Ephraim Elementary 2018-19 Trust Lands End of Year Report Breakdown

2018-19 distribution in this plan is an estimate. If the actual distribution is more than the estimate, how will additional funds be spent to implement the goals described in the plan?

1. Paying for paraprofessionals 2. Continue to fund the STAR reading program. 3. Provide funding for teacher professional development and training focused on improving reading, writing, and math instruction. 4. Look at purchasing additional reading and math materials to provide additional support for all grades. 5. Purchase technology equipment and software that would support our critical reading, writing, and math goals.

Goal # 1:

The goal of the Ephraim Elementary School Community Council is to continue to strive toward having 90% of the students reading and writing at grade level or above. Our data shows that last year we had 55% of our students reach proficiency on the Sage Language Arts and 63% on the Sage math. Both of these scores were above the state average. This data shows that we still need to focus our resources on gaining achievement and growth in both language arts and math. In addition, the Ephraim School Community Council would like to see 82% or more of our students achieve benchmark on the third grade 2017/18 end of the year (EOY) DIBELS benchmark assessment. The third-grade results are also an indication of the instruction taking place in grades K-2. This number would show continued improvement from our 2016/17 EOY DIBELS results of 81% proficiency.

Academic Areas:

• Reading
• Mathematics
• Writing

Measurements:

This is the measurement identified in the plan to determine if the goal was reached.

Ephraim Elementary will use a variety of formative and summative assessments and measurements including: 

1. DIBELS benchmarks and progress monitoring.

2. SAGE benchmarks, interim, and summative tests. 

3. Utah Compose online writing program. 

4. Reading Horizons phonics program. 

5. Teacher formative and summative reading tests,  along with language arts and math basal skills tests. 

6. CORE Phonics reading diagnostic.

7. ALEKS and IXL online assessments and learning programs to assess and teach math and language arts instruction.

8. Teacher judgment and observation.

The following are summative scores from SAGE and DIBELS: 

DIBELS End Of Year (EOY) proficiency scores :

16-17 EOY = 81% Proficient

SAGE EOY Summative Scores:

2016-2017 SAGE Summative Scores:

Language Arts=  55%         Math= 63%

Please show the before and after measurements and how academic performance was improved.

The following are summative score comparisons from SAGE and DIBELS: 

DIBELS - EOY 3rd Grade Scores 17-18 = 79% Proficient

DIBELS - EOY 3rd Grade Scores 18-19 = 83% Proficient

DIBELS - Students meeting typical or better yearly growth in grades 1-3 in 2018-19 = 80%

RISE and SAGE Score Comparisons:

SAGE 2017-18 Summative Scores:

Students in grades 1-3 at or above grade level benchmark

Language Arts = 50%    Math = 65%  Science = 64%

RISE 2018-19 Summative Scores

Students in grades 1-3 at or above grade level benchmark:

Language Arts = 56%   Math = 65%  Science = 62%

We were very pleased to see a 6% increase in our Language Arts scores, and that our math and science scores still held to a very high standard.

Action Plan Steps identified in the plan to reach the goal.

1. Teacher instruction using the basal text and small group differentiated instruction. 

2. Additional paraprofessionals in the classroom to provide extra reading support in the 1st and 2nd grade classrooms, and small group Tier 2 intervention 
during our Power Hour reading block. 

3. Additional paraprofessionals to support our reading specialist and STAR program in order to offer one-on-one intervention. 

4. The use of Reading Horizons phonics to teach and reinforce key reading concepts. 

5. The use of laptops and iPads to have students practice essential reading, math, and writing skills on SAGE benchmarks and interim tests, ALEKS, IXL,Imagine Learning, Utah Compose, DIBELS, and educational apps in the classroom. 

6. Remediation for at risk kids including: iSpire, STAR, early and next steps, Reading Horizons and Elevate, and small pullout groups done by reading specialist and paraprofessionals. 

7. Professional development and training focused on reading, writing, and math instruction. 

8. iSpire reading intervention program to target students in first and second grade with intensive reading needs. 

9. At home nightly reading challenge.

Please explain how the action plan was implemented to reach this goal.

The action plan was implemented as follows:

Teachers used Tier 1 instruction using the basal text and small group differentiated instruction. Additional paraprofessionals were used in the classrooms to provide extra reading support in the 1st and 2nd grade classrooms, and small group Tier 2 intervention during our Power Hour reading block.  We used 
paraprofessionals to support our reading specialist and STAR program in order to offer more one-on-one intervention. Reading Horizons phonics was used daily 
in the classrooms to teach and reinforce key reading concepts. Laptops and iPads were used to have students practice essential reading, math, and writing 
skills on SAGE benchmarks and interim tests, ALEKS, IXL, Imagine Learning, Utah Compose, DIBELS, and a variety of educational apps in the classroom.  iSpire, STAR, early and next steps, Reading Horizons, and small pullout groups were used for remediation for at risk students. Professional development and training 
focused on reading, writing, and math instruction. The iSpire reading intervention program was used to target students in first and second grade with 
intensive reading needs. DYAD reading was used in the classroom and an information sheet was also sent home to parents on how they could use DYAD reading withtheir children at home. We utilized an at home nightly reading challenge where top student readers and classrooms were able to cut off the principal's tie. 
These ties were then displayed in the hallway. We also had a whole school reading goal of 1,500,000 minutes that was achieved by the students.

Goal # 2:

 Ephraim Elementary would like to use Trust Lands funds to help us give the students in grades second through five greater opportunities to be involved with academic field trips. These hands-on experiences provide students crucial opportunities to experience real world learning experiences. These field trips directly correlate with the Utah Core Curriculum at each grade level.

Academic Areas:

• Reading
• Mathematics
• Science
• Fine Arts

Measurements

This is the measurement identified in the plan to determine if the goal was reached.

We will use Sage science scores in grades four and five along with formative assessments.

4th and 5th Grade Sage Science Scores

2017 = 61% proficient

Please show the before and after measurements and how academic performance was improved.

EOY 2017 SAGE Scores = 61% proficient in 4th and 5th grade science.

EOY 2019 RISE Scores = 62% proficient in 4th and 5th grade science

We feel that the opportunity to have real-life hands-on experiences is very beneficial to student growth and achievement in science

Action Plan Steps:

This is the Action Plan Steps identified in the plan to reach the goal.

Teachers will use specific educational learning experiences gained from the field trips to enhance student engagement and learning in the Science Common Core 

Curriculum.

Please explain how the action plan was implemented to reach this goal.

Teachers used specific educational learning experiences gained from the field trips to enhance student engagement and learning in the Science Common Core 
Curriculum. For example, the fifth grade went on a field trip that focused on earth science, and the fourth was able to go on a field trip where they learned about wetlands and habitats.

Approved Amendment:

Submitted by: Gannon Jones

Submit Date: 2019-03-17

Admin Reviewer: Karen Rupp

Admin Review Date: 2019-04-25

District Reviewer: Kent Larsen

District Approval Date: 2019-04-25

Board Approval Date:2019-04-25

Number Approved: 5

Number Not Approved: 0

Absent:1

Vote Date: 2018-10-16

Explanation for Amendment

The original plan called for $2,600 dollars to be used in software to purchase IXL. A district grant was able to cover this expense. The Ephraim Elementary Community Council voted to move the $2,600 from software to textbook in order to purchase more nonfiction classroom reading sets in grades 1-5. These sets were used to improve DYAD reading and small group reading instruction. We would also like to use them to help purchase the Reading Horizons Phonics Spelling program in grades 1-2.