Equity Area of Focus:
Ground our schoolwide practices in an ongoing examination of issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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Academic Excellence Area of Focus:
Prioritize the achievement and growth of our ELL students and our historically underserved students in the content areas of Spanish and English Language Arts, and Math.
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Collaboration Area of Focus:
Increase our focus on data and instruction during teacher collaboration time by implementing a data teams framework.
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Equity Goal:
All students will experience an equitable and inclusive learning environment, with an emphasis on identification and elimination of implicit and explicit bias.
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Academic Excellence Goal:
All students will receive additional small group or 1:1 support in Spanish, Math and English Language Arts based on their specific academic needs.
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Collaboration Goal:
100% of teachers will participate in high quality, ongoing collaborative teams specifically targeting the school’s Equity and Academic Excellence Goals.
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Key Strategies:
Make equity and inclusion the focus of teacher professional development for the year. Utilize the expertise of staff members to lead discussions around defining terms, religious holidays, cultural celebrations, curriculum review, exploration of privilege, and implicit bias. Engage the community in conversations about equity and inclusion through the creation of an Equity Advisory Council made up of staff and parents, and through monthly community conversations. Tie teacher goal setting to equity and inclusion practices. Guide teachers in reviewing their lessons to make sure all students see themselves represented in the learning activities.
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Key Strategies:
Create a distance learning schedule that provides multiple opportunities for intervention and allows for small group instruction. Provide additional instructional time in Spanish by leveraging the expertise of our bilingual instructional assistants. Increase contact between home and school through the use of teacher office hours, parent surveys, virtual home visits. Prioritize outreach efforts to families who are struggling to engage in the CDL model. Use formal and information assessment data to make decisions about students who need additional instruction during intervention times.
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Key Strategies:
Incorporate a learning focused meeting agenda into teacher team meetings at least once a month.. Ensure consistent instructional and assessment practices among grade level and content area teaching teams. Conduct data team meetings every 8 weeks to develop intervention plans for students who need academic and/or social-emotional support.
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