Goal: Northbrook Middle will promote a positive school climate by improving from the previous year for positive student responses in the “Student Satisfaction,” “Student Wellbeing,” and “Student Belonging” themes of the EES Survey.

Our Northbrook vision is to cultivate high performing students in a nurturing environment. We know that students learn best when they feel supported, challenged, and engaged. We want our students to feel that they belong and see meaning in their work. 

Student survey data shows that Northbrook students are engaged, but there is room for improvement to meet our goal of “each and every” student performing at their fullest potential. The “Supportive Learning Environment” EES survey theme poses questions to help our staff ensure students feel supported so they can perform at their very best.

1. Northbrook staff will use Pride Time to support advisement and PBIS lessons on Mondays and Fridays. These 40-minute lessons allow for teachers to work with students on a variety of topics, including student behaviors, student leadership, student goal setting, social-emotional wellbeing, academic support, and belonging and engagement. Lessons will emphasize teaching and reteaching students how to set goals for success in their classes, how to problem solve, and how to get involved in school and community activities.
2. Northbrook staff use PBIS and classroom management strategies to support student belonging, engagement, and behaviors.
3. Northbrook teachers will use class time and Pride Time to champion our students through enrichment and remediation, providing specific feedback to students about their levels of learning, and connecting their content to real-life applications.
4. The school will use existing and new communication platforms for communicating effectively with families and the community about school programs and initiatives. We will also leverage our Title I Parent Instructional Coordinator to support parents and families from different cultural backgrounds. 

Northbrook Middle will promote a positive school climate by improving from the previous year for positive student responses in the “Student Satisfaction,” “Student Wellbeing,” and “Student Belonging” themes of the EES Survey.

Goal: Northbrook Middle will provide high-quality Tier 1 instruction for all students resulting in 55% or more of students meeting their typical growth goals and 35% or more of students meeting their stretch growth goals in literacy and math from the fall to winter screener. 

1. Northbrook Middle will provide universal screeners in literacy and math to identify the needs of all students.
2. Northbrook staff will use Pride Time to provide literacy and math support for all students. During 40-minute Pride Time sessions, students at Tier 1 will engage in literacy lessons on Tuesdays and math lessons on Thursdays. Students will work independently and/or in collaborative groups to work through these lessons.
3. Students at Tier 2 or Tier 3 will receive support during Connections for 90 minutes every other school day. Language Arts Remediation and Math Remediation classes are available to support students, provide skill-based interventions, and progress monitor growth.
4. The MTSS Team will develop checkpoints to ensure that appropriate interventions are in place and that progress monitoring is occurring.

Northbrook Middle will provide high-quality Tier 1 instruction for all students resulting in 55% or more of students meeting their typical growth goals and 35% or more of students meeting their stretch growth goals in literacy and math from the fall to winter screener. 

{Note: Sufficient growth is measured when a student is 60% of the way toward their growth target for math and 65% of the way toward their growth target for reading by the winter screener.}

Goal: Northbrook Middle will increase opportunity and access for students by reducing the percentage of students receiving exclusionary discipline (ISS, OSS, or tribunal) and the percentage of students who are chronically absent (absent more than 10% of the school year).

At Northbrook, our goal is to provide a learning environment that is conducive to teaching and learning for all students. We strive to provide supports to foster consistent student attendance and to provide consistent, fair, and equitable application of behavior standards to promote, teach, and reteach appropriate expectations for positive behavior. Our purpose is for all students to:

1. experience a culture of belonging, where they are cared for, respected, and affirmed;
   
2. be taught expectations about how to conduct themselves at school;
   
3. be provided with restorative and corrective interventions as part of a multi-tiered system of supports; 
   
4. use disciplinary incidents as teachable moments with responses designed to teach appropriate behavior and self-control;
   
5. receive exclusionary discipline as a consequence when behavior disrupts the learning environment and/or threatens the safety and security of the school; 
   
6. receive supports when students miss school, especially when attendance is considered truant or chronically absent. 
   

1. Northbrook uses a positive-behavior framework to support students. Northbrook staff teach, reteach, and reinforce behavior expectations.
2. Teachers administer PBIS and the discipline in a fair and equitable manner, review student behavioral data, and participate in professional learning. Teachers employ the STEP Plan as a means of teaching and reteaching student behavioral expectations. 
3. Students participate in PBIS lessons, are taught schoolwide expectations and the STEP Plan and advisement lessons, and participate in schoolwide celebrations of their behavior. 
4. Administration provides professional learning to teachers on student behavioral expectations. 
5. Counselors support Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 students based on behaviors. 
6. The MTSS Team and LSAC Teams meet monthly to review student attendance data. 
7. Teachers, counselors, and the Parent Instructional Coordinator are tasked with calling parents to provide notification of absences and to provide supports and interventions to foster improved attendance.

Northbrook Middle will increase opportunity and access for students by reducing the percentage of students receiving exclusionary discipline (ISS, OSS, or tribunal) and the percentage of students who are chronically absent (absent more than 10% of the school year). 

{Note¹: Chronic absence rate of 7.7% represents the 75^th percentile across SY 2019 statewide middle school data.}

{Note²: Discipline reduction is calculated as [ baseline - (baseline x 0.03) = target]}

Goal: Northbrook students will increase in the combined Proficient and Distinguished categories on Milestones Assessments from the previous school year.

At Northbrook, our goal is to ensure that all students demonstrate mastery of the district and state standards. Mastery learning is measured in a variety of ways. Northbrook staff use daily formative assessments to measure student learning and to provide enrichment or remediation to support learning outcomes. Our teachers use other assessments, including teacher- created tests and district created assessments, to measure learning outcomes. Teachers analyze these data to improve instructional decisions and to provide interventions to those students who need additional support.

1. Northbrook teachers use Achievement Level Descriptors and Analyzing the Standards tools to ensure that instruction and assessment align to the proficient and distinguished levels of the targeted standards. Teachers work collaboratively to develop standards-based learning targets for daily lessons.
2. Gradual release is the primary instructional framework for Northbrook teachers. This scaffolding approach moves classroom instruction from teacher-centered, whole group delivery to student-centered collaboration and independent practice. Teachers design lessons that include teacher-led mini lessons, collaborative opportunities for students to practice, and independent work time for students to demonstrate their understanding of the targeted skill and/or content. Teachers will utilize Quality Plus Teaching Strategies and district comm centers for lesson designs in daily instruction.
3. Teachers create quality formative and summative assessments to measure levels of student learning. Curriculum teams develop assessments collaboratively by analyzing the Achievement Level Descriptors of the targeted AKS. Common assessments include appropriate depth of knowledge and rigor to assess student learning at the proficient and distinguished levels of the standards.
4. Teachers analyze achievement data on common assessments and district assessments to identify learning gaps and to responsively refine instruction to support student learning. Teachers use data analysis to differentiate instruction, provide small-group instruction, and/or enrich advanced learners.
5. Administrators attend weekly curriculum meetings to support teachers and ensure alignment to the implementation plan and school-wide non-negotiable expectations. Administrators conduct weekly walkthroughs of classrooms to ensure that instruction and assessment align to the implementation plan and to determine the quality of student engagement and teacher use of formative assessment data.

Northbrook students will increase in the combined Proficient and Distinguished categories on Milestones Assessments from the previous school year.

{Note: Growth is calculated using the GaDOE CCRPI measure of [(90% - baseline) x 0.03] + baseline = target}

Goal: Northbrook Middle will promote a positive school climate by improving the positive family responses of the EES Family Survey.

Northbrook Middle is committed to being the first choice of students and families for excellent schools. We know families play an integral role in the education of their child, and we want to encourage and support families to be actively involved at Northbrook. We believe communication is key to building positive relationships that benefit students and their academic and social-emotional growth. Our goal is to establish effective two-way communication, partnering to support student learning, and providing opportunities for families to share ideas about Northbrook school improvement plans.

1. Enhance opportunities for stakeholders to be active in the school improvement process through Student Council, School Council, and Parent Teacher Association (PTA).
2. Increase the number of clubs and extracurricular activities offered to students.
3. Offer family engagement activities and parent workshops to build parent capacity.
4. Engage parents through social media and ParentSquare communication. 
5. Utilize the Family Engagement Center as a support for families, volunteers, business partners, and community stakeholders.

Northbrook Middle will promote a positive school climate by improving the positive family responses of the EES Family Survey.

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{Note: Growth is calculated as [(100% - baseline) x 0.03] + baseline = target}