The New Lebanon Local School District is committed to maintaining a district-wide focus on high achievement for all students. The District Leadership Team uses a data-driven decision-making process to identify critical needs for the district as a whole and for each school. Based on these needs, the Team developed a three-year plan with goals and research-based strategies. During the next three years, we will continue to collect, review, and analyze data to make sure our instructional practices are having a positive impact on student performance.

The following Goals and Strategies are critical in our Continuous Improvement Plan:

Goal 1

By June 2024, New Lebanon Local Schools will increase student achievement and growth for all students with a focus on gap closing on state and local English Language Arts assessments resulting in yearly progress as Indicated by:

An increase yearly in percent of students proficient at each tested grade level by 5%.  A yearly increase in performance of targeted groups of 10% in ELA for Economically Disadvantaged and Students with Disabilities. Overall Value Added met yearly.

Strategies

1.    Implementation of evidence-based instructional strategies in fluency, vocabulary and comprehension in order to increase student achievement and growth in literary and informational text for all learners

2.    Implementation of effective K-12 instruction and intervention strategies including Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) processes, to increase student achievement and growth.

Goal 2

By June 2024, New Lebanon Local Schools will increase student achievement and growth for all students with a focus on gap closing on state and local math assessments resulting in yearly progress as Indicated by:

An increase yearly in percent of students proficient at each tested grade level by 5%. A yearly Increase in performance of targeted groups by 10% in math for Economically Disadvantaged and Students with Disabilities. Overall Value Added met yearly.

Strategies

1.    Implementation of evidence-based math instruction for math facts, math vocabulary; geometry in order to increase student achievement and growth in number sense and modeling and reasoning for all learners

2.    Implementation of effective K-12 instruction and intervention strategies including Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) processes, to increase student achievement and growth.

Goal 3

By June 2024, 95% of students will meet minimum standards for promotion at each grade level.

Strategies

1.    Cultivate district-wide core beliefs to promote an environment supporting college and career success.

2.    Increase student and parent engagement in schools to improve school climate and attendance.