Goal:
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Develop better
student/teacher relationships by concentrating on
effective classroom management. |
Activities:
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Research, prepare and
present new OGMS classroom management plan, implement
plan |
Evaluation:
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Meet goals of new
management plan
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Goal:
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Form a "reading club" with
staff to share new educational research and ideas |
Activities:
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Volunteer staff members
will agree to read a new book each nine weeks, share
ideas as a group at the end of each nine weeks |
Evaluation:
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Have 25% of staff involved,
implement one new concept/idea from research
|
Goal:
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Improve instruction through
application of brain-based learning research |
Activities:
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Review training of cadre
from last year, have new staff development training for
all staff this year |
Evaluation:
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100% of staff will
implement one instructional concept EACH DAY that is
supported by brain-based learning research.
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Goal:
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Work in collaborative
academic teams to improve and CELEBRATE learning. |
Activities:
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New academic teams will
meet 2 times a month, faculty will be trained in the
material of Professional Learning Communities,
strategies will be devised to help students who are
having academic trouble |
Evaluation:
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Failures will decrease by
50%
|
Goal:
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Stop student harassment |
Activities:
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Make this a goal of our
Youth Crime Watch, encourage students to report this to
an adult, document all cases of it, utilize tougher
consequences |
Evaluation:
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By the end of the year,
have a reduction of 50% of harassment cases, administer
a student survey at end of year to measure student
opinion of the effectiveness of our efforts
|
Goal:
|
Improve Crisis Management
Plan and safety/security awareness |
Activities:
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School safety committee
will train staff on crisis plan, drills will be
conducted on a monthly basis |
Evaluation:
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50% of staff will be
trained in CPR, safety drills will be conducted every
month with an evaluation of their effectiveness,
employee accidents will decrease by 75% |
Goal:
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Explore the benefits of
using DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION |
Activities:
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One nine week reading club
topic will include Differentiated instruction, staff
development sessions will be held in this area. |
Evaluation:
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By the last nine weeks,
100% of staff will understand the importance of
differentiated instruction at the middle level and will
have applied it in their instruction
|
Goal:
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Improve Reading and
Language skills |
Activities:
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Identify weak areas in
collaborative teams, develop school-wide approach to
addressing weaknesses. |
Evaluation:
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Reduce minimal in Reading
and Language to 2% or lower. Reduce basic in Reading
and language to 5% or lower |
