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District Improvement Plan 2011-2014Strategic Objectives, Initiatives & Projects

Updated August 2012

Strategic Objective 1:Align curriculum and instruction to the new Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks to improve college and career readinessfor all studentsStrategic Initiatives:

Project:Align curriculum to new Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for Mathematics.

Activity Timeline Persons Responsible Status-to-date

Develop new scope and sequence documents alignedto new math framework for all math courses, gradesk-8

Completed by January2012

Elementary math coach and

elementary math committee members,MS math coach and middle schoolmath curriculum committee

Elementary: Completed

Middle School: In process, nearcompletion

Develop course syllabi aligned to new mathframework for all math classes, grades 9-12

Completed bySeptember 2012

HS math department chair and highschool math curriculum committee

High School: In progress

*Implement new scope and sequence guides (gradesk-8) and new course syllabi (grades 9-12) with

fidelity.

September 2012-June2014

Principals and teachers Will begin in September 2012


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Ensure coordinated vertical alignment and articulationof math curriculum

October 2011-December 2012 -June2014

District-wide math vertical alignmentteam

Meetings held between small group ofelementary teachers and middle schoolteachers and between middle schoolteachers and high school teachers in2012.

MS/HS meetings also held throughMMSI Pre-APArticulation team will be expanded forSY13

Fully implement enVision math curriculum in gradesk-5, including new textbooks in grades 4-5

September 2011-Ongoing

Elementary math teachers Completed

Investigate math curriculum materials andinstructional tools (possibly including new textbooks)needed to implement new scope and sequence/syllabiat middle school and high school levels

October 2011-December 2012

Middle school and high school mathcurriculum committees

Review completed in 2012. Led to thepurchase of books for 8th grade andthe high school.Will revisit this issue during spring

2013.

Implement math curriculum materials andinstructional tools (possibly including new textbooks)needed to implement new scope and sequence atmiddle school and high school levels

Implementedprogressively startingSeptember 2012 andfully implemented byJune 2014

Middle school and high school mathcurriculum committees

Will begin in September 2012

Provide professional development for teachers on newmath framework with opportunities for small group

collaboration

Professionaldevelopment days and

selected curriculummeetings during SY12,SY13, and SY14

Superintendent, Title I director, mathcoaches,math department chair

Began in SY12 and will continue inSY13 and SY14.

Send teams of teachers and administrators to relevantDSAC professional development courses

Summers 2012, 2013,2014 (with fall followup meetings)

Superintendent, Title I director,principals

12 teachers trained in July 2012 inaddition to 12 teachers trained in2011.Follow up meetings to occur in 2012.


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Evaluate current intensive math interventions andmake alterations, possibly including computer-basedlearning opportunities, to improve students numbersense skills

Evaluation duringSY12, Implementchanges starting Sept.2012

Administrator of special services Changes to be made at WSMS andWSHS starting September 2012.


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Project: Align curriculum to new Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for English Language Arts and Literacy.

Activity TimelinePersons Responsible Status-to-date

Develop new scope and sequence documents aligned

to new math framework for all ELA courses, gradesk-8

Completed by August

2012

Elementary ELA coach and

elementary ELA committee members,MS ELA coach and middle schoolELA curriculum committee

Elementary: Completed

Middle School: In process, nearcompletion

Develop course syllabi aligned to new ELAframework for all ELA classes, grades 9-12

Completed bySeptember 2012

HS ELA department chair and highschool ELA curriculum committee

High school: in process, nearcompletion

*Implement new scope and sequence guides (gradesk-8) and new course syllabi (grades 9-12) withfidelity.


Principals and teachers Will begin in September 2012

Ensure coordinated vertical alignment and

articulation of ELA curriculum

October 2011-June 2012District-wide ELA vertical alignmentteam

MS/HS meetings also held throughMMSI Pre-APArticulation team will be expanded forSY13

Investigate ELA core curriculum (possibly includingnew teaching series) needed to implement new scopeand sequence at elementary, middle school and highschool levels

October 2011-December2012

Elementary, middle school and highschool ELA curriculum committees

Completed at elementary level andhigh school level.Middle school to begin September2012

Implement ELA core curriculum (possibly includingnew teacher manuals, reading series, and otherlearning materials) needed to implement new scope

and sequence at middle school and high school levels

Implementedprogressively startingSeptember 2012 and

fully implemented byJune 2014


Elementary and high school willimplement starting September 2012.


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Define effective and continuous system oftiered ELA interventions and implement/refineinterventions, with a focus on targeted interventions

Implementedprogressively startingSeptember 2013 andfully implemented byJune 2014


In progress

Evaluate effectiveness of ELA intensiveinterventions and make alterations to improve thislevel of intervention

Evaluation during SY12.Implemented

progressively startingSeptember 2012 andfully implemented byJune 2014

Administrator of special services andELA curriculum committees

In progress; changes being made atmiddle school and high school levelsstarting September 2012.

Provide professional development for teacherson implementing new ELA framework withopportunities for small group collaboration

Professionaldevelopment days andselected curriculummeetings during SY12,SY13, and SY14

Superintendent, Title I Director, ELAcoaches, English department chair

Ongoing; PD planned for fullprofessional development days and 5curriculum meetings for SY13.

Provide professional development on reading andwriting in the content areas for high school andmiddle school content area teachers

Professionaldevelopment days SY12,SY13, SY14, startingwith 35 HS teachers in

SY12

High school administration,superintendent

Ongoing; Teaching PersuasiveWriting class provided to middleschool English teachers; Keys toLiteracy: Comprehension Routineoffered to HS teachers, MMSI Pre-AP

offered to MS and HS teachers

Send teams of teachers to relevant DSACprofessional development courses

Summers 2012, 2013,2014 (with fall follow upmeetings)

Superintendent, Title I director,principals

Ongoing: Six teachers participated inReading Informational Text course inAugust 2012


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Project: Increase percentage of high school students graduating in four years with at least 10 fewer students dropping outeach year and increase the percentage of students completing MassCore.

Activity Timeline Persons ResponsibleStatus-to-date

Determine the curriculum materials, textbooks,and instructional technology needed to helpstudents successfully complete MassCore

SY11-12 High school administration anddepartment chairs

Completed.

Implement curriculum materials, textbooks, andinstructional technology needed to help studentssuccessfully complete MassCore


Implementation of new textbooks(at MS and HS) and instructionaltechnology (at MS) will begin Sept.2012

Determine the planning time and training teachersrequire to help students successfully completeMassCore


Implement the planning time and training teachersrequire to help students successfully completeMassCore


Implement MMSI Pre-AP and MMSI APinstruction at WSMS and WSHS, includingtraining teachers and administrators, creatingvertical alignment teams, and participating in APstudy sessions

Incremental withincreasing numbers ofteachers participatingfrom 2011 to 2014

Middle school and high schooladministrators

Ongoing; over 30 teachers currentlytrained

Implement district-wide drop out prevention taskforce in order to address students needs as early

in their educational career as possible, and createsystemic changes and improvements based uponthe recommendations of the task force

Starting Sept. 2011with regular meetings

through 2014

Superintendent, task force members Regular meetings held during SY12;new services provided to students(such as increased summer outreachand summer program for at-riskstudents)


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Analyze high school drop out prevention datawith high school-based drop out prevention teamand make improvements to drop out preventioninitiatives (e.g., credit recovery, Reconnecting

Youth, etc.) based upon this analysis

Starting Sept. 2011with regular meetingsthrough 2014

Superintendent, high schooladministrators, high school drop out

prevention committee

Regular meetings held during SY12;new services provided to students(such as increased summer outreachand summer program for at-riskstudents)

Implement 21st Century Skills Academy, a newinnovation school, in collaboration with the LowerPioneer Valley Education Collaborative andevaluate effectiveness on ongoing basis

Starting September2011 and ongoingthrough 2014

Superintendent, LPVEC executivedirector, high school administrator,guidance counselor, and 21st CSA

program director

Implemented; Significant increase inenrollement for SY13.


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Strategic Objective 2:Foster knowledge-driven schools where teachers and administrators engage in self-reflection and collaboratively analyze

data to improve instruction on an ongoing basisStrategic Initiatives:

Project: Improve understanding and application of quantitative and qualitative data and utilize data analysis to improve

instruction.


Data on student achievement and/or student growthdisplayed in every school building

September2011-Ongoing

Superintendent, principals,department chairs

Implemented and ongoing

Professional learning communities established ineach elementary school to examine student work and

data to improve instruction

September2011-Ongoing

Superintendent, principals Implemented and ongoing.

*Training on analyzing data as part of theprofessional learning community process offered toteachers and administrators across the district

October 2012-June 2014

Superintendent, principals, selectedteachers

Will begin in October 2012.

*Implement Web-based student assessment dataprogram to be used for benchmark assessmentsin grades k-10 and common mid-term and finalassessments in grades 9-10.

September2012-June 2014

Superintendent, academic coachesand department heads

Data teams meet in each school to analyzeschool-wide data and develop plans for learningwalkthroughs

Quarterly eachschool year,2011-2014

PrincipalsImplemented and ongoing.

Conduct two learning walkthroughs (minimum) ineach school

Twice per year,2011-2014

Principals, data team Implemented and ongoing.


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*Train up to 25 new teachers on the learningwalkthrough process so they can join learningwalkthrough teams across the district

Fall 2012, Fall2013, Fall 2014

Superintendent, principals, selectedteachers

Administrators engage in professional learning

communities with each other to analyze student dataand student work samples

Monthly, 2011-

2014

Superintendent, Title I director,

administrator of special services andprincipals


Project: Implement new statewide educator evaluation framework.


Evaluation Implementation Working Group meets to:

Review new regulations

Develop communication plan to updateteachers on new system

Investigate and potentially select onlineresource for system implementation

Create plan for implementing new systemafter collective bargaining

Develop professional development plan

Assess implementation of plan and suggest

alterations, as necessary

September 2011-June 2013

Superintendent and EvaluationImplementation WorkingGroup

Completed

Enter collective bargaining to develop new teacherevaluation system

October 2011-May2012

WSEA and School Committee Completed

Provide professional development on new system August 2012 Superintendent Implemented and ongoing.Training began in spring 2012and will continue in fall 2012.


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*Develop resources (such as recommended videos,templates, and articles) to support teachers withimplementation of new educator evaluation system

September 2012-June 2014

Superintendent, principals

*Provide professional development to teachers on

high priority instructional strategies included in neweducator evaluation system

September 2012-

June 2014

Superintendent, principals

Strategic Objective 3Promote 21st century collaboration, communication, and problem solving skills between and among parents,administrators, teachers, and students to improve learning


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Strategic Initiatives:

Project: Strengthen climate, conditions, and school culture using results from surveys for decision making and change.

Activity Timeline Persons Responsible Status-to-date

Principals and WSEA building representatives meet bi-annually to discuss priorities and problem solve school-

based issues

September2011 to June

2014

Principals, WSEA buildingrepresentatives


Request teachers to complete MA TeLLs survey Fall 2011 Superintendent, principals, WSEAleaders

Completed when survey becameavailable in 2012

School-based planning teams (including administrator(s)and WSEA building representatives) review results and

plan goals and benchmarks for improvement

Winter 2012 Principals, WSEA buildingrepresentatives

To begin in fall 2012 becauseresults were not provided to thedistrict until spring 2012.

School-based planning teams review progress towardsgoals and benchmarks and make alterations to plans

Fall 2012 andSpring 2013

Principals, WSEA buildingrepresentatives

Will occur in spring 2013.

Request teachers to complete follow up school climatesurvey

Fall 2013 Superintendent, principals

School-based planning teams review results and reviseplans, including goals and benchmarks

Winter 2014 Principals, WSEA buildingrepresentatives

Project: Increase teachers and administrators utilization of 21st century technologies that promote collaboration and

learning.


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Provide optional after school training for teachers ontechnology-related skills

School year 2011-2012 and ongoing

as needed

Education technology coordinator,instructional networkadministrator


Develop site-based plans for specific applications oftechnologies that support collaboration and learning (such asGoogle docs, Buzzword, VoiceThread, WikiSpaces, etc.)


through 2014

Principals, teachers Ongoing

Convene regular meetings of district-wide Inovation inTeaching and Collaboration team (formerly the TechnologyTeam) to make ongoing recommendations to improveutilization of 21st century technologies


through 2014

Education technology coordinator,instructional networkadministrator,superintendent


Implement SuccessMaker in special education learningcenter classrooms in each elementary school in order

to expand computer-aided instruction for students withdisabilities

Fall 2011 Administrator of special services Implemented and ongling

Continue to develop plans for new high school that includerelevant and up-to-date technologies for teaching andlearning

Ongoing through2014

Superintendent, acting assistantsuperintendent, high school

principal, Planning andConstruction Committee

Ongoing; model classroom to becreated in current high school by thestart of SY13.

Project: Continue implementation of bullying prevention and intervention plan.


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Convene regular meetings of district-widebully prevention task force to make ongoingrecommendations to improve bullying prevention

and intervention plan

School year 2011-2012and ongoing through

2014

Superintendent, bullyingprevention task force


Provide professional development on bullyingprevention techniques to staff members as needed

School year 2011-2012and ongoing through

2014

Bullying prevention professionaldevelopment team


Implement student-led anti-bullying program atsecondary level


High school administration

Analyze data from bullying incident reports andmake recommendations for improving supports andservices

Ongoing 2011-2014 withregular updates to school

committee

Superintendent Implemented and ongoing

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