USD 435 School Enhancement Plan

Curriculum Area:  AMS 6-8 Science

Goal: 

 

 

Long Term Goal Ð more than one year :  Apply strategies involving accommodations and modifications to increase the learning of all students, particularly low SES and Special Education students.

 

 

 

School wide Initiative

Abilene Middle School

 

Short Term Goal Ð one year--             Align our 6-8 curriculum to meet the new state science standards.

 

Grade Level or Content Area InitiativeÑ

6-8 Science

 

Steps to Achieve Goal                                                                                                            Timeline                     Person in charge

*Continue and monitor the science matrix to show areas of content presented to show continuum and gaps in instruction to students.

07-08 School year

AMS Science instructors

*Updating grade level science vocabulary list where needed to enhance curricular goals.

07-08 School year

AMS Science instructors

* Modifying and indexing vocabulary list for all 6-8 science grade levels to ensure consistency and repetition.

07-08 School year

AMS Science instructors

* Incorporation of MAPS test and usage of NWEA reports to identify and improve needs for instruction, either individually and/or class.

07-08 School year

AMS Science instructors

* Adding and modifying 7th Science instruction to address the needs of time to prepare for State Science tests.

07-08 School year

AMS Science instructors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                       

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

MAPS Test Results

Fall 2006

 

2008 State Science Assessment  (7th grade)

 Spring 2008

 

 

 

 

(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

Smoky Hill Conferences

Salina and vicinity

 

BER and other professional conferences

Midwest USA

 

NSTA Science Conference (National or Area)

Denver or TBA

Approx. $2500 for all 3 of us.

 

Resources Needed                                                                                                                   Where                         Expected Costs

Need of another classroom to accommodate science instruction.

 

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Need of 15 laptops for each of the 6,7, and 8th grade sciences for FOSS and Science instruction.  This is, I believe, an ongoing request that we have made since the incorporation and adoption of FOSS four years ago. 

 

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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 toolsÉ..

2)    When goals are completed it doesnÕt necessarily mean they are dropped.  They should be engrained in instruction that it no longer needs to be a goal for implementation to occur.