School LAND Trust Program

	We will increase the number of students reaching Benchmark Level in the DIBELS
testing by 5% at the mid year testing as compared to the beginning test. 
	We will increase the number of students reaching Benchmark Level in the DIBELS
testing by 10% at the year end testing as compared to the beginning test.  
	We will have 85% of our students show an increase between the pre and post
testing on each of our District Math Benchmark testing periods.  

We will use the $28283 carry over funds to hire a YPP lab aide who will assist
students and teachers with the weekly YPP testing and the quarterly Acuity
testing.	We will also use LAND Trust funds to provide monthly substitutes for
each grade level to meet and collaborate two hours monthly to study and analyze
the data from DIBELS, YPP, and Acuity Testing.  This will help the teachers to
colloborate together in order to analyze the needs of students and differentiate
instruction to meet those needs.  
	We will also use funds to provide up to four aides for grades K-3.  These
aides will help facilitate the push-in instructional model by collaborating with
the classroom teacher and reading specialist to work with identified students in
small group settings to reach the goal of increasing scores by 10% by the end of
the year. The aides will also work with students to increase their math scores.

	We will continue to update our reading and math curriculum and math
manipulatives to allow the teachers to use the most recent resources available.
We will also provide inservice trainings for staff members to implement those
resources.  

	Success will be measured by ongoing testing using the DIBELS program for the
reading and language arts skills and the District Math Benchmark testing for
the
math skills.  We will also use weekly YPP testing in language arts, reading,
and
math to show progress for each student.  
	As we analyze the data for each student, teachers will be able to
individualize their teaching for individual student needs.  This will enable
students to continually progress on their level.  

	If additional funds become available they will be used to provide more aide
time or small group instruction of students.   

	All aspects of the LAND Trust plan fulfill a part of the School Student
Improvement Plan.  Our overall goal is to get students to Benchmark Level in
all
areas in all grade levels.  By reaching Benchmark students will have the
knowledge they need to pass the CRT tests and the end of the year.   

To help us focus on our most critical needs of reading and math, we have
provided teachers and students with additional support and materials.  We have
hired instructional classroom aides for grades 1, 2, and 3.  In addition, we
have hired an aide to oversee our computer lab where students take weekly tests
in reading comprehension, language arts, and math known as YPP tests, and
quarterly Acuity tests.  She tracks student progress, assists teachers with
programs and data, and helps each student track and follow their own progress. 
An aide is paid to help run our Ken Garff Road to Success Reading Program. We
have used LAND Trust funds to pay for substitutes to allow teachers to attend
professional development for math trainings, Literacy Leadership trainings,
conferences, and to assist us in holding our Professional Learning Community
meetings.  We have paid for tuition and conference fees.  These trainings are
vital to helping us meet the needs of our diverse population and better
differentiate for their needs.  We have used funds to pay for refreshments for
evening events and professional development.  Funding has been used to help pay
teachers for after school time to run our Imagine Learning English program for
our ELL students.  Money has also been used to purchase books.
 

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• Letters to State Senators, Representatives, Governor, Attorney General, State Treasurer, and Congressional Delegation
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Mathematics

Reading

 We will assess students\' reading progress using the DIBELS reading assessment,
and plan to have students reading level increase by at least 5%.  We will
increase the number of students reaching Benchmark by 10% at the end of the year
compared to the beginning assessments.  We will use quarterly Acuity math tests
to assess math progress.  At least 85% of our students will show an increase in
their scores as measured by the pre and post tests.  Whittier has also set a
goal to increase reading and math scores of our Hispanic population as measured
on the CRT tests by 5%.

Land Trust money will continue to be used to maintain classroom aides for grades
1-3.  The aides will assist teachers with small group instruction and assessment
of reading and math, as well as provide additional one on one as needed.  We
will fund an aide for our computer lab to assist student achievement on our YPP
and Acuity testing.  We will continue to fund substitute teachers to provide
time for teachers to attend professional development in math and literacy,
attend workshops and conferences, and to provide time for our Professional
Learning Communities.  We will continue to involve the school community and
increase parent involvement with our Parent/Community Nights.  We will fund
teacher attendance as well as provide student incentives and refreshments for
these night activities.  We also plan on funding before and afterschool classes
for students to increase their academic success.  We have applied for a DWFS
Grant and hope to receive matching funds to support these programs.  We will
also continue to fund our before and afterschool program for our ELL learners
with the Imagine Learning English program.  The licenses for this program will
be funded at least through January of 2010, and we hope it will be continued to
be funded beyond that date.  We will fund any additional reading and math
materials necessary to enhance student learning and meet the needs of our
diverse population.

Whittiers\' student reading growth will be measured by DIBELS scores at the
beginning, middle, and end of the year for all students.  However, weekly,
bimonthly, and monthly progress monitoring will be given to meet individual
student needs and monitor progress.  Math growth will be measured by Quarterly
Acuity pre and post testing.  These tests relate directly to our District�s math
maps and the Utah State Core Curriculum.  These tests will be supplemented by
weekly YPP math, language arts, and reading tests and exercises that are
designed to be individualized according to student progress.

Due to extreme budget cuts this year, our Land Trust is our primary source of
funding to run our programs.  As the Quality Teaching Block Grant has been cut,
we will use any additional funding to support our school programs, aides,
professional development, at-risk students, and materials and supplies.

Our Land Trust plan fully aligns with our School Student Achievement Plan.  Our
goal is to increase student learning and increase the number of students
achieving success on grade level.  We have committed to increase student CRT
test scores by 10% and again pass AYP through the Safe Harbor rule.  We are
committed to continuing our upward trend in student achievement.

Any funding carry over will be used to continue programs developed at Whittier. 
Our first priority is to fund our classroom aides and professional development
activities.  These are critical to the success of our School Student Achievement
Plan. The disruption or discontinuation of these programs would be detrimental
to student academic success.    

Materials to support our school programs:
Night activities $1,000
Computer lab incentives $600
Food $400 

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CEP mini grant.  (West Valley City Community in Education Partnership)

Letters to State Senators, Representatives, Governor, Attorney General, State Treasurer, and Congressional Delegation

School newsletter

School website

Community Council, Faculty Meeting, District website