School

	Revised Tennessee School and District Improvement Plan Template
School:	Elkton Elementary School

District:

Giles County

Analysis of last year's final results:	Areas of Greatest Progress:	Areas of Greatest Challenge:
	Growth Gains in 2011 Mean NCE Gain & Percent Proficient/Advanced Math: NCE Gain P + A 3rd Grade: N/A 9.7% gain 4th Grade: 11.4 gain 0.0% gain 5th Grade: 14.4 gain 10.9% gain 6th Grade: 18.7 gain 15.0% gain 7th Grade: 18.0 gain 18.5% gain 8th Grade: 10.6 gain 12.1% gain RLA: NCE Gain P + A 3rd Grade: N/A 3.8% gain 4th Grade: 9.1 gain 13.7% gain 5th Grade: 11.3 gain 13.9% gain 6th Grade: 6.9 gain 0.7% gain 7th Grade: 9.9 gain 2.6% gain 8th Grade: 15.0 gain 9.1% gain Science: NCE Gain P + A 3rd Grade: N/A 6.4% gain 4th Grade: 11.4 gain 13.7% gain 5th Grade: 10.7 gain 17.9% gain 6th Grade: 7.5 gain 7.3% gain 7th Grade: 7.7 gain 12.5% loss 8th Grade: 9.5 gain 27.2% loss Social Studies: NCE Gain P + A 3rd Grade: N/A 21.1% gain 4th Grade: 5.2 gain 6.0% gain 5th Grade: 4.6 gain 22.7% gain 6th Grade: 5.4 gain 9.6% loss 7th Grade: 1.2 loss 18.8% loss 8th Grade: 2.0 gain 18.1% gain Note: Categories of African American/Black and students with disabilities were not included in the disaggregation due to the fact that N<45.	Percent of Students Proficient and Advanced 2011 Math: Prof Adv. P+A 3rd Grade 48.4% 0% 48.4% 4th Grade 17.9% 7.1% 25.0% 5th Grade 17.1% 5.7% 22.9% 6th Grade 13.6% 9.1% 22.7% 7th Grade 31.8% 2.3% 34.1% 8th Grade 12.1% 9.1% 21.2% RLA Prof Adv. P+A 3rd Grade 49.0% 0% 49.0% 4th Grade 40.7% 7.4% 48.1% 5th Grade 42.9% 8.6% 51.4% 6th Grade 43.2% 2.3% 45.5% 7th Grade 29.5% 13.6% 43.2% 8th Grade 39.4% 3.0% 42.4% Science: Prof Adv. P + A 3rd Grade 48.4% 9.7% 58.1% 4th Grade 37.1% 11.1% 48.1% 5th Grade 42.9% 0.0% 42.9% 6th Grade 40.9% 2.3% 43.2% 7th Grade 43.2% 6.8% 50.0% 8th Grade 63.6% 9.1% 72.7% Social Studies: Prof Adv. P + A 3rd Grade 48.4% 45.2% 93.5% 4th Grade 40.0% 44.0% 84.0% 5th Grade 62.9% 34.3% 97.1% 6th Grade 38.6% 36.4% 75.0% 7th Grade 56.8% 18.2% 75.0% 8th Grade 68.8% 28.1% 96.9% Note: Categories of African American/Black and students with disabilities were not included in the disaggregation due to the fact that N<45.
	Source of Progress:	Source of Challenge:
	Students at Elkton School have made gains in all subject areas. The gains are attributed to: A motivated faculty engaged in improving student achievement. Alignment of the curriculum to the state standards. Professional Development Integration of technology in the classroom and curriculum. Acclimating the students to the TCAP format.	The Faculty and staff are challenged with: Meeting the state benchmark of students proficient and advanced in math across all grade levels. Meeting the state benchmark of students’ proficient and advanced in English across all grade levels. Increasing the percentage of students’ proficient and advanced in Science across all grade levels. 72.8% of the children are economically disadvantaged.

Goals for this school year: 2011-2012

Overall Achievement Goals: (Aligned to First to the Top Goals)

	Elkton School’s 2011 – 2012 math achievement scores will increase 5% for grades 3 through 8. Elkton School’s 2011 - 2012 reading/language arts achievement scores will increase 5% for grades 3 through 8. Elkton School’s 2011 - 2012 science scores will increase 5% for grades 3 through 8.
	Subgroup Goals: (List each subgroup individually)
	Elkton School’s 2011 – 2012 math and ELA achievement scores for economically disadvantaged will increase 5% for grades 3 through 8. Elkton School’s 2011 – 2012 math and ELA achievement scores for student with disabilities will increase 5% for grades 3 through 8.
	Other Required Goal Areas:
	Increase the number of students advanced in social science by 5%. Increase the number of students proficient and advanced in science by 5%.

Plan for this school year:	Key strategies to achieve goals:
	1. Integrate technology into all the classrooms and curriculum. 2. Instructional professional development of exemplary and high impact practices. 3. Data professional development to assure that all teachers can utilize assessment data to drive instructional decisions.
	Key strategies to achieve progress for students with the greatest need:
	Utilize Dibels, Discovery assessments to establish benchmarks and measures students’ progress toward their benchmarks. Utilize an academic coach to provide additional instructional support. Utilize Title I teachers to provide additional academic support Utilize the online Kid’s College academic program before school and during school to measure progress toward benchmarks.
	Projected costs and funding sources for key strategies:

Strategy 1: Cost is $17,000 funded with RTTT, School Funds, and PTO funds.
Strategy 2: Cost is $4000 for Learning-Focused professional development, $2400 High Schools That Work 2011 Summer Conference –RTTT Funds
Strategy 3: Cost is $00.00. Training provided by Giles County School System, peer collaboration, and the principal.
Strategy 4: Cost is $00.00. Funding provided by the Giles County School System.

Benchmarks for Progress	Benchmark:	Timeline:
	Discovery PAS Assessment	September 9th November 14th February 27th May 1st
	DIBELS Assessment	September 9th November 14th February 27th May 1st
	RTI	Weekly
	Kids College Assessment	Weekly

Addendum: Title I

Staff Characteristics	100% of our student’s core academic classes are taught by highly qualified teachers. Assigned mentors, high quality professional development activities, and the establishment of professional learning communities serve to retain highly qualified personnel. 100% percent of our instructional paraprofessionals are also highly qualified. Strategies to attract highly qualified teachers to high needs schools have been implemented from both the state and local level. State level initiatives include licensure reciprocity amount neighboring states, alternative certification program, interim licenses for subject area specialist, and Teach Tennessee- a teacher training program for subject area specialist. The SDE has also made available The Tennessee Teacher Employment Resource site that allows district human resource officer to post vacancies online. Local strategies include professional development, supportive leadership, teacher collaboration opportunities as well as employment opportunities and applications posted on the district web site.
Action Plan	Provide ongoing highly qualified, sustained professional development on strategies to increase student performance in this area.
Parental Engagement	Parental support is an integral part of the success of our school. Parents are invited and encouraged to attend all school program: Chaperones, PT conferences, fund raisers, Advanced Ed accreditation, leadership team, IEPs/504s, TCAP proctors, open house, newsletter, and a 4-year plan.
Transition Services	Each spring the school counselor meets with all 8th graders and their parents in the development of a four year plan that outlines their transition to high school.