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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.

 

2025 - 2026 Local School Plan for Improvement (LSPI)


School: HEAD ELEMENTARY           Principal: Tonya Burnley
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

Head ES will use a multi-tiered system of supports to address academic and non-academic student needs and remove barriers to success.  All students will have access to programs and support based on each need.  Structured literacy will be used in all classrooms for literacy instruction.  

 

  1. Universal Screeners administered in LA and Math three times per year.

  2. Targeted Tier 1, 2, and 3 interventions developed by the MTSS team based on screener data.

  3. Dedicated staff member allotted to lead MTSS program.

  4. Dedicated 45 minute intervention block built into each child’s day.

  5. PBIS Coach available to provide interventions, lessons, and program updates.

  6. Counselor Lessons/Small Groups based on Wellness Screener

  7. Tier 1 Structured Literacy Instruction

To measure growth, Head ES will strive to meet the following goals:

  • 98% student participation on academic and well-being screeners.

  • Increase the percentage of students scoring in Proficient or Distinguished levels on the ELA Georgia Milestones in all grades.  

    • Baseline 3rd Grade- 61%, Goal- 66%
    • Baseline 4th Grade- 66%, Goal- 71%
    • Baseline 5th Grade- 75%, Goal- 80%
Equity 2.B - Opportunity and Access

Students at Head ES will have expanded opportunities to engage in high quality, rigorous, and culturally relevant curriculum, and enrichment activities.  

  1. Continue Play2Learn program.

  2. Using a universal screener, ALL students in grades 1st-5th will be screened for gifted. We will monitor and track the number of students in the Gifted Program and continue to provide wide access to this opportunity. 

  3.  Students will participate in SEL/PBIS lessons weekly.

  4.  Access to technology has been given to all students through the 1:1 chromebook program.

  5.  County curriculum materials will be utlized in every K-5 classroom.

  6. Self-contained special education students will have access to all special area classes as appropriate.
  • Gifted indentification percentanges: 
    • Baseline:  22% student population identified as gifted
    • Goal: 23% 

 

  • EES Student Survey results (related to this area)
    • "Work I do in this school is useful to me."
      • Baseline: 43% positive responses
      • Goal: Increase to 50% positive responses
    • "My teacher expects all children to succeed, no matter who they are."
      • Baseline: 94% positive responses
      • Goal: Increase to 95% positive responses