USD 435 School Enhancement Plan

Curriculum Area:

Goal: : Students will improve performance on the state assessment in the area of roots, prefixes, and suffixes.

	Long Term Goal – more than one year	Schoolwide Initiative
X	Short Term Goal – one year	Grade Level or Content Area Initiative

Steps to Achieve Goal Timeline Person in charge

All English courses will focus active teaching and application of literary terms and techniques	2007-2008	Department
Each course will focus not only on using the language and requiring application.	2007-2008	Department
Each course will continue to utilize MCREL strategies and use terms as recommended by the state and national curriculum.	200-2007	Department

Data to show we achieved the goal (at least two forms of data required) Baseline Results

State Assessment

Local Assessment

(Results should be recorded at the end of the term identified above and sent to the local School Enhancement Chair for posting. If additional documentation is needed please attach)

Staff Development Needed Possible Location Expected Costs

Each course will continue to utilize MCREL strategies for vocabulary

Resources Needed Where Expected Costs

Root, etc. lists (part of our new Vocabulary books)

Notes:

1) Possible data sources can include assessment scores from MAP or State assessments, locally developed assessments that will show the change, locally developed Rubrics to show implementation and change, portfolios, focus groups, observation tools…..

2) When goals are completed it doesn’t necessarily mean they are dropped. They should be engrained in instruction that it no longer needs to be a goal for implementation to occur.