Required Component

Action Required: Bold statements require revision

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1.

Evidence of re-visitation and recommitment to school's belief statements, mission and vision

Provide a brief paragraph verifying recommitment to school's belief statements, mission and vision. Provide date(s) of meeting(s) and process used.

2. 

Evidence of re-visitation and recommitment to school's action plan, goals and strategies

Provide date(s) of meeting(s) and process used where staff revisited and recommitted to the school's action plan, goals and strategies following the review of your data.

3. 

Description and location of curriculum

Please include this statement in your plan: "The content taught is based on the IndianaAcademic Standards. Our District has begun mapping the curriculum."

4. 

Titles and description of assessment instruments to be used in addition to ISTEP+ 

Attach the assessment instrument's list and add any additional building-based assessments.

5. 

Parental participation in the school

• Provide narrative of current parental participation (include data from Parent/Teacher conferences, attendance at open house, professional development for parents, etc.).

• Provide plan to increase participation by incorporating new strategies; see reference Beyond the Bake Sale. Title I must list all required parent components (parent compact, policies, etc.).

6. 

Technology as a learning tool

• Describe how the school will integrate technology and the Internet into the curriculum.

• Describe process of how the need for telecommunication and other technology in the school will be assessed.

• Describe how the overall program will continuously be assessed and evaluated.

Required Component

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7. 

Safe and disciplined learning environment

• List existing programs and future strategies to maintain and enhance a safe school climate (include analysis of Bernhardt surveys, number of referrals, suspensions, and expulsions).

• Include an analysis of suspension/expulsion data from the previous year.

• List strategies to decrease suspensions and expulsions.

8. 

Attendance

• Include your attendance goal and strategies to reach your goal.

• Include an analysis of subgroups: gender and ethnicity (see DOE website).

9. 

Graduation Rate (High School only)

• Provide analysis of graduation rate data.

• Review and determine effectiveness of previous year's strategies for increasing graduation rate.

• Include graduation rate goal.

• What programs and services will you implement to increase the graduation rate?

10. 

Academic Honors, Technical Honors, and Core 40 (secondary only) provisions to offer courses that allow all students to be eligible for AHD and to encourage all students to earn an AHD or complete Core 40

• Provide statement of how your building will address requirements to offer courses to allow all students to be eligible for participation in Academic Honors, Technical Honors, and Core 40 diplomas.

• Provide analysis of diplomas awarded by type and subgroup, using data from the corporation diversity report template.

11. 

Leadership Information

• Include minutes for the four required PL221 meetings to include date(s), participants and items discussed.

• Other committee minutes must be kept on file in the building. Send meeting dates and times to Dave Rarick to post on the website. (Open Door Law)

Required Component

Action Required: Bold statements require revision

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12. 

Collection, analysis and reporting of data

• All schools will complete the ISTEP data template.

• Include information regarding CTB results. How did your students perform (NCE) in relation to how they were expected to (AANCE)?

• Include all other analyses of data you are currently using in the improvement process, i.e. DRA II, Core 40, District Exams, Quarterly Assessments, PSAT, AP exams, SAT, and ACT.

• Identify trends in ISTEP results by grade level where subgroups are in need of improvement. Are there significant increases or decreases from your longitudinal data?

• Identify achievement gap(s) from your data. Compare subgroups to all students.

• Include 3 years of Bernhardt survey and continuum analysis.

13.

Evidence of evaluation of Progress toward student achievement goals in allareas assessed on ISTEP+. 

• Specify areas where improvement is needed immediately.

• Report on effectiveness of strategies implemented the previous year. Which strategies will you continue? Which will you eliminate? Why?

14. 

Create an Action Plan and a corresponding Professional Development Plan.

• Complete attached Action Plan/Professional Development Plan template.

• A copy is needed for each Action Plan Goal. Complete all sections of the template for each goal.

15. 

Cultural Competency Plan

• Include a Cultural Competency Plan for all subgroups—special education, high ability, ethnicity, F/RL. Include more than just student achievement strategies.

Required Component

Action Required: Bold statements require revision

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16. 

Evidence of re-visitation and recommitment to school's writing program.

• Include the revised Writing Continuum in your report. (The Writing Continuum resides on the I: Drive under Writing Ideas and Guides)

17. 

Financial summary of Professional Development expenditures (pink corporation form)

• Forward the pink Expenditure Report to Theresa Perkins.

18. 

Completed hard copy of DOE-RR and the Professional Development Grant Application

• Complete these reports online and print a hard copy for the front of your plan. The Professional Development Grant application is connected to the submittal form electronically and is required.

19. 

Statutes and rules to be waived

20. 

Title I Schools

• Title I schools "in improvement" (NCLB sanctions) must include the school improvement checklist. (blue)

• All Title I schools must include the school wide plan checklist. (green)