LAKEWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT

“In Partnership for Quality Education”

LAKEWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT

School Improvement Plan

LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL

2019-20

777

Lakewood High School

4%

68%9th Graders onTrack to Graduate

65%Took a Dual Credit

Course Graduate in 4 years

$9,774

$2,000

33%

17023 11th Ave NEArlington, WA 98223-0000 360.652.4505

All information is for the 2017-18 school year, unless marked with an * to indicate 2018-19. To see more from theWashington State Report Card, visit WashingtonStateReportCard.OSPI.k12.wa.us/ReportCard/ViewSchoolOrDistrict/102640

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Lakewood School District School Improvement Plan 2019-2020


Literacy Goals:

• Teachers should practice effective instructional planning, assessment, and teaching practices to support each student in his/her abilities to read, think, talk, and write about complex texts in community and with independence.

• Each student should be able to authentically engage in reading, thinking, talking, and writing about complex text in community and with independence.

Alignment to District Improvement Goals:

• To provide rigorous, relevant and effective curriculum and assessments. • To develop and teach staff specific instructional strategies to ensure a high quality education for our students.

Strategy 1.1 Literacy Studio Work with Center for Educational Leadership and Maria Losee

Activities Persons/Timeline Monitoring and Evidence Participate in Literacy Studio monthly

All literacy studio teachers and admin 2019-2022

Participation and feedback

Implement strategies between studio days, be observed and receive feedback on observations


Observation scripts, feedback conversations, reflections

Begin sharing learning with whole staff


At PLC meetings and/or staff meetings.

Strategy 1.2 Align studio PD with PLC and 5D goals

Activities Persons/Timeline Monitoring and Evidence Literacy Studio Cohort will implement at least one strategy of each teacher’s choosing learned in CEL Professional Development between each meeting, collect data each time.

Literacy Studio Cohort 2019-2020

Data collected by teacher shared with admin.

Book study-for teachers to refine their practice aligned with CEL Professional Development.

Literacy Studio Cohort

Purchase of books, book study protocol and guiding questions, share out learning with staff

Strategy 1.3 Build school-wide culture of literacy at LHS

Activities Persons/Timeline Monitoring and Evidence School-wide reading community: pictures of staff reading books, pictures of students reading books, suggested school-wide book to read

English department 2019-2022

Pictures on the jumbo-tron in the commons, purchase of books, dedicated time to read

Begin research on the impact of school-wide sustained silent reading (SSR).

Literacy Studio Subgroup Research 2019-2020

Present findings to Building Leadership Team (BLT) and Staff



Student Engagement Goal:

• Each student will be afforded an opportunity to engage academically and socially throughout the day.


• To develop and teach staff specific instructional strategies to ensure a high-quality education for our students. • To increase the on-time graduation rate by 3% per year. Grad rate will fall between 90-95% each year

Strategy 1.1 Building school-wide community and culture

Activities Persons/Timeline Monitoring and Evidence Coug PRIDE acronym: creating co-constructed norms based on the acronym, student of the quarter based on PRIDE

All staff, connect all year 2019-2020

Staff and administrators will check in on how norms are going and being used. Student of the quarter recognition breakfast 3-4 times per year.

Coug PRIDE shirts for all students and staff

All staff and students 2019 school year

All staff all year and students wearing shirts on Fridays.

Character Strong curriculum for advisory

All staff and admin 2019-2022

All staff and administrators monitoring for implementation, students reflecting in journals.

Cougar Crew and ASB activities to increase student connections: pumpkin painting, movie night, open gym, bingo, etc..

Activity advisors and admin 2019-2020

How many students participate in activities

Strategy 1.2 Developing positive habits

Activities Persons/Timeline Monitoring and Evidence Character Strong curriculum for advisory



9th grade planners

9th grade teachers Every school year

Students using planners in class for organization and management

Marc Mero assembly

All staff and students October 2019

Follow up questions and class discussions

Student Success Coordinator meeting with students

Student Success Coordinator and SST Beginning 2019-2020

Data collected on grades and attendance, meet with the SST to help support students. Improvement demonstrated.

Strategy 1.3 Increase academic engagement in content areas

Activities Persons/Timeline Monitoring and Evidence Development and/or addition of new courses: AP Lang and Lit, Science 11, animal biology, drafting, etc…

staff and admin 2019-2022

Student sign up at registration, master schedule and course completion

Center for Educational Leadership (CEL) work in ELA and Social Studies and Special Education

Staff involved in CEL 2019-2022

Participation in CEL work Implementation of strategies

Collaborative for Ambitious Science Teaching and Learning (CASTL) work for Science, and 6-12 Math PLC work

Math and Science staff and admin 2019-2021

Participation in CASTL at NW Educational Service District and participation in Math PLC work Implementation of strategies

Embedded Formative Assessment

All staff and admin 2020-2021 school year

Whole staff PD and book study Eventual implementation of strategies and grading structure conversations.



T-MTSS/SEL Goals:

• Common and deepened understanding of Function of Behavior. • Staff knowledge of interventions to respond to function and use of restorative consequences. • Continued development of teacher lesson planning that prescribes engagement and supports student inclusivity.


• To develop and teach staff specific instructional strategies to ensure a high-quality education for our students. • To increase the on-time graduation rate by 3% per year. Grad rate will fall between 90-95% each year.

Strategy 1.1 Continue work with Trauma Informed Leadership Team (TILT) to provide school-wide Professional Development

Activities Persons/Timeline Monitoring and Evidence Meeting monthly to look at data and plan Professional Development (PD)

TILT members: 2019-2020

TILT members will plan and provide Professional Development to staff quarterly

Analyze data for evidence of improvement: staff perception data, student perception data, walkthroughs, etc.

TILT members and whole staff 2019-2020

Two to three times per year we will analyze data as a team and whole staff and set goals.

Strategy 1.2 Continue work with Continua Consulting and Chris Cronos

Activities Persons/Timeline Monitoring and Evidence Positive Greeting at the door intervention with fidelity

Whole staff 2019-2020

Walkthroughs with TILT and Chris

Teach staff PROMPT and Tier 1. 5 strategies

TILT team and whole staff 2019-2020

Whole staff with Chris

Train staff on discipline law changes

Whole staff 2019-2020

Review Skyward entries for appropriate data. Attendance will improve and discipline will decrease.

Strategy 1.3 Building school-wide community and culture

Activities Persons/Timeline Monitoring and Evidence Coug PRIDE acronym: creating co-constructed norms based on the acronym, student of the quarter based on PRIDE Persevere, Respect, Include, Dream, Engage (PRIDE)

All staff, connect all year 2019-2020

Staff and administrators will check in on how norms are going and being used. Student of the quarter recognition breakfast 3-4 times per year.

Coug PRIDE shirts for all students and staff

All staff and students 2019 school year

All staff all year and students wearing shirts on Fridays.

Character Strong curriculum for advisory



Cougar Crew and ASB activities to increase student connections: pumpkin painting, movie night, open gym, bingo, etc..

Activity advisors and admin 2019-2020

How many students participate in activities

Documents

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