DATA RETREAT PRINCIPAL’S MID-YEAR

REPORT 2010-11

Vandercook Lake High School

Principal: Mark Schonhard

Subject Area: Reading & Writing

GOAL

All students will be proficient in reading and writing by 2014.

What group of students is targeted with this goal:

All students in grades 6-12

Objective 1

Teachers will administer writing prompts twice a year and provide feedback to evaluate and improve persuasive writing skills.

Evidence of Action

• Grade 6 = Narrative Prompt• 7-12 = Persuasive Prompt• November (Pre Assessment) =

Prompt A• February (Post Assessment) =

Prompt A

Prompt Results Pre/Post(sample)

Name Grade UIC Prompt 1 Prompt 2

ALEXANDER, WILLIAM VINCENT 6 xxxxxxxxxx  2  2

AMBURGEY-MCDERMOTT, SAVANNAH ZOE 6 xxxxxxxxxx 5  5

ANKNEY, SHELBY JO 6 xxxxxxxxxx 3  5

AVERY, SARAH ELAINE 6 xxxxxxxxxx 4  4

BAHR, TYSON J 6 xxxxxxxxxx 1  4

BAIRD, HANNAH ELIZABETH 6 xxxxxxxxxx 3  4

Evidence of Action (continued)

• Quality feedback given to students on an individual basis

• Staff has been trained on scoring prompts using the ACT Rubric

• Writing prompts scored by ELA staff using the ACT Rubric (grades 7-12), and MEAP Rubric (grade 6)

Is It Working?

• Common Initiative Among ELA Staff

• Additional Writing Data For This Year

• Evaluation of Scores and Discussion of Possible Interventions

• Will Be Added to Data Director

Objective 2

Teachers will increase access, time, and authentic purpose of informational texts in lessons in order to improve reading comprehension.

Evidence of Action

• Curriculum re-alignment to support the improvement of informational text goal

• Discussion/notes from bi-monthly meetings

• Share-out of resource information during our department meetings

• “Professional Learning Community” has been established and are sharing lessons with focus on informational text

Is It Working?

• Discussion / Ideas during monthly meetings

• Item analysis of MEAP results when they are released

• Analysis of semester exams

Objective 3

Teachers will provide explicit vocabulary activities in order to improve reading comprehension.

Evidence of Action

• RTI Strategies in Classrooms

• Discussion/sharing of ideas and resources during department meetings

• Review and implement Lifetyme strategies into all core subject areas

• Daily exposure/instruction involving ACT vocabulary lists

Is It Working?

• Data analysis of ACT Practice Test through Sylvan Learning

• Classroom walkthroughs/informal observations by principals

What’s Next?

• Evaluation of writing prompt scores

• MEAP/MME Item Analysis

• Pre/Post Assessment Data

• Review of weekly lesson plans (new this year)