End-of-the-Year Review Guide
In approaching the end of the last quarter of this school year, it is time to begin the end-of-year review of your current school improvement plan to evaluate formative and summative data to progress toward achieving your school-wide goals. Even before CRT results are in, it is important to determine where your school has used resources and applied effective procedures in implementing new programs, developing professional development plans, and monitoring student progress to assure appropriate and timely interventions to assure adequate student achievement. Some questions to ask might be: How effective has the implementation process of all adopted curricula and programs been? How have standards and assessments been applied in classroom practices? What is the stage of development of your site-based teams? What professional development was most successful in directly impacting student learning? How effective was your progress monitoring system? What is the status of your formal student academic intervention program(s)? How has your school community, including staff, students, and families perceived the work done this year at your school? Individualized questions tied directly to your goals and objectives should look at both the quality of the implementation of strategies to bolster the use of best practices throughout the school AND the impact that these strategies had on student outcomes. For example, Was the SIP implemented as originally intended so that the school’s overall program was improved, i.e., the use of best practices increased? Was progress made throughout the school towards using best practices in reaching benchmarks by grade level and by all subpopulations? Did the achievement of students in meeting the State’s academic standards increase to the desired level, particularly for those students who had been farthest from achieving the standards? Upon receiving CRT and writing assessment results, the SIP evaluation process might reflect on the following questions: Was the target percentage of students meeting State/District standards reached in all grades? What percentage of students, as a whole and in disaggregated groups, achieved proficiency relative to the State/District’s standards and how does this compare to the percentage that achieved proficiency before the SIP was implemented? What does other student achievement data indicate about student progress toward meeting benchmarks, including pre-and post- test scores, grades, formative assessment results, or other diagnostic classroom or school-based results? Questions that look at both the implementation of the school-wide program and the results achieved provide the basis for program evaluation and improvement. A school that monitors and adjusts its program based on specific feedback will become increasingly effective. The purpose of the annual review is to ensure that the strategies described in the SIP are implemented as designed and that its implementation has had a positive effect on student achievement. It is not expected that the school will start over again with a new plan, but will revise its existing plan to incorporate revisions and reflect the school’s commitment to continuous improvement in order to raise student achievement levels.
Washoe County School District School Improvement Plan End-of-Year Review
School Meeting Date Time Place Team Members Present (List)
Administrator(s): Teacher(s): Non-certified staff: Student(s): Parent(s) Other stakeholder(s):
School Improvement Monitoring Plan Review (Check all that apply)
Review SIP Monitoring Plan to ensure that proposed actions have been carried out as described in the plan Review resources and budgets to ensure appropriate percentage of expenditures (grants and local funding sources) Review student achievement data and update Action and Monitoring plans as needed Consult the SIP Timelines for your school’s calendar Review the professional development action steps to be sure they have been carried out Review of parent involvement activities/timelines Review the previous Biannual Review Feedback Reports to determine if suggested changes have been addressed. Other areas reviewed by the SIP/Leadership Team (List):
Evidence of Plan Review
Using the data collected through the school’s Monitoring and Evaluation Plans over the course of the year, give a summary of the school’s implementation of the plan for each goal(s). Goal Goal Met/Strengths/Progress (List and explain briefly, if necessary) Concerns (List and explain briefly, if necessary) What modifications, additions, and/or deletions need to be included in next year’s plan?
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Professional Development Activity Review
Using the Professional Development Calendar, review the school’s professional development activities/action steps. Summarize the effectiveness of each activity and its impact on instruction and student learning. Professional Development Activity Summary of Effectiveness Impact of Activity on Instruction and Student Learning
Parent Involvement Activity Review
Review the school’s parental/community involvement activities/action steps. Summarize the effectiveness of each activity and its impact on instruction and student learning. Parental/Community Involvement Activity Summary of Effectiveness Impact of Activity on Instruction and Student Learning