1. Coffee With the Principal Café con el Director
Mr. Ruiz

2. Continuous Improvement Plan
5 Primary Areas of Improvement
1. Strengthen Instruction for all students
2. Intervention Program for struggling students
3. Data-Driven Decision Making
4. Coordinated and comprehensive services
5. Plan development, implementation, and evaluation

3. Overall Goals
Reading: WVES will increase the percentage of students passing the AIMS Reading assessment.
3rd Grade will increase by 5% from 75% to 80%
4th Grade will increase by 7% from 73% to 80%
5th Grade will increase by 6% from 76% to 82%
Increase the number of “exceeding” students from 6.7% to 10%
Decrease the number of “falls far below” students by 5%
Math: WVES will increase the percentage of students passing the AIMS Math assessment.
3rd Grade will increase by 4% from 71% to 75%
4th Grade will increase by 10% from 60% to 70%
5th Grade will increase by 5% from 60% to 65%
Increase the number of “exceeding” students from 18% to 23%

4. Overall Goals
Writing: WVES will increase the percentage of students passing the AIMS Reading assessment.
5th Grade will increase by 10% from 46% to 56%
Increase the number of “exceeding” students by10%
Decrease the number of “falls far below” students by 5%
ELD: WVES will increase the percentage of students passing the AZELLA assessment, by 10% from 34% to 44%.
Special Education: WVES will increase the percentage of SPED students passing the AIMS Reading and Math assessment by 15% and decrease the number of “falls far below” students by 10%.
Attendance: WVES will maintain the rate of student attendance at or above 95%.

5. Strengthen Instruction for All Students
Professional Development for teachers
Horizontal articulation
School vision, mission statement
School leadership team
Peer Leaders for new teachers
RTI Program (Intervention)
Equitable distribution of teachers
Classroom data collected and analyzed
Teacher evaluation based on student achievement

6. Intervention Program for Struggling Students
Assign a Reading Interventionist for struggling readers
Set student criteria for participation
Select staff to provide interventions
Set criteria for exiting students from intervention
Interventions integrated into classrooms
Gifted program in place
Data binders maintained
Systematic assessment and data collection process
“Child Study” process in place

7. Data-Driven Decision Making
Quarterly District Testing
Common Prep time for grade levels
Common Team Meetings
Common Formative Assessments
Bi-weekly data dialogues with administration
Vertical articulation
Horizontal articulation
Data Binders maintained

8. Coordinated and Comprehensive Services
Title 1, Title 3 Programs
Tutoring Program for 3rd – 5th Grade students
1st – 2nd grade ELD students
Transition programs from Headstart/Preschool to Kindergarten
Transition program for 5th to middle school
Middle school orientation
5th grade class switching
Parent and Family Engagement
Home-School Communication - newsletter, agendas, Coffee with Principal
Annual Title 1 meeting
Curriculum Nights
PTO Meetings, events
American Dream Academy

9. Plan Development, Implementation, Evaluation
District Assistance, Support
Schoolwide Planning Committee – Site Leadership Team
Monthly meetings
Weekly Professional Development Meetings (Thursdays) – based on school data, district initiatives, school improvement initiatives
Communication of C.I.P. – school website, monthly Coffee with the Principal, PTO meetings, newsletter
Quarterly revisions for C.I.P.

10. Move On When Reading
Did you know that Arizona Revised Statute (A.R.S.) clearly defines the urgency and seriousness of ensuring all students are reading proficiently by the end of third grade? According to the law, current first grade students who fall far below on the 3rd grade state reading assessment (AIMS) in their third grade year are to be retained in third grade and provided intensive intervention both during the school day and in extended learning opportunities.

11. What Should Parents Do? Que Deben de Hacer Padres?
Ask questions. Preguntar preguntas
Know your child’s DIBELS score. Saber el nivel DIBELS de su hijo
Talk to your child’s teacher. Hablar con el/la maestro(a)
Reserve time and space for practice at home. Tener tiempo y espacio para practicar en casa
READ! LEER!

12. DIBELS The DIBELS assessment assesses five areas Letter naming:
Children are progress monitored on each area throughout the year. Benchmarked 3 times a year
Letter naming:
Recite the alphabet with one to one correspondence
Flash Cards
Phonemic Awareness:
Can children identify the individual sounds in words?
Important for writing and blending sounds when they begin reading
Give the children individual sounds and ask them blend them into words.

13. Reminders December 17th – Winter Concert, 5:00P Cafeteria
December 16th – 20th – Spirit Week
Friday – Special Reading “Polar Express”
December 23rd – January 3rd – Winter Break

14. Thank you for your presence! Gracias por su asistencia!