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

McLane 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

  • Each classroom teacher will teach the Second Step curriculum in its entirety.
  • All staff members will use Owl Feather tickets to reinforce kind/compassionate behavior in the school.
  • Student Leadership Team will give Owl Feathers to reinforce kind/compassionate behavior in the school.
  • Restorative Practices will be used to help build relationships and repair harm when it happens in the school community. 
  • Staff will use Restorative Questioning and Statements to support reteaching of behaviors.
  • School Counselor will provide Lunch Groups to center on compassion and kindness.

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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

  • Map Reading Fluency (K-1)
  • Map Growth (2-5) 

Goal

ELA: During the 2021-2022 school year, 85% of students will meet their projected growth as measured by the MAP tests from Fall to Spring. 
 
Math: During the 2021-2022 school year, 85% of students will meet their projected growth as measured by the MAP tests from Fall to Spring.

Action Plan

  • Professional Learning Communities 
  • TPEP Student Growth Goals 
  • Regular Reading fluency assessments
  • Weekly Wonders Curriculum Assessments
  • Bridges Pre/Post Assessments
  • Concept Quest extensions
  • Math/Reading intervention groups 

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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

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

  • Teachers will teach and use self-regulation strategies (Second Step, Mood Meter, and Zones of Regulation). 
  • Teachers will implement the following: calm down corner, relaxation techniques, positive self-talk, classroom meetings, and Second Step lessons in the classroom.
  • Students will be provided movement throughout the school day, self-regulation breaks, flexible seating, and tables.
  • 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.
  • The Behavior Technician 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. 
  • McLane's teacher-librarian 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 to the Panorama Survey regarding their students discussing and confronting issues of race, ethnicity, and culture in school. Specifically, this will be measured by the cultural awareness and action sections.

Action Plan

  • Teachers will teach at least 5 guided read alouds from BIPOC authors discussing and confronting issues of race, ethnicity, and culture. 
  • McLane Equity Team will meet routinely throughout the year in order to address site-specific needs.
  • Teachers will provide opportunities for class discussions when events arise in the community related to major news events and will communicate topics of conversations with families.
  • 4th and 5th-grade students will participate in the Cause of Conflict 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 McLane Students will participate in a service project by June 2022.

Action Plan

  • Daffodil Bulb planting for all students and celebration in the spring once they bloom. 
  • Community Connections opportunities: after-school theater, school sports, lego robotics, 3-D printing, and leadership clubs.
  • Work in partnership with families and community members to complete service project(s).
  • Highlight and celebrate examples of students providing service in the community

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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 both water quality testing events.

Goal

In partnership with South Sound Green, 100% of 4th-grade students will participate in water quality testing both in the fall of 2021 and the spring of 2022. 

Action Plan

  • Science TOSA and South Sound Green staff members will collaborate to bring water quality testing experiences to each building. 
  • Teachers will teach from the new FOSS kits.
  • In the fall of 2021, teachers will attend grade-level FOSS kit training.

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