School Learning Plan

Equity Area of Focus:

Using the social sciences curriculum and our past Anti-Bias Anti-Racism work, we will focus on student learning about identity, self, others, appreciation for different cultures, community, joy and celebration through an ABAR lens.  Equity is a driving force of all of our areas of focus at Montclair.

 

Equity Goal:

• Strive to be anti-bias, anti-racist and build an inclusive learning community that honors all voices and perspectives.
• 100% of students will report on the end of year student survey that they feel their identity is respected and celebrated  by staff and students.

 

Key Strategies:

1.  View all academic goals through a SEL lens and recognize and work to mitigate the tendency for schools and institutions to emphasize white, middle-class cultural norms.

2.   Develop & facilitate high quality professional development in social sciences..

3.Cross grade level writing celebration focused on the topic of identity and culture. 

4.  Empower the Leadership Comittee and Social Emotional Learning committees  to include continuation of the Anti-bias/Anti-racist work.

5. Host a multi-cultural night to showcase the diversity of our school community and enhance and introduce others to customs, and celebrations of the community in which we live.

Academic Excellence Area of Focus:

Increase the number of students performing at or above grade level standards in reading, writing and math. Specifically focusing on reading instruction and systematic phonics instruction for all K-3 students in need.  26% of our students are currently on track for their Individual Reading Level Assessment (IRLA) reading assessment.

Academic excellence Goal:

• 100% of students will make one year of growth in reading based on the  IRLA reading assessment or other curriculum-based measures.  
• 100% of students will make growth in math as measured by the Fosnot unit post-tests or other curriculum-based measures. 
• 100% of students will participate in cross-grade writing workshops that end in celebrations themed on identity and community.

Key Strategies:

1.  Learn how to use points within IRLA to track progress within a level.

2.  Explicit, systematic phonics instruction for a number of K-3 students..

3  Utilize & share IRLA Toolkit resources/ideas

5. Paras trained on researched based interventions to increase small group targeted intervention.

6. Provide professional development time for vertical alignment for math and investigate the use of math fluency kits.

11. Work to create clear systems of data tracking and interventions through ROSIE (data teams)  and clearer understanding of the process of referring students to special education.

12. Principal walk-throughs/observations and feedback.

Collaboration Area of Focus:

• Focus on vertical alignment for math in bands of K-2 and 3-5 looking at the progressions unit by unit.

• Collaboration around the roll-out of the social studies curriculum.   

• Time to collaborate together in reading data teams and Behavioral Health and Wellness teams. 

collaboration Goal:

100% of staff will report, through the end of the year survey, that the collaboration opportunities provided directly impacted teaching and student learning in the areas of reading, math, writing and social emotional learning. 

Key Strategies:

1.  Create a schedule of coverage for classes for teachers to participate in Behavioral Health and Wellness meetings.

2.  Create a schedule for the resource room teacher  to be able to participate in a portion Behavioral Health and Wellness meetings.

3.  Create the opportunity for the Academic Coach to meet with the resource room teacher to look at student data. 

4.  Provide training opportunities for paraprofessionals to learn reading and math interventions that are research-based.

5.  Create a schedule for teachers to be able to collaborate around student data.