South Weber EL - School Plan 2002-2003

8. School's identified most critical academic need(s) addressed in this plan:

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This next year we would like to continue, and even pursue more aggressively, our training for teachers in language instruction. We plan to use our August U-pass training day and one of our August career ladder days for this training. Our school literacy committee has been involved in the planning of this training. We have identified specific areas of training that are designed to improve language instruction and learning at South Weber Elementary. The training in August will be the launch activity to get us started. However, we will have 4 follow-up training sessions after school to give teachers a boost and to share additional ideas. This year our district is adopting a new language text and supplementary materials. The text's instructional format utilizes the "Six Traits" and many other helpful strategies. Part of our training will provide time for teachers to become familiar with the new materials and share ideas about how to use them most effectively. Our plan also includes purchasing leveled readers that can be checked out by teachers and used in their classrooms for literature circles. We will continue to use end-of-level testing and SAT scores to assess our progress. However, we will also solicite feedback from parents to determine whether or not we are making improvement.

Our school improvement plan calls for "collaboration and teamwork", "shared strategies", "adequate time for preparation", and "supplies and resources". Our teacher training in August and throughout the year incorporates all of these elements.

12. How will the requested funds be spent? (Object codes are in parentheses)
NOTE: (State system object codes are in parentheses for districts that use that system. Use your district's codes, receipt numbers, electronic transfer numbers, etc. for auditing purposes. )

A. Professional Development	$0
B. Computers / Microscopes / Calculators / Repairs / Maintenance	$0
C. Textbooks / Books / Media / Software / Supplies	$5699
D. Travel / Admissions / Printing	$4000
E. Salaries / Benefits	$3000
TOTAL	$12699

13. If this plan utilizes additional funds, please specify amount and source(s) of additional matching funds.

Amount:	0
Source(s):

PUBLICIZING THE PLAN

14. How will the plan and results be publicized to your community? (Please check all that apply)

		Letters to your local school board, governor, state senators, representatives, congressional delegation, and State Board of Education
		Articles or letter to the editor of the newspaper - paper:
yes		School newsletter
		School assembly
		Radio/TV - station:
		Other - description:

REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS YEAR'S PLAN (2002-2003)

Due Date:

	District:	Davis
	School:	Carbon HI

1. Person responsible for the implementation of the current year plan: A copy of this plan will be emailed to this person when it has been successfully submitted
	Name: Daren Allred (Principal)	Email: dallred@dsdmail.net

2. Evaluation

School's identified most critical academic need approved by the local school board:

Reading
Writing
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
Technology
Fine Arts
Health
Foreign Language
3. Briefly report how the school implemented the school plan and how the School LAND Trust money is being spent.

Your progress during this school year
Your measurements of student improvement
What this program allowed the school to do for students that would not have happened without the funds

This past fall we reached a point where we couldn't see any improvement in our SAT Language scores and we felt that a different approach was necessary. We are using a new language program adopted by our district this year, which has required a lot of training and collaboration to figure out how to best use the materials provided. But teachers felt that more training beyond this would be just "beating a dead horse" so to speak. For the past couple of years our approach has been to train the teachers to be more effective. We feel that they have reached a saturation point in training and that they are doing their best to implement best practice. So, after receiving ideas and input from the faculty, the community council decided to focus on helping the students who are struggling by implementing an after-school tutoring program. We felt that our below-average scores in language are a reflection of these students who aren't understanding or mastering important language concepts and skills. We invited 140 students to participate in the after-school program, based on end-of-level scores and teacher recommendations. About 100 of those students have been attending. We have several classroom teachers who act as tutors and supervisors, and we also have a team of volunteers who come once a week to tutor small groups of 2-4 students each. We started the program just a couple of weeks ago, and we're still working out some of the bugs, so it's too soon to see many results. But we are optimistic that this will make a huge difference for individual students and for the performance level of our entire school.
4. Financial Report

Funds available for expenditure:

School LAND Trust funds received this year (2002-2003) - Automatically entered from your district. $16230

School LAND Trust funds carried over from last year (2001-2002) $9044

TOTAL
$25274

Expenditures - Spent or encumbered this school year (including summer programs):

Salaries and Employee Benefits
$0

Profesional Development / Technical Services
$1000

Repairs and Maintenance
$0

Travel / Admissions / Printing
$0

Supplies / Textbooks / Library / Software
$3258

Technology / Equipment
$2174

TOTAL
$6432

Unused balance to be carried over to next school year
(Total funds available minus total expenditures)
$18842

The financial section of this report will reappear as entered with the Committee Membership Report in the fall of 2003 in order for you to amend it to reflect actual expenditures, if necessary.

5. How did the committee publicize the school plan as required by law?

The plan has been publicized in our PTA newsletter.
6. Letters about the impact of your program on students are crucial for continued funding to your school. Please mark and select the names of the individuals to whom you sent letters. Addresses are available under Resources for Your Committee

Approved:	yes
Reviewer:	Craig Poll

6. Have you shown the video "Using the Trust" to your committee? yes

School LAND Trust funds for next school year	$7000
Unused Balance carried over from current school year (same as C on Question 3)	$5699
TOTAL	$12699


	Funds available for expenditure:
	School LAND Trust funds received this year (2002-2003) - Automatically entered from your district.	$16230
	School LAND Trust funds carried over from last year (2001-2002)	$9044
	TOTAL	$25274
	Expenditures - Spent or encumbered this school year (including summer programs):
	Salaries and Employee Benefits	$0
	Profesional Development / Technical Services	$1000
	Repairs and Maintenance	$0
	Travel / Admissions / Printing	$0
	Supplies / Textbooks / Library / Software	$3258
	Technology / Equipment	$2174
	TOTAL	$6432
	Unused balance to be carried over to next school year (Total funds available minus total expenditures)	$18842
	The financial section of this report will reappear as entered with the Committee Membership Report in the fall of 2003 in order for you to amend it to reflect actual expenditures, if necessary.