Administrator: Michele RogCo-Chair: Lauren Schnal (SCo-Chair: Hannah McCarthPreK - Veronica Cusack Kindergarten: Donna PlunkeGrade 1: Kaitlyn Baldwin anGrade 2: Melissa Kennedy, DGrade 3: Debra Argo and AGrade 4: George ChristoforoGrade 5: Susana Perez Parent: Lisa Spence and BeSpecial Area: Julie DispignoSpecial Education: Elizabeth Shee

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School Objective 2018-2019The faculty and staff of Southwest will foster students’ ELA and Math growth building-wide across the curriculum, with special emphasis on our Special Education and ELL population. This will be done by using formative and summative assessments to help us drive instruction.

Southwest S.I.T. Action Plan 2018-2019

This plan also satisfies the Title I School-wide Planning requirements as specified in the ESSA Act. It includes the following elements:Required Components of the Title I School-wide Program (SWP) Plan:All Title I School-wide Program (SWP) schools are required to prepare an annual school improvement plan that includes the following components:

Comprehensive Needs Assessment: • I- Ready: teachers use various reports to target skills that need reteaching. Students

self-reflect and set goals for future growth. Parent reports are shared with parents during conferences.• Teachers will continue to monitor CAM results and grade levels will develop strategies to increase students’

performance in targeted areas. • Students will develop confidence in identifying and using curriculum terminology. Posted objectives for student

internalization of instructional goals as well as a growth mindset and success criteria. Use of student goal-setting in math using standards, Continuum of Literacy, and findings from F + P.

• Student set personal F+P benchmark goals. Student goals are cross circular and posted daily within the classroom. • Student self-reflection will regularly occur to guide instruction. Students will self-reflect on a few targeted questions to

learn the skill.• Building wide growth goals established using i-Ready diagnostic collaborative building teams look at data and targeted

areas for midyear evaluations

School-Wide reform strategies. • Southwest has 21 classroom teachers that collaborate with 8 ENL teachers to present an integrated co-teaching model

as per NYS mandate.• Good Habits, Great Readers reading series is used to teach reading and writing. Teachers use the shared reading,

guided reading, and writing components of the series to meet the instructional needs of all students. In addition, Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI) is used to support AIS students showing the most growth potential as well as being used for students as a response to intervention. Southwest also has 6 ELA Teacher Assistant to work with 39 classes this year.

• Teachers will be part of ongoing data meetings as a team regarding iReady diagnostics. They will look at formative and summative assessments and how to use these assessments to guide instruction.

• Teachers will teach students to be goal-oriented through having a growth mindset, take risks in their learning and how to self-assess their learning. They will do this through asking D.O.K effective questioning techniques, stem and prompts, modeling, rubrics, bar graphs to chart I Ready data progress etc.

• Teachers will utilize benchmark assessment to determine a student’s area of strength and weakness in reading• Based upon the assessment, students will be placed into reading groups for both instructional and independent reading.• Teachers will implement lessons and activities that support the Common Core Standards and Promote student learning.

Such skills will include vocabulary development, comprehension strategies, finding and collecting evidence from various texts, including both fiction and non-fiction and citing evidence from a given text to support a written response for both short answer and extended response questions.

• Students will be formally assessed in the beginning of the school year and again at the end of the school year.• Informal assessments and running records will be administered throughout the year by the classroom teacher. • At the end of the year, we will use benchmark assessments results to determine if students showed growth.• Teachers will use

o Balanced literacy approach to teach reading and writing including shared reading lessons, guided reading/writing groups, readers/writers groups, readers/writers response journals, independent reading/writing time. Reader’s and writer’s workshop teacher will follow the Reading and Writing Curriculum calendar that outline the reading and writing lessons each month. Good Habits Great Readers in grades K-5 with professional development for teachers on an as needed basis. Implementation of programs to encourage behaviors of a Great Habits School.

Materials:• Past annotated released state test questions and district standardized tests• Annotated notes from engageny.org and modules for ELA and Math• Teacher-created anchor charts and graphic organizers• GHGR Writing Units overview for teacher’s guide for units 6 & 7• Mentor texts• Math manipulatives• Visual aids and anchor charts displayed throughout classroom • Word walls• Leveled libraries in the classroom, “Just Right” bag of book for independent reading time. • Task cards• iReady data• LLI • Math practices

Instruction by highly qualified teachers: CSEA requires that all teachers of core academic subjects (and instructional paraprofessionals) are “highly qualified.”

• Signed attestation form submitted to Human Resources Dept. in November, 2018.• All Southwest teachers meet the mandated requirements for “highly qualified” teachers.

• Strategies to Attract High Quality Highly Qualified Teachers to High Need Schools: The Brentwood School district collaborates with local teacher training institutions (i.e. Molloy College, St. Joseph’s College, and Cortland College) to place student teacher observers and full-time student teachers in our schools. Perspective teachers will work in collaboration with their cooperating classroom teacher and college supervisor to help foster a positive learning environment. They will create and implement curriculum based lessons and projects and establish connections with the community thought school-community based activities. Meetings are held with their college supervisors and their cooperating teachers to discuss how the student teacher is performing.

• Additionally, permanent substitutes are assigned to our schools by the Assistant Superintendent for Elementary Instruction. These permanent substitutes are evaluated using the format negotiated by the Brentwood Teachers’ Association and the District’s Administration. They are formally evaluated during the school year. They are evaluated

on the implementation of district approved programs as they are included in all professional development. Additionally, their attendance, participation in extra-curricular building level activities and rapport with the students, parents and staff are taken into account when providing an overall evaluation. Recommendations for continuation in current placement or in probationary teaching positions, if available, are made on the basis of their evaluations.

High-quality and ongoing professional development. Professional development will focus on formative and summative assessment data and interpreting data to improve instruction. District initiatives training is ongoing during the 2018-19 school year and include:

• Monthly Grade level meetings • I Ready training 10/9-10/8(k-5)• Elevate Science training 10/16-10/17(K-3), 11/9(3rd-5th)• Special education IEP training on goals 10/12• Writing planning 10/1-10/2 K-3rd

• RTI weekly meetings • Monthly faculty meetings • RTI Behavior Team in place• NYSAA training 10/29/18• Ongoing grade level planning for writing units •

Strategies to increase parental involvement and increase importance of students giving back: Teachers will strengthen the home-school communication using the following strategies:

• This school year the Southwest School Improvement Team would like parents in our community to help contribute to the academic success of their children, our students. We would like to form a collaborative relationship with parents and students including but not limited to, communication, volunteering, collective decision making within the school community. We hope to accomplish these goal through school events and community outreach.

• Monthly Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) meetings before every PTA meeting • School-wide Student of the Month;11/28, 2/27,5/8 - Students will be honored within the categories of character

education, curriculum, and special areas. Star reporters will highlight exemplar work, grade curriculum highlights, and

school wide growth mindset achievements. Students will be honored within the categories of character education, curriculum, and special areas 3 times a year.

• Meet the Teacher Night, Title 1 Presentation, & PTA Registration (9/24-9/25)• Make Believe Day 10/31/18• PTA Book Fair, 10/9/-10/12• Souper bowl 1/28-2/8• Superhero Day 2/1/19• 5th Grade Graduation TBD• Mother’s Day Plant Sale TBD• Spring Concert TBD• Field Day TBD • PTA Board & Teacher Meeting TBD • PTA Board introduction TBD• PTA Fall Skate Night TBD• PTA Harvest Dance TBD• Holiday Fair TBD• PTA Texas Roadhouse Fundraiser TBD• PTA Board & Teacher Meeting TBD• Winter Concert TBD• PTA Board & Teacher Meeting TBD • PTA Dine to Donate January TBD• PTA Snowflake Dance TBD• ELL Test Preparation Night TBD • Multi- Cultural / Proud of Who I Am/Cultural Awareness week – museum tour and parent invitation for 2 hours • Community Night - This is a community based event for our students and their families to learn about our school

community. In addition, community outreach organization (i.e. Pronto, YMCA, etc.) will be present to assist the community with recreational and family resources that are readily available to them. TBD

• Clothing Mall – this event is organized to help our Southwest families and provided them with gently used clothing. Families and staff come together to help ease the financial strain that can be placed upon our families as our students change and grow. 1/30

Plans for assisting preschool students in the successful transition from early childhood programs to local elementary schools. Southwest host Kindergarten Orientation during the month of May for parents and children entering kindergarten the following

September. Parents can register their child at the school directly and have an opportunity to take a tour of the school. Kindergarten teachers will do a presentation after Pre-K graduation. Kindergarten teachers will also invite Pre-K classes to their room for visits and buddies throughout the end of the school year.

Measures to include teachers in decisions regarding the use of academic assessments. In addition to state assessment results, teachers access current and ongoing assessment data (i.e., Interim Assessments, formative assessments, F & P benchmarking, IReady, CAM, Performance Assessments,) Teachers will use assessment results by forming groups according to levels, using teacher’s assistants and student teachers to work with small groups and/or pull-out services to address needs of the students. Teachers will have common planning time to review and discuss assessment and Common Core practices within their grade level. Pertinent information will be placed in the faculty shared folder for the entire staff. Websites such as Engage NY and the New York State Education Department website will be available to all teacher.

Integrated Service Delivery (ISD) for ENL instruction is provided daily for 90 minutes via three literacy groups based on ability and English language needs for every grade level utilizing ENL teacher, classroom teacher and teacher assistant.

Activities to ensure that students who experience difficulty attaining proficiency receive effective and timely additional assistance. Students who are performing below grade level standards are identified through NYS assessments, Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessments, I- Ready and teacher-student conferring during small group instruction. Our AIS team which includes, classroom teachers, ENL teachers, reading and math consultants and teacher assistants, meets with students daily either one-on-one or in small groups to ensure that we are meeting the needs of those students. Differentiated and modified instruction is being provided. Some targeted students, based on teacher recommendation are also coming in the morning to receive enrichment classes in areas of weaknesses. We educate the whole child so in addition to academic support we utilize our guidance counselor, speech teachers, occupational therapist, physical therapists, and psychologist. to ensure that other issues that may interfere with learning are addressed. Students are serviced in small flexible groups both in class and out of class. Southwest

provided enrichment classes both before and after school for at-risk students. Teachers can also ask their grade level RTI representative for additional help for students who are not meeting grade level expectations.

Coordination and integration of Federal, State, and Local Services and Programs: All major instructional initiatives in our schools are supported through a combination of federal, state and local monies. Some of these instructional initiatives are Title Ifunded and include Read 180, Read About, IReady, System 44, Good Habits Great Readers, Words Their Way, and Fountas & Pinnell.

• AIS instruction provided to students showing growth potential by the Reading and Math Consultant along with the classroom teacher and teacher assistant

• Electronic filing of RTI data on eschool• Saturday Academy STEM enrichment classes academy for parents and students for parents and children• i Ready data analysis training for administrators by Karen Burke• Various PD opportunities for teachers and administrators (i.e. BOCES workshops, Putnam BOCES workshop

on Social studies frameworks). • Before/After School Enrichment for students in ELA, ENL, and Math

The Office of Language Arts is providing professional development to all of the teachers in guided reading, benchmark assessments and Social Studies Frameworks. Math and Reading Consultant focus is to provide support with targeted instructions within a given level. TAs to focus on differentiation of lessons to address student needs.

Social Development and Character Education Southwest SIT is committed to making our students active, productive citizen encouraging them to make positive choices and setting constructive goals to enhance their character and future. This year we have a theme of “Let this year be the year youbring your everyday superhero”. The purpose of this theme is to teach our students about the different kinds of people who live in our close community and board world community. We hope to promote empathy, caring, and acceptance through our events and activities. Some of these programs include:

• SCPD Suffolk county probation department will present workshops to our older students regarding gang awareness and

healthy social decision making. This program is designed to address at-risk youth and give them information to help make better choices as they grow

• Souper-Bowl Event This school year our physical education, art, and music teachers will run a program to help a local food pantry

and soup kitchen in our own backyard. Students and their families will be encouraged to donated canned and non-perishable food to the less fortunate families.

• Pennies for Patients Program Here students will participate in an assembly about other children in their community fighting blood cancers.

They will learn about how we can come together as a community to help support research and treatment for their direct peers. They will learn about ways to help, raise awareness and funds for research and treatment for children in their community.

• Start with Hello PowerPoint 9/24• Motivational growth mindset /persistence speaker

Southwest School-wide Reform Strategies (2018-2019)This year, Southwest elementary will focus on three academic goals in Math, ELA and ENL. Our School Improvement team has looked over last school year’s data, including ELA, Math, and NYSESLAT results. As a team, we decided the main weakness is the writing components of both ELA and Math. We also need to focus on last year’s NYSELAT results. Our goals will continue to focus on retelling and going back in to a text or fact based document to find information.

As per Southwest’s mission statement, the students will achieve success through the use of iReady. We will channel our efforts through Growth Mindset to help our students become productive members of society.

ELA: • Teachers will develop progress monitoring plans to promote at least a one year’s growth using

the Continuum of Literacy.• All teachers grade 1-5 will use iReady data to increase their students in one level within the

program.

• 336/1,134 students are ELLs. Teachers will look at NYSESLAT & NYSITELL results to determine specific goal within each classroom.

• 25% of all NYSESLAT test takers will increase by one level as evaluated by the exam results.

Science • We will start implementing Elevate science • We will start implementing next generation standards through new curriculum implementation

and teacher PD provided by Eileen Welsh school’s math and science coordinator. • Teacher will be able to attend one elevate training within this school year (2018-2019)

Character Education School Wide Curriculum

• Students will be able to show a growth in self-confidence and self-awareness. • Students will see themselves as everyday superheroes. • SIT committee will use our funds to bring in a meditation/growth mindset speaker for the

students

Individual Grade Level Goals:** Please see separate files labeled “Grade Level iReady Goals” for Reading Goals

Kindergarten Objectives Kindergarten Strategies Kindergarten AssessmentsELA: Writing: Write a complete sentence.. Reading: See separate files

• Fall/Spring Writing Sample to increase one level from the fall narrative content.

• Establish a writing workshop in your classroom.

• Provide authentic writing instruction in your classroom.

• Establish a motivating environment in which children are praised and encouraged to blossom as writers.

• Use sight words to build a word wall.

• Let the children use sight words in their sentences on their own.

• Students can do center based activities focusing on identifying sight words.

• Fall/Spring Writing Sample

• Trimester Sight Word Assessment

Math: Recall the addition and subtraction facts to 5.

• Flash card activities with partners and whole class.

• Use number bonds and bar models.

• Use 5 frames and counters

• Use manipulatives to demonstrate addition and subtraction to 5.

• C.A.M Assessment

Grade 1 Objectives Grade 1 Strategies Grade 1 AssessmentsELA:

• Fall/Spring Writing Sample to increase one level from the fall

• See separate files for Reading

• Retell the main idea and give the supporting details of a fiction piece using a graphic organizer i.e. Somebody, Wanted, But, So

• Preview text features of a nonfiction piece in order to discover how the material is organized.

• Scan text for transition words, such as, first, next, however.• For nonfiction utilize a graphic organizer (i.e. a semantic

web) to state the key details to support the main idea.• After a close read, determine textual evidence to assist in

formulating a gist statement.• Good Habits Great Readers• Iready

• Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Reading Level (Fall/Spring)

• Fall/Spring Writing Sample

Math: • Use a variety of both addition and subtraction strategies to

attend to precision and persevere• Create foldables• Weekly sprints on number facts• Flash cards activities with partners and whole class• Use number bonds and bar models• Modules for this standard

• C.A.M Assessment

Grade 2 Objectives Grade 2 Strategies Grade 2 Assessments

ELA: • See separate files

Math: • Students will show

improvement on the CAM test.

• Using Go Math will help the students understand math concepts.

CAM Pretest and Post Test

Writing:• Students will show

improvement on the writing sample.

• Using Celebrations Press will help the students understand writing concepts.

Fall and Spring Writing Sample

Grade 3 Objectives Grade 3 Strategies Grade 3 Assessments

ELA: See separate files

Math: Students will be fluent in multiplication 0-10(3.OA.C.7B)

• Multiplication Games• Fast Math• Skip counting• Drawing models, arrays• Number lines and Bar models

• C.A.M. Fall and Spring Pre & Post Test

Grade 4 Objectives Grade 4 Strategies Grade 4 AssessmentsELA: See separate files

Math:

Students will show growth on their

June Post-test from the baseline

Pretest taken in September.

• Apply strategies taught from GO MATH

• Apply the 8 Practices

• Pre and Post Test (students in highest

band will maintain the level)

• CAMS

• Anecdotal Records

• Formative and Summative Assessments

• Go Math Chapter Assessments & Performance Assessments

Writing:

The students will produce clear

and coherent writing which

incorporates the six traits of

writing and the writing process.

The students will show

improvement on their writing

sample in June when compared to

September Writing sample.

• Applying strategies learned from lesson in

Good Habits, Great Writers Program

• Using the Six traits of Good Writer’s

• Follow and apply the Stages of the Writing

Process

• Quick Writes

• Mini lesson applications

• 3 pieces of writing: Narrative,

opinion and informational, that are

developed in accordance with the

six traits of writing and the writing

process.

• The pre and post Writing Sample.

Grade 5 Objectives Grade 5 Strategies Grade 5 Assessments

MathFifth grade students will show improvement between their CAM pretest and the CAM posttest scores.

Strategies-1Multiplication sprints, Multiplication drills/Multiplication games, small math groups, reteaching in small groups, problem solving

Strategies-2GoMath Program, ThinkCentral Internet site, cooperative group work, replacing “tricky” words with easier to understand words, replacing some math words with math symbols.

CAM Assessments

ELA: See separate files

WritingFifth grade students will show improvement between their fall and spring writing samples.

Strategies - Writer’s Workshop, Constructive Response, four-square writing, hamburger essay writing.

Fall and Spring Writing samples

Additional Information for the Implementation of the Plan

Measures to Include Teachers in Decisions Regarding the Use of Academic Assessments:• During common planning time, teachers review formative and summative assessments to come up with ways to

improve student performances on areas of student strengths and weaknesses

Activities to Ensure that Students Who Experience Difficulty Attaining Proficiency Receive Effective and Timely Additional Assistance:

Southwest uses state assessments, CAM Posttest and teacher recommendation to determine which students will receive Academics Intervention Services. In addition, students are assessed on an individual basis by their teacher who employs level 1 & 3 RtI strategies and data collection. If necessary, teacher attends RtI meetings to receive guidance on how to give additional assistance. 1st and 2nd grade will be assessed through Fountas and Pinnell benchmarks.

Parental Involvement on the School Improvement Team: Representatives from SIT attends every PAC/PTA meeting and a PTA/PAC representative attends the SIT meetings.

Special Education, Bilingual, and ENL must adhere to the set grade level goals created by each grade level subcommittee*. *S.I.T. subcommittees are comprised of all teachers on each grade level, including special education, bilingual, and ENL.

Provide special education classes with additional teacher assistants when possible.Seek assistance on how to add into the school budget additional personnel to work with targeted population on ELA strategies across the curriculum.Continuous professional development utilizing professionals within the school building and District personnel. These conferences can include teachers and teacher assistants.Require that all attending conferences to share at team meetings (common planning time) and faculty meetings.Continue with seeking assistance for the use of new technology, such as display monitors/Aquos Boards/Due to Smart Bond wireless technology will be being implemented 9/18Seek assistance with more frequent coaching of teachers by a literacy liason.Team members will continue to research and observe possible literacy programs that may help our building increase reading proficiency. (i.e. Literacy Collaborate)