TEACHER AND STUDENT SUCCESS ACT PLAN
School Year 2020-21
According to the Teacher and Student Success Act, SB 149, from the 2019 general session, under the section 53G-7-1206 (4)(a), it requires, “An LEA governing board shall adopt an LEA governing board student success framework to provide guidelines and processes for a school within the LEA governing board’s LEA to follow in developing a teacher and student success plan.”
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Ephraim Elementary |
Due to the Superintendent |
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1. Analyze Current Data (Current Year) |
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| The following are summative scores from SAGE and DIBELS: DIBELS End of Year (EOY) proficiency scores:19-20 EOY = 80% of students in grades 1-3 showed typical or better growth.2017-18 SAGE Summative Scores:Language Arts= 50% Math= 65% Science = 64%2018-19 SAGE Summative Scores:Language Arts= 56% Math= 65% Science = 62% | |||
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2. Goal |
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Ephraim Elementary School would like to see a 1% growth in RISE Language Arts, Math, and Science growth scores, and 60% of our students in grades 1-3 show typical or better growth in DIBELS from beginning to end of year benchmarks in accordance with the new state requirement. Our data also shows that EES needs to keep improving the growth of our increasing English Language Learner (ELL) population. As a school we now have almost eighty ELL students. We would like to use TSSA money, in conjunction with Americore, to hire an additional ELL person to provide extra small group reading intervention for our ELL students. Ephraim Elementary would also like to continue implementing our school wide positive intervention refocus program for students. This program provides a restorative process for students to help them recover and return to learning. The refocus room provides structure and support to students by holding students accountable for their actions, while giving them space in a supportive way. Students will also be able to self-select to visit the room if they perceive the need. This would be discussed with the teacher and monitored by the refocus person and Educators Handbook software. The refocus room gives students what they need and is an integral part of a positive behavior intervention system (PBIS). This will have a direct effect on student academic achievement and our stated academic goal. Our Refocus program was a huge success last year. |
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3. Academic Area |
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4. Measurement(s) |
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| Ephraim Elementary will use a variety of formative and summative assessments and measurements including: 1. DIBELS and Acadience benchmarks and progress monitoring.2. Rise 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, science, and language arts instruction.8. Teacher judgment and observation. | |||
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9. Action Plan Steps |
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| 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 Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade classrooms, and small group Tier 2 intervention during our Power Hour reading block. 3. The use of Reading Horizons phonics and spelling to teach and reinforce key reading concepts. 4. The use of iPads to have students practice essential reading, math, science and writing skills on Rise benchmarks and interim tests, ALEKS, IXL, Imagine Learning, Utah Compose, DIBELS, iSPIRE, Illuminate and a variety of educational apps and programs that are used in the classroom. 5. 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. 6. Professional development and training focused on reading, writing, and math instruction. 7. iSpire reading intervention program to target students in first through fifth grades who have intensive reading needs. 8. Whole school PBIS program which includes a Refocus room and person.9. At home nightly reading challenge. | |||
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10.Expenditures (Use Excel Spreadsheet) |
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Funds will be used for the following: 1. To hire an additional ELL person. 2. To purchase reading materials to bolster our Tier II small group reading instruction, DYAD reading books, kindergarten reading materials, and take-home leveled reading books. 3. To purchase iPad charging stations, headphones for the iPads, and printers for the teachers. 4. To purchase IXL Science for fourth and fifth grade. 5. We will also use funds to help us with supplies to successfully implement our programs. All of these purchases help us to maximize the available technology, apps, and programs which in turn help us to maximize student learning, achievement, and growth. |
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Measures to Improve Performance or School Academic Achievement |
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List threshold of points under the statewide accountability system |
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School’s Current Points |
School’s Expected Points |
Trajectory Points Needed for 1% Improvement |
Did School Achieve the Needed Points? |
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82/pts. |
84/pts. |
84/pts. |
[ ] Yes [ ] No |