Knight will continue to build an intentional, well-established, exemplary social and emotional learning (SEL) program that strategically provides cross-divisional support coupled with robust professional learning and resources for staff, students, and families.

1. Continue implementation of PBIS with refinements to facilitate a positive school experience for students and staff.
2. Continue school clubs with an emphasis on the Student Council to empower student voice.
3. Refine Knight University (professional learning model) to build teacher capacity to provide high-quality tier 1 instruction and a supportive classroom environment. KU will also provide professional learning to foster a positive, coaching and collaborative culture. 
4. Refine joyful learning, continue implementation of school-wide morning meetings and weekly restorative circles. 
5. Launch Teacher Leader Academy 2.0 in September 2025 to empower teacher voice.

Educational Effectiveness Survey (EES Survey) - Students

KPI Theme: Student Wellbeing (Almost Always True)

Baseline (Spring 2025) 50.3% 

Goal (Spring 2026) 51%

Educational Effectiveness Survey (EES Survey) - Staff

KPI Theme: Staff Support (Almost Always True)

Baseline (Spring 2025) 82.7% 

Goal (Spring 2026) 83%

Knight ES will implement a comprehensive framework to fully oper­ationalize a multi-tiered system of supports to address academic and non-academic student needs and remove barriers to success.

1. Utilize universal screener data to identify areas of need and giftedness.
2. Reduce variability and increase the fidelity of High-Quality Tier 1 instruction implementation for all students, including targeted high-priority AKS, ongoing formative and common assessments, small groups, and progress monitoring. 
3. Provide 45 minutes of Academic Interventions (STAR Time) for all students.
4. Implement a Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) plan school-wide to promote positive behaviors.
5. Implement a comprehensive school-wide attendance plan by establishing an attendance team, tracking daily attendance data, identifying students at risk of chronic absenteeism (number of students absent 10% or more of enrolled days), and using targeted interventions and family engagement strategies to improve student attendance and promote a culture of showing up every day.
6. Implement PLC+ school-wide. 

At Knight Elementary, we will expand student opportunities to engage in and have access to high-quality, rigorous, and culturally relevant curriculum and instruction. 

1. Utilize formative data to refine small group strategies and to identify students for small group instruction.
2. Increase opportunities to learn through consistently implementing the high-priority AKS that reflect grade-level expectations, focusing on early literacy and the science of reading, and identifying subjects and grades to target for improvement.
3. Provide additional learning opportunities for English language development, such as instructional conversations for multilingual students.
4. Provide students with access to and opportunities for extended learning and advanced content. 
5. Provide opportunities for student collaboration in an outdoor learning classroom focused on AKS-driven tasks, inquiry, exploration, and hands-on learning.
6. Teachers will be provided with ongoing opportunities to participate in coaching teams and highly effective, job-embedded professional learning designed to strengthen instructional practices, enhance content knowledge, and support differentiated instruction to meet the diverse needs of all learners.

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

1. Knight Elementary will create welcoming and inclusive spaces that foster meaningful family involvement and engagement, recognizing families as essential partners in supporting student success and promoting a strong school-community connection.
2. Build parent capacity through monthly parent workshops with a focus on supportive community and academic press.
3. Implement clear and consistent two-way communication between school and home in multiple languages.
4. Conduct quarterly Conversations with the Principal to give stakeholders a voice in what matters most to them.