Roosevelt 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

Panorama student and staff survey (fall and spring)
  • Questions related to supportive relationships and positive feelings.

School climate survey for students (fall and spring)
  • Questions related to kindness and compassion
    • K - 2 (smiley faces)
    • 3 - 5 (Likert scale)
    • #3 and #10

Goal

By June of 2023, 75% of students will demonstrate the ability to show kindness and compassion as measured in the Panorama & climate survey in the categories of supportive relationships and positive feelings.

Action Plan

  • Students and staff will participate in OSD Panorama SEL Survey in fall 2022 and spring of 2023.
  • Each classroom teacher will teach the Second Step curriculum in its entirety and utilize the language and reinforce skills taught in Second Step when meeting with students individually and in small groups in order to cultivate healthy relationships.
  • Staff will create a developmentally appropriate school climate survey.

Staff and students will acknowledge observable acts of kindness and compassion in order to develop an intrinsic awareness.
  • Morning Meetings
  • Restorative circles
  • Staff and students will utilize Life Skill tickets
  • Positive classmate callouts
  • Positive parent contact

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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 Assessment Data
    • Oral Reading Fluency (grades 1-2) Fall and Spring.
    • MAP Growth Assessment for Reading and Math (2 -5)  Fall, Winter and Spring.
  • Science (5th grade only)
    • SBA
  • All grade levels will utilize common formative assessments.

Goal

By May 2023, 95% students in grades K-5 will show academic growth in reading and math scores as measured by the fall and spring MAP assessments. 

By May 2023, 55% of 5th grade students will be at a level 3 or above
in the area of science, as measured by annual SBA assessment.


Action Plan

Students will be taught with a research-based curriculum for reading, math, and science.  This will include Wonders, Bridges, and FOSS. 

Student interventions and enrichment will be designed based on student data. Pull out intervention support will be provided for students receiving LAP.

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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 student and staff survey (fall and spring)
  • Questions related to self and others and emotional regulation
    • Supportive relationships
    • Emotion Regulation
School climate survey for students 
  • Questions related to wellness of self and others along with emotional regulation
    • #2, 3, 4, 7, 8

Goal

By June of 2023, 70% of students will respond favorably when asked about their ability to advocate for social, physical and mental wellness of themselves and others as measured in the Panorama & climate survey.

Action Plan

Administer OSD Panorama SEL Survey in early October 2022 and late spring of 2023.
Students will participate in a school climate survey for students-10 question survey with teacher script in the fall and spring.
  • K - 2 (smiley faces)
  • 3 - 5 (Likert scale)

Each classroom teacher will teach the Second Step curriculum in its entirety and utilize the language and reinforce skills taught in Second Step when meeting with students individually and in small groups in order to cultivate healthy relationships.
  • (zones of regulation, calm down corner, relaxation techniques, positive self-talk, classroom meetings, Second Step lessons)

All students will participate in physical activity that includes physical education classes, daily recess, and field day.

Common Sense Media will be taught during library lessons and in classrooms.

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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 student and staff survey (fall and spring)
  • Questions related to inclusion of others and a sense of belonging 
       #8, 9, 10

School climate survey for students in the fall and spring during the 20022-2023 school year.
  • Questions related to wellness of self and others along with emotional regulation

Goal

By June of 2023, 95% of students will demonstrate an  awareness of others' cultures, traditions and personal stories.  Students will demonstrate the ability to show kindness, compassion and an appreciation of differences as we learn and grow together, understanding that our actions impact our community.

Action Plan

A 5th grade student BIPOC group will meet weekly to create community, connection, and opportunity for BIPOC information and conversations.

Common Sense Media will be taught during library lessons and in classrooms.

Staff will partner with administrators, colleagues, counselor, Family Liaison and Instructional Coach to infuse and celebrate cultures throughout the year and begin to develop an appreciation of other cultures. This includes but is not limited to:
  • Recognize and celebrate Dia De Los Muertos
  • Support and host OSD Multilingual Night
  • Recognize and celebrate Multicultural Heritage Months
  •  Recognize and inform students and staff about Disability Awareness month 
  • Recognize and celebrate Lunar New Year
  • The Equity Team will meet routinely throughout the year to ensure culturally responsive teaching.

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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

Students will self-evaluate inspiration projects with grade-level rubric at the completion of an inspiration project.

Panorama survey
  • Questions related to how students feel about school
    • Positive Feelings
School climate survey for students 
  • Questions related to how students feel about school, perseverance and a growth mindset
    • #1 and 5

Goal

By June 2023, 100% of grade levels will design grade appropriate student selected “inspiration” projects.

Action Plan

Teachers facilitate opportunities for students to complete and present one or more inspiration projects during the 2022-2023 school year.  
Teachers highlight and celebrate examples of students’ projects.
Students will create and self-evaluate inspiration projects.
October 24 - 28, 2022 Administer school climate survey for students-10 question survey with teacher script 
  • K - 2 (smiley faces)
  • 3 - 5 (Likert scale)

Expand opportunities for student choice in order to pursue creative opportunities and broaden their perspectives in order to find new interests.

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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

Common grade level assessments. 

Grade level exit tickets created for post field trip experiences.

Goal

By June of 2023, 80% of students will demonstrate participate in
teamwork, learn inclusive problem-solving skills, and more a culturally responsive learner.

Action Plan

Students will learn information that will infuse and celebrate the world that we live in. This may include project-based learning, science lessons, field trips, inspiration projects, student writing, etc. 

Grade levels K-2 will participate in field trips to better understand our local, global and natural world.

Students will regularly collaborate with classmates to develop and understand   the power of teamwork.

All students and staff will participate in a school-wide recycling program. 

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