2007 – 2008

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN

School Name:    

A. L. MEBANE MIDDLE SCHOOL
District Name:    

Alachua
Principal:    

Basil Sanders

SAC Chair:     Margie Baumann
Superintendent:     W. Daniel Boyd, Jr. Ed. D.
Date of School Board Approval:     Pending School Board Approval

Jeanine Blomberg, Commissioner
Florida Department of Education
325 West Gaines Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32399		   Cheri Pierson Yecke, Chancellor
K-12 Public Schools
Florida Department of Education
325 West Gaines Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32399

VISION/MISSION/BELIEF STATEMENTS

SCHOOL PROFILE DEMOGRAPHICS

SCHOOL MATCH
QUALITY STAFF
Highly Qualified Administrators

 
Recruitment/Retention of Highly Qualified Teachers
Test

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
School Wide Improvement Model
Communication with Parents
Pre-School Transition

Teacher Mentoring
Extended Learning Opportunities



SCHOOLS GRADED C OR BELOW
Professional Development
Describe the professional development that supports enhanced and differentiated instructional strategies.

Disaggregated Data
Describe the use of student achievement data to determine the effectiveness of instructional strategies.
Informal and Formal Assessments
Describe the type of ongoing formal and informal assesments to be used during the school year to measure student progress

Alternative Instructional Delivery Methods
Describe the alternative instructional delivery methods that allow you to reach all student subgroups and help to improve their academic achievement.



SCHOOLS OFFERING PRIMARILY GRADES 6 THROUGH 12

Describe your school’s plan for addressing the ten guiding principles of Secondary School Redesign in the box below.  If the principles are addressed throughout your School Improvement Plan, identify precisely (under which heading) where each principle is addressed in the text box below.

In the checkbox below, please indicate which of the ten guiding principles is addressed below.







Different Innovative Approaches to Instruction
See Reading and Math SIP Goals

Responsibility of Teaching Reading for Every Teacher
See School Wide Improvement Model under CRP Related Items under Additional Requirements.


Quality Professional Development for Teachers and Leaders
Professional Development is offered for all faculty and staff through State, District, and School level. See separate Staff Development Plan for the 2007-2008 School Year.

Small Learning Communities (SLC)
EWMS effectively implements Small Learning Communities through the FCIM, Teacher Aide working with small groups of students in reading and math. Also see Staff Development Plan for 2007-2008 school year.

Intensive Intervention in Reading and Mathematics
Double block reading for all students scoring level 1 or 2 on the FCAT in reading including 25 minutes of Success Maker daily. EWMS works provides extra instruction for lower performing math students using small group learning communities and success maker math. Success Maker after school program.

Course Choice Based on Student Goals / Interests / Talent
Students scores and interest survey, including course request, IEP’s, and GEP’s are all reviewed before registration cards are printed and before staffing is completed.

Master Schedules Based on Student Needs
Ernest Ward Middle school uses date from FCAT, NRT, and Registration Cards when creating the Master Schedule to accommodate students according to their level of performance, with regard to remediation, acceleration, and course request.

Parental Access and Support
The parents at EWMS are encouraged to stay involved in their child(s) education. Through the school web site EWMS offers a monthly school calendar, CIM instructional calendar, and homework site containing a two week (past/current) view of homework. The parents and community continues to provide a strong support for our school and community.

Applied and Integrated Courses
EWMS offers courses in Work Force Education in the areas of Agricultural, Technology Education, Business Technology, and Family and Consumer Science. Sixth graders who choose to take applied course will take a Career Wheel Course covering each of the areas for nine weeks. In the seventh grade, the students will be allowed to choose a career path that will allow a smooth transition into Northview High School or West Florida High School of Advance Technology and hopefully resulting in the increase number of scholarship opportunities. EWMS hold a Career Fair yearly.

Academic and Career Planning
All eighth graders will take a semester course “Orientation to Careers” through the Applied Technology.

GOALS
Goal: Reading

Needs Assessment 54% of students reading at or above grade level
58% of students making a year's worth of progress in reading
64% of struggling students making a year's worth of progress in reading

Students with disabilities, African American and economically disadvantaged students in this school need improvement in reading.
Objective Increase the percentage of students scoring 3 or above in reading especially for students with disabilities, African American and economically disadvantaged subgroups. Increase the percentage of students making a year’s worth of progress in reading.
Strategies All students will receive reading instruction at a developmentally appropriate level utilizing District adopted instructional materials. Level 1 and 2 students will receive additional remedial instruction.

Evaluation FCAT scores for 2006 will be compared to FCAT scores from 2005. Locally defined criteria for student achievement for reading will be examined.
Forty-four percent (44%) of the total school population will score Level 3 or above on the FCAT Reading assessment
OR
The number of students scoring Level 3 and above on the FCAT Reading assessment will increase by 10%
AND
Forty-four percent (44%) of the students in each identifiable subgroup will score Level 3 or above on the FCAT Reading assessment
OR
The students with disabilities, African American and economically disadvantaged subgroups will show a 10% decrease in the number of students scoring Level 1 and Level 2 on the FCAT Reading assessment


Research-based Programs Read 180
Read XL
Corrective Reading
Holt Elements of Literature

Professional Development Read 180 workshops
Accelerated Reader training
Grade-level literacy strategies training
Highly Qualified Instructors 6th grade reading: Vicki Tougaw - Language Arts and ESOL certified and working on reading endorsement
6th grade reading: Donald Rubert - Language Arts certified and working on reading endorsement
6th grade reading: Pam Hall – Language Arts certified and working on reading endorsement
6th grade ESE VE: Kathy Woelfel - ESE certified and working on reading endorsement
7th grade reading: Brian LaPlant – Social Studies certified and working on reading endorsement
7th grade reading: Sean Sand – Science and ESE certified and working on reading endorsement
7th grade reading: Cindy Biggs – Social Studies certified and is certified as a trainer for reading endorsement
7th grade ESE VE: Carrie Litchfield - ESE certified and working on reading endorsement
8th grade reading: Debbie Brown - Reading certified
8th grade reading: Susan Swails - Language Arts and ESOL certified working on reading endorsement
6-8 grade Intensive Reading: Judy Mixon - Middle grades integrated certification and working on reading endorsement


Budget
Categories of Expenditure Describe Resources Specific Funding Source by Title Total Amount Available
Research-based Program(s)/Material(s) Scholastic Reading Skills Kits, Reasoning and Writing, Accelerated Reader, SRI, Gates-McGinitie, Great Leaps, Wilson Reading System SRP/SAC funds, Grant money 200
Technology Read 180 computers and equipment; maintenance costs, AR quizzes and subscriptions, SRI licenses SRP/SAC funds, Technology grant 0
Professional Development Read 180 workshops, AR training, Grade-level literacy strategies training. County 0
Other Need part time aide and some supplies to manage Great Leaps; class sets of Reader’s Handbook from Great Source with teacher materials for content areas and reading/language arts; 6 Minute Solution for each reading teacher County, SRP/SAC funds 3000
Total:   $3,200.00

Goal: Mathematics

Needs Assessment
Highly Qualified Instructors

Budget
Categories of Expenditure Describe Resources Specific Funding Source by Title Total Amount Available
Research-based Program(s)/Material(s) 0
Technology 0
Professional Development 0
Other 0
Total:   $0.00

Goal: Writing

Needs Assessment
Budget
Categories of Expenditure Describe Resources Specific Funding Source by Title Total Amount Available
Research-based Program(s)/Material(s) 0
Technology 0
Professional Development 0
Other 0
Total:   $0.00

Goal: Science

Needs Assessment
Highly Qualified Instructors

Budget
Categories of Expenditure Describe Resources Specific Funding Source by Title Total Amount Available
Research-based Program(s)/Material(s) 0
Technology 0
Professional Development 0
Other 0
Total:   $0.00

Goal: Parental Involvement

Needs Assessment
Budget
Categories of Expenditure Describe Resources Specific Funding Source by Title Total Amount Available
Research-based Program(s)/Material(s) 0
Technology 0
Professional Development 0
Other 0
Total:   $0.00


SCHOOL ADVISORY COUNCIL
The majority of the SAC members are not employed by the school.
The SAC is composed of the principal, and an appropriately balanced number of teachers, education support employees, students (for middle, junior high and high school only), parents, and other business and community citizens who are representative of the ethnic, racial, and economic community served by the school.

Measures Being Taken to Comply with SAC Requirement

SAC Involvement




 
FINAL BUDGET
Categories of Expenditure Describe Resources Specific Funding Source by Title  Total Amount Available
Research-based Program(s)/Material(s) Reading: Scholastic Reading Skills Kits, Reasoning and Writing, Accelerated Reader, SRI, Gates-McGinitie, Great Leaps, Wilson Reading System
Mathematics:
Writing:
Science:
Parental Involvement:
Reading: SRP/SAC funds, Grant money Available: $200.00
Mathematics: Available: $0.00
Writing: Available: $0.00
Science: Available: $0.00
Parental Involvement: Available: $0.00
$200.00
Technology Reading: Read 180 computers and equipment; maintenance costs, AR quizzes and subscriptions, SRI licenses
Mathematics:
Writing:
Science:
Parental Involvement:
Reading: SRP/SAC funds, Technology grant Available: $0.00
Mathematics: Available: $0.00
Writing: Available: $0.00
Science: Available: $0.00
Parental Involvement: Available: $0.00
$0.00
Professional Development Reading: Read 180 workshops, AR training, Grade-level literacy strategies training.
Mathematics:
Writing:
Science:
Parental Involvement:
Reading: County Available: $0.00
Mathematics: Available: $0.00
Writing: Available: $0.00
Science: Available: $0.00
Parental Involvement: Available: $0.00
$0.00
Other Reading: Need part time aide and some supplies to manage Great Leaps; class sets of Reader’s Handbook from Great Source with teacher materials for content areas and reading/language arts; 6 Minute Solution for each reading teacher
Mathematics:
Writing:
Science:
Parental Involvement:
Reading: County, SRP/SAC funds Available: $3,000.00
Mathematics: Available: $0.00
Writing: Available: $0.00
Science: Available: $0.00
Parental Involvement: Available: $0.00
$3,000.00
.    Total:   $3,200.00

 
IMPLEMENTATION EVALUATION

 
REPORTING
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Members Signature
1) Chet Sanders , Principal ________________________________________
2) Cindy Biggs , SAC Chair ________________________________________
3) Debbie Brown , Teacher ________________________________________
4) Vicki Tougaw , Teacher ________________________________________
5) Leroy Williams , Teacher ________________________________________
6) David Boyette , Parent ________________________________________
7) Sharon Pederson , Parent ________________________________________
8) Tawanna Lumpkins , Parent ________________________________________
9) Barabara Schmidt , Parent ________________________________________
10) Margie Bauman , School Support Personnel ________________________________________
11) Gussie Lee , Community Member ________________________________________
12) Thea Horne , Community Member ________________________________________
13) Mike Perkins , Community Member ________________________________________