INSTRUCTION
Sub-Committee
Co-Chairs
Chuck Potosnyak
Sharon Boeckenhauer
Recorder
Judy Peters
Committee Members
Marc Bathke
Ed Brogie
Carol Clark
Jim Clark
Jennie Danner
Melissa Haisch
Terri Haselhorst
Jill Hoesing
Maggie Huetig
Audrea Klassen
Sue Koch
Karla Pippitt
Clayton Steele
Paul Timm
Carol Uldrich

ACTION PLAN
Reading/Language Arts
Improvement of Instruction
Strategies
Activities
Who's Responsible
Date Due
Related
Staff Development
Implementation of Seven APL Strategies Check for Understanding
Agenda
Objectives
Seminars
Modeling
Active Participation
On-The-Clock		 Administration
Teachers
 August 1999 APL Training
10/2/98
12/14/98
4/6/00
2/7/01
9/12/01
9/13/01
10/19/01
9/18/02
12/9/03
1/26/04
Evidence of Success  
Administration observations and evaluations of classroom instruction and practices.
-Terra Nova
-Star Reading
-ACT
-Library Circulation
-PowerSchool
-CMS
-Teacher Survey
(APL Anecdotal
Self-Evaluations)
        
Strategies
Activities
Who's Responsible
Date Due
Related
Staff Development
Alignment of K-12 Reading and Language Arts Grade Level and Course Level Expectations with Nebraska L.E.A.R.N.S.
 		State Standards.
Match GLE's and CLE's to L.E.A.R.N.S.
Improvement of instruction in Reading and Language Arts.		 Language Arts Committee
Reading Committee
Administration 		Completed for L. Arts & Reading; Ongoing evaluation on at least an annual basis ESU training and workshops
(Summer 2000)
Evidence of Success
  
GLE's and CLE's aligned and published via student handbook/school web page.
Strategies
Activities
Who's Responsible
Date Due
Related
Staff Development
Utilization of
"Six-Traits Writing Process"		 Training and implementation of the teaching strategies. Language Arts Committee
Administration

Evaluation
Feb. 2001
Scoring
March 2001

Evaluation/Scoring
Feb./Mar. 2002

Evaluation/Scoring
Feb./Mar. 2003

 Training 2/9/01

Evaluator Training
Evidence of Success  
Language Arts portfolios
State Evaluation of student essays (Grades 4, 8, 11)
Strategies
Activities
Who's Responsible
Date Due
Related
Staff Development
Utilize HAL (High Ability Learner) Plan to improve reading instruction. Explore/utilize
the following:
-Odyssey of the Mind
-Nebraska Academic
Decathalon
-Accelerated Reading
-Pilot compacting
-Acceleration activities one Friday per month
-Future Kids (PowerPoint, etc.)
-Electric Library
-Middle Search
-Destination Imagination

Instruction Committee

HAL Coordinator

Classroom Teacher

Reading Committee

Administration

 Annual

ESU Gifted Workshop

Accelerated Reading Training

Duolog Video Training

NE Association for Gifted
(NAG) Conference
Evidence of Success  
Terra Nova
CMS
ACT
Star Reading
Strategies
Activities
Who's Responsible
Date Due
Related
Staff Development
Explore On-line Lesson Plan Project. Submission of grant application.

 


Administration

Feb. 2001

 

  
Develop On-Line Lesson Plan Format Instruction Committee See Part A
"Plan of Operation"Chart of Excellence in Education Grant Proposal.		 See Part A
"Plan of Operation"Chart of Excellence in Education Grant Proposal.
Evidence of Success  
Instruction Committee final reports for
each year.