Osborne Middle School will promote student and staff well-being through prioritizing self-care, physical and mental health, and social-emotional learning.

• We educate both staff and students on behavioral expectations to ensure learning that is positive, engaging, and highly effective.
• We utilize positive interventions, celebrations, and the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Matrix as motivational and teaching tools to achieve desirable outcomes. 
• We will continue training all staff in the effective use of restorative practices.
• We conduct monthly analyses of both minor and major discipline incidents to continually improve our use of interventions. 
• We provide weekly advisement sessions that support the four components of Our Blueprint for the Future; Empathy, Equity, Effectiveness, and Excellence.   
• We regularly encourage and communicate the importance of fitness, nutrition, and emotional well-being opportunities for students and staff.
• We prioritize the importance of student and staff recognition through daily, weekly, and monthly communication tools.   

Educational Effectiveness Surveys

Student Survey

• I enjoy coming to school
  
  • SY2023 Baseline = 49%
  • SY2024 Target = 52%
• Most students are respectful of others at this school
  
  • SY2023 Baseline = 36%
  • SY2024 Target = 39%

Staff Survey

• When my school has a problem, we discuss how to solve it.
  
  • SY2023 Baseline = 53%
  • SY2024 Target =56%
• l receive training on instruction to support social-emotional learning. 
  
  • SY2023 Baseline = 58%
  • SY2024 Target =61%

Osborne Middle School will implement a comprehensive framework to fully operationalize multi-tiered systems of support to students to address academic and non-academic needs. 

• We will continue to establish structures for enhancing student learning and school improvement through collaborative learning teams with an intentional focus on Tier 1 instruction. 
• We will strengthen our focus on student interventions through the use of evidence-based Tier 2 and Tier 3 supports for identified students.
• We will utilize a multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS) team to maximize student achievement.
• We provide an instructional framework for students that includes clear learning targets, activating strategies, classroom activities, and formative assessments.
• Our teachers will participate in peer observations utilizing feedback protocols to strengthen their classroom practices.
• All teachers will model the implementation of PBIS strategies to promote positive behaviors in the restroom, halls, cafeteria, classroom and during arrival/ dismissal.

Milestones 

• Students scoring Beginning on the Milestones EOG Language Arts
  • SY2023 Baseline = 9%
  • SY2024 Target = 6%
• Students scoring Beginning on the Milestones EOG Math
  • SY2023 Baseline = 9%
  • SY2024 Target = 6%

Educational Effectiveness Surveys

Student Survey

• I solve problems by first breaking them into smaller steps:
  
  • SY2023 Baseline = 60%
  • SY2024 Target = 63%

Staff Survey

• Instruction is personalized to meet the needs of each student
  
  • SY2023 Baseline = 53%
  • SY2024 Target = 56%
• Struggling students receive early intervention and remediation to acquire skills
  
  • SY2023 Baseline = 48%
  • SY2024 Target = 51%

Osborne Middle School will provide students access to high quality rigorous course work that includes activities designed to enrich the learning opportunities for each and every child.

• We will offer professional development to ensure high-quality Tier 1 instruction for all students, including targeted small groups, grade-level curriculum, ongoing formative assessments, and progress monitoring.
• We will provide students with opportunities within the school day for academic interventions, enrichment, and mentoring.
• We will continue to identify and expand our gifted program.

Educational Effectiveness Surveys

Student Survey

• My teachers help me learn by challenging me with interesting activities in class.
  
  • SY2023 Baseline = 58%
  • SY2024 Target = 61%
• Work I do in this school is useful and interesting to me.
  
  • SY2023 Baseline = 43%
  • SY2024 Target = 46%

Staff Survey

• Instruction in personalized to meet the needs of each student. 
  
  • SY2023 Baseline = 53%
  • SY2024 Target = 56%

Gifted Data

• The percentage of black students served in the gifted program will increase.
  
  • SY2023 Baseline = 14%
  • SY2024 Target = 17%
• The percentage of Hispanic students served in the gifted program will increase. 
  • SY2023 Baseline = 9%
  • SY2024 Target = 12%

Osborne Middle School will define the inputs, behaviors, and outcomes that determine the standards for student success as measured by the Results-Based Evaluation System (RBES).

• Students will participate in small group instruction and differentiation through flexible grouping to provide individualized support while other students support each other collaboratively on different tasks. 
• Classroom instruction will include effective use of Quality-Plus Teaching Strategies teaching with an emphasis on key questioning strategies to increase student engagement.
• We support collaborative learning teams (CLT) by utilizing a school-wide weekly planning agenda that includes:
  • What do we want our students to learn?
  • How will we teach it?
  • How will we know when our students have learned?
  • How will we respond when students learn? How will we respond when students don't learn?
• Teachers will conduct peer observations of other teachers and provide feedback to their colleagues. 
• We will utilize the Gwinnett Teacher Evaluation System to identify teacher strengths and areas of growth.

Educational Effectiveness Surveys

Student Survey

• In class, we often work with other students to solve a problem/do a task.
  • SY2023 Baseline = 49%
  • SY2024 Target = 52%
• What we do in school will help me succeed in life.
  
  • SY2023 Baseline = 68%
  • SY2024 Target = 71%

Staff Survey

• Peer observation/coaching and feedback is a tool we use to improve instruction. 
  
  • SY2023 Baseline =50%
  • SY2024 Target =53%

Osborne Middle will continue to improve two-way communication, engagement, and outreach in order to connect with all stakeholders within the community.

• We will implement the new district communication platform, ParentSquare, to further enhance two-way communication among teachers, parents, Osborne Middle, and the school district.  
• We will tell our story by highlighting activities, events, and accolades on social media, in parent and staff newsletters, and on the school website.
• We will continue to host and encourage our students, parents, and staff to attend school events.  
• Teachers will communicate regularly with parents concerning their child's academic performance through routine progress report reminders, email, and student/parent conferences.
• We will solicit feedback and input from students, parents, and staff by embedding QR codes into newsletters, presentations, and other communication platforms. 
• We will hold regularly scheduled advisory meetings with the Student and School Councils, and our Parent Teacher Association (PTA), to further improve two-way communication, engagement, and outreach that connect the community and school. 
• We will hold a parent information night with International Newcomers Center translators to support family communication and engagement.

Educational Effectiveness Surveys

Staff Survey

• With important decisions, we seek input from parents and the community.
  • SY2023 Baseline = 66%
  • SY2024 Target = 69%

Student Survey

• This school communicates with my family about how I am doing.
  
  • SY2023 Baseline = 70%
  • SY2024 Target = 73%
• Students are involved in solving problems in this school. 
  
  • SY2023 Baseline = 67%
  • SY2024 Target = 70%

Family Survey 

• When I share concerns with my student's teachers, they listen. 
  
  • SY2023 Baseline = 83% 
  • SY2024 Target = 86%
• Parents/families have input into the plans for improving this school. 
  
  • SY2023 Baseline = 58%
  • SY2024 Target = 61%