Olentangy Hyatts Middle School

2010-2011 Building Continuous Improvement Plan

The Olentangy Local Schools are committed to facilitate maximum learning for every student. The district’s focus on continually improving the achievement of its students results in Continuous Improvement Plans or (CIP) at the district and building level. CIP start with a review of all data

available to identify strengths and target opportunities for improving student achievement. Each year from these data, the district, buildings and departments identify targets for improvement and implement strategies to achieve results.

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Building Strengths

(August)

  • Over 83% of students scored proficient or above in reading, math and science.
  • Over 74% of sixth grade students scored accelerated or advanced in math.
  • Over 84% of students met or exceeded their projected performance in reading.

Building Areas for Improvement

(August)

  • Missed AYP for students with disabilities in reading and math.
  • Only 49% of students with disabilities scored proficient or above in math.

Focus

(August)

  • To align quality learning targets to classroom assessment practices, informing instructional decisions and improving student achievement.

Actions

(September)

Mid Year Check:

(January)

All teachers will focus on the following curriculum processes:

  1. Analyze curriculum maps to be clear and confident about map standards.
  2. Research and explore curriculum map indicators to obtain deep content knowledge.
  3. Unpack the curriculum to identify clear learning targets or the scaffolding to the learning targets.
  4. Clearly define what mastery of the learning targets looks like when achieved.
  5. Will know where students are in relation to the specified learning targets at any time.

As the instructional leaders, we will:

  1. Make daily decisions aligned with the building and district focus.
  2. Conduct building walk-throughs for the purpose of collecting evidence of progress on the curriculum focus.
  3. Conduct evaluations of staff members with an emphasis on the curriculum processes.
  4. Create professional development opportunities during late starts, curriculum days, etc. to support building CIP.
  5. Collect feedback from staff on progress of the building CIP action steps.
  1. Walk-through: analyze data through our walk-through process in regards to quality and alignment of targets. Walkthrough data will be queried to determine how frequently targets are posted. We will focus on targets in language arts and math; posting targets is an achievement-gap closing strategy that can help IEP students.
  2. Implementing job-embedded professional development and its alignment to our building CIP. Professional development will focus on combining assessment for learning and daily teaching and assessment activities.
  3. Student progress through formative assessments with a focus on IEP students, 7th grade Reading, 8th grade Reading, 8th grade Math and 8th grade Social Studies.
  4. Teacher evaluation process. Administration and staff will focus on domain 1 and 3: planning/preparation and instruction.
  5. Department chairs will meet bi-monthly to report out on departmental progress towards CIP goals.
  6. HMS data team will meet monthly to analyze, interpret and collect data in regards to student achievement and progress.
  7. Weekly administration meetings with grade levels with a focus on quality learning targets and assessment practices.
  8. Interim and semester grade checks will reveal an increase in the number of students earning As and Bs.
  9. Weekly data collected from Math lab. Data collected will be focused on targets students identify as areas of concerns and result of intervention.

Results we expect

(September)

Mid Year Check:

(January)
  • Monitor the frequency of learning target types being utilized in classrooms.
  • OHMS will meet the state benchmark of 75% for all grades and subjects on the Ohio Achievement Tests as determined on the Local Report Card for the 09-10 school year.
  • OHMS will increase the proficiency passage rate of IEP subgroup in Reading and Math.
  • OHMS will have more 7th and 8th grade students meeting or exceeding their projected performance level in Math.

Link to District CIP

  • Focus Area: To clearly articulate quality learning targets that directly align curriculum to assessment and instruction.
  • Benchmark 1: Percentage of students achieving at or above their projected performance level.
  • Benchmark 3: Meet state and national standards .