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Richmond School Improvement Plan

SIP for 2007 - 2008 (pdf)

HIGHLIGHTS

Richmond needs to build a simple infrastructure with three components that will enable educators to focus on students' instructional needs and create engaging lessons together as grade or language teams. The three components of this infrastructure are:

1. Daily and weekly collaborative planning time for grade level teams, primary/intermediate teams, and/or English/Japanese language teams. Classroom teachers will have access to a total of 7-9 hours of planning time each week or 1.4-1.8 hours per day, on average, in the following formats:
   • One hour personal and/or collaborative planning for teachers at the end of the school day Tuesday-Friday between 2:15-3:15 PM.
   • One hour collaborative planning for grade level teams via back-to-back PE and Library twice per week.
   • Two hour collaborative planning for primary/intermediate or language teams twice each month.

2. Common assessments for literacy and math that will give us precise snapshots of student progress toward grade level benchmarks and highlight needs for instruction.

3. Sheltered schedule for reading and writing instruction to reduce the student/teacher ratio. The block schedule also reduces the trimester assessment burden for classroom teachers by limiting responsibility for literacy assessments to the teacher who provides small group literacy instruction.

VITAL SIGN TARGETS

1. Student Attendance: A minimum of 95% of Richmond students will attend school daily.
   See pp. 24 - 28 in the Final Draft.

2. Student Responsibility for Learning and Successful Participation in a Global Society: 100% of Richmond students will participate in annual community service projects that include, but are not limited to, Project Second Wind, Japan Festival, Richmond Spring Festival, PTA Clothes Closet and the Richmond Community Garden.

3. Student Academic Achievement in Core Subjects:
   1. A minimum of 98% of Richmond students in grades 3-5 will meet or exceed the Oregon reading/language arts benchmarks as measured by the Oregon State Achievement Test. 100% of Richmond students will demonstrate grade level proficiency in reading at grades PreK-2 as measured by the early literacy assessments (concepts of print, letter/sound recognition, reading level, comprehension level, Windows on Spelling, etc.) and at grades 3-5 as measured by the Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) for reading level, fluency and comprehension or by TESA on a trimester basis.
      See pp. 7 - 13 in the Final Draft.

   2. A minimum of 98% of Richmond students in grades 3-5 will meet or exceed the Oregon mathematics benchmarks; we will increase the percentage of grade 3-5 students exceeding the math benchmarks by 10% at each grade level.
      See pp. 19 - 23 in the Final Draft.

   3. A minimum of 72% of Richmond students in grades 3-5 will meet or exceed the Oregon writing benchmarks for their grade level; we will reduce the percentage of students scoring low/very low on the writing benchmarks by 10% for a total of 14.5% or less; and we will increase the percentage of students who exceed the writing benchmarks by 10% for a total of 6.5% or more.
      See pp. 14 - 18 in the Final Draft.

   4. A minimum of 98% of Richmond students in grades K-5 will meet the Japanese language benchmarks for listening, speaking, writing and reading as outlined in the Japanese Magnet Program (JMP) curriculum, published by Portland Public Schools in 2002.

4. Student Participation in the Arts, Cultural and Extracurricular Activities: 100% of Richmond students will meet grade level expectations for their participation in all aspects of art (music, drama, visual arts and dance) including experiences that reflect culture and art from Japan and other countries.

5. Closing the Achievement Gap and Accelerating Learning for All Students:
   1. 98-100% of Richmond students will meet/exceed the Oregon reading benchmarks in grades 3-5 as measured by TESA.

   2. We will increase the percentage of grade 3-5 students exceeding the reading benchmarks by 10% at each grade level.

   3. 98-100% of Richmond students will continue to meet/exceed the Oregon math benchmarks in grades 3-5 as measured by TESA.

   4. We will increase the percentage of grade 3-5 students exceeding the math benchmarks by 10% at each grade level.

   5. We will increase the percentage of grade 4 students meeting/exceeding the writing benchmarks by 10%.

   6. We will reduce the percentage of students scoring low/very low on the writing benchmarks by 10% for a total of 14.5% or less.

   7. We will increase the percentage of students who exceed the writing benchmarks by 10% for a total of 6.5% or more.

6. Student Success at Next Level: 100% of Richmond students will demonstrate grade level proficiency in:
   1. Reading at grades PreK-2 as measured by the early literacy assessments (concepts of print, letter/sound recognition, reading level, comprehension level, Windows on Spelling, etc.)

   2. Reading at grades 3-5 as measured by the Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) for reading level, fluency and comprehension OR by TESA on a trimester basis

   3. Writing as measured by writing work samples scored on a trimester basis with the Oregon writing rubric

   4. Mathematics as measured by unit assessments from the Investigations curriculum, the pre/post District math assessments for grades K-5 and problem-solving work samples scored on a trimester basis with the Oregon math problem-solving rubric.