SCHOOL
IMPROVEMENT GOALS:
Goal
1: TEACHING AND LEARNING - improve academic achievement
for all students by focusing staff develoopment and efforts on
research based best practices of teaching and learning.
Goal
2: RELATIONSHIPS - School Climate - continue to build
positive, caring relationships and support the North Region
Community.
Goal
3: CURRICULUM - support a rich, broad curriculum for Madison
Middle School Students.
Goal
4: TECHNOLOGY - increase the use of technology to assist learning.
Goal
5: DIVERSITY - improve staff and student body awareness
about diversity; facilitate positive and caring relationships between
the diverse school population concerning social economic status, race,
ethnicity, culture, language, disabilities, and the physically and
mentally disabled.
Goal Activities: Teaching & Learning | Relationships | Curriculum | Technology | Diversity
Workshops/Conference & Grants
GOAL ACTIVITIES:
Goal
1: TEACHING AND LEARNING
1) Follow
Benchmark III Implementation Plan (improve student achievement
on statewide
assessment tests)- review data, do curriculum mapping,
develop work samples, calendar work samples, administer assignments,
assess using state scoring guides, record, verify with
other teachers;
develop practice strategies for tests, develop test taking
strategies).
2) Continue
articulation with Awbrey Park, Spring Creek, & Corridor Elementary
Schools, and North Eugene High School.
3) Utilize
district and other resources to support the above.
4) Continue
support of the Read Every Day Program.
5) Continue
developing and implementing a building TAG (Talented And Gifted)
Program.
6) Curriculum
development in all disciplines.
7) Adoption
of standardized methods in curriculum delivery.
8) Implement
and maintain the 5A's After School Program.
9) Create
and implement a system for accelerating skills in reading and
math using Plato.
10) Create
and implement summer school.
11) Implement
Staff Study Teams: Best
Practice/Brain Research; EBS (Effective Behavior Support);
Diversity; Technology
- utilize ideas to implement for state
of the art program in the new facility planning.
12) Implement
online state assessment testing (TESA).
[Note: all
instructional staff meet once a month in study teams - see
#11 above for topics.]
[Note: many
instructional staff participated in district, state, and national
workshops/conferences and grants on these topics.*]
Goal Activities: Teaching
& Learning | Relationships | Curriculum | Technology | Diversity
Workshops/Conference & Grants
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Goal
2: RELATIONSHIPS
1) Provide
a new teacher program and continue to support returning staff.
2) Conduct
Fall and Winter staff retreats.
3) Provide
staff social activities.
4) Increase
relationships with our elementary schools and North Eugene
High School through articulation: 5th-6th grade teams, and
8th-9th grade teams.
5) Encourage
staff to participate in student activities.
6) Continue
the Madison Pride Program.
7) Implement
and evaluate EBS (Effective Behavior Support) and Second Step
programs.
8) Continue
relationships with Pacific University, NCC, and implement U
of O teacher and administrative training programs.
9) Implement
a fully functioning student council with Homeroom representatives
and other interested students; assistant principal and teacher
advisors.
10) Conduct
a new student orientation.
11) Conduct
a fall/winter student retreat.
12) Continue
home visits for incoming 6th graders.
13) Support
Homeroom.
14) Increase
support services through "Safer Schools" grant: continue Crime
Prevention Specialist position; continue Prevention Specialist
position; U of O Family Center/Parenting Consultant position.
15) Increase
parent involvement: continue monthly parent meetings and a
monthly newsletter; continue a parent volunteer coordinator;
continue efforts of parent fundraising.
[Note: all
instructional staff participate in once a month grade level
meetings.]
Goal Activities: Teaching & Learning | Relationships | Curriculum | Technology | Diversity
Workshops/Conference & Grants
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Goal
3: CURRICULUM
1) Continue
to offer a variety of classes; develop new courses.
2) Build
and maintain a master schedule to accomodate.
[Note: all
instructional staff participate in once a month content area
meetings.]
[Note: many
instructional staff participated in district, state, and national
workshops/conferences and grants on these topics.*]
Goal
4: TECHNOLOGY
1) Continue
to provide technical support for building technology resources.
2) Seek resource
acquisition to support technology and media.
3) Continue
to integrate techno9logy into curriculum and instruction.
4) Maintain
and develop school and teacher web pages.
5) Implement
a Staff Technology Team and activities: gather ideas to implement
for future state of the art program/facility.
6) Create
and implement a system for accelerating skills in reading and
math using Plato.
7) Implement
online state assessment testing (TESA).
[Note: several
instructional staff participated in district, state, and national
workshops/conferences and grants on these topics.*]
Activities: Teaching & Learning | Relationships | Curriculum | Technology | Diversity
Workshops/Conference
& Grants
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Goal
5: DIVERSITY
1) Maintain
and continue support and learning regarding tolerance and the "Discrimination
Free Zone."
2) Continue
"Awareness of disabilitie" trainings by Madison's Learning
Center in Homeroom.
3) Continue
"Project REACH" in 8th grade.
4) Estabilish
diversity inservice for staff.
5) The staff
will attend an inservice with Pedro Noguera, with topics: youth
violence, race relations within schools, potential impact of
school choice and vouchers on urban public schools, factors
contribuiting to student achievment and secondary issuses resulting
in desegration of public schools.
6) Continue
and establish more emphasis on school activities which promote
the empathetic learning of diversity and multi-cultural awareness,
to include: assemblies, "mini lunch assemblies," and field
trips.
7) Establish
Madison Awards which promote the understanding of diversity.
8) Continue
to build our library resources which promote the understanding
of diversity.
9) Establish
more emphasis on school displays which promote the understanding
of diversity.
10) Continue
the Natives Club, and continue to enhance our ongoing academic,
social and emotional support for our Native American population.
11) Establish
a Latino support club, and continue to enhance our ongoing
academic, social and emotional support for our Latino
students and parents.
12) Continue
ongoing support for ELL (English Language Learner) students
and their parents.
13) Continue
support and development of cultural studies and Spanish.
14) Implement
a Staff Diversity Team and activities to include: gather and
study ideas to implement for future state of the art program/facility.
[Note: many
instructional staff members participated in district workshops
on this topic.*]
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