Environmental Scan
Piney Creek Elementary School
Welcome to PCS (in 1920)
About Our School
*175 Students enrolled
*Student-Teacher ratio 1:17
*88% Caucasian - 12% Hispanic
*7% of students have IEP and receive E.C. services
*56% free and reduced lunch
*Faculty - One principal, one assistant that also serves as a classroom teacher, 10 classroom teachers, 3 support staff, three resources teacher, three cafeteria staff, three bus drivers, two office staff, and one custodian
*94% are highly qualified
*38% have advanced degrees
*33% are NBCT
*School of Distinction for 2013-2014 school year
*Top Ten percent of Title I schools in the state
Location
*One of seven townships in the county (picture to the right)
*Piney Creek is 28.8 of the 236 square miles in the county
*In the 28.8 sq mi area there are 849 people
*Most of those people work in manufacturing, education, construction, or agriculture idustries
Targeted Students: Hispanic Subgroup
*no disability outside of language barrier
*one ESL and Spanish teacher splits two half days at our school to teach K-5 Spanish and meet ESL needs
*we could greatly improve school scores with improvement of this group
Characteristics of This Student Group
Hispanic Students at PCS
*As shown above in NC Report Card only 30.8% passed both reading and Math EOGs
*That data doesn't include our second grade or Pre-K students
*2 migrant students
*3 ELL students
*rest of 12% are Hispanic but raised in English speaking homes
Action Plan
A Plan for Growth
School: Piney Creek Elementary School
School Improvement Objectives: raise achievement among the Hispanic students at PCS from 30% pass rate (as shown in figure 13) to 50% in three years
Rationale: Due to data showing Hispanic students are a sub-group at PCS, targeted steps will be taken to raise achievement
Activities
Step 2: Increase the technology to which these students have access.
Step 3: Create opportunities for more parent involvement and communication by hosting parents nights each quarter.
More ESL Support for Hispanic Students
Additional Technology 1:1 Initiative
Educational and Interactive Parent Nights
Professional Development
*Technology training
*Parent Nights (brainstorming ideas, making a night parents WANT to attend, new and changing objectives: make and take nights etc. )
Reflection
*The demographics as numbers
*The ability I have to enact change
*A step-by-step process to improve the situation for a subgroup of students