2022-2023 School Innovation and Improvement Plan At-a-Glance

Woodlawn Elementary School

Region 3

Laura Elliott, Principal

Background:

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, Mental Health (Wellness) Needs.  Schools have been given funding allocations to support the academic and wellness needs of students.  Schools are required to create plans in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Wellness highlighting the strategies they will use to support these areas using their ESSER III funding.  These strategies are shown below.

ESSER III Mathematics Strategies

Outcome:

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

Strategy 1

Teachers and Math Resource team will track multiple data points to help identify specific math academic needs of students, and to monitor progress towards goals.

Strategy 2

Develop systems to support students in Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3

Strategy 3

Restructuring the Tier 1 math instructional block to include time for spiraling back through the curriculum and implementing CT-developed small group plans

ESSER III Wellness Strategies

Outcome:

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

Strategy 1

Provide programming with parents whose students are chronically absent in order to build relationships and provide support

Strategy 2

School-wide social-emotional learning

Strategy 3

Provide a variety of student clubs after school targeting students who are experiencing social -emotional struggles and/or attendance issues

Strategy 4

MTSS Wellness team will hold monthly Wellness meetings with grade level staff to support student behavior and wellness

Background:

All Fairfax County schools are also required to complete an access and opportunity goal as part of their School Innovation and Improvement Plan (SIIP) and can also capture additional goals.  These are shown below.

Portrait of a Graduate

Goal:

By the end of the 2022-2023 school year, 100% of teachers will incorporate student talk in Morning Meeting, Interactive Read Alouds and Number Sense Routines

Strategy 1

Teacher will plan in CTs for purposeful talk throughout the day

Other Goals

Goal:

In the 2021-2022 school year, our 5th grade adjusted Science SOL score was 68% and accreditation was made on our three year average. We struggled in the 2018-2019 school year with the Science scores also and so this year we need to ensure that we are providing adequate time for teachers to plan hands-on science instruction for our kids and expand how we are supporting students with the 4th and 5th grade Science concepts. This is shown in the plan below. By the end of the 2022-203 school year, at least 70% of 5th grade students will pass the 5th grade Science SOL. Specialists (Art, Music, STEAM and PE) will incorporate 4th and 5th grade science vocabulary and concepts into their instruction5th grade teachers will identify the science vocabulary and concepts that students have difficulty with and will share them with Specialists in Google Drive so Specialists can incorporate them into their lessons Specialists will be provided hourly pay to plan for the instruction. Science Boot Camp for students who need extra support as identified by common assessment data. Science Boot Camp will be held as an after school club run by staff and will spiral back to concepts students do not understand and frontload new science materials coming up in the curriculum. The 5th grade team will be provided extra time to plan for hands-on science lessons and integration into the Language Arts instruction.5th grade teachers and the Instructional Coach will be provided extra planning time to plan for Science

Strategy 1

Specialists (Art, Music, STEAM and PE) will incorporate 4th and 5th grade science vocabulary and concepts into their instruction

Strategy 2

Science Boot Camp for students who need extra support as identified by common assessment data

Strategy 3

The 5th grade team will be provided extra time to plan for hands-on science lessons and integration into the Language Arts instruction.

For a full copy of the Title I Schoolwide Plan please contact the principal or front office.