2023-2024 School Innovation and Improvement Plan

Complete ESSER School Funding Plans

School Innovation and Improvement Plan At-A-Glance

  • 2023-2024

  • Graham Road Elementary School

  • Region 2

  • Lauren Badini, Principal 

English Language Arts 

Goal: 

70% of students in Kindergarten meeting spring benchmark as measured by the PALS assessment

70% of students in grades 1-3 will demonstrate expected screener within-year growth in reading based on the iReady assessment 

70% of students in grades 3-6 will pass the Spring Reading SOL assessment (unadjusted)

Strategy 1

Improve daily, systematic, explicit instruction in phonological awareness, phonics, and morphology in the core language arts block. 

Strategy 2

Expand use of skills-based grouping to ensure students demonstrate mastery of foundational skills. 

Strategy 3

Increase intentional use of scaffolds, supports and extensions in whole group settings (word recognition, language comprehension and writing). 

Mathematics 

Goal: 

70% of students in grades Pre-K/K meeting spring benchmark as measured by the EMAS assessment 

70% of students in grades 1-6 meeting spring benchmark as measured by the iReady assessment

70% of students in grades 3-6 will pass the Spring Reading SOL assessment (unadjusted)

Strategy 1

Improve teachers’ implementation of Framework for Engaging & Student-Centered Mathematics Instruction.

Strategy 2

Increase teachers implementation strategies related to Shift 4: from show and tell to share and compare.

Strategy 3

Schedule ESOL teacher push-in ELD instruction during math instructional time.

Chronic Absenteeism

Goal: 

By the end of the 2023-24 school year, we will reduce our school’s chronic absenteeism rate to below 15% (no more than 55 students will miss 18 or more days of school) or less students classified as chronically absent) as evidenced by our school’s chronic absenteeism data.

Strategy 1

Strengthen school team practices to monitor attendance data and determine need for intervention and additional support.

Strategy 2

Increase opportunities for personalized early attendance outreach.

Strategy 3

Understand root causes of student absenteeism.  Strengthen programmatic responses to attendance barriers.

 

For additional information regarding this School Improvement Plan, please contact the school principal.