T4S Data and Goals

The Leadership team looked closely at the T4S Spring sweep data. We have committed to raising our Academic Conversations to 70% in the fall. In addition, we want to increase the number of classrooms with students working at a DOK 2 or higher to 85%. To support these goals, we will organize a cohort of teacher experts to help plan and implement professional development, time to collaborate with grade level teams, and substitutes to assist with visiting other classrooms. This information will be brought to the staff at our next staff meeting.

Writing

Here are some sample rubrics teachers at Cleo Gordon are using to support writing instruction with our students.

4th Grade

Second Grade

Kindergarten

Customer Service

The Cleo Gordon staff discussed the Customer Service results at their April 5th staff meeting. Highlights were that there was little discrepancy between the English and Spanish surveys indicating that we are truly servicing all of our families. There was some comment to the ease of dropping off and picking up students. The staff knows this is a concern for many of our parents. The conversation around customer service was a good reminder that the small things make a big difference to many of our families who attend Cleo.



Parent Engagement

We have spent our funds on items to be purchased by students at the Parent Passport Store. Each time a parent is involved on campus, they receive "Parent Pay." The students go shopping with the pay their families earned.

A Family Literacy Night was hosted, and we have purchased materials to help train parents in the 7 habits of the Leader in Me. We are hosting a Parent Appreciation Tea in May and purchased items to give the parents who have supported the school all year long. We are supporting the Family Festival in May by helping fund this event as well.

       

Must Be Present to Win

Cleo Gordon will continue to implement our attendance incentives during the 2016-2017 school year. We will display our weekly attendance by grade level highlighting levels that meet our goal. Morning announcements and weekend messengers will included celebrations of classes and grade levels that meet our goals. Individuals who "Must be Present to Win" will continue to be surprised with daily treats. Classes with 100% attendance for the week will be provided special celebrations. We will continue to host parent forums on the topic of attendance including meeting with TK and K parents before school starts to inform them of the attendance guidelines.

We will also be incorporating a set of letters, from the Count Us In Toolkit, that will go out in August 2016 to our highest attendance offenders from the previous year.  This will allow us to be proactive with those families, and work with them even prior to school starting.

Assessment

The CLEO staff has all participated in training on the implementation of SBAC and have received their TOMS accounts.
Megan attended the Illuminate training on Thursday, April 7th from 8:00-11:00. The Cleo Gordon Assessment Program Manager will attend a training and together, they will start planning how to best utilize Illuminate to create reports for the site to plan future professional development opportunities.

PBIS Next Steps for PSA

The original PBIS plan was for PSA to be in a cohort for the 2016-2017 school year.  However, we are in a "holding pattern," as the availability of resources and support are determined.  J.P. and I met April 6th to determine possible "next steps."  We have developed a plan for steps that can be taken with the staff to "lay the groundwork" in preparation for implementing PBIS, if and when the resources are available.  The PSA team will begin the foundational work prior to the end of the school year.