Lincoln School Plan 2003/04

Lincoln Middle School was a 6-8 school with an enrollment of 753 in 2003/04. To review Lincoln's state Academic Performance Index scores since 2000 click here. Here is the latest STAR data available from the state of California for Lincoln.

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Single School Plan Components

Fall 2003

1. What are the major strategies in your plan?

Writing/Language Arts

• Schedule students into two teams per grade level to coordinate instruction, develop intervention plans, ensure communication with home and to motivate students.
• Intervention Class for each grade level with the school's regular schedule.
• Train Intervention class teachers in Success Maker and provide planning time to coordinate support materials and resources.
• Implement language arts adoptions of Prentice Hall materials to support state standards curriculum in grades six to eight.
• Implement 6 Trait Writing in all language arts classes.

ELL

• Support English Language Learners and Redesignated ELL Learners with appropriate curriculum and highly qualified teachers.

Math

• Advanced 6th grade students, as determined by the district matrix, will receive direct instruction to prepare them for an advanced math course in Fall 2004.

Differentiated Instruction

• Support proficient and advanced students for success in classroom work that are demonstrating less than 2.0 GPA.

Test Taking Techniques

• Support Hispanic students, as self-identified on district SASI information system in developing academic skills necessary to meet and/or exceed state standards.
2. What are your inquiry questions?

Student Achievement Questions

• Are the students below the 50th percentile as identified in the California Standards Test receiving interventions demonstrating improvement as measured by multiple measures?
• Are the students that are identified as English Language Learners, or that are resdesignated from the ELL program into mainstream classes, demonstrating improvement as measure by multiple measures?
• Are the students of excpetionally high math abilities (GATE/advanced) receiving direct instruction that will prepare them to participate in math classes delivering curriculum above the State standards for math?
• Are the students identified as proficient by California Standards Tests and district multiple measures also demonstrating class work achievement at or above a 2.0 GPA?
• Are the students that identify themselves as Hispanic on district forms demonstrating improvement as measured by multiple measures and specifically the California Standards Test?

Teacher Practice Questions

• Do teachers delivering the intervention classes have a common udnerstanding of the curriculum avaiiable to support student academic success including the use of the computer-based program Success Maker?
• Do teachers have a common understanding of what implementation looks like in 6 Trait Writing classrooms?
• Do all teachers have a common understanding of implementation of the Prentice Hall standards based curriculum looks like?
• Do all language arts teachers use the Prentice Hall second language Learner materials consistently in core classes?
• Do teachers have a common understanding of how to differentiate materials for advanced learners, strategic learners, intensive learners, ELL learners and redesignated ELL learners?
• Do math teachers have a common understanding of how to identify advanced students that are able to work above the state standards in math curriculum for their grade level?
• Do math teachers have a common understanding of what curriculum will be delivered to prepare students for advanced work above the state standards for each grade level 6-8?
• Do teachers have have SASI information for self-identifying Hispanic students?
• Do teachers have a common understanding of direct instruction in testing strategies and testing in the STAR testing format?

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