Current School Indicators that are now a part of our school improvement plan are:
- Professional development for the whole faculty will include assessment of strengths and areas in need of improvement from classroom observations of indicators of effective teaching.
- The school will maintain a central database that includes each student’s test scores, placement information, demographic information, attendance, behavior indicators, and other variables useful to teachers.
- All teachers will differentiate assignments (individualize instruction) in response to individual student performance on pre-tests and other methods of assessment.
- All teachers will systematically report to primary caregivers the student’s mastery of specific standards-based objectives.
- All teachers will develop weekly lesson plans based on aligned units of instruction.
- All teachers will demonstrate in their lesson plans the content knowledge necessary to challenge and motivate students to high levels of learning.
This list of indicators are now goals that the RHS SIP Team has determined will help improve student learning. Each goal has been assigned a SIP Team member, been given a completion deadline date, and a set of previous tasks that need to happen in order to achieve each goal. More about each can be found on the RHS SIP Team website and Google Document.
Each SIP Team Committee Chair then reported on the status of his/her committee.
Following committee updates, the SIP Team reviewed the Conditions for Learning indicators that were assessed by members of the SIP Team and by members of the district’s Leadership Team.
Out of the eighteen conditions for learning, only three were found not yet being met by the RHS SIP Team. The Team has assigned each condition to a Team member will further review the item, determine a deadline completion date and propose a series of tasks that will need to be completed prior to the goal being achieved.
| Code | Description | Date Added | Priority Score | Assigned to |
| CL3 | School Leadership will monitor and evaluate the implementation of Learning Supports' programming through an on-going data collection system. (2345) | 4/11/2012 | 6 | Dan Johnson |
| CL5 | School Leadership will actively model and foster a positive school environment where staff members feel valued and are challenged to be engaged and grow professionally. (2347) | 4/11/2012 | 4 | Jim Smith |
| CL12 | All school personnel will work effectively and equitably with racially, culturally, linguistically, and economically diverse students. (2353) | 4/11/2012 | 9 | Jill Laubenstein |
The Team tabled the review of the Community & Family Engagement Indicators until such time that the PTO can provide written statements that explain Ridgewood’s current status regarding these indicators. Once determined, the team will review these statements and will vote on whether to submit them to the state or not.
RHS SIP Team Member Michelle Kumor announced her resignation as chair of the Professional Development Committee effective immediately. The Team thanked Michelle for volunteering her time to seeing that the best professional development opportunities were provided to faculty and staff members of Ridgewood High School.
As a result, the position of chair of the PDC is now open. If you are at all interested, please contact SIP Team Chair Jim Smith as soon as possible.
The Team adjourned at 4:54PM.
The next SIP Team meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, June 5th at 3:15 in Room 116.
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