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__Performance Improvement Intervention__ Mount Zion Primary School 2920 Mount Zion Road Jonesboro, Georgia 30236 School Website: []

Mount Zion Primary School is a pre-kindergarten through second grade school located in Clayton County Public Schools. The school opened in the 2008-2009 school year. Prior to that, the primary-aged students were served in the neighboring elementary school, Mount Zion Elementary School. The school now serves the students that feed into Mount Zion Elementary School. Mount Zion Primary School is a Title 1 school serving 716 students. The school was built with an outdoor amphitheater, four wings of classrooms, a gymnasium, cafeteria, media center equipped with a reading pit, as well as a computer lab. Three wings serve general education classrooms and the remaining wing is a resource wing that serves EIP students, ELL students, as well as an autistic unit. Enrollment Demographics Asian 4%, Hispanic 24%, Black 65%, White 5%, and Multi-racial 2% School Mission Statement The mission of Mount Zion Primary School is to promote a nurturing environment where students will achieve academic excellence with emphasis on math and science. School Vision Statement The vision of Mount Zion Primary School is to inspire dreams and provide the skills to attain them. The goals of Mount Zion Primary School:
 * To increase academic achievement for all students as evidenced by state, national, and international assessment results
 * To provide and maintain a safe, orderly, and secure learning environment
 * To create an environment that promotes active engagement, accountability, and collaboration of all stakeholders to maximize student achievement
 * To effectively communicate the school’s vision and purpose and allow stakeholder involvement in an effort to build understand and support
 * To provide high quality support services delivered on time and within budget to promote student academic success
 * To recruit and retain highly qualified and effective staff

Since MZP has opened it has made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) three years in a row. For the past two years it was decided that Mount Zion Primary would no longer participate in state testing (CRCT). Students began taking a Mock CRCT test in the spring of 2011. According to data from the Georgia Department of Education website, the 2011 Academic Performance Index for Math is 67.6%. Our 2012 Mock CRCT scores indicated that at MZP 69.14% of our first and second graders passed the math portion of the test. In second grade specifically, 67.76% of our students passed the test. According to The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, students are required to be 100% proficient in Math by Spring of 2014. Georgia’s Annual Measurable Objectives for the 2011 – 2012 school year indicates that 83.80% of students should demonstrate proficiency in Math. In February of 2012, Georgia was one of 10 states granted a waiver from No Child Left Behind provisions, including the requirement for 100 percent of students to be proficient in reading and math by 2014. In its place for the 2012-2013 school year, Georgia will implement a College and Career Ready Performance Index, which measures student growth on a variety of indicators. Although we are no longer bound to the provisions of NCLB, it is still a concern that MZP students missed the target for 2012 by 14.66%. Students only improved 1.54% from 2011 to 2012.

July 1, 2012 Performance Improvement Plan - Module 2 Assignment Please open the following file to read up to date information on my plan. It is still in progress and not complete. July 30, 2012 Module 3 Update, still in progress... August 4, 2012 Module 4 Update, work in progress... August 8, 2012 Module 5 Update, still missing a few details. August 22, 2012 Module 6 - PII - Corrected