Session initiation protocol: overview and applications

School Name and District

Grades Served:

Current Adequate Yearly Progress Status

Analysis of State Report Card and Other Data:

Does the SIP clearly identify the areas of weakness reflected in district, state, or national assessments or other data?

y

Is it clear from the SIP what problems exist in the school?

y

List and briefly describe the school's weaknesses in complete sentences

Low mathematics achievement in comparison to language arts suggests a major weakness. Another problem deals with a lack of proficiency on the MEAP Science and Social Studies tests.

Are the objectives stated in the SIP directly related to low achievement?

Y

Has the SIP team considered how broad or narrow weaknesses are?

Y

Are the objectives measurable?

Y

Does each area of weakness involve many students or a few? Explain in complete sentences

The weaknesses identified are a school wide problem as proficiency tests represents such metrics.

Key Factors:

What does the school think is causing each weakness? Explain in complete sentences.

A lack of interest is suggested as a root cause in the weaknesses. Also, implementation of new iPad technology has distracted some learning methodologies that were successful in the past.

What factors have contributed to each area of weakness? Of these factors has the school prioritized ones that can be influenced or controlled? Explain in complete sentences.

The implementation of iPad technology has had both positive and negative effects on the schools ability to adapt to the changing landscape of learning. The lack of interest may be attributed to social conditions that permeate the greater culture.

Do these key factors indicate what the school thinks has caused or contributed to low student achievement? Explain in complete sentences.

It is not clear as to whether these key factors have been aligned with the larger strategic goals in any explicit manner.

Strategies and Activities of the Action Plan:

Is there a strong relationship among the key factors, strategies, and activities?

N

Are strategies and activities in the action plan clearly focused on what students, teachers, and parents will do to impact student achievement?

N

Are the measures of success toward achieving objectives clear?

Y

Have all weaknesses been sufficiently addressed?

Y

Would the effect of implementing these strategies and activities most likely cause the school to attain its achievement goals, including Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)?

Y

Overall Plan:

Does this plan have a chance of successfully improving student achievement? Explain in complete sentences.

The plan has little chance of success unless a new attitude is taken over by the culture at large. The forces at work are very limiting to the environment at this school.

Teamwork is a major component of school success. Is there evidence of teamwork in the SIP? Explain in complete sentences.

There is evidence that teamwork was ideal in the creation of this SIP. The combination of forces from many areas is evident throughout this report.

How well did your school establish a critical relationship among its problem areas or weaknesses, the presumed causes of these weaknesses, and the plan for improved student achievement? Explain in complete sentences.