La Center High School 2007-08
Improvement Plan

 
Goal #1 Improve Student, Parent and Teacher Communications
Partner with the community, families and employees to empower students to reach their fullest potential.
Understand the importance of work and how performance effort and decisions directly affect future career and education opportunities.
  

 Evidence-Increase communication scores on survey data
 
Action Steps 
    
 A.
Implement Navigation 101
Who
Completed By
1.
 Staff development on Navigation curriculum
 Sheila Holter, Grade level Captains On-Going
2.
 9th Grade staff development around digital portfolios Toni Vinciguerra 8/24, 8/27
3.
 Distribute and set-up student digital capturing stations

Lauri,
Russ Marshall

 8/24/07
4.
 Pilot navigation Curriculum Sept to Nov. and re-evaluate in December
 All Staff Sept.- Nov.
5.
 Maintain Navigation grant requirements on data collection
 Lauri,
Marian Bakker		 6/1/08
6.
 Communicate to all stakeholders the navigation program, goals and outcomes. Lauri On-going

   
B.
 Implement Student Led Conferences (SLC)
    
1.
 Establish conference dates- coordinated w/ teacher contract and release Dave, Lauri 9/1/07
2.
 Staff development on facilitating SLC's
 Grade Level Captains 3/1/08
3.
 Student training on leading their SLC
 All Staff 3/1/08
4.
 Parent communication on SLC expectations
 Dave, Lauri 3/1/08
5.
  Create master SLC schedule  Lauri  3/1/08
6.
 Student, staff and parent survey on SLC value  Lauri, All Staff  6/30/08
7.
 Create SLC 2nd chance calendar Lauri, Shawn Link 4/1/08

 
Goal #2

Improve student's relevant life skills for post high school success.
Personal skill development- gain a financial awareness and understand the importance of personal fiscal responsibility.

  Evidence- Increase scores on senior seminar pre/post exam. Feedback on senior graduation surveys will improve by at least 1pt.
Action Plan
    
Implement senior seminar course to deliver adult life skill curriculum, 5th year plan and culminating project prepartion.    
1.
  Curriculum development and evaluation Dave,
Shawn Link		 On-going
2.
 Coordination with navigation curriculum Lauri,
Shawn Link		 On-going
3.
  Create senior seminar course exam for pre and post testing. Lauri,
Shawn Link		 9/1/08
4.
Re-evaluate student success in course.
Dave, Lauri, Shawn Link
6/1/08
     
Goal #3.
 Improve student technology use and competency   Evidence- Percentage of students successfully
passing focus class.
Improvement on year-end staff survey
Action Plan
    
A.
 Revise freshman focus class to include technological skills    
1.
 Students create individual student portfolios John Lambert 2007-08
2.
 Incorporate keyboarding skills into daily focus curriculum John Lambert On-going
3.
  Teach standard software applications John Lambert On-going
4.
 Investigate individual student web-page design Lauri,
John Lambert, DBR		 12/1/08
5.
 Increase onlline student enrollment and course relevency Prewitt, Rose, Stevens, Hill, others 7/1/08
B.
 Increase technology in-service opportunities for staff    
1.
 Moodle training for 9th grade navigation team Toni Vinciguerra 9/1/08
2.
 Smoorgasboard in-service opportunities in technology DBR, Beth, all staff On-going