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Revised Tennessee School and District Improvement Plan Template
The final plan should be no longer than four pages.

School:Meigs Middle School
District:Meigs County
Analysis of last year’s final results:Areas of Greatest Progress:Areas of Greatest Challenge:
RLA 6^th grade: 3.5 RLA 8^th grade: 2.0 Math 6^th grade: 18.6 Math 7^th grade: 8.8 Social Studies 6^th : 9.3 Science 6^th : 4.7 Science 7^th: 0.8 Students with disabilities showed improvement in the AYP percentages in Math and RLA in all 4 subgroups: example in Math-in 2010 6.5% proficient improved to 26.8%in 2011, and in RLA-in 2010 27.9% proficient improved to 33.0% in 2011 RLA 7^th grade: -2.4 Math 8^th grade: -2.7 Science 8^th grade -1.8 Social Studies 7^th : -1.0 Social Studies 8^th: -6.5 Economically Disadvantaged in 7^th grade: the gap is 33.3% in math for proficient/advanced Students with disabilities in 7^th grade: the gap is -20.9% in math for proficient/advanced
Source of Progress:Source of Challenge:
Students in Math classes have 2 class Periods with a different teacher. This provides students with different teaching methods. These teachers have been to several workshops that show best teaching methods for differentiated learners. Both the Social Studies and the Math teachers use peer tutoring on a regular basis. The 6^th grade Social Studies teacher has developed different learning styles, activities, and hands on material to teach the objectives. There are 3 RLA classes every day- writing, reading and English. There are 3 different teachers for RLA who work together to cover all the RLA objectives. They meet often during the 9-week period to collaborate on teaching the skills. The 6^th grade teachers work together to review the RLA skills with the students using a buzzer game to encourage participation and learning. The 6^th grade science teacher uses hands on materials to teach the science objectives. Students with disabilities were helped with a Math/RLA coach, a Special Education teacher and a teacher’s aide in most of their classes. Math students in 7^th and 8^th have 2 class periods for math. The same teacher works with both classes thus limiting the different teacher methods of learning. Teachers still rely heavily on worksheets and textbooks. Some of these teachers have not been to workshops to encourage using different methods to work with the students. Objectives and skills have increased in difficulty in math and RLA and this is an additional disadvantage to our economically disadvantaged students. These students need more “real world” application to understand this new level of skills.
Goals for this school year:Overall Achievement Goals: (Aligned to First to the Top Goals)
All students in Meigs Middle will increase mathematic test scores on the T-Cap test to match the 34.1% RTTT benchmark of 39% as set for the year 2011-2011 for 7^th grade. All students in Meigs Middle will increase RLA test scores on the T-CAP test by 10% to narrow the gap.
Subgroup Goals: (List each subgroup individually)
Students with disability who preformed as Below Basic and Basic on the 2011 TCAP will increase their score by 10% to narrow the gap in achievement Students in groups 3, 4, and 5 will increase their score on the 2012 TCAP test by 10 percent in order to have a positive gain in 7^th Reading, 8^th Math, Science and Social Studies. Economically disadvantaged students who preformed as Below Basic and Basic on the 2011 TCAP test will increase their score on the 2012 TCAP by 10 percent To Narrow the gap in achievement.
Other Required Goal Areas:

Plan for this school year:Key strategies to achieve goals:
1. Use data from previous test to identify students achieving below proficient results 2. Use different types of materials and teaching methods to meet the needs of differentiated learners 3. Teachers will be encouraged to attend workshops to increase skill and knowledge on best practice teaching 4. Reading/Math coach will work with students with disabilities to increase the skills 5. Data team in-service to help teachers understand and research the TVAAS site for pertinent information concerning TCAP results. 6. Use of specialist to observe LRA teachers and make recommendations for best practice instruction 7. Use of specialist to observe Math teacher and make recommendations for best practice instruction. Specialist leads in-service in summer 8. Revise schedule for 7^th and 8^th grade math teachers so they will work with all math students 9. Revise schedule for 7^th and 8^th grade to have students stay as a group when changing classes. The homeroom group will stay together throughout the academic day
Key strategies to achieve progress for students with the greatest need:
1. Give the Think Link test 3 times during the school year 2. Have subject level meetings to discuss teaching strategies and share material and information 3. Display and discuss the objectives with the class. 4. Before and after school tutoring will be recommended by teachers to those needing extra help 5. Encourage teachers to log on to the TVAAS site to locate the students who are listed in the Below Basic and Basic Levels . 6. Use Tennessee Curriculum Pacing Guide. 7. Search other school systems on internet for materials and ideas. Example Jefferson City and Sullivan County
Projected costs and funding sources for key strategies:
Think Link Test $7286 Title I Salary for Reading Math Coach Grant A+ Math in Labs 3500 Title I Extended contract(after school) Teachers State Funds Workshops for teachers Title I and ARRA Accelerated Reader Program $1500 Use of technology to supplement material in objectives Title I
Benchmarks for ProgressBenchmark:Timeline:
Data TrainingSeptember 23, 2011
Think Link TestOctober, December, and February