School Learning Plan

Equity Area of Focus:

Practice, not just profess our values: Put anti-oppressive learning and reflection into practice by providing students individualized instruction with their age-alike peers to the greatest extent possible and limiting the amount of time students are away from learning for both academic, and social/emotional interventions.

Equity Goals:

100% of students on a standard diploma track will have access to all core content instruction with their same age peers. 

 Schoolwide attendance will increase from 63% with 90% attendance or better (Quarter 1) to at least 90% by June 2023.

Key Strategies:

To prevent segregation of marginalized students, the building schedule includes a special education/intervention block at each grade level and this block is the only time students are pulled from the classroom.

All students working toward a standard diploma receive access to core instruction and curriculum with their age-alike peers. 

Refine and implement a school-wide attendance process. 

Confer and consult with NWRESD to improve attendance practices and increase attendance.

Staff elevate student and family voices in decision-making.

 

Academic Excellence Area of Focus:

Closing access, opportunity, and achievement gaps through consistent curriculum/instruction implementation. Knowing the students as learners using multiple assessments for all academic areas to create individualized pathways to improvement within the workshop model.

Academic Excellence Goal:

100%  of students will make at least one year of growth in reading, according to IRLA.

100% of students will complete 5 lessons or more a week in Dreambox.

 

Key Strategies:

Teachers implement consistent curriculum and instruction in all classrooms by utilizing adopted curriculum resources and materials.

Teachers follow BSD’s Scope and Sequence at their respective grade level(s).

Teachers bring samples of student work at quarterly staff meetings focused on calibration and vertical alignment.
Kinnaman has three schoolwide publishing dates over the course of the year when student-selected writing samples are celebrated and distributed to a broader audience.

 

Collaboration Area of Focus:

Staff share responsibility for all students and achieving equity and academic excellence goals. Classroom teachers have a team of teachers to collaborate with, plan, refine, and reflect on instructional practices. Kinnaman staff partner with the community to best support our students and families.

Collaboration Goal:

100% of certified staff will engage in committees twice per month,  teams will collaborate 45 minutes per week, and multidisciplinary collaboration for 90 minutes every 8 weeks.

Key Strategies:

Recurring weekly meetings with individual teams to collaborate and plan based on the scope and sequence.

Implementation of a multi-disciplinary School Support Team (SST) process to determine if concerns at school are due to second language development, cultural differences, disability, or other factors including trauma.

Professional Collaboration Teams (PCTs) occur every 6-8 weeks and are focused on reading and math data-driven decision-making and professional learning and collaboration to implement evidence-based practices to accelerate learning.

The Kinnaman Advisory Council has representatives from all teams in the school including classified, licensed, and administrative staff. This team collaborates to provide input through an equity lens on school-wide issues and decisions.