2016-2017 Garinger HighSchool Improvement Plan Report

School Improvement Plan

2016-2017

School Improvement Plans remain in effect for two years, but a School Leadership Team may amend as often as necessary or appropriate.

Draft Due: October 3, 2016 / Final Copy Due: October 18, 2016
Garinger High School Contact Information
School: / Garinger High School / Courier Number: / 397
Address: / 1100 Eastway Drive / Phone Number: / 980-343-6450
Charlotte, NC 28205 / Fax Number: / 980-343-1475
Learning Community / Beacon Learning Community / School Website: /
Principal: / Dr. Kelly Gwaltney
Learning Community Superintendent: / Kondra Rattley
Garinger High School School Improvement Team Membership
From GS §115C-105.27: “The principal of each school, representatives of the assistant principals, instructional personnel, instructional support personnel, and teacher assistants assigned to the school building, and parents of children enrolled in the school shall constitute a school improvement team to develop a school improvement plan to improve student performance. Representatives of the assistant principals, instructional personnel, instructional support personnel, and teacher assistants shall be elected by their respective groups by secret ballot....Parents serving on school improvement teams shall reflect the racial and socioeconomic composition of the students enrolled in that school and shall not be members of the building-level staff.”
Committee Position / Name / Email Address / Date Elected
Principal / Dr. Kelly Gwaltney /
Assistant Principal Representative / Janna Licata / / 9-7-2016
Teacher Representative / Cody Thompson, Chair / / 9-28-2016
Inst. Support Representative / Shalondia Anderson / / 9-7-2016
Teacher Assistant Representative / Martha Thomas / / 9-7-2016
Parent Representative / TBD
Parent Representative / TBD
Parent Representative / TBD

Vision Statement

District: CMS provides all students the best education available anywhere, preparing every child to lead a rich and productive life.

School: The vision of Garinger High School for the 21st century is to provide the opportunity for staff, parents and community to develop, through communication, a sense of ownership in the school, by nurturing them to become culturally competent, successful citizens.

Mission Statement

District: The mission of CMS is to maximize academic achievement by every student in every school.

School:The mission of Garinger is to prepare, empower, and expect every student to be productive and successful citizens in the future global economy.

Garinger High SchoolShared Beliefs

2016-2017 Garinger HighSchool Improvement Plan Report

• We believe that all students can learn, especially when given access to a rigorous educational environment that stimulates intellectual, social and personal growth.

• We believe that students must be prepared to work and live in the 21st century global environment.

• We believe that upon graduation students will be prepared to attend college, join the military or enter the workforce. • We believe that teachers have the power to change and motivate students.

• We believe that students hold the power within to change and motivate themselves.

• We believe fitness and healthy eating contributes to the physical and academic success of students

2016-2017 Garinger HighSchool Improvement Plan Report

Garinger High School SMART Goals

  • Provide a duty-free lunch period for every teacher on a daily basis.
  • Provide duty-free instructional planning time for every teacher under G.S. 115C-105.27 and -301.1, with the goal of providing an average of at least five hours of planning time per week, to the maximum extent that the safety and proper supervision of students may allow during regular student contact hours.
  • Provide a positive school climate, under CMS regulation JICK-R, by promoting a safe learning environment free of bullying and harassing behaviors.
  • Improve English II proficiency from 23.7% to 30%.
  • Improve Math 1 proficiency from 12.2% to 30%.
  • Improve Biology proficiency from 33% to 45%.

Garinger High SchoolAssessment Data Snapshot

Garinger High School
Reading / ALL / AMIN / ASIA / BLCK / HISP / MULT / WHTE / EDS / LEP / SWD / AIG
Participation Denominator / 492 / 3 / 42 / 221 / 205 / 4 / 17 / 315 / 135 / 52 / 8
Participation Percent / 96 / 0 / 93 / 96 / 96 / 0 / 0 / 96 / 96 / 94 / 0
Participation Status / Met / Insuf. / Not Met / Met / Met / Insuf. / Insuf. / Met / Met / Not Met / Insuf.
Math / ALL / AMIN / ASIA / BLCK / HISP / MULT / WHTE / EDS / LEP / SWD / AIG
Participation Denominator / 492 / 3 / 42 / 221 / 205 / 4 / 17 / 315 / 135 / 52 / 8
Participation Percent / 90 / 0 / 79 / 93 / 90 / 0 / 0 / 93 / 82 / 94 / 0
Participation Status / Not Met / Insuf. / Not Met / Not Met / Not Met / Insuf. / Insuf. / Not Met / Not Met / Not Met / Insuf.
Science / ALL / AMIN / ASIA / BLCK / HISP / MULT / WHTE / EDS / LEP / SWD / AIG
Participation Denominator / 303 / 2 / 15 / 156 / 119 / 3 / 8 / 191 / 43 / 28 / 7
Participation Percent / 92 / 0 / 0 / 92 / 93 / 0 / 0 / 97 / 70 / 0 / 0
Participation Status / Not Met / Insuf. / Insuf. / Not Met / Not Met / Insuf. / Insuf. / Met / Not Met / Insuf. / Insuf.
Current Year EOC / ALL / AMIN / ASIA / BLCK / HISP / MULT / WHTE / EDS / LEP / SWD / AIG
Participation Denominator / 1672 / 7 / 125 / 772 / 698 / 17 / 52 / 1065 / 457 / 194 / 13
Participation Percent / 96 / 0 / 97 / 97 / 94 / 0 / 94 / 96 / 97 / 96 / 0
Participation Status / Met / Insuf. / Met / Met / Not Met / Insuf. / Not Met / Met / Met / Met / Insuf.
ACT / ALL / AMIN / ASIA / BLCK / HISP / MULT / WHTE / EDS / LEP / SWD / AIG
Participation Denominator / 305 / 2 / 13 / 152 / 126 / 4 / 8 / 192 / 36 / 27 / 8
Participation Percent / 90 / 0 / 0 / 91 / 89 / 0 / 0 / 91 / 92 / 0 / 0
Participation Status / Not Met / Insuf. / Insuf. / Not Met / Not Met / Insuf. / Insuf. / Not Met / Not Met / Insuf. / Insuf.
ACT WorkKeys / ALL / AMIN / ASIA / BLCK / HISP / MULT / WHTE / EDS / LEP / SWD / AIG
Participation Denominator / 32 / 0 / 2 / 16 / 11 / 2 / 1 / 21 / 4 / 1 / 1
Participation Percent / 88 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
Participation Status / Not Met / ~ / Insuf. / Insuf. / Insuf. / Insuf. / Insuf. / Insuf. / Insuf. / Insuf. / Insuf.

Garinger High School Profile

Garinger is the oldest continuously operating high school in Charlotte, NC. Beginning as Charlotte High School, then becoming Central High School (on the current CPCC campus), Garinger moved to its current location in 1958. Garinger was once the largest and arguably one of the most successful high schools in North Carolina. Its unique architecture was featured in National Geographic Magazine in 1962. Garinger has a long and proud history, but the economic profile and demographic makeup of the campus and surrounding community has changed markedly over the past 40 years.

Garinger has also undergone several major organizational shifts in the past decade, from a comprehensive high school to five smaller schools-within-a-school, and back to the single comprehensive high school it is today. We offer a comprehensive Credit Recovery Program that operates continuously throughout the year, allowing students to recover classes at their own pace. Distinctive in the past few years, is the emergence and formation of the Garinger Education Foundation, formed by class on 1963, which has worked to give renewable scholarships to students who meet certain criteria. This foundation has also worked with community organizations on campus beautification projects. Friendship Garden has partnered with Garinger to create an Urban Garden. The goal of this program is to ensure that everyone has access to fresh, healthy food by teaching sustainable food production food for the local community. Garinger High School is the most diverse high school in all CMS. There are fifty-seven different language groups represented at Garinger.

Strategic Plan 2018: For a Better Tomorrow

Goal 1: Maximize academic achievement in a personalized 21st-century learning environment for every child to graduate college- and career-ready
Four focus areas:
  1. College- and career-readiness
  2. Academic growth/high academic achievement
  3. Access to rigor
  4. Closing achievement gaps
/ Goal 2: Recruit, develop, retain and reward a premier workforce
Five focus areas:
  1. Proactive recruitment
  2. Individualized professional development
  3. Retention/quality appraisals
  4. Multiple career pathways
  5. Leadership development

Goal 3: Cultivate partnerships with families, businesses,
faith-based groups and community organizations to provide a sustainable system of support and care for each child
Three focus areas:
  1. Family engagement
  2. Communication and outreach
  3. Partnership development
/ Goal 4: Promote a system-wide culture of safety, high engagement, cultural competency and customer service
Five focus areas:
  1. Physical safety
  2. Social and emotional health
  3. High engagement
  4. Cultural competency
  5. Customer service

Goal 5: Optimize district performance and accountability by
strengthening data use, processes and systems
Four focus areas:
  1. Effective and efficient processes and systems
  2. Strategic use of district resources
  3. Data integrity and use
  4. School performance improvement
/ Goal 6: Inspire and nurture learning, creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship through technology and strategic school redesign
Four focus areas:
  1. Learning everywhere, all the time
  2. Innovation and entrepreneurship
  3. Strategic school redesign
  4. Innovative new schools

SMART Goal (1):
Duty Free Lunch for Teachers / Provide a duty-free lunch period for every teacher on a daily basis.
Strategic Plan Goal: / Goal 2:Recruit, develop, retain and reward a premier workforce
Strategic Plan Focus Area: / Retention/quality appraisals
Data Used: / Power School Master Schedule
Strategies(determined by what data)
  • Task
  • Task
  • Task (PD)
/ Point Person
(title) / Evidence of Success
(Student Impact) / Funding
(estimated cost / source) / Personnel Involved / Timeline
(Start—End)
  • Interim Dates

1. Master schedule created so that each teacher receives one prep period / Bracey (AP), Forshee (AP) / Each teacher teaches a maximum of three periods daily. / $0 / Principal, Assistant Principals Bracey and Forshee / May 2016- August 2016
2. Alternative coverage during lunches / Barbour (Dean) / Teachers will be assigned a duty that will not conflict with duty-free lunch. / $0 / Principal, Assistant Principals, Deans / August 2016
3. Schedule third period meetings and professional developments so that they do not conflict with duty-free lunches / Licata (AP) / Teachers will not be scheduled to attend meetings during their duty-free lunch. / $0 / Assistant Principal / August 2016-June 2017
SMART Goal(2):
Duty Free Instructional Planning Time / Provide duty-free instructional planning time for every teacher under G.S. 115C-105.27 and -301.1, with the goal of proving an average of at least five hours of planning time per week, to the maximum extent that the safety and proper supervision of students may allow during regular student contact hours.
Strategic Plan Goal: / Goal 5:Optimize district performance and accountability by strengthening data use, processes and systems
Strategic Plan Focus Area: / Effective and efficient processes and systems school performance improvement
Data Used: / Power School Master Schedule
Strategies(determined by what data)
  • Task
  • Task
  • Task (PD)
/ Point Person
(title) / Evidence of Success
(Student Impact) / Funding
(estimated cost / source) / Personnel Involved / Timeline
(Start—End)
  • Interim Dates

1.Hire sufficient teachers to ensure adequate supervision of students / Dr. Gwaltney (Principal), Forshee, Bracey, Licata, and Tornfelt (APs) / Student to teacher ratio maintained at a manageable level; growth is evident in EOC, ACT and SAT results. / $0 / Principal, Assistant Principals / June 2016- August 2016
2. Schedule a minimum of one prep period in each teacher’s schedule / Bracey (AP) / Each teacher is allotted one prep period per day; growth is evident in EOC, ACT and SAT results. / $0 / Assistant Principal / May 2016- August 2016
SMART Goal(3):
Anti-Bullying / Character Education / Provide a positive school climate, under CMS regulation JICK-R, by promoting a safe learning environment free of bullying and harassing behaviors.
Strategic Plan Goal: / Goal 4: Promote a system-wide culture of safety, high engagement, cultural competency and customer service
Strategic Plan Focus Area: / Physical safety, Social and emotional health, Cultural competency
Data Used: / 2016/17 incident and suspension rate reports, 2016/17 Insight Survey, parent and student feedback
Strategies(determined by what data)
  • Task
  • Task
  • Task (PD)
/ Point Person
(title) / Evidence of Success
(Student Impact) / Funding
(estimated cost / source) / Personnel Involved / Timeline
(Start—End)
  • Interim Dates

1. Bully Liaison / Bully-prevention / Goodwin (Dean) / BMTs regularly meet with students to mediate conflict and prevent bullying. / $0 / Dean and BMTs / 2016-17 School Year
2. Character Education / Goodwin (Dean) / BMTs regularly meet with students to counsel and support students in the area of character education. / $0 / Dean and BMTs / 2016-17 School Year
3. School Health Team / Anderson (Dean of Student Services) / School Health Team established and meeting at least four times yearly; data collection of decreased health incidents. / $0 / Dean of Student Services / 2016-17 School Year
SMART Goal(4):
Strategic Plan Goal:
Strategic Plan Focus Area:
Data Used:
Strategies(determined by what data)
  • Task
  • Task
  • Task (PD)
/ Point Person
(title) / Evidence of Success
(Student Impact) / Funding
(estimated cost / source) / Personnel Involved / Timeline
(Start—End)
  • Interim Dates

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Mastery Grading Procedures Plan – Required for All Schools
Strategic Plan Goal: / Goal 1: Maximize academic achievement in a personalized 21st-century learning environment for every child to graduate college- and career-ready.
Strategic Plan Focus Area: / Academic growth/high academic achievement
Data Used: / 2016-17 EOC’s, PLC and classroom-level formative data
Strategies(determined by what data)
  • Task
  • Task
  • Task (PD)
/ Point Person
(title) / Evidence of Success
(Student Impact) / Funding
(estimated cost / source) / Personnel Involved / Timeline
(Start—End)
  • Interim Dates

1. Common assessments / Gwaltney (Principal), Bracey, Forshee, Tornfelt, Licata (APs) / Data-informed student performance improvement / $0 / All, PLCs, APs, Principal / 2016-17 School Year *Jan. *March *June
2. Data disaggregation
* Monitoring student achievement by objective / Gwaltney (Principal), Bracey, Forshee, Tornfelt, Licata (APs) / Data-informed student performance improvement. / $0 / All, PLCs, APs, Principal / 2016-17 School Year *Jan. *March *June
3. Flexible grouping
* Multiple sections of like courses are grouped together to allow for flexible grouping / Bracey (AP) / Master Schedule, data-informed student performance improvement. / $0 / AP, PLCs, all teachers / 2016-17 School Year
4. Late and make-up work
* Students have opportunity to turn in make-up and late work in accordance with CMS BOE policy
* No penalty for late or make-up work for excused absences / Gwaltney (Principal) / Power School grade reports / $0 / All teachers / 2016-17 School Year

Garinger High School- 600Waiver Requests

Request for Waiver
1. Insert the waivers you are requesting
  • Maximum Teaching Load and Maximum Class Size (grades 4-12) [required for all schools with grades 4-12]

2. Please identify the law, regulation or policy from which you are seeking an exemption.
  • 115C-301 (c and d) Maximum Teaching Load and Maximum Class Size [required for all schools with grades 4-12]

3. Please state how the waiver will be used.
  • Class size will be adjusted to address student individual instructional needs through flexible grouping of students in the most effective utilization of teaching teams. Maximum teaching load will be used to allow teachers in specific areas of the curriculum to teach students designated for specific skill needs and to address the large number of students requesting elective classes.

  1. Please state how the waiver will promote achievement of performance goals.
  • This waiver will allow more flexibility in grouping students to meet their abilities and needs and thus should enhance their achievement on the performance goals.

Approval of Plan
Committee Position / Name / Signature / Date
Principal / Dr. Kelly Gwaltney
Assistant Principal Representative / Janna Licata
Teacher Representative / Cody Thompson, Chair
Inst. Support Representative / Shalondia Anderson
Teacher Assistant Representative / Martha Thomas
Parent Representative / TBD
Parent Representative / TBD
Parent Representative / TBD
Quarter 2 Review
Committee Position / Name / Signature / Date
Principal / Dr. Kelly Gwaltney
Assistant Principal Representative / Janna Licata
Teacher Representative / Cody Thompson, Chair
Inst. Support Representative / Shalondia Anderson
Teacher Assistant Representative / Martha Thomas
Parent Representative / TBD
Parent Representative / TBD
Parent Representative / TBD
Quarter 3 Review
Committee Position / Name / Signature / Date
Principal / Dr. Kelly Gwaltney
Assistant Principal Representative / Janna Licata
Teacher Representative / Cody Thompson, Chair
Inst. Support Representative / Shalondia Anderson
Teacher Assistant Representative / Martha Thomas
Parent Representative / TBD
Parent Representative / TBD
Parent Representative / TBD
Quarter 4 Review
Committee Position / Name / Signature / Date
Principal / Dr. Kelly Gwaltney
Assistant Principal Representative / Janna Licata
Teacher Representative / Cody Thompson, Chair
Inst. Support Representative / Shalondia Anderson
Teacher Assistant Representative / Martha Thomas
Parent Representative / TBD
Parent Representative / TBD
Parent Representative / TBD