Principal’s Forecast Tangipahoa Parish School System Leadership Focus Strategy June 2015 Gary T. Porter

School Vision/Mission The faculty and staff of Amite Elementary Magnet School recognize and are dedicated to the idea that all students grow academically at various rates of speed and modalities. Therefore, Amite Elementary Magnet will strive to provide an atmosphere in which each individual student will achieve degrees of success intellectually, socially, and emotionally by addressing student needs through research-based, data driven best teaching practices that engage students through small group instruction.

School Goals To increase student achievement in reading and math. To utilize project based learning to develop students’ communication and technology skills. To engage students in hands-on, data-driven lessons that promote higher order thinking skills. To prepare students to read fluently and be able to comprehend complex texts.

Data Analysis by Grade & Content TPSS ELA Benchmark Assessment Total K-4 students=432 Total Proficient=251 (58%) Total Not Proficient=181 (42%)

Data Analysis by Grade & Content TPSS Math Benchmark Assessment Total K-4 students=432 Total Proficient=348 (81%) Total Not Proficient=84 (19%)

Data Analysis by Grade & Content iLEAP Science Scores Total 3rd grade students=96 Total Proficient=30 (31%) Total Not Proficient=66 (69%)

Data Analysis by Grade & Content iLEAP Social Studies Scores Total 3rd grade students=96 Total Proficient=46 (48%) Total Not Proficient=49 (51%)

Data Analysis by Grade & Content LEAP Science Scores Total 4th grade students=92 Total Proficient=40 (43%) Total Not Proficient=52 (57%)

Data Analysis by Grade & Content LEAP Social Studies Scores Total 4th grade students=91 Total Proficient=42 (46%) Total Not Proficient=49 (54%)

Data Analysis by Grade & Content Kindergarten Benchmark Data Total students 85 ELA Math 60% Proficient92% Proficient

Data Analysis by Grade & Content First Grade Benchmark Data Total students 84 ELA Math 80% Proficient93% Proficient

Data Analysis by Grade & Content Second Grade Benchmark Data Total students 92 ELA Math 53% Proficient84% Proficient

Data Analysis by Grade & Content Third Grade Benchmark Data Total students 84 ELA Math 46% Proficient54% Proficient

Data Analysis by Grade & Content Fourth Grade Benchmark Data Total students 87 ELA Math 52% Proficient80% Proficient

Teacher Data Analysis 37 Total Teachers 3 Highly Effective (8%) 27 Effective Proficient (73%) 7 Effective Emerging (19%) 0 Ineffective

School Focus Literacy and Data Analysis – Small Group, differentiated instruction Creative Scheduling to allow for whole school literacy interventions Using existing staff to provide students with those interventions

Research-Based Strategies Response to Intervention – Tiered Interventions Data-Driven Decision Making – Weekly analysis of student data to inform instructional decisions.

Interventions/Enrichment Ancillary Teachers will conduct enrichment for higher achieving students. Reading Interventionist will provide instruction to lower performing students who need additional assistance. Classroom teachers will conduct interventions with mid-performing students. System 44 will be provided as an intervention by the SPED department. All interventions will be grade level specific and conducted simultaneously and will be reflected in the master schedule.

Progress Monitoring Students will be screened in August with a basic literacy assessment, conducted by an assessment team. Teachers will use Common Formative Assessments to monitor student progress while the Reading Interventionist will administer the beginning of year assessment bi-monthly to measure student progress. SRI, DIBELS, STAR Reading, and Benchmark assessments will also be utilized.

Next Steps Collaborate with neighboring schools with a successful literacy intervention program to be adopted at AEMS. Continue meeting weekly with the School Leadership Team to improve instructional practices by reviewing student achievement data. Continue the three day teacher collaboration model to analyze student data, determine assessments, and plan for effective instruction. Continue monthly professional learning meetings where teachers participate in trainings developed specifically for teacher needs based on observation and walkthrough data. These trainings are facilitated by our own teachers who demonstrate effective teaching practices.

Next Steps Administration will continue to provide feedback to teachers so that they can continue to develop best teaching practices. School Leadership team members will “pass on” our book study reading, “The Energy Bus.” Adminstration will continue the Believe and Succeed Program and redeliver proven methods for increasing student achievement.