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School Improvement Strategies Report

The document summarizes the Paterson Annual Report for a school serving as its CIP report. The report states that the school has not seen year-over-year proficiency rate increases for ELA. This may be because many students are missing basic reading skills, causing teachers to spend less time on the curriculum. To improve outcomes, the school encourages small group instruction, tutoring, and educational technology use. Stakeholder involvement is also emphasized through meetings and access to the annual report to help guide student success. The school's mission is aligned with applying 21st century skills to real-world challenges.

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School Improvement Strategies Report

The document summarizes the Paterson Annual Report for a school serving as its CIP report. The report states that the school has not seen year-over-year proficiency rate increases for ELA. This may be because many students are missing basic reading skills, causing teachers to spend less time on the curriculum. To improve outcomes, the school encourages small group instruction, tutoring, and educational technology use. Stakeholder involvement is also emphasized through meetings and access to the annual report to help guide student success. The school's mission is aligned with applying 21st century skills to real-world challenges.

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  • Needs Assessment
  • CIP and Vision/Mission Alignment

 

Rachel Malley 

EAD 519 

Culture, Climate, and Communication 

December 8, 2020 

 
After a long discussion with my mentor Mrs. Jaimie Phillips we were able to look over

the Paterson Annual Report for our school which serves as our schools CIP report. The Paterson

Annual Report states information about our school including our mission, guidelines, goals,

curriculum/instruction, and assessment data.

Needs Assessment 

To begin, the Annual Report states that our school has not seen increased proficiency 

rates for ELA year after year. While our school is constantly going the extra mile to support our 

students, their test scores for reading and writing are not improving as much as we want them to. 

It is said that this could be because we have many students that are missing basic skills of word 

study and reading so teachers have to back track their teachings so they can fill in the gaps for 

those handful of students struggling. This is then causing teachers to lose time to teach the 

assigned curriculum, ultimately leading to lower proficiency rates. 

Improvement Actions 

Furthermore, our school feels very strong about our students and their academic 

successes. Our teachers are encouraged to have small group instruction during the school day as 

well as after school tutoring sessions. This shows our families that we truly do what it takes to 

lead their child to success. Additionally, we provide many forms of technology with various 

educational website subscriptions which aide students to be successful academically using this 

different strategy. Students are also encouraged to use these websites outside of the classroom to 

help them practice in the areas of need. 

Shared Plan 

The stakeholders and parents of the school community often make a huge impact on 

guiding our students to achieve academic success (RMC Research Corporation, 2009). In 
addition, our school feels are stakeholders are crucial to have a successful school. As discussed 

in conversation with my mentor, we make sure our stakeholders are aware of our Annual Report 

by emailing it to them each year. There are also several meetings throughout the school year at 

our school that all stakeholders are invited to attend. This serves as a session where the 

stakeholders can express their thoughts and ideas. During this time of being a fully remote 

school, several zoom meetings are scheduled instead of in person meetings to make sure all 

stakeholders are reached. 

 
CIP and Vision/Mission Alignment 
 
According to the Paterson Annual Report, our schools mission is "​STEAM challenges

our students to not only learn the content standards, but also to apply this new knowledge of 21st

century skills and discoveries to tackle evolving real-world challenges". Our school put our

students success before anything else in order for them to achieve great things. By discussing and

collaborating with the stakeholders of our school, we can make sure we design and implement a

positive and encouraging learning environment each year.


References

Paterson Arts and Science Charter School. (2019, August). ​NEW JERSEY CHARTER SCHOOL

ANNUAL REPORT​.

RMC Research Corporation. (2009). Including Parents and the Community to Sustain Improved

Reading Outcomes. ​Sustaining Reading First,​ ​6,​ 5–6.

https://www2.ed.gov/programs/readingfirst/support/stakeholderlores.pdf

 
 
 
 
 
 

  Rachel Malley  EAD 519  Culture, Climate, and Communication  December 8, 2020 
After a long discussion with my mentor Mrs. Jaimie Phillips we were able to look over the Paterson Annual Report for our sch
addition, our school feels are stakeholders are crucial to have a successful school. As discussed  in conversation with my me
References Paterson Arts and Science Charter School. (2019, August). ​NEW JERSEY CHARTER SCHOOL ANNUAL REPORT​. RMC Resear

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