Changes in student learning behavior: What will students do to reach the identified results? What new things will they do to learn? What things will they do more of?

Changing Instruction: What will teachers do to ensure students learn and develop the learning behaviors identified in the first column?

(Be sure that the instructional practices you identify will address every student learning behavior.)

Monitoring Progress with Timelines and Adjustments: How will we measure progress towards the changes in learning behavior and teaching that we want? How often will this occur? How will we keep the principal, parents, and SIT informed and involved?

Collaboration and Support: When will we use the information we get from monitoring to improve learning and teaching? When will we discuss the progress we are making?  

School and District Support and Resources: What support and resources will the school and district provide in order to achieve the results of this action plan?

(List the support and resources below and then use the attached template to finalize this column.)

Evaluating Results/Reporting to Families and Community: How will the school know if their students reach the intended results? In light of what we have learned, how will we revise the plan for next year?

Reporting to families and the Community: How will we share results of this plan with the entire school community?

Students will:

Always know the behavioral expectations and rules

Exhibit more positive attitudes towards school, peers, and teachers/staff

Actively participate at all levels (school, team, advisory, clubs, etc) of the school community

Demonstrate positive interactions with peers

Demonstrate respect for personal and school property

Teachers will:

Establish classrooms in which clear rules and standards of behavior are maintained

Help students establish a classroom environment characterized by mutual respect and intellectual risk-taking

Work collaboratively with their colleagues to create a learning community that benefits all students

Use effective communication as the vehicle through which students explore, conjecture, discuss, and investigate

Maintain standards that require them to act in the best interests and needs of the students

Create an advisory committee consisting of students, teachers, and parents to analyze the effectiveness of the current advisory program

Embrace the goals of the advisory program

Implement the recommendations of the advisory committee

Teachers will:

Collaborate to determine advisory activities and differentiate based on team needs and overall school goals (monthly)

Communicate with administration through CPT notes regarding implementation of advisory programs (monthly)

Communicate areas that require  additional support/resources (as needed)

Teacher leaders will:

Establish expectations for effective teaming practices

Create pre and post surveys to assess student perceptions of school climate

Gather and analyze  a variety of data sources (surveys, discipline reports, focus groups, failure rates)

Reflect on whether or not new behaviors expectations are impacting student attitudes and actions

Establish and monitor the purpose and goals of advisory

Survey teams to conduct a needs assessment

Develop and distribute a team evaluation/assessment tool

Administrators will:

Organize on-going professional development in teaming and advisory skills

Communicate the rationale for a school-wide emphasis on teaming and advisory

Communicate action plans to teachers and staff

Communicate the purposes and goals of advisory and teaming to the larger  school community

When we will collaborate:

Common Planning Time

School Improvement Team meetings

After school meetings

The school will supply the following support and resources:

Funding for on-going professional development and resources

Scheduling embedded professional development on advisory and teaming

The central office will supply the following support and resources:

Funding for on-going professional development and resources

Continue to support common planning time

Evaluating results:

Students will demonstrate improvement in:

Self-esteem

Academic efficacy

Peer interactions

Social skills

Leadership

Students will report a measurable improvement in their perception of school climate

Students will exhibit a decrease in behavior problems as reported in student responses to the SALT Survey and school discipline data 

Reporting to the community:

Creating a link on the school website to inform parents about advisory

Open House

Parent/Teacher conferences

Step-up Day

Parent Nights