Wedgwood Transformation Plan

The Wedgwood School Community believes that through differentiating instruction, combined with the use of NUA Literacy Instructional strategies, and by creating culturally responsive classrooms we will meet the needs of ALL our learners in our Wedgwood school community. The Wedgwood Transformation Plan, which was created by all teaching members, PTA participants and BLT members, will be used as a tool in which we continually evaluate our progress towards every student reaching their academic potential and achieve standard. The following academic learning goals will be incorporated into our daily teaching.

End Disproportionality through the incorporation of ….

Reading	Writing	Math	Climate/Disproportionality
Maintain reading performance on the 4th Grade WASL at or above the 2004 baseline of 98% for 100% of 4th grade students	Increase student performance on the 4th WASL to at or abaove 96% by 2010.	curriculum and Instruction alignment will take place with the use of GLE's to Students' mathematical thinking.	Promote a strong and supportive school community
90 minutes of daily instruction	Implement a comprehensive writing	60 minutes of math instruction	Community building assemblies - NUA focus
Implement Guided Reading K-5	Journal Writing forcus K-5	TERC/SFAW math adoption K-5	Literature that nighlights community
Use GLE's to support alignment	Focus on Content/Organization/Style	Use district CBA's andA2L to inform Instruction.	Evaluate School Climate Surveys
Explicit teaching in Guided Reading	Use of NUA strategies to develop Expository Writing	Use curriculum guides and GLE's to create a clearly articulated, developmentally appropriate math alignment across grade levels	Create a Common Language that promotes healthy friendship skills
Continue flexible small group	School wide writing prompt 2x year	Math journals	Professional deveopment for all staff in Inclusion for Special Education population.
Professional Development Focus 2005-2006 NUA Literacy Initiative, DMI, Guided Reading, Writing – Regie Routman, TERC Refresher, Advanced Learning Strategies, Assess to Learn, Special Education Inclusion Model and Differentiated Instruction within content areas