Spring Run School

Improvement Plan
Presentation
Elementary School August 2017
Mission and Vision
 CCPS Vision and Mission
Chesterfield County Public Schools will provide an
engaging and relevant education that prepares
every student to adapt and thrive in a rapidly
changing world.

Chesterfield County Public Schools, in partnership

with students, families and communities,
emphasizes and supports high levels of
achievement through a global education for all,
with options and opportunities to meet the diverse
needs and interests of individual students.
 Spring Run Elementary Mission
The mission of Spring Run Elementary is to ensure that students
acquire knowledge and develop skills to be productive citizens in
an ever-changing global society.
We believe that:
Life skills, including higher order of thinking, needs to result in
an inquiry-based teaching and learning.
A strong and positive support system should be established
between parents, community and the school.
A safe, physical, intellectual, social, emotional, inviting,
approachable, and energetic school environment will support
student success.
High expectations and a belief that all students can learn is a
priority of the school.
School Improvement Team
2017-2018
 Mrs. Jeannine Dearmon, SRES Principal
Mr. Joel Eberts, Assistant Principal
Mr. Christopher Hart, Head of SIP Team
Mrs. Lauren Keller, Dean of Students
Mrs. Lisa Phillips, Special Education Coordinator
Mrs. Kristin Blaylock, PTA Representative
Mrs. Jennifer Cluff, Elementary Representative
Mrs. Ashley Council, Primary Representative
Mrs. Paige Tucker, Reading Specialist
Purpose of Today:
Share NEW goals for SIP for the
school year 2017-18

Discuss budget needs and resource

allocations

Share timeline and process of

monitoring and evaluating the goals

Questions/comments
Goals of our School Improvement Plan
 How we arrived at our goals:
Collected, interpreted and evaluated data
from the SOL testing to find student
achievement needs.
We looked at our school discipline data and
found a need to make some improvements
in this area.
Inquiry based learning is part of our mission
so we are moving forward with
implementing more technology and
STEM/STEAM learning.
 Goals of School Improvement Plan
2017-18

1. Optimize the academic growth and achievement of

every student with a focus on improving reading with
the students with disabilities.

2. Seek new and better ways to optimize the learning

experience and engagement for every student.

3. Reduce the number of classroom/office referrals and

suspensions.
 Goal #1: Improve academic achievement
with the group of students with disabilities
Data over the past four years shows little growth with
reading achievement
 Strategies to Reach Goal #1
Read Naturally Software
Before and after school remediation groups
Student data notebooks
Design master schedule around special education
Powerschool longitudinal data to track progress of
students on watch list

Monthly review of data with case managers

Book study for guided reading groups
Return to goals
Goal #2: Optimize the learning experience
and engagement for every student
Strategy #1
Design and create a new STEAM/Makerspace Lab with a
curriculum resource teacher
 Strategy Action Steps
Add more teachers to the innovation team
Visit partner schools with makerspace labs
Send more teachers to technology conferences:
VSTE/ISTE
Innovation grants continue - PTA
Open STEAM resource lab/makerspace
1:1 Chromebook initiative for 4-5th grades
More computers for grades K-3

How can we continue to fund these ideas?

 Goal #2: Optimize the learning experience
and engagement for every student
Strategy #2
Develop PBL units, engaging lessons, and STEAM activities
that are imaginative, inspirational, and innovative
Strategy Action Steps
Provide planning time for PBL projects
Collaboration with other schools
Teachers visit each others classrooms
Teacher voice and choice during Professional
development

Authentic audience end of PBL unit presentations

Increased use of materials purchased for innovation
Breakout, Spheros, Ozobots, Bloxels
How can we increase time for these engaging lessons?
Return to goals
Goal #3: Reduce the number of office
referrals and suspensions

Strategy: Optimize the social

growth and achievement of every
student, by reducing
out-of-school suspensions and
improving the classroom learning
environment
A recent study out of Harvard (2016) shows a link between race,
socio-economic status, and special education and the number of
suspensions.
 Office Referrals and Suspension Data 2017-18

*Based on total enrollment of 924 students, 172 students on free/reduced

lunch, and 150 students with an IEP or 504
 Strategies to Reach Goal #3
Train all teachers in the Responsive Classroom Model
Design master schedule with 15-20 minutes blocked out
for morning meeting for every grade level

Weekly behavior team (BAT) meetings to track students

on behavior plans

New PBIS School-Wide Information System (SWIS) to

monitor referrals monthly

Student mentoring program Admin to have lunch with

students

Continue to share tier 1 strategies for PBIS

Train more teachers in Kagan Cooperative
School Improvement Plan
Document
Evidence of Accountability
Budgetary Costs/Needs

Total needed: $20,550

 Thank you!

Nobody cares how much you know,

until they know how much you care.
-Theodore Roosevelt