2022-2023 ESSER III/School Innovation and Improvement Plan

Outcome goals for this academic school year

COMPLETE ESSER SCHOOL FUNDING PLANS

Springfield Estates Elementary

Region 3

2022-2023

April Martin, Principal

 

Background: The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER III) is a federal grant which requires that spending be used in specific areas.  Part of the Fairfax County Public Schools spending plan identifies funding to be used for Unfinished Learning and Student Academic and Social, Emotional, Mental Health (Wellness) Needs.  Schools have been given funding allocations to support the academic and wellness needs of students.  Schools are required to create plans in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Wellness highlighting the strategies they will use to support these areas using their ESSER III funding.  These strategies are shown below.

Language Arts 

Outcome: Ensure students are making sufficient progress to be on grade level in Language Arts.

Goal: 100% of ELL students will demonstrate growth in ELA proficiency by the end of SY 22-23, as measured by PALS (K) or iReady/SOL (Gr. 1-6). 70% of ELLs will demonstrate "typical growth" or "stretch growth" by the end of SY 22-23 as measured by PALS (K), iReady/SOL (Gr. 1-6).

Strategy 1: Develop oral language skills at the Tier 1 level through speaking and listening interactions and through engaging with complex texts.

Strategy 2: Develop vocabulary and morphology knowledge by explicitly teaching word meanings, word parts, and spelling.

Strategy 3: Increase time dedicated to foundational skills instruction and practice (print concepts, phonological awareness, phonics, word recognition, and fluency) in the core language arts block and through targeted Tier 2 and 3 small groups.

Mathematics 

Outcome: Ensure students are making sufficient progress to be on grade level in Mathematics.

Goal: 100% of ELL students will demonstrate growth in mathematics proficiency by the end of SY 22-23, as measured by EMAS (K) or iReady/SOL (Gr. 1-6). 70% of ELLs will demonstrate "typical growth" or "stretch growth" by the end of SY 22-23 as measured by EMAS (K), iReady/SOL (Gr. 1-6).

Strategy 1: Develop students' capacity to evaluate/explain, using academic vocabulary, when a strategy/strategies is best suited for the problem at hand. (Shift 2 & 8)

Strategy 2: Leverage Tier I core reteaching resources and ST Math/AVMR for small group instruction. (Shift 8)             

Strategy 3: Develop students' capacity to use multiple representations, strategies, and pathways to calculate and estimate with consistent accuracy. (Shift 2)

Wellness 

Outcome: Ensure students feel safe, included, and supported in the school environment.

Goal: By the end of SY 22-23, our school will effectively utilize Tier 1 Behavior & Wellness practices to build relationships & teach self-management subskills by creating a culturally responsive environment, increasing schoolwide scores on the self-management topic of the SEL Screener by 10% from 47 to 57 percent favorable.

Strategy 1: Build common schoolwide understanding (to be known as S.O.A.R.*), language, and procedures for Tier 1 Behavior & Wellness. 

*S.O.A.R is an acronym that ties in with our school mascot/motto that focuses on key values we want to develop in students (Together we SOAR: Supportive, Optimistic, Accepting, Responsible).

Strategy 2: Increase student voice around behavior and wellness to move on the continuum from "expression" to "participation"/"consultation."

Strategy 3: Effectively manage Tier 1 behavior through both preventive measures and intervention measures.

Portrait of a Graduate (POG)

Outcome: All students will complete a POG Presentation of Learning (POL) by 2025-26. 

Goal: By the end of SY 2022-23, 100% of students will demonstrate increased understanding of POG (especially focusing on being a Communicator and a Goal-Directed & Resilient Individual) and increased student engagement as reported on a student survey given at the beginning and end of the year.

Strategy 1: Utilize student voice structures to hear from students on their current school experiences.

Strategy 2: Expand the use of Access to Rigor lessons and performance-based assessments.

Strategy 3: Develop a vision and begin to use a set of common instructional practices centered on POG attributes.

 

For additional information regarding this school plan please contact Mrs. Contreras.