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Accountability and flexibility are hallmarks of Gwinnett County Public Schools' success. Key to that success is ensuring that each school community understands the progress being made by its schools, as well as what plans will drive improvement. Each school creates a collaborative Local School Plan for Improvement (LSPI) to increase student achievement results, with targeted goals based on the four strategic priorities within the district’s Blueprint for the Future: Empathy, Equity, Effectiveness, and Excellence. All schools across the district will focus on goals 2A- Multi-tiered Systems of Support and 2B- Opportunity and Access. Additionally, schools are required to select one goal from each of the other strategic priorities. LSPI goals are dynamic, like our schools, and are updated to reflect changes that occur in schools. Multiple data points are used to determine areas needing improvement and to identify specific, measurable, annual objectives. Schools then determine how to use research-based strategies to achieve these goals, using flexibility as needed. The LSPI development process involves teachers, parents, students, and community members, so the entire school community has the opportunity to be involved in conversations about school improvement.

 

2024 - 2025 Local School Plan for Improvement (LSPI)


School: LILBURN ELEMENTARY           Principal: Michael D Bender
District Strategic Priorities/Goals Rationale Action Steps
(Implementation Design)		 How will you measure growth?
Growth Factors (Baseline & Targets)
Equity 2.A - Multi-tiered System of Supports

Our goal is to reduce variability and increase the fidelity of High-Quality Tier 1 instruction implementation for all students, including targeted small groups, grade level curriculum, ongoing formative assessment, and progress monitoring. 
  1. Continue to support our Instructional Coaches in their work of building capacity among teachers in each PLC. Specifically, our coaches will work to release core CLT responsibilities to grade level teams, supporting additional teacher leadership roles. 
  2. Implementation of Instructional Conversations in grades K-5 in mathematics. 
  3. Continue our implementation of New Teacher Induction that spans three years to ensure staff is supported in the implementation of our instructional strategies.
  4. Implement innovative strategies related to instruction for ML newcomers, including enhancements to our welcoming process and targeted English language acquisition initiatives. 
  5. Continue MTSS implementation.
  6. Expand our Family Center programming, including parent classes and evening events to support family engagement and involvement. 
  7. Increase students' access to a variety of non-fiction and fiction texts by utilizing resources such as the GCPS Bookmobile.
  8. Utilize research-based web-based subscriptions to support student learning.

Percentage of Students Reading on Grade Level

          Baseline     Target

3rd     54%          57%

4th     59%         63%

5th     60%          64%

 

Milestones Proficiency Rate in ELA and Math

                Baseline     Target

LA 3rd     24%          28%

LA 4th     37%          30%

LA 5th     33%          40%

 

                   Baseline     Target

Math 3rd     

Math 4th     

Math 5th     
Equity 2.B - Opportunity and Access

We strive to increase student opportunities to engage in and access high-quality, rigorous, and culturally relevant curriculum and enrichment activities.
  1. We are going to open a second Play2Learn class each week to meet the increased demand for the program.
  2. We will continue to refine our Joyful Learning expectations so that all students have the opportunity to engage in activities that encourage communication with peers and critical thinking.
  3. We will continue to utilize non-exclusionary consequences to address student behavior concerns. 
  4. Our newcomers to the United States will receive social-emotional supports that are specific to their needs from our counseling team on a regular basis. 

Number of students with exclusionary consequences:

Baseline:  10 OSS; 4 Opportunity Room

Goal:  Less than 10 students 

 

Number of Play2Learn Classes Offered

Baseline: 1

Goal: 2

Number of Newcomer Students Served in SEL Program Specific to Their Needs

Baseline: 12

Goal: 25

 

 
Excellence 4.A - Preferred Education Destination

Our goal is to promote a well-rounded education that includes various academic, arts, and athletic programs including co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. 
  1. Offer after-school activities in areas of interest for students.
  2. Include PBIS incentives that support areas of student interest.
  3. Encourage business partners to offer gifts/incentives to students.
  4. Increase opportunities for students to participate in a greater variety of sports and activities during daily Teacher Directed Physical Education.
  5. Increase opportunities for Joyful Learning, our school's flagship initiative, by offering students daily enrichment activities that promote belonging and wellbeing.

Number of students who participate in after-school activities: This is a baseline year

 

Student EES Survey Themes

                                              %Positive Responses Baseline             Goal

Student Belonging                                  55%                                    60%

Supportive Learning
            Environment                                53%                                    58%