School Innovation and Improvement Plan At a Glance

• 2023- 2024
• Belle View Elementary School
• Region 3
• Thomas Kuntz, Principal | Chris Latham, Interim Principal

Area: Chronic Absenteeism 

Goal:

• By the end of the 2023-2024 school year, Belle View will decrease our overall student absenteeism to 15% or less.

Strategy 1:

• Increase opportunities for the school team to engage in ongoing professional learning and conversations about chronic absenteeism, and the importance of consistent attendance.

Strategy 2:

• Develop community partnerships to promote engagement opportunities for increased student attendance.

Strategy 3:

• Strengthen school team practices to monitor attendance data and determine need for intervention and additional supports.

Area: Reading on Grade Level by the End of 3rd Grade

Goal:

• By June 2024, the percentage of students in grades 1-3 who meet their typical within-year growth target on iReady will increase by at least 15 percentage points (from 65% to 80%), and the percentage of students in grades 1-3 who meet their stretch growth will increase by at least 18 percentage points (from 32% to 50%.)

Strategy 1:

• Improve daily, systematic, explicit instruction in phonological awareness, phonics, and morphology in the core language arts block. (HLP 2)

Strategy 2:

• Expand use of skills-based grouping to ensure students demonstrate mastery of foundational skills. (HLP 2, 5)

Area: Growth in Mathematics

Goal:

• By Spring 2024, the percent of English Learners meeting end of year math benchmarks will increase by 5 percentage points, as measured by EMAS and iReady.

Strategy 1:

• Increase teacher implementation of explicit instruction and other components of effective mathematics intervention.

Strategy 2:

• Increase students' self-efficacy around the ability to be successful in mathematics.

Strategy 3:

• Use conversation structures to increase academic talk between students.