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

Garfield School Improvement Plan (2021-22)

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

Panorama survey in late fall of 2021 and late spring in 2022.

Goal

By June of 2022, 80% of students will demonstrate an awareness of being compassionate and kind, as measured in the Panorama survey in the categories of supportive relationships and positive feelings.

Action Plan

  • Students will participate in the OSD Panorama SEL Survey in late fall 2021 and late spring of 2022.  
  • Each classroom teacher will integrate Second Step curriculum into their weekly instruction.
  • Counselor and support staff including paraeducators will hold both targeted small group social skills sessions and drop-in sessions for lunch buddies focusing on interpersonal skills and compassion.  
  • Family liaisons at each building will reach out to students and families to provide support in partnership with counselors and principals.
  • All staff members will use “Caught You Being Kind”  tickets to reinforce kind/compassionate behavior in the school.
  • Restorative circles will be used to help repair harm when it happens in the school.
  • All students will be directly taught multiple methods for asking for help when they need it.

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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

  • Panorama
  • MAP
  • To measure student sense-making and productive academic talk, teachers will report through observational data that students are using consistent common language to share their thinking and respond to other ideas.

Goal

Most (75%-80%) students in the course of the year will see positive growth in their Reading and Math scores, as measured by the MAP Growth Assessment. 

Action Plan

  • Through academic sense-making discussions, students and teachers will explore ideas and use evidence to build and critique academically-productive talk. In support of sense-making, the use of sentence stems in all classrooms, across all content areas, will be used.
  • Through Professional Development, staff will participate in training to better understand and use MAP testing and data with the ultimate goal of engaging students in self-reflection and goal setting. Part of this work will include looking at proportionality among various subgroups at Garfield.

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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

Panorama survey in late fall of 2021 and late spring in 2022. 

Goal

Goal: By June of 2022, 80% of students will respond favorably when asked about their ability to demonstrate self-efficacy and emotional regulation as measured in the Panorama survey.

Action Plan

  • Students will participate in the OSD Panorama SEL Survey in late fall 2021 and late spring of 2022. 
  • School-wide classroom meetings will provide opportunities for community-building and social/emotional skill development.
  • Teachers will teach and use self-regulation strategies (calm down corner, relaxation techniques, positive self-talk, classroom meetings, Second Step lessons/ language) in the classroom.
  • The family liaison will partner with the school counselor, Tier 2 Teams, BHR, and other local community-based resources to support the mental health and well-being of students.
  • Behavior Technicians will continue to use CICO (check-in, check out) system.
  • All elementary schools will have access to additional PE classes with the increase in specialist time. 
  • All elementary teacher-librarians will teach Common Sense Media focusing on media safety and media balance.

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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

Panorama survey in late fall of 2021 and late spring in 2022. 

Goal

By Spring 2022, 80% of families will respond favorably regarding students learning about, discussing and confronting issues of race, ethnicity and culture in school as measured by the Panorama Survey in the cultural awareness and action sections. 

Action Plan

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  • Equity Teams meet routinely throughout the year in order to address site-specific needs.
  • Families will participate in the OSD Panorama SEL Survey in late fall 2021 and late spring of 2022.
  • Teachers provide opportunities for class discussions when events arise in the community related to major news events and will communicate topics of conversations with families.
  • Continue to diversify library collections to better represent all students and cultures. 
  • 4th and 5th grade students will participate in the Spring CBA. 
  • Teachers will teach grade level Since Time Immemorial curriculum.

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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

Exit tickets are completed by students at the end of the service event. 

Goal

100% of grade levels will provide opportunities for students to participate in a service project by June 2022. 

Action Plan

  • Schools/Grade levels/teachers choose at least one service project to complete during the year.  
  • Work in partnership with families and community members to complete service project(s).
  • Possible Suggestions: Socktober, Valentines for Vets, food bank, canned food drive.
  • Highlight and celebrate examples of students providing service.

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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

Exit tickets completed by students at the end of SNAP-Ed. events.

Goal

In partnership with SNAP-Ed., all students will have experiences in the natural environment on the Garfield school campus. This will include investigating native plants, understanding the life cycle of plants and participating in cultivating and enjoying food from the school garden.

Action Plan

  • All classrooms will work with our SNAP Ed. instructors during all stages of growing and harvesting herbs and vegetables in the school garden.
  • Teachers will teach from the new FOSS kits.
  • In the fall of 2021, teacher leaders will train their grade-level PLCs with the new Foss kits.

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