2023 - 2024 Local School Plan for Improvement (LSPI)
School: PHOENIX HIGH           Principal: Niki Ross
District Strategic Priorities/Goals
Rationale
Action Steps (Implementation Design)
How will you measure growth? Growth Factors (Baseline & Targets)
Empathy 1.B - Staff and Student Well Being
Phoenix High School will promote student and staff wellbeing through prioritizing self-care, physical and mental health, and social emotional learning to ensure that the focus is on the whole individual.
Activities to reduce stress and encourage connection between students and staff, such as but not limited to: Phoenix Fall Fun Week, Winter Games, March Madness, and Spring Fun Week.
W.I.L.D. Out Wednesdays (Wellness, Independence, Life Skills, Discovery) – Advisement/Social and Emotional Learning activities
Phoenix Health Fair
Simon Youth Foundation Student Center – games, mural coloring stations, puzzles
Open gym during common lunch
College and Careers Fairs for planning for the future
Post-secondary planning - individual and small group to relieve stress about the future
Academic Coaches – providing support for class work, schedule, and load of classes
Percent of students responding positively to the following student wellbeing EES Student Survey items (weighted average):
I enjoy coming to this school (75%). Target: 77%
I am hopeful about my future (74%). Target: 76%
Percent of staff responding positively to the following staff support EES Staff Survey items (weighted average):
When there is a problem in my school, we talk about how to solve it (84%). Target: 86%
My principal/administrator cares about me as a person (92%). Target: 94%
My principal facilitates systems/processes to support school improvement (98%). Target: 99%
Equity 2.A - Multi-tiered System of Supports
Phoenix High School will implement a comprehensive framework to fully operationalize a multi-tiered system of supports to address academic and non-academic student needs and remove barriers to success. Further, Phoenix High School will use this multi-tiered system of supports to increase the Cohort Graduation rate by 3%.
Academic Interventions include, but are not limited to:
Flexible scheduling which includes student choice with teacher, time of day, and structure of learning environment
Individualized, self-paced mastery learning
Multiple attempts at tests and assignments
Extended learning opportunities on Fridays and Saturdays for students to catch up, get extra help, or get ahead
Using a variety of technology to enhance student learning
Communication with students and parents about tutoring, extended learning opportunities, and academic coaching sessions
Progress checks and goal setting with teachers and Academic Coaches
Student Contact Database
Supportive Community interventions include, but are not limited to:
Daycare for teenage parents
Positive Behavior Intervention Strategies
Student choice in the hours he/she attends school
Registration/on-boarding process with an administrator and counselor including goal-setting and planning for the future
Student Contact Database
Dedicated Academic Advisor
Connections made with teachers through the student well-being activities
Implementation of PBIS
Cohort Graduation Rate (21%). Target: 24%
Graduation Rate of Students who receive a Senior Letter (regardless of years in high school)(78%). Target: 80%
Number of courses passed (half-credits earned) each mini-semester. Target: 900 courses passed
Equity 2.B - Opportunity and Access
Phoenix High School will expand student opportunities to engage in and have access to high quality, rigorous, culturally relevant curriculum, and enrichment activities.
Quality and rigor checks of courses within each subject and department
Emphasis on document-based writing in Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies
Regular use of Common Assessments
Dual-enrollment in college
College and Career Advisors and Counselors will meet with 12th graders to create plan for next steps.
Implement Restorative Practices and PBIS to reduce disruption of learning resulting from exclusionary discipline practices.
Percent of 12th graders who graduate with a documented post-secondary plan of one of the following: enrolled in a post-secondary or technical institution, enlisted in a branch of the armed service, or employed (80%). Target: 85%
Cohort Graduation Rate (21%). Target: 24%
Total Graduation Rate of all students who receive a Senior Letter (regardless of years in high school) (78%). Target: 80%
Effectiveness 3.B - Talent Management
Phoenix High School will transform human resources function into a strategic talent management organization that supports educators and staff to achieve district goals.
Goal setting and collaboration
Small class sizes
Meaningful professional development
Teacher led small groups in problem solving and input in school matters
Community building activities and volunteer activities
Staff Autonomy (attire, schedule)
Retention rate of non-retiring certified staff with 6+ years of experience (63). Target: 100%
Placement preference process (2022-23 Total requests to Transfer Out = 0. Total requests to Transfer In = 64.) Target: 0% transfer out
Excellence 4.A - Preferred Education Destination
Phoenix High School will be the first choice of students and families for excellent schools and the employer of choice for educators and staff to fulfill their careers to ensure that both students and staff feel valued and accepted.
Classes offered from 8:10 AM – 8:10 PM Monday – Thursday
Student choice of schedule
Individual Conferences with parents and students with Administrators available from 8:00 – 8:00
Individual educational plans for each and every student
Devoted Academic Advisor for student goal setting
Communication made to parents in English and Spanish
Student choice in learning environment
Retention rate of all non-retiring staff (83). Target: 100%
Percent of families responding positively to the following family satisfaction EES Family Survey items (weighted average):
The principal of this school is committed to quality education (91%). Target: 93%
I believe adults in this school care about my student (92%). Target: 94%
This school is doing a good job of preparing my student for a successful future (80%). Target: 82%
Percent of students responding positively to the following student satisfaction EES Student Survey items (weighted average):
Adults in this school help me plan and set goals for my future (85%). Target: 87%
Work I do in this school is useful and interesting to me (74%). Target 76%
This school is doing a good job of preparing me to succeed in my life (85%). Target 87%