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2023-2024 SPS District Strategic Improvement Plan (DSIP)

During the 2023-2024 school year, the SPS District Strategic Improvement Plan will continue to focus on outcome measures in the areas of English Language Arts/Reading, Math, and Attendance with a focus on curriculum, instruction and assessment and Social Emotional Learning. Each school will develop goals and measurable outcomes under these areas and will make them applicable to their individual school communities. Data will be reviewed at least three times during the school year to measure outcome progress at the Beginning of the Year (BOY) in October, the Middle of the Year (MOY) in February, and the End of the Year (EOY) in June.  

2023-2024 Stamford Public Schools Key Areas for Growth    
1. English Language Arts/Reading    
2. Math    
3. Attendance    
4. Social Emotional Learning  

1. English Language Arts / Reading (Productive Habits of Mind)
Goal #1:  All schools will implement high-leverage instructional  strategies that will support students’ ability to acquire and effectively apply critical thinking, creative thinking and self-regulated thinking to be academically prepared for lifelong learning and the world of work.    
Action Steps
  • Provide professional development in the administration and use of the universal screener data to drive instruction and set school goals.
  • Implement the newly revised curriculum in grade K and grades 6-12. 
  • Develop shared vision of and professional development for high-leverage instructional practices to support early grade reading and literacy skills.
  • Review available student performance data(universal screeners, grades, on-track data) quarterly to monitor growth among student groups. 
 Outcome and Implementation Measures
  1. Increase in percent of students in grades K-5 demonstrating at/above proficiency on BOY to EOY on mclass DIBELS reading assessments.
  2. Increase in the percent of students in grades 6-8 demonstrating at/above proficiency on the iReady reading assessment.
  3. Increase in the percent of students in grade 9-12 passing their core ELA class.
  4. Decrease in achievement gaps among student groups.

2. Math (Productive Habits of Mind)
Goal #2: All schools will implement high-leverage instructional strategies that will support students’ ability to acquire and effectively apply critical thinking, creative thinking and self-regulated thinking to be academically prepared for lifelong learning and the world of work.
Action Steps
  • Provide professional development in the administration and use of the universal screener data to drive instruction and set school goals.
  • Implement the newly revised curriculum for our secondary math classes. 
  • Develop shared vision of and professional development for high-leverage instructional practices to support early grade reading and literacy skills.
  • Review available student performance data(universal screeners, grades, on-track data) quarterly to monitor growth among student groups.
 Outcome and Implementation Measures
  1. Increase in percent of students in grades K-5 demonstrating at/above proficiency on BOY to EOY on on the iReady math assessment.
  2. Increase in the percent of students in grades 6-8 demonstrating at/above proficiency on the iReady math assessment.
  3. Increase in the percent of students in grade 9-12 passing their core MATH class.
  4. Decrease in achievement gaps among student groups.

 

3. Attendance and Engagement (Productive Habits of Body)
Goal #3: All schools will foster a culture of consistent school attendance for all students PK-12, promoting an environment of engagement, academic success, and overall well-being.
Action Steps
  • All schools will form attendance committees that will meet at least monthly.
  • Attendance teams will systematically address chronic absenteeism through a multi-tiered approach to intervention.
  • Attendance teams will collect and analyze attendance data to monitor trends at the individual, group, and school levels.
  • Attendance teams will implement evidence-based practices to address student needs and improve attendance at the school level.
  • District will collaborate with the Mayor’s Youth Service Bureau, Family Centers, Here-to-Help, and other community partners to develop and provide targeted interventions at the school level and in the community to students and families.

Outcome and Implementation Measures

  1. 100% of schools will implement attendance teams monthly.
  2. Improve district-wide Average Daily Attendance for both High Needs and Non-High Needs students.
  3. Decrease district-wide chronic absenteeism for both High Needs and Non-High Needs students.
  4. Improve district-wide Average Daily Attendance as disaggregated by student groups (race, gender).
  5. Decrease district-wide chronic absenteeism as disaggregated by student groups (race, gender).

 

4. Social Emotional Learning (Productive Habits of Heart)
Goal #4: All schools will implement evidenced based SEL programming and practices that support students’ capacity to build social-emotional competencies.

Action Steps

  1. Schools will adopt a framework of SEL implementation utilizing a self-assessment process.
  2. School will adopt and implement evidence-based SEL programming and practices based on the self assessment.
  3. SEL PD will be embedded in district and school professional learning plans.
  4. Schools will implement the SEL assessment system (DESSA).

 

Outcome and Implementation Measures

  1. 100% of schools will adopt and implement evidenced-based SEL programming and practices.
  2. Increase in the percentage of students that achieve their growth goal as measured by the DESSA.
  3. Increase in the percentage of students identified "In Need of Instruction" on the DESSA that receive SRBI.
  4. Increase in the percentage of DESSA trainings completed by staff.
  5. All SPS staff will participate in at least three SEL professional learning sessions.