Prosser Falls High School Vision, Mission, and Belief Statement
Vision Statement:
Prosser Falls High School will be a rigorous, challenging, student-centered *learning community that respects and values diversity.
Mission Statement:
Together the learning community will develop and support the skills to achieve our goals, the enthusiasm to pursue learning, and the commitment to cultivate responsible citizenship.
Belief Statement:
We believe you can…
You decide if you will. Hope, Dream, Believe, Achieve
* learning community is made up of students, staff, parents/guardians, and community members.
Based on the above statements and the results from data collection Prosser Falls High School developed the following goals for the 2007-2011 school years:
Action Plan Outline
School Improvement Goal: Student Achievement-To create and support standards-based curriculum, instruction, assessment, and related educational opportunities to improve student achievement.
Rationale:
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Activities Steps to be taken-What will Occur? |
Who is Responsible? Who is involved? Who will provide the leadership? Who will do the work? |
Timeline When will this strategy or action begin and end? |
Resources Needed What existing and new resources will be used to accomplish the strategy? |
Expected Impact What measurable change will be seen? |
Monitoring Effectiveness For each activity, what formative evidence will be gathered to demonstrate progress? |
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To fully implement APEX core academics and electives to increase opportunities to improve student achievement.
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Dean, teachers, and paraprofessionals |
January 2007-January 2008 |
APEX curriculum and Beyond Books.
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Students will meet their core academic and elective requirements.
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Course grade averages will raise from D to C average the first year, raising from a C to a B average by 2010 |
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To increase student writing opportunities across the curriculum
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Teachers |
January 2008-January 2009 |
Writing prompts and time. |
Students speed and writing competency will increase. |
Number of monthly writing samples collected in students’ portfolios-raising from two samples to six samples. |
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To increase student elective options
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Dean, teachers |
January 2009-January 2010 |
Elective courses will need to be located or designed. Time for curriculum development. |
Students will meet elective requirements without needing to use core academic courses to do so. |
Number of “true” elective courses being offered and completer by students-five electives completed by each student that is not a repeat off a P.E. course or an art course. |
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To assess each students’ core academic skills on an ongoing basis
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Teachers |
January 2010-January 2011 |
End of unit assessments. |
Students will increase their foundation skills for upper level coursework |
Unit assessments for each course-student will complete a minimum of 8 units a month in order to earn one semester credit per month. |
Action Plan Outline
School Improvement Goal: Communication-To establish and promote a system of timely and equitable communications within the Prosser Falls High School community.
Rationale:
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Activities Steps to be taken-What will Occur? |
Who is Responsible? Who is involved? Who will provide the leadership? Who will do the work? |
Timeline When will this strategy or action begin and end? |
Resources Needed What existing and new resources will be used to accomplish the strategy? |
Expected Impact What measurable change will be seen? |
Monitoring Effectiveness For each activity, what formative evidence will be gathered to demonstrate progress? |
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To increase opportunities for dialogue among staff, parents, and school
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Dean, teachers, counselors, secretary, and paraprofessionals |
January 2007-January 2008 |
Orientation meeting prior to the school year. An evening once a month for parents to come in for conferences. During conference week an active effort to get parents to come in. |
More parents attending school functions. More parents initiating contact with the school. |
Number of parent attending school functions-25% of the parents coming in for conferences and monthly meetings. Number of parent contacts made-raising to 100% of the parents being contacted monthly via mail and 75% of the parents being contacted personally by the Dean or school counselor. |
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To improve communication between the community and school through a variety of methods
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Dean, teachers, counselors, secretary, and paraprofessionals |
January 2008-January 2009 |
News letters, newspaper articles, school webpage, phone calls home. |
More public notices of what is occurring at the school. More traffic on the school website.
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Monitoring the type and number of communications made-using the computerized guidance system to log parent contacts. Tracking hits on the school website and on the school newsletter. Increasing the newspaper coverage of school events from two per year to five per year. |
Action Plan Outline
School Improvement Goal: Staffing-To build capacity within our staff to maintain a high quality, diverse, and committed staff.
Rationale:
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Activities Steps to be taken-What will Occur? |
Who is Responsible? Who is involved? Who will provide the leadership? Who will do the work? |
Timeline When will this strategy or action begin and end? |
Resources Needed What existing and new resources will be used to accomplish the strategy? |
Expected Impact What measurable change will be seen? |
Monitoring Effectiveness For each activity, what formative evidence will be gathered to demonstrate progress? |
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Focused staff development opportunities.
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Dean |
January 2007-January 2008 |
I-728 funds as appropriate. Calendar of conference opportunities. Books for book studies.
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An increase in in-services offered. An increase in conferences attended. |
Increasing the number of in-services, conferences, and other training being offered to school staff to 2 per year per staff. Completing 2 book studies a year. |
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Regular staff meeting
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Dean, teachers, counselors, secretary, and paraprofessionals |
January 2008-January 2009 |
Scheduling and time |
Staff will have a shared understanding of school activities, instructional practices, student concerns, and day-to-day activities. |
Regularly scheduled staff meetings. Monitoring of staff attendance at the meetings-increasing attendance from 60% to 100%. Keeping the agendas and notes. |
Action Plan Outline
School Improvement Goal: Parent Engagement-To increase overall parent participation in raising student achievement.
Rationale:
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Activities Steps to be taken-What will Occur? |
Who is Responsible? Who is involved? Who will provide the leadership? Who will do the work? |
Timeline When will this strategy or action begin and end? |
Resources Needed What existing and new resources will be used to accomplish the strategy? |
Expected Impact What measurable change will be seen? |
Monitoring Effectiveness For each activity, what formative evidence will be gathered to demonstrate progress? |
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Monthly mailings of progress reports and student attendance profiles
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Building secretary |
January 2007-January 2008 |
Postage Envelopes Time |
A decrease in unexcused absences and missed days. An increase in the number of courses completed each month. |
Reducing the number of unexcused absences to 10% of total absences for the year. Increasing the number of credits earned from 600 semester credits to 1,000 semester credits (a 40% raise) |
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To provide monthly parent partner nights.
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Dean |
January 2008-January 2009 |
I-728 funds as appropriate |
Parents and students working together on academic activities |
Increase in the number of parents involved in parent partner night to 25% of the parents. |
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To translate all materials mailed home
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District translator |
January 2009-January 2010 |
Translator funding. Extra turn-around time for mailings |
More involvement of the Spanish speaking parents with the school community |
Measure the number of Spanish speaking parents who are responding to mailings to 20% of the parents |
Action Plan Outline
School Improvement Goal: School Climate-Work to instill a school community that believes in and supports Prosser Falls High School Vision, Mission, and Belief statements.
Rationale:
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Activities Steps to be taken-What will Occur? |
Who is Responsible? Who is involved? Who will provide the leadership? Who will do the work? |
Timeline When will this strategy or action begin and end? |
Resources Needed What existing and new resources will be used to accomplish the strategy? |
Expected Impact What measurable change will be seen? |
Monitoring Effectiveness For each activity, what formative evidence will be gathered to demonstrate progress? |
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Develop a staff leadership team.
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Dean, teachers, counselors, secretary, and paraprofessionals |
January 2007-January 2008 |
Time, staff training in polarity management |
A reduction in staff friction. |
Monthly staff leadership team meetings- addressing a specific building polarity that has been identified. |
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Team building
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Dean, teachers, counselors, secretary, and paraprofessionals |
January 2008-January 2009 |
Time and facilitators, training by Yarrow Durbin |
More open exchange of communication. |
The markers of a positive culture will be at 90% in climate surveys. |
Action Plan Outline
School Improvement Goal: Thirteenth Year Plan-To increase students’ awareness of both traditional and nontraditional opportunities available after high school.
Rationale:
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Activities Steps to be taken-What will Occur? |
Who is Responsible? Who is involved? Who will provide the leadership? Who will do the work? |
Timeline When will this strategy or action begin and end? |
Resources Needed What existing and new resources will be used to accomplish the strategy? |
Expected Impact What measurable change will be seen? |
Monitoring Effectiveness For each activity, what formative evidence will be gathered to demonstrate progress? |
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Expand the thirteenth year plan within the student portfolio.
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Dean, teachers, counselors, secretary, and paraprofessionals |
January 2007-January 2008 |
WOIS portfolio system |
Students will have an increased knowledge of options available to them after high school. |
Two career exploration reports completed per year , filed in individual portfolios. |
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Require a job shadow.
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The staff assigned to portfolio and counselor |
January 2008-January 2009 |
Professionals in targeted job fields. Time |
Students will have a clearer understanding of the job they wish to pursue. |
The job shadow report in individual portfolios. |
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Require all seniors to fill out FASFA and apply for scholarships.
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The staff assigned to portfolio and counselor |
January 2009-January 2010 |
Internet access or access to forms. Time |
Students will have an increased knowledge of funding options available to them after high school. |
100% of the students will have applications completed and sent off. |
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Require all seniors to apply for a college, vocational training, military, or job corps.
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The staff assigned to portfolio and counselor |
January 2010-January 2011 |
Money to file applications. Gear Up is one possible source. |
Students will understand the process for continuing a post high school education. |
100% of the students will have applications completed and sent off. |
Action Plan Outline
School Improvement Goal: Student Achievement-To increase student reading skills to grade level.
Rationale:
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Activities Steps to be taken-What will Occur? |
Who is Responsible? Who is involved? Who will provide the leadership? Who will do the work? |
Timeline When will this strategy or action begin and end? |
Resources Needed What existing and new resources will be used to accomplish the strategy? |
Expected Impact What measurable change will be seen? |
Monitoring Effectiveness For each activity, what formative evidence will be gathered to demonstrate progress? |
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Weekly focused vocabulary instruction.
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Teacher |
January 2007-January 2008 |
Curriculum Instructional time |
Students will have an increase in their basic vocabulary. |
Students will pass a weekly spelling/ vocabulary test with a 70%. |
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Weekly reading comprehension and reading strategy instruction.
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Teacher |
January 2008-January 2009 |
Curriculum Instructional time |
Students will have an increase in the strategies that they can use to increase reading comprehension. |
Students will pass a reading comprehension skills test with a 70%. |
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All students will complete the ALPS reading program.
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Teacher |
January 2009-January 2010 |
ALPs program on the web. |
Higher WASL scores Increase in the number of students who are able to pass the reading portion of the WASL or successfully complete a C.O.E. |
All students will pass the ALPS reading program units with a minimum of 70%. |
Action Plan Outline
School Improvement Goal: Student Achievement-To increase student math skills to grade level.
Rationale:
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Activities Steps to be taken-What will Occur? |
Who is Responsible? Who is involved? Who will provide the leadership? Who will do the work? |
Timeline When will this strategy or action begin and end? |
Resources Needed What existing and new resources will be used to accomplish the strategy? |
Expected Impact What measurable change will be seen? |
Monitoring Effectiveness For each activity, what formative evidence will be gathered to demonstrate progress? |
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All students will be placed in a math course that is progressing on the difficulty continuum.
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Teacher and counselor |
January 2007-January 2008 |
APEX. |
Students will continue into higher level math courses even after meeting credit requirements. |
The number of students in higher level math courses, with 80% of juniors completing Algebra I and Geometry and 80% of seniors completing Algebra II with a minimum of 70% in all units of the math course |
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All students will complete the ALPS math curriculum.
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Teacher |
January 2008-January 2009 |
ALPs program on the web. |
Higher WASL scores Increase in the number of students who are able to pass the math portion of the WASL or successfully complete a C.O.E. |
All students will pass the ALPS math program units with a minimum of 70%. |
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Implement a math tutorial program.
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Administrator |
January 2009-January 2010 |
Funding Staff |
Prosser Falls High School students who did not pass the math portion of the WASL or who are prepping for the WASL will be enrolled in a targeted assistance program. |
Increase in the number of students who are able to pass the math portion of the WASL or successfully complete a C.O.E.to 80% of the students making the attempt. |
Action Plan Outline
School Improvement Goal: Student Achievement-To increase student writing skills to grade level.
Rationale:
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Activities Steps to be taken-What will Occur? |
Who is Responsible? Who is involved? Who will provide the leadership? Who will do the work? |
Timeline When will this strategy or action begin and end? |
Resources Needed What existing and new resources will be used to accomplish the strategy? |
Expected Impact What measurable change will be seen? |
Monitoring Effectiveness For each activity, what formative evidence will be gathered to demonstrate progress? |
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Weekly focused spelling, grammar, and punctuation instruction.
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Teacher |
January 2007-January 2008 |
Curriculum Time |
A rise in the students who pass the conventions section of the WASL |
Students will pass a weekly spelling/ editing test with a 70%. |
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Weekly writing assignments based on WASL stems and the C.O.E. requirements.
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Teacher |
January 2008-January 2009 |
Curriculum Time |
A rise in the students who pass the writing section of the WASL or successfully complete a C.O.E.
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Students will have 6 WASL style writings in their portfolios that score a 3 for COS and a 2 for conventions. |
Action Plan Outline
School Improvement Goal: Student Achievement-To increase student science skills to grade level.
Rationale:
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Activities Steps to be taken-What will Occur? |
Who is Responsible? Who is involved? Who will provide the leadership? Who will do the work? |
Timeline When will this strategy or action begin and end? |
Resources Needed What existing and new resources will be used to accomplish the strategy? |
Expected Impact What measurable change will be seen? |
Monitoring Effectiveness For each activity, what formative evidence will be gathered to demonstrate progress? |
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All students will be enrolled in and passing a science course.
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Teacher and counselor |
January 2007-January 2008 |
Student scheduling APEX |
A rise in the students who pass the science section of the WASL |
Students will complete a science class each year with a minimum of 70% in each unit. |
