How will you measure growth? Growth Factors (Baseline & Targets)
Empathy 1.A - Cultural Competence
Be the first choice of students and families for excellent schools and the employer of choice for educators and staff to fulfill their careers.
Collaborate with PTSA to increase family involvement activities.
Provide drug/social media awareness nights for parents.
Continue to celebrate diversity through international night, speakers, student voice, clubs, and monthly events.
Implement activities to instill and increase pride in attending Hull Middle School.
Educational Effectiveness Survey Results; increase positive responses by 3 or more percentage points.
SURVEY QUESTION
BASELINE 2024%
POSITIVE RESPONSES
2025 GOALS
1.Our staff believes that all students can meet state standards.
75%
82%
2.With important decisions, we seek input from parents and the community.
84%
87%
3.My colleagues welcome new ideas and change.
76%
84%
Empathy 1.B - Staff and Student Well Being
Promote student and staff well-being through prioritizing self-care, physical and mental health, and social emotional learning.
Encourage and provide opportunities for staff to utilize wellness room.
Create opportunities for students to connect with their peers (i.e. Walk and Talks, End-of-Day Socializing, & Opportunity to have lunch with friends).
Implement time out moments for staff and students to exercise deep breathing.
Improve implementation of PBIS with rewards, prizes, and teaching appropriate behaviors and expectations.
Improve implementation of "Be Kind" initiatives and activities of interest to middle schoolers as a result of increased 2-way communication.
Increase responses to Educational Effectiveness Survey Questions for students and staff by 3 or more percentage points.
SURVEY QUESTION
BASELINE 2024%
POSITIVE RESPONSES
2025
GOALS
1.I enjoy coming to school
47%
50%
2.I feel bad when someone gets their feelings hurt
77%
80%
3.In my school, I feel that I belong to a group of friends.
74%
77%
4.I can calm myself down when I am excited or upset.
66%
70%
5.Most students are respectful of others at this school.
37%
40%
Equity 2.A - Multi-tiered System of Supports
Implement a comprehensive framework to fully operationalize a multi-tiered system of supports to address academic and non-academic student needs and remove barriers to success.
Administer iReady universal screener to identify the needs of every student.
Implement enrichment opportunities for those students who are above grade level on universal screener and extension opportunities for those on grade level.
Implement levels of support for students who perform below grade level on screener.
Continue data dive protocols for common and district assessments.
Use MTSS Air Rubric to monitor progress.
Use CLT Rubric to ensure effectiveness of collaborative learning teams.
Improve proficient and distinguished performance levels on Milestone Assessments by 5 or more percentage points
CONTENT AREA
2024 BASELINE DATA
2025
GOALS
6th Grade Language Arts
60%
65%
7th Grade Language Arts
65%
70%
8th Grade Language Arts
70%
75%
6th Grade Math
50%
65%
7th Grade Math
65%
60%
8th Grade Math
73%
65%
Enhanced Algebra
94%
90%
Physical Science
52%
57%
8th Grade Social Studies
62%
67%
CONTENT AREA
2024 BASLINE DATA
TYPICAL GROWTH
2024 BASELINE DATA STRETCH GROWTH
2025
GOALS
iReady Reading
49%
22%
60%
iReady Math
39%
16%
65%
Equity 2.B - Opportunity and Access
Expand student opportunities to engage in and access high-quality, rigorous, and culturally relevant curriculum, advanced coursework (e.g., Advanced Placement and dual enrollment), and enrichment activities (e.g., the arts, gifted, STEM, career technical education).
Ensure that teachers are implementing research-based strategies and techniques that create positive and productive classrooms---ones that encourage student engagement, accountability, and excellence resulting in improved learning outcomes for every student.
Ensure that every student identified for gifted eligibility as a result of the universal screener completes the testing process.
Implement SGI (Small Group Instruction) consistently and pervasively.
Implement extra-curricular First Friday Choices during extended learning time.
The following extended-learning time enrichment opportunities will be provided for students who are performing on or above grade level after the administration of the universal screener
Shark Tank
SAT Preparation
Financial Literacy
Team Sports
Photography
Debate
Increase percentages of historically underserved students in one or more gifted/blended classes.
UNDERSERVED STUDENT GROUPS IN GIFTED CLASSES
BLACK
HISPANIC
SPECIAL EDUCATION
FREE/REDUCED LUNCH
MULTI-LANGUAGE LEARNERS
Total Number of students enrolled
351
212
136
554
295
Total # Identified as Gifted
67
27
6
115
42
% Represented
19%
2025 Goal:22%
13%
2025 Goal:
16%
4%
2025 Goal:
7%
21%
2025 Goal:
24%
14%
2025 Goal:
17%
Effectiveness 3.B - Talent Management
Transform the human resources function into a strategic talent management organization that supports educators and staff to achieve district goals.
Extend new teacher mentoring program to include coaching by veteran teachers.
Create shared leadership with administration and teachers.
Provide teacher leadership opportunities and training.
Provide professional development focusing on designated effective techniques outlined in Teach Like a Champion by Doug Lemov.
Educational Effectiveness Survey Results---Increase Staff Responses by 3 or more percentage points
EDUCATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS SURVEY QUESTIONS
BASELINE 2024 % POSITIVE RESPONSES
2025 GOALS
1. When there is a problem in my school, we talk about how to solve it.
89%
92%
2. Feedback from classroom observations leads to meaningful change in instructional practice.