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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: MCCLURE HEALTH SCIENCE HIGH           Principal: Nicole Mosley

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

McClure Health Science High School will implement a comprehensive framework to fully operationalize a multi-tiered systems of support to students to address academic and non-academic needs. 

  1. We will offer high-quality Tier 1 instruction for all students, including targeted small groups, grade-level curriculum, ongoing formative assessments, and progress monitoring. 
  2. We will increase opportunities for small group, targeted instruction which supports the effective implementation of the MTSS process and/or provide additional intervention and supports to students. 
  3. We have established structures for enhancing student learning and school improvement through collaborative learning teams.  
  4. We guarantee a classroom framework that includes clear daily learning intentions, social learning intentions, and success criteria.
  5. We will continue to remain focused and refine the three key initiatives: Engaging Bell to Bell Instruction, Effective Collaboration, and Essential Safety Nets. 
  6. We will participate in Wonder Walks (peer observations) utilizing feedback protocols.
  7. Parent Outreach Liaison will be a bridge between teachers and families. 
  8. We will continue to host and expand family workshops to support the whole child.

The following percentage of students score at the Proficient & Distinguished levels on Milestone Exams for the 2023-2024 School Year: 

Biology: 46.8%

Algebra I: 46.6%

US History: 34.9%

American Literature: 40.7%

Our goal for 2024-2025 will be to increases the percentage of students scoring in the Proficient & Distinguished levels on Milestones to the following percentages: 

Biology: 49.8%

Algebra: 49.6%

US History: 37.9%

American Literature: 43.7%

Equity 2.B - Opportunity and Access

McClure Health Science High School will expand student opportunities to engage in and have access to high quality, rigorous, and culturally relevant curriculum, advanced course work, and enrichment activities. 

  1. We will continue training all staff to be effective in restorative practices, No Place for Hate, and PBIS.
  2. We will continue to implement our PBIS school-wide plan. 
  3. We will continue to offer timely professional development for best practices in classroom management.
  4. We will continue to identify and expand our gifted and Advanced Placement Program. 

Increase performance on Advanced Placement Exams

  • Students AP Performance (% of students scoring 3 or higher):
    • SY23: 37.3%
    • SY24: 53.2%
    • Goal: 56.2%
Effectiveness 3.A - Results-Based Evaluation System

McClure Health Science High School's effectiveness is fundamentally linked to student success.  By aligning inputs, behaviors, and outcomes with the RBES, we can provide each and every student an improved student experience. 

1. We provide opportunities for teachers to observe and discuss each other's practices through Wonder Walks (peer observations), feedback, and coaching.

2. We support collaborative learning teams by utilizing a school-wide collaborative learning teams 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?

3. We will continue our work with RBES to ensure that all faculty goals are aligned with the local school plan for improvement.  

ESS Staff Survey Data

Percentage of staff responding positively to the following school improvement staff themes:

  1. Monitoring of Teaching and Learning 
    • Baseline Data: 83%
    • Goal: Increase to 86%
  2. Collaboration and Communication
    1. Baseline Data: 77%
    2. Goal: Increase to 80%
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.

  • Provide families with instructional strategies and resources during workshops and Parent andTeacher conferences to assist their children with literacy in all content areas and across all grade levels.
  • Host an ELL/Literacy Event & Digital Literacy Event for families to focus on literacy and academic vocabulary acquisition strategies.
  • Demonstrate the use of eCLASS Course Pages, the Parent Square, and other online academic resources that families may use to support students as they increase their literacy skils. 

ESS Family Engagement Survey

Percentage of families participating in the ESS survey 

Baseline Data: 11% 

Goal: 14%