Simonton Elementary School will increase the cultural competence and proficiency of our organization and individual staff members to improve service delivery, strengthen programs, and enhance engagement across the full spectrum of our diverse community.

Simonton Elementary School will create systems, structures, and processes that institutionalize and operationalize the GCPS definition of cultural competence:  Recognizing, valuing, and leveraging differences in order to interact effectively and better serve our students, staff, and community.

1. Simonton ES will host school-wide events (E.G. Black History Program, International Night, etc.) to celebrate the diversity of the school community.

2. Social Emotional Lessons will be taught in classrooms a minimum of 30 minutes each week.
3. The Simonton ES staff will participate in Restorative Practice training and actively implement conflict resolution strategies with students.

*Visitor attendance will be monitored during school events

*Teachers will place Social Emotional Lessons in their lesson plans.

*Stakeholder feedback will be provided through surveys conducted by The Center for Educational Effectiveness.

*Social Emotional Lessons will be part of the Health lessons taught to students in grades K-5.

Educational Effectiveness System Parent Survey Questions

Educational Effectiveness System Spring Staff Survey Questions 

 Educational Effectiveness System 2023 Student Survey Questions 

Simonton Elementary School will build capacity to support and fully integrate non-academic tier 1 structures and processes such as school-wide positive behavior interventions and supports (PBIS), SEL curriculum/competencies, attendance campaigns, school counseling programs, etc.

 Formalize the academic response to intervention (RTI) process to reduce variability and improve the fidelity of implementation across all schools and grade bands.

1. Simonton ES will ensure students in grades K-5 will participate in the universal screener iReady in the fall, winter and spring.  Student progress and growth will be monitored using this assessment.

2. Teachers will use GCPS-approved resources to conduct progress monitoring and standardize the process.
3. A designated date will be assigned to conduct Tier II data talks on each grade level K-5
4. A school-wide Multi-tiered System of Support (MTSS) team will be established again this school year
5. Staff will be trained to enter data into Synergy
6. Student Support Team meetings will be conducted weekly at Simonton Elementary School
7. A data chart will be used to track progress monitoring for each student in Tier II and Tier III (academic and behavior) and determine it's effectiveness for the student and to make adjustments as needed.

*Student progress will be monitored through the Simonton Elementary School MTSS monitoring tool.

*Student progress on iReady ELA and Math assessments will be analyzed by Simonton Elementary School teachers and administrators after each administration.

*The effectiveness of progress monitoring for each student will be entered into Synergy and shared at Student Support Team meetings.

*During Tier II data talks teachers and administrators will use student academic and behavior data to determine if interventions are successful or if other interventions should be considered.  A data sheet is used to track student progress.

Simonton Elementary School will increase opportunities to learn through consistently implementing a high-quality curriculum that reflects grade level expectations, focusing on early literacy and the science of reading, and identifying subjects and grades to target for improvement through third-party curriculum audits.

 Simonton Elementary School will expand student opportunities to engage in and access 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).

1. Simonton Elementary School will increase the number of students served in the gifted program.

2. Increase opportunities and pathways for all students to demonstrate eligibility for gifted/talented programming.
3. Simonton ES will increase the reading proficiency level of students in grades K-5 using the EL Education program.
4. Simonton ES will increase the number of students successfully participating in ELA, Math Advanced Content classes in grades 3-5 and the Advanced Content Science class in 5th grade.
5. Simonton Elementary school will offer Art and Music to all students in grades K-5 and STEM to all students in grades 1-5.  Students will also have an opportunity to participate in Robotics, Music and Art clubs
6. A STEM camp will be offered to students in grades K-5.

*Simonton Elementary will monitor the number of students eligible to be served in the gifted program.

*Simonton Elementary School will monitor the number of students participating in the Robotics, Art and Music clubs.

*Student achievement data will be used to monitor student proficiency levels in ELA on the GCPS District Assessments (Grades 1-5) and the Georgia Milestones Assessment (Grades 3-5)

*Simonton ES will evaluate the results of the Local School Plan for Improvement and the Results Based Evaluation System to drive continuous improvement and reflect world-class standards are defined in the current Board policy.

*Simonton ES will implement metrics that focus on improvement, growth, and achievement status.

1. The Simonton ES Local School Plan for Improvement will be created using data from the 2023 Title I Needs Assessment
2. Staff, community and student feedback will be used to determine goals, action steps and the implementation design.
3. All certified staff will establish Results-Based Evaluation System goals at the beginning of the school year.  The goals will be updated midyear and at the end of the school year.
4. All certified and classified members, who hold certificates, will create professional learning goals at the beginning of the school year.  The Professional Learning Goal will be updated mid-year and at the end of the school year.

1. iReady ELA and Math data for grades K-5.
2. Quarterly District Assessments for grades 1-5 (ELA and Math), grades 3-5 (Science and Social Studies)
3. Georgia Milestones Assessment results for grades 3-5 (ELA, and Math) and grade 5 (Science)

Simonton Elementary School will cultivate school quality, climate and culture that is student-centered and committed to the success of each and every child.

Simonton Elementary School will promote a well-rounded education that includes a wide variety of academic, arts, and athletic programs across the K-12 continuum, including co-curricular and extra-curricular activities.

1. Students at Simonton ES will be recognized for demonstrating desired behaviors through the Positive Behavior Incentive Support (PBIS) framework.
2. Simonton ES will hold recognition programs for students demonstrating excellence in academics, attendance and behavior.
3. A variety of extracurricular activities will be offered to students in grades K-5
4. Academic and enrichment camps will be made available to students in grades K-5 (STEM, Camp Invention, GAGE camps)

*Student attendance, by grade level, will be monitored each nine-week period.

*Stakeholder surveys conducted by The Center for Educational Effectiveness will be administered in the spring of 2024 to all stakeholders.

Educational Effectiveness System Parent Survey Questions

Educational Effectiveness System Spring Staff Survey Questions 

 Educational Effectiveness System 2023 Student Survey Questions 

Simonton Elementary school will build our parents' capacity to support their children's academic achievement by implementing the activities identified in The Plan/The Promise.

1. Play 2 Learn classes will be held each Tuesday and Thursday
2. English classes will be offered to parents for whom English is a second language.
3. Parent workshops on a variety of topics will be made available to parents (e.g. Math, Literacy, eCLASS, FOCUS, ESOL)
4. Title I Needs Assessment and Title I Parent meetings will be conducted annually.

*Surveys will be administered to determine the effectiveness of the event(s).

*Attendance of events will be monitored.

*Feedback forms will be made available to participants.