to demonstrate their mastery of their learning through public exhibitions (2.1; 2.6; 2.8)
  • Students will continue to be provided with a diagnostic exam prior to placement in Math classes (2.2)
  • Students struggling with mathematical concepts and coursework will be provided with targeted interventions and support outside of class time (2.3; 2.4)
  • All students will be provided with opportunities to engage in financial Algebra classes (2.9)
  • All students will be offered multiple options for third-year math including Algebra 2, Financial Algebra, Pre-Calculus, and Statistics. Additionally, staff will be implementing an interdisciplinary approach to mathematics utilizing the “Modeling our World with Mathematics” curriculum (2.3) (2.3) (2.7) (2.9)
  • Staff will continue to offer an array of science courses that require the development of a thesis, research, supporting evidence, analysis, and reflection. (2.3) (2.7)
  • Staff will incentivize the Science exam (WCAS) in order to change the perception of students that it doesn't count (2.3; 2.8)
  • Staff will continue to require student projects that ask them to solve complex real-world problems (2.6; 2.7)
  • Staff will continue to develop a systemic approach to interdisciplinary learning in an effort to promote critical thinking skills and making connections. (2.3; 2.6; 2.8)
  • Students in Social Studies classes (World Studies, US History, Civics, Sociology, Psychology, and Current World Issues) will be required to complete grade-level and subject-specific classroom-based assessments and research assignments. (2.1; 2.4)
  • Staff will continue to find innovative ways to include movement in classes. Yoga, and mindfulness will be offered in Art and Literature classes. Also, staff will be exploring the possibility of offering a bicycling program in the spring as the gym will no longer be accessible due to remodel construction. (2.6; 2.8)
  • All students will engage in career and college preparation using Naviance.  Students will complete a resume, portfolio, and explore career and higher education options prior to graduation. (2.5)
  • Staff will continue to offer an alumni panel to promote post-secondary pathways. (2.5)
  • Students will be provided with a diagnostic exam at the beginning each session for students enrolled in English courses. (2.1)

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Outcome 3: Advocate for the social, physical and mental wellness of themselves and others and be hopeful about the future.

  1. Communicate effectively.
  2. Develop knowledge and skills to have healthy eating habits, have a healthy body image and access reliable health information and services.
  3. Be physically active and see athletics and exercise as health-enhancing behaviors.
  4. Understand and apply principles of sound mental and emotional health and learn to identify signs of emotional health concerns such as depression, anxiety and suicidal thinking in self and others.
  5. Understand how and when to seek supportive mental and emotional health resources for self and others.
  6. Cultivate healthy relationships that honor each person's personal preferences and boundaries.
  7. Identify and develop personal strengths and interests.
  8. Develop the skills and habits to assess the role of technology and social media in their lives and distinguish between healthy and harmful use.

Metric

Metric: 
  1. Results from the 2022 Fall Panorama Survey will drive staff interventions and support.  Supports will provided weekly throughout the school year during Advisory times, Mindfulness and Yoga classes, and in meetings with the Counselor and Advisors.
  2. Staff will track the number of referrals (social-emotional) to the Counselor, Social Worker, and Sea Mar Therapist.
  3. Staff will meet to discuss all students social-emotional health on the last Friday of each month of the school year.

​​​​​​​Baseline:
The staff will use the data collected from the October 2021 Healthy Youth Survey and the district's Panorama Survey as a baseline to determine the levels and strategies of staff interventions and support. 

Goal

Goals

Year 1 Goal:
  • Staff will take active measures to ensure that 75% of students participate in the fall 2022 Panorama survey

Year 3 Goal:
  • 95% of students will participate in the fall 2025 Panorama survey which will provide staff with important data to devise interventions and support for students

Action Plan

Action Plan
  • Staff will continue to integrate mindfulness skill-building exercises into classes and Advisory. (3.1) (3.3)
  • Staff will include information on promoting healthy lifestyles within the health curriculum. (3.2)
  • Staff will continue to find innovative ways to include movement in classes. (3.2)
  • Staff will continue to offer Yoga and Mindfulness in both Art and Literature classes. (3.2)
  • Staff will continue to provide affinity group support to students such as Pizza Klatch; meeting the social-emotional needs of LGBTQI+ and their allies. (3.4)
  • Avanti Counselor will continue to hold small group discussion groups for students seeking peer support. (3.4)
  • Avanti Counselor will continue to provide students with self-regulation skills and strategies. (3.3) (3.4)
  • Staff will continue to use the monthly review of student progress as an opportunity to identify all students in need of support. (3.4)
  • Incorporate more student voice into sharing mindfulness tips with the student body, daily and during Advisory. (3.4)
  • Staff will attend workshops and trainings that support SEL development for students. (3.5)
  • Staff will participate in the Olympia School District sponsored DII 2.0:  Digital Citizenship/Media Literacy Leadership Cohort. (3.8)

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Outcome 4: Have the skills, knowledge and courage to identify and confront personal, systemic and societal bias.

  1. Develop an appreciation of world cultures, which may include the understanding of the basic structure of another world language.
  2. Be well versed in local, national and world history and understand how prejudice, racism and xenophobia have contributed to conflict.
  3. Demonstrate the ability to recognize that biased attitudes expressed consistently over time gradually distort perceptions until stereotypes and myths about people different from oneself are accepted as reality.
  4. Empower themselves to interrupt discriminatory remarks and attitudes.
  5. Evaluate the significance and dependability of information used to support positions.
  6. Analyze the validity, reliability and credibility of information from a variety of primary and secondary sources while researching an issue or event.

Metric

Metric:
1.  All students in Social Studies will be measured each quarter (every 10 weeks) utilizing Classroom Based Asessments (CBA).  All students will be required to complete a CBA as a means towards earning credit in Social Studies classes
2.  All students in Science classes will be measured each quarter (every 10 weeks) utilizing Classroom Based Assessments (CBA)
3.  Student participation in Social Justice Institute workshops will be tracked monthly
4.  Students participating in World Language Courses will be tracked, quarterly

Baseline:
The Avanti staff will use participation and completion rate data collected from the 2021-2022 school year in each category as a baseline.

Goal

Goals

Year 1 Goal:
1. By the end of the 2022-2023 school year, 80% of the students attending Avanti will participate in at least 18 hours of Culturally Responsive Sustaining Education (CRSE) curriculum within assigned coursework, Social Justice Workshops or Social Justice Institute sponsored events.

Year 3 Goal:
1. By the end of the 2024-2025 school year, 100% of students attending Avanti will participate in at least 18 hours of Culturally Responsive Sustaining Education (CRSE) curriculum, including class coursework, Social Justice Workshops or events.

Action Plan

Action Plan:
  • Staff will participate in the Mastery-Based Learning Collaborative trainings that focus on Culturally Responsive Sustaining Education (4.2)
  • Staff will continue to expand ways to include the “Since Time Immemorial” curriculum across disciplines. (4.1)
  • Staff will continue to implement a plan to expand World Language opportunities for students. (4.1; 4.2; 4.3)
  • Staff will continue to offer Social Justice Institute (SOJI) workshop discussions on race and racism, social class and poverty, gender norms and identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, ability, communication skill-building including mediation and conflict resolution. (4.2; 4.3)
  • Staff will attend the Progressive Education Network Conference in October (2022) and use takeaways on Culturally Responsive Sustaining Education within their classroom curriculum (4.2)
  • Staff will continue to provide Social Studies Classroom-Based Assessment (CBA) - Examining the cause of conflict by analyzing validity, reliability, and credibility of sources by constructing argumentative essays in Orientation and Social Studies classes. (4.1; 4.2; 4.3; 4.4; 4.5; 4.6)
  • Staff will continue to provide Science Classroom-Based Assessments (CBA) - Examining genetic engineering, race and ethnicity, and environmental studies by analyzing validity, reliability, and credibility of sources in Science classes. (4.1; 4.2; 4.3; 4.4; 4.5; 4.6)
  • Staff will continue to intentionally integrate Social Justice anchor standards from Teaching Tolerance across disciplines. (4.3; 4.4; 4.5; 4.6)

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Outcome 5: Discover their passions, be curious and love learning.

  1. Broaden their perspectives and seek out various opportunities to explore new ideas, particularly those areas that are unfamiliar or uncomfortable to find their interests.
  2. Experience failure, setbacks and disappointments as an expected and honored part of learning.
  3. Understand and demonstrate the value of service in their community and learning by doing.
  4. Pursue creative and artistic opportunities as a vocation and/or a form of lifelong enrichment.

Metric

Metric:
  1. Staff will review the level of student participation in Naviance during Advisory on the last day of each month between October 2022 and May 2023.
  2. Staff will the assess the progress of students in their classes each month and provide feedback to students and families to students that are falling behind in reaching mastery in their classes on the last day of each month between October 2022 and May 2023.
  3. Advisors will evaluate the Service Learning hours completed by the students in their Advisory on a quarterly basis (November 2022; February 2023; April 2023; and June 2023) during the 2022-2023 school year.
  4.  Arts Apprenticeship Pilot Program participants success rates will be tracked and the program assessed for sustainability each quarter (November 2022; February 2023; April 2023; and June 2023).  An overall program assessment will occur in June 2023 by the Principal, Program Coordinator,and the sponsoring teacher.

Baseline:
Staff will use cumulative data from the previous year as a baseline for the 2022-2023 school year.  The Arts Apprenticeship Program is a pilot that has no previous data, so we will being using "0" as baseline for sucessful number of participants this school year.

Goal

Goals

Year 1 Goal:
  1. Staff will engage 100% of students in Naviance's interest inventory tool by the end of October, 2022.
  2. Staff will provide 100% of students opportunities to work towards mastery on all assignments using a 4 pt. scale of assessment, creating a culture of retakes, redos, and revisions.
  3. 100% of students will be required to participate in Service Learning opportunities by the end of the 2022-2023 school year.
  4.  6 students will participate in the Arts Apprenticeship Pilot Program each quarter throughout the 2022-2023 school year with a goal of 24 students being provided an opportunity to gain real-world experience with a master artisan and imagine the possibilities of choosing Art as a vocation.

Year 3 Goal:
1. By the end of the 2024-2025 school year, at least 74 Avanti students will have successfully completed the Arts Apprenticeship Program. 

Action Plan

Action Plan:
  • Avanti staff will participate in OSPI sponsored Mastery Based Learning Collaborative, spending the next two years refining their collective efforts in competency based assessment and Culturally Responsive Sustaining Educational practices (5.1; 5.2)
  • School will sponsor an Arts Apprenticeship Pilot Program for Art students to gain vital real-world vocational experience with master artisans in the Olympia community (5.4)
  • Staff will continue to engage students with a focus on helping students use their minds well; high levels of personalization; student-centered learning with the teacher as a coach; empasize depth over breadth; a tone of decency and trust as a value; and with a commitment to non-discriminatory and inclusive policies, practices, and pedagogies. (5.1; 5.2; 5.3) 
  • Staff will survey students in the fall (September 2022) about social justice topics of interest then continue to engage students in courageous conversations about race, racism, and the institutions that support both. (5.1)
  • Staff will continue to allow student choice and voice in their educational experiences in classes (ex. Inquiry-based projects).  (5.4)
  • Staff will continue to support a classroom culture of mastery learning where “F’s” and “0’s” are not grades, they are viewed as a starting point in the process of redo’s, retakes, and revisions resulting in the intentional promotion of a growth mindset, hope, and resiliency. (5.2) 
  • Staff will continue to provide leadership and team-building opportunities for students high interest areas such as:  Art Club; ASB; CISPUS (if able); Haunted School; ED Camp; Envirothon; Avanti Cafe’; Outdoor Adventure Club; Bowling Club; Theater/Drama; WE Day; Madison-Avanti Giving Garden; Garden Crew; student-started Avanti Climate Action Club,  Craft Club, and more. (5.3)
  • Staff will continue to engage students in Service Learning activities on campus, in the local community, and with national non-profit organizations throughout the school year. (5.3)
  • Staff will continue to offer students opportunities to participate in various community-based Arts projects such as painting murals over graffiti in downtown Olympia. (5.4)
  • Staff will continue to offer students opportunities to participate in the performing arts during each grading period through the 2021-2022 school year. (5.4)
  • Staff will continue to support students in pursuing non-traditional physical education opportunities in the local community and in Avanti classes when we return to in-person learning. (5.4)

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Outcome 6: Be critical thinkers who contribute to and collaborate with our local, global and natural world.

  1. Participate on teams and know the power of teamwork.
  2. Demonstrate the ability to engage in inclusive problem solving.
  3. Advocate for and contribute to local, regional or global improvement by utilizing natural resources in an efficient, sustainable way.
  4. Use digital tools to constructively learn from and connect with people and communities around the world.
  5. Gather, interpret and present information in culturally responsive ways.

Metric

Metric:
  1. Staff will track on-time course completion rates of students engaged in our interdisciplinary block classes that have significant levels of project-based learning.  The data will be collected quarterly (November 2022, February 2023, April 2023, and June 2023). 
  2. Staff will track participation rates of students engaged in campus-wide student exhibitions and community service projects.  The data will be collected quarterly (November 2022, February 2023, April 2023, and June 2023).

Baseline:
A baseline will be established on student engagement using the participation rates within our interdisciplinary block classes. The data that will be tracked is on-time completion rates for those classes for the first two grading periods (November 2022 and February 2023).  The second of which ends on February 4, 2022.  We will use the data collected from the 2020-2021 school year as a baseline and compare it with the relevant quarters from the 2021-2022 school year.

Goal

Goals

Year 1 Goal
  1. On-time completion rates for students in the interdisciplinary classes (quarter #1 and #2) will increase from 75% to 90% by the end of the 2021-2022 school year.
  • There will be a 50% increase in students participating in block classes between term #2 and term #4 in the 2021-2022 school year.
  • The percentage of students engaging in each campus-wide exhibition of student learning will increase from 50% to 60% by the end of the 2021-2022 school year.
 
Year 3 Goal
By the end of the 2023-2024 school year the percentage of students participating in interdisciplinary block classes will increase 100% from the baseline established during the 2021-2022 school year.
  • The percentage of students engaging in each campus-wide exhibition of student learning will be 80%.
  • The percentage of students engaged in community-based capstone projects as part of their high school and beyond plan will be 50% by the end of the 2023-2024 school year.

Action Plan

Action Plan:
  • Staff will continue to refine plans for implementing a scope and sequence for project-based interdisciplinary learning cohorts.  The cohorts will be comprised of teachers from three disciplines and will be team-taught, modeling the power of teamwork, and students will be engaged using interdisciplinary modules that by design intentionally require students to solve complex real-world problems. (6.1; 6.2; 6.5)
  • Staff will continue to engage students in developing 21st Century skills and dispositions referred to at our school as the Avanti Habits of mind and heart (6.1; 6.2)
  • Staff will continue to engage students in Socratic Seminars that require research, analysis, and effective communication skill-building (6.1; 6.2; 6.3; 6.5)
  •  Staff will continue to engage students using local non-profit organizations such as: Arbutus Folk School; Dispute Resolution Center of Thurston County; Pizza Klatch; City of Olympia; Teen Council; Washington State’s Department of Natural Resources; Washington Center for the Performing Arts Youth Ambassadors; Thurston County Food Bank; and develop additional partnerships and opportunities (6.1; 6.2; 6.3; 6.5)        
  • Staff will offer an Arts Apprenticeship Pilot Program for Art students that want real-world expereince working alongside master artisans in the local community (6.3)
  • Staff will offer a Farm Apprenticeship Pilot Program for all students interested in learning to to make sutainable farming a vocation (6.3) 
  • Staff will continue to develop and expand programs that promote environmental sustainability and Food Justice, including Natural Resources; Environmental Science; Plant Biology; Sustainable Agriculture; Experiential Education, Health, and Urban AG (Radish). (6.3)
  • Staff will continue to provide students with opportunities to promote food security through participating in community partnerships with Madison-Avanti Giving Garden; Kiwanis Food Bank gardens; Thurston County Food Bank / Kiwanis FoodBank Gardens.  (6.1; 6.3)        
  • Staff will continue to provide students will hands-on activities that engage them in their natural environment with community partners such as South Sound Green; testing water quality and local streams and rivers. (6.1; 6.3)
  • Staff will continue to engage students in partnerships with local Native American tribal elders and experts from the Squaxin and Nisqually tribes.  Staff will continue to implement the Since Time Immemorial (STI) curriculum and work with the district’s Tribal Liaison. (6.1; 6.2; 6.3; 6.4; 6.5)
  • Staff will engage students in local education conferences such as The Evergreen State College’s annual GREEN conference and High School Math Meet, NASA Team, Aurora Institute's Annual Symposium, and The Mastery Based Learning Collaborative events in coordination with the Great School's Partnership (6.1; 6.3; 6.4)
  • Staff and students will host a schoolwide exhibition at the end of each term (quarter) as an opportunity to demonstrate their mastery of learning outcomes to all stakeholders in the community. (6.1; 6.2; 6.3; 6.5)

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