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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: SHILOH MIDDLE           Principal: Dr. Tiffany Brown
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

Shiloh Middle School desires a supportive and safe environment for all staff and students. 

 

1. SEL Initiatives

     a. Weekly advisement lessons

     b. Counselor lessons and support

     c. SHINE cards and notes

     d. Gallup Strengths Finder Book Study

     e.  The Teacher 50 Book Study

2. Shiloh MS Local School Improvement Committee comprised of teachers and staff will work to develop initiatives, systems, and processes for school improvement (Success Teams).

3. Shiloh MS Principal Advisory Committee (Students & Principal) (meets monthly)

4. Shiloh MS Student Advisory Committee (1 student from each advisement section, SMS Leadership Team & teacher leaders) (meets monthly)

5. PBIS Committee will:

     a. Continue to use the P.R.I.D.E. matrix to incentivize students to show good behavior, including PBIS Points, quarterly events, and weekly positive referrals.

     b. Implement PBIS for staff to sustain morale, including Teacher/Staff bucks, jean passes, spirit days, refreshments/snacks, duty free lunches.

5. Mentorship will be offered for students through L.O.T.U.S. and Men of Shiloh.

 

Percent of staff responding positively to the following staff satisfaction EES Staff Survey items (weighted average):

I receive training to support social and emotional learning

Baseline: 70% 2024 Target:  75% 2025

There is a willingness to address conflict in this school

Baseline:  58% 2024 Target: 68% 2025

Percent of students responding positively to the following student satisfaction EES Student Survey items (weighted average):

I enjoy coming to school 

Baseline: 35% 2024 Target: 50% 2025

Most students are respectful of others at this school

Baseline: 25% 2024 Target: 35% 2025

I feel safe at this school

Baseline: 51% 2024 Target: 61% 2025

 
Equity 2.A - Multi-tiered System of Supports

To provide tiered supports to ensure that all students are successful. 

1. Generals Time/ELT - 35 minutes of additional instruction for remediation and enrichment across all core areas: LA, Math, Science, & SS as follows:

     a, Monday - Core 1

     b. Tuesday - Core 2

     c. Wednesday - Core 3

     d. Thursday - Core 4

2. REP - remediation and support classes for identified students.

3. Small group instruction- individualized instruction and support to help students obtain AKS mastery based on proficient & distinguished ALDs.

4. Kid Talks - bi-weekly identification and monitoring of interventions and supports for students during grade-level planning.

5. Credit Recovery Options: Winter Academic Assistance Program (January-February), Winter Intensive Academic Assistance Program (March), April Academic Assistance Program (April after spring break).

MTSS Screening: Academic
Fall Participation Rate: 98% Reading and Math

MTSS Screening: Wellbeing 
Fall Participation Rate: 99%

Decrease the percentage of students scoring in the Beginning Level in ELA, Science and Social Studies on GMAS Spring 2025 by 10%.  

ELA 6th Grade  34.2% to 24.2%

ELA 7th Grade  28.1% to 18.1%

ELA 8th Grade  28.6% to 18.6%

Science 8th Grade (EOG)  100% to 90%

Physical Science 9th Grade (EOC) - Taken by 8th grade students  64.7% to 54.7%

Social Studies 8th Grade  43.2% to 33.2%
Equity 2.B - Opportunity and Access

To expand student exposure, engagement, and cultural relevance with varied, high quality, high impact learning opportunities 

1. Build teacher capacity by increasing the number of teachers who are Gifted Endorsed to increase library of best practices to better meet the needs of all of our students. 

2. Elevate the International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Program (MYP) through:

     a. Training for the principal, coordinator and teachers through workshops, conferences, and current IB school visits.

     b. Creating a Shiloh Middle School IB committee to oversee implementation of practices aligned with the IB model.

4. Content assistant principals will participate and provide professional learning for effective instructional planning in CLT (Collaborative Learning Teams) using student data and alignment with proficient and distinguished achievement level descriptors (twice per week).

5. Teachers will participate weekly in data meetings to review formative and summative assessments, as well as student work to determine areas for remediation, intervention, and/or enrichment.

Increase the percentage of students scoring in the at the Proficient and Distinguished level in ELA, Science and Social Studies on GMAS Spring 2025 by 5%.  

ELA 6th Grade  39.3% to 44.3%

ELA 7th Grade  40.2% to 45.2%

ELA 8th Grade  37.2% to 42.2%

Science 8th Grade (EOG)  0% to 5%

Physical Science 9th Grade (EOC) - Taken by 8th grade students  16.1% to 21.1%

Social Studies 8th Grade  26.8% to 31.8%

 

 
Family Engagement/Building Parent Capacity -

We will build our parents' capacity to support their children's academic achievement by implementing the activities identified in The Plan/The Promise.

1. Provide all key communication materials in Spanish and English.

2. Provide monthly newsletters to staff and families.

3. Provide a family data night for parents to understand their student's progress, how to read assessment data reports and tips on how to support at home.

4. Host a Literacy Night for families to engage in the middle school learning experience as well as to receive valuable literary resources.

5. Host a Math Night for families to engage in exciting math activities, learn strategies used in middle school math, and to receive resources for home.

 

 

 

Percent of families responding positively to the following family satisfaction EES Family Survey items:

I believe the adults in this school care about my students.

Baseline: 67% 2024 Target:  77% 2025

This school communicates with me about my student’s progress.

Baseline: 64% 2024 Target: 74% 2025

Teachers in this school are dedicated to helping all students succeed.

Baseline: 72%% 2024 Target: 80% 2025