mullen

Mullen Elementary

Action Plans and Steps

We will create partnerships between home, school, and community to support student success.

Action Plan

1.1;

Specific Result:

Create school level Action Teams for Partnerships

Administrator Responsible:

Support staff, MESCA, Teachers, Prin.

Action Steps

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Increase parent participation in Mullen Elementary
School Parent Community Organization
(MESCA).
Develop a Team to actively support family
involvement.
--Team includes parents, community and staff.
--Enroll MESCA in the National Network of
Partnership Schools.
--District is enrolling all schools in this network.
Develop a team of "Room Parents"/Grade Level
"Parents" to support classrooms and programs.
Establish a systematic program which encourages
parents/guardians to volunteer three hours per
school year for each of their children, such as
"Three for Me".

Social Worker,
Counselor, MESCA,
Grade Level Teach

Status/Comment:

The MESCA group and the Family Involvement Support Team are established, but their work is on going.

Establish a Family Resource Center in the front
foyer of the school.
Message Board visible when one enters the
building
Information provided to parents such as:
community opportunities for parents and students,
parenting skills, district policies, school calendar,
and school programs

Social Worker,
Counselor, School Nurse,
MESCA, Sta

Status/Comment:

Plans are being made for the new Family Resource Center at Lake Hills Elementary School.

School Year 2006-07

Mullen Elementary

Action Plans and Steps

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Create a Mullen School Brochure
Create a Mullen School Handbook
Create a Grade Level Procedure Packet
Create a "Parent Connected to Parents"
phone/email book.

Grade Level Teachers,
Staff, Parent Volunteers

Status/Comment:

Permission is being sought from parents to share telephone numbers.
Teachers are working on developing grade level packets.

Update Mullen's Webpage regularly with the
purpose of informing parents and the community

MCAS Technology
Department

Status/Comment:

Event information is submitted to the district calendar.

Action Plan

1.2;

Specific Result:

Assist families with parenting skills and setting home conditions to support children as students.

Administrator Responsible:

Social Worker and School Counselor, Grade Level Te

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Provide quarterly workshops to support parent
needs.
Utilize local resources such as Police Department,
Hospital, Mental Health Agencies, Dunebrook,
Chamber of Commerce, Social Security
Administration for programs such as:
" Homework Help
" Financial Planning
" Parenting Skills
" Gang Awareness

Social Worker and
School Counselor, Grade
Level Te

Status/Comment:

Workshops are scheduled each year based on needs and availability.

School Year 2006-07

Mullen Elementary

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Improve communication between school and
home:
Implement through: newsletters, local radio,
television, telephone, School Messenger, email,
websites or others.
--Send quarterly calendar updates and changes
home with report cards.
--Increase parent involvement at Mullen to
strength bonds between home and school.

Social Worker and
School Counselor, Grade
Level Te

Status/Comment:

These action steps require on going implementation.

Reduce tardies/absences by creating early
awareness:
--Target problems
--Send letters explaining attendance issues
Inform parents of attendance policy.
--Personally contact parents of children with
attendance or tardy issues through: phone calls,
home visits, and at school.

Social Worker and
School Counselor, Grade
Level Te

Status/Comment:

Addition of an attendance officer has supported this action step.

Celebrate Families and Learning:
--Hold quarterly Awards Assembly honoring
student achievement, parents and community.
--Hold special family events such as: Muffins for
Moms, Donuts for Dads, Greetings to
Grandparents, Fun Fair, Math Night, Reading
Night.
--Hold special community events such as
Volunteer Appreciation Night.

Social Worker and
School Counselor, Grade
Level Te

Status/Comment:

School Year 2006-07

Mullen Elementary

Action Plans and Steps

Action Plan

1.3;

Specific Result:

Create Partnerships with community members and local businesses

Administrator Responsible:

Social Worker and School Counselor, Grade Level Te

Action Steps

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Seek and establish partnerships with community
members/local businesses:
--Local businesses/community organizations
supporting students with incentives, and
knowledge.
--Hours for Ours mentoring program.
--Purdue North Central partnerships for tutoring.

Social Worker and
School Counselor, Grade
Level Te

Status/Comment:

Area businesses provide continuous support to Mullen's initiatives.

Develop community involvement in classroom,
such as:
--Career Days
--Junior Achievement
--Quarterly Immersion Days

Social Worker and
School Counselor, Grade
Level Te

Status/Comment:

Community Involvement opportunities are on going.

Seek and establish financial partnerships with
community and local businesses, such as:
--Business partners to support Mullen with
financial contributions to support student
academic, social and emotional success
--Grant funding (Title I, MCEF, Dunebrook, Unity
Foundation and others) to support school and
classroom programs, such as: Family Study Trips,
Economics Education, Literacy Programs.
--Collaboration with transportation
(school/community) to eliminate transportation
barriers for parental involvement at Mullen School.

Social Worker and
School Counselor, Grade
Level Te

Status/Comment:

Area businesses provide continuous support to Mullen. New partnerships are sought.

School Year 2006-07

Mullen Elementary

Action Plans and Steps

We will provide support to ensure successful transitions for all students.

Action Plan

2.1;

Specific Result:

Provide opportunities to help new families feel welcome at Mullen School.

Administrator Responsible:

Grade Level Teachers, School Secretary, Counselor,

Action Steps

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Provide the grade level procedure packet to new
families when they enroll:
--Packets may include/not limited to the following:
MCAS Handbook and Code of Behavior, Mullen
Brochure: Mission Statement, Objectives, and
School Tactics, teacher procedures, classroom
supply list, (provided by grade level teams), extra
curricular activities, staff directory, web page
information, and/or Volunteer Interest Survey

Grade Level Teachers,
School Secretary,
Counselor,

Meet with parents of late enrollees to exchange
information and develop relationships:
--Meetings will be held at school or at homes
within two weeks of enrollment
--Complete a volunteer interest survey at the
meeting with the counselor

Social Worker/
Counselor/Gr. Level
Teacher,
Secr

Provide tour and staff introductions to new
enrollees and their parents (counselor, social
worker, nurse, principal, adult etc).

Office and support staff

Action Plan

2.2;

Specific Result:

Maintain academic progress from fifth to sixth grade.

Administrator Responsible:

Grade Level Teachers and Principal

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School Year 2006-07

Mullen Elementary

Action Plans and Steps

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Grade Level Teachers and Principal meet with
2nd-5th grade parents at the end of the second
quarter to:
--Inform about national and state standards and
assessments.
--Provide parents the opportunity to discuss their
child's ISTEP results.

Principal, 2nd -5th grade
teachers

Status/Comment:

Principal meets with parent of all ISTEP failures during the second quarter. Parents are provided with opportunities to
meet with the classroom teachers regarding ISTEP. School's ISTEP scores are presented at a spring Family Night.

Collaboration between Fifth and Sixth grade
teachers to plan a Middle School experience
which may include:
--Departmentalized instruction; practicing opening
locker locks; and
--Five minute passing periods, opportunities for
students to "shadow" a middle student for a day.

Fifth, Sixth Teachers,
Counselor, Social
Worker, N

Status/Comment:

Collaboration between the middle school and the Mullen Staff provided fifth grade students transitional experiences.

Contact all parents personally to ensure 100%
enrollment in transition camp held in August.
--Phone calls will be made to all families of new
sixth graders.
--Host a celebration for Mullen sixth graders that
attend transition camp.

Parents, Counselor,
Social Worker, Nurse,
Principa

Status/Comment:

Telephone calls were made to all fifth grade parents who did not return transition camp enrollment forms.

Mentoring of six grade students by school staff,
such as:
--Phone calls
--Email
--Correspondence of encouragement.

Status/Comment:

Fifth grade teachers and Principal visited and provided encouragement to Mullen Alumni at the middle school in
September of 2008.

School Year 2006-07

Mullen Elementary

Action Plans and Steps

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Host a Mullen Alumni Event for sixth graders.

Parents, Counselor,
Social Worker, Nurse,
Principa

Status/Comment:

2007-08 Mullen Alumni event was held on June 17, 2008. Students will be invited to Lake Hills open house.

Action Plan

2.3;

Specific Result:

Provide opportunities to support students and staff make a smooth transition to Lake Hills Elementary School
from Mullen Elementary School.

Administrator Responsible:

Grade Level Teachers and Principal

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Establish a committee of staff to hire new staff
members for the new four section building.

Principal, MCEA Building
Representative

Status/Comment:

Pending MCAS personnel office procedures.

Establish collaborative time for new grade level
teams to develop curriculum maps integrating
state standards, grade level curriculum materials.

MCAS District, Staff,
Principal

Status/Comment:

Grade level teams are currently completely monthly curriculum maps. Presently, grade level teams collaborative time is
during ancillary schedules.

Establish protocol for data collection and data
analysis to ensure that student achievement
continues and the new school earns AYP yearly:
--Grade Level Teams established
--Data Collection and analysis process in place

Grade Level Teams,
Principal

Status/Comment:

Protocol is established for data collection and analysis for student achievement. Mullen made AYP in 2007.

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Mullen Elementary

Action Plans and Steps

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Establish collaborative time for grade level teams
to participate in cross grade level collaboration
quarterly:
--Set quarterly benchmark
--Track student achievement
--Review and revise instructional strategies after
data analysis has been completed.

Grade Level Teams,
Principal, Bank Day

Status/Comment:

Protocol is established for data collection and analysis for student achievement.

Determine process for the move to the new
school:
--Parent and student volunteers
--Agree on a method to sort through instructional
materials to ensure that only relevant and useful
material is moved to the new building.

Staff, Principal

Status/Comment:

The process has begun. Parents and students have helped. First day at Lake Hills is scheduled for Feb. 20, 2009.

School Year 2006-07

Mullen Elementary

Action Plans and Steps

We will create learning communities to support students' social, emotional and academic achievement.

Action Plan

3.1;

Specific Result:

Enhance collaboration and instruction by creating learning communities for Mullen Staff

Administrator Responsible:

Principal and PLC Coordinator

Action Steps

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Dialogue with the MCAS District about securing a
person to coordinate school wide Professional
Learning Communities (PLC).

Mullen staff and principal

Status/Comment:

Four staff members attend district sponsored PLC training. District hired a PLC consultant to work with school's staff.

Arrange for staff to attend the PLC summer
Institute in Lincolnshire, IL.

Mullen staff and principal

Provide the opportunity for one staff member from
each action team to be included in leadership
training for PLC.

Mullen staff and principal

Arrange for the MCAS District PLC Coordinator to
do a PLC workshop for the entire staff during the
first bank day of the year, or within the first
semester.

Mullen staff and principal

Status/Comment:

PLC consultant will work with school staffs during the 2008-09 school year.

Obtain resource materials from the district
including books and videos for each PLC team.

Mullen staff and principal

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Mullen Elementary

Action Plans and Steps

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Dialogue with the district to obtain adequate
ancillary staff to provide common
planning/collaboration time for grade level
teachers that may include:
" One full time music teacher, one full time
art teacher, one full time PE teacher,
" One full time library secretary (that can
supervise students independently),
" One full time technology teacher (that can
supervise students independently).

Mullen staff and principal

Status/Comment:

Library and technology personnel can now supervise students. Ancillary staff are part-time.

Dialogue with the district to provide ancillary
services to full day kindergarten students, so
teachers can collaborate.

Mullen staff and principal

Status/Comment:

Dialogue has occurred, however, ancillary services are not provided for kindergarten staff.

Provide a more consistent schedule for each
grade level using the ancillary staff for
collaboration/planning.

Mullen staff and principal

Status/Comment:

Grades 1-5 teams have between 45- 90 minutes of uninterrupted planning time; a minimum of two times per week.

Allot one third of the bank days (i.e. 2/6) for the
development of PLC teams.

Mullen staff and principal

Status/Comment:

Scheduled for the 2008-09 school year.

Partner cross-grade levels to take turns
supervising each others' students during
assemblies (i.e. fire safety…) to increase
collaboration time.

PLC coordinator, and
principal

Status/Comment:

Staff may choose to supervise cross grades during assemblies.

School Year 2006-07

Mullen Elementary

Action Plans and Steps

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Suggest that staff incorporate their PLC into their
professional growth plan.

Mullen staff and principal

Focus on the social, emotional and academic
needs of Mullen students during PLC's research.

Mullen staff and principal

Continue administering and adjusting quarterly
assessments collaboratively and have teachers
discuss strengths and weaknesses during bank
days with grade levels (in the areas of math,
reading, and writing). Submit meeting minutes to
the Principal.

Principal and Mullen staff

Status/Comment:

This is an on going process.

Assess strengths and weaknesses (math,
reading, and writing), re-evaluate current
strategies. Adjust instruction to fit the strengths
and weaknesses of students.

Principal, Mullen Staff

Status/Comment:

This is an on going process.

Utilize PLC rituals and ceremonies to recognize
and celebrate teacher and staff contributions.

Principal, MESCA, Mullen
Staff

Status/Comment:

Staff members are recognized through personal notes and Principal Friday Notes.

Review and revise the PLC program at Mullen
School twice a year.

Principal, Mullen Staff

Status/Comment:

Duroing the 2008-09 school year district consultant will assist staff in PLC programing.

Action Plan

3.2;

Specific Result:

Create learning communities for students to promote social, emotional, and academic achievement.

Administrator Responsible:

Principal and PLC Coordinator

School Year 2006-07

Mullen Elementary

Action Plans and Steps

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Implement a student led learning community to
develop appropriate emotional and social
behaviors as well as conflict resolution.

EAP room coordinator,
counselor, and social
worker

Status/Comment:

All students were educated in conflict resolution skills; counselor-led groups addressed students that needed more
support. Students have jobs and responsibilities during the school day.

Establish an Enrichment Program after school,
targeting the top 10% of Mullen students in grades
K-5 (recommended by teachers and staff). They
will engage in various activities that will help to
further develop their strengths and higher level
thinking skills.

Status/Comment:

Retired teacher volunteer provides enrichment instruction in math to third/fifth grade students weekly. After school
lifeskill class began in November 2008.

Educate students on setting achievable goals
during the school day and during parent teacher
conferences.

Teachers, Social Worker,
Principal, Counselor, and

Recruit parents and community members to
initiate and organize playground activities and
games during recess.

MESCA, and Hours for
Hours

Status/Comment:

This is one of MESCA's goals for 2008-09 school year.

Schedule Mullen students to complete the MCAS
"Challenge Education Course" annually.

Teachers, Social Worker
and counselors

Status/Comment:

Two grade levels have completed the Challenge Education Course and others are scheduled.

We will utilize PLC rituals and ceremonies to
recognize and celebrate student achievement.

Principal, Teachers, and
MESCA

Status/Comment:

Student academic, attendance and behavior accomplishments are celebrated at school-wide quarterly assemblies and
monthly in the classrooms.

School Year 2006-07

Mullen Elementary

Action Plans and Steps

We will enable students to develop and achieve their educational and personal learning plan.

Action Plan

4.1;

Specific Result:

Establish the process for the developmental of Personalized Learning Plans at the pre-kindergarten through
fifth grade level.

Administrator Responsible:

Action Steps

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Design a PLP template to include
pre-kindergarten through fifth grade using
technology/programs with access to information
by students, parents, and teachers.
PLP Committee will develop a template for all
grade levels to pilot for one year.
--Template will include goals for education (
including State standards, I-Step, & quarterly
assessments), social, and extra curricular needs
of the whole child as well as their strengths and
weaknesses.
--Template will work with on line Report cards /
Curriculum maps
--Original Committee will meet to revisit
successes and/ or difficulties in implementation of
templates.
--Committee will survey the
teachers/parents/students.
--Include a hard copy at the end of the year in the
permanent records at the end of the year.

Action Team 4,
Technology support,
input from te

Status/Comment:

Template has been created. Waiting for district to begin trainings. District has trained and is implementing PLP at the
Middle School. Middle School has been contacted by Mullen's principal for their PLP implementation plan.

School Year 2006-07

Mullen Elementary

Action Plans and Steps

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Introduce the teachers/ parents/children and
community to PLP's, which may include:
--In house professional development for teachers.
--Open House, with parents to explain the PLP.
--Distribute materials published by the district to
help inform the community (school Newspaper
provided by the Newspaper Editor, News Dispatch
provided by the district since it is in their plan).
--Design a tri-fold explaining the PLP to distribute
to parents.
--Include information about PLP in the take home
packet that will be provided at the beginning of
year.

Action Team 4,
Technology support,
input from te

Establish time during the school day for teachers,
mentors, parents, guidance counselors, and/or
teaching assistants to assist students on a one on
one basis in writing/updating and revisiting their
personal learning plans. Possible ways to develop
PLP:
--During computer lab time.
--During SSR time.
--Combine classes with flex teaching.
Parent/teacher and child's first conference to be
done by the end of the first quarter.
--Ensure that all new incoming or transfer
students will develop a PLP within nine weeks of
their enrollment date.

Staff/ Principal

School Year 2006-07

Mullen Elementary

Action Plans and Steps

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Expose students to information on diverse career
opportunities, extra learning opportunities, and
cultural experiences, health and safety, and
physical activities for all children pre-kindergarten
through fifth grade., such as:
" Spring Career days.
" Extra curricular class for all students.
" Field trips.
" In house speakers/presenters.
" Family nights.
" Integrate community opportunities into
classroom discussions.
" School Newspaper.
" Take home fliers.
" Family Resource Center

Mullen Staff/ MCAS
District Office, Tactic
Team 4

Status/Comment:

This is an on going process.

School Year 2006-07