Shelly Cox

1.2 Strategic Plan

School Year: 2019-2020 School District: Ohio County School Name: Wheeling Park

Focus Area 1: School Climate

Goal: Fostering a Culturally Responsive Learning Environment.
Objective: Ensure all students, faculty, and staff become knowledgeable, responsible, caring, and
contributing members of a culturally responsive learning environment at Wheeling Park High School.

Strategies Activities Person(s) Timeline(s) Evaluation

Responsible

Provide broad District By the An increase in

All faculty and staff will be
support for provided professional Administrators, culmination of percentage on the
learning in a development and classroom School the 2019-2020 fall 2020 school
culturally diverse resources to deepen Administrators, school year. climate survey.
environment for understanding of cultural and School
all students and racial diversity practices in the Counselors,
faculty. school. Faculty, Staff,
Students, and
All staff will continue to Parents.
deepen understanding and
develop practices towards
using the Culturally
Responsive School approach
to foster learning in all aspects
of school life.

All teachers will work

collaboratively during PLC
time increasing cultural
diversity into the curriculum
and share best practices.

School guidance counselors

and administrators will
establish forums for open
discussions with various topics
of concern.

Establish a District and school District The Cultural Quarterly analysis

Cultural Diversity administrators will work Administrators, Diversity will be conducted
Committee to collaboratively with faculty School Committee will with district and
ensure that a and staff to establish a panel Administrators, be created and school
comprehensive of members interested in Department begin administrators.
cultural diversity being an active member of the Chairs, Guidance implementation
cultural diversity committee.
curriculum is Counselors, by the end of Overall
implemented and Faculty. the first nine improvement on
Committee members will be
subject content comprised of administrators, week grading the fall 2020
area reflects school guidance counselors, period of the school climate
ethnic and faculty from each content 2019-2020 survey.
populations. area. school year.

Members will meet on a

regular basis to discuss
curriculum and best practices
to properly represent ethnic
populations.

Recruitment of School and By the end of Successful

School and district
Ethnic Minority administrators will work district the 2019-2020 recruiting of
faculty and staff. collaboratively to develop an administrators. school year. applicants and/or
action plan to actively recruit hiring of ethnic
ethnic minority faculty and minority faculty
staff. and staff as
positions become
available.

Focus Area 2: School Performance

Goal 1: To improve teaching and learning in all classrooms specific to providing rigorous
instruction, culturally responsive instruction, and/or engagement.
Objective: To use data and differentiation to drive student improvement in the areas of reading and
mathematics on the SAT.

Strategies Activities Person(s) Timeline(s) Evaluation

Responsible

Utilize formative Teachers will be trained in District Beginning and Regular discussion
and summative utilizing formative and Administrators, continuing within PLC teams
assessment data summative assessment data School through the and department
to improve to improve student Administrators, 2019-2020 meetings.
student achievement. Faculty, school year. Performance
achievement Guidance Assessment on
scores in Teachers will collaborate Counselors the 2019-2020
mathematics and with the district data coach SAT.
reading. and learning coaches to
learn effective use of data to
inform instructional
practices.

Faculty will monitor student

mathematical progress
through assessments such
as common summative
assessments and/or unit
assessments and other
classroom assessments.

Faculty will regularly meet in

department teams to
discuss student progress,
analyze assessments and
student work, and
collaborate to plan
strategies for increasing
student achievement.

Differentiation to Students requiring School Beginning and Regular discussion

Supplement additional assistance and Administrators, continuing within PLC teams
Learning. interventions will be Faculty, through the and department
identified and plans will be Guidance 2019-2020 meetings.
formed for these students Counselors. school year.
as needed. Performance
Assessment on
Faculty will provide the 2019-2020
supplemental learning SAT.
opportunities to students
who are identified as not
proficient in mathematics
and/or reading who are
identified as at-risk of
becoming non proficient in
mathematics and/or reading
based on a variety of
assessments.
 Advanced courses will be
offered to students to
extend their learning.

Goal 2: Professional Development for professional staff depicting best practices for
Differentiation to Supplement Learning.
Objective: To provide professional development to faculty in the area of differentiation.

Strategies Activities Person(s) Timeline(s) Evaluation

Responsible

Assessment PLC teams will learn to District PLC teams will Faculty survey on
Analysis effectively analyze Administrators, receive professional
Professional formative and summative School professional development
assessment data to inform Administrators, development by provided.
Development.
instructional practices and Department the end of the
improve student Chairs, Faculty. second Regular
achievement. semester of the discussion of best
2019-202 practices within
PLC teams will work with school year. leadership
data coaches and meetings,
department chairs through PLC teams will department
data analysis protocols to begin meetings, and
identify student strengths implementing PLC meetings.
and weaknesses in order to strategies
adjust instruction. learned by the
start of the
Teachers will receive and third quarter of
implement professional the 2019-2020
development on research- school year.
based, differentiated
instructional practices
based on identified student
needs to address at-risk
learners and extended
learning opportunities for
those exceeding
expectations.
Training and Collaborative teams will District PLC teams will Regular
Collaboration on collectively make decisions Administrators, begin discussion of best
Effective by building shared School implementing practices within
Instructional knowledge of evidence- Administrators, strategies leadership
Practices. based practices. Department learned by the meetings,
Chairs, Faculty. start of the department
Strategies will be learned third quarter of meetings, and
through ongoing the 2019-2020 PLC meetings.
professional development, school year.
coaching and collaboration,
including collaborative
planning, classroom
observations, conference
attendance, and embedded
professional development
opportunities.

Comprehensive Communication Plan

Ohio County Schools is committed to open, honest and ongoing communication with our

stakeholders. We understand that maintaining a two-way conversation with stakeholders is

essential for building relationships. This communications plan was designed to establish a

comprehensive and integrated communications process for effective communication with all

stakeholders. It aligns with the district’s goals and is incorporated in the School Improvement

Plan.

Stakeholders:
Internal Audiences: Students, Certificated Staff, Support Staff, Employees, Principals,

Administrators, and Board of Education.

External Audiences: Students, Parents, Taxpayers of the District, Senior citizens, Business

leaders, Media, Parent-Teacher Organizations, Parent Booster Organizations, Civic leaders and
organizations, Legislators, Religious leaders, Public Employees, New residents of the District,

Neighboring School Districts, Residents without children in District schools, and Prospective

residents of the District.

Through the implementation of this plan, Ohio County Schools encourages

administrators, faculty, and staff to take pride and ownership in the school, stay informed of

key issues, and work as a high-performing district whose employees respect stakeholder

feedback. Our goal is to make all stakeholders feel involved and engaged in Ohio County

Schools, exhibit community pride and trust in the school, support Ohio County Schools through

active participation, and support Ohio County Schools through monetary measures. We intend

to develop and maintain positive, collaborative relationships with all stakeholders to strengthen

support for school district. We intend to engage community in two-way communication.

Through this communication plan, Ohio County Schools will work collaboratively to

utilize a variety of media to maximize awareness and support of the district’s goals, objectives,

and programs. Ohio County Schools will maintain proactive media relations to enhance the

district’s image on local, state and national levels. Ohio County Schools will utilize the following

channels as a means of communication with stakeholders: District and School Websites,

Electronic Newsletters, School Callout Services, Schoology, Social Media Accounts: Facebook &

Twitter Communication, Mailed Newsletters, Local Media Sources, and Targeted mailing lists.

Communication will be spread through personal conversations, communication with school

administrators, communication with superintendent and district administrators, through school

forums, administrator meetings, Board of Education meetings, and communicated to the

Chamber of Commerce and the local Emergency Management System.

 Ohio County Schools will communicate with parents on a regular basis through printed

communication. The district and school websites and social media accounts will be updated

regularly to provide communication to all internal and external stakeholders. Updated

communications will be provided to the community through monthly Board of Education

meetings. Local media sources will be utilized as needed to provide communication to external

stakeholders.
 References

Sample School Action Plan. (n.d.). Retrieved July, 2019, from

https://wvde.state.wv.us/osp/ActionPlan_Sample_12_15_2015.pdf

Grego, M. A., Ed. D. (n.d.). School Improvement Plan 2017-18 San Jose Elementary. Retrieved

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West Virginia Department of Education. ZOOMWV Snapshot. (n.d.). Retrieved June, 2019, from

https://zoomwv.k12.wv.us/Dashboard/dashboard/7107

Radford City Schools Cultural Diversity Plan. (n.d.). Retrieved June, 2019, from

https://www.rcps.org/ourpages/policies//Policies and Plans/Five Year Diversity Plan 2006.pdf.

West Virginia Department of Education, Office of Educational Information Systems. November

26, 2018. West Virginia School Climate Survey Fall 2018 Wheeling Park High School, Ohio

County.