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Jamaica
Village School
2010-2013 Action Plan
Approved June 15, 2011 by the Jamaica School Board
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GOALS:
1. To improve student learning
2. To improve communication
3. To build a safe and healthy school
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GOAL 1: To improve student learning
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Action Steps
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Timeline
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Person(s) Responsible
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Resources Required
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Outcome(s)
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To improve student learning in the area of math:
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Use
GLEs to create a math vocabulary list for each grade level
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Students to create math vocabulary cards and utilize on a ring
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Teachers to create math word walls
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Ongoing
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Classroom teachers
Students
Principal
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GLEs
Curriculum
Budget
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In progress
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Continue full implementation
of Trailblazers and Connected Math 2
and align unit of instruction with the GLEs
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Ongoing
Alignment complete by the
end of the 2011-12 school year
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Classroom teachers
Principal
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Time
Online professional
development
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In progress; alignment to be
done
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Send home a list of
educational websites, specifically those that coordinate with the current
unit of study
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Ongoing
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Classroom teachers
Technology staff
Principal
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Time
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List on website (more to be
added); coordinate with units of student to be done
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Offer Math Afternoons
(5/13/11 – Action Plan Committee added “with families”
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2010-2011 school year with
the possibility of continuing based on level of involvement
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Classroom teachers
Principal
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Time
Budget for refreshments
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Completed January/February
2011
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Investigate the level of
interest in an afterschool math games club
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2010-2011 school year
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Classroom teachers
Principal
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Time
Budget to hire personnel
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Interest is present – 21st
C grant?
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5/13/11 – “Adjust math
schedule to include 1 ½ hours of daily math instruction”
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Beginning 2011-12 school
year
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Principal
Classroom teacher
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Time
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To improve student learning in the area of
literacy:
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Continue
with work done during 2007-08 with regard to response to text (emphasis on
informational text), writing prompts and constructive response with the
addition of rubrics for student use
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Ongoing, with consistent use
of rubrics
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Classroom teachers
Principal
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Time
WCSU grade level meetings
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Ongoing
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Define
the draft process, using common language
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2010-2011 school year
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Classroom teachers
Principal
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Time
WCSU grade level meetings
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Work started
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Provide
for daily writing opportunities in the form of a response journal, learning
log and/or free write journal
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Ongoing with journal to be
shared at student lead conferences
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Classroom teachers
Students
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Time
Journals
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Ongoing
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Level
K-6 libraries
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2010-2011 school year
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Classroom teachers
Support staff
Hired staff
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Budget to hire personnel
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Trade books are leveled;
single copies to be done
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Fully
incorporate Fountas and Pinnell (and supplement with Sitton) including
reading assessments at the beginning and end of the year; interactive
read-aloud and literature discussion; shared and performance reading; writing
about reading; writing; oral, visual, and technological communication;
phonics, spelling and word study; and guided reading
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Full implementation by
beginning of 2012-2013 school year
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Classroom teachers
Principal
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Budget to hire substitutes
for assessments and creating materials for units
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Focus on writing and guided
reading (use of 2PD afternoons for writing; use of 1 PD day for guided
reading)
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Use
structured guided reading and writing techniques consistently so as to build
a school-wide approach
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Use of guided reading groups, centers, student/teacher conferencing,
and other structures that promote self-directed learning
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Ongoing with full implementation
by beginning of 2011-2012 school year
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Classroom teachers
Principal
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Time
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Working towards full
school-wide implementation
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Publish a booklet to
showcase student’s written work
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2-3 times per year
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Classroom teachers
Principal
Administrative Assistant
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Time
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1st edition of
the Jamaica Journal published 12/10
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Utilize
an artists in residence program
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2010-2011 school year
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Principal
Classroom teachers
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Time to write grant
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Grant via VT Arts Council;
projected completed 2/11 with a mural in the multi-purpose room
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Build
a coordinated writing curriculum
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Portfolio pieces
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Ongoing
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Classroom teachers
Principal
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WCSU grade level meetings
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Ongoing via GLAM work
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Create a leveled resource
library
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By the end of the 2011-2012
school year
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Principal
Classroom teachers
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Budget for materials and
additional time
Time to write grant
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To be done
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5/13/11 – Offer a JVS Summer
Reading Challenge
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Beginning summer of 2011
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Principal
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Time
Budget for rewards
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To improve student learning in the areas of math
and literacy:
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Build
learning communities that use data (student work) to drive instruction
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Teachers to meet weekly outside of staff meetings to discuss student
work and instruction and to document action step and progress (e.g.
instructional changes and impact on student learning)
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Ongoing on a weekly basis
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Principal
Classroom Teachers
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Budget to maintain current
schedule
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-All FTE teachers have been
trained; all JVS teachers will be trained by May 2011
-JVS PLC meets every Tuesday
(1st Tuesday of the month is set aside for RtI work)
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Integrate
NECAP released items into formative assessments for grades 2-6
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Teachers will use all past released items with students on a weekly
basis
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Ongoing
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Classroom teachers
Principal
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Time
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Ongoing
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Create
an individual plan for each student who is not proficient on state and/or
local assessments that aligns with the goal setting as defined below
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Ongoing
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Classroom teachers
Principal
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Time
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In place via RtI framework
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Continue
to build and maintain a school-wide Title I program so as to serve all
students
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Create an
assessment folder for each student to
document progress, strengths and
challenges on
state, district and local assessments throughout the school year
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Home-School
Agreement
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Ongoing
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Classroom teachers
Principal
Parents
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Time
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Complete and ongoing
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Teachers to meet with
students prior to parent-teacher conferences to review student’s progress
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Ongoing – three times per
year to align with trimesters
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Classroom teachers
Students
Principal
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Time
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In progress
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Implement student led
parent/teacher/student conferences and involve parents in goal setting process
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Ongoing-three times per year
to align with trimesters
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Classroom teachers
Students
Parents
Principal
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Time
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In progress
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Differentiate instruction
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Utilize learning
centers in each classroom
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Teach to and
assess at different levels and styles of learning
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Provide all
students with challenging and authentic work
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Ongoing
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Classroom teachers
Principal
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Curriculum
Time
Data collection system
Student survey data
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In progress
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Provide consistent amount of
homework throughout the school year utilizing “homework packets” to develop
time management skills and support parental request for flexibility in weekly
homework completion
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Trial for 2010-2011 school
year, with ongoing implementation if school survey data supports its
continuation
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Classroom Teachers
Students
Parents
Principal
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Curriculum
Time
Data collection re: hw
completion
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In progress
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100% of students should
demonstrate individual growth (or maintained levels of proficiency or above
proficiency) on MAP and NECAP assessments each time they are administered
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Ongoing
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Classroom Teachers
Students
Principal
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Data collection system re:
individual’s progress
Time
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Fall 2010 to Winter 2011:
Math (90.3%), Reading (92.3%), Language 2-6 (97.5%)
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Improve NECAP scores to
demonstrate proficiency at or above the state level while showing growth
toward meeting the AMOs
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Ongoing
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Classroom teachers
Students
Principal
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Time for data collection and
analysis
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Fall 2009 to Fall 2010: Reading 71% to 76%; Math 60% to 59%
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Meet or exceed district RIT
scores on MAP assessment by grade level
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Ongoing
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Classroom teachers
Students
Principal
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Time for data collection and
analysis
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Continue “HW Club” and
explore offering this afterschool
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Ongoing
Explore afterschool offering
2010-2011
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Classroom teachers
Principal
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Budget for afterschool
personnel
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To be done
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Implement all school curriculum (e.g. solar system) twice a year, providing K-2 and 3-6
with 4 authentic choices including rubrics to demonstrate their learning
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Twice per year
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Classroom teachers
Principal
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Curriculum
Time
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Diversity Fair in progress;
Oceans Spring 2011
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Hold a whole-school Science
Fair one year and a Diversity Fair the following year, inviting parents and
community
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Twice per year
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Classroom teachers
Principal
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Curriculum
Time
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Diversity Fair 3/28/11
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Implement motivational
incentives to encourage students to do their best on assessments (MAP and
NECAP)
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Prior to each assessment
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Classroom teachers
Principal
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Budget for incentives
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NECAP 2010 – frozen treat
each day if 100% effort demonstrated; MAP Winter 2011 – individual classroom
incentives
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Explore the possibility of a
summer school program
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During the 2010-2011 school
year
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Principal
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Budget for summer personnel
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21st C Grant
submitted 2/11
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To improve student learning in the area of
technology
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Implement Windham Central
Supervisory Union’s Technology Plan
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Ongoing
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Principal
Classroom teachers
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Budget
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In progress
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Acquire necessary
technology in order to implement GLEs
and action steps
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Ongoing
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Principal
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Budget
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ARRA funds (4 projectors, 4
screens, 2 interactive whiteboards), ARRA special education funds (4 laptops,
2 iTouchs, MP3 players, software), replacement equipment (flat screen
monitors for lab), wireless network for building
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Provide professional
development in order to utilize technology in each classroom
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Ongoing
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Technology staff
Principal
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Budget
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PD from Systems
Administrator Fall 2010 for projectors and 1/11 for Interactive whiteboards
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Provide keyboarding
instruction in grades 3-6 using Type to Learn
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3 times per week during the
school year
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Classroom teachers
Principal
Technology staff
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Budget
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Type to Learn instruction
began 12/10 due to graphic issues
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