Superintendent of Education, Student Success

Loretta Notten

PRINCIPAL: Rossetti, Michael

TRUSTEE: Joseph Martino

SCHOOL NAME:

SCHOOL ADDRESS:

SUPERINTENDENT:

Father Henry Carr Catholic Secondary School

Paul Crawford

1760 Martin Grove Rd Toronto ON M9V 3S4

829STUDENT ENROLMENT:

www.tcdsb.org

Catholic Edducation Cent80 Sheppard Avenue East Toronto ON M2N 6E8

Curriculum and Accountability Team

Josie Di GiovanniSuperintendent of Education,

Angela GauthierAssociate Director, Academic Services

Angela KennedyChair of the Board

Director of Education

2009 - 2010

IMPROVEMENT PLANSCHOOL LEARNING

9 - 12

TORONTO CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD

Ann Perron

Father Henry Carr Catholic Secondary School20092010

School

(i.e., K-6 or 7-12; Literacy, Numeracy, Pathways, CCCC)

SMART Goal :

Father Henry Carr Catholic Secondary School

Focus : Literacy / 7-12

20092010School year:

Specific

FTE – We will be working closely with those students who we feel will possibly fall into the group which scores 290-295 (last year our OSSLT scores indicate that we had 24 students total who sat in this group) students who are in the applied level grade 10 classes who have scored a level 2 on their assessments will be the main focus as well as those students who are identified. In addition to this we are aiming to increase the pass rate of applied students on the OSSLT from 43% to 53%. FTE- students who are identified/ IEP has been developed – the approach will be to develop their working ability and fluency with premier software.

Measurable

In order to determine the students who we will be working closely with we will be using: •Gr.9 pass/fail rates available through DIP. •Identified student list – available through DIP/ Resouce Department •TLCP – assessments administered in all grade 10 applied level classes •Results from the initial Mock Literacy Test used as a diagnostic for identifying and confirming ‘at risk’ •We will be checking the TLCP results at mid-term and then in January

TO increase the OSSLT scores by 10 percentage points from a 60% pass rate to a 70% pass rate in 2009-2010.

The Student Success Team will continue to examine our indicators of success and share with the whole staff on an ongoing basis to determine if we are making progress or need to develop further our SMART GOALS/Instructional Strategies/Assessment & Evaluation.

Evaluation:

Results- Oriented

What resources have you identified that can aid you in achieving desired results? 1.Premier software 2.Stepping Out 3.Speaking Literacy Documents 4.Curriculum Documents

Timeline

Monitoring and Responsibility Identify who is responsible for monitoring each part of the TLCP and the timeline. 1.SST teacher along with admin team 2.Literacy lead teacher 3.Department Heads 4.All teachers

Attainable

Targeted Evidence-Based Strategies/Actions What strategies/actions will help to attain your goal? 1. Use and integration of Premier software in all applied and academic level courses – all students who are going to be using the software for the OSSLT will have the opportunity to write all tests and their final exams using the software 2. Use of a cross-curricular approach – each department has been assigned a ‘focus’ section. Example – Religion will focus on ‘Open Response’, Science – News Report, Social Sciences – Series of Paragraphs, English- Language Conventions and a recap of all these areas Professional Learning What professional learning opportunities are planned to help attain your goal? 1. TLCP – each department focuses on a section of the OSSLT over a 6 week period and follows through with assessments and finally an evaluation. 2. Departments will share their results in order to reflect on practice and allow for ideas and strategies to be shared 3. Moderated marking of the common assessments will also be taking place at each of the check points in the TLCP

School

(i.e., K-6 or 7-12; Literacy, Numeracy, Pathways, CCCC)

SMART Goal :

Father Henry Carr Catholic Secondary School

Focus : Numeracy / 7-12

20092010School year:

Attainable

What strategies/actions will help to attain your goal? 1. NAFLC 2. Use of manipulative’s as an instructional tool as well as having all IEP students write their tests and complete assignments using manipulatives. 3. The use of Word Walls (math vocabulary) 4. Problem Solving based lessons 5. Anchor charts 6. Using the TIPS – gradual mini-lessons to build on concepts Professional Learning What professional learning opportunities are planned to help attain your goal? 1. Regional PD sessions – to look at data 2. Numeracy coaches to work with the math department in planning their NAFLC 3. Moderated marking 4. Math department focus PD (3 Days – Oct 22, Nov 12 and a day chosen by the department for moderated marking)

Specific

• We will specifically target those students at the grade nine applied level, since last year 7% of our applied level students passed the EQAO test and we would like to increase the pass rate of this sub-group by 13 percentage points to 20%. • IEP students – since they too fall into the category of the 7% pass rate – we will work to encourage the use of manipulative throughout the course and during tests.

Measurable

How are you measuring success in your area of concern? 1. CAT 3 – in order to identify the core group of students that require immediate intervention 2. EQAO Gr.6 – also an indicator 3. Gr.8 Reports Card marks 4. NAFLC- assessments before each unit (recalling of prior knowledge which should be the foundation to build upon for each of the strands) 5. MOCK EQAO math tests (students will have tasks and assignments modeled on the test)

To increase the academic EQAO pass rates by 3 percentage points from 58% to 61% on the 2009-2010 EQAO and to increase the applied EQAO pass rates by 13 percentage points from 7% to 20% on the 2009-2010 EQAO test.

The Student Success Team will continue to examine our indicators of success and share with the whole staff on an ongoing basis to determine if we are making progress or need to develop further our SMART GOALS/Instructional Strategies/Assessment & Evaluation.

Evaluation:

Results- Oriented

What resources have you identified that can aid you in achieving desired results? 1.TIPS 2.Curriculum documents 3.collaboration – common assessments 4.Manipulative 5.Calculators

Timeline

Identify who is responsible for monitoring each part of the SLP and the timeline. 1. VP will be working closely with the math department heads to monitor the NAFLC

School

(i.e., K-6 or 7-12; Literacy, Numeracy, Pathways, CCCC)

SMART Goal :

Father Henry Carr Catholic Secondary School

Focus : Pathways / 7-12

20092010School year:

Attainable

Targeted Evidence-Based Strategies/Actions What strategies/actions will help to attain your goal? 1. Educating our staff and students about the SHSM program 2. As a PLC- working collaboratively using a cross-curricular model to incorporate tangible and authentic experiences in the ‘bundle’ courses in order to breathe life into this program. Professional Learning What professional learning opportunities are planned to help attain your goal? 1. PD for staff in order to educate them on ‘pathways’ 2. Mentoring and coaching for TECH/Fast teachers as well as all staff to develop and co-ordinate the implementation of authentic problems/solutions and examples in each of the bundle course areas. 3. Co-op lead teachers will assist in providing staff with a better understanding of the ‘newest’ branches and how co-op ties into Dual credit as well as the Fast Forward and OYAP programs

Specific

Which specific area have you targeted for improvement? • Increase # of graduates and students enrolled/ interested in graduating with a SHSM from 0-1.5% • Increase the # of students by 2% who are workplace or college bound who consider taking and include co-op in their education plan. We would like to see co-op as a ‘requirement’ of these students' education plans.

Measurable

How are you measuring success in your area of concern? We will be using the enrollment data effective: Oct, Dec, Feb, and June to determine what percentage of our population is enrolled in co-op as well as graduating or intending to graduate with a SHSM distinction on their diploma.

To increase the total number of students enrolled in co-op and pathways programs from 9.26% (08-09) to 12 % in (09-10) equaling at total increase of 2.75 percentage points.

The Student Success Team will continue to examine our indicators of success and share with the whole staff on an ongoing basis to determine if we are making progress or need to develop further our SMART GOALS

Evaluation:

Results- Oriented

What resources have you identified that can aid you in achieving desired results? 1.Curriculum Documents 2.Pathways Charts for bundles of courses 3.Ministry Documents related to the SHSM programs and the CO-Op education integrated pathways

Timeline

School

(i.e., K-6 or 7-12; Literacy, Numeracy, Pathways, CCCC)

SMART Goal :

Father Henry Carr Catholic Secondary School

Focus : CCCC / 7-12

20092010School year:

Specific

1. Question 22 a & b based on our survey results indicate that our students have difficulty in identifying a caring adult who they feel comfortable with sharing or discussing their social/ emotional problems (survey results specifically show that 35% of our students currently have no one with whom they feel they can approach with a social and emotional problem) . Furthermore, we are finding this to be true of our grade 10,11 and 12 students but not with our grade nine students from 2008-2009 based on our in house survey results which indicate that our grade 9 students from 2008 -2009 felt that they had a ‘caring adult’ who they could go to and discuss a social and emotional problem with. 2. Goals for the sub-groups: a) Question 22 –b- we would like to see an 11 percentage point increase with students recognizing and feeling comfortable with approaching the chaplain with a social emotional problem from 9% to 20% and likewise with a four percentage point increase for Child Youth workers and 12 percentage point increase for guidance counselors.

Measurable

How are you measuring success in your area of concern? 1. Using the survey’s provided by our school board 2. We will also be using the results we gather from an in-house survey of the noted questions above at this point in the year and then use these results to compare with results published next September.

To increase the percentage of students who identify with a caring adult from 58% to 80%

The Student Success Team will continue to examine our indicators of success and share with the whole staff on an ongoing basis to determine if we are making progress or need to develop further our SMART GOAL

Evaluation:

Results- Oriented

What resources have you identified that can aid you in achieving desired results? 1. Survey results and collected results from this year 2. Check and Connect document/ power point put forth by the TCDSB central team

Timeline

Identify who is responsible for monitoring each part of the BIP and the timeline. 1. End of October - mid November (survey collection and results tabulated) 2. January - implementation of ‘new’ initiatives as per student survey’s 3. Mid-March - post assessment follow up to the results gathered in the end of October early November 4. May/ June - planning for the following September

Attainable

Targeted Evidence-Based Strategies/Action What strategies/actions will help to attain your goal? 1.Student Council / student leadership initiatives (which will build school spirit and raise awareness) 2. New Clubs – rebirth of old clubs Ex. Girls Club, Cooking Club etc 3. Chaplaincy classroom / homeroom visits or arrangement of liturgies in the chapel, youth group, Lenten rosary prayer group, and facilitation of mediations circles. 4. Pyramid of interventions being clearly communicated to students that will include mediation process (ex. Social emotional support = chaplain, guidance, CYW, Social Worker etc) Professional Learning What professional learning opportunities are planned to help attain your goal? 1. Monthly staff liturgies 2. Reflection component to every staff meeting 3. Check and Connect (SST program)