School Innovation and Improvement Plan

• 2023-2024
• North Springfield Elementary School
• Region 6
• Chad McRae, Principal

Mathematics

Outcome:

By June of 2024 the percentage of students passing the Math SOL (Grades 3,4,5) will increase from 58% to 75%.

Strategies

• Strategy 1: Increase teacher implementation of explicit instruction and other components of effective mathematics intervention.
• Strategy 2: Increase teachers implementation strategies related to Shift 4: from show and tell to share and compare.
• Strategy 3: Increase students' self-efficacy around the ability to be successful in mathematics.

English Language Arts

Outcome:

By June of 2024 the percentage of 3rd grade students passing the Reading SOL will increase from 66% to 75%.

Strategies

• Strategy 1: Improve daily, systematic, explicit instruction in phonological awareness, phonics, and morphology in the core language arts block. (HLP 2)
• Strategy 2: Increase use of data (e.g., iReady, CORE, PASS, PRF, WIDA) to plan instruction and monitor progress for students demonstrating risk. (HLP 2-5)
• Strategy 3: Improve use of interactive read alouds for building knowledge and vocabulary through texts that affirm students' lived experiences. (HLP 1, 3)

Chronic Absenteeism 

Outcome:

We will decrease our absentee rate to 10% or less for the 2023-2024 school.

Strategies

• Strategy 1: Strengthening messaging to staff, students and families around attendance to school. Each stakeholder should be able to understand how daily attendance matters, not only for academic success, but because school offers an opportunity to develop social and emotional skills such as listening, paying attention, problem-solving and self-regulation, all which are needed to grow and learn.
• Strategy 2: Develop community partnerships to promote engagement opportunities for increased student attendance.

Social and Emotional Learning

Outcome:

Grades 3 -5 Tier 1 students will increase SEL scores in the area of coping and decision making to at or above the FCPS average growth when comparing the fall 2023-2024 and the spring 2023-2024 screeners by June 2024.

Strategies

• Strategy 1: SEL is currently embedded in daily routines and structures. In addition, teachers will implement lessons from the FCPS SEL curriculum weekly throughout the school year.
• Strategy 2: Strengthen our staff's knowledge of SEL and resources available to support mental health across our school community.
• Strategy 3: Recognizing the connection between SEL competencies and digital citizenship, we will increase opportunities for students, staff, and families to learn how to support digital citizenship competencies.

For additional information regarding this School Plan, please contact the Principal, Chad McRae.