Our Continuous Improvement Plan (CIP)
Our Continuous Improvement Plan (CIP) helps us set goals to improve learning, student well-being, and school success. It focuses on identifying what students need, setting priorities, and taking actions to make things better for everyone in our schools.
This plan follows the Vermont Agency of Education’s guidelines to make sure schools use data and evidence to guide decisions. Our main goal is to create positive changes that help all students succeed, feel supported, and stay engaged in learning.
The sections below explain our key areas of focus, including goals, strategies, and how we will measure success for the 2024-2025 school year.
Focus Areas
Safe and Healthy Schools
Theory of Action
IF WCS designs a professional development plan that includes direct instruction on engagement strategies to be used across all content areas, THEN 70% of students will respond favorably to the Panorama survey in the area of engagement.
Problem of Practice
57% of students responded favorably when asked questions of student engagement on the spring 2024 Student Climate Survey through Panorama
Goals
By June 2025, 70% of our students will respond favorably in the area of Engagement as measured by Panorama climate surveys.
Strategies & Change Ideas
- Monthly PLCs
- Monthly training with Anita Archer Active Engagement professional development series
- Team Meetings
- ILT
- CARES
- Staff Newsletter
- Studio Y
Measures
Panorama Climate Surveys
Human, Materials, etc.
Staff, Administration, PD services.
Academic Achievement
Theory of Action
IF WCS builds comprehension through intentional lesson structure, language, and reflective practices, THEN 100% of our students will show growth in reading proficiency.
Problems of Practice
In the spring of 2024, 42% of K-6 students showed average or above average proficiency as measured by the ELA MAP assessment.
Goals
By June 2025, 100% of students will show growth in reading comprehension as evidenced by DIBELS and MAP, and there will be a 20% increase in overall achievement.
Strategies & Change Ideas
- Explicit Instruction
- Lesson Reflection
- LASW
- Data Meetings
- Targeted Interventions
- Flexible intervention groupings
- PLCs
Measures
DIBELS & MAP
Human, Materials, etc.
Staff, Administration, District Literacy/Math Coach and Director, Literacy and Math Programming.
Equity Goal
Theory of Action
IF: WCS implements opportunities for students to engage in small and large group community building activities THEN: 80% of our students will report that they feel a sense of belonging when responding to the Parorama survey.
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Problem of Practice
75% of students responded favorably when asked questions of sense of belonging on the spring 2023 Student Climate Survey throug Panaorama
Goal
By June 2025, 80% of our students will respond favorably in the area of belonging as measured by Panorama climate surveys.
Strategy & Change Ideas
- All School Meetings
- Connection Crew
- Book Buddies
- Classroom Morning Meeting
- Winter Sports
- Morning Recess
- Cross grade level recess
- Morning greeters
- Greeting students into space
- Dismissal
- CICO
- Various spaces for support around the school
- Studio Y
Measures
Panorama and Climate Surveys
Human, Materials, etc.
Staff, Administration, Panorama access
Glossary
Glossary of Terms
- Academic Achievement
- Belonging
- CIP (Continuous Improvement Plan)
- DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills)
- ELA (English Language Arts)
- Engagement
- Equity Goal
- MAP (Measures of Academic Progress)
- Panorama Student Climate Survey
- Problem of Practice
- Responsive and Restorative Practices
- Scope and Sequence
- SEL (Social-Emotional Learning)
- Stereotype Threat
- Theory of Action
- VTCAP (Vermont Comprehensive Assessment Program)