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Nova Scotia School Accreditation Process
School Improvement Plan – May, 2007
Student Achievement Goal #1: By June 2010 we will see an improvement of 10% of students achieving a B or higher in the Math section of the Halifax Regional School Board student progress report, with supporting data from key stage common assessments at the end of grades 3 and 6.
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Year One Strategies |
Time Frame |
Responsibilities |
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1. Focus on number sense |
all year |
All classroom teachers, as well as Resource/Learning Centre teachers |
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2. Identify materials and resources for students and teachers for use in the classroom; purchase necessary materials |
September to November, 2007 |
All classroom teachers, as well as Literacy Resource/Learning centre teachers |
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3. Parent/guardian education and communication to ensure home support for student achievement in mathematics
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All year |
All teachers |
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4. Data collection and analysis to inform decision-making about instructional strategies and to measure the extent to which goal is being achieved |
All year |
Teachers |
Student Achievement Goal #1: By June 2010 we will see an improvement of 10% of students achieving a B or higher in the Math section of the Halifax Regional School Board student progress report, with supporting data from key stage common assessments at the end of grades 3 and 6.
Action Plan: Year One
Strategy #1 Focus on number sense
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Steps |
Time Frame |
Responsibility |
Resources Needed |
Budget |
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Students will enjoy and benefit from a wide variety of opportunities to explore number
Align continuum of number sense outcomes across grade levels and distribute to classroom teachers as a support to long-range planning
Provide school-wide professional development sessions on number sense
Enlist support of HRSB Math Mentor to support teacher learning
Develop a binder featuring best practices and ideas
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September 2007 to June 2008
September 2007 – June 2008
One Tuesday after school/month
September 2007 – May 2008
September 2007 – June 2008
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All staff
Classroom teachers
Math team
Classroom teachers
Math team and teachers |
Professional resources
HRSB personnel |
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Student Achievement Goal #1: By June 2010 we will see an improvement of 10% of students achieving a B or higher in the Math section of the Halifax Regional School Board student progress report, with supporting data from key stage common assessments at the end of grades 3 and 6.
Strategy #2 Identify materials and resources for students and teachers for use in the classroom; purchase necessary materials
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Steps |
Time Frame |
Responsibility |
Resources Needed |
Budget |
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Inventory existing resources and identify gaps
Purchase necessary materials
Check Department of Education ‘homework boxes’ for grades P-3 to identify and replace missing pieces
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September – October 2007
September-November 2007
September-October 2007
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Math team and teachers
School administration
Math team, with parent volunteers
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Time
Time
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$270 to cover two sub days
$1000
$135 to cover one sub day
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Student Achievement Goal #1: By June 2010 we will see an improvement of 10% of students achieving a B or higher in the Math section of the Halifax Regional School Board student progress report, with supporting data from key stage common assessments at the end of grades 3 and 6.
Strategy #3 Parent/guardian education and communication to ensure home support for student achievement in mathematics
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Steps |
Time Frame |
Responsibility |
Resources Needed |
Budget |
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Family numeracy night will focus on students demonstrating number sense
School newsletter – tips for supporting numeracy development at home
Provide links on school website to appropriate math sites
Schedule consistent use of DOE ‘homework boxes’ for grades P-3
Provide evening parent education sessions about how to support student achievement in mathematics at home |
October, 2007
Once/month
October, 2007
November 2007 – May 2008
November, 2007, and April, 2008 |
Math team, school administration
Math team, school administration
Math team
Math team
School administration, Math team |
Prizes, stickers, etc.
Parent volunteers
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$100 |
Student Achievement Goal #1: By June 2010 we will see an improvement of 10% of students achieving a B or higher in the Math section of the Halifax Regional School Board student progress report, with supporting data from key stage common assessments at the end of grades 3 and 6.
Strategy #4 Data collection and analysis to inform decision-making about instructional practices and to measure the extent to which the goal is being achieved.
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Steps |
Time Frame |
Responsibility |
Resources Needed |
Budget |
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Report card data collection
Develop a common assessment tool for staff to measure progress in number sense.
DOE and HRSB math assessment results and analysis
Daily observation of student performance
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December 2007, April and June 2008
September 2007 to December2008
September – October 2007
September 2007 – June 2008 |
All classroom teachers
All staff, led by Math team
All staff, led by Math team
Classroom teachers
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Student Achievement Goal #1: By June 2010 we will see an improvement of 10% of students achieving a B or higher in the Math section of the Halifax Regional School Board student progress report, with supporting data from key stage common assessments at the end of grades 3 and 6.
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Year Two Strategies |
Time Frame |
Responsibilities |
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1. Focus on mental math |
all year |
Teachers |
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2. Revisit materials and resources; purchase identified items |
September to November, 2008 |
Teachers, school administration |
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3. Ongoing parent/guardian education and communication |
All year |
Teachers, school administration |
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4. Ongoing data collection and analysis |
All year |
Teachers, school administration |
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Year Three Strategies |
Time Frame |
Responsibilities |
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1. Focus on patterns and relationships |
all year |
Teachers |
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2. Revisit materials and resources; purchase identified items |
September to November, 2009 |
Teachers, school administration |
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3. Ongoing parent/guardian education and communication |
All year |
Teachers, school administration |
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4. Ongoing data collection and analysis |
All year |
Teachers, school administration |
Student Achievement Goal #2: By June 2010 we will see an improvement of 10% of students achieving a B or higher in the reading section of the Halifax Regional School Board progress report, with supporting data from the grades 3 and 6 provincial language arts assessments
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Year One Strategies |
Time Frame |
Responsibilities |
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1. Focus on improving reading fluency |
all year |
All classroom teachers, as well as Literacy Coordinator and Resource/Learning centre teachers |
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2. Identify materials and resources for students and teachers for use in the classroom; purchase necessary materials |
September to November, 2007 |
All classroom teachers, as well as Literacy Coordinator and Resource/Learning centre teachers |
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3. Identify and address special needs |
All year |
All teachers, Program Planning Teams |
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4. Data collection and analysis to inform decision-making about instructional strategies and to measure the extent to which goal is being achieved |
All year |
Teachers |
Student Achievement Goal #2: By June 2010 we will see an improvement of 10% of students achieving a B or higher in the reading section of the Halifax Regional School Board progress report, with supporting data from the grades 3 and 6 provincial language arts assessments
Action Plan: Year One
Strategy #1 Focus on improving reading fluency
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Steps |
Time Frame |
Responsibility |
Resources Needed |
Budget |
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Through workshops, meetings, and professional conversations, develop common understanding among teachers of fluency continuum and teaching implications for each level 1-4.
Scheduling: Common daily reading workshop hour for grades P-3 and 4-6
Monthly staff ‘cafés’ to share ideas, successes, and challenges with reading workshop
Parent/guardian education and communication to ensure home support with fluency development
Review needs of identified students with phonemic awareness challenges and implement appropriate programs, formal adaptations, or individual program plans
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September 2007 to November 2007
September 2007 to June 2008
September 2007 – June 2008
- 2 parent workshop sessions, - monthly related newsletter items
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All staff, with leadership from the Literacy Coordinator
School Administration
Literacy Coordinator, teachers
Teachers, school administration
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Various professional publications
Parent ‘lending library’ of appropriate resources |
8 X $50= $400
$600 |
Student Achievement Goal #2: By June 2010 we will see an improvement of 10% of students achieving a B or higher in the reading section of the Halifax Regional School Board progress report, with supporting data from the grades 3 and 6 provincial language arts assessments
Strategy #2 Identify materials and resources for students and teachers for use in the classroom; purchase necessary materials
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Steps |
Time Frame |
Responsibility |
Resources Needed |
Budget |
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Inventory existing resources and identify gaps (such as lack of levelled books, missing books, shortage of non-fiction material, shortage of materials that may appeal more broadly to boys)
Purchase necessary materials
Ensure all students have access to a variety of ‘just right’ books for home practise through review of classroom routines and homework procedures in all classes |
September – October 2007
October-November 2007
November 2007 – June 2008 |
Literacy Coordinator & teachers
School administration
Teachers & school administration |
Time
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$270 to cover two sub days
$1000
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Student Achievement Goal #2: By June 2010 we will see an improvement of 10% of students achieving a B or higher in the reading section of the Halifax Regional School Board progress report, with supporting data from the grades 3 and 6 provincial language arts assessments
Strategy #3 Identify and address special needs
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Steps |
Time Frame |
Responsibility |
Resources Needed |
Budget |
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Review Program Planning process with staff with a view to identifying individual needs related to reading
Identify appropriate assistive technology applications that can be used for reading with students
Implement appropriate assistive technology for reading applications in designated classrooms
Review needs of identified students with phonemic awareness challenges and implement appropriate programs, formal adaptations, or individual program plans
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September 2007
September, 2007
October – November, 2007
September 2007 – June 2008 |
School administration & all staff members
Speech/Language Pathologist, Learning Centre/Resource teachers
Classroom teachers, Resource/Learning Centre teacher
Classroom teachers, School Planning Team |
Consultation with personnel from HRSB Assistive Technology
Appropriate software
Professional resources, student materials |
$500
$300 |
Student Achievement Goal #2: By June 2010 we will see an improvement of 10% of students achieving a B or higher in the reading section of the Halifax Regional School Board progress report, with supporting data from the grades 3 and 6 provincial language arts assessments
Strategy #4 Data collection and analysis to inform decision-making about instructional strategies and to measure the extent to which goal is being achieved
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Steps |
Time Frame |
Responsibility |
Resources Needed |
Budget |
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Running records (including fluency level) for each student done in November and May to be submitted to office
Staff meetings to review running records data
Report card data collection
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September 2007 to June 2008
November, 2007 and May, 2008
December 2007, April and June 2008 |
Teachers, literacy coordinator
Teachers, Literacy coordinator
Teachers |
Professional support from school Literacy Coordinator |
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Student Achievement Goal #2: By June 2010 we will see an improvement of 10% of students achieving a B or higher in the reading section of the Halifax Regional School Board progress report, with supporting data from the grades 3 and 6 provincial language arts assessments
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Year Two Strategies |
Time Frame |
Responsibilities |
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1. Focus on 6 traits of comprehension |
all year |
Teachers |
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2. Revisit materials and resources; purchase identified items |
September to November, 2008 |
Teachers |
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3. Identify and address special needs |
All year |
All teachers, Program Planning Teams |
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4. Ongoing data collection and analysis |
All year |
Teachers |
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Year Three Strategies |
Time Frame |
Responsibilities |
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1. Bringing it all together: from Learning to Read to Reading to Learn |
all year |
Teachers |
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2. Revisit materials and resources; purchase identified items |
September to November, 2009 |
Teachers |
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3. Identify and address special needs |
All year |
All teachers, Program Planning Teams |
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4. Ongoing data collection and analysis |
All year |
Teachers |
School Performance, Goal #3: By June 2010, we will see a 10% increase in the level of satisfaction of parent, student and staff who agree that Oldfield School is a safe and positive learning environment, based on responses to relevant questions in the Halifax Regional School Board survey for parents, staff, and students in grades 3-6, as well as a site-based survey for grades P-2.
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Year One Strategies |
Time Frame |
Responsibilities |
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1. Staff orientation to PEBS program
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May – June, 2007 |
School administration |
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2. Communication
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September 2007 – June 2008 |
School staff and administration |
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3. Explicit teaching of expected behaviours in and out of the classroom
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September 2007 – June 2008 |
Teaching staff |
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4. Expand on current positive rewards system
5. Data collection to inform decision-making about instructional priorities and to measure extent to which goal is being achieved
6. Develop a Positive and Effective Behaviour Supports (PEBS) matrix, involving staff, students, and the School Advisory Council
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September 2007
September 2007 – June 2008
March – June, 2008 |
School staff and administration
School staff and administration
PEBS team |
School Performance, Goal #3: By June 2010, we will see a 10% increase in the level of satisfaction of parent, student and staff who agree that Oldfield School is a safe and positive learning environment, based on responses to relevant questions in the Halifax Regional School Board survey for parents, staff, and students in grades 3-6, as well as a site-based survey for grades P-2.
Action Plan: Year One
Strategy #1: Staff orientation to PEBS program
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Steps |
Time Frame |
Responsibility |
Resources Needed |
Budget |
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Staff orientation to PEBS program
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May – June, 2007 |
School Administration |
Support staff from HRSB Safe Schools |
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School Performance, Goal #3: By June 2010, we will see a 10% increase in the level of satisfaction of parent, student and staff who agree that Oldfield School is a safe and positive learning environment, based on responses to relevant questions in the Halifax Regional School Board survey for parents, staff, and students in grades 3-6, as well as a site-based survey for grades P-2.
Strategy #2: Communication
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Steps |
Time Frame |
Responsibility
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Resources Needed |
Budget |
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Inform community of updated code of conduct through the school newsletter, school website, and classroom activities
Inform community of elements of PEBS through the monthly school newsletter
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September, 2007
All year
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School administration
School staff and administration |
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School Performance, Goal #3: By June 2010, we will see a 10% increase in the level of satisfaction of parent, student and staff who agree that Oldfield School is a safe and positive learning environment, based on responses to relevant questions in the Halifax Regional School Board survey for parents, staff, and students in grades 3-6, as well as a site-based survey for grades P-2.
Strategy #3: Explicit teaching of expected behaviours in and out of the classroom
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Steps
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Time Frame
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Responsibility
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Resources Needed |
Budget |
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Through mini-lessons staff will teach students to be proactive in problem solving
Staff will use Second Step to support positive behaviour
Staff and students will be given more than one opportunity to role-play positive behaviour in and out of the classroom
Student leadership teams (e.g. peer helpers) will provide support for all students
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September 2007 and on-going throughout the year
All year
All year
All year |
All Classroom teachers, as well as Resource and Learning Centre teachers
School staff
School Staff
Students, under leadership of staff members |
Second Step program
Student leader identifiers (e.g. hats, scarves)
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$400
$100 |
School Performance, Goal #3: By June 2010, we will see a 10% increase in the level of satisfaction of parent, student and staff who agree that Oldfield School is a safe and positive learning environment, based on responses to relevant questions in the Halifax Regional School Board survey for parents, staff, and students in grades 3-6, as well as a site-based survey for grades P-2.
Strategy # 4: Expand on current positive reward system
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Steps |
Time Frame |
Responsibility |
Resources Needed |
Budget |
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Create a Gotchas system (similar to current ‘good deeds’ draw)
Introduce Gotchas program to staff and students; staff will implement
Gotchas program - Principal will draw one Gotchas per class in weekly draw
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Fall 2007
September 2007
All year
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School staff
School staff
Principal |
Funds for purchasing weekly Gotchas rewards |
$100 |
School Performance, Goal #3: By June 2010, we will see a 10% increase in the level of satisfaction of parent, student and staff who agree that Oldfield School is a safe and positive learning environment, based on responses to relevant questions in the Halifax Regional School Board survey for parents, staff, and students in grades 3-6, as well as a site-based survey for grades P-2.
Strategy # 5: Data collection to inform decision-making about instructional priorities and to measure extent to which goal is being achieved
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Steps |
Time Frame |
Responsibility |
Resources Needed |
Budget |
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Staff will develop a school climate survey for grades P-2
HRSB survey data analysis
Office referral data analysis and review
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To be administered in November to coincide with HRSB survey
February, 2008
3 times throughout the year, to coincide with student progress reports |
All staff
All staff
All staff |
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School Performance, Goal #3: By June 2010, we will see a 10% increase in the level of satisfaction of parent, student and staff who agree that Oldfield School is a safe and positive learning environment, based on responses to relevant questions in the Halifax Regional School Board survey for parents, staff, and students in grades 3-6, as well as a site-based survey for grades P-2.
Strategy #6: Develop a Positive and Effective Behaviour Supports (PEBS) matrix, involving staff, students, SAC and school community
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Steps
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Time Frame
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Responsibility
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Resources Needed |
Budget |
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Staff will receive training in Positive Effective Behaviour Systems (PEBS)
Staff will examine other school PEBS matrices
Staff will develop a school PEBS matrix for Oldfield School, with input from SAC and a student focus group
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March, 2008
April, 2008
May, 2008
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PEBS Team
School staff
School staff and PEBS team
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Board Support Staff |
n/a |
School Performance, Goal #3: By June 2010, we will see a 10% increase in the level of satisfaction of parent, student and staff who agree that Oldfield School is a safe and positive learning environment, based on responses to relevant questions in the Halifax Regional School Board survey for parents, staff, and students in grades 3-6, as well as a site-based survey for grades P-2.
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Year Two Strategies |
Time Frame |
Responsibilities |
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1. Continue explicit teaching and modeling of behavioural expectations set out by the PEBS program
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September 2008 – June 2009 |
Teachers, school administration |
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2. Continue with positive rewards program |
September 2008 – June 2009 |
Teachers, school administration |
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3. Ongoing communication with community |
September 2008 – June 2009 |
Teachers, school administration |
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4. Ongoing data collection and analysis |
September 2008 – June 2009 |
Teachers, school administration |
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Year Three Strategies |
Time Frame |
Responsibilities |
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1. Continue explicit teaching and modeling of behavioural expectations set out by the PEBS program
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September 2009 – June 2010 |
Teachers, school administration |
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2. Continue with positive rewards program |
September 2009 – June 2010 |
Teachers, school administration |
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3. Ongoing communication with community |
September 2009 – June 2010 |
Teachers, school administration |
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4. Ongoing data collection and analysis |
September 2009 – June 2010 |
Teachers, school administration |
Budget Summary
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Expenditures |
Estimated Costs |
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Substitute days (math) Family numeracy night Math supplies Professional resources (literacy) Parent library Substitute days (literacy) Books & materials Software Other materials to meet special needs in reading PEBS materials Second Step Student Leader support Rewards |
$405 $100 $1000 $400 $600 $270 $1000 $500 $300
$50 $400 $100 $100 |