RobertsTakesAction5333

Our campus will continue to perform at the exemplary level in reading and make improvements each year. Roberts Elementary will work carefully to maintain the reading skills of all students, but make a focused effort ensuring that 95% of the African American and Economically Disadvantaged populations meet or exceed the state standards for the Reading TAKS this year and each following year, so that those population’s scores are consistently comparable to those of the entire school. || 21 weeks=$5040 || Bi-weekly review of student work and assessments. || Ongoing for specialist collaborations. || Staff-provided professional development. || Review of lessons created during professional development session. || I can see from designing this professional development day the strains that administration faces when attempting to provide it's staff with effective professional development experiences. Having to make the decision to take educators out of the classroom to do follow up inservices is undoubtedly difficult, but a neccessary evil to ensure the successful implementation of the new learning strategies. Further, it takes skillful manipulation of assets to fit the trainers, subs and materials needed into the budget.
 * Goal:**
 * **Objective:**
 * **Target Group(s): All students, African American students and Economically Disadvantaged Students** ||
 * **Activity/ Strategy (Include 3)** || **Person(s) Responsible** || **Timeline** || **Resources/Estimated Cost** || **Formative Evaluation** ||
 * 1. Time for Reading – Students will have an uninterrupted block of 90 minutes each morning devoted to reading and language arts instruction. There will be an aide in the classroom to facilitate small group instruction. || All teachers, aides and specialists || Aug. 2010 – May 2011 || Need 1 additional teacher’s aides to facilitate 15 minutes of small group instruction for every k-5 class. (7.5 hours per week @$15.00 for 36 weeks=$4,050) || 2 walk-throughs followed by timely email feedback. ||
 * 2. The school will form an intervention team. Teachers will refer students that are making slow/ no progress. The parents of the students will meet with the intervention team to discuss intervention strategies. The students will receive extra instruction in an afterschool program. Their progress will be reviewed bi-weekly. || Selected Intervention team members and All 3-5 classroom teachers || Oct. 2010 – Feb. 2011 || 2 Tutors will be hired at the rate of $12.00 per hour for 10 hours each week for
 * 3. The school will use data from TAKS and benchmarks to drive instruction. The staff will participate in professional development to improve instructional strategies. The reading specialist will be provided ongoing trainings and opportunities to collaborate with specialist from nearby campuses. || Reading Specialist Pooja Shroff, school aids and specialists and all k-5 teachers. || August 2010 for professional development.
 * Reflection **