Home District Information Schools School Board Parent Resources Bids and Specifications Site Map

Improvement Plan
Goals

Staff Development Objectives

Curriculum
Objectives

Instructional
Requirements


Improvement Plan Goals

1. Each school will continue developing essential outcomes in the core content areas, based on Grade Level Expectations, Des Cartes, and District Curriculum Frameworks, common assessments based on these outcomes, and a systemic approach to support students that do not initially meet these standards.
2. Each school will develop instructional strategies to implement in the classroom to teach students about motivation, the value of effort, and increase student engagement in the learning process.
3. Each school will develop and implement strategies to create an emotionally and physically safe learning environment, including an emphasis on embracing diversity, eliminating racial harassment and bullying behavior.
4. Each Principal will report to the Superintendent and the Instruction Committee on an annual basis, an improvement plan to include:
• Report on the school goals
• Report the baseline data in reading, language arts and math
• Report the number of students and percentage of students on grade level in third grade and at all other grade levels
• Report steps implemented to reach goal
• Report the growth of students from Fall to Spring assessments
• Interpretation of data (What does the data tell us)
• Report on other assessments and or grade level data (including DIBELS)
• Action Plans (proposed) to include increased and redirected resources for budget purposes
• The Middle School and High School shall report on accreditation issues
• Each school will provide a School Portfolio as part of this process that will include the above mentioned items.

Staff Development Objectives
For the Form A

1. By June of 2008, all staff members in Phase II of the evaluation process will have participated in a PEG for professional development and related to school or district goals.
2. By June of 2008, all staff members will have worked toward developing common essential outcomes )competenciesat the High School level), common grade level assessments and a systematic approach for students working below the standards.
3. By October of 2007, all staff members will have participated in training related to sexual and racial harassment, bullying, gender equity, 504 compliance, injury prevention in the workplace and/or safety procedures.

Curriculum Objectives

1. By June 2008, the district will continue to focus instruction in reading improvement and the goal of having 90% of all students read on grade level.
2. By June of 2008, the district will have implemented a standards based math program K-8, with emphasis on professional development, parent communication. Each Math teacher, K-8, as part of their professional development, will need to immerse themselves in the change process for the standards based math program.

Instructional Requirements

1. Each teacher in grades K-12 will show evidence of using the data to adjust instructional practices to meet the needs of all students.
2. By June of 2008, the district will have continued implementing a new standards based math program K-8, with emphasis on professional development and parent communication. Each teacher, K-8 as part of their professional development, will need to immerse themselves in the standards based math program
3. By September of 2007, each teacher will have provided an approved grading policy and procedure to students and parents. This policy will follow the guidelines provided by the district during the summer of 2004.
4. Each school will continue the interventions required to align curriculum with the New Hampshire Frameworks and Des Cartes, adjusted instructional strategies based on the Frameworks and Grade Level Expectations (GLE’s), District Curriculum and NHEIAP results.
5. Each school will include in all instructional areas, open-response questions as a component of student assessments. Both regular and special education teachers will show evidence of instructing students in how to answer open-response questions. Staff members should refer to the NECAP Common Released Items for sample open- response questions and answers.
6. Each teacher in grades K-12 will show evidence that both regular and special education students complete the required grade level pieces of writing as outlined in the Individual Student Writing Folder. Scoring rubrics and revised pieces will be attached to the writing prompts.
7. Each teacher in grades K-6 will use the adopted reading series. Teachers in grades 7 and 8 will use the adopted reading series, Middle Level Literature by D.C. Heath. Each teacher in grades K-6 will administer the Integrated Theme Tests. Teachers will show evidence of using the data to adjust instructional practices to meet the needs of students. Other materials may be used to supplement, but not supplant the adopted series.
8. Each teacher in grades K-5 will use the adopted social studies series by Harcourt Brace. Other materials may be used to supplement, but not supplant the adopted series.
9. Each Teacher in Grades K-8 will use the new grade level Science units document as a guideline for planning Science. The Scott Foresman and Glencoe texts as well as Foss and Charlesbridge Science Kits will be used as the adopted Science materials.
10. Each teacher in grades K-6 will use the adopted math series, Everday Math, by SRA/McGraw Hill. Math teachers in grades 7-8 will use the adopted math series, MathScape: Seeing and Thinking Mathematically by Glencoe, McGraw Hill. All Math teachers will follow the pacing guides provided for each level.
11. Each teacher in grades K-5 will use the adopted handwriting program, Handwriting Without Tears by Jan Z. Olsen, OTR.

The Rochester Schools
150 Wakefield Street Suite #8
Rochester, NH 03867
(603) 332-3678 (VOICE) (603) 335-7367 (FAX)
Home || Our District || General Information || Our Schools || School Board || Employment
Parent Resources || Bids and Specifications || Site Map