School Improvement Plan Review Opportunity for Improvement

SIP REVIEW

SIP Review and Opportunity for Improvement

The school improvement plan (SIP) is a significant roadmap for the school itself to make changes and bring improvements in areas that are weak. It is done to enhance student achievement and the help of stakeholders (Escobar, 2019). The overall effect is extended to the community welfare since the parent, students, and the school itself would benefit from the outcomes. This paper reviews the selected school\\\\\\\'s current SIP and present an improvement plan for academic achievement. The presumed weaknesses would be discussed, and the opportunity for academic upgrading would be discussed with evidence-based practices.

Analysis of the School\\\\\\\'s SIP

The school that is selected for this paper is North Miami Beach Sr. High. It has a large middle-class population of students who belong to various ethnic groups such as Haitian-American, Jewish American, Blacks, Hispanics, Americans, and Asians, etc. The current SIP entails a broad range of analyzed areas for the current status of the school based on the parameters like academic excellence, staff strength, and attitude of the teachers towards the school management, etc. School management can play a strong part in rectifying its leadership strategies to improve students\\\\\\\' academic achievements (Msila, 2011). The following table is completed for analyzing the school\\\\\\\'s vision, mission, goals, objectives, data analysis, and identifying key factors for weakness, strategies, and activities for the action plan and the overall plan for a better picture of the proposed SIP.

Title: School Improvement Plan Report for North Miami Beach Sr. High

School Name and District: North Miami Beach Sr. High- 7541

Grades Served: Mid-level or ESE (Elementary and Secondary Education)

Vision, Mission, and Goals:

Does the school have a shared vision, mission, and goals?

Y

State the school\\\\\\\'s shared vision and mission statements.

School\\\\\\\'s mission highlights creating a safe and operative learning environment for the students to enhance the learner\\\\\\\'s experience during academic years. Their career-related success would be ensured, and their life-long learning would help them become an essential member of the technology-driven, global society.

The school\\\\\\\'s vision statement shows the commitment towards its instructional program for the students to become aptly able to meet the outside world\\\\\\\'s challenges. The rapidly changing society and its competitiveness should not appear alien to them, and they would be prepared with the full support of the staff. The student\\\\\\\'s academic goals would be achieved by them so that they are kick-started for attaining high educational standards.

Do multiple measures of data support the shared vision, mission, and goals?

Y

Do the shared vision, mission, and goals focus on equitable access, opportunities, and outcomes for all students?

Y

Are the shared vision, mission, and goals used to guide and monitor decisions, actions, and outcomes?

Y

Data Analysis:

What assessments are used in this example school? List the assessments.

Power BI Disciplinary comparison data, SESIR data, Power BI staff attendance data, school climate survey, Florida Department of Education State Biology EOC data, MYA data, Power BI school profile data, and Academic program data map,

What are the assessment scores, and what do they tell you about this school\\\\\\\'s weaknesses? Answer in complete sentences.

· Through the School Climate Survey, the school\\\\\\\'s culture assessment disclosed that there was a problem of substance abuse in the school. The percentage was 20% in 2018-19 data and remained the same in 2019-20. The improvement in wellness programs for the students\\\\\\\' needs more strength.

· The assessment of the school\\\\\\\'s culture through the School Climate Survey revealed that there was a lack of concern from the principal. The percentage was 3% in 2018-19 and remained the same in 2019-20. There is a weakness in the management area since they should be more attentive and address the substance abuse problem with more concern.

· Through Power BI attendance data, the school\\\\\\\'s culture assessment showed that teacher\\\\\\\'s attendance decreased 5% from 2018-19 till 2019-20 data. This area needs improvement.

· The assessment of school culture through the School Climate survey revealed that there is an increased concern for the increment of class size with 11%. It means that teachers find it difficult to handle more students in each class that might affect the due attention each student needs from teachers. Their academic achievement would be negatively impacted; thus, this area needs improvement.

· The assessment of school culture through the School Climate survey showed that there was an increase in students staying home (14%) after making a comparison of the data from 2018-19 and 2019-20.

· The assessment of academic programs through Power BI School profile data showed that US history proficiency stayed the same in 2019-20 compared to 2018-19, which was 49%. This means that the civic students\\\\\\\' awareness needs to be improved, and the school\\\\\\\'s proficiency in US history needs an upgrade.

· The academic program data map assessment showed a slight improvement in English Language Arts (ELA) with only a 1% increase from 2018-19 to 2019-20. This area needs improvement since Foundations Skills Assessment (FSA) reading is a challenge for many students and needs special attention for achieving proficiency in the curriculum.

· The academic program data map assessment showed that ELA learning gains in reading decreased by 7% in 2019-20 compared to 2018-19. This area needs severe improvement so that all students are proficient in fluent reading.

· Through the Academic Program data map, the assessment of academic programs identified that the ELL subgroup for ELA proficiency showed no improvement with 0% proficiency in 2019-20 compared to 2018-19 data. This area improvement as well since reading is the basic requirement in board graduation exams throughout the district.

· Through the Academic Program data map, the assessment of academic programs identified that Math proficiency decreased 2% in 2019-20 compared to 2018-19. This area needs improvement as several students struggled to learn Math and learn mathematical techniques for application in the real-world.

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

Y

Objectives:

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

Y

Provide an objective indicating low achievement.

The school aimed at providing standards-aligned instruction so that student achievements in the below-average subjects are improved. The modes of effective instructions would be adopted so that outcomes of state standards are achieved. The data-driven decision making would be enhanced in academic programs so that teachers can make positive decisions directly affecting the student\\\\\\\'s academic performance. This would support meeting the student\\\\\\\'s academic needs and better understand concepts for exceeding district averages.

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.

Words like \\\\\\\"small or large groups\\\\\\\" have been mentioned that indicate the school promised to make amendments for all the students. A variety of ethnicities are studying in the school, and all are included rather than mentioning only one. Only \\\\\\\"student achievement\\\\\\\" is focused, which means that a collective sense of all kinds of students is stated involving many students at a time.

Key Factors:

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

Although the outcomes are mentioned from the systems review and data reflection of the SIP, the weaknesses are not clearly stated. After analyzing the school\\\\\\\'s SIP, it is deducted that the weaknesses might be caused due to less emphasis on the staff\\\\\\\'s needs and concerns. For case in point, it has been specified above that the school principal is not deeply involved in taking special measures to reduce substance abuse or making efforts to decrease class size. The class size has been increasing each year that might stress the teachers to cater to each student\\\\\\\'s individual academic needs—low teacher and students\\\\\\\' attendance are of concern.

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.

Priority actions have been devised for making improvements in the SIP, and for that, the primary essential practice has been highlighted. It means that the school has made efforts to detect the weaknesses and wants to eradicate them to improve academic achievement. There is a high need for improvement for ELA reading, Mathematics, and US history. The school has not indicated these subjects in its systems review plan, but the weak academic areas have been noticed after an analysis. Low student and teacher attendance are also some of the factors that lead to these weaknesses.

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

These key factors specify that the school has realized it needs improvement in certain areas. The factors mentioned above have been declared as problem areas, and the school has been devising ways to apply correction measures quarterly. After a certain time, the implementation steps and evaluation are enlisted in the plan so that a review could be made whether the steps are making any positive changes in the overall school improvement.

Strategies and Activities of the Action Plan:

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

Y

Is technology integrated into the strategies and activities?

Y

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

Y

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?

Y

Overall Plan:

How do the shared vision, mission, and goals emphasize the expectation that all students will meet content and performance standards? Explain in complete sentences.

The shared vision, mission, and goals highlight that students\\\\\\\' academic achievements are improved to guarantee their academic and career-related success. The school aims to give the teachers progress monitoring tools, and the basic instructional standards are carried out. The essential practices would be practiced within the school premises to sustain throughout the year with effective results. The students would be assessed with standardized tests and would be provided innovative learning and video conferencing platforms. The differentiated academic plans for catering to all kinds of ethnicities would be targeted. The attendance initiatives would be met so that high academic scores are gained. Successful implementation of technology for students, staff, and parents would ensure challenging goals and positive outcomes to empower learners.

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

Overall objective of the SIP is to improve student achievement since there are indications of the enhancement of academic performance and school culture. When culture is promoted with the institute that gives rise to positive outcomes, only then is it possible to engage students and teachers to strive for excellence. Effective instruction, technology, parent involvement, and professional development of the teacher are factors that present a chance of improving student achievement.

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

As indicated by grouping, the students based on their strength areas are in the school\\\\\\\'s SIP. It means that the school has contemplated teamwork and its benefits to the students\\\\\\\' learning and academic achievement. The subgroups of every student belonging to a distinct ethnicity are made so that their particular needs are viewed closely and catered through the curriculum\\\\\\\'s specialized instructional program.

How well did the 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.

A critical relationship among the problem areas, weaknesses, and the improvement plan were built by indicating the outcomes achieved after the plan is conducted. This shows that the school wants to take the responsibility to make necessary alterations within the school system in alignment with the needs of modern times. With the infusion of technology at every step, the required changes would be easily incorporated.

How is technology integrated into the plan?

Technology is integrated by allowing the teachers to access the new teaching strategies and even using technology to interact with parents about their child\\\\\\\'s achievement. The teachers would be kept updated with the new forms of technology and instruction in class with the students. Conducting a \\\\\\\"Tech Tuesday\\\\\\\" would be ensured to share curriculum expectations with the parents and guardians. Faculty meetings and their professional development would be allowed through the use of technology. Social media platforms to connect with the parents and other stakeholders would be made possible. Even the parents would have access to technology to gain access for reviewing their child\\\\\\\'s attendance and academic performance. The instructional coaches would make use of technology in all content areas. The sign-n sheets and classroom instruction would be conducted with the help of technology.

How is a technology used to prepare, implement, and collect/analyze data used in the plan?

Technology is used in various assessments like school culture, and academic performance since data has been collected from platforms like Academic Program data map, Power BI school profile data, MYA data, etc. The analysis and comparisons would not have been possible if the technology was not used in these calculations.