Jennifer+MacDonald

EDUC 7103/8843 Lead & Manage Ed Tech

__Performance Improvement Intervention__ Lincoln Elementary (Van Dyke Public Schools) 22100 Federal Ave. Warren, MI 48089 586-758-8342  begin_of_the_skype_highlighting   586-758-8342  end_of_the_skype_highlighting []

Lincoln Elementary is a two year old “old” school. Five years ago the school was shut down. A community bond was passed and our district was going to get a “makeover.” Lincoln was partially torn down, added on to, and remodeled. It reopened for the 2010-2011 school year. The vision and mission as stated on the website: The Lincoln Elementary Community promotes academic excellence by setting high expectations and meeting the individual needs of all students. The Lincoln Elementary Community ensures academic growth within an educational, social and technologically centered environment by respecting individual differences and supporting varied learning styles.
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Lincoln Elementary is a K-5 title 1 school that services close to 550 students. We are 98% free and reduced lunch. In fact, our district was part of a grant the allowed all students to receive breakfast and lunch each day. We also have the support of Gleaners Food Bank which provides our students with daily snacks. Our population is primarily African-American.

Unfortunately, our district has 4 out of six schools that are in the bottom 5% of low performing schools. Fortunately, Lincoln Elementary is not on that list and we want to keep it that way. Our curriculum has gotten an over haul which should provide our transient students with a strong core curriculum that meets the standards of the Common Core. We now have a strong reading, writing, and math curriculum that will be used with fidelity across the district.

One way to improve our students learning would be to increase their engagement which in return would increase test scores. One way to do this (in my opinion) would be to have 1:1 iPad classrooms. I would like to see a few classrooms pilot this set up for two/three years and measure the results. If after three years the studetns that were in a 1:1 classroom had increased test scores, I would like to see the district take on full district of 1:1 classrooms