Colorado's Unified Improvement Plan for Schools

Windsor High School UIP 2024-25

      
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  • Document icons and definitions

  • Priority Performance Challenges
  • Root Cause
  • Major Improvement Strategies
  • Action Steps
  • Progress Monitoring
  • Trend Direction

Executive Summary


Priority Performance Challenges Root Cause Major Improvement Strategies
  • Achievement and Growth
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  • Need for professional development around high impact instructional strategies
  • Lack of accountability with curricular fidelity
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  • High Impact Instructional Strategies
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  • Engagement - Cultivating partnerships in pursuit of student success.
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  • Student apathy with consistent attendance
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  • Windsor High School attendance policy implementation
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    Improvement Plan Information


    Additional Information about the school



    Improvement Plan Information

    The school/district is submitting this improvement plan to satisfy requirements for (check all that apply):


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    Narrative on Data Analysis and Root Cause Identification


    Prior Year Targets

    Provide a summary of your progress in implementing the Major Improvement Strategies and if they had the intended effect on systems, adult actions, and student outcomes (e.g. targets).


    Based on your reflection and evaluation, provide a summary of the adjustments that you will make for this year's plan.

    Current Performance

    Analysis of multiple years of data and performance frameworks and discussions with our stakeholders on past implementation.

    Priority Performance Challenge and Associated Root Cause

    Priority Performance Challenge:  Achievement and Growth

    Area of Focus: Other growth


    Root Cause: Need for professional development around high impact instructional strategies

    Having a common understanding of high impact strategies and spending intentional professional development time has not been completely in place yet.

    Root Cause Category: Instruction

    Root Cause: Lack of accountability with curricular fidelity

    All staff at WHS need to take accountability for implementing curriculum with fidelity.

    Root Cause Category: Curriculum


    Priority Performance Challenge:  Engagement - Cultivating partnerships in pursuit of student success.

    Area of Focus: Student Engagement (e.g. attendance, mobility, chronic absenteeism)


    Root Cause: Student apathy with consistent attendance

    Some WHS students don't value consistent attendance for all classes.


    Action and Progress Monitoring Plans

    Major Improvement Strategy and Action Plan

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    High Impact Instructional Strategies

    Describe the research/evidence base supporting the strategy:

    		Data supports a need to improve ratings among free/reduced students.

    Strategy Category:

    		Research-based Instructional Practices

    Associated Root Causes:

    Need for professional development around high impact instructional strategies: Having a common understanding of high impact strategies and spending intentional professional development time has not been completely in place yet.

    Implementation Benchmarks Associated with Major Improvement Strategy

    Benchmark Name Description Start/End/Repeats Key Personnel Status
    Increase in overall mean score for SAT

    		Richard Thomas

    Action Steps Associated with Major Improvement Strategy

    Name Description Start/End Date Resource Key Personnel Status
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    Windsor High School attendance policy implementation

    Describe the research/evidence base supporting the strategy:

    		Evidence shows that implementation of an attendance policy in schools will increase the overall attendance rate. Establishing clear expectations (teacher clarity) has an effect size of 0.84 (Hattie). By developing and communicating our collective expectations for attendance at WHS, we are providing clarity around purpose and beliefs for impacted WHS stakeholders. We have established tiers of intervention that focus on early intervention, goal setting, and collective support, as opposed to punitive consequences.

    Strategy Category:

    		Family and Community Engagement

    Associated Root Causes:

    Student apathy with consistent attendance: Some WHS students don't value consistent attendance for all classes.

    Implementation Benchmarks Associated with Major Improvement Strategy

    Benchmark Name Description Start/End/Repeats Key Personnel Status

    Action Steps Associated with Major Improvement Strategy

    Name Description Start/End Date Resource Key Personnel Status

    Progress Monitoring: Student Target Setting

    Priority Performance Challenge : Achievement and Growth

    Performance Indicator:

    Measures / Metrics:
    ANNUAL
    PERFORMANCE
    TARGETS
    2024-2025: Our target would be to move up at least one rating category.
    2025-2026:

    INTERIM MEASURES FOR 2024-2025:

    Priority Performance Challenge : Engagement - Cultivating partnerships in pursuit of student success.

    Performance Indicator:

    Measures / Metrics:
    ANNUAL
    PERFORMANCE
    TARGETS
    2024-2025: Overall attendance at 93.75%
    2025-2026:

    INTERIM MEASURES FOR 2024-2025:

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