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Element 1A. School Vision, Mission and Strategic Goals: The school's identity, in part, is derived from the vision, mission, values, beliefs and goals of the school, the processes used to establish these attributes, and the ways they are embodied in the life of the school community.
Restorative Circles
Restorative Circles
Mariam Boyd Elementary is a school aiming to provide rigorous instruction while creating partnerships with families and communities, to nurture individuals academically, socially, and emotionally so that they are equipped to compete in a globally competitive world.
Upon arrival to Mariam Boyd, there was no clear process in place for student discipline. Ms. Tabron created a discipline process to help establish routines for discipline with the goal of increasing instructional time and increasing effective management strategies. She has been working diligently to ensure restorative practices are implemented in classrooms to help shift the school towards the vision established at the school.
Element 1B. Leading Change School Vision, Mission and Strategic Goals The school executive articulates a vision and implementation strategies, for improvements and changes which result in improved achievement for all students.
As Assistant Principal at Mariam Boyd, Ms. Tabron reviewed the school-wide data to look for trends. She also attentively observed the school and classrooms. This allowed her to make an informed decisions about creating a observation tool that focuses on core instruction that aligns with the district curriculum, HMH. In the early implementation, she explained to staff during a meeting the importance of indicator, A4.01: The school implements a tiered instructional system that allows teachers to deliver evidence-based instruction aligned with the individual needs of students across all tiers.
She explained how the bases of quality instruction starts at core instruction and with the data we have currently, we are able to strengthen core by utilizing the curriculum with fidelity. To monitor, she created a walk through tool to observe for tenants of Structured Literacy from the HMH curriculum.
Element 1C. School Improvement Plan The school improvement plan provides the structure for the vision, values, goals and changes necessary for improved achievement for all students.
School Improvement Planning
School Improvement Planning
Mariam Boyd Elementary is a Title I school. The school partners with various departments including the Department of Public Instruction (DPI). Ms. Tabron worked closely with DPI and the School Improvement Team (SIT) to assess the current status of the indicators and envision what the indicator looks like when fully met. The team met on the priortity standards to work towards goals and action steps. She continues to meet with the team to help improve the school.
Additionally, D.S. Johnson is a a Title-I CSI school. The school partners with various departments, including both the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) and The Research Triangle Institute (RTI). Ms. Tabron diligently reviewed the most up to data feedback from various partners. Ms. Tabron then analyzed and assessed the current School Improvement Plan and indicators. She worked collaboratively with the administrative team review the feedback and create a direction for D.S. Johnson. The team decided on the school-wide priority indicators. Following the decision on the priorities, Ms. Tabron began hosting regular School Improvement Meetings twice monthly. During the first meetings, she assigned the SIT team into partners. Partners were assigned an indicator and given a chance to provide feedback on the schools current reality for the indicator in addition to ways to address the indicator to improve. The regular meetings were helpful as D.S. Johnson worked on the School Improvement Plan and action steps that would help increase student achievement.
Element 1D. Distributive Leadership The school executive creates and utilizes processes to distribute leadership and decision-making throughout the school.
Distributive Leadership
Distributive Leadership
At Mariam Boyd Elementary, Ms. Tabron encouraged distributive leadership by empowering staff members to lead with their gifts and talents. Various staff members were encouraged to lead with their knowledge. This included staff members leading a Professional Development Session of use of instructional time and small group practices to reflect on. Ms. Tabron is also actively encouraging a staff member who was recently licensed in administration time to support with the School Safety Process as he seeks opportunites of leadership.
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