Trickum MS recognizes the need to ensure student and staff wellbeing in order to improve the overall school culture, ensure a sense of belonging for all, and experience improvement in student achievement.

1. 1. Expand opportunities for student leadership

   2. Consistently implement empathy circles with staff to build community and support staff/student wellbeing.

   3. Increase extra-curricular offerings (clubs and activities) to further develop a sense of belonging

   4. Review process and teacher buy-in for effective implementation of Tiger Pride (advisement) lessons.

   5. Institute student attendance incentives and attendance conferences to support consistent student attendance

   6. Designate, design, and implement a wellness space for staff

   7. Expand opportunities for staff recognition

   8. Implement weekly communication with staff to include critical information, opportunities to connect personally, and staff appreciation

   9. Expand use of PBIS cart and Pawsitive Tickets with staff to demonstrate appreciation

   10. Expand use of positive behavior referrals *

   11. Implement parent workshops with a focus on student attendance *

   12. Hold quarterly team-building events for staff to deepen relationships and connectivity

   13. Increase admin communication and interaction with students outside of discipline situations

   14. Advertise extra-curricular offerings during Open House

   15. Increase student/staff collaborative events to help foster community.

Key Performance Indicator (KPI) - Student Survey – Improved average performance across the EES Theme of Student Wellbeing:

Baseline - 31.7% - Often True and 34.0% - Almost Always

Target - Increase both Often True and Almost Always percentages in the theme of Student Wellbeing

Key Performance Indicator (KPI) - Staff Survey – Improved average performance (almost always true) across the EES Theme of Staff Support:

Baseline - 86.9% - Combined Often True and Almost Always

Target - Increase combined percentage of Often True and Almost Always in the theme of Staff Support

At Trickum Middle School, our vision is to “ensure learning for all students.”  As a school, we continuously work towards creating conditions in which every child has an opportunity to reach his/her full academic and social potential.

1. Partner with the Multilingual department at the district office to design, develop, and implement ongoing professional development to positively impact instructional practice 

2. Design, develop, and implement ongoing professional learning that focuses on Trickum’s instructional framework to positively impact instructional practice

3. Improve multi-tiered system of supports (GaMTSS) process to include 

   • Supportive Community and Academic Press

   • Strategically designed monthly Tier II Talks

   • Student data safety nets to ensure that all students are receiving the support they need to be successful

   • Carefully crafted interventions which align with student needs

4. Lay the groundwork for student voice in the development of GaMTSS support plans *

5. Establish Trickum Essentials as physical resources and structures that support the instructional framework

6. Increase opportunities for subject area vertical planning with a focus on common vocabulary

At Trickum  Middle School, we will ensure that all of our students  have opportunities to engage in and access to high-quality, rigorous, and culturally relevant curriculum.

1. Partner with the district office of staff development to design and implement on-going professional development for our Instructional Leadership Team for CLT leadership.

2. Provide additional professional development for teachers to acquire gifted, EL, and instructional coaching endorsement

3. Increase the number of students who participate in yearlong Fine Arts classes *

4. Increase the number of students who participate in the STEM/STEAM Connections classes

5. Expand the extracurricular offerings to ensure that the number of students participating increases *

6. Provide support to teachers to help identify additional gifted students in underrepresented populations

7. Align administration around the instructional framework while increasing the frequency of learning walks and feedback sessions

8. Increase opportunities for teachers to conduct peer observations

9. Increase the number of students participating in a year long world language class

10. Implement data talks based on iReady data that are consistent and pervasive

KPI - Increasing the percentage of underrepresented groups in our gifted population is important in ensuring that our students have opportunities to engage in and access high quality, rigorous instruction.

Target - Increase percentage of Black, Hispanic, Multilingual, and Free and Reduced Lunch enrolled in a gifted class.  

KPI - Increasing the number of students enrolled in a STEM/STEAM, Fine Arts, and/or a yearlong world language class  is important in ensuring that our students have opportunities to engage in and access high quality, rigorous instruction.

Baseline Data - 2024-25 School Year

Target - Increase total enrollment in yearlong classes across the areas of Fine Arts, STEM, and world language

Trickum MS and the Parkview Cluster as a whole have always been schools of choice. Trickum is committed to ensuring that our school community has a range of reasons to support their decision to come and stay at our school, whether it is students, families, teachers, or staff.

1. Expand use of positive behavior referrals *

2. Expand opportunities for student leadership

3. Increase extra-curricular offerings (clubs and activities) to further develop a sense of belonging *

4. Expand the positive impact of Career Day  *

5. Increase engagement with civic organizations and in civic activities *

6. Establish and monitor implementation of frameworks to guide customer support for both classified and certified staff *

7. Align high school pathways to middle school experiences

8. Continue to implement  6th and 9th grade matriculation activities for students and families *

9. Improve quality communication with families from the classroom teacher level as well as the school level *

10. Establish opportunities for families to connect with school leadership directly through quarterly Coffee & Conversation *

11. Celebrate long-standing history of success through the 50th Anniversary of Trickum event *

12. Engage parents by expanding offerings through our Family Center *

13. Implement the school theme - Cultivating Community *

14. Lay the foundation for a local teacher leadership academy

15. Increase family-focused events

16. Increase teacher involvement and support of PTSA and PTSA events

17. Increase engagement with families by enhancing the Monday Mail experience

Key Performance Indicator (KPI) - Family Survey – Improved average performance (almost always true) across the EES Theme of Responsive Communication:

Baseline - 68.7% Combined Often True and Almost Always

Target - Increase combined percentage of Often True and Almost Always in the theme of Responsive Communication

Key Performance Indicator (KPI) - Family Survey – Improved average performance (almost always true) across the EES Theme of Family Satisfaction:

Baseline - 80.9% Combined Often True and Almost Always

Target - Increase combined percentage of Often True and Almost Always in the theme of Family Satisfaction

Key Performance Indicator (KPI) -Staff Retention

Baseline - 86.3% staff retained from the 2024-25 school year

Target - Increase staff retention to 90% for the 2025-26 school 

Key Performance Indicator (KPI) - EES Family Survey Themes

Target - Reduce the gap between TMS performance and GCPS Middle School performance across the EES Themes for the Family Survey.