2005-2006

School Site Plan
For
C. K. McClatchy
 
 
School Plan 2005-2006
Checklist for NCLB Compliance/Plan Completion
 

Check P those that apply: ¨ Schoolwide Title 1       ¨  Targeted Assistance Title I       ¨   Program Improvement: Year___

Just For The Kids
Best Practice Framework
 

MAJOR THEMES DISTRICT SCHOOL CLASSROOM Local Influences, Relationships, Communication      
What is Taught and  Learned

CURRICULUM

AND ACADEMIC GOALS

Define and Unpack Specific Academic Objectives by Grade and Subject Focus School Plan on Explicit Improvement of Performance on Academic Objectives Ensure Teaching Content is based on Specified Academic Objectives Resource Allocation    
Organizational  Knowledge  
Core Beliefs about  Teaching and Learning
Selecting/Developing People

STAFF SELECTIONS AND CAPACITY BUILDING

Provide Strong Instructional Leaders, HQ Teachers, and Aligned PD Select, Develop, And Allocate Staff Based on Student Learning Collaborate in Grade/Subject Level Teams Focused on Student Work
The Right “Stuff”-Time and Tools

INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS, PRACTICES AND ARRANGEMENTS

Provide Scientifically Based, Evidence-Based Instructional Programs Ensure the Use of Scientifically Based, Evidence-Based Programs, Practices and Arrangements in Every Classroom Use Scientifically Base, Evidence-Based Programs, Practices, and Arrangements
Knowing the Numbers

COMPILATION, ANALYSIS, AND USE OF DATA

Develop Student Assessment and Data Monitoring Systems:  Monitor School Performance Monitor Teacher Performance and Student Learning Monitor Student Learning
Assuring ALL Children Learn

RECOGNITION, INTERVENTION, AND ADJUSTMENT

Recognize, Intervene, or Adjust Based on School Performance Recognize, Intervene, or Adjust Based on Teacher and Student Performance Recognize, Intervene, or Adjust Based on Student Performance
Focus Area:  English Language Arts

Reading, Writing and English Language Development

School Wide Needs Assessment

 
Finding (Evidence) Data Source Possible Reason for Finding Need Based on Finding
  • 22.3 % of African American, 25.4 % of Hispanic, and 5.0 % of English Learners scored at a level of Prof. or above on the 2004 CST  ELA
  • CST 2004 
  • CAHSEE 2004
  • AYP 2004
  • SASI
  • Standards-based instruction in some classrooms may be limited or not universally implemented
  • There is a need for students and staff to internalize grade level standards
  • An achievement gap of  49.2% exists among White (81%) and African American (31.8%) student populations scoring at “Proficient”  in 2004 AYP ELA
 
  • There may be limited home-school communication with students and families with different cultures and/or language backgrounds
  • There is a need to continue working with our parent advisors and have staff available to communicate with non-English speaking parents
  • There is a need for teachers to increase communication with families on lack of achievement towards standards
  • 73.4% of English Language Learners were deemed not proficient in 2004 AYP ELA
 
  • Faculty, staff, and administration may not be using the results of data to guide decisions and actions
  • There is a need to foster a data-driven culture school wide
  • There is a need for teachers to be provided data and trained on how to interpret the findings
  • 68.2% of African American

    and 62.7% of Hispanic students were deemed not proficient in 2004 AYP ELA

 
  • Teacher expectations for engagement and student work may be too low
  • There is a need for teachers to raise expectations for student engagement and student work
  • There is a need to provide teachers with structured engagement strategy training
  • An achievement gap of 22% exists between African American and White students in passing the CAHSEE ELA
 
  • Student progress may not be monitored by teachers and support staff appropriately throughout the school year to provide timely feedback and opportunity for improvement
  • There is a need for teachers to provide timely and constructive feedback to allow students the opportunity to improve
  • An achievement gap of 20% exists between Hispanic students and White students in passing the CAHSEE ELA
 
  • Assessments school wide for a given content area may be lacking in consistency in areas such as level of difficulty, grading, and alignment to the State Content Standards.
  • There is a need to have consistent assessment school wide across a content area.
  • There is a need to be consistent in the manner in which student work is evaluated across content areas
  • There is a need for common finals and grading rubrics
  • An achievement gap of 48% exists between English Learners and White students in passing the CAHSEE ELA
 
  • Classrooms vary in the amount of effective vocabulary and writing instruction
  • There is a need for all classes to provide strong language and vocabulary instruction for all students
  • An achievement gap of 44.9 % exists between African American and White students scoring Proficient or above on the 2004 CST ELA
 
  • Students are under-prepared to achieve grade-level content standards
  • There is a need to provide targeted interventions to support students’ mastery of content standards
  • 33.5 % of  McClatchy students tested scored Below Basic or Far Below Basic on 2004 CST ELA
 
  • Staff may not be familiar with techniques to scaffold instruction to meet the different academic needs of all students
  • There is a need to provide staff development and training in cultural proficiency, awareness and understanding
  • There is a need to provide staff development that builds teachers’ toolkit of resources to teach to different learning modalities
  • 48 % of Hispanic students scored Below Basic or Far Below Basic on 2004 CST ELA
 
  • Instructional strategies and lesson design may not address the various learning modalities of all students
  • There is a need to provide ongoing staff development in the areas of structured lesson design to include activities that target multiple intelligences
  • 51% of African American students scored Below Basic or Far Below Basic on the 2004 CST ELA
 
  • Some classrooms may not utilize instructional time efficiently
  • There is a need for a school-wide culture of daily continuous learning.
  • 68% of English Language Learners scored Below Basic or Far Below Basic on the 2004 CST ELA
 
  • Classroom instructional time may be interrupted by organizational and behavioral issues
  • There is a need to limit interruptions to instructional time
  • There is a need to train teachers on positive classroom management strategies
  • There is a need to provide support and interventions for students with behavioral problems
  • 14% of ELL 12th grade students are UC/CSU eligible 2004-2005
 
  • Inadequate time spent during CPT to articulate instructional strategies and to discuss needs of individual students
  • There is a need for Teacher Leaders to allot substantial time for instructional planning and student reviews
  • 1% of ELL students scored at the Adv/Prof levels in ELA in 2004 vs. 26% English only.
 
  • Administrators may not provide sufficient instructional feedback on classroom visits
  • There is a need for administrators to increase the amount of instructional feedback for teachers
  • There is a need for administrators to provide “Just-In-Time-Strategy” trainings for teachers based on data collected from instructional visits
   
  • There may be inadequate academic counseling support for some students
  • There is a need for all faculty and staff to provide students equal access to information regarding academics, college and career opportunities
   
  • Classrooms vary in the variety of strategies used to support English Learners and under prepared students
  • There is a need to train teachers on differentiated instruction and vocabulary development strategies
   
  • All students may not be receiving instruction that is rigorous, relevant, and standards driven.
  • There is a need to provide all students with rigorous, relevant, and standards-driven instruction
   
  • Some students feel stigmatized by their placement and perceived “labels”
  • There is a need for teachers to ensure rigorous, standards-based instruction that ensures all students can achieve grade-level material
   
  • English Learners come with varying learning needs
  • There is a need to ensure Master Schedule maximizes support to EL
  • There is a need to appropriately place EL students
  • There is a need to increase supportive services for the varying needs of EL
   
  • It takes up to five years for ELL to catch up with curricular requirements and language proficiency
  • There is a need to maximize support, motivation, monitoring academic progress of ELL students
   
  • Faculty and staff may need to participate in more professional development opportunities to more effectively meet the needs of school’s diverse population
  • There is a need for ongoing training and professional development activities including conferences and workshops that help teachers meet the needs of diverse learners
   
  • There may be inadequate supplemental programs targeting underperforming groups
  • There is a need to continue to support targeted interventions for underperforming groups
   
  • All stakeholders may not be assuming collective responsibility for student achievement
  • There is a need for a strong collective responsibility for student achievement
  • There is a need for increased collaboration between the home, school, and community sectors.
   
  • Increased parent involvement may be needed to improve student achievement
  • There is a need to increase parent involvement to improve student achievement
   
  • Student attendance issues may impede learning
  • There is a need to increase interventions for students with attendance issues
   
  • Some students may benefit by smaller and more personalized learning environment
  • There is a need to further develop our SLC’s to better provide our students with smaller, more personalized learning environments.
   
  • Some students may benefit by additional support services and safety nets (Novanet Program)
  • There is an ongoing need to provide students support services and safety nets  (Novanet Program)
  • There is a need for faculty and staff to identify students in need of support services and safety nets
   
  • Students of some ethnic minorities may not be enrolling in upper level courses
  • There is a need for increased representation of ethnic minority students in upper lever courses
   
  • Not all staff may feel ownership of the action plan in the School Site Plan
  • There is a need for all staff to have ownership of the action plan outlined in the School Site Plan
   
  • There may be insufficient support staff to provide timely performance data to teachers and administrators
  • There is a need to hire an office technician, one clerical staff, and a part time computer technician as support staff
   
  • Students may not have access to help from resource teachers
  • There is a need to hire a bilingual resource teacher
   
  • Students are scheduled into the wrong classes
  • There is a need to hire additional support staff and counselors to assist in scheduling students into the correct ELA and math classes
   
  • There may be insufficient text books and staff to manage the book room
  • There is a need to hire a bookroom clerk
   
  • There may be insufficient counselors to give students academic advise, especially for our ELD students
  • There is a need to hire more counselors
   
  • ELL, Hispanic, and African American students are not programmed into support classes
  • ELL, Hispanic, and African American students need special support classes during the day and after school
   
  • Insufficient staff and resource teacher to teach classes and support students in testing, programming, and academic advice.
  • There is a need to hire additional teachers and resource teachers to better teach and support students
   
  • Possible lack of supplementary instructional and supply materials for teachers to teach and duplication needs of teachers
  • There is a need to ensure adequate supplemental materials and supplies for teachers and to meet duplication needs
   
  • There may be insufficient staff to coordinate SLC needs
  • Need to have a coordinator such as a School Improvement Facilitator to oversee SLC needs
   
  • Students may benefit by additional remediation to help in passing the English portion of the CAHSEE
There is a need to implement an ELA remediation program to assist students in passing the CAHSEE
  • Library collection contains 8.2 books/student- National Average is 22 books per student
  • CDE Online School Library Survey Results
   
  • Average age of non-fiction library books is 1990 copywrite
  • CDE Online School Library Survey Results
  • Library may need additional instructional materials or equipment to support core instruction
  • There is a need to purchase current and up-to-date library resources in a variety of formats and to provide library support services
  • Library periodical Collection contains 26 titles- 50 recommended
  • Standards and Guidelines for Strong School Libraries
  • Library may need additional new, up-to-date materials to reflect current information.
  • There is a need to purchase print and non-print materials to support core instruction in the library
  • Library has 6 online databases- 20 recommended
  • Standards and Guidelines for Strong School Libraries
   
  • Technology Resource Center can accommodate only 22 students- space and equipment for 35 students and teachers needed
  • Class size data
  • Students may need 1 to 1 computer access in TRC with teacher supervision and direct instruction when preparing reports and presentations
  • There is a need to expand the TRC to provide room enough to accommodate students and equipment for a class of 35 students and 1 teacher.
  • 74% of  Core Subject teachers have met NCLB “Highly Qualified Teacher” certification
  • 82% of paraprofessionals have met NCLB Qualifications
  • District HQT Data
  • Teacher and aides may not have met the NCLB requirements
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  • District NCLB Paraprofessional data
   

 

 
 

Focus Area:  English Language Arts

Reading, Writing and English Language Development

Academic and Curriculum Goals

 
Academic Goals
Schoolwide Achievement Goals

(Reading, Writing, ELD)

  • Meeting AYP: An increase of 5% of our students, schoolwide, will move into the proficient and advanced levels in English Language Arts, as measured by the California Standards Test between 2004 to Spring 2006 (i.e. positive movement from 53.6% to 58.6%).
  • NCLB Teacher and Paraprofessional Qualifications:
    • 100% of teachers in core academic subjects will be certified as a NCLB Highly Qualified Teacher by June 2006.
    • 100 % of paraprofessionals will meet NCLB qualifications by June 2006.
 
  •  
 
  • At least 5% of all students will demonstrate an increase in academic achievement within their individual proficiency levels, as measured by the California Standards Test by Spring 2006
 
  • All students will demonstrate an improvement in writing strategies based on samples taken from their step-up-to-writing curriculum by spring, 2006.
Closing the Achievement Gap Goals

(Subgroups)

  • Meeting AYP: 24.4% of all significant subgroups will be at proficient and advanced levels in English Language Arts, as measured by the California Standards Test by Spring 2006.
  • At least 5% of all students within significant subgroups will demonstrate an increase in academic achievement within their individual proficiency levels, as measured by the California Standards Test by Spring 2006
 
  • Narrow the achievement gap at the proficient and advanced levels in ELA between African American/Hispanic students and White/Asian students by 5% as measured by the California Standards Test by Spring 2006
 
  • All students within the significant subgroups will demonstrate academic gains as evidenced by teacher tests by Spring of 2006.
 
  • All students within the significant subgroups will demonstrate an improvement in writing strategies based on samples taken from their Step Up to Writing Curriculum by Spring 2006
Curriculum Goals
Implementation Goals
  • At least 90% of students will access materials in the school library as a means toward addressing the ELA standards for literature response and analysis, and reading and responding to a wide variety of children’s literature, as shown by circulation statistics.
 
  • 80% of teachers will demonstrate expertise in the motivational framework in their classrooms and apply and connect it to the core curriculum as evidenced by SP data, lesson plans, meeting agendas, and administrator observations.
 
  • All components of the ELA curriculum will be fully implemented in each classroom based on evidence gathered through curriculum schedules, lesson plans, and principal observations. These components include: Holt Standards, Standards Plus, Visions, and Step Up to Writing.
 
  • 80 % of 9th/10th grade teachers will implement Standards Plus in the classrooms as evidenced by lesson plans and administrator observations.

 

Focus Area:  Mathematics

School Wide Needs Assessment

 
Finding (Evidence) Data Source Possible Reason for Finding Need Based on Finding
  • An achievement gap of  41.8 % exists among White (67.9 %) and African American (26.1 %) student populations scoring at “Proficient”  in 2004 AYP total math:
  • AYP 2004
  • CAHSEE
  • CST 2004
  • (District HQT Data)
  • (District NCLB Paraprofessional data)
  • Students may not possess effective study skills, and may not be able to do homework after school
  • There is a need to provide books for students to utilize at home
  • There is a need for all teachers to incorporate study skills into their instruction
  • 73.9 % of African American students were deemed not proficient in 2004 AYP Math
 
  • Faculty and staff may need to participate in additional professional development opportunities to more effectively meet the needs of school’s diverse population
  • Teachers and aides may not have adequate training to meet NCLB requirements and meet the needs of all learners
  • There is a need for ongoing training and professional development activities including conferences and workshops that help teachers meet the needs of diverse learners
  • 5.9 % of African American, 8.2 % of Hispanic, and 8.0 % of English Learners scored at a level of Proficient or above on the 2004 CST total Math
 
  • There may be limited home-school communication with students and families with different cultures and/or language backgrounds
  • There is a need to continue working with our parent advisors and have staff available to communicate with non-English speaking parents
  • There is a need for teachers to increase communication with families on lack of achievement towards standards
  • An achievement gap of 19.6 % exists between African American and White students scoring Proficient or above on the 2004 CST total math.
 
  • Increased parent involvement may be needed to improve student achievement and homework completion
  • There is a need to increase parent involvement to improve student achievement and to monitor homework completion
  • 75 % of  McClatchy Algebra I students tested scored Below Basic or Far Below Basic on 2004 CST
 
  • Administrators may not provide sufficient instructional feedback on classroom visits
  • There is a need for administrators to increase the amount of instructional feedback for teachers
  • There is a need for administrators to provide “Just-In-Time-Strategy” trainings for teachers based on data collected from instructional visits
  • 84 % of Hispanic Algebra I students scored Below Basic or Far Below Basic on 2004 CST
 
  • Students are under-prepared to achieve grade-level content standards
  • There is a need to provide targeted interventions to support students’ mastery of content standards
  • There is a need to implement requirements for students to achieve mastery of grade-level content before advancing to the next grade.
  • Students scoring BB or FBB on 2004 CST Algebra I

All Students       75%

Asian                 66%

White                 61%

Hispanic            84%

African Amer.   79%

English Learner  80%

 
  • Instructional strategies and lesson design may not address the various learning modalities of all students
  • There is a need to provide ongoing staff development in the areas of structured lesson design to include activities that target multiple learning styles
  • Students scoring BB or FBB on 2004 CST Geometry

All Students        37%

African Amer.    36%

Asian                  42%

White                  27%

Hispanic             44%

English Learner  66%

 
  • Some students feel stigmatized by their placement and perceived “labels”
  • There is a need for teachers to ensure rigorous, standards-based instruction that ensures all students can achieve grade-level material
  • Students scoring BB or FBB on 2004 CST Algebra II

All Students        30%

Asian                  25%

White                  28%

Hispanic             25%

African Amer.      69%

English Learner    45%

 
  • Classroom instructional time may be interrupted by organizational and behavioral issues
  • There may be a lack of articulation with feeder middle school teachers.
  • There is a need to limit interruptions to instructional time
  • There is a need to train teachers on positive classroom management strategies
  • Develop ongoing articulation with middle school teachers
  • 14% of ELL 12th grade students are UC/CSU eligible 2004-2005
 
  • Student attendance issues may impede learning
  • There is a need to increase interventions for students with attendance issues
  • 1% of ELL students scored at the Adv/Prof levels in ELA in 2004 vs. 26% English only.
 
  • Limited specific supplemental programs targeting underperforming groups
  • There is a need to continue to support targeted interventions for underperforming groups
Grade Level
  • 74% of  Core Subject teachers have met NCLB “Highly Qualified Teacher” certification
 
  • Student behavior issues may impede learning
  • There is a need to provide support and interventions for students with behavioral problems
  • 82% of  paraprofessionals have met NCLB Qualifications
 
  • Not sufficient staff to coordinate SLC needs
  • Need to have a coordinator such as a School Improvement Facilitator to oversee SLC needs
   
  • Resources for academic counseling support may be inequitably distributed among student populations.
  • There is a need for all faculty and staff to provide students equal access to information regarding academics, college and career opportunities
   
  • Students may benefit by additional remediation to help in passing the math portion of the CAHSEE
  • There is a need to implement a math remediation program to assist students in passing the CAHSEE
  • There is a need to increase educational opportunities for students in 0/7 periods.
   
  • There may be insufficient support staff to provide timely performance data to teachers and administrators
  • There is a need to hire an office technician, one clerical staff, and a part time computer technician as support staff
   
  • Students do not have access to help from resource teachers
  • There is a need to hire a bilingual resource teacher
   
  • Students are scheduled into the wrong classes
  • There is a need to hire additional support staff and counselors to assist in scheduling students into the correct ELA and math classes
   
  • There may be insufficient text books and staff to manage the book room
  • There is a need to hire a bookroom clerk
   
  • Some students may benefit by smaller and more personalized learning environment
  • There is a need to further develop our SLC’s to better provide our students with smaller, more personalized learning environments.
   
  • Some students may benefit by additional support services and safety nets
  • There is an ongoing need to provide students support services and safety nets
  • There is a need for faculty and staff to identify students in need of support services and safety nets
   
  • Some students may not be receiving curriculum that facilitate entering the “world of work” and post-secondary education.
  • There is a need to continue to develop student pathways to the “world of work” and post secondary education
   
  • All students may not be receiving instruction that is rigorous, relevant, and standards driven.
  • There is a need to provide all students with rigorous, relevant, and standards-driven instruction
   
  • Some classrooms may not utilize instructional time efficiently
  • There is a need for a school-wide culture of daily continuous learning.
   
  • All stakeholders including administration, faculty, staff, students  parents and the public and private sector may not be assuming collective responsibility for student achievement
  • There is a need for a strong collective responsibility for student achievement
  • There is a need for increased collaboration between the home, school, and community sectors.
   
  • Not all staff may feel ownership of the action plan in the School Site Plan
  • There is a need for all staff to have ownership of the action plan outlined in the School Site Plan
   
  • Faculty, staff, and administration may not be using the results of data to guide decisions and actions
  • There is a need to foster a data-driven culture school wide
   
  • Not all instruction may be aligned to State Content Standards
  • There is a need to ensure that instruction is aligned to the State Content Standards
   
  • Assessments school wide for a given content area may be lacking in consistency in areas such as level of difficulty, grading, and alignment to the State Content Standards.
  • There is a need to have consistent assessment school wide across a content area.
  • There is a need for common finals and grading rubrics
   
  • not enough students of some ethnic minority are enrolling in upper level courses
  • There is a need for increased representation of ethnic minority students in upper lever courses
   
  • Insufficient counselors to give students academic advise, especially for our ELD students
  • There is a need to hire more counselors
   
  • ELL, Hispanic, and African American students are not programmed into support classes
  • ELL, Hispanic, and African American students need special support classes during the day and after school
   
  • Insufficient staff and resource teacher to teach classes and support students in testing, programming, and academic advice.
  • There is a need to hire additional teachers and resource teachers to better teach and support students
   
  • Possible lack of supplementary instructional and supply materials for teachers to teach and duplication needs of teachers
  • There is a need to ensure adequate supplemental materials and supplies for teachers and to meet duplication needs
Focus Area:  Mathematics

Academic and Curriculum Goals

Academic Goals
Schoolwide Achievement Goals
  • Meeting AYP: 26.5 of the students, schoolwide, will be at proficient and advanced levels in Mathematics, as measured by the California Standards Test by Spring 2005.
 
  • NCLB Teacher and Paraprofessional Qualifications:
    • 100% of teachers in core academic subjects will be certified as an NCLB Highly Qualified Teacher by June 2006.
    • 100 % of paraprofessionals will meet NCLB qualifications by June 2006.
 
  • At least 25% of all students will demonstrate an increase in academic achievement within their individual proficiency levels, as measured by the California Standards Test, by Spring 2006
Closing the Achievement Gap Goals

(Subgroups)

  • Meeting AYP: 26.5 of all significant subgroups will be at proficient and advanced levels in mathematics, as measured by the California Standards Test by Spring 2005.
  • At least 5 % of all students within the significant subgroups will demonstrate an increase in academic achievement within their individual proficiency levels, as measured by the California Standards Test, by Spring 2006
 
  • Narrow the achievement gap at the proficient and advanced levels in total mathematics between African American/Hispanic students and White/Asian students by 5 % as measured by the California Standards Test by Spring 2006
 
  • All students within the significant subgroups will demonstrate academic gains as evidenced by teacher tests by Spring of 2006
Curriculum Goals
Implementation Goals
  • All components of the Mathematics curriculum will be fully implemented in each classroom based on evidence gathered through curriculum schedules, lesson plans, and principal observations.  These components would include: department adopted benchmark tests and lessons.
 
  • Implement and teach a standards Based Curriculum in all math subjects
 
  • Integrate “Standards Plus” as a supplementary curriculum in Algebra I

 
 

 
 

 
 

 

Focus Area:  School Climate

Parent Engagement, Family Support and Learning Environment

Goals

 
Goals
Schoolwide Goals
  • Increase to 500 the number of parents involved with campus activities
 
  • Increase school safety
 
  • Students feels connected to their campus and Small Learning Community
 
  • 60% of students participate in extracurricular activities
 
  • More students access school support services
 
  • Parents will be educated/aware of opportunities to support their students education
 
  • Each SLC will have an active Parent Booster Group
Closing the Achievement Gap Goals

(Subgroups)

  • Increase parent participation and involvement from all ethnic groups
 
  •  
Focus Area:  School Climate

Interventions
School Wide Needs Assessment

Finding (Evidence) Data Source Possible Reason for Finding Need Based on Finding
Mental Health             YTD 156 students have received 12,560 minutes of counseling with School Counseling and Social Work Interns through Healthy Start
  • Village Project Services Summary of Interventions through Healthy Start Program
  • Students in need of mental health services utilize many hours of services each year
  • Many of the hours utilized are spent in identification of need.
  • Create and communicate a more efficient and thorough student referral process
YTD 75 students have been referred through County Access for long-term intensive mental health services through CKM on-site community partner Catholic Healthcare West (CHW).
  • Access referral service records in Healthy Start.
  • CKM students are facing multiple internal and external stressors, which limit coping skills, affect mood and interfere with academic achievement.
  • Create better access to long-term, intensive mental health services
YTD 30 students have received intensive mental health services through CHW,
  • CHW mental health service records in Healthy Start.
  • The acute mental health symptoms CKM students qualified for CHW services on or off site experience impede their ability to fully participate in their learning.
  • Increase access to funding for mental health services.
YTD 142 students have received mental health related intervention services from School Nurse (i.e. date rape, self-harm, homelessness
  • School Nurse Medi-Cal records-in sheets
  • The degree of trauma CKM students who experience these events adversely impacts school attendance and academic achievement.
  • Create better  access to long-term, intensive mental health services. 
YTD 9 students have been referred for inpatient mental health services
  • Referral summaries through Healthy Start
  • Students requiring intensive mental health services require specialized services and long term monitoring.
  • Increase coordination with Special Education services

 

 
Focus Area:  School Climate

Interventions

School Wide Needs Assessment

Finding

(Evidence)

Data Source Possible Reason for Finding Need Based on Finding
Academic Support (Health related)

YTD 575 students rec’d Hearing Screenings, 34 students referred for add’l follow up.  11 of the 34 seen by physicians, 2 with resulting surgery.

 
 
 
  • School Nurse referral records and screening records
 
 
 
  • There may be a lack of knowledge of hearing loss related to environmental factors (i.e. loud music, headphones) and inadequate medical care,
 
 
 
  • There is a need to continue to maintain access to ongoing hearing screening based on current Federal mandates.
  • YTD 32 students have been tested for TB for ROP placement
  • School Nurse records
  • There may be insufficient funding and access for screening services
  • There is a need to secure continued access to funding for serum and needles
  • YTD 496 students received vision screening, 35 identified as needing glasses/corrective measures, 10 vouchers issued for eye exams and glasses.
  • School Nurse referral and screening records.
  • There may be inadequate access to ophthalmic services
  • There may be insufficient support staff to coordinate the delivery of health services.
  • There is a need to secure continued access to ongoing screening and increased availability to funding for vision services.
  • There is an ongoing need to fund a full-time Nurse
  • YTD 8 pregnant students serviced in collaboration w/ Sacto. Pub. Health Dept .
  • School Nurse referral and service records
  • Pregnant students in need of pre-natal care and support to remain in school and prevent subsequent pregnancies.
  • Continued to deliver abstinence education and ongoing access to appropriate medical care.
  • YTD 3 students have attended orientation at Charles Jones Skills Center for Medical Assisting training.
  • School Nurse referral records
  • Students in need of alternative post-graduation job training access community-based programs. 
  • Expand collaboration with local technical and vocational training programs. 
Focus Area:  School Climate

Interventions

School Wide Needs Assessment

 
Finding (Evidence) Data Source Possible Reason for Finding Need Based on Finding
Academic Support

(Health related)

  • YTD 5 students have been identified as diabetic
  • YTD, 8 students have been identified as having seizure disorders.
 
 
 
  • School Nurse referral records and screening records
 
 
 
  • Lack of knowledge of  the need for ongoing care for chronic conditions and inadequate medical care,
 
 
 
  • Secure continued access to on-sited care for chronic illnesses. 
380 students received Sexual Harassment Prevention training
  • Student pre-and post test records
  • Students at CKM are in need of additional and consistent training in the area of sexual harassment and hostile school environment
  • Staff at CKM may be in need of additional consistent training in how to identify and prevent harassment and bullying
  • There is a need to provide students ongoing and accessible training and increased awareness of appropriate conduct.
  • There is a need to provide staff additional staff development in identifying and preventing harassment and bullying
YTD, 8 students have been identified as in need of sports physicals.
  • School Nurse records
  • Lack of funding and access for screening services
  • Secure continued access to on-site screening for participation in sports
 
Focus Area:  School Climate

Interventions

School Wide Needs Assessment

 
Finding (Evidence) Data Source Possible Reason for Finding Need Based on Finding
Academic Support 
 
  • YTD 174 student have received 30,560 minutes of academic support  services through Healthy Start
 
 
 
  • Village Project Services Summary of Interventions through Healthy Start Program
 
 
 
  • Students in need of academic support services utilize many hours of services each year
  • Many of the hours utilized are spent in identification of need
  • Insufficient support staff to coordinate academic, family, and mental health services
 
 
 
  • Develop and implement a student referral process more integrated with learning and classroom management
  • Full-time Healthy Start Coordinator
  • YTD 26 students have participated in Violence Prevention Training and mentored 32  5th/6th grade students at Bret Harte Elementary School through People Reaching Out (PRO)
  • PRO service records and Independent Study class records.
  • Students in need of consistent, ongoing tutoring school involvement services utilize many hours of services each year

 
 
 
 
 

  • Develop and implement more integrated and systematic system of referral
  • YTD 87 students have participated in after-school tutoring services through Youth Works
  • Youth Works Service records provided to Healthy Start
  • Students in need of consistent, ongoing tutoring school involvement services utilize many hours of services each year
  • Develop and implement a more efficient and integrated system of referral for tutoring and academic support.
  • YTD 43 students have been referred for SST services, 28 have participated in SST meetings.
  • Healthy Start SST service records.
  • Students and families in need of specialized services access SST services often and could benefit from intervention services early in the school year.
  • Develop and implement an expanded system of referrals for SST’s to identify student support need earlier.
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  • YTD 4 students have been referred for services related to 504 accommodation plans.
  • Healthy Start records and Nurse records
  • Students and families in need of academic accommodations access 504 services
  • Develop and implement a streamlined, organized referral system for 504 accommodation plan requests.
Focus Area:  School Climate

Interventions
Goals

Goals
Schoolwide Goals
  • Reduce the amount of lost class time due to unmet mental health, medical and family support needs.
 
  • Reduce the number of school days missed due to mental health, medical, family and social issues
 
  • Develop and communicate a school-wide student support referral system that integrates and includes classroom management behavioral intervention strategies. 
 
  • Increase access to post-high school graduate technical and vocational education training programs.

 
 

  • Develop and clearly articulate the progressive intervention process to all stakeholders.

 
 

  • Improve academic support for underachieving students

 
 

  • Reduce student drop out rate at CKM by 5%.
Closing the Achievement Gap Goals

(Subgroups)

  • Based on test scores, grades, attendance and other measures, close the academic achievement gap for students served by 5%. 

 

Focus Area:  School Climate

Attendance

School Wide Needs Assessment

 
Finding (Evidence) Data Source Possible Reason for Finding Need Based on Finding
  • Over 1000 letters are sent each year to CKM students who have 18 unexcused period absences
  • SASI
  • Students, with absentee problems, do not feel it is important to come to school
  • We need to consistently contact parents via phone, letters, and e-mail
  • Approximately 600 CKM students fail to attend at least one of their classes each day
  • SASI
  • Parents are unaware that their children are not attending
  • We need to engage students, especially Latino and African-Americans, in classroom activities
  • A disproportionate number of Latino and African-American students are classified as truant since they are 38.8% of CKM students and receive 58.5%  attendance third letters
  • SASI
  • Some staff members are not placing enough emphasis on the value of attending their classes
  • Limited communication of absentee problems between some teachers and home
  • African-American and Latino students did not experience academic success at school
  • We need to build class participation into student grades
  • We need to continue and expand teacher/staff monitoring of at-risk student’s attendance.
  • Attendance Data for 2004-2005:
 
  • African-American and Latino students may feel disenfranchised and therefore become unengaged
  • We need to expand/continue SLC staff and faculty monitoring of student attendance.
Total students who received 3rd letter =557 (24.7% of 2257)

Total African American who received 3rd letter =45 (18.4% of 245}

Total Hispanic who received 3rd letter =253 (40.1% of 630}

SASI
  • Lack of personnel to contact parents

 
 
 
 

  • We need to focus on contact to African-American and Latino families
  • We need to hire additional part or full time Community Liaison Worker and Outreach worker
  • There is a need to have support staff to work with students and parents on attendance issues

 
 
 

Focus Area:  Climate

Attendance

Goals

 
Academic Goals
Schoolwide Attendance Goals
  • To raise attendance from 95+ percent to 96+ percent - based on SASI attendance data.
  • To bring Latino and African-American attendance rates  closer to that of all CKM students – based on number of attendance letters sent
 
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Closing the Achievement Gap Goals

(Subgroups)

  • To raise attendance of Hispanic and African Americans by at least 5%
 
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Focus Area:  School Climate

Discipline
School Wide Needs Assessment

Finding (Evidence) Data Source Possible Reason for Finding Need Based on Finding
  • In a partial year 1,821 behavior referrals were made to administration

469 referrals – 25.7% for disruptive behavior

432 referrals – 24.7% for defiance

628 referrals – 34.4% for tardiness

123 referrals – 6.7% for misc.  violations

59 referrals – 3.2% for truancy

53 referrals – 2.9% for profanity

18 referrals - .91% for students off campus

11 referrals –6% for attendance issues

28 referrals – 1.5% for other infractions

  • Survey of student behavior files
  • Current classroom management strategies are not effective for those students who exhibit behavior problems
  • Administrative interventions are not successful for those students receiving behavior referrals
  • There is no screening process for student behavior needs
  • A streamlined process does not exist for students to receive interventions outside the classroom
  • There is a need for a comprehensive early diagnosis process for student behavior issues to reduce repeat referrals
  • There is a need to reduce the number of behavior referrals made to administration by 50%
  • There is a need for teachers who write referrals to utilize more effective behavior management strategies
  • There is a need for teachers who send behavior referrals to be aware of the variety of resources available
  • There is a need for a streamlined behavior referral process to bring interventions to the students
  • There is a need for behavior management interventions to be implemented in the Small Learning Communities prior to administrative referral
  • There is a need to continue to monitor the school environment with campus monitors
  • YTD 276 of the 698 students (39.5%) assignments to  Saturday school have attended
  • Saturday school log
  • Parents are not supportive of Saturday school assignments
  • Saturday school is not effective behavior management tool for the majority of students assigned
  • Consequences for not attending Saturday school are not a deterrent for failure to attend
  • There is a need for implementation of a comprehensive screening process prior to behavior interventions

 
 

 
 

 

Focus Area:  School Climate

Discipline

School Wide Needs Assessment

Finding (Evidence) Data Source Possible Reason for Finding Need Based on Finding
  • YTD students have missed 1202 school days due to suspension
  • SCUSD Office f Assessment, Research and Evaluation report: violations by school, sex and ethnicity
  • Interventions which help manage student behaviors are not effective for those students receiving suspensions
  • There is a need to reduce number of student suspensions by 10%
  • YTD the cumulative rate of suspension of African American students is 33.7%
  • Current enrollment of African American students is 10.9% of the student population
  • SCUSD Office f Assessment, Research and Evaluation report: violations by school, sex and ethnicity
  • African American students may be suspended at a disproportionately high rate
  • There is a need to reduce suspension rate of African American students by 22.8%
  • YTD students have served 2.768 hours of in-house suspension
  • In-house suspension log
  • Students are assigned in-house suspension in lieu of interventions which are more directly aligned with student needs
  • There is a need to reduce by 50% the number of hours of in-house suspension
  • There is a need to implement a comprehensive screening process prior to behavior interventions
Focus Area:  School Climate

Discipline

Goals
Schoolwide Goals
  • All teachers will use a variety of early classroom intervention strategies to increase student engagement and behavior responsibilities
 
  • All teachers will participate in student behavior review teams within their Small Learning Communities
 
  • Teachers will reduce the number of administrative behavior referrals by 50%
 
  • Reduce student suspensions by 10%
 
  • Reduce suspension of African American students by 22.8% - the proportional differential between the percentage of African American student population and suspension rate.

 

 

School Action Plan

Instructional Programs, Practices & Arrangements

The Right “Stuff”—Time and Tools

English Language Arts
Focus Area Actions to Support Goals Timeline Evidence of Success
Schoolwide

Actions

  • Provide access to up-to-date relevant library books and resources.
Sept – June Ongoing
  • 100% of students are borrowing materials from the school library on a regular basis.
 
  • All teachers will provide a content standards based instructional program with high academic expectations for students
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Literacy rate improved in core subject areas as teachers teach according to standards
 
  • Teachers will learn and apply differentiated instruction to meet the different learning modalities needs of students
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Observable teacher actions, improved student performance on CST
 
  • Teachers will apply structured engagement, active participation teaching strategies.
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Observable active participation and student engagement activities in the classroom
 
  • Each LA teacher will plan and implement a vocabulary program and receive training and curriculum support for it.
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Observable teacher actions, improved student performance on CST
 
  • Teachers will raise student expectations by using higher level questioning techniques under Bloom’s taxonomy.
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Observable teacher actions, improved student performance on CST
 
  • Create standards based common finals and rubrics and align assessments to the curriculum
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Common finals and rubrics will be on file in the main office
 
  • Teacher must utilize instructional time fully, and teacher will learn to develop lesson plans that promote bell-to-bell teaching.
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Observable teacher planning and delivering lessons based on the 8-step model and Bloom’s taxonomy
 
  • Teachers will maximize the amount of time in which they provide direct instruction for their students
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Observable teacher action
 
  • 9th grade ELA will use the lessons from the “Standards Plus” binders.
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Teachers using “Standards Plus” lesson plan in the classroom
 
  • All ELA teachers will provide timely and constructive feedback on students tests, papers, homework, projects, etc.
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Results of student surveys
 
  • Teachers will learn and apply positive classroom management strategies
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Positive classroom management will result in fewer behavioral referrals
 
  • All administrators, teachers, counselors, and support staff will take an active role to reduce student absenteeism by calling home and counseling students
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Student absenteeism declines by at least 10%
 
  • Teachers will use progressive discipline strategy as part of classroom management
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Progressive discipline strategies will result in fewer behavioral referrals
 
  • Hire additional support staff that includes an office technician, clerical staff, and a part-time computer technician
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Support staff will meet the instructional needs of the teacher
 
  • Hire a bilingual resource teacher
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Improved test scores on the CELDT test
 
  • Hire support staff and counselor to schedule students in the proper ELA and math classes
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Students are placed by counselors in classes that meet graduation requirements
 
  • Hire a bookroom clerk
Sept – June Ongoing
  • An organized book room with high accountability of students on books lost
 
  • Will purchase additional textbooks as needed
Sept – June Ongoing
  • All students have sufficient text books
 
  • Will hire more counselors
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Counselors provide counseling that leads to increased student success academically and emotionally
 
  • Will implement special support classes to serve EL, Hispanic, and African American students
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Scores on the CST will reflect a narrowing of the “achievement gap”
 
  • Will hire additional teachers and resource teachers to teach and support students
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Additional assistance for students will decrease the teacher to student ratio and result in improved academic achievement
 
  • Will purchase additional supplemental instructional materials and supplies for teachers and provide for duplication needs
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Instructional needs of teachers will be met
 
  • Will have a coordinator to oversee the needs of SLC’s such as a School Improvement Facilitator
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Well organized program of small learning communities coordinated by School Improvement Facilitator
 
  • Will implement CAHSEE remediation program
Sept – June Ongoing
  • More students passing the CAHSEE
 
  • Provide access to up-to-date relevant library books and resources
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Students are borrowing from the school library on a regular basis, Athena circulation reports, annual reports
 
  • The library book to student ratio will be increased to 20 – 1 where currently the collection has a ratio of 8.2 books per student
Sept – June Ongoing
  • New books are added to the collection on a regular basis
 
  • Technology in the library will be updated and increased to support instruction
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Students are accessing the on-line subscription databases and periodical resources on a regular- sign-in logs, reports, lesson plans, observations, inventory
Closing the Achievement Gap Actions

(Subgroups)

  • EL students will be placed appropriately in ELD classes.
Sept – June Ongoing
  • EL students receiving instruction at the appropriate level and as a result achieve good grades
 
  • An adequate number of EL classes with staffing reserved will be reflected in the master schedule.
Sept – June Ongoing
  • EL students receiving adequate instruction to meet individual students’ needs and as a result achieve good grades
 
  • Tutorial services for EL students after school will be in place at least 3 times a week
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Tutorial services log shows students who received services improve in their course grades
 
  • Attendance caller will focus on African American, Hispanic, and S.E. Asian students notifying parents of absences.
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Attendance improves for African American, Hispanic, and S. E. Asian students
 
  • Continue Novanet Program for students who scored below the proficiency level in math, English, and other content areas
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Students in NovaNet score will in the Basic Achievement Skills Inventory (BASI)

 

School Action Plan

Instructional Programs, Practices & Arrangements

The Right “Stuff”—Time and Tools

Mathematics
Focus Area Actions to Support Goals Timeline Evidence of Success
Schoolwide Actions
  • Math teachers will provide rigorous standards based instruction to insure students achieve grade-level competency in math
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Increased number of students passing the math benchmarks tests as a result of standards based instruction
 
  • Every student will receive a textbook in his/her math class
Sept, Oct
  • All students will receive a textbook
 
  • All math teachers will increase communication with parents on the academic status of the students via phone calls, e-mail, parent meetings, letters etc.
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Improved attendance and passing rate for students in math courses
 
  • Teachers will implement targeted interventions in their lesson to support students’ mastery of content standards
Sept – June Ongoing
  • The failing rate in math classes declines as a result of targeted instruction and reteaching by teachers using “Standards Plus” lessons
 
  • Algebra teachers will use lessons from “Standards Plus” binder to address student needs
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Improved focus on state content standards will result in improved student scores on CST
 
  • Teachers will learn to apply positive classroom management strategies
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Students have positive learning attitude with positive management and progressive discipline
 
  • Teachers will use progressive discipline strategies of part of their classroom management
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Students have positive learning attitude with positive management and progressive discipline
 
  • A math Support class will be added and students who failed algebra previously will have it as a second math class
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Improved passing rate on Algebra End of Course Exam and CAHSEE
 
  • Hire additional support staff that includes an office technician, clerical staff, and a part-time computer technician
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Clerical and technical staff provide timely information to teachers on testing and other data and as a result student absentee and tardy rate decline
 
  • Hire a bilingual resource teacher
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Improved student test scores on CELDT test
 
  • Hire support staff and counselor to schedule students in the proper math classes
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Students are placed by counselors in classes that meet graduation requirements
 
  • Hire a bookroom clerk
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Have an organized bookroom with high accountability of students on books lost
 
  • Will purchase additional textbooks as needed
Sept – June Ongoing
  • All students will be provided textbook
 
  • Will hire more counselors
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Counselors provide counseling that leads to increased student success academically and emotionally
 
  • Will hire additional teachers and resource teachers to teach and support students
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Additional staffing will allow support math classes to be implemented and will in math students passing their end of course exams and CAHSEE
 
  • Will purchase additional supplemental instructional materials and supplies for teachers and provide for duplication needs
Sept – June Ongoing
  • With sufficient instructional materials, teachers are using various instructional strategies to differentiate instruction
 
  • Will have a coordinator to oversee the needs of SLC’s such as a School Improvement Facilitator
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Well organized program of small learning communities coordinated by School Improvement Facilitator and expanded services to students in field trips, speakers, etc.
 
  • Will implement CAHSEE remediation program
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Improved passing rate of students on the CAHSEE
Closing the Achievement Gap Actions   (Subgroups)
  • Teachers will pull out data by ethnicity and study those numbers on ELL, Hispanic, and African American student performance
Oct - Nov
  • Greater teacher awareness of school’s achievement gap will result in greater focus on instruction
  • Teacher will design and apply targeted instruction to meet the needs of ELL , Hispanic, and African American students
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Teachers using data will plan lessons that meet needs of students in various ethnic groups
 
  • Will implement special support classes to serve EL, Hispanic, and African American students
Sept – June Ongoing
  • Additional assistance for students will result in improved academic achievement

 

School Action Plan

Recognition, Intervention & Adjustments

Assuring All Children Can Learn

 
Focus Area Actions to Support Goals Timeline Evidence of Success
Refining, and Adjusting First Teaching
  • Continue after school tutorial programs like youth works for ELA and math tutoring
Sept – June

Ongoing

  • As a result of tutoring, student improve their course grades
 
  • Continue the use of Americorp tutors in the classrooms for targeted students
Sept – June

Ongoing

  • Increased personal attention for students results in improvements in academic achievement
 
  • Interruptions of instructional time will be kept at a minimum
Sept – June

Ongoing

  • Maximizing instructional time with limited instruction results in student academic improvement
 
  • Develop common finals and rubrics for Geometry, Algebra II
Sept – June

Ongoing

  • Common rubrics and finals improve evenness and testing accountability
 
  • Provide “Standards Plus” binders to all Algebra I teachers
Sept, Oct
  • Increased focus on State Content Standards results in improved scores on the CST
Interventions
  • Teacher will make timely phone calls to parents on non-achieving students academic status and to engage and involve parents as our educational partners
Sept – June

Ongoing

  • Parents are informed and are able to contact teachers directly which resulted in improved communication
 
  • Continue to have bilingual parent advisors (Spanish, Hmong) on campus to help communicate and help non-English speaking students and parents
Sept – June

Ongoing

  • Bilingual parents are more active at school
 
  • Every effort will be made to limit interruptions to instructional time such as PA announcements and pulling teachers out for parent conferences during class time.
Sept – June

Ongoing

  • Maximizing instructional time with limited instruction results in student academic improvement
 
  • Students with severe behavioral problems will be removed from the teacher’s class and school in a timely manner
Sept – June

Ongoing

  • Improved teaching/learning atmosphere when students displaying chronic behavioral problems are removed
 
  • Counselors will provide equal opportunity and access to students seeking academic, college, and career information via classroom visits, career/scholarship information meeting, workshops for students, etc.
Sept – June

Ongoing

  • Students will experience a smooth transition from high school to college/career
 
  • Identify Below Basic and Far Below Basic incoming 8th grade students and develop an ILP for them at an early stage
Sept – June

Ongoing

  • Under the guidance of a counselor, each student has an ILP in the counselor’s office
 
  • Identify success proven programs to support ELA students
Sept – June

Ongoing

  • Continued improvement on CST and CAHSEE scores
 
  • Continue to work with parent advisors to improve communication with non-English speaking parents
Sept - June
  • Bilingual parents are informed
 
  • All administrators, teachers, counselors, and support staff will take an active role to reduce student absenteeism by calling home and counseling students.
Sept - June
  • Improved student attendance as all school personnel made contact with home regarding truant students
Recognition
  • Identify students in the advance level in the Renaissance Achievement Program
Sept – June

Ongoing

  • Successful Renaissance Program with students being honored
 
  • Students who achieve in Math will be honored at the Renaissance Assembly (recommendations by Math teacher)
Fall/Spring
  • Successful Renaissance Program with students being honored

 

School Action Plan

Monitoring, Compilation, Analysis, and Use of Data

Knowing the Numbers

Focus Area Actions to Support Goals Timeline Evidence of Success
Use of Data to Inform Teaching & Learning
  • Use of end of course exams, department common finals for ELA classes and math benchmark tests to assess student achievement and re-teaching needs
Sept – Oct Ongoing
  • Provide valid assessment across the ELA/math curriculum as a result of common assessments and rubrics used
 
  • Teacher will use re-writing strategy to improve student writing skills, especially in term paper assignments
Sept – Oct Ongoing
  • Improved writing as evidenced in grades received on research papers and other writing assignments
 
  • Student data on CST and CAHSEE will be provided for teachers by administration, SIF, and lead teachers
Sept – Oct Ongoing
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  • Provide Data interpretation workshop for teachers
Sept – Oct Ongoing
  • Teachers are in-serviced with knowledge of how to interpret data and are thereby better equipped to use data to drive instruction to meet students’ needs
 
  • Hold department meetings to go over student failure rate to address the issues of student failure in Algebra I and Geometry classes
Sept – Oct Ongoing
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  • Teachers will receive CST Data from lead teachers and review those data for planning instruction.
Sept – Oct Ongoing
  • Teachers provided data to reference when planning instruction and as a result students receive targeted instruction and help
Monitoring Teaching
  • Clear articulation between administrators and teachers on teaching expectations and visitation schedule.
Sept – Oct Ongoing
  • Teachers receive clear expectations and received valid post observation conference information and as a result teachers are able to grow in their instruction
 
  • As part of monitoring, administrators will build in post-observation time with teachers to discuss student achievement, especially the students that are in Below Basic and Far Below Basic
Sept – Oct Ongoing
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  • Administration will have teachers keep a writing samples of student work for review and for WASC visitation next year
Sept – Oct Ongoing
  • All ELA teachers have an evidence box filled with student writing samples for future WASC use
 
  • Administration will make more walk-throughs and classroom observation
Sept – Oct Ongoing
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  • Administration will provide clear expectations to teachers on instruction and frequency of walkthroughs and observation schedule
Sept – Oct Ongoing
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  • Administration will refer or provide “Just in Time Strategy” trainings for teachers based on data collected from instructional visits
Sept – Oct Ongoing
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School Action Plan

Leadership and Capacity Building

Developing People

 
Focus Area Actions to Support Goals Timeline Evidence of Success
Professional Development
  • Enroll teachers in cultural proficiency workshops
Sept – Oct Ongoing
  • Students find instruction more relevant and achieve better
 
  • Search for consultants that can provide and train teachers in differentiated instruction
Summer 05
  • Teachers apply differentiated instruction with cultural knowledge resulting in students who learn more effectively and earn better grades
 
  • Provide training to teachers on data interpretation, use of SASI system to obtain student information, test scores, etc.
Sept – Oct Ongoing
  • Teachers are well in-serviced  on how to access data and are better prepared to provide data driven instruction
 
  • In-services on standards based instruction with a review of ELA focus standards will be provided
Sept – Oct Ongoing
  • Teachers are well in-serviced and students benefit with improved test scores
 
  • Provide continuous staff development on instructional strategies and differentiated instruction to math teachers
Sept – Oct Ongoing
  • Teachers apply differentiated instruction to better meet the diverse needs of students who then are able to learn more effectively and earn better grades
 
  • Provide continuous staff development on structured lesson design such as the 8 step lesson plan and  writing objectives
Sept – Oct Ongoing
  • Consistent teaching across core subjects and improved student achievement
Teacher Articulation/

Collaboration

  • In department meeting, teacher will share successful instructional strategies, classroom management strategies, and instructional materials
Sept – Oct Ongoing
  • Teachers collaborate by exchanging lessons, strategies, tests, etc. which resulted in better instruction and learning
 
  • Teacher will exchange and review student work
Sept – Oct Ongoing
  • Improved consistency in teaching  and assessment across content area results in more even teaching and improved student achievement
 
  • Department meetings and CPT will be used for teachers to meet and review data, plan instructional, share strategies on instruction and classroom management, standards plus lessons, benchmark tests, etc.
Sept – Oct Ongoing
  • Department meetings provide planning time for teachers which resulted in focused and targeted curriculum planning that helps instruction and learning
Strategies to Recruit & Retain Highly Qualified Teachers
  • While the Sacramento City Teacher’s Association contract prohibits schools from recruiting and hiring teachers, the district Human Resource Departments is taking steps to recruit and ensure that teachers placed in Title I schools are Highly Qualified.
  • Beginning teachers will be provided support through the New Teacher Induction Support program
Sept – Oct Ongoing
  • Securing highly qualified teachers throughout the school and maintaining a high rate of retention of new teachers
School Action Plan

School Climate

Parent Engagement, Family Support, Learning Environment, Interventions, Attendance, and Discipline

Focus Area Actions to Support Goals Timeline Evidence of Success
Parent Engagement
  • Each SLC will create Parent Booster Club
  • Each SLC devises contact plan
  • Use of ConnectEd to inform and invite parents to school events

 
 

Sept – Oct Ongoing
  • Monthly or Quarterly SLC parent meeting, phone logs, sign-in sheets for school events
Learning Environment
  • Continue/Expand SPIRIT Program/MVP
  • Create in-service for teachers on support and interventions available on campus
  • SLC’s devote 1-2 CPT to discussing specific students who are struggling
  • SLC’s will use data from student questionnaires to address students
Sept – Oct Ongoing
  • 90% of students indicate they feel safe on campus
  • Each SLC has intervention plan for supporting struggling students and actively uses interventions
  • Counseling services accessed by more students as indicates by student survey
Student Engagement
  • Each SLC hosts 9th grade summer bridge for incoming students
  • Each SLC has student advisory boards that meet once a month
  • Expand Club Rush to include Summer Bridge
Sept – Oct Ongoing
  • 80% attendance at Summer Bridge
  • Sign-in sheets at Advisory Meetings
  • SLC District Survey indicates 60% participation
Interventions
  • Through collaboration with school Discipline Committee, and in cooperation with classroom teachers, identify specific and early classroom interventions strategies.
9/05 and on-going
  • Summary of intervention for classroom teachers, plan for initial interventions, and plan for progressive student discipline
 
  • Develop tracking system for initial student referrals
9/05 and on-going
  • School-wide student intervention tracking referral system
 
  • Create and coordinate staff development program to educate staff on student support delivery strategies
9/05
  • Two staff development sessions for new and returning staff
 
  • In coordination with school Attendance Office and the Student Outreach Worker, early identification of students with attendance challenges
10/05
  • Collaborative system of referrals for SART and SARB resulting in a 50% increase in SARB attendance interventions and a measurable increase in student attendance
 
  • Develop additional partnerships with mental health treatment providers to deliver services to families who are not Medi-Cal eligible
12/05
  • Additional mental health partnerships on campus
 
  • Identify gaps in medical coverages for purposes of ongoing referral services
12/05
  • Enroll identified students in Healthy Families or Medi-Cal services
 
  • Identify community resources for students identified with vision or hearing deficits
03/06
  • Deliver services to students in need of vision or hearing assistance
 
  • Collaborate with Kaiser Permanente Hospitals to deliver abstinence training
02/06
  • Kaiser will deliver two hour assembly to incoming freshmen
 
  • Identify and create a teacher pool for home/hospital teaching
10/05
  • List of current and retired teachers available for home hospital teaching
 
  • Develop system to make available independent study (i.e. NovaNet)
10/05
  • Referral process for students needing independent study through Home/Hospital
 
  • Coordinate/Deliver training for staff and students on harassment prevention
10/05
  • Sign-in sheets of staff development and increased feeling of student safety on student surveys
 
  • Coordinate and hold a substance abuse related student forum at C. K. McClatchy
04/06
  • During 24-hour relay, ongoing presentations from community on substance use and abuse
 
  • Coordinate and hold a school-wide student career fair
02/06
  • During CAHSEE testing, ongoing career related activities and information
 
  • Coordinate with CSUS Social Work and School Counseling Interns with delivery of sexual harassment prevention training for incoming freshmen
10/05
  • Series of classroom presentations on sexual harassment
Attendance
  • Hire a Community Liaison Worker to call parents on a daily basis
9/05 – 6/06
  • Hire the Community Liaison Worker
 
  • Hire a Student Outreach Worker to monitor student attendance via phone and email and to hold SART and SARB meetings
9/05 – 6/06
  • Hiring the Student Outreach Worker
 
  • Provide in-service opportunities for teachers to hone their skills in conducting parent conferences with parents from all ethnic and economic backgrounds
9/05 – 6/06
  • Research and provide to teachers a list of opportunities
 
  • Bring outside resources such as the Moral Values Program and 100 Black Men onto campus to meet with students on a regularly scheduled basis
9/05 – 6/06
  • Schedule of dates and record of outreach meetings held
 
  • Pay special attention to engage Latino and African American students in classroom activities
Sept-June
  • CST and CAHSEE results will reflect a narrowing of the achievement gap
 
  • Teachers will build classroom participation into students grades
Sept-June
  • Students will become more actively engaged in the lessons and show increased academic achievement
 
  • SLC leaders will schedule discussions in their bi-weekly meetings among teachers in order to establish an SLC –wide grading policy which will incorporate attendance as a factor in academic grade
9/05 - 6/06
  • Increased attendance
 
  • All staff will be assigned two students each to monitor attendance
9/05 - 6/06
  • Increased attendance by these students
Discipline
  • Form a school-wide discipline committee to set and monitor guidelines of the discipline process
Sept 2005
  • Administration will publish guidelines for implementation of the discipline process
 
  • Develop a comprehensive, progressive, administrative review and intervention process for student academic, social, behavior, health, mental, health, and family support needs.
Sept 2005
  • Student needs will be diagnosed and addressed upon initial administrative referral
 
  • Each Small Learning Community will form a student intervention team to diagnose student needs, apply early interventions and behavior consequences, and make administrative referrals.
Oct2005
  • Student will receive early interventions in the classroom
  • Teachers will meet with parents prior to administrative referral
 
  • Enroll teachers who submit a disproportionate number of behavior referrals in classroom management workshops
9/05 – 3/06
  • Teachers will demonstrate effective management techniques during classroom observations
  • Data will show a 50% decrease in administrative referrals
 
  • Allocate and schedule time for teachers to peer –observe effective behavior management techniques
9/05 – 3/06
  • Teachers will exhibit effective classroom management techniques during classroom observations

 Progress Toward Federal Accountability Levels

Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
Comparison of District to School, Schoolwide and Subgroups, 2003 to 2004
 
 

 
 

Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) 
 
 

Mathematics # Tested

2004

# Proficient 2004 % Proficient 2004   # Tested

2003

# Proficient 2003 % Proficient 2003
District /All Students 32,088 11,532 38.2      
African American 6,935 1,366 21.8      
American Indian or Alaska Native 471 146 32.8      
Asian 6,957 3,511 51.8      
Hispanic or Latino 9,606 2,539 28.2      
White (not of Hispanic origin) 7,154 3,610 53      
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged 23,151 6,714 30.6      
English Learner 11,732 3,757 33.6      
Students with Disabilities 3,975 514 13.4      
   
School /All Students 603 305 52.4 621 263 44.7
African American 73 17 26.1 78 16 22.2
American Indian or Alaska Native 7 N/A 0 15 5 35.7
Asian 165 107 66 168 80 48.8
Hispanic or Latino 188 66 36.2   162 36 23.7
White (not of Hispanic origin) 157 104 67.9   189 121 67.6
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged 319 116 37.4   269 59 23.5
English Learner 190 71 38.7   192 63 33.3
Students with Disabilities 50 1 2.1   47 2 4.7

 Progress Toward State Accountability Levels

Academic Performance Index (API)
Comparison of District to School, Schoolwide and Subgroups, 2003 to 2004
  

Academic Performance Index (API) 

A*  At or Above 800 
 
California Standards Test 2004

Language Arts

Percent and Number of Students (#) at Each Performance Level

Comparison of All Students to Subgroups 

All Students Proficiency Level 9th 10th 11th total
Enrolled 655 589 529 1,726
Number Tested 624 570 512 1,706
Advanced 20 % 124 21 % 120 17 % 87    
Proficient 21 % 131 20 % 114 25% 128    
Basic 23 % 143 24 % 137 30 % 153    
Below Basic 21 % 131 19 % 108 14 % 71    
Far Below Basic 15 % 94 16 % 91 15 % 76    
African American Proficiency Level 9th 10th 11th total
Number Tested 95 67 52 216
Proficient & Above 20 % 19 18 % 12 27 % 14 20 % 45
Asian Proficiency Level 9th 10th 11th total
Number Tested 152 164 150 468
Proficient & Above 42 % 71 38 % 62 39 % 59 41 % 192
Hispanic-Latino Proficiency Level 9th 10th 11th total
Number Tested 195 174 117 495
Proficient & Above 26 % 50 28 % 49 19 % 22 24 % 121
White Proficiency Level 9th 10th 11th total
Number Tested 162 146 169 483
Proficient & Above 68 % 110 69 % 100 64 % 108 66 % 318

LANGUAGE ARTS 

Socio- economically Disadvantaged Proficiency Level 9th 10th 11th total
Number Tested 311 285 202 809
Proficient & Above 25 % 78 22 % 63 18 % 36 22 % 177
English Language Learners Proficiency Level 9th 10th 11th total
Number Tested 137 122 100 358
Proficient & Above 7 % 10 5 % 6 2 % 2 5 % 18
Students

with

Disabilities

Proficiency Level 9th 10th 11th total
Number Tested 46 39 28 120
Proficient & Above 0 % 0 3 % 1 0 % 0 0 % 1

 MATHEMATICS 

Socio-

economically Disadvantaged

Proficiency Level 9th 10th 11th total
Number Tested 231 161 73 465
Proficient & Above 4 % 9 4 % 6 4 % 3    
English Language Learners Proficiency Level 9th 10th 11th total
Number Tested 120 80 39 239
Proficient & Above 3 % 4 6 % 5 3 % 1    
Students

with

Disabilities

Proficiency Level 9th 10th 11th total
Number Tested 15 12 12 39
Proficient & Above 0 % 0 8 % 1 0 0    

California Standards Test 2004

MATHEMATICS

Percent and Number of Students (#) at Each Performance Level
Comparison of All Students to Subgroups
 

All Students Proficiency Level 9th 10th 11th total
enrolled 655 585 529 1,726
Number Tested 399 246 127 772
Advanced 0 % 0 0 % 0 0 % 0    
Proficient 4 % 16 4 % 10 5 % 6    
Basic 20 % 79 20 % 49 27 % 34    
Below Basic 58 % 231 55 % 135 44 % 56    
Far Below Basic 18 % 72 21 % 52 24 % 30    
African American Proficiency Level 9th 10th 11th total
Number Tested 66 40 21 127
Proficient & Above 2 % 1 3 % 1 10 % 2    
Asian Proficiency Level 9th 10th 11th total
Number Tested 82 50 23 155
Proficient & Above 7 % 6 8 % 40 9 % 2    
Hispanic Latino Proficiency Level 9th 10th 11th total
Number Tested 155 102 49 306
Proficient & Above 1 % 2 4 % 4 2 % 1    
White Proficiency Level 9th 10th 11th total
Number Tested 81 47 26 154
Proficient & Above 10 % 8 4 % 2 4 % 1    
C. K. McClatchy High 2003-2004 School Year Suspensions
Count of Students by Ethnicity and by Grade
For the month of June
                                     
Ethnicity Number of Students by Grade Gender Total Number of Student Susp Total Percent of Students Suspended Total Population Total Percent of Population Total Number of Incidents Total Percent of Incidents Total Number of Instructional Days Missed Total Percent of Instructional Days Missed Average Number of Incidents Per Student Range of Number of Incidents by Student Number of Students with 4 or more Incidents
9 10 11 12 Female Male Minimum Maximum
American Indian/Alaskan Native 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 37 1.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
Asian/Pacific Islander 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 11.1 632 28.8 1 11.1 3 9.1 1.0 1 1 0
African American 2 1 1 0 3 1 4 44.4 271 12.3 4 44.4 13 39.4 1.0 1 1 0
Hispanic 2 1 1 0 3 1 4 44.4 634 28.9 4 44.4 17 51.5 1.0 1 1 0
White 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 623 28.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
June Totals* 5 2 2 0 7 2 9 100.0 2,197 100.0 9 100.0 33 100.0 1.0 0 1 0
September - June Cumulative Total                            
Ethnicity Number of Students by Grade Gender Total Number of Students Susp Total Percent of Students Suspended Total Population Total Percent of Population Total Number of Incidents Total Percent of Incidents Total Number of Instructional Days Missed Total Percent of Instructional Days Missed Average Number of Incidents Per Student Range of Number of Incidents by Student Number of Students with 4 or more Incidents
9 10 11 12 Female Male Minimum Maximum
American Indian/Alaskan Native 5 3 3 0 3 8 11 3.6 37 1.7 18 3.8 62 4.4 1.6 1 5 1
Asian/Pacific Islander 16 10 9 7 10 32 42 13.6 632 28.8 56 11.9 176 12.5 1.3 1 4 1
African American 41 15 18 9 34 49 83 26.9 271 12.3 152 32.3 415 29.5 1.8 1 8 8
Hispanic 55 30 21 18 37 87 124 40.3 634 28.9 192 40.8 589 41.8 1.5 1 6 5
White 16 13 9 10 12 36 48 15.6 623 28.4 53 11.3 166 11.8 1.1 1 2 0
Total (Cumulative)* 133 71 60 44 96 212 308 100.0 2,197 100.0 471 100.0 1,408 100.0 1.5 1 8 15
 
ATTENDANCE 03-04
  9th grade 10th grade 11th grade 12th grade M F ALL
All Students 644 575 531 470     2220
1st LETTER             246      11%
2nd LETTER             193      9%
3rd LETTER             561     25%
ALL             1000      45%
African Amer. 92 68 52 56 117 151 268
1st LETTER              
2nd LETTER              
3rd LETTER 34      37% 28      41% 22      42% 30      54%     114       20%
ALL              
Hisp. or Latino 206 172 128 122 316 312 628
1st LETTER              
2nd LETTER              
3rd LETTER 77     37% 64     27% 43     34% 48      39%     232       41%
ALL              
White Non-Hisp              
1st LETTER              
2nd LETTER              
3rd LETTER              
ALL              
Socioeconomic- Disadvantaged              
 
ATTENDANCE 04-05 (to date)
  9th grade 10th grade 11th grade 12th grade M F ALL
All Students 601 592 560 504     2257
1st LETTER             222
2nd LETTER             184
3rd LETTER             559      24%
ALL              
African Amer. 69 70 56 51 113 132 246
1st LETTER              
2nd LETTER              
3rd LETTER 28      41% 26      37% 26      46.4% 23      45% 37 66 103      18.4%
ALL              
Hisp. or Latino 181 185 159 105 326 304 630
1st LETTER              
2nd LETTER              
3rd LETTER 61      33.7% 69      37% 55       34.6% 39      37%     224       40%
ALL              
White- non Hisp              
1st LETTER              
2nd LETTER              
3rd LETTER              
ALL              
  9th grade 10th grade 11th grade 12th grade M F ALL
Socioeconomic- Disadvantaged              

Sacramento City Unified School District
School Plan 2005
School-Based Coordinated Program
School: C. K. McClatchy High School

The following state categorical funding source(s) will be a part of the School-Based Coordinated Program (SCCP) at the school:

o School Improvement Program (SIP)

o EIA/State Compensatory Education (SCE)

o EIA/bilingual Education

o Gifted and Talented Education (GATE)

o Special Education

o Unchanged from previous year  o Changed from previous year 

The overall purpose of our school’s participation in the School-Based Coordinated Program (SBCP) will be the utilization of the Professional Development Days, as allowed in the School-Based Coordination Act, for in-service training. 

Programs included in the School Plan:

o School-Based Coordinated Program/School Improvement Program

o Programs for English Learners

o Title I (Schoolwide Project)

o Title I (Targeted Assistance)

o State Compensatory Education

o Voluntary Integration Programs

o Program Improvement (PI)

o English Language Acquisition Program (ELAP) 
 

This School Plan has been reviewed by the school staff and the School Site Council (SSC).  It is approved to be submitted to the SCUSD Board of Education for approval and implementation in the 2004-2005 school year. 
 

    5/10/05   John Sugar
SSC Chairperson’s Signature Date SSC Chairperson’s Name Typed
     
ELAC Chairperson’s Signature Date ELAC Chairperson’s Name Typed
  5/10/05 Dr. Daisy Lee
Principal’s Signature Date Principal’s Name Typed

Sacramento City Unified School District
School Plan 2005
Recommendations and Assurances
 

The School Site Council recommends this school plan and its related expenditures to the district governing board for approval, and assures the board of the following:

Attested:

2003 CST Data for CKMcClatchy High School
  All Students by Grade 9th 10th 11th   Total Student Population
  Reading 58.8% 57.4% 60.2%   58.7%
  Language 56.9% 58.9% 60.9%   58.8%
  Mathematics 49.3% 60.8% 58.2%   55.8%
  Science 46.8% 51.8% 58.7%   52.0%
  Spelling NT NT NT   NT
             
  All Students by Ethnicity Af Amer Asian Hispanic White  
  Reading 42.0% 61.1% 41.3% 80.9%  
  Language 42.9% 61.8% 42.1% 79.7%  
  Mathematics 27.1% 65.7% 37.9% 77.1%  
  Science 29.1% 52.0% 35.3% 79.2%  
  Spelling NT NT NT NT  
             
  All Students by Language Fluency English Only English Learner Reclassified    
  Reading 67.7% 17.6% 80.3%    
  Language 66.9% 21.3% 79.4%    
  Mathematics 60.8% 25.2% 78.3%    
  Science 60.6% 12.9% 71.0%    
  Spelling NT NT NT    
             
  All Students by Program Soc-Eco Disadvantaged Not Soc-Eco Disadvantaged Special Ed GATE  
  Reading 38.2% 78.8% 6.3% 100.9%  
  Language 40.3% 76.9% 6.3% 100.9%  
  Mathematics 38.5% 72.8% 4.5% 96.6%  
  Science 32.2% 71.2% 7.3% 95.7%  
  Spelling NT NT NT NT  
  NT = No students tested in particular group or subject not tested at grade level      
  * = Less than 11 students tested          
  Legend Group percentage is at or above the total student population      
  Group percentage is below the total student population      

 Sacramento City Unified School District
School Site Council Roster
Governance and Administration
School:  C. K. McClatchy High School

The school site council is the representative body responsible for development of the school plan and related expenditures at schools operating School Improvement Programs, School Improvement and Pupil Achievement and Block Grant Programs, and School-Based Coordinated Programs.  The current make-up of the council is as follows:

Name of Members Principal Classroom Teacher Other School Staff Parent or Community Member Secondary Student
Cynthia Clark X        
Victoria Star   X      
Ellen Wong   X      
Bruce Hankin   X      
Ken Vang     X    
Ros Fallon     X    
Lisa Giullen     X    
John Sugar       X  
Cynthia Shallit       X  
Rosa Nguyen         X
Alison Saelee         X
Tong Chang       X  
Total number in each

representative group

1 3 3 3 3