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Mission
Vision
Statement
Guiding
Beliefs
Goals
Literacy
Objectives
Math Objectives
Science
& Technology
Positive School Culture
Mission
“Oak Haven School is united in achieving academic excellence.
We believe that children are capable of becoming life-long
learners.”
Vision Statement
The Oak
Haven School community is dedicated to meeting the academic,
social, physical, and emotional needs of every child. We
support an atmosphere that fosters and values individual
talents.
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Guiding Beliefs
We believe that:
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Education begins at home and that the relationship
between family and school must be continuously nurtured.
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Embracing changes, intelligent risk-taking; and shared
decision-making create a catalyst for improvement.
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The
community shares accountability for the success of every
child.
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A
differentiated curriculum allows all students to reach
high standards.
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Inspiring a life-long ambition for learning enables
students to become productive citizens.
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Goals
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We
will continue to build a professional learning community
where faculty and staff work together in support of student
programs and progress.
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We
will insure the implementation of standards-based
instruction in each classroom through continuous
self-assessment and professional development.
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We
will utilize varied researched based instructional
strategies and tools to accommodate diverse learning styles
and needs to enable all students to reach high standards.
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We
will improve student performance on state and district
assessments through careful analysis of multiple sources of
data.
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We will enhance
communication
by
actively engaging the entire school community in all aspects
of the educational process to increase opportunities for
student achievement.
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Literacy Objectives
Instructional Core/Quality Teaching
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Review and analysis of state assessment (NECAP) to affect
literacy instruction in all grade levels including the use
of Released Items with a focus on using student work samples
to guide instructional practice.
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Systematic implementation of a comprehensive literacy
program that includes Fundations and Trophies in grades K –
2.
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The DRA-2 will continue to be used as an assessment tool to
drive instruction in all classrooms.
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Continued
implementation of the
Empowering Writers’
Program in all grade levels to provide consistent
instruction of
writing
concepts and
specific writing skills as well as to insure common language
and learning outcome
across and between
grade levels.
Engaging Families and
Community
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Engage parents in workshops focusing on comprehension skills
and analysis and interpretation of text.
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Teachers will continue to provide activities and materials
for parents.
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Development of a program encouraging summer reading.
Professional Development
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Mathematics Objectives
Instructional Core/Quality Teaching
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Through instruction guided by the Everyday Math
Series, students will be exposed to all appropriate
concepts that will allow them to achieve Grade Level
Expectation and they will be assessed on a regular basis
to reinforce concepts previously taught to determine if
GLE's have been met.
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All students will engage in daily problem solving
activities that are modeled with clear expectations.
1) Through
repeated modeling and practice students will be able to
choose a problem solving strategy and apply the steps
necessary to solve the problem.
2) Student
will become familiar with math vocabulary using the
strategy of a “Word Wall.”
3) Students
will become familiar with the problem solving scoring
rubric in order to self-evaluate.
Engaging Families and
Community
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Once a trimester families will be invited to participate
in workshops during the school day that will combine an
informative session for parents around Everyday Math and
problem solving concepts with an in-class opportunity
for parents to actively participate in lessons with
their children based on the workshop material.
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Teachers will
send a classroom newsletter home at the beginning of
each math unit that includes math vocabulary words,
explanation of skills and answers to home link
assignments.
Professional
Development
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Teachers will participate in continued Professional
Development with Deb Armitage, aligning the Exemplars
with the Everyday Math curriculum to correspond to the
Grade Level Expectations (GLE’s).
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Teachers will continue to use common planning time to
assess student work to guide further instruction.
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Faculty will work collaboratively to insure that the
scoring of Exemplars is consistent across grade levels.
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The committee will modify the Exemplars rubric using a
kid-friendly language that is consistent across and
between grade levels.
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Science and Technology
Objectives
Instructional Core/Quality Teaching
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Exploration of student science notebooks as an
instructional strategy that provides evidence of
acquired science content knowledge and process skills as
well as a tool to embed literacy into inquiry-based science
instruction.
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Exploration of student science notebooks as a valuable
formative assessment that will provide on-going feedback
to teachers and students about targeted conceptual goals as
expressed through words, tables, charts, graphs, and
scientific drawings.
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The committee will seek out grant opportunities to acquire
technology supplies and equipment to enhance instruction.
Engaging Families and
Community
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The committee will connect with families electronically by:
1) Compiling
a list of websites that will be sent home with the students
in June with the goal of supporting student learning over
the summer.
2) Linking
these website and others on the school web page with the
goal of connecting the classroom to families at home
electronically.
Professional Development
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Teachers will participate in Professional Development to
provide support for the effective school-wide implementation
of student science notebooks, to be used in conjunction with
our Inquiry-Based Science Kits.
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Maria Lawrence, a RIC professor in the Elementary Education
Department, has agreed to work with the Oak Haven Faculty on
Science Notebooking.
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Positive School Culture Objectives
Instructional Core/Quality Teaching
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Our objective is to create a school-wide environment that is
positive, preventative, predictable and effective for the
behavior of all children.
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The Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Leadership Team will
collect and analyze data surrounding current office
referrals and discipline practices.
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The PBIS Team will design a support system for all members of
our faculty and staff to utilize when managing school-wide
behavior.
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Specific strategies will be adopted school-wide to ensure
consistent use of language and practices with respect to
discipline and positive interactions.
Engaging Families and
Community
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Family involvement is an integral part
of creating and maintaining a positive school environment.
Therefore, continuous communication between school and home
is necessary.
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Family members are representative on the PBIS Leadership Team
and will participate throughout its entirety.
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In
our monthly school newsletter and the school website,
families will be updated with ongoing events, data
collection, and information related to PBIS.
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Members of our PTA will help to disseminate information and
assist in the implementation of activities promoting a
positive school-wide climate.
Professional Development
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All members of faculty and staff will be involved in
improving Oak Haven’s system and practices of positive
support and the prevention of problem behavior of all
students as well as protocols for consistent discipline and
appropriate consequences.
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The PBIS Leadership Team will be participating in continued
training of the School-Wide Positive Behavior Support
Program over the next three years.
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The PBIS Leadership Team will disseminate and train all
faculty and staff as new information is learned.
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