USD 435 School Enhancement Plan

Curriculum Area: Social Studies

Goal: To more effectively help students who are at risk within the Social Studies department

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

Steps to Achieve Goal Timeline Person in charge

Acquire list of at-risk students from Mr. Ines	October 1, 2007	Mr. Roth
Dispense minimum of 5 seminar passes weekly to at-risk students	Weekly	All Teachers
Encourage after school enhancement opportunities for at-risk students (and others)	Daily	All Teachers
Provide study sessions for ALL students prior to tests	Test time	All Teachers
Implement support strategies, ie extra credit, late work acceptance, para support	Daily	Relative to Teacher

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

Tracking Seminar Passes Given and who accepted

Provide dates and attendance records of study sessions

Provide evidence of extra credit use

(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

Resources Needed Where Expected Costs

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.