School+Improvement+Meeting+1-26-11

**Philip Deans**
__**Opening--C.Conger--2 minutes**__

School Improvement plan due 1/27/11 PEP's required to be completed by all EOC teachers

__**PEP's--D,Williams**__

State has mandated that any student that has failed (all Level I's and II's) an EOC test must have a PEP plan Mr. Williams must report in a week and present each teacher's PEP for each student (Teachers must have PEP plans completed for submission by Tuesday, Feb. 8th) Ms. Hudson will e-mail list of students to each teacher Mr. Williams will present to the board on Wed. Feb. 2nd--EOC scores, AYP update; CTE scores; School Improvement Plan for NEHS 2011-2012 (1) What is working well at NEHS? (2) What isn't working well at NEHS? (3) What are we doing differently?

__**EOC Testing Results--Lizz Suitter**__
App. 49% overall proficiency EOC scores Friday, Jan. 28th--Unofficial results available from Janet Morris Writing will be factored into these scores--focus as much as possible on writing and grammar Focus on run-on sentences, forming paragraphs, writing prompts Remainder of re-testing will take place Thursday 1/27 (Two new teachers testing in EOC areas)

__**PBIS/Discipline Data--Thomas Mizelle**__
Referrals and Suspensions are down overall this year compared to this time in 2009-2010 Loudness/Yelling during Lunch periods in bathroom area next to cafeteria Freshmen and Junior classes lead in referral percentage Only 1 physical altercation this school year compared to several last school year Steps in School Improvement plan have been working so far...continue following through C Hall is "quarantining" students who are misbehaving in class...students are sent to a teacher with an open planning period instead of reoccurring referrals (minor infractions only)

__**3rd Quarter SIP--Cassandra Conger**__

 * Extensions in Remediated Reading strategies will continue to be implemented in English I classes**
 * Evaluate reading levels 3 times during semester (English I)**
 * EVAAS score predictions training w/Lizz Suitter on Friday 1/28**
 * Planning to ask teachers to have centralized tutorial sessions in media center 3 days a week**
 * (1 English, 1 SS, 1 Science, 1 Math--help students who have recurring problems in subject areas)**
 * Teachers would need to buy into this idea in order for it to work effectively***
 * Child Nutrition Services possibly provide afterschool snacks for students?**
 * Use ClassScape, Study Island on weekly basis; continue to implement ongoing formative assessments per NC Falcon**

Part II: Math


 * Target goal: Increase Math Efficiency for AYP from 44.3% to 54.3---this goal was more or less met
 * Use online assessment to increase learning in classroom
 * Have students write more often..."What I Learned" prompts; Writing journals for each subject
 * After-School tutorial

What is working?
 * The current crop of student are "fresh",,,they are new to the material and are more receptive
 * Foundations courses seemed to prepare students effectively for Algebra I

What isn't working?
 * When students were exited after taking courses over and over, their scores overall go down

PBIS/Discipline
 * Discipline goals are on target; continue to follow through on established protocols

Increasing Graduation Rate attending community colleges
 * We are on the right track for increasing the graduation rate; some students were lost due to

CTE: NEHS out-performed all other high schools in CTE achievement scores!