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Rocky River Elementary School School Improvement Plan
2015-2016
Dr. Chuck LaRusso, Principal Mrs. Lani Earnhardt, Assistant Principal
Rocky River School Improvement Team Members 2015-2016
Name SIT Role School Role Veronica Lusted Parent PIT Crew President
Jada Swartz Grade Level Rep Preschool
Carolyn Sloan Grade Level Rep Kindergarten
Donna Boprey Chair/Grade Level Rep 1st Grade
Paula Attanucci Grade Level Rep 2nd Grade
Grace Gonzalez Grade Level Rep EC
Rachel Pickard Grade Level Rep 3rd Grade
Jeff Cummings Grade Level Rep Enhancement
Sharon Jayne Ex Officio Member Media Specialist
Jenna Cook Ex Officio Member Instructional Technology Facilitator
Jennifer Williams Department Rep Instructional Assistant
Lani Earnhardt Ex Officio Member Assistant Principal
Chuck LaRusso Ex Officio Member Principal
Vision Statement
The vision of Rocky River Elementary School is to be a premier hands-on, minds-on global learning environment. We strive to inspire lifelong learning and personal, social and academic excellence for the 21st Century.
Mission Statement Our mission is to provide a 21st Century learning environment where students, families, and teachers collaborate to encourage, nurture, and equip every child, every day to be successful citizens in a global society.
As a Learning Community we value... ●Diversity - We respect individual differences: culture, interests and abilities. ●Integrity - We value honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility. ●High Expectations - We achieve academic excellence by nurturing students'
curiosity. ●Student Centered Environment- We create student centered classrooms
where students are actively engaged. ●Communication - We establish a sense of community where students,
teachers and parents feel connected to and supported by one another.
SCHOOL HISTORY: Rocky River Elementary School (RRES) is located at 483 Rocky River Road and opened in the fall of 2009. Our school serves students ranging in age from 3 year-old pre-kindergarten through third grade students. The school currently operates 36 classrooms, in three classroom wings. Rocky River Elementary School also houses a central library with adjoining computer lab, music room, art room, gym, multi-purpose cafeteria with an adjoining stage for school presentations and assemblies. There are also six smaller classrooms which are used for pull-out tutor rooms, computer mini-labs, classroom projects areas and a variety of related services therapies. Outside the school is an enclosed outdoor play area for preschool and younger students, a large play area with a play structure and recreation equipment, and expansive fields for school and community use.
OUR STUDENTS: Rocky River Elementary School opened the 2009-2010 school year with 543 students. Since opening, enrollment has been steadily increasing. In the past three years Rocky River has added several inclusive preschool classrooms and an additional classroom serving school-aged students with disabilities. Our school serves students with disabilities with significant need for all three of the district’s elementary schools. Rocky River continues to grow with a total enrollment that has reached 689 preschool and school-age students.
OUR STAFF : Rocky River Elementary School students are served by 27 K-3rd grade regular classroom teachers, and has 5 preschool classroom teachers. In addition the school employs a Physical Education teacher, music teacher, art teacher, media specialist, counselor, reading specialist and technology facilitator. Seven special education teachers provide special education services for students with disabilities. The office and instructional support staff includes three office professionals, 27 full-time instructional assistants, four custodians, and six cafeteria staff. The leadership staff includes a principal and assistant principal.
OUR PARENTS Rocky River Elementary School parents are important partners at Rocky River. We have a parent organization that is active in a number of ways including hosting family events, volunteering and fundraising. Parents also spend countless hours volunteering in our school. They provide tutoring services and assist teachers as well as are active in after-school programs and events. The 2014 North Carolina Teacher Working Condition Survey results indicated 96% agreement that Parents/Guardians support teachers, contributing to their success with students and 100% agreement that the school does a good job of encouraging parent/guardian involvement.
CLASS SIZE The average class size in our preschool is 14 students. School age class sizes are as follows: kindergarten 24.5, first grade 23.0, second grade 22.8 and in third grade to 22.6. The weekly schedule at RRES provides each student in grades K-3 with 45 minutes of P.E., music, computer lab, library, guidance, art, Istation and Rosetta Stone. Additionally, every grade level has an enrichment/intervention block where no new instruction is taught and students are provided with activities to address a deficit or enhance a skill already mastered. This school year we deployed digital devices to each student K-3rd grade. Our kindergarten and 1st grades have 1:1 iPads while our 2nd and 3rd grades have been assigned 1:1 MacBook Airs. Teachers also have access to mobile Macbook and iPad labs in order to learn technology skills and integrate technology into the class curriculum. The schedule at RRES also allows for monthly early release days for district, school, and staff teams to focus on student improvement goals, curriculum alignment, development of performance assessments, and professional improvement activities to help ensure that students will master the Essential Standards of the Common Core Curriculum.
Student Profile Enrollment Data
2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016
Pre-Kindergarten 52 71 64
Kindergarten 122 142 146
1st Grade 148 128 161
2nd Grade 151 166 137
3rd Grade 170 160 181
Total 643 667 689
Student Demographics
2014-2015 2015-2016
White 502 75% 513 74%
Black 49 7.3% 52 8%
Hispanic 64 9.6% 74 11%
American Indian/Alaskan Native 1 0.01% 2 .02
Asian/Pacific Islander 13 2.0% 11 2%
Multi-Racial 36 5.4% 37 5%
Exceptional Children 69 10.4% 94 13.6%
Economically Disadvantaged - 29.5% -
Boys 370 55.5% 369 54%
Girls 297 44.5% 320 46%
Total Student Population 667 100% 689 100%
Precursor Data
Proficiency Percentages--School Year 2012-2013
Grade Level Reading Math
Kindergarten 89% 88%
1st Grade 94% 87%
2nd Grade 91% 86%
3rd Grade 56% 62%
Proficiency Percentages--School Year 2013-2014
Grade Level Reading Math
Kindergarten 90% 87%
1st Grade 69% 82%
2nd Grade 86% 85%
3rd Grade 79% 88%
Proficiency Percentages--School Year 2014-2015
Grade Level Reading Math
Kindergarten 82% 89%
1st Grade 54% 75%
2nd Grade 72% 87%
3rd Grade 78% 92%
EVAAS Growth Data--School Year 2014-2015
Grade Level Expected Growth Math
Kindergarten -2.0 to +2.0
1st Grade -2.0 to +2.0
2nd Grade -2.0 to +2.0
3rd Grade -2.0 to +2.0 -2.13
School-wide -2.0 to +2.0 -2.33 Analysis of the Data: Areas of Strength
Rocky River serves students from Pre-Kindergarten through 3rd grade and uses multiple data points to both monitor student progress and plan strategic instruction. In addition, summative assessment data is used to make critical decisions on modification of core instructional programming. The district and Rocky River instructional staff uses a variety of state and district developed assessments that are aligned to the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. In addition, locally created pacing guides, quarterly assessments and the mClass Reading 3D are used to benchmark students and provide diagnostic information to teachers to adjust their classroom instruction to meet the needs of all students. For kindergarten, first and second grade students one of the primary tools is the North Carolina K-2 Assessment and the North Carolina End-of-Grade Assessment is used for third grade students. Results from those assessments are included above. A relative strength in the area of math is evident by a notable increase,
from 85.5% proficient to 92% proficient across the school and across grade-levels.
Another strength of our school lies in the culture of high expectations for appropriate behavior and a positive and supportive learning environment afforded our students. The school has adopted Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PBIS). We have an active PBIS team and well established and communicated universal expectations for student behavior. Our school periodically reviews discipline data and teachers spend time throughout the year explicitly teaching these expectations and areas identified as growth opportunities. In addition, the entire staff is provided with training and refresher professional development opportunities. Areas of Need: After an analysis of the data, Teacher Working Condition Survey, and feedback from parents, a few areas have been identified: ●Enhancing opportunities for our students to participate in exercise and learn
about nutrition and wellness. ●Increasing reading proficiency across all grade-levels ●Increasing growth in literacy for all students, particularly for our higher
achieving students, and in 1st grade where students are expected to grow 6 reading levels.
School Improvement Goals
School Goal: Increase reading proficiency for all K-3 students to 90% while closing achievement gaps among all subgroups to no more than 10%. Meet or exceed expected growth in reading for all students.
MGSD Strategic Plan Goal: Establish MGSD students as globally innovative leaders by fostering a culture that cultivates critical thinking, communication, collaboration, creativity, rigor, relevance, and social relationships.
NC School Board Goal: North Carolina Public Schools will produce globally competitive students.
Strategies Resources Required Timetable Person(s)
Responsible Means of
Evaluation Utilize mClass and
other literacy assessments to
establish a baseline and track progress.
mClass assessments, iPads, Common
Formative Assessments,
Quarterly Assessments
2015-2016 RRES teachers,
Administration, Support Staff and Specialists
Summary Data Reports, Data Trackers
Increase literacy block to 90 minutes of
instruction per day.
Instructional Staff, Enhancement Teachers, Instructional Support Staff, Master Schedule
Summer 2015-School Year
Administration, School Leadership Teams Master Schedule
Provide 40 minutes of daily intervention &
enrichment
Instructional Staff, Enhancement Teachers, Instructional Support Staff, Master Schedule
Summer 2015-School Year
Administration, School Leadership Teams Master Schedule
Utilize available human resources including
Enhancement teachers to support 3rd grade
guided reading/literacy block
Core instructional Program 2015-2016
Classroom Teachers, Enhancement Teachers,
Instructional Assistants
EOQ, EOG Scores, Lesson plans,
Enhancement schedule allowing for time in 3rd
grade classrooms.
Employ several certified small group instructors who will provide support for
guided reading as well as focused intervention
and enrichment in reading
Funds from a variety of sources, At-risk, pupil support, fundraising, PIT Crew contribution
2015-2016 Classroom Teachers, Certified Small Group
Instructors
EOQ, EOG Scores, CFA scores, Lesson plans
Provide all students with high quality balanced literacy
instruction.
Literacy training opportunities including
Letterland, Daily 5/balanced literacy, program materials
2015-2016
Classroom Teachers, other RRES
instructional staff, Administration
EOQ, EOG Scores, CFA scores, Lesson plans
Train our second grade teachers in the use of
Letterland, our research-based phonics
program.
Letterland training, training and program
materials 2015-2016
Classroom Teachers, other RRES
instructional staff, Administration
Lesson plans, student data on measurable
Letterland objectives
Conduct weekly PLCs to allow teachers to
analyze progress of students, modify core
instruction.
Common and Cooperative planning time throughout the entire grade-level
2015-2016 RRES staff and administration
Summary data reports of the various
assessments, PLC agendas.
Utilize data to provide students with
prescriptive reading interventions
Research-based interventions such as iStation, Reading A to
Z, Learning A to Z, Letterland, mClass fluency passages,
HillRap
2015-2016 RRES staff, MTSS team mClass data, CFA, EOQ, iStation and
other relevant data
Utilize student data trackers during
student- teacher conferences to allow
for student goal-setting and
progress monitoring.
Individual student data trackers, CFA, mClass, EOQ, iStation and other
relevant data
2015-2016 RRES staff and administration
Student Data trackers, Summary Data reports
of various literacy assessments.
Employ a full-time reading specialist to
act as an interventionist
Funds to hire the reading specialist 2015-2016 Reading Specialist,
Administration EOQ, EOG Scores, CFA scores, Lesson plans
Expand HillRap training to include key EC staff, reading specialist and
key SGIs
HillRap training, training materials and
program materials, iPads.
2015-2016 Reading Specialists, EC
teachers, administration.
HillRap data, mClass and quarterly
assessments. Other literacy assessments
as needed.
Increase number of students served through HillRap
intervention
HillRap Training, Key Reading
Interventionists, HillRap Program
materials
2015-2016 Reading Specialist,
HillRap SGI, and key EC staff
HillRap data, mClass and quarterly
assessments. Other literacy assessments
as needed.
School Goal: Increase math proficiency for all K-3 students to 95% while closing achievement gaps among all subgroups to no more than 10%.
MGSD Strategic Plan Goal: Establish MGSD students as globally innovative leaders by fostering a culture that cultivates critical thinking, communication, collaboration, creativity, rigor, relevance, and social relationships.
NC School Board Goal: North Carolina Public Schools will produce globally competitive students.
Strategies Resources Required Timetable Person(s)
Responsible Means of
Evaluation
Ensure all staff have access to and understand math
standards as outlined in the NCSCOS. Staff will design core instruction utilizing
NCDPI resources.
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=8613
68 http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/acre/standards/common-core/
standards-k-12.pdf
2015-2016 RRES staff, administration
Quarterly Assessments; CFAs;
EOY Math Assessments; EOG Math
Establish baseline math performance for each K-3
student.
NC K-2 Assessments, iXL math assessments,
Local math pre-test September 2015 RRES staff,
administration
Summary Data reports of various and relevant
math assessments.
Provide all students with targeted interventions in the
classroom based on data from assessments and core
instructional program
Research-based interventions 2015-2016 RRES staff,
administration
Pacing Guides, Lesson Plans, RtI progress
monitoring
Consistently monitor the progress of students and
adjust math instruction as needed through CFAs and Quarterly Assessments.
Core math instructional program. Digital resources such
as iXL, CFAs, Quarterly assessments.
2015-2016 RRES staff, administration
Pacing Guides, Lesson Plans, RtI progress
monitoring
Utilize digital tools and resources to enhance
instruction.
1:1 deployment to K-2, iPads, laptops 2015-2016 ITF, Media Coordinator,
RRES staff
Lesson plans, various data reports and
relevant math assessments.
School Goal: Promote continuous improvement of all staff through focused professional development and strategic time to collaborate.
MGSD Strategic Plan Goal: In order to lead, teach, assess and support students, MGSD actively recruits, retains, and continually develops highly competent, caring and student-focused staff.
NC School Board Goal: North Carolina Public Schools will be led by 21st Century professionals.
Strategies Resources Required Timetable Person(s)
Responsible Means of
Evaluation Utilize a needs
assessment for all staff to determine
personalized professional
development needs
Needs assessment, professional
development plan 2015-2016 PLC teams,
administration Training agendas,
evaluations
Provide each staff member with a PLC in
which they can collaborate with job-alike peers
Protected common planning time, data
reports from various assessments, district
and school professional development plan
2015-2016 Instructional staff, Administration PLC agendas
Provide staff members with an opportunity to
vertically plan with other grade-level
teams
scheduled sessions to plan with preceding and/or succeeding
grade-level 2015-2016
Vertical planning facilitator, RRES staff,
administration Planning agendas
Provide time for collaboration between
Instructional Tech Facilitator and Media
Coordinator and PLC/grade-level teams
PLC meetings, protected common
planning time 2015-2016
Instructional Tech Facilitator, Media Coordinator, PLC
teams, Administration
PLC agendas
Ensure professional development is high
quality and aligned with district goals and
Professional development plan, 2015-2016 Instructional staff,
Administration Staff development plan
focused on student outcomes
School Goal: Create a nurturing and loving environment where all stakeholders are respected, cared for and healthy.
MGSD Strategic Plan Goal: Implement innovative and cutting-edge systems and processes within safe, caring environments to enhance and promote the development of healthy, responsible students and graduates.
NC School Board Goal: NC public school students will be healthy and responsible.
Strategies Resources Required Timetable Person(s)
Responsible Means of
Evaluation
Implement focused instruction on digital
citizenship and internet safety
Digital resources, Common Sense Media,
ITF and Media Coordinator, Tech related discipline
referrals
2015-2016 ITF, Media Coordinator, Administration, RRES
staff
Tech discipline, training agendas,
lesson plans
Provide students with kid-friendly nutritional
information in our cafeteria.
Nutritional information available for students
and staff 2015-2016 Child Nutrition Staff
Weekly Food Highlights; Informational Bulletin
Boards
Ensure that every parent is provided with a positive and personal
contact by a staff member within the
first 10 days of school
RRES Staff 2015-2016 RRES Certified Classroom Teachers Communication Log
Provide the entire staff with Human Diversity
Training
Dr. Crouch, Duke University 2015-2016 All RRES Staff
Course agendas, evaluation,
pre-assessment, training feedback
Provide students with a robust Character
Education program
Flexible Scheduling; Tracey Cubert,
Counselor 2015-2016
Tracey Cubert, Counselor
RRES Agendas; lesson plans
Utilize our School Health Advisory Team to promote health and wellness activities for
Health Advisory Team Members 2015-2016
RRES Health Advisory Team,
District Health Advisory
Visual Health Trackers/Competition; Boosterthon Fun Run
both staff and students
Provide a variety of parent and community
events centered on literacy, technology,
the arts and wellness.
Family Tech night, Read Across America Week, Family Reading Night, Boosterthon Fun Run
2015-2016 RRES Staff, Pit Crew,
Reading/Tech Committee
Agendas of the events
Expand play space and add another playground
structure.
PIT Crew Fundraising Events Spring 2016 PIt Crew,
Administration
fundraising events, PIT Crew, Parent Involvement
School Goal: Provide each student with personalized learning opportunities and differentiated instruction to increase student achievement.
MGSD Strategic Plan Goal: Provide district leadership designed to achieve dynamic continuous improvement by fostering creativity, innovation, and collaboration that support the district’s vision and mission.
NC School Board Goal: Leadership will guide innovation in NC public schools.
Strategies Resources Required Timetable Person(s)
Responsible Means of
Evaluation Implement the MTSS model to
analyze data, provide appropriate enrichment and
support, and frequently monitor progress of all
students.
Data, MTSS meeting schedule
2015-2016 PLC Teams, MTSS and PBIS Teams
MTSS Tiered Rosters, Progress monitoring data, Core curriculum
data
Provide third grade students with choice and voice through
a Gateway exit project.
Digital Resources, ITF 2015-2016 3rd Grade Teachers, ITF
Gateway Project rubric, digital portfolio
product
Provide opportunities for students to formally set
learning goals
data trackers, ITF, Media
Coordinator 2015-2016
RRES staff, ITF and media coordinators Student data trackers,
Provide students with individualized instruction in a
daily Enrichment/Intervention
block
Instructional Staff,
Enhancement Teachers,
Instructional Support Staff,
Master Schedule
2015-2016 Administration, School Leadership Teams Master Schedule
Provide students with digital resources for second language
acquisition.
Rosetta Stone, school-based
representatives, professional development. Enhancement
schedule to include Rosetta Stone
2015-2016
ITF, Instructional Assistants, Certified classroom teachers,
administration
on-going assessment on Rosetta Stone.
Utilize Creative Curriculum Gold in Pre-K STARS
classrooms to monitor progress of students on
critical skills.
Curriculum Gold Student data tracker
embedded in CG 2015-2016
PreSchool Staff, PK Coordinator and Administration.
Data trackers
Rocky River Elementary Summary of School Waiver Requests
Program Years 2014-2015
Waiver Please describe the
waiver you are requesting
Identify the law, regulation, or policy
from which exemption is
requested
State how this waiver will be used and how it helps achieve the specific performance goals
identified in the School Improvement Plan
1 Individual Class Size Waiver Request
North Carolina General Statute 115C-301(g) authorized a waiver of class size requirements for an individual class if a local board of education cannot organizationally correct an exception and if the exception results from: 1. Exceptional circumstances, emergencies, or act of God 2. Large changes in student population 3. Organizational problems caused by remote geographic location 4. Classes organized for a solitary curricular area
This waiver will allow us the flexibility to make decisions to reorganize classes that are over the state mandated class size limit.
2 Textbooks: Utilize textbook funding for identified instructional supplies, materials and digital resources.
North Carolina General Statute 115-85 and North Carolina General Statute 115C-86
This waiver will allow the flexibility to transfer funds from the textbook allotment to the instructional supply allotment.
