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CATEGORY A: ORGANIZATION FOR STUDENT LEARNING
A7. School Improvement Process Criterion
The school leadership facilitates school improvement which
(a) is driven by plans of action that will enhance quality learning for all students,
(b) has school community support and involvement,
(c) effectively guides the work of the school, and
(d) provides for accountability through monitoring of the schoolwide action plan.
Broad-Based and Collaborative
A7.1. Indicator: The school's planning process is broad-based, collaborative and has commitment of the stakeholders, including the staff, students, and parents.
A7.1. Prompt: Comment on the effectiveness of the school planning process to ensure that it is broad-based, collaborative and fosters the commitment of the stakeholders, including the faculty and staff, students, and parents.
The school's planning process is broad-based, collaborative and has commitment of the stakeholders, including the faculty and staff, students, and parents.
The students' performance shows how effective is the school's planning process that is broad-based, collaborative and has commitment of the stakeholders, including the staff, students, and parents.
• All stake holders are following the MSS Handbook
• MSS students are learning; the parents are supporting their children by participating in school activities, and the teachers are dedicated.
• Teacher's meetings recap on workshop techniques.
• Annual Palau Educational Convention workshops:
- Teaching literacy for every student
- Bridging the knowledge gap: effective content area for lifelong learning
- Making learning come alive through integrated curriculum
- Hands on strategies for increasing reading
- Effective classroom management
- Math games that teach Math concepts
- Fostering Self-Determination in early childhood
- Managing classroom with limited resources
- Infusing local environmental studies to reinforce classroom studies
School Plan Correlated to Student Learning
A7.2. Indicator: The school's action plan is directly correlated to the analysis of student achievement data about the critical learner needs, schoolwide learner outcomes, and academic standards.
A7.2. Prompt: How does the school ensure that the analyses of student achievement of the critical learner needs, schoolwide learner outcomes, and academic standards are incorporated into the plan and impacts the development, implementation and monitoring of the plan?
The school's action plan is directly correlated to the analysis of student achievement data about the critical learner needs, schoolwide learner outcomes, and academic standards
MSS teachers are implementing their job descriptions. MSS helps the special/critical students through the Special Education programs, Educational Talent Search Program, after school tutoring and the summer school tutoring.
• MSS Educational Talent Search
• MSS after school tutoring
• MSS summer school tutoring
System Alignment
A7.3. Indicator: Within the school there Is evidence of system alignment in areas such as professional goals, teacher evaluation, and strategic planning for the purpose of ongoing school improvement.
A7.3. Prompt: What evidence supports the system alignment in areas such as professional goals, teacher evaluation, and strategic planning for the purpose of ongoing school improvement?
Within the school there is evidence of system alignment in areas such as professional goals, teacher evaluation, and strategic planning for the purpose of ongoing school improvement.
MSS has school calendars that contain the activities for school year: 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019. MOE calendar has activities that help MSS students with their physical and health developments. MSS has yearly teacher evaluations to improve their teaching methods and instructional strategies. MOE calendar provides the schedule for health screening and inter scholastic sports activities.
• MSS School Calendar
• MOE Calendar
• MSS End of Year Evaluations
Correlation between All Resources, Schoolwide Learner Outcomes, and Plan
A7.4. Indicator: There is correlation between allocation of time/fiscal/personnel/material resources and the implementation, monitoring and accomplishing of the schoolwide action plan.
A7.4. Prompt: Examine and evaluate the degree to which the allocation of time/fiscal/personnel/material resources support the implementation, monitoring, and accomplishment of the schoolwide action plan
There is correlation between allocation of time/fiscal/personnel/material resources and the implementation, monitoring and accomplishing of the schoolwide action plan. MSS is managing with its limited resources to accomplish what is required in the curriculum.
MSS is managing its limited financial resources to meet the school basic needs.
MSS yearly activities involve all stakeholders.
• MSS Teachers meeting minutes
• MSS End of year inventory
• Financial report from MSS finance officer
• Annual budget prepared by Board of Directors
• MSS Principal's classroom observations and evaluations of teacher's performance.
• Local government support: MSS received donations of Lap tops, projectors and printers from the government of India through the Office of the President of the Republic of Palau.
• MSS yearly school calendar
Achievements:
- Completion of past school projects, including the major project of paving both Upper and Lower Mans Stella parking lots.
- Successfully completing the annual MSS Carnival fundraisers
- Finding partners in the community who are willing to help fund MSS projects.
- 60th Anniversary Gala fundraiser
- Koror State Government funded a play area on Upper MSS campus
- Koror State Government funded basketball courts at Upper and Lower MSS parking lots
- Grant from India through ROP president's office funded bank instruments and renovation of a room for band practice
- Grant purchased a laptop and portable projector for each classroom
- Roof over Kindergarten classroom repaired
- An unused classroom converted and remodeled into two office spaces: one for Development Office and secretary, the other space for Dean of Students/Vice-principal
- New physical education equipment acquired through donations
Areas for Improvement:
- A concerted effort must be made at both the administrative level, and the board level, to find funding sources
- A strategic, comprehensive action plan, including short-term and long-term goals, and led at the board policy level, needs to be done