School Innovation and Improvement Plan At A Glance

2022-2023

Stenwood Elementary

Region 2

Erica Riley, Principal

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, and Mental Health (Wellness) Needs.

English Language Arts

Outcome

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

Goal

• By the end of the 22-23 SY 100% of K students will meet grade level expectations on the Spring 2023 PALS-K.
• By the end of the 22-23 SY 100% of 1st and 2nd grade students will meet grade level expectations as measured by Spring 2023 performance of iReady above the 40th percentile cutoff for grades 1 and 2.
• By the end of the 22-23 SY 100% of 3-6 students will score pass/advanced on the Spring 2023 Virginia Standards of Learning Reading Assessment.

Strategy 1

• Provide daily, systematic, explicit instruction in phonological awareness, phonics, and morphology in the core language arts block.

Strategy 2

• Provide daily, systematic, explicit instruction in language comprehension in the core language arts block.

Strategy 3

• Provide Tier 2 instruction as an intervention that targets the underlying difficulty impacting the student's progress in literacy.

Mathematics

Outcome

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

Goal

• By the end of the 22-23 SY 100% of K-2 students will meet grade level expectations on the VMAS/iReady.
• By the end of the 22-23 SY 100% of 3-6 students will score pass/advanced on the Virginia Standards of Learning Math Assessment.

Strategy 1

• Provide systematic, explicit instruction of grade level math standards using the Math Workshop Model.

Strategy 2

• Provide Tier 2 instruction as an intervention that targets student specific needs.

Strategy 3

• Provide before school intensive review of high-leverage grade level math standards before the Math SOL.

Wellness

Outcome

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

Goal

• Tier 1: We will increase the percentage of students who responded favorably to the section of Skills and Competencies, specifically Self-Management from 37% to 50% by the end of the 2022-23 school year.
• Tier 2/3: The percent of students will be "reported all strengths" or "reported many strengths" in the Well Being domain will increase from 86% to 90% by the end of the 2022-23 school year.

Strategy 1

• Tier 1: Implementing the FCPS Division strategies of Morning Meeting and Closing Circles and implementing the FCPS Division strategies of CASEL's 3 Signature Practices

Strategy 2

• Tier 1: Instruction of strategies for handling challenging situations.

Strategy 3

• Tier 2: Provide Targeted Tier 2 and Tier 3 Support across all SEL areas.

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 as reported on a student survey given at the beginning and end of the year.
• 100% of 5th and 6th graders will complete a POG POL in which they reflect on growth of 2 POG attributes (Grade Level Choice); the POG POL will be scored using the FCPS POG POL rubric and data will be documented within RUBI.
• 100% of 4th graders will collect evidence and complete reflection to support 1 POG attribute on the POG Skill growth rubric.

Strategy 1

• Build an understanding with students, staff, and community about why POG attributes and skills positively impact students within and beyond the school.

Strategy 2

• Collaborative Teams will align content knowledge skills with POG attributes and skills.

Strategy 3

• In Grades 5 and 6, create structures that provide students the opportunity to collect evidence of learning in a portfolio and share their POG growth.

For additional information regarding this School Improvement Plan, please contact the school principal.