School Innovation and Improvement Plan At-a-Glance

• 2024 - 2025
• Bren Mar Park Elementary School
• Region 6
• Elizabeth Williams, Principal

English Language Arts 

Outcome:   

• Ensure students are making sufficient progress to be on grade level in English Language Arts by the end of grade 3.

Goals:

•  By June 2025, the percentage of multilingual learners (G1 - G3) who demonstrate progress in overall language acquisition will increase from 56% to 61% as measured by WIDA ACCESS for ELLs, demonstrating a gain of 5% for SY 2024-2025 over SY 2023-2024.
• The percentage of students in grades PK-3 meeting or exceeding the VALLSS screener benchmarks will increase from fall 2024 to spring 2025.

Strategy 1

• Improve daily, systematic, explicit instruction in phonological awareness, phonics, and morphology by using the new core curriculum.

Strategy 2

• Use embedded formative assessments in the new core curriculum to guide tier 1 and tier 2 instructional decisions.

Strategy 3

• Increase teacher content knowledge of evidence-based literacy instruction aligned with science-based reading research to improve implementation of new core curriculum.

Mathematics

Outcome: 

• Ensure students are making sufficient progress to be on grade level in Mathematics in alignment with FCPS goal for Algebra by grade 8.

Goal: 

• By June 2025, the percentage of multilingual learners who pass the Grades 3-6 Math SOL will increase from 43% to 48%, demonstrating a gain of 5% for SY 2024-2025 over SY 2023-2024.

Strategy 1

• Increase teacher's implementation of strategies and conversation structures that increase academic talk between students related to Shift 4: from show and tell to share and compare.

Strategy 2

• Increase formal collaboration between classroom teachers and ESOL teachers to develop the language of mathematics through the use of embedded strategies during whole group and small group instruction.

Strategy 3

• Increase teachers' content knowledge and implementation of the 2023 FCPS Mathematics Program of Studies.
   

Wellness 

Outcome:

•  Ensure students feel safe, included, and supported in the school environment.

Goal:

• By May 2025, the Bren Mar Park chronic absenteeism rate will decrease from 13.9% (63 students) to no more than 10% as indicated in the FCPS attendance dashboard. 

Strategy 1

• MTSS Schoolwide and Site Intervention teams analyze attendance along with behavior and wellness data bi-monthly to identify students in need of Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions.

Strategy 2

• Schools will share multilingual attendance materials with families throughout the year to educate families regarding the importance of attendance for school success.

Strategy 3

• Teachers will use a variety of culturally-responsive practices and communication methods to provide supportive outreach to students and families when student attendance concerns arise.
   

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