Franklin County Schools

School Improvement Plan

2016-18
School Name: Louisburg High School Principal: Glenn Dansky

Part 1:
Conduct a Comprehensive Needs Assessment (Timeline: March-May 2016)
● Step 1: Identify your School Improvement Team (SIT)

● School staff and parent representatives shall constitute a school improvement team and the team shall be elected by their respective groups by secret ballot.
● Parents shall be elected by parents of children enrolled in the school in an election by either the parent/teacher organization or the largest organization of parents formed specifically for the election.
● Parents, serving on school improvement teams shall reflect the racial and socioeconomic composition of the students enrolled in the school and shall NOT be members of the building-level staff.
● Team meetings shall be held at convenient times to assure substantial parent participation.
● All school improvement plans shall be data-driven.
● Shall include a duty-free lunch period for every teacher.
● The principal shall submit plan to the local board of education only if the proposed school improvement plan has the approval of a majority of the staff who voted on the plan.
School Improvement Team Member (s) Role(s)
Glenn Dansky Principal
Crystal Taylor-Simon Assistant Principal
Christopher Cullom Assistant Principal
Chris England SIT Chair, Science Rep
Karla Albertson SIT Chair, Social Studies Rep
Towanda Wiggins Guidance Rep
Becky Frisbie Media Rep
Michael Ranes English Rep
Leah Billo Math Rep
Hettie Faulkner CTE Rep
Anthony Bond ROTC Rep
Carie Zimmerman Fine Arts/Foreign Language Rep
Erica Wammock Physical Education Rep
Lindsay Lewis Science Rep
Sondra Ayscue Technology Rep
Matthew Gonzales EC Rep

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School Name: Louisburg High School Principal: Glenn Dansky
Betty Craig Parent Rep

● Step 2: Understand and Assign Tasks

Ensure all understand the purpose and desired outcomes of the process
What do we want to accomplish? How do we facilitate the process? What are the time constraints?
Identify roles and responsibilities for each team member that ensures…
● A wealth of data sources are gathered
● Open, honest, and non-biased collaboration occurs
● Step 3: Collect and Organize Data
Establish a plan for gathering and processing data
Data Sources Collection of Data
● Student Achievement Data ● Establish a detailed plan or roadmap
● Curriculum and Instruction ● What data is missing? What are the essential questions to ask to ensure data reflects the entire school?
● Professional Development ● How should the data be organized?
● Technology ● Collection of Valid and Reliable Data (e.g. surveys, focus groups)
● Family/Community Involvement ● Use of consistent worded survey items
● Early Childhood Assessment Data ● Develop scripts for focus groups that are followed carefully
● Teacher Quality ● Use trained interviewers to reduce biases in data collection
● School (e.g., culture, climate, organization)
● Perceptions*
● Longitudinal data is also an important consideration (examination
of progress over time, patterns and trends)
● Step 4: Analyze the Data
Data analysis based upon perceptual data, professional development, technology, etc. can be gathered and analyzed prior to EOG/EOC results. Current EOG/EOC data will be analyzed as part of the FCS
Leadership Planning Session on June 21, 2016.
Strengths Based Upon Data: Areas of Concern Based Upon Data:
Math Rigor >95 from 13-16 Math I: 13-14 at 51.7, 14-15 at 31.3, 15-16 at 40.0
ACT Writing at 13-14 at 32.5, 14-15 at 15.7, 15-16 at 92.6 English II: 13-14 at 57.4, 14-15 at 46.2, 15-16 at 52.9
ACT WorkKeys: 13-14 at 80.6, 14-15 at 57.9, 15-16 at 68.0 ACT Science: 13-14 at 14.8, 14-15 at 13.2, 15-16 at 6.5
ACT Math: 13-14 at 22.6, 14-15 at 17.4, 15-16 at 16.3
Biology: 13-14 at 39.6, 14-15 at 39.9, 15-16 at 77.1
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School Improvement Plan
2016-18
School Name: Louisburg High School Principal: Glenn Dansky
Part 2: Complete the School Improvement Plan (May-August 2016)

Each school should have 3-4 goals, each aligned to the strategic plan. These goals should be SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound). These goals should be based upon a
comprehensive needs assessment by the School Improvement Team.

School Vision:

We envision a school where:

● All students feel welcome and safe

● All students are enthusiastically engaged in their own learning
● All students are instructed by competent and nurturing faculty & staff
● All students develop an appreciation of what is necessary to compete in our global community

School Mission:

The Mission of Louisburg High School is to provide meaningful learning experiences that prepare students for a productive life.

FCS FCS Specific Strategies/Action Steps to Meet Goal: Resources / Person(s) Timeline for Artifacts/Evidences of
Blue- Blueprint School Goal(s) Funding responsible for Monitoring/ Successful Completion

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print Objective(s) (Must be measurable): Allocated monitoring/ Reporting
Goal: reporting
1 Graduation Increase 4-year cohort -Cohort tracking using a data wall to Towanda Wiggins -Tracking will be Graduation Rate
Rate graduation rate to 85% by June differentiate on-track students and at-risk Glenn Dansky updated quarterly.
2017. students. Crystal Taylor-Simon -Teachers will be
-Communicate with teachers about at-risk Donti Coats contacted quarterly.
students so teachers will be able to more -Coding will be
closely monitor student progress towards checked quarterly.
graduation. -Attendance reports
-Work with guidance to check how students will be analyzed
are coded and track down students who weekly.
have left LHS.
-Early interventions for students with chronic
absenteeism by examining attendance rates
weekly (guidance and administration).
-Increase the use and efficacy of the MTSS
team and process
-Attendance letters for all students, not just
those who are under age.
2 Increase Increase GLP in Math 1 to 38% -Use data wall to track student projections, Glenn Dansky -Quarterly monitoring Math I GLP
achievement (without banked scores) by benchmarks and performance. Crystal Taylor-Simon of student
in Math. June 2017. -Interventions focused on students in Donti Coats achievement.
traditionally low performing sub-groups Math Department -Weekly PLC Meetings.
through differentiated Flex activities based -Monthly reporting on
on student tracking (data wall) and pull out math integration.
groups.
-Integration of math into other content
areas, focusing on foundational skills such as
percents, fractions and graph interpretation.
Including PD For teachers (with help from
the math department) on ways in which to
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School Name: Louisburg High School Principal: Glenn Dansky
authentically integrate math into different
disciplines.
-Develop a plan for remediation and
retesting for first semester students who will
take the test again after the school year.
3 Increase Increase GLP in English II to -Use data wall to track student projections, Glenn Dansky -Quarterly monitoring English II GLP
achievement 50% by June 2017 benchmarks and performance. Crystal Taylor-Simon of student
in Reading. -Interventions focused on students in Donti Coats achievement.
traditionally low performing sub-groups English Department -Weekly PLC Meetings.
through differentiated Flex activities based -Monthly reporting on
on student tracking (data wall) and pull out reading/writing
groups. integration.
-Integration of reading into other content
areas, focusing on foundational skills such as
context clues and identifying and citing
strong evidence. Including PD for teachers
(with help from the English department) on
ways in which to authentically integrate
reading and writing into different content
areas.
-Develop a plan for remediation and
retesting.

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School Improvement Plan
2016-18
School Name: Louisburg High School Principal: Glenn Dansky

Statement of Assurances/SIP Team Signatures:

The School Improvement Team has a plan in place to provide duty-free lunch to our teachers.

Principal Signature: Date:

The school staff has voted on the proposed School Improvement Plan, and the majority of staff agree with the plan.

Principal Signature: Date:

I was actively involved in the School Improvement Process at our school.

Signatures of School Improvement Team Members:

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School Improvement Plan
2016-18
School Name: Louisburg High School Principal: Glenn Dansky

Part 3: Review the School Improvement Plan Prior to Submission (August 2016)

When the plan is submitted to the district level for review, the “FCS School Improvement Plan Rubric” will be used as the criteria by which this will be evaluated. Please take time to review your plan in relation
to the rubric to ensure that the plan is completed at a high level.

Part 4: Submit the Plan to the District for Review (August 31, 2016)

Please forward the electronic version of the plan to Dr. Schuhler via email by August 31, 2016)

Please forward a hard copy of the plan, with statement of assurances (duty-free lunch, attestation of staff vote) and signatures of SIP team members, along with a hard copy of the plan, to Dr. Schuhler’s office
by August 31st.

Part 5: District Plan Review (by September 30, 2016)

Plan will be reviewed at the district level utilizing the “FCS School Improvement Plan Rubric.” Feedback will be given and appropriate adjustments made.

Part 6: Plan Presented to Board (at October 2016 FCS Board Meeting)

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