Paddock Elementary School has developed a school improvement plan for 2011-2012 to improve student performance in math, reading, and writing. The plan was created through analyzing data from standardized tests to identify weaknesses in math computation skills among first and second grade students. The school's math goal is to improve basic addition and subtraction facts through daily mental math practice, weekly computation games, a family math night, and online resources. The improvement plan process aims to create a collaborative culture of continuous growth through research-based programs and professional development.

1. Paddock Elementary School School Improvement Plan 2011 - 2012

2. Reasons for Having a School Improvement Plan Continuous improvement of schools is essential to providing increased student performance and quality results. Innovative, exemplary, and research-based programs, coupled with professional development, focused and aligned resources, are critical factors in schools that demonstrate continuous growth. All public schools and Public School Academies (PSA) in Michigan are required to develop and implement a school improvement plan.

3. Benefits of School Improvement Planning Creates a collaborative, continuous improvement culture to ensure that all student are achieving at high levels. Encourages innovation through research-based practices. Focuses and aligns staff development resources. Provides data to support and document growth.

4. How Do We Identify Areas of Improvement? Collect data from multiple sources. (NWEA, MEAP, Reading Assessments, Writing Assessments) Disaggregate data in multiple categories. Analyze data to identify problems and needs to be addressed in improvement plan.

5. Paddock’s Goals After going through the school improvement process, Paddock Elementary School has identified goals in the following areas: Math Reading Writing

6. Math Goal Analysis of NWEA math scores showed that students were under-performing in the area of computation when compared with other math sub-scores. i.e.; Basic addition and subtraction facts

7. Computation Expectations for Grade 1 Add and subtract within 20, demonstrating fluency with addition and subtraction within 10.

8. How Can We Help Our Students?Parents and school collectively Include mental math portions of the Everyday Math curriculum at least 3x/week. Spend 20 minutes each week playing computation practice games/activities Host a “Make and Take” Family game Night Utilize online resources

9. Computation Expectations for Grade 2 Fluently add and subtract within 20. By the end of Grade 2, know from memory all sums of two one-digit numbers