Oswegatchie School
School Improvement Plan
2007 – 2008
Oswegatchie Elementary School, located in the center
of Waterford on Boston Post Rd., presently has 291 students in
grades kindergarten through five. Our diverse student body of
twenty-two percent minority reflects the variety of cultures and
ethnicities in our school community. To address a wide range of
abilities in each classroom, the faculty and staff at Oswegatchie
work together in collaborative groups to promote a professional
learning community at our school. Teams of teachers review student
data regularly, and plan and adjust their instruction based upon
that information in order to meet the needs of all students. This
concept also allows for provision of inclusive services to students
needing special education and related service support in order
to be successful in the general education classrooms. All students
benefit from this approach because we are able to provide small
group instruction, a variety of materials and resources, and learning
activities that meet the needs of individual learning styles.
In addition to academic support and enrichment, students and staff
at Oswegatchie promote good character and citizenship, as well
as many service-oriented projects in our school community. Parent
involvement is integral to the success of our students, and we
continually look for ways to increase academic collaboration between
home and school, through events such as First Day, Math Night,
and Family Science Night.
After reviewing current standardized and district-wide assessment
information, the school district developed goals and objectives,
outlined below, to foster continuous improvement for all students
throughout the school system. From those district goals and objectives,
the Oswegatchie School faculty developed goals and objectives
focused on student achievement in all grade levels and all curricular
areas. We will review and update progress toward those goals periodically
throughout the school year.
District Goal #1: All students
will demonstrate continuous improvement in all curricula as measured
on district, state and national assessments.
District Objectives:
• All students will improve student achievement in reading,
by demonstrating proficiency or higher on district, state and
national assessments.*
• All students will improve student achievement in writing,
by demonstrating proficiency or higher on district, state and
national assessments.*
• All students will improve student achievement in mathematics,
by demonstrating proficiency or higher on district, state and
national assessments.*
*To include all subgroups (i.e. gender, special
education)
District Goal #2: All science staff
will establish a science goal based on data collected during the
2007-2008 school year.
District Objective:
• To collect data in order to establish a baseline measure
of performance for all students
in science.*
*To include all subgroups (i.e. gender, special education)
The goals for Oswegatchie School have been developed
by teams of teachers using data to address student learning, and
are Strategic, Measurable, Attainable, Results-oriented, and Time-bound.
The SMART goals for the 2007-08 school year are as follows:
Kindergarten
Math: By the end of the 2007-08 school year, 75%
of kindergarten students will score 80% or better on grade level
final assessments for estimation and measurement skills.
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Reading: By the end of the 2007-08 school year, 75% of kindergarten
students will meet the grade level goal on the DRA2 and demonstrate
the ability to make a reasonable connection to text (personal
or other).
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Writing: By the end of the 2007-08 school year, 75% of kindergarten
students, will create illustrations, and will compose a simple,
related sentence, in which grade level sight words are spelled
with 70% accuracy.
Grade 1
Math: By the end of the 2007-08 school year, 75% of first grade
students will score 80% or better on grade level final assessments
for estimation and measurement skills.
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Reading: By the end of the 2007-08 school year, 75% of first grade
students will meet the grade level goal on the DRA 2 and demonstrate
the ability to make a reasonable connection to text (personal
or other).
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Writing: By the end of the 2007-08 school year, 75% of first grade
students will meet the grade level goal on the spring writing
prompt and score 80% or better on a post test of editing skills.
Grade 2
Math: By the end of the 2007-2008 school year, 75 percent of second
grade students will score 80 percent on the post test focusing
on “Estimating Solutions to Problems” with a focus
on rounding.
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Reading: By the end of the 2007-2008 school year, 75 percent of
second grade students will reach the Second Grade DRA2 goal.
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Writing: By the end of the 2007-2008 school year, 75 percent of
second grade students will reach goal on the teacher-created Composing
and Revising post test.
Grade 3
Math: By the end of the 2007-2008 school year, Third
Graders will increase from 57% to 80% in Approximating Measures
on the CMT and teacher created trimester post assessments.
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Reading: By the end of the 2007-2008 school year, Third Graders
will increase from 38% to 80% in Making Reader/Text Connections
as measured by the CMT and teacher created trimester post assessments.
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Writing: By the end of the 2007-2008 school year, Third Graders
will increase from 48% to 80% in Composing and Revising on the
CMT and teacher created trimester post assessments.
Grade 4
Math: The percentage of 4th grade students scoring
at goal or higher on approximating measures and math applications
will increase from 57% to 70% by the end of the 2007-08 school
year, as measured by the CMT.
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Reading: The percentage of 4th grade students scoring at goal
or higher on the reader/text connections and examining content/structure
will increase from 38% to 50% and from 43% to 60 % respectively
by the end of the 2007-08 school year as measured by the CMT.
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Writing: The percentage of 4th grade students scoring at goal
or higher on the composing and revising portion of the Connecticut
Master Test will increase from 49% to 60% by the end of the 2007-2008
school year as measured by the CMT.
Grade 5
Math: 70% of students in grade 5 will achieve 75% on trimester
assessments on estimating solutions to problems.
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Reading: 70% of students in grade 5 will achieve 75% on 4 combined
assessments for each class book on making reader/text connections.
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Writing: 85% of students in grade 5 will achieve 80% on 4 combined
assessments for each class book for editing.
Art
By the end of the 2007-08 school year, Fifth Graders will demonstrate
student achievement in the area of math through integration in
completed art lessons with 80% accuracy.
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By the end of the 2007-08 school year, Fourth Graders will demonstrate
student achievement through their investigation of various elements
of art focusing on texture with 80% accuracy.
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By the end of the 2007-08 school year Kindergarten students will
complete art lessons focusing on color recognition with 80% accuracy.
Mental Health
By the end of the 2007-2008 school year, counseling
students will demonstrate reading comprehension through reader/text
connections with 80% accuracy at appropriate text levels.
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By the end of the 2007-2008 school year, the Mental Health Professional
Learning Community will identify student and staff strategies
to foster positive transition between schools in and out of district
to ensure academic and social success.
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By the end of the 2007-2008 school year, the Mental Health Professional
Learning Community will create and compile concrete and measurable
Individualized Education Plan goals to address the social, emotional
and behavioral needs of our students.
Music
By the end of the 2007-2008 school year, 80% of students in Grade
5 will be able to create original melodic ostinati.
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By the end of the 2007-2008 school year, 80% of students in Grade
5 will able to respond to the harmonic devices in performed music.
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By the end of the 2007-1008 school year, the percentage of 4th
grade students scoring at goal or higher on approximating and
math applications will increase to 70%.
Physical Education
Goal 1: 80% of students in Kindergarten and Grade
1 will improve estimating the accuracy of their underhand throws
and the accuracy of their underhand throws
as measured by pre and post assessment tool from the fall 2007
to the spring 2008.
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Goal 2: 80% of students in Grade 2 and Grade 3 will improve estimating
the accuracy of their overhand throws and the accuracy of their
overhand throws, as measured by pre and post assessment tool from
the fall 2007 to the spring
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Goal 3: 80% of students in Grade 4 and Grade 5 will improve estimating
the accuracy of their overhand throws the accuracy of their overhand
throws, as measured by pre and post assessment tool from the fall
2007 to the spring.
Spanish
By the end of 2nd grade, 75% of students will score
80% or higher on common assessments designed by the PLC team.
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By the end of 3rd grade, 75% of students will score 80% or higher
on common assessments designed by the PLC team.
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Elementary Spanish teachers will support math skill achievement
by applying strategies for estimating solutions in grade 5.
The school improvement plan is a collaborative effort,
and reflects the input of the certified staff at Oswegatchie School.
Nancy Macione, Principal 11/5/07
