School Innovation and Improvement Plan

An at-a-glance look at outcome goals for this academic school year.

By June 2026, 57% of our students in K-3 will meet VALLSS EOY reading benchmark. This will increase our pass rate by 5% from last year.
By June 2026, 67% of our students in grade 3 will pass the Reading SOL. This will increase our raw SOL pass rate by 5% from last year.

Increase the efficiency of instructional delivery to ensure all students have access to both explicit instruction & daily practice in reading & writing (ex. classroom walkthroughs, CT planning, coaching).
Use data from formative & summative assessments in the core curriculum to guide instructional decisions during tier 1 & 2 reading & writing instruction (ex. data dialogues, CT data discussions).
Increase access to rigorous evidence-based, grade-level curriculum through intentional use of scaffolds & supports in reading & writing lessons during tier 1 & 2 instruction (ex. Integrated ELD, GLAD strategies, FCPS resources for students with disabilities).

By June 2026, the percentage of students passing the Math SOL (grades 3-5) in the MLL subgroup will increase from 52% to 57%.
By Spring 2026, 50% of students (grades 1-6) will demonstrate expected screener within-year growth in math (MAP Growth).
By June of 2026, the percentage of ALL students passing the Math SOL (grades 3-5_ will increase from 72% to 77%.

Increase teachers’ implementation of balanced assessment strategies as related to Shift 8: from looking for correct answers towards revealing student thinking.
Increase teacher implementation of explicit instruction & other components of effective mathematics intervention.
Increase teachers’ implementation of strategies & conversation structures that increase academic talk between students related to Shift 4: from show & tell to share & compare.

By Spring 2026, we will improve the percentage of students making expected growth on the WIDA from 58.9% to 67%.

Monitor to ensure all multilingual learners are receiving ELD instruction using the appropriate resources as outlined in ELD guidance documents: elementary (resource 1).
Establish & incorporate progress-monitoring routines to analyze the results of the Summit K12 assessments to monitor progress & revise students’ language goals & guide instructional decisions during tier 1 & 2 (additional language support)
Increase collaboration & co-planning between ESOL & special education teachers to plan for & deliver joint services (ELD & Special Education) & to collaboratively develop IEP goals, accommodations, & instructional strategies that address both the language & learning needs of identified students.

By June 2026, 5th Grade Science SOL pass rates will increase 5% from 63% to 68%.

Increase opportunities for students to apply & demonstrate understanding of vocabulary through evidence-based arguments & reasoning, such as the Claim-Evidence-Reasoning approach.
Increase student access to high quality science instruction through sufficient time on the master schedule and use of centrally -developed curriculum.
Increase frequency of student learning experiences that are inquiry-based and hands-on through the use of centrally-developed curriculum resources.
Teams will develop quarterly goals specific to the strategies & walkthroughs will be focused on those goals.

For additional information regarding this School Plan, please contact the Principal, Fatima Smith.