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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: ARCHER HIGH           Principal: Conquisha Thompson

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

Archer High School will create a system of support to address academic and non-academic student needs and remove barriers to success.

  1. Monitor the number of students screened daily during the window and create a process for absent students to participate, ensuring we reach the universal screening goal
  2. Revise the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBIS) Flow Chart and continue holding monthly meetings to review PBIS data. Based on this analysis, create a plan for continuous quality improvement of the PBIS program.
  3. Offer professional development centered around formative assessments, interventions, and the use of coaching cycles with ITI coaches. This will equip teachers with the skills to effectively implement Tier 1 interventions.
  4. Supporting Multilingual Learners (ML):

    • Use WIDA data to schedule sheltered and cluster classes, providing individualized support for ML students.
    • Implement professional development for teachers on Tier 1 interventions within sheltered classrooms.
    • Increase the number of students exiting the ML program by effectively using these interventions.
  5. Credit Recovery and Remediation:

    • Offer credit recovery classes during Tiger Time Advisement and create clustered REP classes based on current data and academic needs to increase student support.
    • Provide tutoring for students during Tiger Time Advisement to address specific academic needs.
Measure  2023-2024 Data 2024-2025 Goal 
PBIS Status Emerging Operational
ACCESS Score Band 44.1% 50%
ML Progress Towards Language Proficiency-CCRPI 67.02% 84%

 

 

Equity 2.B - Opportunity and Access

Archer High School will expand student opportunities to engage in and access high-quality, rigorous, and culturally relevant curriculum, advanced coursework, and enrichment activities. 

  1. Develop and implement interventions and enrichment programs across all departments to address the needs of all learners and exceptionalities, fostering increased student achievement and engagement.
  2. Enhance teacher skills in implementing non-exclusionary behavior interventions through local school and district-level training, while ensuring consistent staff decision-making through continued utilization of the Positive Behavioral Intervention System (PBIS) matrix.
  3. Analyze national, state, and local data to pinpoint underserved student populations with potential for Advanced Placement, Dual Enrollment, or gifted/talented programs to increase the enrollment rate of this population. 
Group 2023-2024 ISS  2024-2025 ISS Goal 2023-2024 OSS  2024-2025 OSS Goal 
Free/Reduced Meals (FRM) 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.2
Black 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1
Male 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.2

Note: A student group is overrepresented when the disproportionality index is greater than or equal to 1.2

Advanced Coursework Completion, historically underserved groups.

Indicator 23-24 Data 24-25 Goal 
AP/DE Course Participation  43% 55%
AP Test Participation 94% 85%
AP/DE Performance  81% 85%

 

Effectiveness 3.A - Results-Based Evaluation System

Archer High School will use data to inform and measure student outcomes to improve and tailor instruction and support student growth.

  1. Leverage Collaborative Lesson Teams (CLTs) to analyze student data and design effective Tier 1 instruction aligned with the Archer High School's framework and Quality Plus Teaching Strategies (QPTS), while also planning differentiated instruction and small group support based on formative assessments
  2. Integrate peer classroom observations and refine data analysis protocols to focus on formative assessments and their instructional application.
  3. Partner with the GCPS Department of Teaching and Learning to provide leadership training for department chairs.
  4. Offer a variety of professional development opportunities aligned with school-wide and district instructional initiatives.
  5. Implement instructional coaching cycles and targeted professional development in induction meetings to support new and struggling teachers in developing effective instructional strategies and fostering self-reflection.

Milestone Data

Subject 23-24 Percent Passing 24-25 Goal 
Biology 51% 58%
American Literature 49% 55%
Algebra 56% 60%
U.S. History 38% 58% 
CCRPI 23-24 Data 24-25 Goal
CCRPI Progress 86.0 90.0
Closing Gaps 47.2% 50.0%

 

Cohort Percentages

Cohort  2023-2024 Percent 2024-2025 Goal 
Class of 2025 73% 80% 
Class of 2026 70%  80%
Class of 2027 86% 97% 

 

Educational Effectiveness Survey Data 

Survey Item 2023-2024 Percent 2024-2025 Goal 
My teacher find other ways for me to learn things I find difficult. (Student) 54%  70% 
Struggling students receive early intervention and remediation to acquire skills. (Staff)  66% 75%
Peer observation/coaching and feedback is a tool we use to improve instruction. (Staff) 65% 70%
Struggling students receive early intervention and additional help at this school. (Family) 66% 75%
Teachers accommodate my student's individual needs by adjusting instruction. (Family) 56% 70%