English Language Arts Strategies

Outcome:  By June 2024, the percentage of English Learners in Grades 1-3 demonstrating progress in language acquisition, as measured by the WIDA ACCESS for ELLs assessment, will increase by 15 percentage points.

• Strategy 1:  Increase use of WIDA tools and rubrics to support language development (HLP 1-4).
• Strategy 2:  Increase use of data (e.g., iReady, CORE, PASS, PRF, WIDA) to plan instruction and monitor progress for students demonstrating risk. (HLP 2-5)
• Strategy 3:  Improve use of interactive read alouds for building knowledge and vocabulary through texts that affirm students' lived experiences. (HLP 1, 3)

Mathematics Strategies

Outcome: By June 2024, the percentage of grades 1-6 students demonstrating within-year growth in math, as measured by the iReady assessment, will be at least 70%.

• Strategy 1:  Increase teacher implementation of explicit instruction and other components of effective mathematics intervention.
• Strategy 2:  Increase teachers implementation strategies related to Shift 8: from looking for correct answers towards revealing student thinking.

Chronic Absenteeism

Outcome: By the end of the 2023-24 school year, we will reduce our school’s chronic absenteeism rate to below 15% as evidenced by our school’s chronic absenteeism data. 

• Strategy 1:  Use Talking Points as a way for EL families to report student absences                  
• Strategy 2:  Increase opportunities for personalized early attendance outreach.              
• Strategy 3:  Strengthen school team practices to monitor attendance data and determine need for intervention and additional support.