School Innovation and Improvement Plan At-a-Glance

• 2023-2024
• Forestdale Elementary School
• Region 6
• Jennifer Cunneen, Principal  

English Language Arts Strategies

Outcome: Ensure students are making sufficient progress to be on grade level in English Language Arts.

Goal: By the end of the 2023-24 school year, 50% of students grades 1-3 at Forestdale Elementary School will demonstrate grade level proficiency as measured by the iReady Screener.  This is an increase of 26 percentage points (from 24%) based on data from the 2022-23 school year.    

Strategy 1: Improve daily, systematic, explicit instruction in phonological awareness, phonics, and morphology in the core language arts block. 

Strategy 2: Expand use of conversation structures to increase academic talk and build relationships among students. 

Strategy 3: Expand access to evidence-based tier 1 instruction as well as intervention for students demonstrating risk in a multi-tiered system of supports. 

Mathematics Strategies

Outcome: Ensure students are making sufficient progress to be on grade level in Mathematics.

Goal: By the end of the 2023-24 school year, 70% of students in grade 3-6 will demonstrate grade level proficiency on the Virginia SOL.  This is an increase of 26 percentage points (from 44% unadjusted pass rate) based on the data from the 2022-23 school year.  

Strategy 1: Improve teachers’ implementation of Framework for Engaging & Student-Centered Mathematics Instruction.

Strategy 2: Use conversation structures to increase academic talk between students.

Strategy 3: Increase teacher implementation of explicit instruction and other components of effective mathematics intervention.

Wellness Strategies

Outcome: Ensure students feel safe, included, and supported in the school environment.

Goal: By the end of the 2023-24 school year, Forestdale will decrease their percentage of students considered chronically absent by 5 percentage points (from 25.9% to 20.9%), moving to Tier 2.

Strategy 1: Strengthening messaging to staff, students and families around attendance to school. Each stakeholder should be able to understand how daily attendance matters, not only for academic success, but because school offers an opportunity to develop social and emotional skills such as listening, paying attention, problem-solving and self-regulation, all which are needed to grow and learn.

Strategy 2: Strengthen school team practices to monitor attendance data and determine need for intervention and additional support.

Strategy 3: Create a school culture of engagement & belonging for students and families. Every staff, student, and family will feel safe and connected to the school community.

OTHER End of Year SMARTR Outcome

Goal: By the end of the 2023 - 2024 school year, Forestdale will increase our unadjusted pass rate by 10% (from 47.5% to 52%), demonstrating proficient understanding of the Virginia Department of Education Science Standards through 5th grade as demonstrated by the end of year 5th Grade Science SOL.

Strategy 1: Tier 1 and Tier 2 instruction and intervention will be planned intentionally.

Strategy 2: Students in Grades K -6 will have regular access to STEAM learning opportunities.

Strategy 3: Increase content and/ or pedagogy knowledge in science for all teachers.