2022-2023 ESSER III/School Innovation and Improvement Plan

Outcome goals for this academic school year

Complete ESSER School Funding Plans

School Innovation and Improvement Plan At-a-Glance

2022-2023

Vienna Elementary School

Region 1

John Carmichael, Principal

 

Background Overview

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.

English Language Arts 

Outcome

Ensure students are making sufficient progress to be on grade level in English Language Arts.

Goal

For the 2022-2023 SY students at Vienna Elementary in grades 1-6 will demonstrate proficiency of at least 40% on the Spring iReady Diagnostic Screener.  Students who do not score within the 40th percentile will demonstrate at least a 25% improvement within their Developmental Spelling Assessment stage proficiency from the fall baseline data.

Strategy 1

General Education teachers will provide direct and explicit instruction to target skills within strands identified by PASS or CORE Phonics data.

Strategy 2

General Education teachers will provide weekly opportunities for all students to independently work within Lexia to address varied components of the literacy diet.

Strategy 3

Vienna Elementary will continue to support the developmental needs of all students' comprehension skills as readers.

 

Mathematics 

Outcome

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

Goal

For the 2022-2023 SY students at Vienna Elementary in grades 1-6 will demonstrate proficiency of at least 40% on the Spring iReady Diagnostic Screener.

Strategy 1

Teachers will provide direct and explicit instruction based on student need from data collected from the VGA and iReady.

Strategy 2

Professional development around oral language and communication in math instruction.

Strategy 3

Highlight the similarities between math and literacy instruction by focusing on "thinking strategies" for problem solving across content areas.

 

Wellness 

Outcome

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

Goal

By the end of the school year 2022-23 SY, students at Vienna ES will show a 10% increase in self-management, self-awareness, and relationship skills as measured by teacher observations, student self-reports, and/or SEL screener data.

Strategy 1

Allow students to build social awareness to create and maintain healthy peer relationships. 

Strategy 2

Provide learning opportunities for students to further develop self-management skills. 

Strategy 3

Adult learning opportunities to support student growth and practice of SEL skills.

 

Portrait of a Graduate (POG)

Outcome 

All students will complete a POG Presentation of Learning (POL) by 2025-26. 

Goal 

90% of students in grades K-6 will show growth in POG attributes , communication and collaboration.  Students in grades 3-6 will use POG self-reflection scored with the reflection of POG skill use rubric given at the beginning of the year and the end of the year.

Strategy 1

Teachers will design and facilitate inquiry-based opportunities that elevate student voice and increase student engagement.

Strategy 2

Collaborative teams will align content knowledge and skills with POG attributes and skills, communication and collaboration.