Weston High School


WHS School Action Plan 2018-2019

INTRODUCTION

This action plan is a collaborative effort between the administrative team, curriculum instructional leaders, and teachers. It is designed not only to ensure our high levels of student achievement, but to hone in on specific goals at our school. Our teachers continuously reflect on and revise their instructional practices based on student performance. Our collective commitment is to every student, in every class, every day. In this way, all WHS students leave our district prepared for their preferred futures.

WHS MISSION

Weston High School is committed to providing a safe and intellectually challenging environment that will empower students to become innovative thinkers, creative problem solvers, and inspired learners prepared to contribute to our global society.


Academic Excellence/Gauging Progress

2018-2019 Goals:

Goal #1

Ensure that all students continue to improve by meeting their academic needs through high level instruction and cognitive engagement.

Goal #2

Prepare all students so that they are college and career ready.

Goal #3

Ensure that the needs of special education and 504 students are met through a systematic approach that aligns with the WHS mission.

Strategies:

Goal #1: Ensure that all students continue to improve by meeting their academic needs through high level instruction and cognitive engagement.

    • Require all teachers to set professional goals with determined measurable student outcomes.
    • Provide professional development workshops to support teachers in data gathering and analysis.
    • Support teachers' efforts to collaborate around scoring and analysis of formative assessment in planning for all learners.
    • Promote teacher-to-teacher opportunities as a means to professional learning.
    • Encourage teacher innovation and risk-taking.
    • Create and share digital resources and strategies to enhance inter-departmental collaboration.
    • Feature teacher innovators as exemplars.
    • Explore innovative secondary programs on a global level.

Goal #2: Prepare all students so that they are college and career ready.

Integrate our new college & career counselor into the school counseling department. This counselor will:

    • Meet with seniors in the fall to review college lists, discuss application strategy, edit application essays, address concerns.
    • Meet with juniors in the winter to begin college process.
    • Hold workshops for both students and parents to support families through the search, application, and admissions process.
    • Host parent coffees.
    • Author electronic College and Career Center newsletter available to families through Naviance.
    • Organize and supervise college representative visits.
    • Serve as WHS representative at conferences.
    • Coordinate a sophomore career day program.
    • Organize an international college fair.
    • Supervise the senior internship program.

Goal #3: Ensure that the needs of special education and 504 students are met through a systematic approach that aligns with the WHS mission.

  • Align processes and procedures with staff including administration, school counselors, special education teachers, student assistance team members, Effective School Solutions (ESS) to ensure systematic approach.
  • Maintain accurate records of 504 and SPED students in order to ensure that students' needs and 504 procedures are being met.


Healthy Learning Environment

2018-2019 Goals:

Goal # 1

Increase opportunities for staff and students to provide feedback about all matters of school climate and operations.

Goal #2

Prepare students emotionally for the challenges of navigating adolescence. Develop students’ emotional intelligence, self- and social awareness, critical thinking, effective decision-making, creative problem-solving ability, and goal-setting skills, so that they are more successful in the classroom and form more quality relationships.

Goal #3

Align middle school and high school SRO program to ensure a strong 6-12 collaboration.

Goal # 4

Coordinate student service initiatives.

Strategies:

Goal 1: Increase opportunities for staff and students to provide feedback about all matters of school climate and operations.

    • Schedule regular opportunities for staff and students to provide administrators with impromptu feedback on their daily experiences (Admingle, Meet the Admins).
    • Leverage Trojan Time Advisory to seek input from students regarding extra-curricular offerings.
    • Convene student focus group on school culture.
    • Administer school climate survey.

Goal 2: Prepare students emotionally for the challenges of navigating adolescence. Develop students’ emotional intelligence, self- and social awareness, critical thinking, effective decision-making, creative problem-solving ability, and goal-setting skills, so that they are more successful in the classroom and form more quality relationships.

    • Continue to Train WHS staff in Emotional Intelligence through Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence under the direction of WHS school social worker and EI team.
    • Implement EI training for all students.
    • Collaborate with the district to train parents on EI skills.

Goal 3: Align middle school and high school SRO program to ensure a strong 6-12 collaboration.

The two district school resource officers will:

    • Meet on a weekly basis in order to discuss new and ongoing issues.
    • Review and revise instructional program for grades 6-12.
    • Share SRO webpage responsibilities to include MS/HS monthly updates.
    • Combine MS/HS social media accounts.
    • Meet weekly with building administrators to discuss concerns/issues.

Goal 4: Coordinate student service initiatives.

    • Gather student leaders for regular opportunities to plan for collaborative work (Club Coalition).
    • Facilitate collaboration between athletic teams and student government.