DEVELOPING A SCHOOL

SUCCESS PLAN

EEL GROUND SCHOOL

SCHOOL SUCCESS PLANA SIX STEP PROCESS

DEFINE WHO WE ARE ASSESS WHERE WE ARE DETERMINE OUR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES DEVELOP OUR GOALS IMPLEMENT OUR STRATEGIES AND

INTERVENTIONS MEASURE AND EVALUATE OUR PROGRESS

COMPONENTS OF THE SCHOOL SUCCESS PLAN

Assessments that will be used to document program improvement

Interventions that will be used to improve student performance

Professional Development needed to implement the interventions

Logistical/Action Plan that will support the implementation of the assessments, interventions and professional development.

DEFINE WHO WE ARE

Create a school profile outlining the school demographics, programs, class sizes, etc.

Review and clarify our School Mission statement

Identify who will be on the SSP committee

Establish time lines and communication procedures

SCHOOL PROFILEA concise, stand-alone document which gives a snapshot or picture of a school in data terms as a cycle of school improvement begins.

MISSION STATEMENT A statement that identifies the priorities and educational beliefs of the school with regard to what is to be developed within its students.

STEP ONE

ASSESS WHERE WE ARE

Assessment comes from performance measurements such as provincial assessments or standardized tests

Factors that affect data are reviewed to determine their impact. These include economic, social and cultural differences.

Data must be reliable, measured and collected over a period of time (three to five years).

STEP TWO

DETERMINE OUR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

Strengths and weaknesses are determined through a review of the data

The assessment has to be a collegial effort and the staff and school community have to have an ownership in it.

Acknowledge that there are strengths as well as weaknesses in every school.

Own what is ours. We have our own strengths and weaknesses and are limited by the resources we have.

STEP THREE

DEVELOP OUR GOALS Once the profile is completed and the mission is written, it is

time to write the student performance goals. Writing appropriate student performance goals is one of the

most important steps in the development of the school success plan.

Samples of Goals…. Every grade two student who has been in Eel Ground School

since kindergarten will read at or above grade level when completing the grade two provincial achievement tests

At least 75 percent of the grade four students who have been at Eel Ground School for one year will meet or exceed the provincial averages on the grade four writing assessment

STEP FOUR

IMPLEMENT OUR STRATEGIES AND INTERVENTIONS

Interventions address the reasons why students are not being successful

Start with findings (facts). Analyze to explain why the facts are

what they are: intuitive analysis analysis using data research based

For each explanation or reason, identify/determine the implications for interventions/strategies.

An intervention is something that is done to or with students that develops something desired within the student

STEP FIVE

GOOD INTERVENTIONS DEVELOP THE GOAL AREA WITHIN THE STUDENT

They should do one of the following:Develop KnowledgeApply KnowledgeDevelop Patterns of Behavior Develop Attitudes

KEY QUESTIONS ON INTERVENTIONS

How many interventions needed for each goal?

Can some interventions only address subgroups and not all students?

Do all teachers have to do all interventions?

Can some interventions cross over into other goals?

INTERVENTIONS….

For every goal in a school success plan there is created at least one action plan page. This page contains all the details that go into the plan. The important word here is details. Always provide more information than you think necessary

Details what has to be done to implement the interventions

Who will do what and when?

MEASURE AND EVALUATE OUR PROGRESS

Assess the goal by administering some type of assessment that is comparable to the pre-intervention assessment. e.g. provincial assessment or district test

Determine if the intervention improved the criterion stated in the goal. e.g. Did students do as well as NB students on their grade four writing assessment

Evaluate outcome. Was the goal achieved? Will the intervention still be required? If the goal has not been achieved, what else can be done?

STEP SIX

WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THIS DATA? WHAT OTHER INFORMATION WOULD BE HELPFUL? WHAT GOAL COULD BE

STATED?WHAT INTERVENTIONS COULD BE USED?

Celebrate Successes

Remember to ce lebrate

every successfu l

moment that you have

as you work toward

your goal .

Pra ise , encouragement

and recogni t ion wi l l go

a long way as you t ry

to achieve your goal !