School Innovation and Improvement Plan

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

School Improvement and Innovation Plan

  • 2025-2026
  • Olde Creek Elementary School
  • Region 5
  • Courtney Korb, Principal

Reading by 3rd Grade

Outcomes

  • By June of 2026, all multilingual learners accessing the general education curriculum in grades K-3 will increase their VALLSS by 10 percentage points or pass their reading SOL (grade 3, only).
  •  By the end of 25-26 school year, the percentage of students in grades K-3 measuring at high risk on fall benchmark assessment will increase their VALLSS by 10 percentage points or pass their reading SOL (grade 3, only).

Strategies

  • Utilize routines and explicit instruction to intensify phonics and word study instruction in alignment with the core curriculum (ex. ECRI, Lexia, implementation guide resources).
  • Ensure fidelity of implementation in tier 3 intervention programs to maximize student progress (ex. fidelity toolkits, program matching, intervention effectiveness protocol, intervention walkthroughs).
  • Improve integrity of implementation of core curriculum: tailoring instruction to meet student needs aligned with evidence-based literacy instruction (ex. classroom walkthroughs, CT planning, coaching).

Elementary School Math

Outcomes

  • By the end of the 2025-2026 school year, the percentage of multilingual learners passing the grades 3-6 Mathematics SOL will increase from 53% to 65% (unadjusted).
  • By the end of 2025-2026 school year, the percentage of students making at least one year's worth of growth on the MAP will increase from 65% to 75%.

Strategies

  • Improve the integrity of implementation of core curriculum, and/or intervention programs by using FCPS-adopted resources with fidelity to align with the Framework for Engaging & Student-Centered Mathematics Instruction.
  • Increase teachers' implementation of balanced assessment strategies as related to Shift 8: from looking for correct answers towards revealing student thinking.
  • Improve alignment of instructional planning based on analysis of common assessments.

Social and Emotional Learning & Wellness

Outcome

  • By the end of SY 2025-2026, students in 3-6 will increase the percent favorable for Sense of Belonging on the SEL Screener topic by 3 percentage points; from 61% in Spring 2025 to 64% in Spring of 2026.

Strategies

  • Identified time in the master schedule is used to implement Morning Meeting (ES) or Responsive Advisory Meeting (MS/HS) with fidelity to improve student perceptions of belonging and SEL skills.
  • Communicate with families to recognize and celebrate student growth or success in academics, behavior, attendance, or other areas using a variety of communication methods such as phone calls, emails, talking points, postcards, etc.

For additional information regarding this School Plan, please contact Principal Courtney Korb .