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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: MAXWELL H. S. OF TECHNOLOGY           Principal: Jeff Hall

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

Maxwell High School of Technology will promote student and staff wellbeing by prioritizing self- care, physical and mental health, and social emotional learning to meet the unique needs of students and faculty and to support the whole individual thereby improving Student attendance, student wellbeing, and teacher support.

  1. Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) training
  2. Reinstatement of awards for staff
  3. Implement attendance celebration for students
  4. Sunshine Committee
  5. New Teacher Mentorships

Student Attendance Data (KPI) - 15,120 total combined days absent out of 851 total students = 851 students *180 days = 153,180 possible days = 15,120/153,180 =

Baseline:  6.3% absence rate per day 

Target: 6% absence rate per day

Equity 2.A - Multi-tiered System of Supports

Maxwell High School of Technology will implement a comprehensive framework to fully operationalize a multi-tiered

system of supports to address academic and non-academic student needs to remove barriers to success. Maxwell will further use the multi-tiered system of support to decrease chronic absenteeism among students.

1.    Attendance data review

2.    Attendance incentives

 3.    Restorative practices

 4.    Add a new check-in station to get students to class faster

5.    Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) Team

6.    Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBIS)

Chronic Absenteeism (KPI) -

% of students absent at least 10% of instructional days

 

6.3% Overall absence rate for student

5-9 Absences=399 students (34.7of Maxwell Students)

10-14 Absences=162 students (14 % of Maxwell Students)

15-20 Absences=64 students (5.5 % of Maxwell Students)

20+ Absences=100 students (8.7 % of Maxwell Students)

 

Tardy total (Tardy to School)

5-9 Tardies=103 students (8.9 % of Maxwell Students)

10-14 Tardies=28 students (2.4 % of Maxwell Students)

15-20 Tardies=13 students (1.1 % of Maxwell  Students)

20+=10 (0.8% of Maxwell Students)

 Total attendance letters mailed out: 664

Letters will be sent out via Parent Square

PBIS (KPI) - earning GaDOE PBIS implementation designation

Baseline: Maxwell is a PBIS school at the installing level and completed Tier I PBIS training

Target to become a GaDOE recognized PBIS school.

Equity 2.B - Opportunity and Access

Maxwell High School of Technology will expand student opportunities to engage in and have access to high quality, rigorous, and culturally relevant curriculum and activities. Maxwell will focus on access to Career and Technical Education (CTE) for all students to prepare students for entry into the workforce after graduation.

1. Advisory Board/stakeholder input

2.    School of choice 

3.    Regular use of common assessments

4.    College and Career counselors to meet with seniors

5.    College and Career fair 

6.    Restorative practices used to reduce disruptions of learning resulting from exclusionary discipline practices

7.    PBIS

8.    Restorative discipline practices

# Industry Certifications (KPI) - students can earn industry certification in state approved pathways. Some programs allow a student to earn up to 10 industry certifications. (i.e: General Automotive Technology)

Baseline: 1,900

Target: 2.000

Effectiveness 3.A - Results-Based Evaluation System

Maxwell High School of Technology will redesign its Results-Based Evaluation System (RBES) to improve the inputs, behaviors, and outcomes to better support school improvement and student growth.

1.    Update Local School Plan for Improvement (LSPI) to reflect non-academic data

2.    Align Collaborative Learning Team (CLT) planning with a focus on Tier 1 instruction

3.    Align Professional Development (PD) with LSPI

Support for Improvement (KPI) - Staff Perception survey - Instruction- teachers participate in yearly Industry specific staff development

Baseline: 3.74

Target: 3.77

Improvement Progress (KPI) - % of End of Pathway Assessments (EOPA)passed

Baseline: 75.8%

Target: 78.8%

Excellence 4.B - Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness

Maxwell High School of Technology will prepare every student with the knowledge and skills to complete the CTE pathway to be successful in workforce or college.

1.    Instructional focus on project-based learning (PBL)

2.    Collaborative learning opportunities for student that mirror college and career environments through Work Based Learning (WBL)

3.     Provide students with information on the importance of Career and Technical Education (CTE) Pathways with college and career opportunities

4.     Provide student with opportunities for Industry Certification

CTE Pathway Completers (KPI) - % of student completing a state-approved CTE Pathway

Baseline: Final number of pathway completers: 1097/1109 = 98.92%

Total Enrollment: TBD

Target: 99%