SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN
2004-2008
Emsley A. Laney High School
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New Hanover County Schools
School Improvement Plan
(SIP)
2004-2008
Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools
Table of Contents
School Improvement Team Members
COMPREHENSIVE SAFE SCHOOL PLAN - SCHOOL LEVEL
Safe School Goal/Objective: Improve safety of physical facilities.
STAFF DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR 2004-2008
Safe School Goal/Objective: Improve management of emergency situations
Safe School Goal/Objective: Improve safety of physical facilities
School-Based Management and Accountability Plan
Waiver Request – Transfer of Textbook Funds
Action Plan for Healthy Students in Safe, Orderly and Caring Schools
Student Performance Data - Performance Indicator Results Summary. 21
Performance of Each Student Group on the ABCs End of Course Tests
2003 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Report
2004 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Results
Stakeholder Perspectives of the Quality of Education
Part II – School’s Beliefs and Missions
Develop the School’s Mission Statement
Part III – Priorities for Improving Student Learning
Reviewing current School District, State and National goals for student learning
North Carolina Goals for student learning
National Goals for Student Learning
Developing Initial Statement of Desired Results for Student Learning
Analyzing Student learning needs - Information and Analysis
Defining Student Learning needs
Part IV – Priorities for Improving School Performance
Identifying Strengths and Limitations
School Improvement Quality Matrix
Human Resource Development & Management
Leadership for School Improvement
Culture of Continuous Improvement and Learning
Defining Goals for improvement
Part V Action Plans-Process Management
1. Interventions to prevent student failure.
2. Quality tools and systematic process improvement
Action Plan – Exceptional Children
Action Plan – Foreign Language
Action Plan – Library-Media Center
Action Plan – Student Support Services
Action Plan – Career Technical Education
Part VI - Implementing the Plan and Documenting Results
Monitoring, Reviewing and Updating the SIP
Collecting Evidence of the Achievement of the Target Goals
Standard 1 - Beliefs and Mission
Standard 2 - Governance and Leadership
Standard 5 – Assessment and Evaluation
Standard 6 – Resources (Continued)
Standard 7 – Support Services for Student Learning
Standard 8 –Stakeholder Communications and Relationships
Standard 10 - Continuous Process of School Improvement
Introduction
Executive Summary
The school principal should
address alignment of this School Improvement Plan with the District’s Mission,
Quality Standards, and Strategic Aims.
Through collaboration with
faculty, parents, and students, the School Leadership Team has developed a plan
for continuous school improvement that takes into consideration concerns and
issues generated from representatives of all our stakeholders.
In addition, we are committed
to creating a safe, orderly and caring environment where all students are able
to learn and develop skills essential to becoming productive citizens. Accordingly, our goals are reflective of our
desire to provide quality instruction to all our students, improve community
relations and ensure school safety.
The Plan is aligned with the
District’s Mission, Quality Standards, Strategic Aims and the standard course
of study. Highlights of our school
improvement plan are as follows:
- Laney’s school improvement team has become the School Leadership Team. This is a reflection of the schools
need and desire to develop teachers as leaders.
- Develop alternatives
to suspension such as Project Re-Direct, Saturday School and more use
of various detentions.
- A variety of services will be available to
facilitate learning, including Saturday Academy, after-school tutoring,
and reading intervention classes.
- An increase in parental contact will be accomplished utilizing
intervention/referral process which requires direct parent contact by the
teacher, Dean of Students or administrator. In addition, an automatic
caller system has been installed, quarterly newsletters are published,
bi-weekly progress reports are made available, open houses, and good news
post cards are mailed.
- Tutorial and remediation classes will target struggling readers.
- Pre-testing
and quarterly benchmark assessments
will be used to monitor student mastery.
- Teachers are required to submit weekly and nine week lesson plans
that reflect alignment of instruction with the State Standard Course of
Study.
- All teachers will integrate reading comprehension strategies into classes as
reflected by individual departmental action plans.
- All teachers will integrate writing strategies into classes as reflected by
individual departmental action plans.
- All Tenth Grade teachers will integrate word prefixes and suffixes
related to biology terms.
- Contact will be made with the UNCW Education Department and Science Department to seek help in