Campus Needs Assessment

Comprehensive Needs Assessment

Demographics Demographics Summary:

Our student population includes 49% female and 51% male. Our student population is composed of the following racial/ethnic groups:

• .3% American Indian or Alaska Native
• 7% Multi-Race
• 17% Hispanic
• 18% Asian
• 22% Black or African American
• 35% White

The student groups served at our campus include:

• 6% English Language Learners (ELLs)
• 6%(17-18) have been identified as Gifted and Talented
• 8%(17-18) have been identified for 504 services
• 11% students are served through Special Education services
• 29% are eligible to receive a free or reduced lunch fee

Although the federal mandate for highly qualified requirements has now expired, Elliott Elementary continues to place a high priority in employing 100% high-quality, talented staff. During the 2018-19 school year, the teachers at Elliott Elementary were 10% male and 90% female and 44% of our staff had 11 or more years of teaching experience. With an ever-growing district, our campus also places a high priority on having a strong mentoring and support processes in place.

Demographics Strengths: As our awareness increases we can better serve and become advocates for our diverse population.

Problem Statements Identifying Demographics Needs

Problem Statement 1: Students diversity is not addressed effectively between students, staff, and parents. Root Cause: Lack of diverse staff; Lack of experience; Lack of experience and training within staff .

Student Academic Achievement Strengths

More teachers on our campus are ESL certified which means students are receiving differentiated instruction time in the classroom.

We have a new program to build relationships and meet school and neighborhood-wide to enhance those relationships. Our data shows where those relationships have been built.

Problem Statements Identifying Student Academic Achievement Needs:

Problem Statement 1: STAAR data is the only consistent data used to measure student achievement and growth. Root Cause: There is currently no criteria for utilizing other data collection forms such as: CFA’s, DRA’s Mstar/Estar.

Problem Statement 2: Not ALL students are receiving Tier 1 instruction Root Cause: The master schedule does not allow for that

Problem Statement 3: Classrooms are not heterogeneous Root Cause: The schedule was built to accommodate special pops (ELL, GT, SpED)

Problem Statement 4: Students not participating in answering 4 essential questions Root Cause: Teachers still developing firm foundation in 4 essential questions

Perceptions Summary

We have multiple programs to address our culture, climate, values, and beliefs. Our counselor heads the Student Ambassadors program to assist new students to Elliott. We use Elliott Live, a Friday assembly, to celebrate students. We give students Grit Grams and Star Student awards for students that show the 4 Rs. Students in 3rd-5th grade can be elected to our Elliott Student Council.

Our campus uses the 4Rs to show how an Elliott student should act and behave. Our Elliott expectations and t-charts help streamline our common space expectations.

We use Paper Flyers, Thursday Folders, Twitter, Seesaw, and Instagram to communicate to parents and families.

In our community, we struggle with parent involvement, parents receiving or reading communication, student behavior/Discipline. On our campus, we need improvement with the following: giving parents more information on Academic Progress, sharing resources with parents to teach and help with homework, communication with parents about grades (online or via app), increase positive interactions between all people on campus, Parents feel they don’t have a voice in their child’s success, Teachers need to challenge each student and give extra help when needed, September-October hit DISCIPLINE really hard, so we can reinforce and have team accountability, Feedback responses from teachers/team to administration, Have a CONSISTENT SCHOOL WIDE DISCIPLINE PLAN, Administration Team creates a safe environment, Effectively implementing Campus discipline, What is our philosophy of discipline as a Campus? If this ___ then ____ is GOING to happen, We NEED PREVENTIONS, Do SOLID PBIS training starting in Fall for ALL staff BEFORE school starts.

Some things we are implementing with our Morning Meetings: Monday classroom meetings to Pre-Teach vocabulary and Tuesday do house meetings for community building.

Our school, parent, and community survey shows that staff are not on the same page or united in understanding: our needs, our changes, our challenges, our communication of sharing the vision, how to involve families, how to incorporate grade - grade involvement.

Perceptions Strengths

Our Strengths are:

1. Sending Communication from Teacher to Parents about Activities
2. Staff provide timely professional responses
3. Students feel pride in their school
4. Teachers have been effective in providing positive student relationships

Problem Statements Identifying Perceptions Needs

Problem Statement 1: There is a lack of consistency in the prevention, discipline, consequences, and follow through for behaviors. Root Cause: Lack of consistency/unsure of what follow through is. Staff survey states 66% say average or below that the school is creating and implementing the discipline plan,

Problem Statement 2: There is a lack of opportunities for Parents to provide their voice on our campus. Root Cause: Teachers are not reaching out to parents on campus. There is a lack of volunteer opportunities in the classroom. There is a lack of consistency among team members request parent involvement/assistance. There is a lack of parent orientation on how they need to be in the classroom when they volunteer. There is a lack of protocol.

Problem Statement 3: There is little to no connection with Parents and Community. Root Cause: There is a lack of FREE events and participation when we have events. There is a lack of a committees in our school that reach out to our community to sponsor and fundraise with us.