Accreditation Goals and Strategies for
2008-2011
Goal 1: By June 2011, using the Stieglitz Informal
Reading Inventory (comprehension and accuracy), the number of grade
8 students reading at an instructional level (or above) will have increased by
10% from the baselines recorded in grade 6.
Strategy 1: We will develop a school-wide system of assessing student reading in the areas of accuracy and comprehension
Strategy 2: We will review and analyze student reading results
twice yearly.
Strategy 3: We will establish consistently scheduled
school-wide reading periods.
Strategy 4: We will explore and investigate instructional strategies and best practices for teaching reading across the curriculum.
Goal 2: By June 2011, 80% of grade 6, 7, and 8
students will indicate that the school is a positive learning environment where
they feel safe and are treated fairly, on an annually administered survey.
Strategy 1: We will review and communicate behaviour
expectations from the ARRA R.O.L.E.S. matrix among staff, students, and
parents/guardians.
Strategy 2: Among staff, we will review and communicate
expectations and guidelines from the DOE and AVRSB concerning student behaviour
and code of conduct.
Strategy 3: We will implement PEBS.
Strategy 4: We will explicitly teach student behavioural
expectations throughout the year.
Strategy 5: We will revise and modify a school-wide tracking and reporting system to document student behaviour.
Strategy 6: We will provide recognition, praise, and
reinforcement to students for their safe, positive, and appropriate behaviour.
Strategy 7: We will utilize daily school announcements as a
vehicle to raise school spirit and recognize student achievement and behaviour.
Strategy 8: We will establish a committee of students and
staff who will suggest strategies to ensure a safe and positive learning
environment.
Strategy 9: We will survey students regarding perceptions
of safety and fair treatment in the Spring of each year.