2023-2024 School Innovation and Improvement Plan
Outcome goals for this academic school year
2023-2024 SIIP At-a-Glance
For additional information regarding this School Plan, please contact the school principal.
Garfield Elementary School
Region 3
April Cage, Principal
English/Language Arts
Outcome: Ensure students are making sufficient progress to be on grade level in English Language Arts.
Goal: By June 2024, the percentage of PK-3 students who meet spring grade level benchmarks will increase at least nine percentage points (39% to 48%) as measured by reading screeners (LLS/PALS/iReady).
Strategy 1
Expand use of conversation structures to increase academic talk and build relationships among students. (HLP 1, 3)
Strategy 2
Expand use of skills-based grouping to ensure students demonstrate mastery of foundational skills. (HLP 2, 5)
Mathematics
Outcome: Ensure students are making sufficient progress to be on grade level in Mathematics.
Goal:
By June 2024, the percentage of PK-6 Grade English Language Learners (ELL's) students meeting the spring benchmark will increase from 23% in 2022-2023 to at least 33% in 2023-2024 as measured by EMAS/iReady.
Strategy 1
Increase teacher implementation of explicit instruction and other components of effective mathematics intervention.
Strategy 2
Increase teacher’s implementation strategies related to Shift 8: from looking for correct answers towards revealing student thinking.
Chronic Absenteeism
Outcome: Ensure students feel safe, included, and supported in the school environment.
Goal:
By the end of the 2023-2024 school year, chronic absenteeism at Garfield ES will be reduced from 23% to below 17% as evidenced by the school's chronic absenteeism data.
Strategy 1
Increase opportunities for personalized early attendance outreach.
Strategy 2
Understand root causes of student absenteeism. Strengthen programmatic responses to attendance barriers.
Strategy 3
Improve attendance with student's that have chronic absenteeism.