Coon Rapids HS 2018-19 SIP Plan

Part I First Best Instruction

We believe. . .
First Best Instruction occurs within collaborative teams using common best practices and data to inform their instruction and response to student learning on an
ongoing basis. CRHS Staff will further growth in:

Teacher Learning Strategy and Action Steps Timeline Responsibility Evidence of Effectiveness
Teacher-Student Relationships. New staff will be New Teacher Workshop and Administration and New Teacher Meeting Agendas
trained in Envoy and/or Restitution. Staff and Meetings CRHS Staff Feedback from Staff
students will continue to emphasize Behavior Workshop Week Stephanie Hicks - Decrease in student discipline and/or data points
Learning Targets that are critical for lifelong skills Each trimester depends on availability ENVoY 4 day training June 2018 - invite all new
for student success. HSAC hires

Mini- session - review of “Walk Down Memory

Lane” research. Create a document of foundational
pieces for all staff to have including staff new to
the building - new teachers, etc. Create a page long
summary - reprint the summary sheets? Print
shop? Review with new teachers/staff at BTS new
teachers.

“Soft skills” - Behavior Targets - reprint posters -

review in advisories with students.

Student Lists of all students for entire school -

google doc- chromebooks- back to school
workshop- define “knowing the student” -
specifically know an interest of the student. Share
back the list - (10 years ago). Flip - have each
student list 3 staff that they connect with in
advisory.
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) professional December Professional Administration, Feedback from staff
development training for all staff. Development Day Stephanie Mars and ACES II? - tools and effective strategies in the next
Erin Jensen presentation? How to be proactive and guide
students to counseling and other resources
Active Engagement and Formative Assessments.
CTs will continue to share formative assessments CTs meet with Administrator HSAC CRHS CT Agendas
with their administrator each trimester. The once per trimester Department Leaders Passing Rate Reports - grade, subgroups
formative assessment does not need to be “paper- Administrator Walkthrough Data
pencil” but does need to provide data back to May Staff Meeting- - DL Active engagement - strategies - refresher - Kagan
teachers on best practices in instruction, emphasis Meeting or other presenters? Think, pair share - share out

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on groups and active engagement strategies as well strategies in staff meeting. A day in the life of a
as “positive discourse” increasing student talk in the student - interview students? Whiteboards,
classroom about content. positive discourse, etc.? Refresher on diversity of
learning and meeting student needs - dyslexia,
Staff will also participate in other “share-outs” to sensory, auditory processing, etc. Is our
dialogue about strategies that are working in their environment conducive to learning?
classrooms. Staff speakers will present on best
practices at staff meetings and professional
development days (Google classroom, AVID, Is it possible to meet as a department to complete
youtubes, etc.) May Staff Meeting DL will share out some tasks related to the SIP plan -
3-4 bullets, give ideas of what you can provide. Course/Department Syllabus? Summer PD day
approved by Staff Development Committee?
Create a shared gradebook to copy for all English 9
teachers, etc.

Staff Presenters at staff meetings and videos

Professional Development days
CRHS Staff Development icon will be updated to
store past videos, youtubes, etc.
2017-18 PD Calendar
Collaborative Team Documents and Workshop Week - CT Day CT to document on The CRHS CT Agendas - Content areas need to
Expectations. CTs have a Common Syllabus, Gradebook Audit Form complete agendas; cross district teams can work
Student Friendly Learning Targets, Common Unit CT Weekly Meetings and CRHS CT Agendas on a common agenda. AP notes during AP/CT time
Assessment (team to share data), Common or during weekly admin meetings.
Summative Assessment (district), and response to District SBI Survey each
student learning. CTs will learn about standards- trimester Admin Weekly meetings with DL for CT time
based grading with Grading from the Inside Out by
Tom Schimmers. CTs will provide evidence of work Option of Sub Days/Summer District SBI Survey
to their administrator and HSAC each trimester. CTs Professional Development Gradebook Audit Responses
will reflect on the District SBI survey and will set Gradebook Audit
goals for growth. Staff will compare gradebooks in Gradebooks - share the categories; gradebooks
their CTs using the CRHS Gradebook Audit along similar in same classes - what EXACTLY is entered
with student work to ensure fair grading policies. into the gradebook? Tom Skoglund to assist with
sharing same gradebook for each course (copy
from teacher to teacher) - summer day to create a
template?
Interventions for Students. CTs will continue in a Each trimester HSAC and CTs Students at risk of Graduation (behavior, credits,
culture of proactive response and fast interventions Department/CT attendance)
to support student learning - Tier I interventions (in- Interventions - lunch Intervention Goal Form
classroom). Tier II and Tier III interventions will intervention, writing CRHS Intervention Flowchart
continue to be reviewed and monitored by students’ center, Biomed session Excel Data - SAAs
grades. Advisory Teachers will use Making Quiet Study Intervention Watch List (Support Group)
Connections time to discuss grades with student. Intervention Team CRHS Intervention Crew Summary Updates
Student Achievement Advocates and the Advisory Teachers

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Intervention Team will have lists of students for SAAs - Excel One day a trimester to go retake a test during
specific interventions. CCS Advisory. “Flex” time. Doing Ramp-Up still leaves
some time in Advisory to do other intervention
things.

Interview students - Change to Chill - environment

needs? Focus group? Regional video with
students- some of our students, etc. Regular visits
with Heather Forse with students on how to
transfer to Regional.

Case Mgmt - be more proactive in MS GPA and

identify students sooner.

Counselors, Jon, RET - completing a data dive on

non-graduates this year

Tier 1 - what tier 1 strategies were completed in

the classroom.? How to document from teachers?
Bank of resources from teachers?

Literacy Instruction. Emphasis on technical reading Ongoing Social Studies and Julie LMS - District Professional Development
with elective areas. Content areas will work on best Scullen MCA Reading
practices with literacy for their content area. Social Math Department Common Summative Assessment Scores
Studies will continue to embed literacy in their English Department
curriculum.. Science will continue to work on leveled Science Department
reading by lexiles for better understanding. Math CRHS Staff Work will continue with Social Studies.
will continue to journal in their College Foundations Staff Development Ask Department leaders what each department is
classrooms and other classrooms. English will Committee doing?
embed annotations in their classrooms and explore Science - district professional development
strategies within to ensure student learning working with EL department for strategies.
(working actively with the text). Optional book study Health - scholastic magazine? Choices?
for staff Text Dependent Questions by Nancy Frey and
Douglas Fischer.
English--Reading Comprehension Assessments to
improve reading efficiency as well as continued
use of annotations and strategies to actively
engage in the text.
Communication with Students and Families. Staff “Payday Friday” - updates in HSAC and CTs Calendar Reminder
will communicate with families on their students AH Connect Administration Posting Timelines -3, 6, 9 weeks
progress. Review expectations for using Synergy to Synergy Student Comments Synergy Student Contact Atom Use
document communications with students and Workshop Week Admin session on Management, Discipline and
families. Staff will be encouraged to utilize a Expectations during workshop week
“newsletter” feature or other regular Passing Rates - 2Fs list
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communications to inform families of upcoming
assignments/deadlines (Synergy, Remind101, Share communications with staff on how to
Google Classroom). understand the SBG.

Parent understanding of how to use Synergy - how

to access student grades. Add to back to school
newsletter and then send out after progress
reporting 1 of each trimester (Jackie and Julie)

Technology. Staff will improve in their ability to October and March Staff Development Staff Development Committee Minutes
integrate technology as an instructional and Professional Development Committee. Deb Geiger LMS Report- if needed
communication tool. Days - Mini Sessions. Technology Committee, CRHS Walkthroughs
Monthly staff meetings. Jackie Oakes Mini-sessions:
HSAC gradebook session, Google Classroom, SMART
Recorder (Chris Jamnick), iPad pictures and
student work (Mike Weber)

BTS - new computers, gray screens, gradebooks

(SBG), tips and tricks, Google forms/classrooms
(quizzes, homework checks)
Grading Policies Task Force. All staff will follow Workshop Week HSAC Grading Policies for CRHS
the Grading Policies adopted in 2015-16 for CRHS. Staff Meetings Department Leaders CRHS Course Syllabi
Staff will review the Grading Policies from 2015-16 Department Leader Meetings
and revise with the professional development with Update - DL agenda - 18-19 and then review with
Tom Schimmers. staff at BTS. Student handbook - on website and
handout to students. Can these documents be in
Student View? - CRHS tile? Google folder in Drive,
tile for student and parent?

SMART Goal for Courses with High Failure Each trimester HSAC SMART Goals
Pattern. Courses with a history of a high failure Administration - Passing Rate Reports
pattern will create a SMART goal each trimester to conversation with high Grade Distributions
increase student learning. Identified courses are failure rate courses Grading and Reporting
English 11, English 12, Physical Science, Department Leaders Required Course Success Rates
Intermediate Algebra and Statistics. Intervention Team
ESSA - failure rate - SMART goals each trimester .
Jon to pull data and goals for each course by
trimester and provide each CT with a template.

Advisory - Failure rate data with tardies - relate

this to students and have conversations with
students.

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Part II Culture
We believe...

Culture of our school values every student for their ability and gifts. Our culture celebrates diversity and has shared high expectations.
CRHS Staff will further grow in:

Teacher Learning Strategy and Action Steps Timeline Responsibility Evidence of Effectiveness

Behavior Learning Targets. Staff will communicate and Beginning of the year CRHS Advisory School wide use of Behavior Learning Targets.
explain CRHS Behavior Learning Targets to students and Advisory Teachers Discipline Reports
parents. The “why” will be explained in CRHS advisories, Parent Caller Administration
Passport Andrew Frosch
on student announcements and in conversations with
E-News @ beginning of
students and staff. CRHS will communicate the Behavior the year
Targets on a broader basis to families. Presentations to
SPED, ESL and freshman classes.

How to make part of the common language?? Teachers to discuss by department how to
Reward it when it’s seen (like student of the month-- integrate the Behavior Targets into their syllabus?
caught doing “good”)
Gift cards - culver’s coins
Tie the targets to the theme of the year
Kindness still the theme
Departments could “adopt” targets to emphasize
Acknowledge that the targets/behaviors might be defined
differently here at school vs. with friends, at home, etc.
Famous people - videos defining words

Annette (and maybe other staff PLUS student leaders) visit 8th grade, CRMS & NMS Annette Ziegler Behavior poster appears in every classroom and in
CRMS and NMS to meet with incoming 9th graders-- Passport Day SAAs hallways.
communicate “we’re so excited you’re coming...here’s CORE Advisory
what we’re about at CRHS”

Yes - continue

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Reinforce behavior targets during LINK events LINK Events Sherri Schendzielos LINK Training
Link Crew Teachers
Yes - continue - and Pepfests LINK advisories for 18-19
Student visit with Superintendent - LINK is making
a difference - authentic stories and relationships
with upperclassmen and lower classmen
Provide Cardinal Nation shirts to all new students (Sheba Ongoing Kelley Scott Activities and Athletic Registrations
brought up issue that some students who visit her don’t Senior Leaders New Clubs
think Cardinal Nation represents them...how can we work Cardinal Nation
to improve this) Student visit with Superintendent - every teacher
Focus on students coming in during middle of year (find a should be involved in an activity outside of school
community sponsor or grant to pay for additional shirts)? to get to know students
Sell them to all other students at Passport day through
DECA/School store Student visit with Superintendent - more pepfests -
Work with flag-bearers and/or LINK Crew to work on recognize all athletics not just football
“superfan”/Cardinal Nation events--wider promotion--
wider participation--not only sports
Senior Leaders could be used more
Buy a shirt / Give a shirt
Activity Fair in fall -- table available for how to start a new Activity list for all students - website, handouts in
club! counseling, Cardinal Nation CR One Team- need to
-Meeting with new students in activities update all of our website information.
-Kids make videos that introduce concepts important to
our school, Cardinal Nation, One Team, etc.

Advisory time 1 per trimester Administration Discipline Reports

Class meetings - during Advisory time (could Ramp-Up Counselors Grade Reports
planning group + LINK agree and plan accordingly) Teachers Activities and Athletic Registrations
Multi-Cultural Calendar
Label - video...watch & discuss
Motivation
Reiteration of behavior targets
Cardinal Voices students
LINK Crew student leaders in 9th grade meetings
Some Ramp Up topics could be addressed here
Celebrations of achievement & involvement

This did not happen in 2017-18

One per trimester per class

Student recognition
Messages that should be heard by whole group
News item

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Motivational topics
Panel presentations / Q & A

Ongoing culture development and celebration. Ongoing throughout year Andrew Frosch Weekly Monday Watch List Meetings
- Honor months & display case, increase music selection Jermika Craft CRHS Student Voices
and student announcements September & beginning Mal Edwards Superintendent visit feedback
- “I Am From” poems of trimesters Renee Edwards Student Survey
- “I am ______, and I am Cardinal Nation…” Conference Nights Mindy Meyers
- Student group feedback sessions- Men’s Group, Women’s Sherri Schendzielos
Group, Multi-Cultural Group, BSU, GSA, Tabletop Club, Increase student presentations on CRT - Anoka
NHS, Senior Leaders podcast
- LINK Crew mentoring
- Academic coaching (SAAs, Intervention Team) Student visit with Superintendent - Multicultural
- Mixed Blood, Climb Theater, Career Fair→ Need group is strong and appreciate the growth and
additional names of cultural theater groups willing to focus
travel to CRHS and perform
- LINK connections throughout the school year Superintendent visit---”advice to my freshman me”
- Increase diversity in Student Leadership and assemblies
- Increase celebrations using AH Diversity Calendar Allina Partnership---change to chill
- Growth Mindset (Parent Conference night, overview in
student announcements)
-Multi-Cultural Show, Week, and Dance (on week of the
Multicultural Show)
-Cultural Immersion Day for staff ( half-day PD)
- Student panels and voices videos- different student
groups and topics (intervention students, student culture
groups, F/R students, MV students)

Hallway Climate. Security rotations in hallway, improved Ongoing throughout the Kelley Scott New Security assignments.
sight lines. Staff will be “All in the halls”. Continue to year. Jon Young Tardies, attendance and behavior reports.
create windows/mirrors “yearbook on the wall”. Administration
- Admin, support staff need to be in the halls and in the ESSA - Attendance - Tardy passes - students
cafeteria in the morning, passing time, during lunches, and roaming the halls
after school
- Tardies are rampant; those that have double digit tardies
need to have consequences
-Targeted Tardy Interventions
i Classroom culture development. Windows & Mirrors Review at Back to School Andrew Frosch Walkthroughs will show increased examples of
will be represented physically and in instructional Workshop; CT mtgs; HSAC Windows and Mirrors.
resources. Assist staff in resources with NWSISD. Ongoing throughout the CRHS Staff and CTs
- Need to better define what this means and what we, as a year
building, want to see in terms of Windows and Mirrors Digital Scrapbook

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- TVs with Chrome bluetooth device (TV Production or Add birthdays back to announcements
Yearbook in charge of PP- student activities- sports, plays, TVs in the building could be on more with pictures
performances;, classes- Tech Ed, Acting, PE, core classes, and in the evenings for visitors
Work Experience, Skills USA, STEP, etc; pictures of kids
that are submitted or taken through TV Production or YB)
Cardinal Voices. Discussion group for students and staff 1-2 times a Trimester Administration School Culture
to come together to talk about the different perspectives of SAAs
things going on within the school
- Ways to improve school climate
- Relationship building opportunities
- Continue having Student Feedback/Student Voice
sessions with student groups (see above for groups)
- Create student panels for feedback to staff

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Part III College and Career Readiness
We believe . . .

College and Career Readiness encompasses goal setting and understanding of post-secondary success for all staff and that relationships precede learning.
CRHS Staff will provide students with:

Teacher Learning Strategy and Action Steps Timeline Responsibility Evidence of Effectiveness
Ramp Up To Readiness Strategies. Advisory teacher will work Ongoing Brenda M. ACT & MCA Results
as mentors to students in their educational and career planning. throughout the SAAs PLAN Results, 10th Grade
Advisers will attend monthly advisory grade level meetings to year Counselors Ramp Up Feedback from Students and Staff
discuss the strategies and to provide feedback. Naviance will be Enews and Parent Sherri Schendzielos Naviance Reports
used in the Ramp Up series of activities to allow students to Link Advisory Teachers Enrollment in postsecondary institutions
create post-secondary planning. Increase parent communication Guided Study
to parents on a trimester basis regarding Naviance and Ramp Up Teachers
Activities. Advisers will engage in meaningful conversations Invite Tim O’Neil in to talk with staff regarding
about their grades, interventions, and post-secondary plans. job/career projections to show where jobs are and
Ramp Committee present for education and collaboration where the need will be in upcoming years
through the year with teachers. Exploring the incorporation of
the career exploration process into RAMP curriculum in order to Intentionally focus activities based on needs of students;
include more students who are not planning on attending 4 yr staff talk about wanting time to build connections with
college. students…...what does that look like? How will they reach
every student? (Team building activities?)

Incorporate this into staff meetings. (communicate to

staff that staff meeting couldb 15 min. longer)
-Is there a better time to have the monthly CORE
meetings to have more effective conversations versus
information push out? Benefits for staff to have
discussion and how each grade level builds and connects
to one another. (Seperate by grade level)
-Naviance “gem” of the month?

Naviance mini- session ? Check back with Brenda

Adding data of correlating attendance and grades into an

activity during CORE, specific to CRHS.
Activities. Video announcements, speakers, success stories, Beginning of Kelley Scott Advisory Activity - Results
college panels, and strategies will be used for advisory students school year- HSAC Enrollment in Activities reports
guided study students to increase involvement at CR. Advisory - 2nd
week of school 4th hour schedule adjusted to build in announcements
(five minutes added, but announcements are taking eight
minutes) How do we get buy-in to show them?

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Use Naviance to target specific populations. Also make personal
recommendations, counseling and advising to students .
ACT Test Education and Prep through Naviance
Collect First-Generation Data for identification of college access
support.
College/Career Walls - Teachers will create their own mini
college or career wall to encourage conversation with students
to enhance future planning. College Journey Posters; College
Journey for Staff Members (Red Zone); Road Trip Nation videos
College Fair & Career Fair- All classes will be scheduled to
attend the College Fair. The Career Fair is hosted at the ESC and
CRHS will advertise to students to attend.
Cardinals in College/Careers Seniors will be requested to
send in photos at their senior meeting and a phone caller will go
to parents of this years seniors in August encouraging parents to
send in photos.
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Incorporating soft skills into conversations and culture
of building; employers are listing that as a need and
requirement to be successful (work ethic, phone,
attendance, team work, interviewing skills, etc)
(advisory - making connections sessions?)
Ongoing Brenda M. Participation in scholarships and summer/school year
college readiness programs
Brenda presents to staff at beginning of year to promote
and share the huge benefits of Naviance; incorporate
training on how to use it
Maybe a Naviance Gem of the Month? Topics that are
relevant to that time of year (2-3 minutes each time)
Ongoing Brenda M. Participation in ACT Test Prep via Naviance
What kind of conversations need to happen between
staff and students to help make this relevant to those
who don’t see the purpose of the prep? November and
December staff meeting
Passport Day - Aug Brenda M. Creation of first generation list and Naviance flag/group
23 Counselors
Sherri Schendzielos How is this being collected? During CORE? Passport Day?
College door name plates; template to make uniform for
each staff member (Osseo and Centennial examples)
Brenda M.
SAAs Inviting more career visits to meet with students during
Yearlong CRHS Staff Cardinal Time and lunches to expose students to
Andrew Frosch workforce options, in addition to the college and
Lana Rice military opportunities we provide
Communication to parents on value of reporting
free/reduced and the access to educational resources
that are available to students (college application fee
waivers, scholarships) How do we share this information
with parents?
Walkthrough Data
CRT Windows and Mirrors Audit Activity
New college/careers posters will be present in the
building, and teachers’ classrooms.
Teacher interviews…”Who Am I” of the week? Current
job, education, former jobs, why did you pick this career?
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Advanced Learner Course Enrollment Goals. Staff will Registration Fair HSAC CRHS Enrollment Demographics (HSAC Report)
explain to students the differences between regular, honors and Counselors CRHS 15 year trend
advanced courses; while encouraging them to participate in Administration Equity in Honors Enrollment
advanced courses in their career pathway. HSAC will pull grade Advanced Course Enrollment
level data to encourage student registration in honors levels Success rate for students enrolled in advanced courses?
courses. AP Boot Camp results
Does enrollment in advanced classes match school
demographics?

Building MCA Goals

Math MCA Prep
By the end of the 2018 school year, 46.2% of all students will score at or
above grade level proficiency on the All Accountability MCA Math
Assessments. (The 2017 cohort of students scored a 36.6% proficiency
rate.)

Reading
By the end of the 2018 school year, 55.3% of all students will score at or
above grade level proficiency on the All Accountability MCA Reading
Assessments. (The 2017 cohort of students scored a 53.5% proficiency
rate.)

Science
By the end of the 2018 school year, 70.0% of all students will score at or
above grade level proficiency on the All Accountability MCA Science
Assessments. (The 2017 cohort of students scored a 61.7% proficiency
rate.)

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