Montgomery Blair High School2008-2009 School Improvement Plan
HSA Linkages Chart…………….……………………
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Climate Linkages Chart………………………………
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County Targets Linkages Chart………………………
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Root Cause Analysis Narrative……………………...
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Maryland State Department of Education – School Improvement Plan Requirements Guide…….
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Action PlansHSAs ……………………………………..…..
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Climate……………….……….......................
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County Targets………………………………
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Professional Development……………….…...
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Technical Assistance Summary…………………..…..
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Stakeholder Representatives………………………….
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Professional Development Calendar …..…………….
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MEASUREMENT, ANALYSIS, AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
Monthly and Quarterly review of SIPFormal and Informal ObservationsWalk-through dataIneligibilities, Interims and Report card gradesFormative AssessmentsHSA Practice sessions using online materialsData ChatsRELL/ ELL PlansMAP-R and SRI dataSkills Tutor Achievement Series
LEADERSHIPMission:
The mission of Montgomery Blair High School is to ensure that all students graduate equipped with the skills to navigate their chosen paths successfully.
Belief Statements- The MBHS community shares the following beliefs:
Education is the shared responsibility of the school, student, family, community, and government.The school environment meets the emotional, academic, social, and physical needs of each student, student’s desire to explore and participate in activities in and beyond the classroom.Successful students are prepared to make career and higher education decisions at the appropriate time.A collaborative learning environment cultivates creative thinking and problem solving.The school sets high expectations and provides meaningful and challenging instruction, allowing all students to achieve their highest potential.The school community respects, protects, and celebrates the diversity, talent and the learning potential of each student.Education works best when there is mutual respect among teachers, parents, students, and the community.
Communication
: The Mission, the Belief Statements, and SIP goals will be communicated through Info flow (student TV), academymeetings, staff/dept meetings, Instructional Leadership Team meetings, Blair High School web page, course syllabi, PTSA newsletter
Monitoring:
Achievement Steering Committee, Instructional Leadership Meetings, Administration, Department Meetings, Middle States
STRATEGIC PLANNINGPriority:By 2009, students at Montgomery Blair High School will demonstrate improved academic achievement as measured by:Goals:
increasing the percentage of all students scoring proficient or advanced on the 2009 English HSA by 5% from 87% to 92% with specialfocus on the Special Education subgroupmeeting or exceeding the 2009 English HSA AMO of 65.8% in the LEP subgroup (29 out of 43 students)increasing the percentage of students in the African American and Hispanic subgroups enrolled in one or more honors or AdvancedPlacement courses by 17.7% from 55.7% to 73.4% for African Americans and by 22.7% from 50.7% to 73.4% for Hispanics.increasing the percentage of students earning a score of 3 or above on the Advanced Placement exams by 30.9% from 56.6% to
STUDENT ANDSTAKEHOLDER FOCUS
Montgomery Blair High School did notmake adequateyearly progress(AYP) in the area of English in thesubgroup of LEP in2007. In order tomeet AYP in 2009,students must meetthe annualmeasurable objective(AMO) in reading of
65.8%.
Our LEPgroup must meet the percentage of 48.3%. In 2008 100%scored proficient onthe HSA English.Based on the 2008enrollment dataMontgomery Blair High School has alsoseen an under representation of African American(55.7%) andHispanic students(50.7%) in Honors/AP level classes.The county target is73.4% for allsubgroups. White(96%) and Asian(88%) students areabove the countytarget.
FACULTY AND STAFF FOCUS
Based on teacher feedback through needsassessments, staff will be trained in thefollowing areas:DifferentiationPromethean BoardProviding ELL accommodations andinstructional strategies on best practicesEquitable practices and strategiesLiteracy StrategiesUnderstanding diverse learners
HSA Linkages Chart
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PROCESSMANAGEMENTAction Plans weredeveloped to addressand support bothacademic success andbehavioral studentissues.
Data is reviewed atweekly InstructionalLeadership TeamMeetingsStaff DevelopmentTrainings focused onaccess to data andstrategies to improvestudent achievementIndividual StudentStrategic MonitoringPlanStrategic MonitoringPlanComprehensive dataanalysis through theuse of district andschool monitoringtoolsExtended day andextended year (summer school)
ORGANIZATIONALPERFORMANCE RESULTSBaseline Data English HSABaseline Data MathHSAStudent Group200620072008200620072008All Students70.071.78780.878.789.7Asian91.988.294.688.888.694.9African American54.249.372.271.272.580.4White91.999.499.399.498.8100.0Hispanic51.258.580.066.261.384.3FARMS50.351.772.764.066.280.4SPED23.953.765.063.944.479.1LEP25.020.510059.557.369.8English 2009AMO Target 65.8%Math 2009 AMO Target: 56.1%
2007 Sub groups not met: LEP2008 Sub groups not met: None
Enrollment Honors/ AP MCPS Target for all: 73.4200620072008WAAA
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MCPS Target for all students: 87.5
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