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= Evidence of Implementation =

The instructional initiatives that have been developed for Grade 10 English can be easily tracked for effective implementation. Implementation Committee members will review weekly data reports from teachers and present their findings at team meetings. The information will be presented in brief outlines and discussed by all team members to determine if any modifications and/or additional intervention directives need to be introduced. Goal-specific evidence of implementation will be as follows:

 **__Goal 1__ -** To close the assessment score gap between students receiving special education services (presently 33.3%), students receiving free and reduced meals (69.1%), and the school average (78.7%).

READ 180 resources will be integrated into all English 10 classes to provide a platform for improving reading/writing skills and to support the initiative to elevate lagging HSA achievement scores. This program provides both software and workbooks designed for grade-based interventions with six types of assistant media to aid students in the development of reading, writing, spelling, and vocabulary building skills. The software has a data gathering feature entitled “Student Dashboard” which allows both teachers and students to track performance and progress. It collects data based on individual responses and adjusts instruction to meet each student's singular needs. This allows teachers to monitor student progress and adjust student learning accommodations as required.

A Journalism class will be developed for learners who attained below average scores on the HSA. The purpose of this class will be for students to work in a collaborative environment to develop written/oral communication skills, teaming/interpersonal skills, and a broadened vocabulary. Student progress will be assessed on the monthly publication of a school newsletter, which will be written and edited by the students under the supervision and support of the teaching team. The newsletter will be included in the school newspaper and will be sent home either hard-copy or via email to parents, administrators, and community leaders. Implementation of this initiative will be tracked through draft articles submitted to teachers for approval prior to publication, weekly student progress logs, and assessment of final deliverables.

 __ **Goal 2** __ - To increase communication between the school and parents.

All Grade 10 English classes will create WIKIs to provide students and parents with up-to-date information on content, homework, individual and group assignments, due dates for graded work, and supplemental resources. A //Teacher’s Lounge// page will be included to encourage teacher/parent dialogue and to provide a resource for parental inquiries. Teachers will check this page daily for each class and will be expected to provide timely responses to parents. To ensure that students are engaged and participating, teachers will monitor the history page for each WIKI to gain data on student attendance and participation. The English Dept. Chair and Administrator will review the WIKI for each class on a monthly basis to determine if an appropriate level of teacher/parent interaction has been reached and to track student engagement and usage of this resource.

 **__Goal 3__** - To increase the attendance rate for students who receive special education services from 78.7 % to the school average of 92.1%.

Intervention strategies to address the higher absentee rate of SPED students include monitoring of daily attendance by the school’s attendance office and an outreach program to parents. The administrative assistant who records student attendance will collect absentee data and provide weekly reports to administrators, guidance counselors, and homeroom teachers. Guidance Counselors will call parents of students who have more than three unexcused absences and more than five excused absences in any given quarter, reaching out to them to offer assistance with motivating students to attend school and to minimize days absent. All communications with parents will be followed up with an email to document the interaction and a copy will be placed in the student’s permanent file. Counselors will also review absentee data with students to determine if there is a problem they can assist with and to encourage better attendance.

**__Goal 4__ - To provide opportunities for the creation of a professional learning community.**

Staff will be provided with opportunities to collaborate in team and full faculty in-service meetings. Teachers will attend a workshop on how to develop co-teaching skills, will implement a “reading across the curriculum” program, and will be instructed on how to analyze, assess, and interpret data to inform their classroom instruction. Teachers will also be encouraged to share best practices, resources, and accommodation strategies. These meetings will be tracked through meeting minutes which will indicate individual attendance and input.

**__Goal 5__ - To better utilize school data in enhancing student achievement.**

There is a plethora of school data that can be used to modify and enhance teaching strategies to improve student achievement. School administrators will work with teaching teams and individual educators to review: Data which apply to specific instructional initiatives will be reviewed by administrative and teaching staff during weekly team meetings. Designated teaching team members will track student progress for each initiative and report improvement during monthly faculty meetings. These results will be utilized to remediate instruction and develop teaching interventions to target specific learners.
 * School demographics
 * HSA scores
 * Report cards
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Attendance records
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Formative/summative assessments
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Teacher/Parent communications
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">READ 180 scoring dashboard
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Class WIKI participation
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Documented observations of student in-class performance
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Student portfolios