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 (2022-23)
Outcome 1: Be compassionate and kind.
- Be aware of and appreciate one’s similarities and differences with others.
- Listen well and cooperate with others.
- Demonstrate awareness of one’s own thoughts and emotions and how they impact behavior.
- Express emotions, thoughts and impulses in positive and beneficial ways.
- Resolve conflicts and repair relationships.
Metric
100% of our primary K-2nd students will complete a social, emotional survey in fall 2022 and spring 2023.
100% of 3rd-5th grade students will complete the Panorama Survey in fall 2022 and spring 2023.
100% of 3rd-5th grade students will complete the Panorama Survey in fall 2022 and spring 2023.
Goal
Through the prioritization of social and emotional teaching and learning, students will respond favorably from 48% to 70% that they can identify when they are experiencing a negative feeling and have the tools and strategies to shift to a more positive feeling.
Action Plan
- Second Step curriculum is taught to its entirety.
- School-wide initiative prioritizing and highlighting emotions and feelings and how we can navigate different feelings at school.
- Classrooms incorporate empathy-building activities and role-playing scenarios into morning meetings and throughout the day when there is a teachable moment.
- Educators will collaborate with the teacher librarian and other teachers to purposefully choose children's books with an emphasis on social, emotional themes as well as expsosure of diverse perspectives and ways of being.
- Restorative processes are implimented for conflict resoution and repair of relationships.
- Our school counselor will facilitate small groups to support skill building of kindness, empathy, and emtional intelligence.
Outcome 2: Have the academic and life skills to pursue their individual career, civic and educational goals.
- Read, write and speak effectively for a wide range of purposes, including the interpretation and analysis of both literary and informational texts.
- Know and apply mathematics to a level of fluency that ensures a broad range of post-secondary opportunities and career choices.
- Use analytic and scientific principles to draw sound conclusions.
- Analyze multiple causal factors that shape major events in history.
- 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.
- Develop and use conceptual understanding, exploring knowledge across a range of disciplines, and engage with issues and ideas that have local and global significance.
- Problem solve using both creative and critical thinking skills.
- Demonstrate continuous growth across the disciplines to meet or exceed academic learning standards and work toward graduation.
- Apply reliable information and systematic decision making to personal financial decisions.
Metric
Reading
Writing
Math
Science
- K-5th Wonders Oral Reading Fluency
- Map Reading Fluency (K-1)
- Letter and sound identification assessment (K)
- Map Growth (2-5)
Writing
- Pre and post writing samples
- Implementation of writing rubrics
Math
- K-2, Cognitive Growth Assessment
- K-2, MAP Growth
- K-2, Number Corner Checkpoints
- 3-5, MAP Growth
- 3-5, Formative and summative assessments and student self-assessment
Science
- K-2, Foss interactive notebooks and Foss assessments
- 3-5, Science journal entries and evaluation of the entries with student goal-setting and reflection
Goal
Reading:
Kindergarten: From fall 2022 to spring 2023, McLane kindergarten students will be able to identify letter sounds from 10% accuracy to 70% accuracy through explicit teaching. Students who need additional opportunities for learning the necessary skills will receive intervention support or small group support in the classroom.
1st and 2nd: Through intentionality of our educators, McLane's 1st and 2nd grade students will develop foundational reading skills, specifically focusing on phonics and phonemic awareness, by supplementing our Wonders curriculum to offer explicit direct instruction to teach foundational skills of reading. From this supplementation, students identified at or below the 40th percentile will make 10% growth in the percentile from the fall MAP 2022 assessment to spring 2023.
3rd-5th: McLane students at grades 3-5 will build their current oral reading fluency skills to read with accuracy and expression with support to increase comprehension by experiencing reading buddies, small group instruction, and one-on-one opportunities to practice. Through these opportunities to build on their reading skills, 80% of the 3rd-5th grade students will meet their projected growth as measured by the MAP assessment from fall to spring.
Writing:
K-2nd: Primary learners will be able to meet standards in the area of writing by creating a beginning, middle, and end of a narrative. 85% of students will be able to demonstrate mastery in this skill from fall 2022 to spring 2023 through the teaching of Wonders and scaffolding tools from Step Up to Writing.
3rd & 4th: 85% of 3rd and 4th grade students will be able to successfully utilize graphic organizers from Step Up to Writing to successfully write a paragraph that includes a topic sentence with details and supporting sentence, and a conclusion to provide a sense of closure.
5th: 80% of 5th grade students will utilize their writing skills developed in 3rd and 4th grade to exapnd on their writing skills to write a multi-paragraph product.
Math:
K-2nd: Through the teaching of multipliw mathematical streategies, 85% our primary students at McLane will develp a toolbox of mathematical strategies to be able to independently solve subtraction and addition problems.
3rd-5th: 100% of our students will access rich performance tasks. Teachers will ensure all students have the opportunity to engage through purposeful planning by utilizing the 5 Mathematical Practices in Practice.
Science:
K-2nd: 100% of primary learners will record observations in a science journal and be able to provide scientific observations through their journal entries with pictures and labels.
3rd-5th: 100% of our intermediate scientists will record observations in a science journal and be able to provide scientific observations through journal entries with various ways to demonstrate scientific thinking. This includes, but is not limited to: illustrations, words, labels, mathematical connections/graphing, and scientific predictions.
Kindergarten: From fall 2022 to spring 2023, McLane kindergarten students will be able to identify letter sounds from 10% accuracy to 70% accuracy through explicit teaching. Students who need additional opportunities for learning the necessary skills will receive intervention support or small group support in the classroom.
1st and 2nd: Through intentionality of our educators, McLane's 1st and 2nd grade students will develop foundational reading skills, specifically focusing on phonics and phonemic awareness, by supplementing our Wonders curriculum to offer explicit direct instruction to teach foundational skills of reading. From this supplementation, students identified at or below the 40th percentile will make 10% growth in the percentile from the fall MAP 2022 assessment to spring 2023.
3rd-5th: McLane students at grades 3-5 will build their current oral reading fluency skills to read with accuracy and expression with support to increase comprehension by experiencing reading buddies, small group instruction, and one-on-one opportunities to practice. Through these opportunities to build on their reading skills, 80% of the 3rd-5th grade students will meet their projected growth as measured by the MAP assessment from fall to spring.
Writing:
K-2nd: Primary learners will be able to meet standards in the area of writing by creating a beginning, middle, and end of a narrative. 85% of students will be able to demonstrate mastery in this skill from fall 2022 to spring 2023 through the teaching of Wonders and scaffolding tools from Step Up to Writing.
3rd & 4th: 85% of 3rd and 4th grade students will be able to successfully utilize graphic organizers from Step Up to Writing to successfully write a paragraph that includes a topic sentence with details and supporting sentence, and a conclusion to provide a sense of closure.
5th: 80% of 5th grade students will utilize their writing skills developed in 3rd and 4th grade to exapnd on their writing skills to write a multi-paragraph product.
Math:
K-2nd: Through the teaching of multipliw mathematical streategies, 85% our primary students at McLane will develp a toolbox of mathematical strategies to be able to independently solve subtraction and addition problems.
3rd-5th: 100% of our students will access rich performance tasks. Teachers will ensure all students have the opportunity to engage through purposeful planning by utilizing the 5 Mathematical Practices in Practice.
Science:
K-2nd: 100% of primary learners will record observations in a science journal and be able to provide scientific observations through their journal entries with pictures and labels.
3rd-5th: 100% of our intermediate scientists will record observations in a science journal and be able to provide scientific observations through journal entries with various ways to demonstrate scientific thinking. This includes, but is not limited to: illustrations, words, labels, mathematical connections/graphing, and scientific predictions.
Action Plan
Reading:
Writing:
Math:
Science:
- Implement small groups to provide direct instruction that is differentiated for individual students
- Professional development and cross-grade collaboration to meet all needs of our students
- Professional development provided to plan WIN time with intentionality
- WIN small groups and intervention groups
Writing:
- Teachers will utilize Wonders and supplement with Step Up to Writing materials to access scaffolding tools stuch as graphic organizers and student samples of writing of different genres
- Cross-curricular opportunities to connect writing to other curriculum learning
Math:
- Counting Collections and Bridges workplaces
- Implement rich performance tasks
- Teach Bridges with prioritization of essential standards
- Explicit teaching of multiplication strategies
- Professional Development of The Five Mathematical Practices in Practice
Science:
- FOSS Kits: teaching and scientific experiments
- Hands on, service learning opportunities
- Science journal entries: teaching how to create a science journal, and consistently complete entries with students. Teach a continum of science journal entries K-5th.
- Hands-on, service learning opportunities
Outcome 3: Advocate for the social, physical and mental wellness of themselves and others and be hopeful about the future.
- Communicate effectively.
- Develop knowledge and skills to have healthy eating habits, have a healthy body image and access reliable health information and services.
- Be physically active and see athletics and exercise as health-enhancing behaviors.
- 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.
- Understand how and when to seek supportive mental and emotional health resources for self and others.
- Cultivate healthy relationships that honor each person's personal preferences and boundaries.
- Identify and develop personal strengths and interests.
- 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
- Second Step pre and post assessments
- Panorama fall 2022 and spring 2023 survey for 3rd-5th grade students
- Primary, K-2nd fall 2022 and spring 2023 survey
- Morning Meeting, k-5th grade students
Goal
From the implementation of Morning Meeting, Second Step curriculum, teaching of healthy habits in library and P.E., 90% of McLane students will demonstrate awareness of their own physical and mental awareness as well as empathy and compassion for their peers through active listening, effective communication, and learning of their own needs and others to ensure all can thrive and feel seen, valued, and develop healthy habits.
Action Plan
- Teachers will teach and use self-regulation strategies (Second Step, Mood Meter, and Zones of Regulation).
- Teachers implement morning meeting daily to create a space for students to listen to others while also sharing about their own needs, boundaries, and interests.
- Mrs. Clark will provide professional development around Morning Meeting and effective strategies for social, emotional skill development of students.
- Mrs. Clark will use morning annoucements to prompt classes to hold discussions
- Physical education will implement a unit on healthy habits, including healthy diets and the importance of physical education.
- McLane's teacher librarian will collaborate with teachers to ensure digital citizenship is taught and prioritized throughout the school year to provide opportunities for students to develop healthy technology habits and understand the impacts of harmful use.
- Restorative Circles and processes are utilized when problem solving with students to build empathy and compassion for peoples' boundaries and needs.
- Mentorship opportunities among students at McLane will be available including, but not limited to, student leadership and a mentorship program with primary and intermediate students.
Outcome 4: Have the skills, knowledge and courage to identify and confront personal, systemic and societal bias.
- Develop an appreciation of world cultures, which may include the understanding of the basic structure of another world language.
- Be well versed in local, national and world history and understand how prejudice, racism and xenophobia have contributed to conflict.
- 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.
- Empower themselves to interrupt discriminatory remarks and attitudes.
- Evaluate the significance and dependability of information used to support positions.
- 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
Teachers and McLane staff will prioritize opportunities for students to engage in learning and understanding of cultural awareness and actions we, as humans, can take to address biases and how it impacts our perceptions of people. Through the teachings, discussions, and efforts there will be an increase in our Panorama survey results from from 55% in fall 2022 to 70% on the survey to highlight the efforts to ensure our educators are incorporating teachings focused on cultural awareness.
Action Plan
- Teachers will prioritize read alouds in classrooms that aid discussion and teaching of issues of race, ethnicity, and culture.
- Guest speakers to share their own stories and experiences, specifically, speakers who can provide opportuntiies for students to build understanding and empathy of stories that may differ from their own.
- Newsletters from teachers and administration will highlight our dedication to diversity and will honor stories and cultures from all walks of life.
- Book studies and discussions will be prioritized in classrooms
- Staff and students will name injustices when it is witnessed/experienced.
- Novel/authentic discussions will take priority in classrooms when events arise in the community related to major news events, and we will communicate topics of the conversation with families.
- History will be taught with a priority to teach multiple perspectives of history. Since Time Immemorial will be integrated into classrooms, K-5.
Outcome 5: Discover their passions, be curious and love learning.
- Broaden their perspectives and seek out various opportunities to explore new ideas, particularly those areas that are unfamiliar or uncomfortable to find their interests.
- Experience failure, setbacks and disappointments as an expected and honored part of learning.
- Understand and demonstrate the value of service in their community and learning by doing.
- Pursue creative and artistic opportunities as a vocation and/or a form of lifelong enrichment.
Metric
Student projects, K-5
Research exhibits
Presentations with buddy classes
Assemblies to showcase students learning
Hands-on learning experiences
Research exhibits
Presentations with buddy classes
Assemblies to showcase students learning
Hands-on learning experiences
Goal
With educators intentionally prioritizing opportunities for every student to explore and discover their interests and passions, 95% of McLane students will participate in a research project initiated by their own passions. This will be supported through the DII 2.0 cohort and our mentorship, younger/older buddies.
Action Plan
- Hands-on, service learning throughout the school year to provide a wide variety of experiences for students to explore their interests and passions
- Intermediate will support primary students to conduct their own research projects
- Opportunities for presentations: K-5th
- Community connections: Have experts come into McLane and share their own passions and interests
- After school clubs support students access to interests and passions
- Provide opportunties for all students to participate in after school clubs
- Highlight and celebrate examples of students providing service in the community
- Create space in morning meeting for students to have the time to share their own interests, passions, and hobbies.
Outcome 6: Be critical thinkers who contribute to and collaborate with our local, global and natural world.
- Participate on teams and know the power of teamwork.
- Demonstrate the ability to engage in inclusive problem solving.
- Advocate for and contribute to local, regional or global improvement by utilizing natural resources in an efficient, sustainable way.
- Use digital tools to constructively learn from and connect with people and communities around the world.
- Gather, interpret and present information in culturally responsive ways.
Metric
- Classroom implementation of teamwork/groupwork and student self-assessment from those processes
- Hands-on learning and experiences with the natural world
- Projects to demonstate understanding of immigraton and migraton, considerng global movement (of plants and people)
- Projects and sharing of information to honor and learn about cultures
Goal
In partnership with stakeholders, 100% of McLane students will develop critical thinkinig skills through hands-on, experiential learning as well as projects that include research to delve into cultural awareness and understanding of the local, global, and natural world.
Action Plan
- School-wide McLane Trail project in the Fall of 2022
- Teaching of history through the honoring and teaching of diverse stories and perspectives
- Student led hands-on experiential learning, utilizing local place-based education to apply the principles to the global and natural world
- 3rd and 5th grade will participate in a field trip to the Nisqually Wildlife Refuge
- Through Morning Meeting and presentation of projects, students will embrace their own cultures and learn about cultures that differ from theirs