School Improvement Plan

November 2017 to June 2018

School: Carrboro High School

Principal: Beverly Rudolph
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools

Approved by School Improvement Team on: presented 9/18/17; approved 10/11/17

Approved by Staff on: 10/10/17
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State Board of Education Goals Future-ready Students for the 21st Century
Goal 1 North Carolina public schools will produce globally competitive students.

Goal 2 North Carolina public schools will be led by 21st Century professionals.

Goal 3 North Carolina Public School students will be healthy and responsible.

Goal 4 Leadership will guide innovation in North Carolina public schools.

Goal 5 North Carolina public schools will be governed and supported by 21st Century systems.

Chapel Hill-Carrboro Strategic Plan Goals

Goal 1 Instructional excellence focused on thinking and problem solving will be evident in all classrooms

Goal 2 Achievement gaps will be eliminated with all students experiencing a minimum of one year of learning growth each year and
a minimum of 1.5 years of learning growth for students scoring in the lowest quartile/quintile

Goal 3 The culture of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will be one that encourages innovation, risk-taking, excitement for
learning, and personal growth in a trusting partnership with the community

Goal 4 Professional development and training will be embedded into all new and existing initiatives in order to sustain successful
programs over time

Goal 5 A system of accountability measures will be developed and implemented to accurately report growth in student learning and
the success of Future Direction Plan strategies

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CHCCS Board Reference

3430 School Improvement Plan

3430-R Regulations School Improvement Team Operational Framework

School Improvement Plan Development

School Name: Carrboro High School

School Number: 305

Plan Year(s): 2017-18

Date Submitted to Board: November 7, 2017

Principal Signature: on file Date: 10/10/17

Board Chair Signature: Date:

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School Improvement Team Membership

From GS 115C-105.27: The principal of each school, representatives of the assistant principals, instructional personnel, instructional support personnel, and teacher assistants
assigned to the school building, and parents of children enrolled in the school shall constitute a school improvement team to develop a school improvement plan to improve
student performance. Representatives of the assistant principals, instructional personnel, instructional support personnel, and teacher assistants shall be elected by their
respective groups by secret ballot....Parents serving on school improvement teams shall reflect the racial and socioeconomic composition of the students enrolled in that school
and shall not be members of the building-level staff.

Committee Position Names and Date of Election to Team Signatures -On file at CHS

Principal Beverly Rudolph

Assistant Principal Representative Spencer Hawkins

Drew Jester, Cameron Ferguson, Brett

Teacher Representatives Stegall, Melissa Zemon

Instructional Support Representatives John Hite

Teacher Assistant Rep/Classified Rep Kendra Hargett-Chamblee

Different elected officers and senators attend

Student Representatives (MS - 3, HS - 3) throughout the year.

Barry Lentz, Deborah Gerhardt, Sheryl Emch,

Maripat Metcalf.

Chair, 6/17-6/19: Carolyn Christians, Barry

Parent Representatives Lentz

*Staff representatives elected May 23rd, 2017; Parent representatives elected June 3rd, 2017 (as required by GS 115C-105.27 (a2).

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School Profile
Student Description (How can we best describe our school? Student demographic data: grade levels, ages, gender, race, total
enrollment, English proficiency, special education, free and reduced lunch, attendance rates, discipline referrals).

Grades 9-12
855 total s tudents
57% White
9% African American
7% Asian
19.9% Latino
6% Multi-Racial
46.2% Females
53.8% Males
10.8% ELs
10.64% EC
24.09% Free/reduced lunch 2016-17
374 Discipline referrals in 2016-17

School Description (What are unique features of our school? What characteristics set the school apart? School profile: school
physical plant, profile of teachers, administrators, special programs, co-curricular, etc.)

Carrboro High School is the smallest comprehensive high school in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro School District and thus is a tightly-knit
community of students, parents, and staff. The school has a deep focus on diversity and seeks to eradicate the inequities that exist.
The district's high school Newcomers Center is a vital part of our school community as is the Academy for International Studies, a
school within a school, that challenges students to think critically about and make progress on global issues in order to participate

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meaningfully as 21st century global citizens and leaders (http://chsais.weebly.com/). Carrboro High was ranked the 9th best high
school in North Carolina in 2017 by US News and World Report and has a 92% graduation rate. CHS also received a grade of A
from the State of North Carolina for the 16-17 by year (WRAL.com).

Carrboro High School has a rich Cultural Arts program that includes drawing and painting; ceramics; band; orchestra, chorus, and the
theatre arts. Its Career and Technical Education (CTE) department offers a large variety of course as well as Project Lead the Way, an
engineering program for high schoolers. Carrboro High athletics have dominated the NCHSAA 2-A, winning its sixth consecutive
Wells-Fargo Cup, which honors the best high school athletic programs in each division. CHS also offers a wide variety of clubs and
service organizations that impact the schools front yard (biodiversity project) to internationally (the Dominican Republic).

The Faculty/Class profile is represented in the chart below (from 16-17 NC Report Card):

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Strengths and Needs Assessment

Describe the process or tool(s) used to conduct the needs Assessment:

In addition to CHS achievement data, AVID, MTSS (SAM), and PBIS (SET) self-assessments were used as well as qualitative data
from staff student, and parent/community surveys.

A. Areas of Strength (What does the analysis of data tell you about your schools strengths?)

Low number of referrals overall for a high school (374) or a little more than 2 office referrals per day
A general upward trend in Math 1 CCR percentages (17.4% in 2014 to 55.0% in 2017)

B. Areas of Need (What does the analysis of data tell you about your schools gaps and opportunities for improvement?)

Disproportionality in discipline referrals (referral risk ratio)

Achievement levels of minority students
Improvement in ACCESS scores
Further support for AVID

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School Goals and Strategies

Goal #1 Performance Goal for College and Career Readiness in Math I (Math 1 EOC).

By June 2018, Math I achievement for Latino students will increase from 39.4% proficient to 45.46%.
By June 2018, Math I achievement for EDS students will increase from 34.0% proficient to 40.6%.

Present Status Desired Status Strategies Milestone Dates Resources/Professional

Student Performance Data Target Quarterly Development to Support
(N) Progress
AA 33.3% (12) 39.97% Year 3 Benchmark data quarterly Instructional coaches
Asian 55.6% (9) 60.4% Instructional plan PD PLCs in Math 1PLC
Latino 39.4% (33) 45.46% MTSS process Data collection (formative
Multiracial 40.0% (5) 46.0% Math I PD PLCs and summative)
Native American NA NA Coaching cycles
White 66.2% (71) 69.58% with instructional
EDS 34.0% (53) 40.6% coaches
LEP 33.3% (24) 39.97% Math 1 teachers
SWD 8.3% (24) 17.47% will regularly
update parents
regarding progress

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Goal #2 Performance Goal for College and Career Readiness in Reading (English 2 EOC).

By June 2018, Latino students will increase from 26.2% proficient to 33.58% in English 10.
By June 2018, EDS students will increase from 27.3% proficient to 34.57% in English 10.

Present Status Desired Status Strategies Milestone Dates Resources/Professional

Student Performance Data Target Quarterly Development to Support
(N) Progress
AA 42.9% (21) 48.61% English 2 PD Benchmark data quarterly Instructional coaches
Asian 62.5% (16) 64.0% PLCs PD on Deepening LFL PD PLCs in English 2
Latino 26.2% (42) 33.58% Coaching cycles Practices PLC
Multiracial 89.5% (19) 89.92% with instructional Data collection (formative
Native American NA NA coaches and summative)
White 91.3% (103) 92.17% English 2 teachers
EDS 27.3% (59) 34.57% will regularly
*LEP 0% (21) 10% update parents on
SWD 14.3% (21) 22.87% student progress
*Students in Newcomers Center

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Goal #3 School Quality and Student Success Goal - Chronic Absenteeism

By June 2018, Carrboro High School will lower Chronic Absenteeism from 17.8% to the district average of 16.6%

Present Status Desired Status Strategies Milestone Dates Resources/Professional

Student Performance Data Target Quarterly Development to Support
Progress
Number of students who Fewer students missing 15 Social worker will Bi-monthly and monthly
monitor students at 3, 6,
have 15 or more days or more of school (91 and 10 days as indicated checks with social workers
absences(96 students) students). in BOE policy. and administration.
Parents will be contacted
PD on Deepening LFL
after 3, 6, and 10 Practices
absences as well as
skipping or other chronic
absenteeism.

Students with 15 or more

absences will be
identified and cause
determined after which
individual strategies will
be developed.

Goal #4 Discipline Disproportionality

African-American student ODRs will reduce from 40.7% to 34.62% of the total referrals in the 2017-18 school year.

Present Status Desired Status Strategies Milestone Dates Resources/Professional

Student Performance Data Target Quarterly Development to Support
Progress
ODRs PBIS self assessment will Quarterly discipline data PBIS Team reset
be utilized to determine
AA 39% AA 34.62% strengths and areas of check by administration training to share SET.
need. and presented to dept.
MTSS team will review
Chairs. Restorative Practices PD
ODRs monthly PD on Restorative

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Practices by 9th Grade

Restorative Practices will
be implemented
Hybrid Staff

African-American
student affinity groups

Parent/student forum
on African American
discipline
disproportionality
sponsored by Kings
of Carrboro

Goal #5 English Learner Goal

By June 2018, the % of EL students who make at least a .5 increase on ACCESS testing will increase from 22.86% to 38.28%.

Present Status Desired Status Strategies Milestone Dates Resources/Professional

Student Performance Data
Current # of ELs with 2 data
points = 35
ELs who made at least .5
increase = 8
Target Quarterly Development to Support
Progress
38.28% of ELs with 2 data SIOP strategies Quarterly check through ESL Department Professional
points will have at least .5 Ellevation strategies Newcomers Center and ESL Development;
increase on ACCESS testing Regular staff ESL teacher provides an
communication with PD on SIOP and Ellevation overview of ACCESS testing
parents of ELs strategies for staff
regarding progress
in language
acquisition

Other Required Goals

The school will provide a duty free lunch period for every teacher on a daily basis or as otherwise approved by School Improvement Team.

School Improvement Decision/Date Plan for providing D

uty-free Lunch

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10/11/17 Evidenced in Master Schedule

The school will provide a duty-free instructional planning time for every full-time assigned classroom teacher, with a goal of providing an
average of at least five full hours of planning time per week.

School Improvement Decision/Date Plan for providing D

uty-free Instructional Planning

10/11/17 Evidenced in Master Schedule

The school shall include a plan to identify and eliminate unnecessary and redundant reporting requirements for teachers and, to the extent
practicable, streamline the school's reporting system and procedures, including requiring forms and reports to be in electronic form when
possible and incorporating relevant documents into the student accessible components of the Instructional Improvement System.

School Improvement Decision/Date Plan for providing Reduction of Paperwork

10/11/17 Evidenced in Master Schedule and PD Calendar

Use of CHCCS Wednesdays to fill out paperwork such as NCEES and others as
needed/required.
Each certified staff has one day away with their PLC to observe other teachers
and to plan.
Reference GC115C-105.27

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