SELF-REPORTED INDICATORS

Schools may choose to describe up to two additional pieces of information about how their school is supporting students. These self-reported indicators are not factored into school accountability calculations but provide the opportunity for schools to highlight successful programs or practices in addition to the indicators included in school accountability.

INSTRUCTIONAL FACTORS Literacy Planning and Instruction Everyday Horace Mann Elementary dedicated our time to building our students’ literacy skills to help them develop the skills they need to become successful readers--this is more important now than ever. To ensure we were focused on this work each day, our 1st - 5th grade teachers engaged in the following evidence based practices: -Coaching with the district literacy specialists -LETRS training and implementation -Weekly goal setting -Weekly data review -Collaborative lesson planning -Weekly check in on our progress Horace Mann is committed to providing high quality literacy instruction so our students have the skills and abilities to access their grade level content to become college and career ready.

INSTRUCTIONAL FACTORS Math Fidelity Horace Mann Elementary was committed to teaching our students essential math skills to help them have the knowledge to master grade level standards. To accomplish this, our K-5th grade teachers had dedicated time to do the following: -Weekly Collaborative Team Meetings where they used Backwards Design lesson planning -Participated in a variety of professional development opportunities -Collaborated at least monthly with our district math specialist on ways that they could improve their instruction and met the varying needs of their students -Classroom observation and feedback sessions Based on this focus, according to the i-Ready End of Year Diagnostic, we saw a significant improvement in the amount of students who reached their individual growth goal.