Building Continuous Improvement Plan 2009-2010
Olentangy Orange Middle School

The Olentangy Local Schools are committed to facilitate maximum learning for every student. The district’s focus on continually improving the achievement of its students results in Continuous Improvement Plans or (CIP) at the district and building level. CIP start with a review of all data

available to identify strengths and target opportunities for improving student achievement. Each year from these data, the district, buildings and departments identify targets for improvement and implement strategies to achieve results.

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Building Strengths:

(What do our kids do well and how do we know?)

  • Rated Excellent with Distinction with an all-time high Performance Index of 100.8.
  • Facilitating more than a year’s worth of growth for the last two years as measured on the Local Report Card.
  • Met AYP for all subgroups in math.
  • Increased the number of students meeting their projected performance level in math for all grades.

Building Areas for Improvement:

(What do our kids need and how do we know?)

  • Did not meet Ohio Achievement Test benchmark in social studies.
  • 74% of Economic Disadvantage subgroup was proficient in Reading.
  • 63.5% of IEP subgroup was proficient in Reading and 57.7% of IEP subgroup was proficient in Math.

Focus

(Where do we start? What one area of improvement is the highest priority? Why?)

  • To clearly articulate quality learning targets that directly align curriculum to assessment and instruction.

Actions:

(What will we do?)
(September)

All teachers will focus on the following curriculum processes:

  1. Analyze curriculum maps to be clear and confident about map standards.
  2. Research and explore curriculum map indicators to obtain deep content knowledge.
  3. Unpack the curriculum to identify clear learning targets or the scaffolding to the learning targets.
  4. Clearly define what mastery of the learning targets looks like when achieved.
  5. Will know where students are in relation to the specified learning targets at any time.

As the instructional leaders, we will:

  1. Make daily decisions aligned with the building and district focus.
  2. Conduct building walk-throughs for the purpose of collecting evidence of progress on the curriculum focus.
  3. Conduct evaluations of staff members with an emphasis on the curriculum processes.
  4. Create professional development opportunities during late starts, curriculum days, etc. to support building CIP.
  5. Collect feedback from staff on progress of the building CIP action steps.

Mid Year Check

(Are we completing the improvement actions?)
(January)

  1. Classroom Walkthrough Data
  2. Participate in job embedded professional development focused on the Seven Strategies of Assessment for Learning.
  3. Implementation and monitoring of Math Labs.
  4. Continuing to focus department and individual work on classroom learning targets and monitoring student mastery using formative and summative assessments.

Results we expect:

(How will we know it worked?)
(September)

  • An increase in the percentage of staff using classroom learning targets explicitly in their instruction based on the month to month principal walkthroughs.
  • OOMS will meet the state benchmark of 75% for all grades and subjects on the Ohio Achievement Tests as determined on the Local Report Card for the 09-10 school year.
  • OOMS will meet the AYP target proficiency rate for Economic Disadvantaged subgroup in Reading and IEP subgroup in Reading and Math as determined on the Local Report Card for the 08-09 school year.

Mid Year Check

(What evidence do we have that the plan is working? Do we need to edit the plan?)
(January)

Link to District CIP

(What district benchmark results will get better because we improve our results?)

  • Focus Area: To clearly articulate quality learning targets that directly align curriculum to assessment and instruction.
  • Benchmark 1: Percentage of students achieving at or above their projected performance level.
  • Benchmark 3: Meet state and national standards.