LITERACY STUDY WORK PLAN

Goal: To increase student performance through the school improvement process by ensuring language arts and mathematics standards are effectively taught, assessed and communicated.

WHAT?

What actions need to be taken to complete the task?

RESULTS?

What data or documents will indicate closure or success for each action?

TIME FRAME?

When will each action be conducted?

WHO?

Who needs to be involved with each action?

RESOURCES?

What tools/strategies need to be collected, developed or organized to complete the task?

Create a systemic design for the local curriculum program.

  • Curriculum Big Picture

January 1999

  • Assistant Superintendent
  • District Curriculum Design Committee
  • Vision for curriculum
  • List of Implementation and Articulation Issues
    • Standards-Assessments-Instruction Initiative

    Spring 1999

    • Assistant Superintendent
    • District SAI Task Force
  • Curriculum Big Picture
  • Understanding By Design Training
  • Implement local language arts and mathematics curriculums aligned with state benchmarks.

    • Grade Level Language Arts Teacher Objectives (Illinois Goals 1-5)
    • Grade Level Mathematics Teacher Objectives (Illinois Goals 6-10)

    Spring 1999

    • Assistant Superintendent
    • Language Arts Task Force
    • Math Task Force
  • Illinois Standards and Benchmarks
  • Curriculum Big Picture
    • Grade Level Language Arts Student/Parent Objectives
    • Grade Level Mathematics Student/Parent Objectives

    Fall 1999

    • Assistant Superintendent
    • Language Arts Task Force
    • Math Task Force
  • District 108 Teacher Objectives
  • Curriculum Big Picture
    • Purchase and implementation of K-3 language arts materials

    Fall 1999

    • Assistant Superintendent
    • Language Arts Task Force
    • Board of Education
    • K-3 Faculty
  • District 108 Teacher Objectives
  • Curriculum Big Picture
  • Instructional Best Practices
    • Purchase and implementation of 4-8 language arts materials

    Fall 2000

    • Assistant Superintendent
    • Language Arts Task Force
    • Board of Education
    • 4-8 Faculty
  • District 108 Teacher Objectives
  • Curriculum Big Picture
  • Instructional Best Practices
    • Purchase and implementation of K-8 mathematics materials

    Fall 2001

    • Assistant Superintendent
    • Mathematics Task Force
    • Board of Education
    • K-8 Faculty
  • District 108 Teacher Objectives
  • Curriculum Big Picture
  • Instructional Best Practices
  • Conduct local assessments aligned with Illinois Standards Achievement Tests

    • Assessment program design

    Fall 1999

    • Assistant Superintendent
    • District SAI Task Force
    • School Improvement Data Fellows
  • Assessment design training
  • Understanding By Design training
  • Staff surveys
    • Formative and summative assessments at all grade levels

    Fall 1999 – Spring 2000

    • Assistant Superintendent
    • Language arts test writers
    • Mathematics test writers
  • District 108 Teacher Objectives
  • ISAT design and sample items
  • Rubric training
    • Formative and summative assessment administration
    • Classroom teachers and students
  • Assessments and procedures
    • Procedures for collecting, analyzing, reporting, and using data
    • Assistant Superintendent
    • Central Office Staff
    • School Improvement Data Fellows
  • SAI design
  • Abacus software
  • Teacher surveys RE data needs and uses.
  • Teacher feedback on draft reports
  • Provide professional development to staff

    • Building SAI Team Training (4 days in 3 sessions)

    Fall 1999 – Spring 2000

    • Assistant Superintendent
    • District SAI Task Force
    • Building SAI Teams
  • Curriculum Big Picture
  • District 108 Teacher Objectives
  • SAI Design
  • Assessment Design
  • ISBE Rubrics
    • Principals SAI Training (4 half-day sessions)
    • Assistant Superintendent
    • District SAI Task Force
    • Principals
  • Teacher Training (2 institutes days, 4 SIP releases, 3 SAI Forums, after school activities as needed)
    • Assistant Superintendent
    • District SAI Task Force
    • Building SAI Teams
    • Curriculum Task Forces
    • Principals
    • Faculty

    Communicate curriculum and achievement with students, parents, and community

  • Board Reports
  • Parent Curriculum Brochures
  • Curriculum Nights/Parent Orientation
  • I Can Do It sheets
  • Curriculum Posters
  • Parent/Student Conferences
  • Fall 1999 – Spring 2000

    • Assistant Superintendent
    • District SAI Task Force
    • Building SAI Teams
    • Curriculum Task Forces
    • Principals
    • Faculty
    • Students
    • Parents
    • Board of Education
    • Media
  • Curriculum Big Picture
  • District 108 Teacher Objectives
  • District 108 Parent/Student Objectives
  • SAI Design
  • Assessment Design
  • Monitor and improve the curriculum and assessment programs

    • Language arts curriculum revisions
    • Mathematics curriculum revisions
    • Formative and summative assessment revisions

    Summer 2000

    • Assistant Superintendent
    • Language Arts Task Force
    • Language Arts Test Writers
    • Mathematics Task Force
    • Mathematics Test Writers
    • Central office staff
  • Assessment results and item analyses
  • Teacher feedback
  • Parent feedback