School Innovation and Improvement Plan At-a-Glance

• 2023-2024

• Kent Gardens Elementary School

• Region 2

• Holly McGuigan, Principal

Reading 

Goal: Students reading on  grade level by the end of third grade.

Outcome: By Spring 2024, 80% of all students in grades 1-3 will make their within-year growth target on iReady reading. 
 

Strategy 1  

• Increase impact of tier 2 interventions for students demonstrating risk by using FCPS-recommended programs and practices with fidelity.
   

Strategy 2

• Expand use of skills-based grouping to ensure students demonstrate mastery of foundational skills.
   

Strategy 3

• Strengthen systematic and explicit writing instruction and provide opportunities to write throughout the day. 

Mathematics 

Goal: Growth and performance on state/national/international assessments in math. Successful completion of Algebra I by eighth grade.

Outcome: By Spring 2024, 80% of all students in grades 1-6 will make their within-year growth target on iReady math.
 

Strategy 1

• Improve teachers’ implementation of Framework for Engaging & Student-Centered Mathematics Instruction.
   

Strategy 2

• Increase teachers implementation strategies related to Shift 8: from looking for correct answers towards revealing student thinking.
   

Strategy 3

• Increase teacher implementation of explicit instruction and other components of effective mathematics intervention.
   

Academic Growth and Excellence

Goal: Growth with evidence in at least one/two self-identified Portrait of a Graduate skills, annually

Outcome: By the end of SY 2023-24, 100% of students will show growth as Communicators on POG self-reflections scored with the reflection on POG skill use rubric given at the beginning and end of the year.
 

Strategy 1

• The school will build an understanding with students, staff, and the community about why POG attributes and skills positively impact students within and beyond school.
   

Strategy 2

• Collaborative teams will align content knowledge and skills with POG attributes and skills.
   

Strategy 3

• Teachers will design and facilitate inquiry-based opportunities that elevate student voice and increase student engagement, to include initial learning about POG POL.