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Y.E. Smith Elementary Mission & Goals

Y.E. Smith Elementary's mission is to foster a caring and supportive learning environment that promotes high expectations, active student participation, and parental involvement to enable all children to be global learners. The school established goals to increase proficiency rates on standardized tests from 32% to 50% and from 22% to 40% and reading proficiency for K-3 students. To achieve these goals, the school will focus on implementing indicators related to classroom management, standards-aligned instruction, tiered support systems, emotional support for students, transitions between grades, leadership team meetings, feedback, using data to inform decisions, recruiting and evaluating staff, and communicating expectations to parents.

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Y.E. Smith Elementary Mission & Goals

Y.E. Smith Elementary's mission is to foster a caring and supportive learning environment that promotes high expectations, active student participation, and parental involvement to enable all children to be global learners. The school established goals to increase proficiency rates on standardized tests from 32% to 50% and from 22% to 40% and reading proficiency for K-3 students. To achieve these goals, the school will focus on implementing indicators related to classroom management, standards-aligned instruction, tiered support systems, emotional support for students, transitions between grades, leadership team meetings, feedback, using data to inform decisions, recruiting and evaluating staff, and communicating expectations to parents.

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The Mission Statement for Y.E.

Smith Elementary:

Our mission is to foster a caring and supportive learning environment that promotes
high expectations, active student participation, and parental involvement, to enable all
children to be global learners.

Y.E. Smith Elementary established the following goals in alignment with the school's
mission statement.

 We will increase overall school proficiency as measured by the End of Grade


Assessments for grade 3-5 from 32% to 50% for 2017-2018. We will increase the
overall college and career readiness as measured by the End of Grade Assessments
for grade 3-5 from 22% to 40% for 2017-2018. 75% of students in grades
Kindergarten - 3rd grade will increase their reading proficiency as measured by the
mClass reading assessment from BOY to MOY. We will increase the overall
attendance rate from 95.6% to 98.0% for 2017-2018

To achieve these goals, Y.E. Smith Elementary has chosen to focus on implementing
these Selected Indicators:

Student Success Indicators

ALL teachers employ effective classroom management and reinforce classroom rules and
A1.07
procedures by positively teaching them. (5088)
Instructional Teams develop standards-aligned units of instruction for each subject and
A2.04
grade level. (5094)
The school implements a tiered instructional system that allows teachers to deliver
A4.01 evidence-based instruction aligned with the individual needs of students across all tiers.
(5117)
ALL teachers are attentive to students' emotional states, guide students in managing their
A4.06
emotions, and arrange for supports and interventions when necessary. (5124)
The school develops and implements consistent, intentional, and on-going plans to
A4.16
support student transitions for grade-to-grade and level-to-level. (5134)
B1.01 The LEA has an LEA Support & Improvement Team. (5135)
A Leadership Team consisting of the principal, teachers who lead the Instructional
B1.03 Teams, and other professional staff meets regularly (at least twice a month) to review
implementation of effective practices. (5137)
The principal offers frequent opportunities for staff and parents to voice constructive
B1.05
critiques of the school's progress and suggestions for improvement. (5139)
The school has established a team structure among teachers with specific duties and time
B2.03
for instructional planning. (5143)
The principal monitors curriculum and classroom instruction regularly and provides
B3.03
timely, clear, constructive feedback to teachers. (5149)
The LEA/School regularly looks at school performance data and aggregated classroom
C2.01 observation data and uses that data to make decisions about school improvement and
professional development needs. (5159)
The LEA/School has established a system of procedures and protocols for recruiting,
C3.04
evaluating, rewarding, and replacing staff. (5168)
The school regularly communicates with parents/guardians about its expectations of them
E1.06 and the importance of the curriculum of the home (what parents can do at home to
support their children's learning). (5182)

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