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Principal Bernardo Villar

SCHOOL’S PURPOSE

MISSION

Learning First!

VISION

Davis School District provides an environment where learning comes first. Students master essential learning skills, demonstrate civic responsibility, prepare for post-secondary education and careers, and engage in positive personal development. Parents are invested in their student’s education. Employees recognize the value of their individual contributions and commit to excellence. The community supports the educational process.

SCHOOL PURPOSE

The purpose of Vae View Elementary is to promote the mission of learning first for all. To accomplish our purpose, we have a clear vision of best practices that are leading the school toward school improvement. Administration and staff are interested in and concerned about student welfare. Classrooms are regularly visited and feedback is left with teachers regarding their explicit instruction, classroom environment, and student engagement. All staff members have high expectations for student achievement and student learning is discussed in weekly PLCs and monthly data team meetings. Faculty members create a positive and collaborative learning environment and are committed to all stakeholders. Family members have numerous opportunities to be engaged in their student’s education and be included in all activities at the school. There are family nights planned throughout the year, including a literacy night, math night, and a grandparent’s day where the

community is invited into our school to see the academic achievement of our students.

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Vae View ElementaryComposite School Plan

2015-2016

Composite School Plan – 2014-2015 Vae View Elementary

DESCRIPTION OF THE SCHOOL

COMMUNITY

Vae View Elementary School is in an urban location. It is located at 1750 West 1600 West, Layton, Utah. The community has a diverse population in ethnicity, religion, and culture.

STUDENT BODY

Vae View Elementary has 421 students enrolled. Out of all of our students, 42.3% are considered to be in a minority ethnicity. Minority populations include Latino, Native American, Asian, African American, American Indian, and Pacific Islander. 71.7% of our students have been identified as economically disadvantaged and 17.1% have limited

English Proficiency levels. There are 3 kindergarten classrooms, 3 1st and 2nd grade

classrooms, and 2 classrooms for each grades from 3rd -6th.

STAFF

Vae View Elementary has a diverse staff. All of our faculty members are certified and all are ESL endorsed or in the process of becoming endorsed. We have 16 regular education classroom teachers. In addition, there are two certified Special Education teachers for our resource program and an additional two certified Special Education teachers who teach in 2 Learning Centers located at Vae View for grades 3 through 5. The staff also includes an ELA Coordinator and a Math Coach. Vae View Elementary also houses a Head Start Preschool Program.

SCHOOL CULTURE

Vae View Elementary embraces diversity. The student body staff is made up of different ethnic backgrounds and cultures. We celebrate these differences and promote unity as well as individuality. Our success hinges on accepting, valuing, and respecting all cultures and beliefs. This acceptance is evident in the school’s policies and procedures such as the school wide behavioral plan and school improvement plan where parent involvement has been identified as vital to the successes of our students.

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UNIQUE FEATURES & CHALLENGES

At Vae View, many economically disadvantage parents (e.g., single parent, and/or two parent families) work long hours to provide minimal basic needs of food and shelter for their families. Many of these parents find it difficult to consistently assist their children in educational pursuits at school and/or at home. As a result of a single parent, or both parents working one or more jobs, it is problematic for many of them to adequately supervise their children before school, after school, and/or during summer months. Additionally, some Hispanic/Latino parents of children attending Vae View are not documented as legal residents of the United States. Many parents are also not fluent in English this limits communication between home and school.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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NEEDS ANALYSIS

NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS

At the end of the 2012-2013 school year, Vae View was #55 on a list of 60 schools determined to be in improvement. After a year of hard work and dedication to student engagement and best teaching practices, Vae View moved up to #5 on that same list of schools. Although still in improvement, substantial growth was evident.

AREAS OF RECENT IMPROVEMENT

Vae View Elementary has worked diligently to improve small group instruction with the implementation of Power Hour at the beginning of the school year 2012. Power Hour has created three 20-minute small group sessions working on word work, fluency, and comprehension practice in reading. Sessions are coordinated by the classroom teacher and carried out by both classroom teachers and tutors. This hour is a dedicated time for Language Arts instruction five days a week for an hour. The average number of students in each group is five. Students are grouped by current instructional data identifying student’s academic ability level. The groups are created by each grade level teams and are fluid to better meet students’ changing needs.

For the last three years, all faculty members have participated in professional development in the areas of collaborative team coaching, increasing effectiveness of explicit instruction, and increasing rigor across all instructional activities. This professional development has guided teachers to focus on their instructional practices and to analyze their instruction and assessments for rigor and effectiveness directly relating back to student achievement.

AREAS OF NEEDED IMPROVEMENT

Continue to focus on increasing rigor in instruction and deepening the rigor of classroom instructional practices. Alignment to the DESK standards should continue to be monitored so student achievement in literacy, science, and math can be maximized. This monitoring will take place during classroom observations and monthly data meetings.

Administration will create a template for teachers to use to help focus the monthly data team meetings so that academic data will be analyzed and student achievement will be tracked and monitored on a consistent basis throughout the school grade level teams.

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PROGRESS REPORT

REPORT PROGRESS ON PRIOR YEAR (2013-14) SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN

Goal #1:

Improve Language Arts student achievement each Spring by reducing the number of CRT Level 1 and/or Level 2 students by 5% each school year

Met Goal (comments optional)

Did Not Meet Goal (comments required)

Comments:

Data not complete. Will look at future data when available.

Goal #2:

Improve Math student achievement each Spring by reducing the number of CRT Level 1 and/or Level 2 students by 5% each school year



Comments:


Goal #3:

Improve Science student achievement each Spring by reducing the number of CRT Level 1 and/or Level 2 students by 5% each school year



Comments:

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Goal #4:

Improve Direct Writing Assessment student achievement each Spring by reducing the number of CRT Level 1 and/or Level 2 students by 5% each school year



Comments:


Goal #5:

The school and parents will build and develop partnerships that will help students achieve the Utah Core and proficiency standards that attract highly qualified teachers to our school.



Comments:

Continually working on this goal.

REPORT PROGRESS ON CURRENT YEAR (2014-15) SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN

Goal #1 (Literacy):

In the areas of Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, and Writing educators and administrators will work towards literacy competence by closing the achievement gap discrepancy between Vae View and the Davis District average by 50% in all end of level tested areas. This goal will be achieved by the end of the 2014-2015 academic year. Its progress will be determined by the end of level scores compared to the district averages in closing the gap according to end of level assessments.

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Progressing according to plan

Not progressing according to plan

Comments:

Data not available

Goal #2 (Readiness):

In the areas of Language Arts (reading and writing), Math, Science, and Social Studies, educators will increase rigor on common assessments to prepare students with real world problem solving and critical thinking skills.



Comments:

Goal #3 (Quality Staffing):

In the areas of language arts, math, science, and social studies, students will have access to effective and efficient teachers that are in compliance with school goals and expectations set forth by administration at the beginning of the school year. Expectations will include collaboration amongst grade level teams by grade levels holding weekly PLC meetings, monthly data team meeting attendance, and common assessments created and used by grade level teams that are in alignment with the DESK standards. This will be achieved by the end of the school year 2014-15 and will be documented by completed monthly data team meeting minutes, evidence of meetings between teacher and mentor, PLC data, and examples of common assessments that are used throughout the year that are brought to data team meetings.



Comments:

REPORT ON CURRENT YEAR (2014-15) LAND TRUST SPENDING

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LAND TRUST FUNDING PROJECTIONS

A - Carryover from 2013-14 to 2014-15............................................................... $8,367.00

B - New funding for 2014-15................................................................................... $23,399.00

C - Total funding for 2014-15.................................................................................. $31,766.00

D - Estimated spending during 2014-15...........................................................$31,766.00

E - Expected carryover from 2014-15 to 2015-16.....................................................$0.00

F - Projected new funding for 2015-16............................................................... $22,481.00

G - Total projected funding for 2015-16...............................................$22,481.00

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GOALS AND PLANNED ACTIONS/RESOURCES

DISTRICT GOAL #1 (Student Achievement):

Increase the percentage of K-3 students scoring at or above the DIBELS end-of-year composite score benchmark from 56% to 61% (6% increase or approximately 11 students.

Academic area(s) addressed by the goal:

Language Arts (Reading)

Measures to determine progress/successful completion of the goal:

End-of-year DIBELS composite scores.

Action Plan:

Small group instruction during Power Hour. Using Davis School District instructional routines. The McGraw Hill reading program will be implemented. Using the support of the instructional coach.

Will LAND Trust funds be used to support the implementation of this goal?

Yes (complete the budget sections below)

No (skip the budget section below)

Does this action plan include behavioral/character education/leadership efforts?

Yes (answer the next question)

No (skip the next question)

Explain how these efforts directly affect student achievement.

Planned LAND Trust Expenses for Goal #1

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Budget Category ExpendituresBehavior, Character

Education, Leadership

ExpendituresAcademic

Description

Salaries & Benefits $ - $ 21,000.00- Tutors working with small groups of students during reading instruction.

Prof. Services $ - $ -

Repairs & Maint. $ - $ -

Travel $ - $ -

General Supplies $ - $ -

Textbooks $ - $ -

Library Books $ - $ -

Software $ - $ -

Equipment $ - $ -

Total $ - $21,000.00 - (Add to get totals for this goal)

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DISTRICT GOAL #2 (College, Career, and Community Readiness):

Reduce the percentage of students who are chronically absent (10% or more days missed) from 10% to 8% (2% reduction or approximately 10 students.)


Language Arts (Reading) Language Arts (Writing)

Mathematics Technology

Science Fine Arts

Social Studies Health/P.E.

World Languages


Chronic absenteeism report.

Action Plan:

Implement a school wide attendance recognition program, where students will receive weekly incentives and end of term recognition for consistent attendance.








If students are in attendance then student achievement will increase.

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Description

Salaries & Benefits $ - $ -



Travel $ - $ -

General Supplies $ - $ 1,481.00- Student incentives for attendance and academic achievements.

Textbooks $ - $ -


Software $ - $ -

Equipment $ - $ -

Total $ - $ 1,481.00- (Add to get totals for this goal)

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DISTRICT GOAL #3 (Quality Staffing):

In the areas of language arts, math, and science, students will have access to effective and efficient teachers. This will be achieved by the end of the school year 2015-16 and will be documented by completed monthly data team meeting minutes, evidence of PLC meetings, and Evaluate Davis data that are used throughout the year.




Science Fine Arts


World Languages


New-hires will be screened for willingness to comply with these components prior to 2014-2015 employment. Progress will be determined with the following: student engagement data taken by administrators monthly during explicit instruction with an end goal of 90% engagement observed in classrooms; ability to collaborate with their grade level team as evidenced by weekly PLC meeting minutes that will be turned in and kept in a binder in the office. Teachers will also collect and analyze data on a weekly basis.

Action Plan:

All educators will be consistently and systematically assessed and evaluated by means of Davis Evaluates. Career educators will be evaluated a minimum of three times per year. Provisional educators will evaluated a minimum of four times per year.

New hires will be assigned a mentor within the Vae View faculty to ensure expectations are being met. They will meet with their assigned mentor weekly for the first 2 months of the school year. After that, they will meet monthly. Data tem meetings will be held monthly and grade level PLC meetings will be held weekly.

Mentor/ New Hire meetings will focus on the following topics: student engagement during explicit instruction, collaboration with their grade level team, collecting and analyzing data on a weekly basis, and utilizing and implementing the DESK standards effectively.

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Having highly qualified teachers will better serve student population towards achievement goals.





Description




Travel $ - $ -


Textbooks $ - $ -


Software $ - $ -

Equipment $ - $ -

Total $ - $ - (Add to get totals for this goal)

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SCHOOL GOAL #4:




Science Fine Arts


World Languages


Evaluate Davis system data.

Action Plan:









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Description




Travel $ - $ -


Textbooks $ - $ -


Software $ - $ -

Equipment $ - $ -


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SCHOOL GOAL #5:




Science Fine Arts


World Languages


Evaluate Davis system data.

Action Plan:









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Description




Travel $ - $ -


Textbooks $ - $ -


Software $ - $ -

Equipment $ - $ -


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ADDITIONAL LAND TRUST QUESTIONS

SUMMARY OF PLANNED EXPENDITURES

F - Projected new funding for 2015-16............................................................... $22,481.00

G - Total projected funding for 2015-16.............................................................$22,481.00

H - Total planned expenditures for 2015-16....................................................$22,481.00

I - Planned carryover after 2015-16................................................................................$0.00

J - Is planned carryover more than 10% of projected new funds?

Yes No

PLAN FOR CARRYOVER IN EXCESS OF 10% (Skip if answer to prior question was “No”)

PLAN FOR LARGER THAN PROJECTED DISTRIBUTION

ADDITIONAL DETAIL ON LAND TRUST USE

Check all categories in which the school will spend LAND Trust funding during 2015-16. Then provide requested details.

Technology (hardware) # and type of units to purchase

Technology (software) # and type of licenses to purchase

Paraprofessionals # 12 to 15 to work in small group reading instruction.

Professional Development # of teachers trained

Books/Reading Materials # and description of books/materials to purchase

PLAN FOR SHARING THE SCHOOL LAND TRUST PLAN WITH THE COMMUNITY

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Letters to policy makers Labels to identify LAND Trust purchases

School assembly School newsletter

School website School marquee

Other (please explain)

SCHOOL COMMUNITY COUNCIL APPROVAL

Date of council approval vote: _

Number who approved: _

Number who did not approve: _

Number who were absent or abstained: _

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ASSURANCES

YES NO Assurances for All Schools

Are all students provided with instruction by highly-qualified teachers?

Does this plan include high quality and ongoing professional development?

Does the school employ strategies for attracting and retaining highly qualified teachers?

Are programs and procedures in place to support students as they transition into the school (preschool, Head Start, 7th grade transition, etc.)?

Are teachers actively engaged in Professional Learning Communities that address academic assessments and use of achievement data?

YES NOAssurances for Title I Schools

Unless included in this plan, schools will be required to present documentationrelated to each of the following items during Title I monitoring visits.

Does the school have an updated parent involvement policy or parent compact posted on the internet?

Does this plan include activities to ensure that students who experience difficulty mastering standards will receive effective and timely additional assistance?

Are all expenditures of Title I funds used to supplement and not supplant expenditures made with local (state or district) funding?

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