1B: Staff and Student Well Being

McConnell MS will provide additional opportunities to elevate student voice, ownership, and agency in the design of their school experience and be responsive to their requests.

1. Advisement, Classroom Meetings, Restorative Circles, etc. 
2. Working collaboratively with the Office of Behavior Support and Interventions
3. Create or empower existing student councils to give students a platform to share their ideas and concerns.
4. Implement regular surveys, suggestion boxes, or forums where students can provide feedback on school policies and programs.
5. Involve students in decision-making processes, especially those that directly affect them.
6. Encourage and support initiatives and projects proposed and led by students.
7. Host regular meetings or assemblies where students can speak openly with school administrators and teachers.

Increase Percent Positive Responses (% Often True + % Almost Always True) on the following EES-STUDENT survey items: 

1. I enjoy coming to this school.
1. 2024 Result: 41.3%
2. 2025 Target: 45%

2. Student success is celebrated in this school.
1. 2024 Result: 52%
2. 2025 Target: 55% 

3. Adults in this school help me plan and set goals for my future.
1. 2024 Result: 51%
2. 2025 Target: 55%

McConnell MS will reduce variability and increase the fidelity of high-quality Tier I instruction implementation for all students, including targeted small groups, grade level curriculum, ongoing formative assessments, and progress monitoring. 

1. Review and revisement of grading practices
2. Implementation of a mastery learning cycle to ensure all students have access to re-teaching before re-assessment.
3. Communication of Instructional Framework
4. Collaborative Learning Teams Implementation & Development
5. Analyze and disaggregate data to determine the next steps for planning and instruction (utilize collaborative learning team self-assessment rubric)
6. Continue MTSS Implementation (utilize MTSS Air Rubric)
7. Utilize peer observations, classroom walkthroughs and feedback (informal and formal) to enhance and monitor Tier 1 instruction (GTES)
8. Continue implementation of local school PBIS
9. Team trained in Restorative Practices (New staff members)
10. New Teacher Orientation, mentoring, and ongoing professional learning to support effective classroom strategies
11. Continue to encourage participation in the Coaching, ESOL and Gifted Endorsement Program
12. Reviewing iReady data at least twice a year to identify students for additional services including gifted screening

Decrease the percentage of students scoring in the Beginning or Developing range on Milestones Assessments: % Beginning + Development on GMAS/EOC (2024)

2B: Opportunity and Access

McConnell MS will expand student opportunities to engage in and have access to high-quality, rigorous, and culturally relevant curriculum and enrichment activities.

·       Expanded Gifted Search/Portfolios to qualify more students

·       Computer Science Connection Class

·       AgStem Connection Class to support our cluster-wide initiative

·       PBIS/Advisement

·       Full Fine Arts Offerings to all students (Chorus, Band, Orchestra, Theater Arts, Visual Arts, Media Arts, Music Tech)

·       Junior Leadership Core Connection Class (Year-long in 7th and 8th)

·       Family and Consumer Science Club Connection class

·       Expanded Club Opportunities

·       Daily Enrichment during Tiger Time

Percent Positive Responses (% Often True + % Almost Always True) on the following EES-STUDENT survey items:

1. All students have access to rigorous courses and support. 

           a. 2024 Result: 66%

           b. 2025 Target: 70%    

2. My teacher(s) provide lessons and activities that challenge me to learn.

           a. 2024 Result: 72%

           b. 2025 Target: 75% 

3. My teacher(s) help me learn in more ways than the teacher just talking in front of the class.

           a. 2024 Result: 55%

           b. 2025 Target: 59%

McConnell MS will transform into a strategic talent management organization that supports educators and staff to achieve district goals.

·       Provide specific actionable feedback to individual teachers to promote district goals.

·       Mentor Teacher Program aligned by grade-level subject area

·       Foster a student-teaching environment from nearby universities/colleges to increase McConnell’s talent pool

·       Monthly professional learning opportunities (focused on High-quality Tier I instruction, formative strategies, and effective questioning)

·       Weekly curriculum planning to create rigorous summative assessments using backward design, analyze data, compare student artifacts, share resources, and best practices, reduce variability in instruction, and build collective efficacy.

·       Build teacher capacity by identifying teacher leaders to nominate for GCPS programs (Teachers as Leaders, Aspiring Leader Program, Coaching Endorsement, Gifted Endorsement, ESOL Endorsement, etc.)

Percent Positive Responses (% Often True + % Almost Always True) on the following EES-STAFF survey items:

1. My principal/administrator cares about me as a person.

a. 2024 Result: 91%

b. 2025 Target: 93%

2. My professional learning community work results in improved student learning.

a. 2024 Result: 86%

b. 2025 Target: 89%

McConnell MS will promote a well-rounded education that includes various academic, arts, and athletic programs across the K–12 continuum, including co-curricular and extra-curricular activities.

·       Professional learning throughout the school year

·       PBIS implementation

·       EES/Gallup survey administration and analysis

·       Reward and recognition opportunities that celebrate students

·       2-way communication opportunities for students, staff, and parents/community

·       Social media initiatives

·       Engaging families in multiple languages

·       Portrait of a Graduate

·       Career and Technical Education (CTAE) pathway completion initiatives, End of Pathway Assessment (EOPA) participation, etc.

Percent Positive Responses (% Often True + % Almost Always True) on the following EES-Student survey items:

1. I feel good about my cultural or ethnic background.

a. 2024 Result: 86%

b. 2025 Target: 89%

2. I am hopeful about my future.

a. 2024 Result: 85%

b. 2025 Target: 88%  

3. This school is doing a good job of preparing me to succeed in my life.

a. 2024 Result: 54%

b. 2025 Target: 58%