School Improvement Plan

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School Improvement Plan

2016-2017

School Improvement Plans remain in effect for two years, but a School Leadership Team may amend as often as necessary or appropriate.

Draft Due: October 3, 2016

Final Copy Due: October 18, 2016

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2016-2017 McClintock Middle School Improvement Plan Report

McClintock Middle School Contact Information

School: McClintock Middle School Courier Number: 450

Address:

1925 Rama Road Phone Number: 980-343-6425

Charlotte, NC 28212 Fax Number: 980-343-6509

Learning Community Central School Website: www.mcclintockscots.com

Principal:

Mark McHugh

Learning Community Superintendent:

Tara Lynn Sullivan

McClintock Middle School Improvement Team Membership

From GS §115C-105.27: “The principal of each school, representatives of the assistant principals, instructional personnel, instructional support personnel, and teacher assistants assigned to the school building, and parents of children enrolled in the school shall constitute a school improvement team to develop a school improvement plan to improve student performance. Representatives of the assistant principals, instructional personnel, instructional support personnel, and teacher assistants shall be elected by their respective groups by secret ballot....Parents serving on school improvement teams shall reflect the racial and socioeconomic composition of the students enrolled in that school and shall not be members of the building-level staff.”

Committee Position Name Email Address Date Elected

Principal Mark McHugh [email protected] 9/15/16

Assistant Principal Representative Cherita Abney [email protected] 9/15/16

Teacher Representative Diane Crumley [email protected] 9/18/14

Teacher Representative Cheryl Hanly [email protected] 8/31/16

Teacher Representative Anitra Butler [email protected] 8/31/16

Teacher Representative Ronald Brown [email protected] 8/31/16

Teacher Representative Shay Re [email protected] 8/31/16

Teacher Representative Kristopher Gorman [email protected] 8/31/16

Inst. Support Representative Heather Graham [email protected] 8/31/16

Parent Representative Tammie Holt [email protected] 9/29/15

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Vision Statement

District: CMS provides all students the best education available anywhere, preparing every child to lead a rich and productive life.

School: The vision of McClintock Middle School is to be the premier middle school in North Carolina.

Mission Statement

District: The mission of CMS is to maximize academic achievement by every student in every school.

School: We EMPOWER all Kids!

McClintock Middle School Shared Beliefs

 Students, staff, parents and community work together to ensure our

students have the supports and resources needed to engage in learning which prepares them for the unique challenges of the 21st_Century.  Every student is a unique individual, supported by an adult, and is

exposed to a differentiated instructional approach, according to his or her intellectual, social, physical, and emotional requirements.

 We believe in every child’s potential and are committed to promoting every student’s achievement through the utilization of the mastery learning model.

 All students will be actively engaged in problem solving, skill building, and communication in every area of the curriculum, to promote sound judgment and effective thinking.

 Collegial planning, delivery and assessment of learning, are essential to ensuring meaningful and authentic demonstrations of outcomes and judgments of achievements, across and beyond disciplines and subject areas.

 We value clear and transparent communication with and between, parents, faculty, administration, and staff.

 We value a safe and healthy environment that protects and fosters physical and emotional well-being.

 We value diversity, finding strength and synergy in our difference.

McClintock Middle SMART Goals

 Goal 1: Provide a duty-free lunch period for every teacher on a daily basis.

 Goal 2: Provide duty-free instructional planning time for every teacher under G.S. 115C-105.27 and 301.1, with the goal of providing an average of at least five hours of planning time per week.

 Goal 3: Provide a positive school culture, under CMS regulation JICK-R, by promoting a safe learning and working environment free of bullying and harassing behaviors.  Goal 4: All students will feel welcomed and cared about by at least one adult in the building. School staff has knowledge and ability to connect students with resources in or out of

the building to support students with emotional needs. Based on an end of year survey at least 85% of students will indicate that they feel cared about by at least one adult in the building, an increase from 62.9% on the 2016 AdvnacedEd student survey

 Goal 5: The instructional leadership team which includes teachers will meet regularly to review the implementation of effective instructional practices, talent management strategies, and plan professional development for the staff. Members of the administrative team, Instructional leadership team, and school leadership team will come together to discuss what is working instructionally, areas of concern, and develop plans to further enhance the effectiveness of teaching and learning in the school. The focus on instruction will lead to an overall increase of proficiency to 55% as measured by End of Grade assessments.

 Goal 6: All staff will report that they receive adequate feedback on instructional practice, and the instructional feedback is useful for their professional growth. Instructional planning meetings are focused on discussing best practices, data disaggregation and curriculum alignment. This will result in 75% of our staff indicating that they get enough feedback on instructional practice, an increase from 53% on the Spring 2016 Teacher Insight Survey.

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McClintock Middle Assessment Data Snapshot

McClintock Middle School

Reading ALL AMIN ASIA BLCK HISP MULT WHTE EDS LEP SWD AIG

Participation Denominator 912 6 67 466 231 38 103 538 117 92 40

Participation Percent 98 0 100 98 99 100 97 98 98 92 100

Participation Status Met Insuf. Met Met Met Met Met Met Met Not Met Met

Math ALL AMIN ASIA BLCK HISP MULT WHTE EDS LEP SWD AIG

Participation Status Met Insuf. Met Met Met Met Met Met Met Not Met Met

Science ALL AMIN ASIA BLCK HISP MULT WHTE EDS LEP SWD AIG

Participation Status Met Insuf. Insuf. Met Met Insuf. Met Met Met Insuf. Insuf.

Current Year EOC ALL AMIN ASIA BLCK HISP MULT WHTE EDS LEP SWD AIG

Participation Status Met ~ Insuf. Insuf. Insuf. Insuf. Insuf. Insuf. Insuf. ~ Insuf.

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# Tests Given # Level 1/2 % Level 1/2 # GLP % GLP # CCR % CCR 2,078 1,167 56.2 911 43.8 747 35.9 2,026 1,164 57.5 862 42.5 699 34.5 879 478 54.4 401 45.6 310 35.3 881 582 66.1 299 33.9 258 29.3 266 104 39.1 162 60.9 131 49.2 52 n<10 ~ 49 94.2 48 92.3 52 n<10 ~ 49 94.2 48 92.3 874 235 26.9 188 21.5 597 339 56.8 258 43.2 209 35.0 299 182 60.9 117 39.1 97 32.4 298 157 52.7 141 47.3 112 37.6 297 83 27.9 65 21.9 629 347 55.2 282 44.8 238 37.8 315 193 61.3 122 38.7 110 34.9 314 154 49.0 160 51.0 128 40.8 312 104 33.3 87 27.9 800 478 59.8 322 40.3 252 31.5 267 207 77.5 60 22.5 51 19.1 267 167 62.6 100 37.5 70 26.2 265 48 18.1 36 13.6 266 104 39.1 162 60.9 131 49.2

Grade 08 EOG Reading and Math Composite Grade 08 EOG Science

Grade 08 EOG Composite Grade 08 EOG Math Grade 08 EOG Reading Grade 07 EOG Math Grade 07 EOG Reading

Grade 07 EOG Reading and Math Composite Grade 06 EOG Reading

Grade 06 EOG Reading and Math Composite Grade 07 EOG Composite

EOG Reading and Math Composite Grade 06 EOG Composite Grade 06 EOG Math

School EOG Science Composite EOC Math I

EOC Composite EOG Composite

School EOG Reading Composite School EOG Math Composite

School Name

School Composite

McClintock Middle School READY EOY Assessment Results

2015-2016

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READY End-of-Year Assessment Three-Year Performance Comparison Students Meeting GLP (Level 3/4/5) AND CCR (Level 4/5) Proficiency

McClintock Middle School GLP

Achievement Level 3/4/5 CCR Achievement Level 4/5 Assessment 2015-16 2014-15 to 2015-16 Pct. Change 2014-15 2013-14 to 2014-15 Pct. Change 2013-14 2015-16 2014-15 to 2015-16 Pct. Change 2014-15 2013-14 to 2014-15 Pct. Change 2013-14 School Composite 43.8% 4.5%  39.3% 6.7%  32.6% 3.9% 4.7%  31.2% 7.0%  24.2%

Grade 06 EOG Reading 47.3% 4.0%  43.3% 9.6%  33.7% 37.6% 4.0%  33.6% 8.7%  24.9% Grade 06 EOG Math 39.1% 3.6%  35.5% 12.4%  23.1% 32.4% 3.4%  29.0% 10.5%  18.5% Grade 06 EOG Composite 43.2% 3.8%  39.4% 11.0%  28.4% 35.0% 3.7%  31.3% 9.6%  21.7% Grade 06 EOG Reading and Math Composite 27.9% 1.2%  26.7% 9.0%  17.7% 21.9% 0.1%  21.8% 9.5%  12.3% Grade 07 EOG Reading 51.0% 8.4%  42.6% 5.5%  37.1% 40.8% 5.3%  35.5% 8.1%  27.4% Grade 07 EOG Math 38.7% 10.7%  28.0% -1.0%  29.0% 34.9% 11.5%  23.4% 0.0%  23.4% Grade 07 EOG Composite 44.8% 9.5%  35.3% 2.2%  33.1% 37.8% 8.4%  29.4% 4.0%  25.4% Grade 07 EOG Reading and Math Composite 33.3% 9.5%  23.8% 3.2%  20.6% 27.9% 8.8%  19.1% 3.8%  15.3% Grade 08 EOG Reading 37.5% -4.2%  41.7% 5.9%  35.8% 26.2% -2.0%  28.2% 5.8%  22.4% Grade 08 EOG Math 22.5% -1.7%  24.2% 3.5%  20.7% 19.1% 0.4%  18.7% 1.0%  17.7% Grade 08 EOG Science 60.9% 10.5%  50.4% 6.6%  43.8% 49.2% 8.7%  40.5% 10.5%  30.0% Grade 08 EOG Composite 40.3% 1.5%  38.8% 5.4%  33.4% 31.5% 2.4%  29.1% 5.7%  23.4% Grade 08 EOG Reading and Math Composite 18.1% -0.6%  18.7% 2.8%  15.9% 13.6% 0.5%  13.1% 4.0%  9.1%

EOC Math I 94.2% 0.6%  93.6% 16.2%  77.4% 92.3% 5.1%  87.2% 22.7%  64.5%

EOC Composite 94.2% 0.6%  93.6% 16.2%  77.4% 92.3% 5.1%  87.2% 22.7%  64.5%

EOG Composite 42.5% 4.5%  38.0% 6.2%  31.8% 34.5% 4.6%  29.9% 6.4%  23.5%

EOG Reading and Math Composite 26.9% 3.6%  23.3% 5.2%  18.1% 21.5% 3.2%  18.3% 6.0%  12.3% School EOG Math Composite 33.9% 4.3%  29.6% 5.3%  24.3% 29.3% 5.3%  24.0% 4.1%  19.9% School EOG Reading Composite 45.6% 3.0%  42.6% 7.1%  35.5% 35.3% 2.7%  32.6% 7.6%  25.0% School EOG Science Composite 60.9% 10.5%  50.4% 6.6%  43.8% 49.2% 8.7%  40.5% 10.5%  30.0%

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McClintock Middle School Profile

McClintock Middle School is a 6-8 comprehensive middle school with a partial STEAM magnet program. The school moved into a new, state of the art facility for the 2013-2014 school year.

The school has a rich tradition and history in the community of East Charlotte, and boast many involved and caring student and faculty alums. The school has a strong faith based partnership with Christ Lutheran Church, who created McPIE (McClintock Partners in Education). McPIE supports the school and students in a variety of ways. The most visible is the Family Night events held each Tuesday. The community is invited to the weekly family night events in which transportation is provided and meals are served. Students are then invited to attend clubs led by volunteers while parents and

younger/older siblings also engage in activities. McPIE also provides funding for various field trips and projects throughout the school. Additionally they provide summer enrichment through a variety of summer experiences, including a free

summer camp hosted at McClintock that focuses on STEAM concepts.

The school has a partial STEAM magnet that is growing in popularity and demand. 30% of the school population is made up of magnet students who choose to come to McClintock for the special programming and experiences. This year, McClintock has partnered with Discovery Education to focus on STEAM integration in all classes. The school is also in Cohort 3 for Personalized Learning. The entire school is working on the whole child and student ownership this year. The Arts Department is growing and becoming known for their phenomenal musicals produced each year. The school has award winning Robotics, Engineering and NASCAR Ten80 teams. Additionally the school is proud of a number of championship winning athletics teams.

McClintock is currently a Title 1 school and qualifies for all students to receive free breakfast and lunch through the Community Eligibility Provision. The current enrollment is 1033. (49.5% African American, 7.3% Asian, 29.2% Hispanic, 10.9% White). 11% of the student population is identified as Limited English Proficiency (LEP) and 8.5% is identified as Students with Disabilities (SWD). The school staff includes 64 teachers, 2 Facilitators, 2 Assistant Principals, 1 Dean of Students, 2 Counselors, 1 Social Worker, and 1 Principal. 50% of the teachers have less than 5 years of experience, 21% have between 5-10 years of experience and 25% have 10+ years of experience. 32% of teachers hold advance degrees.

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Strategic Plan 2018: For a Better Tomorrow

Goal 1: Maximize academic achievement in a personalized 21st-century learning environment for every child to graduate college- and career-ready

Four focus areas:

I. College- and career-readiness

II. Academic growth/high academic achievement III. Access to rigor

IV. Closing achievement gaps

Goal 2: Recruit, develop, retain and reward a premier workforce Five focus areas:

I. Proactive recruitment

II. Individualized professional development III. Retention/quality appraisals

IV. Multiple career pathways V. Leadership development

Goal 3: Cultivate partnerships with families, businesses, faith-based groups and community organizations to provide a sustainable system of support and care for each child

Three focus areas:

I. Family engagement

II. Communication and outreach III. Partnership development

Goal 4: Promote a system-wide culture of safety, high engagement, cultural competency and customer service

Five focus areas: I. Physical safety

II. Social and emotional health III. High engagement

IV. Cultural competency V. Customer service Goal 5: Optimize district performance and accountability by

strengthening data use, processes and systems Four focus areas:

I. Effective and efficient processes and systems II. Strategic use of district resources

III. Data integrity and use

IV. School performance improvement

Goal 6: Inspire and nurture learning, creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship through technology and strategic school redesign Four focus areas:

I. Learning everywhere, all the time II. Innovation and entrepreneurship III. Strategic school redesign

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SMART Goal (1):

Duty Free Lunch for Teachers

Provide a duty-free lunch period for every teacher on a daily basis.

Strategic Plan Goal: Goal 2: Recruit, develop, and retain a premier workforce.

Strategic Plan Focus Area: Focus Areas: Retention/quality appraisals

Data Used: Insight survey data, Safe School Audits

Strategies (determined by what data)  Task  Task  Task (PD) Point Person (title) Evidence of Success (Student Impact) Funding (estimated cost / source) Personnel Involved Timeline (Start—End) Interim Dates

1. Teachers will eat at the

cafeteria tables with students for the first week of school in order to establish routines and structures

Teachers

Grade Level Administrators

With guidance students can recognize lunch

routine can identify correct table can follow entry and exit patterns

N/A All teachers 8/29/16-

11/12/16

Quarterly

2. In order to maintain proper supervision and monitoring of students, each grade level will create a plan for rotation so that all teachers will have at least three duty free student lunch periods per week

Teachers

Noise levels and

behavioral expectations are adhered to without incident

N/A All teachers

8/29/16-6/9/16

10/28

1/23

3/30

3. Support staff, administrators, and security personnel will monitor students while teachers are relieved from supervising student lunch on Fridays.

Noise levels and

behavioral expectations are adhered to without incident N/A Administrators and support staff SRO CSA 8/29/16-6/9/16 Weekly

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SMART Goal (2):

Duty Free Instructional Planning Time

Provide dutyfree instructional planning time for every teacher under G.S. 115C105.27 and -301.1, with the goal of proving an average of at least five hours of planning time per week, to the maximum extent that the safety and proper supervision of students may allow during regular student contact hours.

Strategic Plan Goal: Goal One – Maximize academic achievement in a personalized 21st -century learning

environment for every child to graduate college- and career-ready

Strategic Plan Focus Area: College and Career Readiness, Academic Growth/High Academic Achievement, Access to Rigor, Closing Achievement Gaps

Data Used: Insight Survey Data

1. Establish a weekly planning schedule where all instructional staff have a daily 80 minute planning block designated for various types of planning

Principal Weekly planning calendar N/A Instructional Staff 8/29/16-6/9/16 10/28 1/23 3/30 2. All grade levels will have common

planning periods and reserved time for content PLC meetings twice a week. PLC teams will use the time for discussing best practices, DDI/IPA integration, planning lessons aligned with standards

Principal Grade Level Administrators Facilitators PLC Leaders Dept Chairs PLC Minutes Evidence of common assessments, data desegregation, remediation-relooping plans N/A Instructional Staff 8/29/16-6/9/16 Weekly

3. All cross-curricular grade-level “teams” will meet weekly to review student data, discuss concerns, and plan interventions for academic and

Principal

Counselors

Team Meeting Protocol Sheets

Intervention Plans for students N/A Instructional Staff 8/29/16-6/9/16 Weekly

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behavioral needs Team Leaders Advisory time used to meet

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SMART Goal (3):

Anti-Bullying / Character Education

Provide a positive school climate, under CMS regulation JICK-R, by promoting a safe learning environment free of bullying and harassing behaviors.

Strategic Plan Goal: Revised Strategic Plan Goal 4- Promote a system-wide culture of safety, high engagement, customer service, and cultural competence.

Strategic Plan Focus Area: High Academic Achievement and Academic Growth will increase as a result of addressing student and staff emotional, social, and physical needs to ensure learning can take place.

Data Used: Student Surveys, Insight Survey

1. Bully Liaison / Bully-prevention

Guidance Classroom Lessons

Small group sessions

Peer mediation

October Activities for Bullying Prevention

Bullying box (anonymous reports)

Reward Referrals

Weekly Character Education Lessons in advisory block

Counselors 100% of students feel safe at our school on safety audit.

Decrease in referrals for bullying.

Decrease in number of students receiving multiple referrals for bullying.

 Behavior incentives- provided by McPIE Admin team Counselors SRO CSA 8/29/16-6/9/16 10/28 1/23 3/30 2. Character Education

Monday Character Ed lessons provided by Counseling staff to classroom teachers. Including, Making It Better Curriculum

Counselors # of Reward Referrals submitted

Decrease in number of students receiving multiple referrals Behavior incentives- provided by McPIE Counselors Teachers 8/29/16-6/9/16 Weekly

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Reward Referrals

Ripple Effects curriculum for students in ISS.

3. Healthy Active Child 30 min.

Students receive HAC time before/after lunch

PEAK Strategies/Brain Breaks during instruction

All students scheduled in Health/PE classes

Counselors Students receive allotted Healthy Active Child time

N/A Teachers Admin team 8/29/16-6/9/16 10/28 1/23 3/30

4. School Health Team.

Screening students for needs

Providing training and resources to staff and students

Classroom Lessons regarding hygiene, diet, and safety

Healthy food options in the cafeteria

Nurse Student Needs being met,

connecting families with outside agencies

Health Care Services are being provided. CIS Provided screenings for caseload Nurse AP Student Services Staff CIS Contact 8/29/16-6/9/16 10/28 1/23 3/30

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SMART Goal(s):

Strategic Plan Goal:

Strategic Plan Focus Area: Data Used:

Strategies (determined by what data)

 Task  Task  Task (PD) Point Person (title) Evidence of Success (Student Impact) Funding (estimated cost / source) Personnel Involved Timeline (Start—End) Interim Dates 1. 2. 3. 4.

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Mastery Grading Procedures Plan

Strategic Plan Goal: Goal 1: Maximize academic achievement in a personalized 21st-century learning environment for every child to graduate college- and career-ready.

Strategic Plan Focus Area: Academic growth/high academic achievement

Data Used: Gradebook Audits, Research on grading practices

Strategies (determined by what data)

 Task  Task  Task (PD) Point Person (title) Evidence of Success (Student Impact) Funding (estimated cost / source) Personnel Involved Timeline (Start—End) Interim Dates 1. Common assessments

Pre- and post- assessments created by PLCs aligned to objectives

PLC Leaders

Facilitators

PLC data discussions

Relooping, enrichment, and remediation plans for

Advisory time N/A Instructional staff Facilitators 8/29/16-6/9/16  6 week cycles 2. Data disaggregation

PD Support to teachers and PLCs in DDI/IPA

Masteryconnect utilized as a tool for data collection and

desegregation

PLC Leaders

Facilitators

Relooping, enrichment, and remediation plans for

Advisory time

Lesson plans reflect data driven decisions, grouping, differentiation Masteryconn ect TBD Instructional staff Facilitators 8/29/16-6/9/16  10/28  1/23  3/30 3. Flexible grouping

Teachers will use data to tier

lessons/flexibly group within all

classrooms

Cross-curricular teams will use Advisory for enrichment/remediation opportunities Classroom teachers Team Leaders

Team generated Advisory plans for remediation/enrichment using data Lesson Plans N/A Instructional staff Facilitators 8/29/16-6/9/16  10/28  1/23  3/30

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4. Late and make-up work

Late work and make-up work must be accepted by all teachers

A student who misses homework or other assignments or due dates because of absences, whether excused or unexcused, must be allowed to make up the work.

Arrangements for completing the work should be made within five school days of the student’s return to school.

Classroom teachers

Grades reflect students’ mastery of content N/A Instructional Staff Student services team 8/29/16-6/9/16  10/28  1/23  3/30

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McClintock Middle School - 600 Waiver Requests

Request for Waiver

1. Insert the waivers you are requesting

 Maximum Teaching Load and Maximum Class Size (grades 4-12) [required for all schools with grades 4-12]

2. Please identify the law, regulation or policy from which you are seeking an exemption.

 115C-301 (c and d) Maximum Teaching Load and Maximum Class Size [required for all schools with grades 4-12]

3. Please state how the waiver will be used.

 Class size will be adjusted to address student individual instructional needs through flexible grouping of students in the

most effective utilization of teaching teams. Maximum teaching load will be used to allow teachers in specific areas of the curriculum to teach students designated for specific skill needs and to address the large number of students requesting elective classes.

4. Please state how the waiver will promote achievement of performance goals.

 This waiver will allow more flexibility in grouping students to meet their abilities and needs and thus should enhance

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Approval of Plan

Committee Position Name Signature Date

Principal Mark McHugh

Assistant Principal Representative Cherita Abney

Teacher Representative Diane Crumley

Teacher Representative Cheryl Hanly

Teacher Representative Anitra Butler

Teacher Representative Ronald Brown

Teacher Representative Shay Re

Teacher Representative Kristopher Gorman

Inst. Support Representative Heather Graham

Parent Representative Tammie Holt

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Quarter 2 Review

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Quarter 3 Review

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