As Corley continues to support academic success for all students, as evidenced by instructional walkthrough observation data from the 2023-2024 school year, the need for an increased focus on small group instruction in both ELA and math has become evident.  This focus will ensure that students are provided appropriate remediation and enrichment across all grade levels.

1. The Corley Administrative Team and/or Instructional Coaching team will conduct weekly walkthroughs.
2. Instructional walkthroughs and evaluations will be scheduled during Intervention and Small Group instructional times within all content areas at least once monthly.
3. Teachers will be required to provide evidence of small group planning and the specific progress of each student during small group instruction. 
4. During CLTs, small group planning will be part of grade-level planning time

• Corley Elementary will decrease the percentage of students in Kindergarten-2nd Grade scoring in the One or More Grade Level Below range on the EOY Reading and Math iReady Diagnostic Assessment.

K-2 iReady 

Percentage of Students One or More Grade Level Below

• Corley Elementary will decrease the percentage of 3rd-5th Grade Students scoring in at the Beginning Level on the ELA, Math, and Science Georgia Milestones.

Grades 3-5 GMAS

Percentage of Students Scoring at the Beginning Level

This is the third year of implementation of the EL reading program and second year of moving from an exclusive use of the balanced numeracy framework to guide math instruction to include the task based model.  It is imperative that teachers understand how to implement instruction of the aforementioned frameworks through maximizing small group instruction.

1. Parents will participate in workshops and receive resources focusing on ways to assist their students at home.  These workshops will focus on ELA and Math and strategies for ML learners.

2. Professional learning opportunities will be offered throughout the school year to help build teacher capacity in the areas of planning, implementation, and monitoring of small group instruction. Education curriculum and the new math AKS standards.

3. Title I funded Grade level Data Planning and release days will be used to plan for small group lessons and targeted instruction.

4. Corley Elementary will offer Extended Learning Opportunities which could include remediation, enrichment, and Newcomer classes.

• Corley Elementary will increase the percentage of Kindergarten students scoring in the On or Above Grade Level range on the EOY Reading and Math iReady Diagnostic Assessment.

K-2 iReady 

Percentage of Students On or Above Grade Level

• Corley Elementary will increase the percentage of 3rd-5th Grade Students scoring in at the Proficient or Distinguished Levels on the ELA, Math, and Science Georgia Milestones.

Since the Corley community has become increasingly linguistically diverse, it is necessary to provide support to staff and students to ensure the success of all learners.

1. Corley Elementary will offer intervention and support on a daily basis for all Multilingual Newcomers in grades 3rd-5th grade
2. Newcomer professional learning opportunities will be offered to staff provided by the ESOL department.
3. Corley Elementary will offer English classes for parents within each semester. This includes curriculum-based materials that will be utilized to help local family members help their students at home.
4. Corley ES will maximize the ESOL support schedule to include small-group support for newcomers daily.

• Corley Elementary will increase the place level composite score of direct served multilingual students.

• Corley Elementary will increase the percentages of positive responses on the Educational Effectiveness Survey for students, staff, and the community.