2024 - 2025 Local School Plan for Improvement (LSPI)
School: BAGGETT ELEMENTARY Principal: E199701723
District Strategic Priorities/Goals
Rationale
Action Steps (Implementation Design)
How will you measure growth? Growth Factors (Baseline & Targets)
Empathy 1.B - Staff and Student Well Being
Promote student and staff wellbeing through prioritizing self-care, physical and mental health, and social emotional learning
Implement daily community circles in each classroom with counselor guidance and teacher flexibility.
Revise and simplify the process for teachers to receive support in classroom management from both internal and external coaches.
Increase positive teacher/staff recognition through various initiatives.
Expand small groups for staff members who have common interests in order to generate bonds beyond the workplace.
Hold quarterly team-building events for staff to deepen relationships and connectivity.
Increase extracurricular offerings to further develop a sense of belonging. **
Capture student positive feedback to show on Titan Talk Live
Principal or designee to meet with the Student Council to discuss opportunities for school improvement.
Further develop teacher and staff cultural competence through professional development. **
Establish professional pathways for each staff member to support their growth and development.
Lay the groundwork for expanding wellness program for staff on campus
Key Performance Indicators (KPI) - Student Survey – Improved average performance (almost always true) across the following questions:
I feel safe at school - 56%
I enjoy coming to this school - 45%
I can calm myself down when I am excited or upset - 45%
I feel proud of my school - 62%
Baseline Average- 52%, Target - 56%
KPI – Staff Support – Improved average performance across the following questions:
When there is a problem in my school, we talk about how to solve it - 52%
My principal/administrator cares about me as a person - 79%
Our teachers engage in classroom-based professional development activities (e.g. peer coaching) that focus on improving instruction - 59%
Baseline Average- 63% , Target - 68%
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.
Strategically implement a revised support plan tied to an improved master schedule.
Identify and protect time for teachers to collect and input student data.
Further define and empower MTSS committee to help build teacher capacity.
Increase teacher awareness of MTSS processes and functions including Synergy, attendance, and Tier II PBIS.
Increase effectiveness of data talks with individual and small groups of teachers to ensure student progress and support.
Strategically select interventions to match student needs.
Closely monitor student progress through teacher gradebooks to ensure student progress.
Ensure teachers participate in multi-language learners (ML) professional development.
Pilot the inclusion of upper elementary student voice in the development of MTSS support plans including progress. **
** Items are those that are directly connected to Family Engagement
KPI Student improvement. Reducing inequity and seeing the success of each and every student entails an overall reduction in the students scoring at the lowest levels of the iReady assessments and an increase in percentage of students scoring at the highest levels of the iReady assessment in both Reading and Math.
Reading iReady - Fall 2024
BES
K
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Level 1
18%
0%
1%
0%
30%
36%
32%
Level 2
26%
0%
27%
62%
30%
12%
24%
Level 3
41%
88%
63%
26%
18%
38%
24%
Level 4
11%
12%
4%
7%
16%
9%
13%
Level 5
5%
1%
5%
4%
6%
4%
7%
Math iReady - Fall 2024
BES
K
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Level 1
13%
0%
1%
0%
23%
21%
28%
Level 2
26%
0%
32%
56%
29%
25%
18%
Level 3
52%
96%
63%
39%
44%
42%
34%
Level 4
6%
2%
1%
3%
3%
11%
17%
Level 5
2%
1%
3%
2%
2%
2%
3%
Target - iReady Reading
BES
K
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Level 1
10%
0%
0%
0%
12%
20%
20%
Level 2
14%
0%
15%
23%
14%
13%
15%
Level 3
32%
30%
45%
32%
25%
30%
30%
Level 4
22%
40%
20%
20%
25%
13%
14%
Level 5
22%
30%
20%
25%
24%
24%
21%
Target - iReady Math
BES
K
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Level 1
6%
0%
0%
0%
4%
13%
15%
Level 2
12%
0%
10%
17%
12%
13%
14%
Level 3
42%
44%
58%
50%
44%
27%
27%
Level 4
18%
21%
11%
18%
15%
20%
22%
Level 5
22%
35%
21%
15%
25%
27%
22%
KPI - Multi-Language Learning (MLL) Progress towards Language Proficiency. With 51% of our current student population qualifying and receiving English for Speakers of Other Languages (MLL) services, this subgroup is a critical component to our school’s success. In this, we are looking to increase our ELL students’ progress toward language proficiency.
Baseline - 70%
Target - 72%
KPI - Students in 3rd-5th grade will demonstrate improved performance on the Georgia Milestones End of Grade English Language Arts Assessment
ELA
2024 % of Proficient/Distinguished
Target Performance
% of Proficient/Distinguished
3rd Grade
30.8 %
35%
4th Grade
25.4%
30.5%
5th Grade
38.9 %
40.5%
Math
2024 % of Proficient/Distinguished
Target Performance % of Proficient/Distinguished
3rd Grade
33.30%
36.80%
4th Grade
33.90%
37.40%
5th Grade
30.00%
33.50%
Equity 2.B - Opportunity and Access
Expand student opportunities to engage in and have access to 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 the continuity of our gifted program's success through strategic staffing and scheduling while simultaneously Increasing support for students who qualify for the gifted program.
Continue to build proficiency in Expeditionary Learning's (EL) literacy program to support higher achievement in literacy; particularly in the areas of All Block and Skills Block.
Continue progress toward STEAM certification with State of Georgia Department of Education
Expand STEAM resources to ensure hands-on, active learning for all students.
Expand enrichment opportunities for students to support core content knowledge in literacy, math, and science.
Provide student access to quality core content support and differentiated instruction through various online applications.
Grow commitment to arts integration by expanding partnership with the Alliance Theatre and by piloting an upper elementary band program.
Increase the frequency of our learning walks to ensure implementation with fidelity of core academics and STEAM integration.
Provide coach support to all teachers to grow their instructional practice.
Increase opportunities for teachers to conduct peer observations.
Build family awareness around the Engineering Design process and the role of the parent during student informances. **
** - Family Engagement Action Steps that support the achievement of our LSPI.
Key Performance Indicator (KPI) - We believe that giftedness and poverty are two separate measures and should not be related. We know that the gifted students are here and that identification is dependent upon building a successful pipeline. We are seeking to close the year with an increased percentage of gifted qualified students.
Fall Baseline - 7%
Target - 10%
KPI - Building a supportive community and reaching each and every means supporting those in need outside of the academic realm and engaging students in high-quality education experiences. In this, we intend to reduce the number of students who receive an In-School Suspension (ISS) or Out-of-School Suspension (OSS) as a result of a major disciplinary rule violation.
Baseline - 31 students
Target - 25 students
Reading iReady - Fall 2024
BES
K
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Level 1
18%
0%
1%
0%
30%
36%
32%
Level 2
26%
0%
27%
62%
30%
12%
24%
Level 3
41%
88%
63%
26%
18%
38%
24%
Level 4
11%
12%
4%
7%
16%
9%
13%
Level 5
5%
1%
5%
4%
6%
4%
7%
Target - iReady Reading
BES
K
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Level 1
10%
0%
0%
0%
12%
20%
20%
Level 2
14%
0%
15%
23%
14%
13%
15%
Level 3
32%
30%
45%
32%
25%
30%
30%
Level 4
22%
40%
20%
20%
25%
13%
14%
Level 5
22%
30%
20%
25%
24%
24%
21%
Excellence 4.A - Preferred Education Destination
Be the first choice of students and families for excellent schools and the employer of choice for educators and staff to fulfill their careers.
Improve/increase communication with our community by engaging parents through Parent Square, S'more, podcasts, school website, phone calls, and videos. **
Publish an annual calendar of events for families. **
Expand community among staff while focusing on staff wellbeing through small group interests outside of school
Engage parents by expanding offerings through our Family Center to include technology and parent resources. **
Expand partnerships with the community organizations, PTA, and business/STEAM partners. **
Continue to expand after school enrichment extended learning offerings for students to support core content knowledge in literacy, math, and science. **
Launch the Titan Innovation Program (before/after-school program). **
Increase staff participation in school events. **
Launch Baggett Leadership Academy for select teachers with schoolwide impact.
Expand class offerings for families through our family center. **
** - Family Engagement Action Steps that support the achievement of our LSPI.
Key Performance Indicator - Receiving family feedback is critical to understanding their thoughts about our performance. In this, we are looking to increase the Family Participation on the Family Survey.
Baseline - 127 families
Target - 140 families
KPI - Student Satisfaction - Overall average improvement on the following questions on the Student Survey (almost always):
Work I do in this school is useful and interesting to me - 42%
What we do in school will help me succeed in life - 62%
