OOLOGAH-TALALA PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Goal:

Use data and collaboration to meet the basic social, emotional and behavioral needs of all students so that they can be successful.

Actions:

• Teachers will refer students to site counselors when they notice a significant change in behavior.
• OTPS will continue to partner with mental health agencies to provide therapists on site.
• Teachers will discuss students that have had a significant change in behavior in PLC's so that all resources can be made available to that student.
• Teachers will discuss students that are chronically absent in PLC's so that all team members are aware and seek resources to assist the student with improvement in attendance.
• Administrators will ensure that teachers are aware of basic needs and mental health resources available for students.
• Counselors and administrators will communicate with families of students that need support.
• The district will provide PD for all staff on the mental health needs of students.

Goal:

Collaborate with colleagues to discuss the four essential questions using common assessments to ensure that each student is achieving mastery of the essential skills.

Actions:

• Teachers will meet with their grade level or subject teams & use the district PLC agenda to drive their collaboration.
• Teachers will show commitment to the PLC process by collaborating, participating in discussions and putting those ideas into action.
• Teachers will fill out the PLC reflection form and turn it into their site administrator after each PLC meeting.
• Site administrators will structure the PLC schedules to ensure efficiency and that all team members are available.
• The site administrators will follow up with teachers in regards to what supports are needed.
• District administrators will protect the PLC time to ensure that all team members will be present in PLC meetings.

Goal:

Use data to drive instruction so that students are making sufficient growth.

Actions:

• Teachers will examine data from the common formative assessments (CFA's) and discuss their data with their PLC team.
• Teachers will use the data from the CFA's to plan instruction.
• Teachers will re-teach skills or change instruction based on the data discussed and using different teaching strategies to seek different/better results.
• Teachers will share teaching strategies and ideas that have been successful.
• Teachers will provide immediate and specific feedback to students to guide their learning.
• Teachers will continuously partner with parents to discuss, plan and strategize for the best learning experience for their child.
• Site administrators will conduct walkthroughs periodically to ensure that teachers are using data discussed in PLC's to drive instruction and will give quality feedback about teachers instructional practices.

Goal:

Continuously work to vertically align curriculum and essential skills so that students are taught all state standards without gaps and that essential skills are spiraled for the best learning outcomes.

Actions:

• Teachers on the vertically alignment committee will meet each semester and use the agenda provided to discuss the essential skills to be taught at each grade level.
• Teachers will align vertically from top down. (See vertical alignment plan for details)
• Teachers on the committee will report back to their team about the outcome of each meeting.
• Administrators at each site will select teachers per grade or subject to be on the vertical alignment committee.
• Site Administrators will follow up with the lead teachers to ensure that they have shared necessary information with their teammates.
• The district will hire subs when necessary to facilitate the semester meetings of the vertical alignment committee.

Goal:

Student wellness is the District's top priority.

Actions:

• Students and their parents will be given information on school resources & personnel to assist students with their individual needs.
• A team approach will be taken to identify students needs.
• Input from the student, parents, teachers, counselors and others will be considered and used to develop personalized plans.

Goal:

Empower students to be responsible and accountable for their learning.

Actions:

• Students will set academic goals & create a plan of action to achieve those goals.
• Teachers will assist students at all levels in setting goals and creating plans of action.

Goal:

Students are engaged so that they can achieve their goals.

Actions:

• Students will understand how attendance affects their academic success.
• Students will be actively engaged in classes through various learning experiences.

Goal:

Equip students with the awareness, knowledge and skills to create their own individualized, meaningful exploration of college and career opportunities.

Actions:

• Students will explore career pathways.
• Students will learn about career pathways and begin to choose a career pathway as early as middle school.
• Students will know what it means to be "Life ready".