2025 - 2026 Local School Plan for Improvement (LSPI)
School: MINOR ELEMENTARY           Principal: Scott Frandsen
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
To continue creating a culture where staff and students feel a sense of belonging and safety at Minor Elementary.
Peer Leadership Team will be provided additional opportunities to elevate student voice, ownership, and agency in the design of their school experience. The team will meet twice monthly to develop one initiative per semester.
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and Positive Behavioral Intervention and Support (PBIS) lessons will be taught weekly with fidelity. Counselors will provide resources around the focus of EES survey questions. PBIS team will ensure pervasive PBIS practices, incentives, and resources for PBIS lessons aligned to the EES survey questions.
Continue to implement morning meetings for teachers to support the SEL/PBIS lessons.
Teachers will meet with students to review I-Ready and EES Survey student data and set individual goals.
Counselors will use previous years' EES Survey data and teacher input to develop small group counseling interventions starting the first semester. Groups will be updated when new data is available.
Monthly “Listening Sessions” will be available for teachers to ask questions/share concerns.
The Sunshine committee will provide monthly morale boosters and opportunities for staff recognition.
Minor will increase the percentage of students responding positively to the following questions on the Student Wellness Survey.
Question
Baseline
Target
Result
I enjoy coming to this school.
81%
83%
Adults in this school help me plan and set goals for my future
85%
87%
Equity 2.A - Multi-tiered System of Supports
To provide students and staff with the necessary targeted support and enrichment that increases opportunities to succeed.
Administer Universal Screeners (i-Ready assessments) and use data to develop interventions and enrichments for identified students.
Conduct monthly Tier 2 data talks that will include academic press and the supportive community needs of each student and provide interventions in the content areas of language arts and math during Patriot Time.
Teachers will plan for and use scaffolds to support the language development and academic growth of multilingual learners.
Minor ES will increase the percentage of students moving one/more than the performance band on the ACCESS test.
Baseline
Target
Result
63%
65%
Equity 2.B - Opportunity and Access
To provide students and staff with targeted support and enrichment that increase opportunities to succeed.
The Attendance team in conjunction with counselors, will promote student attendance through attendance incentives for students, communication with families, small groups, and attendance Student Support Team (SST) meetings/SARCs.
Teachers will have opportunities to build their capacity through professional development sessions planned and facilitated by local school and district coaches.
Minor ES will decrease the number of students with “Chronic Absenteeism.”
Baseline
Target
Result
12%
10%
Effectiveness 3.A - Results-Based Evaluation System
To sustain the legacy of excellent performance at Minor Elementary while responding to the diverse needs of a growing community.
Teachers will participate in collaborative learning team meetings to ensure lessons and assessments are at the appropriate depth of AKS in all content areas. Teachers will analyze the standards and pacing guides and determine quality plus teaching strategies to incorporate in lessons.
Administrators will attend scheduled planning sessions to participate in the discussions and monitor progress through weekly formal and informal observations and feedback cycles.
Teachers will have calendared opportunities for peer observations
The Instructional Learning Team (ILT) will participate in the Learn→Do→Lead model with a focus on differentiation, scaffolds, and extensions in instruction. This will be supported by local and district coaches.
Minor ES will increase the percentage of students who score at the proficient/distinguished level on the Georgia Milestones.
Baseline
Target
Result
3rd LA
23%
29%
4th LA
26%
28%
5th LA
31%
35%
3rd MA
37%
44%
4th MA
31%
34%
5th MA
33%
35%
5th SC
42%
44%
Excellence 4.C - World-Class Communication and Engagement
We will build our parents' capacity to support their children's academic achievement by implementing the activities identified in The Plan/The Promise.
Workshops and instructional resources that are aligned with the standards will be provided to parents to support student achievement. During workshops, parents will be informed on how parent support and involvement can contribute to the behaviors, attendance, and academic success of their child.
The Parent Center will be open at a variety of scheduled times for material check-out, help sessions, conferencing, and setting up classroom visits. In addition, Minor will continue to partner to offer free language classes for parents who desire to learn English.
Play 2 Learn sessions will be offered to parents during the week to develop parent and child capacity.
The Parent Instructional Coordinator will increase community partnerships by getting donations and other support from local businesses.
Minor ES will increase the percentage of families responding positively to the following family satisfaction EES Family Survey items.
Question
Baseline
Target
Result
This school communicates effectively with my family.
84%
86%
This school tells me how I can help my student with homework.