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Action Plan
School: JoAnn Leleck Elementary School at Broad Acres (JLESBA)
Grades: Pre-K to 5th Grade
Date: October 23rd, 2017
SIP Goals/Objectives: Teachers will learn how to use culturally responsive teaching as a tool to help dependent learners develop the cognitive skills
or higher order thinking and provide multiple opportunities throughout the day to engage in explicit vocabulary instruction in order to increase
comprehension of text in reading and math.
Media Center Objective: Integrate Information Literacy skills and culturally responsive resources to create a positive literacy experience.
Research Strategy: Students will use the Media Center to extend their academic achievement in all subject areas by working on content related
projects or assignments with using information texts and literature that are culturally inclusive to enhance curriculum goals.

Results
Monitoring Tools or Monitoring (include evaluation
Action Steps/ Objectives/ Person(s)
Resources Needed Data Points (formative Date and by of processes for
Processes Timeline Responsible
& summative) Whom: effectiveness and
efficiency)
Increase 21st century information • School • Google Forms survey during • Professional Monthly after Collect results of
literacy skills of professional staff Library pre-service meeting completed Development sessions each PLC views (must sign
and students to create Professional Media during professional day offered once per month meeting: into school account
Learning Communities (PLC) Specialist scheduled meetings for higher o 3 Sessions Lead by • SLMS to view) from a free
for professional staff with (SLMS) return/ feedback to determine SLMS or Staff • Staff website account with
opportunities to integrate in • Technology differentiated groupings of staff Development offering Development Vlog showing how
curricular projects. Specialist to meet monthly based on skills differentiated Teacher to integrate available
• Staff needed information technologies into
Development • Media Center before and after o Google Forms survey specific curricular
Teacher school for PLCs stating skill utilized/ areas
integrated into their
teaching/ lessons/ etc.
Increase circulation of culturally • SLMS • Purchase professionally • Circulation reports • End of each Purchase award
inclusive and competent texts both • Voluntary reviewed texts (ex: School o View titles of texts Marking winning and
literature and informational text Staff Library Journal (SLJ), American that have been Period literature reviewed
presented in various formats Library Association (ALA)) recently purchased (quarterly) children's books that
including graphic novels, picture • Both online and handwritten log and the number of represent
books, texts with high quality text for teacher requested texts times they have been the cultures of the
features, and electronic books (e- • Book Trailers by SLMS checked out JLESBA
books). community.
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Results
Monitoring Tools or Monitoring (include evaluation
Action Steps/ Objectives/ Person(s)
Resources Needed Data Points (formative Date and by of processes for
Processes Timeline Responsible
& summative) Whom: effectiveness and
efficiency)
Create a welcoming and • SLMS • SLMS • Sign in sheet required • Each Friday Mornings and
comfortable environment for • Media • Flexible seating when attending Marking Afternoons
students and their families to visit Assistant o Couch (With posted • Parent circulation Period SLMS attendance will be
biweekly by creating media center • Other expectations or sign up) • Book return cart for and recorded. Projects
hours outside of the school day to teachers that • Books in other languages books read by families volunteers displayed will also
increase circulation of high quality volunteer on • Passes to allow families to enter IN the library to tally the sign represent the
materials that have vocabulary rotating basis outside of school hours determine texts read or in and look at effectiveness of the
connected to the curriculum to increase • Schedule of dates posted on previewed while reading reports program.
embedded and literacy development their class' school website and on outside • Follow-up projects with • Parents and
for families. attendance in window curriculum ties for Patrols that
library • Connect ED phone calls sent to families to complete volunteer to
families that signed up or giving with student help with
the dates • Projects to display sign in
around school and in • Media Center
library staff
Increase and promote circulation of • SLMS • List of indicators by Marking • Circulation Data • Each Winners announced
award winning texts that reflect • Team Period to match content to • Award Winning Reading Marking during the morning
curriculum standards and represent Leaders by award winning literature Log Raffle Ticket Period count announcements.
students of JLESBA community grade level • Book Trailers of books • Book Trailers shown in Raffle Ticket Book Trailers will
using texts that have been awarded • Reading • Multiple copies for both class Reading Log be on the school
with Coretta Scott King and Bel Pre Specialist teachers and students to check • Teacher promoted books to see how website and given to
honors. out during curriculum content by curriculum contents many grade level teams
assigned week and read in class students were based on curriculum
• Pizza Hut Coupon Prizes for • Posters of books around reading the connection.
checking out and completing the school award-
content project winning
• Raffle to win copy of the book books
• Reading Logs/ Ticket to enter • Number of
raffle for copy of the book views on
Book Trailers
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Results
Monitoring Tools or Monitoring (include evaluation
Action Steps/ Objectives/ Person(s)
Resources Needed Data Points (formative Date and by of processes for
Processes Timeline Responsible
& summative) Whom: effectiveness and
efficiency)
Increase parent access to Destiny • Parent • Computers • Log from Montgomery • Linkages • Directions sent
Discover, ClassDojo, and other Coordinator o Chromebooks County Public staff record home to parents for
MCPS or MCPL online resources • Linkages to o Laptops Librarians of card yearly those who can’t
from home, Public Library, Learning o Desktops holders from our school parents/ attend trainings
and School to promote parents to Staff • Email Accounts • Orientation on how to families • Comcast number
stay involved and reflect on their • SLMS • Phones create email worked with to inquire for
student’s learning further • Local • Destiny Accounts for students • Chromebooks • SLMS student discount
motivating achievement with Outreach list • Parent coordinator records data • Number of parents
curriculum content. librarian • Comcast student discount and teaching parents how to at the using online tools
o Montgomery steps to get internet access at create email, download beginning of to communicate
County home apps, access digital the year and and access student
Public resources to stay end grades and other
Libraries updated with their • Parent learning resources
(MCPL)
student’s education Coordinator

Increase collection of high quality •   SLMS • Google Forms to collect titles • Destiny Discover • Data on new • Use keyword
nonfiction materials (electronic • Collaboration and/ or topics that need • Circulation Data material and searches using
included) tied into Common Core from CORE additional resources from • Teacher Feedback number of Destiny
State Standards (CCSS) in Science Team to get teachers resources by Discover to
and Social Studies. feedback on • Funds to purchase materials topic within determine number
topics to o Title 1 Funding each subject of resources
integrate shared available on
from monthly specific topics
instructors (based on from CCSS
when content
taught) with
Core Team
Leaders by
the SLMS
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Results
Monitoring Tools or Monitoring (include evaluation
Action Steps/ Objectives/ Person(s)
Resources Needed Data Points (formative Date and by of processes for
Processes Timeline Responsible
& summative) Whom: effectiveness and
efficiency)
Lead the county initiated School • SERT • Staff Committee Members  • Monthly thought • Members of Energy and
Energy Recycling Team (SERT) as Rangers • Bulletin Board & BLOG provoking questions SERT Recycling Data
a Committee for both staff and (Student (Website) (posted in front (Student and collected monthly
students. Leaders) o Members of SERT hallway) Staff) will from MCPS SERT
  • SLMS meets displayed • Monitor classrooms check Office will be
bi-weekly o Graphs created by SERT weekly throughout the classrooms analyzed by both
with students Rangers showing day and offices staff and students
to assess how conservation and recycling • SERT classrooms bi-weekly quarterly based on
school is done throughout the grade •
announced as “winners” SERT results from the
meeting levels and building for saving the planet on students and previous year’s
SERT o Questions related to SERT announcements staff will energy use and
expectations that can be answered   report to recycling per person
• Other through email or BLOG school from that month
voluntary • Student made videos shared energy and
staff to join with school (and posted on recycling use
committee website) on ways to conserve monthly
and recycle using data
• MCPS SERT Poster Contest from MCPS’
o Student led information SERT Office
sessions by class on how  
to participate in MCPS
wide contest