Instruction

Goal:
By the end of the 2026-27 school year, the District will reach an overall rating of 4 or more stars on the state report card which indicates we are exceeding state standards.
Areas of Focus:
Ensure that all classrooms have clear learning targets and learning tasks that are aligned to the rigor level required by state standards.
Ensure that all teachers provide regular opportunities for students to process academic content with their peers using intentionally designed structures.
Ensure that all teachers and all students monitor and track progress toward the learning target.
Monitoring Progress:
Performance Index
3rd Grade Reading Proficiency

Classroom Environment & Student Behavior

Goal:
By the end of the 2026-27 school year, the District will foster safe, consistent classroom learning environments through the implementation of high behavioral expectations as evidenced by all classrooms obtaining a minimum score of a 4 on a rubric measuring classroom environment and student behavior
Areas of Focus:
Define common expectations for Classroom Environment and Student Behavior
Establish a unified model of school-wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS)
Monitor, support, and develop teachers’ implementation of expected classroom management practices
Monitoring Progress:
Classroom walkthrough data
Student discipline data

Attendance

Goal:
By the end of the 2026-27 school year, the District will reduce chronic absenteeism among students by 15%.
Areas of Focus:
Establish proactive attendance monitoring measures and strategies
Implement early, targeted truancy interventions to address students who are demonstrating a pattern of non-attendance prior to the student reaching established benchmark indicators for chronic absenteeism
Develop meaningful engagement and communication with families to explain attendance policies, the importance of attendance, and the impact of chronic absenteeism
Monitoring Progress:
Attendance rates

Northwest Local School District

Northwest Local School District