SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ACTION PLAN

for Increasing Vocabulary

School Improvement Vocabulary Goal: Students PreK-12 will improve content area vocabulary comprehension to an 80% proficiency level using specific skills and strategies.
Support
1. School Wide Inservice
2. On-line inservice
3. Moodle Training
Activities to Achieve Goal:

Baseline/Post Intervention Measures

Norm-Referenced Assessments
ITBS
AIMSweb
Person (s)
Accountable

Gayle Sharkey
Develop lists of core academic words

Lynda
Baumbach

Teachers attend L to J workshops throughout

state

Teachers sign
up at workshop of
their choice and
notify Gayle
Sharkey and Deb
Meyers for travel
arrangements

Develop L to J school wide plan for assessing

and collecting data from each building

Gayle Sharkey
L to J Core Team
Building
Administrators
Karen Miller

Develop plan for Specific Strategy Training

sessions for Vocabulary Instruction Strategies

Gayle Sharkey
Jamie Garner
ESU 15
Mike Pruter
ESU 15

Baseline/Post-Intervention Measures
Non Norm-Referenced Assessments
L to J
Person (s)
Responsible
K-12 Teachers1 or 2 reps per
grade level or
subject area. This
becomes the L to J
Vocabulary Team

Timeline Beg.

End

Completed/
6/3/2009 Revised
Annually

Resources

Monitoring/Evaluation

Marzanos
list of vocabulary words, Share lists across grade
levels, review overall plan
Curriculum, examples
from Lexington website

PK-12 Teachers
June July,
(They become the 2009
L to J Core
Team)

Completed

Will receive
further training at the
workshops

Teachers work
together developing plan for review, preview,
and assessment practice

Administrators
Gayle Sharkey

Completed

Karen Miller

Gayle Sharkey
Jamie GarnerESU 15
Mike PruterESU 15

Marzanos
book on Teaching
Vocabulary
Summer 2009

Completed

McRels Vocabulary
Instruction booklet

Verbal Feedback

School
Calendar/Inservice Time
August 17, 2009

L to J Core Team

Roll out L to J assessment plan to buildings

All PK-12 Staff

Building Admin

L to J Plan and Vocabulary Strategy

Workshop

Gayle Sharkey
Karen Millar
Jamie Garner
ESU #15

All Certified Staff

Individual
buildings
September 16,
2009
1:00 dismissal
2.5 hr inservice. Karen
and Gayle do
1st half,
Jamie does
second half.

Completed

Examples of
Charts

Completed &
Ongoing

*Examples of L to J
graphs
*Word Lists
*Marzanos Strategy #1
Handouts
Projector/computer/scre
en

Verbal Feedback

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ACTION PLAN

for Increasing Vocabulary
School Improvement Vocabulary Goal: Students PreK-12 will improve content area vocabulary comprehension to an 80% proficiency level using specific skills and strategies.
Support
1. School Wide Inservice
2. On-line inservice
3. Moodle Training
Activities to Achieve Goal:

Baseline/Post Intervention Measures

Norm-Referenced Assessments
ITBS
AIMSweb
Person (s)
Accountable

Love and Logic In- service PK 5

Gayle Sharkey

McCook Elem 10:00 AM 3:30 PM

Jed Hafer

In-service on Vocabul ary Strategy # 2

On-line Moodle training for accessin g
Video and Blog

Individual assistance with Moodle and

Forum Discussion

Baseline/Post-Intervention Measures
Non Norm-Referenced Assessments
L to J
Person (s)
Responsible

Timeline Beg.

PK-5
Teachers and
Paras

October16,2009
(no school K-5, Completed
1:00 dismissal
for 6-12
October 29,
2009

Gayle
Sharkey

PK-12
Certified
Shane Gearhartz- Staff
ESU 15

Mike Pruter
ESU 15
Jamie Garner
ESU 15
Tech Committee
members

PK - 12
Teachers

Mike Pruter

On-Line Strategy #2 Training Video/Forum ESU 15

posting by teachers
Shane (Tech)

End

PK-12
Certified
Staff

ESU 15

Teacher inservice AM

Completed

(Conferences
2:00 8:00 PM)
To be
completed by
November 11
McCook Elem
and Central:
before or after Completed
school
JH
and SH:
common plan
times during the
day
Teacher work
posted by
November
11, 2009

Completed

Resources

Monitoring/Evaluation
Evaluation form

Projector, microphone

Verbal Feedback
Evidence in practice

*Artifacts from Sept. 16

vocabulary workshop
* See 2nd strategy online via Moodle access
*Projector/computer/sc
reen
Ppt presention speakers

*Evaluation Form
*Artifacts from Student work
*Forum Discussion (Developed by Jamie &
Gayle)

*Feedback via Blog

Computer, on-line
access

Moodle Information
On-line Access

*Submitted
Artifacts

*Feedback via
Forum
* Submitted artifacts

Evaluation Form (+Delta)

Small group meetings with Lee Jenkins All

teachers in the district

Gayle Sharkey
Jamie Garner
ESU #15

November 1011, 2009 Roving

sub & common
plan time to
move
PK-12Teachers
throughout
and Administrators district
Completed

Karen Miller
Statewide Writing Assessment Scoring***

GayleSharkey
2 Teacher Trainers

PK- 12 Staff and

Administrators

Writing
generated from Completed
prompts for
grades 1-11

Verbal Feedback
Notes during sessions
Review, preview,
assessment data
November
24, 2009 (1:00 PM
dismissal)
*Calendar change
approved by School
Board

(Developed by Jamie and Gayle)

Teachers score
writing. Scores are placed on individual
spreadsheets for each class for baseline.

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ACTION PLAN

for Increasing Vocabulary
School Improvement Vocabulary Goal: Students PreK-12 will improve content area vocabulary comprehension to an 80% proficiency level using specific skills and strategies.
Support
1. School Wide Inservice
2. On-line inservice
3. Moodle Training
Activities to Achieve Goal:

Baseline/Post Intervention Measures

Norm-Referenced Assessments
ITBS
AIMSweb
Person (s)
Accountable
Mike Pruter
ESU 15

On-line In-service on Strategy #3

Shane (Tech)
ESU 15

Baseline/Post-Intervention Measures
Non Norm-Referenced Assessments
L to J
Person (s)
Responsible

Timeline Beg.

End

To be accessed
by teacher and
PK-12 Teachers
and Administrators artifacts posted Completed
by January 8,
2009

Resources

Monitoring/Evaluation

Moodle Information
Forms to be
downloaded

Artifacts

Gayle Sharkey
PK Teachers
Complete PreK list of core academic words

Lynda Baumbach

Completed by
December 2,
Kinder teacher rep 2009

Completed

Nebraska Early
Learning Guidelines and Include list with school wide list and begin
testing January 6, 2009
related resources

K-representative
January 4, 2010
School Improvemen t & Vocabulary Strategies
In-service

Grant Norgaard

Meet with PreK teachers for L to J

Gayle Sharkey

Mike Pruter
ESU 15
On-line In-service on Strategy # 4
Shane (Tech)
ESU 15

Vocabulary In-Service and Evaluation of

Process and Data gathered

Gayle Sharkey
Karen Miller
Mike Pruter- ESU
15
Jamie GarnerPK-12 Teachers
ESU 15
and Administrators
Mike Pruter
ESU 15

On-line In-service on Strategy # 5

Shane (Tech)
ESU 15
Gayle Sharkey

Small group meetings with Lee Jenkins

All teachers in district

day for
PK 12 Teachers All
Teacher
Prep
Completed
and Administrators AM and Inservice
PM
To be accessed
by January 13,
2010
PK-12 Teachers
Completed
and Administrators Artifacts/blog
postings by
February 10,
2010

Jamie Garner
ESU #15

February 17,
2010
1:00 Dismissal
for Teacher InService
Accessed by
March 2& 3,
2010

Teacher
PK-12 Teachers
Postings by
and Administrators March 31
March 2 & 3,
2010
PK-12 Teachers
and Administrators Roving subs &
common plan
time

Completed

Completed

NSSE Standards for

Effective Schools

*Moodle Information

*Feedback via Blog

*Forms to be
downloaded

*Submitted Artifacts

*Chart Paper for +/evaluation

*Data

* Verbal Feedback
*School wide Data using
L to J info
*Charts

*Moodle Information

*Feedback via Blog

*Forms to be
downloaded

*Submitted
Artifacts
Evaluation Form

Completed

Review, preview,
assessment data

Verbal Feedback
(Developed by Jamie and Gayle)

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ACTION PLAN

for Increasing Vocabulary
School Improvement Vocabulary Goal: Students PreK-12 will improve content area vocabulary comprehension to an 80% proficiency level using specific skills and strategies.
Support
1. School Wide Inservice
2. On-line inservice
3. Moodle Training
Activities to Achieve Goal:

Baseline/Post Intervention Measures

Norm-Referenced Assessments
ITBS
AIMSweb
Person (s)
Accountable

Karen Miller
District In-service Spring Scoring of K-11 Writing
Assessments
Gayle Sharkey

Baseline/Post-Intervention Measures
Non Norm-Referenced Assessments
L to J
Person (s)
Responsible

Timeline Beg. End

March 18, 2010

PK-12 Teachers
Score Writing
Completed
and Administrators papers in AM
(Conferenc es
2:00 8:00 PM)
April 23, 2010

Gayle Sharkey
Strategy Wrap-up In-service
Mike Pruter- ESU PK-12 Teachers
K-8Teachers
15
and
9-12 when not involved in District Music Contest Jamie GarnerAdministrators
ESU 15

All day for

District Music
Contest
Completed
Inservice to be
scheduled
around contest
and "Walk up"
times.
September
Present &
2009 May,
Ongoing
2010

Data Tracking

Karen Miller
Gayle Sharkey

Karen Miller
Individual
Buildings

Building Level/grade level meetings to share

successes and artifacts for Vocabulary
instruction sessions

Building Level
Administrators

Building Level
September,
Administrators and 2009 May
Staff
2010

Credited Class: Effective Teachers Using

Effective Strategies

Jamie Garner
ESU #15
Chadron College

Registered
Teachers PK-12
(5 Teachers from
McCook Schools
attended the
class!)
Kate Repass
Building Leaders

Present &
Ongoing

Teachers score papers;

Student papers from
February Writing
Assessment

Scores are placed on spreadsheets and

compared fall assessment and with state
results

Chart paper for World

Caf activity

World Caf
Discussion

L to J Data

Completed Data
Tracking Reports

*Vocabulary
Pretest/Posttest

College Credit

June July
2009

Completed

September
2012 May,
2014

Present &
Ongoing

Text $ for Class

Evaluation Form

PLC Culture of
teams and
collaboration with
Classroom
Teachers

Attend PLC (& Conferences and Summits)

Building Level
Administrators

September,201
Building Level
May
Present &
Administrators and 22014
Ongoing
Staff
and On-going

Vertical Alignment
Horizontal Align.
Pacing Guides
CRTs developed
Analyzing Data

Staff Building
Leaders

Registered
Teachers PK-12

September2012 May
2014

Monitoring/Evaluation

*Artifacts

Collaboratively Creating Essential Learning

Objectives

Individual
Buildings

Resources

Present &
Ongoing

Mastery Connect
IXL
Triand
Google Docs

Rated on Endurance, Leverage, &

Readiness
Completed Target Documents
Tracking Reports

$ for Conferences

Presentation by staff members on PLC

Conferences,
RTI

Time Early out

Wednesday

Completed Documents

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ACTION PLAN

for Increasing Vocabulary
School Improvement Vocabulary Goal: Students PreK-12 will improve content area vocabulary comprehension to an 80% proficiency level using specific skills and strategies.
Support
1. School Wide Inservice
2. On-line inservice
3. Moodle Training
Activities to Achieve Goal:

Baseline/Post Intervention Measures

Norm-Referenced Assessments
ITBS
AIMSweb
Person (s)
Accountable

Book Studies

ESU in-service to reinforce vocabulary

strategies
John Baylor ACT Test Prep administered to all
9-12 students to improve test taking skills in
vocabulary, reading comprehension and test
taking strategies.
Vocabulary/Writing Workshop

Building Level
Administrators

Baseline/Post-Intervention Measures
Non Norm-Referenced Assessments
L to J
Person (s)
Responsible
Building Leaders
Staff Members
Individual
Buildings

Kelly EricksonESU 15

Entire District Staff

9-12 Staff

9-12 Staff

Ron Coniglio
Elementary
Teachers

Elementary
Teachers

Timeline Beg.

End

September
2012 May,
2014

Present &
Ongoing

&
4/1/2014 Present
Ongoing
&
2013 Present
Ongoing
10/1/2013 Ongoing

Resources
Books;
Learning By Doing
Focus
Madeline Hunter
Teach Better Test
Better

Monitoring/Evaluation

Artifacts

PLC Time

John Baylor Test Prep

video series and work
books

ACT scores

Program: Bella Criare

Scriveri

Writing Assessments

Responses on Google Plus