Shelby Public Schools

District Goals

SHELBY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
School District #14
Shelby, Montana

DISTRICT GOALS

Primary Goal:

All students will be proficient as measured by the state assessments by the 2013-2014 school year.
2006-2007 Goals:
1) Increase student achievement by offering a challenging curriculum with a variety of programs that challenge and stimulate individual student needs while having high expectations for success from all students and staff.
2) Develop and advance internal communication between the board, administration, staff, and students; improve and promote external communication between the schools and parents/community.
Adopted by the Board of Trustees
September 12, 2006
DISTRICT ACTION PLAN FOR GOAL IMPLEMENTATION
Goal 1:

Each school will develop goals that will increase student achievement in support of district goal #1 by November 1, 2006.

Each teacher will develop personal goals that will increase student achievement and identify appropriate staff development activities to accomplish those goals by November 1, 2006.

Principals will participate in balanced leadership training that addresses increasing student achievement during the 2006-2007 school year.

The superintendent will identify and allocate resources to support staff development that increases student achievement during the 2006-2007 school year.

The District will develop a data base to track student achievement.

Goal 2:

Each school will develop goals that advance and improve internal and external communications by November 1, 2006.

Each teacher will develop personal goals that advance and improve internal and external communications and identify appropriate staff development activities to accomplish those goals by November 1, 2006.

Principals will continue to develop Site Councils to promote effective communication between the school and community.

A district newsletter will be sent to parents and other interested community members each month during the 2006-2007 school year.

The district and individual school websites will be updated regularly to provide information on school operations and activities during the 2006-2007 school year.

The District will develop an activity calendar (similar to that provided by the Cut Bank Public Schools) for distribution in August 2007.

Administrators will work to improve internal communications within the District and with the School Board during the 2006-2007 school year.

SHELBY ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL GOALS

Goal 1: Select a Reading Program/Series for the Elementary School by April 10, 2007.

1. A Reading Committee will be appointed for the purpose of reviewing our current Reading series, previewing available programs/series and making the recommendation for adoption to the Shelby School Board of Trustees at the April 10, 2007 School Board meeting.

The Reading Committee will schedule periodic meetings, both full and partial group, in vertical and horizontal formats, to assess our Reading program(s), to preview reading series and program samples, and to determine which program is best suited for the Shelby Elementary School.

Representatives of the Reading Committee will attend at least one Book Fair during the time period, to investigate the various programs and examine the various reading series that are available.

Representatives of the Reading Committee will visit area schools to witness successful programs in action. Those representatives will report back to the committee.

The Reading Committee will contact program and series sales representatives to secure samples and to possibly conduct product presentations.

Goal 2: Improve and promote effective communications.

External communications:

The staff will develop and update their own websites that will be posted on the Shelby Elementary School web page.

The staff will attend website development workshop(s).

The principal will schedule periodic Help Sessions for the purpose of troubleshooting and/or updating ideas and techniques to keep websites updated.

The teachers will continue to create articles for the monthly District newsletters, produce weekly memos and notes home (positive and corrective) and use other means of communications with the parents and community of Shelby (phone calls, personal contact, etc.)

The Shelby Elementary School will develop a Site Council, comprised of teachers, parents and community members, for the purpose of creating a means for more open dialogue and communications about the education of the school children.

The staff will attend Site Council meetings, as well as other school-to-community meetings (Home N’ School).

Internal communications:

The Shelby Elementary School will schedule periodic grade level (horizontal) and subject level (vertical) meetings throughout the school year.

The teachers of the Shelby Elementary School will review, analyze and discuss the results of the assessment data collected through the various assessment instruments that will be implemented (CRT’s, ITBS, DIBELs and AIMS web programs, classroom assessments, etc.).

The principal will schedule grade-level and subject-level meetings.

The staff will commit to embracing the DIBELs, Six Traits of Writing and AIMS web program as means for assessing our students.

The Principal will dedicate October’s Early Release in-service to learning the AIMS web program and how to implement in into our school.

The Principal will schedule the Early Release in-service sessions to be dedicated to helping us reach these goals and toward assessment in other academic areas (Math).

The Shelby Elementary School staff, together, will read at least one professional-related book per school year.

The Principal will schedule “Book Talk” sessions, throughout the year, for our professional reading exercise.

SHELBY MIDDLE SCHOOL
SCHOOL GOALS

Goal 1: Students will improve academic achievement in Reading, Math and Writing.

The percentage of 8^th grade students attaining a proficient level in reading will increase from 76% as 7^th graders to 86% as measured through MontCAS.

The percentage of 8^th grade students attaining a proficient level in math will increase from 53% as 7th graders to 63% as measured through MontCAS.

The percentage of 7^th grade students attaining a proficient level in reading will increase from 79% as 6^th graders to 89% as measured through MontCAS.

The percentage of 7^th grade students attaining a proficient level in math will increase from 50% as 6^th graders to 60% as measured through MontCAS.

The number of students scoring a 2.5 or higher on the school administered writing assessment will increase 10% points between the October and March tests.

Eighty percent of Middle school students will develop mastery level skills in Math and Science as measured through the GTCC assessments.

The 7^th grade students will raise their composite AR score from a 90.0% to a 92.0%.

The 8^th grade students will raise their composite AR score from a 87.1% to a 89.1%.

All staff members will assign one writing assignment per quarter evaluated using the school-based scoring rubric.

All staff members will read and discuss the book What Great Teachers Do Differently.

All Middle School staff will participate in the creation of a master schedule that promotes high academic standards while meeting the unique needs of Middle School students.

Goal 2: Staff members will develop and advance internal and external communication opportunities.

All staff members will have an operational web page by the start of the second semester which will be updated weekly and include up-to-date lesson plans.

All staff members will have students write in their student agendas the daily goals.

The school staff will develop three student-parent-teacher interactive actives such as parent nights and student directed parent-teacher conferences.

All staff members will have grades updated weekly through the school management program.

SHELBY HIGH SCHOOL
SCHOOL GOALS

Goal 1: Students will improve academic achievement in Reading, Math, Science and Writing.

The percentage of 10^th grade students attaining a proficient level in reading will be 90% as measured through MontCAS.

The percentage of 10^th grade students attaining a proficient level in math will be 90% as measured through MontCAS.

The number of students scoring a 3.0 or higher on the school administered writing assessment will increase 10% points between the October and March assessments.

The juniors composite score on the State administered writing assessment will increase from a 3.9 to a 4.0.

The 9^th grade students will raise their composite AR score from a 89.6% to a 91.6%.
The 10^th grade students will raise their composite AR score from a 85.1% to a 87.1%.
The 11^th grade students will raise their composite AR score from a 81.8% to a 83.8%.

The 12^th grade students will raise their composite AR score from a 86.3% to a 88.3%.

The number of 12^th grade students taking a math course will increase from 74% to 100%.

The number of 11^th grade students taking a math course will increase from 92% to 100%.

The number of 11^th grade students taking a science course will increase from 80% to 100%.

One hundred percent of the 8^th grade students that successfully complete Algebra with a B or higher will take Calculus or another upper-level math course as a senior.
Eighty-percent of high school students will develop mastery level skills in Algebra and Science (Biology and Chemistry) as measured through the GTCC assessments.