Clearbrook Middle School Cardinals

School ACHIEVEment Plan

2010 - 2013

Mike Riley, PrincipalBrandy Day, Assistant PrincipalTrey Davis, Faculty Liaison to the

SAP Leadership Committee Jodie Davis, School Achievement

Plan Coordinator

Clearbrook Middle School Leadership Team

Appreciative Inquiry at Clearbrook Middle

School

Our Students

Our Faculty

Our Community

Clearbrook Middle School

Teachers and administrators are collegial and collaborative with all stakeholders to support high student achievement.

Students are afforded opportunities to exhibit responsible citizenship and become productive members of society.

Provocative Propositions

Accentuate the positiveCreate and nurture a Professional Learning

Communities (PLC)Handle kids with careInvest in our stakeholdersEliminate the negativesValue timeEngage all learners

A.C.H.I.E.V.E. Model

YEAR ONE

Professional Learning CommunitiesVertical and

Horizontal ArticulationAligned lesson plansValid and reliable

assessmentsPedagogical

excellenceReflective practice

Enhancing Teacher Efficacy

Mentoring ProgramEffective pairingsGenerational

workforce

Positive Behavior SupportPBS is a new

approach to student discipline that focuses on prevention , not reaction.

It is a systems change method that promotes positive behavior in students.

Three-tiered systemPrimary Preventive

StrategiesSecondary

Preventive Strategies

Tertiary Preventive Strategies

Differentiated InstructionStaff Development

What Every Teacher Should Know: Instructional Accountability at CMS

Paula Brown, Hampton City Schools

Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement

Teacher-led staff developmentThree-year plan

Attend one year, present the next

Professional Development opportunities

Enhance professional expertise

Involve the entire faculty

YEAR TWO

Response to InterventionIdentify students at

risk for poor learning outcomes

Monitor student progress

Provide evidence-based interventions Tiered instruction Decrease discipline

referrals Increase student

achievement Increase parent

involvement

Adjust the intensity and nature of interventions depending on a student’s responsiveness

Identify students with learning disabilities or other disabilities

Creative Scheduling: social studies department

Time 6th 7th 8th

8:00-8:10 Home Room Home Room Home Room

8:10-9:00 Science LA/Math 7 RTI

9:00-9:50 LA(Grammar) History LA/Pre-A

9:50-10:45 History Science LA/Algebra

10:45-11:35 RTI LA/ Pre-A Science

11:35-12:25 LA (Literature) RTI History

12:25-1:10 Lunch Lunch Lunch

1:15-2:00 Elective Elective Elective

2:00-2:45 Math LA (Literature) LA (Literature)

2:45-2:50 Home Room Home Room Home Room

2:50 Dismissal Dismissal Dismissal

Community Volunteer ProgramEstablish a

“Volunteers for Education” programProvide struggling

students extra help needed to succeed academically

Resource for volunteer tutors

Volunteers need not be current or former educators

Volunteer form

Time commitmentOnce a week, 45

minute sessionsCould be working

one-on-one, in small groups, or in the classroom- where ever the need is greatest

Teachers, guidance counselors and subject specialists provide ongoing assistance

YEAR THREE

Cultural Heritage WeekIn association with

World Heritage DaySponsored by the PTARequest parent

volunteers to speak and share the history of their culture

Recruit community leaders to speak of their culture

Utilize Foreign Exchange Students as available

Lesson plans connected to SOLs in History and Social Studies

Each class sponsors a booth in the week-ending celebration Arts Crafts Games Food

What to Expect When You’re In Middle School“The Mysteries of

Middle School are Revealed!”

Rising 6th graders are hosted by rising 8th graders to learn what they have to look forward to in middle school

Older students get a chance to “shine”

If funds are available, purchase Introduction to Middle School by Sara Davis Powell for each student

Encourage open dialogue with parents/guardians and community stakeholders on matters impacting the school

First Thursday of every month during the school year

Refreshments provided

Principal’s Round Table

Mark TwainClick icon to add picture

“Out of the public

schools grows the greatest of a nation.”