Biannual School Improvement Plan 200809

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Biannual School Improvement Plan2008-09

• Communication Academic
• Goals
• September 17, 2008

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School Renewal Team

• English
• Jessica Barger
• Scott Behm
• Harold Drumheller
• Foreign Language
• Nancy Brasure
• Math
• Josh Cornett
• PE
• Rachel Johndro

• Related Arts
• Donna Grant-Paige
• Science
• Diana Branch
• Social Studies
• Keith Brammer
• SPED
• Cynthia Tighe
• Co-Chairmen
• Mollye Hays Mary Stokes

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Peer Review VisitMarch 18, 2009
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Communication Goal

• Students will use the JFHS website to access
  important scholastic and extra-/co-curricular
  information.

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Measurable Objective 1

• Teachers will make students aware of the website
  and encourage them to use it to find pertinent
  information for their classes and extra
  co-curricular activities.

Strategies to Meet Objective 1

• Teachers will make students aware of the JFHS
  website their class website
• Teachers will keep info current
• Teachers will regularly remind students to use
  the website to access school info

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Measurable Objective 2

• Athletic coaches and co and extra-curricular
  activity sponsors will use the JFHS website or
  team website to post current information for
  their sport or activity.

Strategies to Meet Objective 2

• Coaches/activity sponsors will submit scores to
  the athletic director or her designee or post
  scores to their team website within twelve hours
  of each game/activity
• Schedule changes will be sent to the athletic
  director or her designee as soon as the
  coach/activity sponsor becomes aware of them

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Academic Goal

• Decrease the achievement gap among the students
  enrolled in Math and English at JFHS

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Measurable Academic Objective

• At least 80 of minority students enrolled in
  Math English will pass the SOL the first
  testing or during expedited retakes.

• AYP Calculations - August 2008
• Minority Math 77 (goal 75)
• SPED Math 77 (goal 75)
• Minority English 87 (goal 77)
• SPED English Less than 50 students

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Strategies to Meet Academic Goal2008-09

• Use a variety of teaching tools
• Technology based
• Manipulatives
• Peer learning remediation
• Remediation opportunities
• Faculty meeting in-service presentations
  featuring successful learning techniques
• Free Reading every Friday

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Approved by faculty vote

• September 17, 2008

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Annual Survey

• Teachers January 8, 2009
• Parents January 5 20, 2009
• 10th 11th grade January 12 23, 2009
• English students
• Computers will be available in the library to
  take the survey from January 5th through January
  20th.