Morris Schott Middle School Action Plan for Reading

School Improvement Goal (Reading): By the Spring of 2008, 65.1% of all Morris Schott Middle School students will pass the reading assessment targets as measured by the WASL.

Activity	Time Line	Person(s) Responsible Who is involved? Who will provide leadership? Who will provide work?	Professional Development:	Monitor Effectiveness How do we know if we’re doing what we said we’d do? (Look fors in classroom)	Expected Impact How do we know if its working?
Staff will teach all reading programs with fidelity to the programs.	Ongoing	Reading Coach, Principal, Teachers	Every teacher engaged in reading instruction will be offered training in the program they are assigned before school starts. They will also receive periodic follow up training. Staff will receive training in the creation of pacing calendars.	Rookie: Evidence of implementation in the classroom and responsiveness to coaching. Experienced: Full implementation and augmentation of materials.	Student achievement consistent with growth targets.
Staff will use Betsy Cornell reading targets in all content areas.	Ongoing	Principal, Reading Coach, Trained staff, faculty	All staff will be trained on Betsy Cornell targets.	All staff will have questions written for each target by the end of the school year as measured by Principal observation.	Improved scores on WASL.
Staff will utilize Thinking Maps where applicable in all content areas.	Ongoing	Trained staff , Principal, Reading Coach, faculty	All staff will be trained in the use of Thinking Maps.	Evidence of use as measured by Principal observation.	Improved scores on WASL.
Staff will collaborate to examine student work and design lessons that incorporate the reading and writing target maps and thinking maps.	Calendars with specific teaming assignments	Team leaders, Principal, Reading Coach	All staff will be provided with specific training on collaborative strategies.	Minutes and work products.	Improved EES results.
Staff will use district assessment tools to inform instruction.	Early release schedule starting the second week Sept of 06 thru June of 07	District assessment coordinator, reading coach and building administration	According to schedule	Rookie: Staff will have printouts available and be able to refer to individual student needs. Experienced: Staff will be able to demonstrate how instruction is impacted by assessment results.	Students will show achievement gains as measured by the assessments.
Students will be presented with practice using WASL released items.	Twice each month on alternate weeks.	Principal, SIP Team	Staff will be trained on the scoring of the WASL released items	Rookie: Evidence of implementation. Experienced: Multiple opportunities for practice with WASL items.	Improved WASL scores.