2016-2017 School Improvement Plan



School Improvement Plan

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2016-2017

School Improvement Plans remain in effect for two years, but a School Leadership Team may amend as often as necessary or appropriate.

|Draft Due: October 3, 2016 |Final Copy Due: October 18, 2016 |

| Cato Middle College High School Contact Information |

|School: | |Courier Number: | |

| |Cato Middle College High School | |334 |

|Address: | |Phone Number: | |

| |8120 Grier Road | |980-343-1452 |

| | |Fax Number: | |

| |Charlotte, NC 28215 | |980-343-1453 |

|Learning Community | |School Website: | |

| |L.E.A.D | | |

|Principal: | |

| |Alicisa Johnson |

|Learning Community Superintendent: | |

| |John Wall |

|Cato Middle College High School Improvement Team Membership |

|From GS §115C-105.27: “The principal of each school, representatives of the assistant principals, instructional personnel, instructional support personnel, and teacher assistants assigned to the |

|school building, and parents of children enrolled in the school shall constitute a school improvement team to develop a school improvement plan to improve student performance. Representatives of |

|the assistant principals, instructional personnel, instructional support personnel, and teacher assistants shall be elected by their respective groups by secret ballot....Parents serving on |

|school improvement teams shall reflect the racial and socioeconomic composition of the students enrolled in that school and shall not be members of the building-level staff.” |

|Committee Position |Name |Email Address |Date Elected |

|Principal |Alicisa Johnson |Alicisa.johnson@cms.k12.nc.us |8/1/2016 |

|Assistant Principal Representative |NA | | |

|Teacher Representative |Richard Messer |Richard.messer@cms.k12.nc.us |8/1/2016 |

|Inst. Support Representative |Tasha Sherrill |Tashas.sherrill@cms.k12.nc.us |8/1/2016 |

|Teacher Assistant Representative |NA | | |

|Parent Representative |Roland Grannum |Grannum1@ |9/28/2016 |

|Parent Representative |Mandy Norman |amnorman@carolina. |9/28/2016 |

|Parent Representative |Jamele Wiggins |jamelesfour@ |9/28/2016 |

|Parent Representative | | | |

Vision Statement

District: CMS provides all students the best education available anywhere, preparing every child to lead a rich and productive life.

School: Cato Middle College High School will provide students with a challenging academic environment where they can also earn college credit while still in high school to prepare them for success as 21st Century Learners.

Mission Statement

District: The mission of CMS is to maximize academic achievement by every student in every school.

School: Cato Middle College High School will provide a supportive, flexible and academically enriched environment to prepare mature, motivated and responsible students for completion of high school requirements while successfully earning college credit through a challenging curriculum that promotes intellectual growth in a college environment.

Cato Middle College High School Shared Beliefs

• To unite a community of learners intent on pursuing academic and career aspirations.

• To provide students with a solid foundation for college life.

• To help students prepare for a life-long career.

• To expose students to a variety of career opportunities and courses typically not available to them in high school

• To provide students the support services needed to be successful in high school and college courses.

• To assist students to become self-directed and to become responsible for their education.

• To help students to understand the connections between school, work, and career choices.

Cato Middle College High School SMART Goals

• Cato Middle College High School will provide a duty free lunch period for every teacher on a daily basis.

• Cato Middle College High School will provide duty-free instructional planning time for every teacher with the goal of providing an average of at least five hours of planning time per week.

• Cato Middle College High School will provide a positive school climate by promoting a safe learning environment free of bullying and harassing behaviors.

• Cato Middle College High School will have a 100% Graduation Rate in 2016-2017.

• Cato Middle College High School teachers will increase their 2016 AP mean scores by 5%.

• Cato Middle College High School will demonstrate an average proficiency rate of 80% on NC Final Exams by attending professional development , administering mock assessments and incorporating activities that will increase student engagement and interest.

Cato Middle College High School Assessment Data Snapshot

Cato Middle College High School had a 98% graduation rate for the 2016 school year, with 43 students taking advantage of the Grade 13 option.

Cato’s 2016 ACT composite was 22.0 compared to the state composite of 19.1.

Approximately 74% (73.69%) of students taking the 2016 NCFE assessments demonstrated 80% proficiency on the exams.

Approximately 48% (48.2%) of students taking AP exams scored a three or higher on one or more exams.

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Cato Middle College High School Profile

Cato Middle College High School (CMCHS) is a Cooperative Innovative High School as part of the North Carolina Career and College Promise where students are provided the opportunity to earn college credit while completing their high school diploma requirements. CMCHS opened in 2007 with an enrollment of 57 students. The school reached its cap enrollment of 200 students at the beginning of the 2013-2014 school year. For the 2016-17 school year, there are 243 students currently enrolled. Forty-three students are taking advantage of the Grade 13 option. CMCHS is located on the campus of Central Piedmont Community College Cato Campus. The student body consists of students coming from over 20 high schools in Mecklenburg County and reflects the diverse community in which it serves: 45.2% African American, 24.8% White, 8.8% Asian, 1.6% American Indian, and 3.2% Multi-Racial. The CMCHS staff consists of six certified teachers, a certified counselor, school secretary and principal. Students apply for admission to CMCHS. To be admitted to Cato for the 2016-17 school year, students had to pass the CPCC Placement Test and have an un-weighted GPA of 2.5 or above.

The purpose of CMCHS is to provide students with the opportunity to earn college credit while still in high school. The staff at CMCHS views their role as gatekeepers between high school and college; therefore, classes are designed to challenge students intellectually as well as prepare them for the demanding rigor of the typical college class. All high school classes are taught in 90 minute blocks and at the Honors and Advanced Placement levels. The average CMCHS graduate earns an average of 30 college credits prior to leaving high school.

Strategic Plan 2018: For a Better Tomorrow

|Goal 1: Maximize academic achievement in a personalized 21st-century learning environment for |Goal 2: Recruit, develop, retain and reward a premier workforce |

|every child to graduate college- and career-ready | |

| |Five focus areas: |

|Four focus areas: |Proactive recruitment |

|College- and career-readiness |Individualized professional development |

|Academic growth/high academic achievement |Retention/quality appraisals |

|Access to rigor |Multiple career pathways |

|Closing achievement gaps |Leadership development |

|Goal 3: Cultivate partnerships with families, businesses, |Goal 4: Promote a system-wide culture of safety, high engagement, cultural competency and customer|

|faith-based groups and community organizations to provide a sustainable system of support and care|service |

|for each child | |

| |Five focus areas: |

|Three focus areas: |Physical safety |

|Family engagement |Social and emotional health |

|Communication and outreach |High engagement |

|Partnership development |Cultural competency |

| |Customer service |

|Goal 5: Optimize district performance and accountability by |Goal 6: Inspire and nurture learning, creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship through |

|strengthening data use, processes and systems |technology and strategic school redesign |

| |Four focus areas: |

|Four focus areas: |Learning everywhere, all the time |

|Effective and efficient processes and systems |Innovation and entrepreneurship |

|Strategic use of district resources |Strategic school redesign |

|Data integrity and use |Innovative new schools |

|School performance improvement | |

|SMART Goal (1): |Provide a duty-free lunch period for every teacher on a daily basis. |

|Duty Free Lunch for Teachers | |

|Strategic Plan Goal: |Goal #2: Recruit, develop, and retain a premier workforce |

|Strategic Plan Focus Area: |Recruitment, Retention |

|Data Used: |Master Schedule |

|Strategies (determined by what data) |Point Person |Evidence of Success |Funding |Personnel Involved |Timeline |

|Task |(title) |(Student Impact) |(estimated cost / | |(Start—End) |

|Task | | |source) | |Interim Dates |

|Task (PD) | | | | | |

|1.CMCHS already provides teachers with a Duty Free Lunch |Principal |Quality instruction from staff. |No Cost |Teachers |2016-2017 |

|SMART Goal (2): |Provide duty-free instructional planning time for every teacher under G.S. 115C-105.27 and -301.1, with the goal of proving an average of at least five |

|Duty Free Instructional Planning Time |hours of planning time per week, to the maximum extent that the safety and proper supervision of students may allow during regular student contact |

| |hours. |

|Strategic Plan Goal: |Goal # 1: Maximize academic achievement in a personalized 21st century learning environment for every child to graduate career and college ready. |

|Strategic Plan Focus Area: |Academic Growth/High Academic Achievement |

|Data Used: |Master Schedule |

|Strategies (determined by what data) |Point Person |Evidence of Success |Funding |Personnel Involved |Timeline |

|Task |(title) |(Student Impact) |(estimated cost / | |(Start—End) |

|Task | | |source) | |Interim Dates |

|Task (PD) | | | | | |

|1.CMCHS teachers already have an average of 5 hours of |Principal |Students will receive well planned/delivered |No Cost |Teachers |2016-2017 |

|weekly, uninterrupted planning time. | |lessons each day. | | | |

|SMART Goal (3): |Provide a positive school climate, under CMS regulation JICK-R, by promoting a safe learning environment free of bullying and harassing behaviors. |

|Anti-Bullying / Character Education | |

|Strategic Plan Goal: |Goal #4: Promote a system-wide culture of safety, high engagement, customer service and cultural competence. |

|Strategic Plan Focus Area: |Physical Safety, Social and Emotional Health, |

|Data Used: |Conferences, surveys, grades |

|Strategies (determined by what data) |Point Person |Evidence of Success |Funding |Personnel Involved |Timeline |

|Task |(title) |(Student Impact) |(estimated cost / | |(Start—End) |

|Task | | |source) | |Interim Dates |

|Task (PD) | | | | | |

|1. Bully Liaison / Bully-prevention |Principal Counselor |Zero violations for CMCHS |No Cost |Principal and |2016-2017 |

| | | | |Counselor | |

|2. Character Education |Principal |All students are familiar with CMS Character |No Cost |Principal, Teachers, |2016-2017 |

| | |Development Handbook. | |Counselor | |

|3. Healthy Active Child 30 min. |All CMCHS Staff |All student health and learning needs are |No Cost |All CMCHS staff |2016-2017 |

| | |identified and addressed | | | |

|4. School Health Team |Principal |Works with School Nurse to ensure medical needs|No Cost |Principal, Secretary, |2016-2017 |

| | |of students are met. | |Teachers | |

|SMART Goal (4): |Cato Middle College High School will have a 100% graduation rate in 2016-2017. |

|Strategic Plan Goal: |Goal 1: Maximize Academic Achievement |

|Strategic Plan Focus Area: |II. Academic Growth/High Academic Achievement |

|Data Used: |Cohort graduation rate data, student grades, achievement data |

|Strategies (determined by what data) |Point Person |Evidence of Success |Funding |Personnel Involved |Timeline |

|Task |(title) |(Student Impact) |(estimated cost / | |(Start—End) |

|Task | | |source) | |Interim Dates |

|Task (PD) | | | | | |

|1. Develop instructional strategies for each subject |Principal |Scores on the NC Final Exams, Formative |No Cost |Teachers |8/1/2016-5/12/2017 |

|taught. |Teachers |Assessments, NCDPI Cohort Graduation Report | | | |

|*Teachers will plan and implement instructional | | | | | |

|strategies aligned with CCSS. | | | | | |

|*Teachers will be provided release time to participate in| | | | | |

|district Professional Development and Department Chair | | | | | |

|meetings. | | | | | |

|2. Provide before school tutoring for struggling |Teachers |Improved student performance and tutoring logs.|No Cost | Teachers |Monday-Friday |

|students. | | | | |8/12/2016-5/12/2017 |

|*Teachers will collaborate with parents and the School | | | | | |

|Counselor to support struggling students. | | | | | |

|3. School will use the CMS Graduation Status Inventory to|Principal Counselor |Copies of the GSI Report and 100% 2016 |No Cost |Principal Counselor |August, 2016- |

|monitor each student to ensure they will meet the | |Graduation Rate | | |May 2017 |

|graduation requirements. | | | | | |

|SMART Goal (5): |Cato Middle College High School Advanced Placement teachers will increase their 2016 AP mean scores by 5%. |

|Strategic Plan Goal: |Goal 1: Maximize Academic Achievement |

|Strategic Plan Focus Area: |1: College-Career Ready, II. Academic growth/high academic achievement |

|Data Used: |AP summary data, student grades, classroom observations |

|Strategies (determined by what data) |Point Person |Evidence of Success |Funding |Personnel Involved |Timeline |

|Task |(title) |(Student Impact) |(estimated cost / | |(Start—End) |

|Task | | |source) | |Interim Dates |

|Task (PD) | | | | | |

|1. Teachers will develop a goal based on their 2016 AP |Teachers |Increase in scores on the SAT and AP Exams. |No Cost |Teachers |8/1/2016- |

|data. | | | |Principals |5/12/2017 |

|*Data meetings will be scheduled with individual teachers| | | | | |

|to analyze and discuss 2016 data. | | | | | |

|*Use released test items as Do Nows or Warm-ups. | | | | | |

|*Attend professional development related to AP courses | | | | | |

|*Implement “Promising Practice” share time at each staff | | | | | |

|meeting. | | | | | |

|2. Provide students with extended day tutorial options in|Teachers |High attendance and increased SAT and AP scores|Extended Day funding |Teachers |1/2017 -4/2017 |

|preparation for the AP exams. | | | | | |

|*Use Extended employment funds to provide tutorials. | | | | | |

|3. All teachers will be provided an opportunity to attend|Principal |Staff Participation |No Cost |Teachers |10/2017 |

|AP Training. | | | | | |

|4. All teachers will participate in Academic |Teachers |Staff Participation |No Cost |Teachers |10/2016-4/2017 |

|Conversations book study as part of ILT work. | |Increased collaboration | | | |

| | |Implementation of strategies evident during | | | |

| | |observations | | | |

|SMART Goal (6): |Cato Middle College High School will demonstrate an average proficiency rate of 80% on NC Final Exams by attending professional development, |

| |administering mock assessments and incorporating activities that will increase student engagement and interest. |

|Strategic Plan Goal: |Goal 1: Maximize Academic Achievement |

|Strategic Plan Focus Area: |1: College-Career Ready, II. Academic growth/high academic achievement |

|Data Used: |NCFE data, student grades, classroom observations |

|Strategies (determined by what data) |Point Person |Evidence of Success |Funding |Personnel Involved |Timeline |

|Task |(title) |(Student Impact) |(estimated cost / | |(Start—End) |

|Task | | |source) | |Interim Dates |

|Task (PD) | | | | | |

|1. Teachers will develop a goal based on their 2016 NCFE |Teachers |Increase in scores on the NCFE assessments |No Cost |Teachers |8/2016-5/2017 |

|data. | | | |Principal | |

|*Data meetings will be scheduled with individual teachers| | | | | |

|to analyze and discuss 2016 data. | | | | | |

|*Use released test items as Do Nows or Warm-ups. | | | | | |

|*Participate in content-related professional development.| | | | | |

| | | | | | |

|*Implement “Promising Practice” share time at each staff | | | | | |

|meeting. | | | | | |

|2. Provide students with extended day tutorial options in|Teachers |High attendance and increased NCFE assessment |Extended Day funding |Teachers Margolis |8/2016- 4/2017 |

|preparation for the NCFE assessments. | |data | | | |

|*Use Extended employment funds to provide tutorials. | | | | | |

|3. All teachers will be provided an opportunity to |Principal |Staff Participation |No Cost |Teachers |4/2017 |

|collaborate with and visit content teachers at CMS | | | | | |

|schools. | | | | | |

|4. All teachers will participate in Academic |Teachers |Staff Participation |No Cost |Teachers |10/2016-4/2017 |

|Conversations book study as part of ILT work. | |Increased collaboration | | | |

| | |Implementation of strategies evident during | | | |

| | |observations | | | |

|Mastery Grading Procedures Plan – Required for All Schools |

|Strategic Plan Goal: |Goal 1: Maximize academic achievement in a personalized 21st-century learning environment |

| |for every child to graduate college- and career-ready. |

|Strategic Plan Focus Area: |Academic growth/high academic achievement |

|Data Used: |Student grades, achievement data |

|Strategies (determined by what data) |Point Person |Evidence of Success |Funding |Personnel Involved |Timeline |

|Task |(title) |(Student Impact) |(estimated cost / | |(Start—End) |

|Task | | |source) | |Interim Dates |

|Task (PD) | | | | | |

|1. Common assessments |Principal |Increase on NCFE and AP assessments |No cost |Principal |8/2016- 5/2017 |

|Based on MCHS model and non-traditional schedule, |Teachers | | |Teachers | |

|teachers will develop assessment utilizing released data.| | | | | |

|2. Data disaggregation |Principal |Increase on NCFE and AP assessments |No Cost |Principal |8/2016-5/2017 |

|Individual meetings will be scheduled with teachers to |Teachers | | |Teachers | |

|review and discuss 2016 AP and NCFE data. | | | | | |

|3. Flexible grouping |Teachers |Increase on NCFE and AP assessments |No Cost |Principal |8/2016-5/2017 |

|Flexible grouping will be utilized to meet student needs | | | |Teachers | |

|and increase students’ interest, engagement and | | | | | |

|achievement. | | | | | |

|4. Late and make-up work |Principal |Increase on NCFE and AP assessments |No Cost |Principal |8/2016-5/2017 |

|Late and make-up work policy will be communicated to |Teachers | | |Teachers | |

|students via the course syllabus. | | | | | |

Cato Middle College High School - 600 Waiver Requests

|Request for Waiver |

|1. Insert the waivers you are requesting |

|Maximum Teaching Load and Maximum Class Size (grades 4-12) [required for all schools with grades 4-12] |

|2. Please identify the law, regulation or policy from which you are seeking an exemption. |

|115C-301 (c and d) Maximum Teaching Load and Maximum Class Size [required for all schools with grades 4-12] |

|3. Please state how the waiver will be used. |

|Class size will be adjusted to address student individual instructional needs through flexible grouping of students in the most effective utilization of teaching teams. Maximum teaching load will be |

|used to allow teachers in specific areas of the curriculum to teach students designated for specific skill needs and to address the large number of students requesting elective classes. |

|Please state how the waiver will promote achievement of performance goals. |

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|This waiver will allow more flexibility in grouping students to meet their abilities and needs and thus should enhance their achievement on the performance goals. |

|Approval of Plan |

|Committee Position |Name |Signature |Date |

|Principal | | | |

|Assistant Principal Representative | | | |

|Teacher Representative | | | |

|Inst. Support Representative | | | |

|Teacher Assistant Representative | | | |

|Parent Representative | | | |

|Parent Representative | | | |

|Parent Representative | | | |

|Parent Representative | | | |

|Parent Representative | | | |

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