SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ACTION PLAN

North Newton JR/SR High School

Goal: All students will improve their writing skills throughout the curriculum.

Support Data (from the Profile): Standardized Assessments: ISTEP, NWEA Local Assessments: Essay Grades

Essay Grades

ISTEP & NWEA

Intervention: Research/Best Practice Sources:

Students will write more often throughout the curriculum and be graded using the same technique. Bartscher-Improving Student’sWriting…

Bolling- Writing Articulation and Assessment

Activities to implement the intervention: Person(s) Timeline Resources Staff Development Activities

Accountable: Beg End

1. Journal writing teacher Feb-02 on-going Rubrics

prompts Rubric usage

notebooks Writing prompt development

2. Co-operative Journal Writing teacher Feb-02 on-going

study groups Develop integrated prompts

 

3. Collaborative (Group) Journal Writing Methods

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