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3 Buildings Known as West Elementary School 1st: 2 room school used from 1877-1910 2nd: 2 story brick building four classrooms 1910-1953 Current: Opened in 1953 Mr. Phil Winebrenner was Principal addition added in 1998.

Sycamore Community School district #427 Quality Framework for Illinois School district

West Goal #1:

Creating and maintaining a school wide PBIS system and Stem/Maker Space program.

• Standard 1 Continuous Improvements &

Standard II Culture and Climate Alignment to Strategic Design: *Leadership Vision *Learner Opportunities *Technology Vision *Stakeholder Vision

Ways that West is working to Meet this Goal:

*Classroom incentive *Point systems to reinforce classroom behavior *Dream Team Maker Space/Stem committee *Assemblies *WOW Assemblies monthly *Team *Reward Tickets/ incentives *Classroom goal incentives Theme days/ weeks *Future PBIS Committee

West Goal #2: School safety working on students social emotional well being.

Standard II Culture and Climate & Standard VI Family and Community Engagement

• Alignment to Strategic Design:

*Learner Opportunities *Technology Vision *Stakeholder Vision *Leadership Vision *Ways that we are meeting this goal

• ~2nd Step lessons
• ~School wide Drills
• ~ Procedures
• ~ Sensory Room
• ~Full-time Social Worker
• ~Monthly character traits
• ~Classroom expectations/ rules
• ~Doors being locked
• ~Brain breaks
• ~Building Leadership Team meets
• nce a month
• ~Supporting families and provide

resources out of the school building

• ~Future: Creating a Building Safety

Team

West Goal #3. Communicate well communicate often/ staff and grade levels have opportunity for vertical articulation.

Standard I Continuous Improvement, II. Culture and Climate, V. Educator and Employee Quality

• Alignment to Strategic

Design:

• *Leadership Vision
• *Learner Opportunities
• *Technology Vision
• *Stakeholder Vision

Ways that we are working to meet this goal

• Monthly Staff Meetings
• Second staff meeting of the

month vertical articulation

• Daily emails from Heather on

what is happening for the day

• Weekly agendas to staff
• Wow folders on Wednesdays
• E-blast sent to parents every

Monday

• Class remind, newsletters, e-

mails, phone calls

West Goal #4. Continue integrating technology into the classroom.

• Standard I Continuous

Improvement, IV Governance, Management, and Operations, VII Student Learning and Development Alignment to Strategic Design:

• *Leadership Vision
• *Learning Vision
• *Learning Growth Vision
• *Technology Vision
• *Stakeholder Vision
• Ways that West is working

to Meet this Goal:

• ~Smart boards in all

classrooms

• ~Elmo’s
• ~ Google classroom
• ~3rd-5th grade are 1:1

with chrome books

• District Institute Days

Added Sensory Room Helping with Social Emotional Learning (SEL)

~ Mini Basketball hoop

~ Body Sock ~ Weighted Blanket ~Punching/ Kicking Bag ~Crash Pad ~Wiggle Ball Chair ~Trampoline ~Physical Break Activities ~ Tent

Fred and Miller

3 days a week our 3rd Grade Friends read to Miller

1,000,000 Minute Reading Challenge

• Whole School wide Reading Incentive
• Dates: September 3rd-December 4th
• Gold, Silver, Bronze Book Awards
• Book Character Dress up Day
• Teacher Switcharoo
• Human Sundae
• Math Coach tied this in with Math and

worked on Math equations for 1,000,000 Staff is currently doing a book study with our Literacy Coach

• Total Minutes read: 1,001,157