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Goals
G 1 Increase the percentage of students who achieve proficiency on the Algebra I EOC.
VVHS had the lowest percentage of students scoring in the proficient range in the Algebra I EOC among all Williamson County Schools. There are currently 13 students enrolled that will take the Algebra I EOC this Spring.
Performance Measure
We will increase the percentage of students achieving proficiency on the Algebra I EOC by 25%.
Sections
- Academic Achievement & Growth
S 1.1 Algebra I PLC Collaboration
VVHS Algebra I teacher will partner with Renaissance HS and Ravenwood HS to collaborate in the PLC work.
Benchmark Indicator
The result of this collaboration will be the documents created , a pacing guide and common formative assessments. Examination of the results of the assessments will be used to guide instruction in order to increase the achievement of student mastery.
A 1.1.1 Creation of Pacing Guide
A thorough examination of the Algebra I curriculum will take place. The sequence of the curriculum as well as the allotted time will be examined by the PLC team. A pacing guide will be created before the beginning of the school year placing an emphasis on important concepts and topics.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources | ||||
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| Trisha Zeringue | 2022-08-05 |
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A 1.1.2 Creation of Common Formative Assessments
The Algebra I PLC team will create a minimum of 7 common formative assessments aligned to state standards.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources | ||||
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| Trisha Zeringue | 2022-12-16 |
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A 1.1.3 Team Analysis of Common Assessments
The PLC team will share the data obtained from the common formative assessments. They will examine the data and identify areas of the curriculum where they found successes and failures. Discussion of this data and collaboration will lead to planning next steps in the teaching.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources | ||||
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| Trisha Zeringue | 2023-04-21 |
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S 1.2 Synchronous Support
Since our students work in a largely asynchronous environment, our school has begun several synchronous opportunities for support. Some of these are virtual intervention meetings (VIMs), in-person test prep (V.I.P.E.R. Nights), and math tutoring. Our Student Support Services team also hosts virtual study sessions throughout the day for students with disabilities. These events present the opportunity for our math team to teach in-person and address areas of deficit in understanding of the material.
Benchmark Indicator
Increased attendance at synchronous events
A 1.2.1 Virtual Intervention Meetings
A team of people including administrators, counselor, academic dean and interventionists meet weekly and examine a failure report. We require our online students that are failing any class to attend a Virtual Intervention Meetings (VIM) with the interventionists later that week. In this meeting, staff discusses the reason why they are failing and make a plan to address the problem. If a student is having difficulties in math, they are required to visit the math tutor to obtain help.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources | ||||
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| Thomas Griggs | 2023-05-19 |
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A 1.2.2 Vanguard in Person Enrichment and Remediation (V.I.P.E.R.) Nights
We will be offering a minimum of 11 in-person study sessions lasting 2.5 hours each this year outside of school hours. These study sessions held in the evening are an opportunity for students to obtain academic help. Students that are failing any course will be required to attend. Math teachers will be available at every session and can teach concepts in person, re-teach, remediate and enrich depending on individual student need.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources | ||||
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| Thomas Griggs | 2023-05-19 |
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A 1.2.3 Math Tutoring
Math tutoring will be available to every student. Students that are failing a math class will be required to visit the math tutor.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Kathy Caudill | 2023-05-19 |
A 1.2.4 Sessions Dedicated to Math Help
The student support services team has scheduled math sessions daily available to students with disabilities. Students can obtain direct help in math by attending the live virtual sessions during the scheduled time.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Jill Aulgur | 2023-05-26 |
G 2 Maintain a Graduation Rate Above 90%
Vanguard Virtual HS currently has 45 seniors enrolled. The demographic identity as identified by their families is as follows: four Asians, four blacks, and six Latin or Hispanic with the remaining students being identified as white. They have all chosen to attend Vanguard Virtual HS instead of attending their zoned school. We will work to graduate all our seniors and prepare our underclassmen to achieve academic success.
Performance Measure
Our goal is to maintain a graduation rate of 90% or higher this year.
Sections
- Academic Achievement & Growth
S 2.1 Credit Recovery
There are 6 seniors that started the year behind in their graduation requirements. They will need to complete and pass all classes required for their senior year as well as make-up courses required for graduation which they have previously failed.
Benchmark Indicator
Seniors will complete and pass all courses required for graduation
A 2.1.1 Identify and Enroll Seniors in All Courses Required for Graduation
Examine all senior transcripts. Identify the seniors that are deficient in credits required for graduation and enroll them for the required courses and in Credit Recovery when necessary.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources | ||||
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| Stephanie Sullivan | 2022-08-26 |
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A 2.1.2 Monitor Credit Recovery Progress
We will monitor progress in the Credit Recovery courses paying extra attention to seniors enrolled in those courses. Seniors not making adequate progress will be contacted. Discussions with those seniors will be evaluated and tutoring assistance will be offered as needed.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Tom Griggs | 2023-05-25 |
S 2.2 Social & Emotional Learning
VVHS is committed to creating an environment where all students feel welcomed. Analysis of a questionnaire completed by students has uncovered that the more than half of our students are in need of mental health services. Additionally, 43/91 students who responded to our initial needs assessment expressed that they experience anxiety that interferes with their academic success. Over half of our students have shared that they experience a variety of mental health barriers including depression, sadness and a lack of motivation that significantly impacts their ability to learn.
Benchmark Indicator
We will identify the social and emotional needs of our students and offer support when needed.
A 2.2.1 Assess the Social & Emotional Needs
All VVHS students will be presented a questionnaire to assess their individual social & emotional needs.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources | ||||
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| Stephanie Sullivan | 2022-08-26 |
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A 2.2.2 Support
VVHS will form a team that will meet monthly to manage and address the needs of students identified in need of social and emotional support. Students will be referred to appropriate counseling as needed
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources | ||||
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| Stephanie Sullivan | 2023-05-25 |
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S 2.3 Progress Monitoring and Intervention
A team comprised of administrators, counselor, academic dean and interventionists will meet weekly and examine grades for all our students. We will intervene when students are not making appropriate academic progress.
Benchmark Indicator
VVHS has a tiered intervention plan that includes steps for helping all students earn passing grades in all of their classes.
A 2.3.1 Academic Strategies for Online Learners
VVHS English teachers have included strategies for all to achieve success in the virtual environment in each online class. All students will be required to create weekly agendas that will be instrumental in successfully navigating and creating the independence needed to achieve success in the virtual environment.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources | ||||
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| Casey Ward | 2022-08-19 |
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A 2.3.2 Virtual Intervention Meetings (VIM)
A team of people including administrators, counselor, academic dean and interventionists meet weekly and examine a failure report. We require our online students that are failing any class to attend a Virtual Intervention Meetings (VIM) with the interventionists later that week. In this meeting, staff discusses the reason why they are failing and make a plan to address the problem.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources | ||||
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| Thomas Griggs | 2023-05-25 |
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A 2.3.3 V.I.P.E.R. Nights
We will be offering a minimum of 15 in-person study sessions lasting 2.5 hours each this year outside of school hours. These V.I.P.E.R. (Vanguard In-Person Enrichment and Remediation) study sessions held in the evening are an opportunity for students to obtain academic help. Students that are failing any course will be required to attend. Teachers from math, English, special education, and at least one other subject area will be available at every session and can teach concepts in person, re-teach, remediate and enrich depending on individual student needs.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Griggs | 2023-05-19 |
G 3 Increase Average ACT Score
Examining our data has revealed that to date the average score in the ACT for our seniors is 19.95. The average score for all students in Williamson County Schools is 21.6.
Performance Measure
All seniors will take the ACT at least once before graduation. VVHS will increase the average ACT score for seniors.
Sections
- College & Career Readiness
S 3.1 ACT Prep Class
We offer an ACT prep semester course intended to increase knowledge and practice in areas tested in the ACT.
Benchmark Indicator
We will increase the percentage of students enrolled in the course in comparison with last year. Last year the enrollment in the course was 16% of all students.
A 3.1.1 Purposeful Planning
Students were presented with options to take elective credits when choosing their courses for this school year. We were deliberate in offering the course and explaining its benefits. To increase future interest, we scheduled a teacher that we thought the students would like to teach the course.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources | ||||
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| Javier Nunez | 2022-08-05 |
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A 3.1.2 ACT Study Nights
We have promoted and scheduled in-person study sessions that students can attend to prepare and sharpen their skills before taking the ACT.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources | ||||
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| Allison Fisher | 2023-04-05 |
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S 3.2 Teach ACT Across the Curriculum
Teachers across departments will teach lessons that incorporate ACT tested material
Benchmark Indicator
We will identify a minimum of 12 lessons across the curriculum that include ACT tested material
A 3.2.1 Lesson Development
The curriculum course writers in all departments will create lessons that incorporate and identify ACT tested material
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources | ||||
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| Allison Fisher | 2022-12-16 |
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S 3.3 ACT Prep Sessions
VVHS will host 14 study and prep sessions tailored towards teaching strategies and essential concepts to increase ACT scores.
Benchmark Indicator
Attendance at these sessions will be a minimum of 20% of the junior and senior classes respectively.
A 3.3.1 Host Study ACT Prep Session for Seniors
VVHS will host 4 study sessions specifically tailored towards the seniors that will be taking the ACT in the Fall. The sessions will be held in-person.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources | ||||
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| Jeremy Edge | 2022-10-01 |
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A 3.3.2 Host Study ACT Prep Sessions for Juniors
VVHS will host 10 sessions to prepare Juniors for the ACT exam in March.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources | ||||
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| Jeremy Edge | 2023-03-31 |
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G 4 Mental Health
VVHS strives to create a school environment and culture that prioritizes safe, stable, and nurturing relationships as the foundation for learning.
Performance Measure
VVHS will provide students with the appropriate responses or referrals for services, including counseling, social/emotional check-ins, individual therapy, and crisis intervention, as needs arise.
Sections
- Climate and Access
S 4.1 School Culture and Mindset
VVHS will strive to create a school culture and mindset shift that prioritizes safe, stable, and nurturing relationships and environments as the critical foundation for learning (trauma informed practices).
Benchmark Indicator
We will conduct survey after trauma informed professional development sessions to assess the effectiveness and inform future sessions.
A 4.1.1 Professional Development
A minimum of six hours of professional development on the subject of trauma informed teaching will be presented to all teachers at VVHS.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources | ||||
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| Stephanie Sullivan | 2023-03-31 |
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A 4.1.2 Schoolwide Focus on Student Engagement
Vanguard Virtual HS will utilize a student information document available to all staff where students can share information about themselves. We will implement a system in which homeroom teachers are reaching out to a minimum number of students or families weekly.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Stephanie Sullivan | 2023-05-25 |
A 4.1.3 Increase Academic Interventions
We will increase intervention and remediation at in-person nights to create a space for community building as well as academic support.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources | ||||
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| Stephanie Sullivan | 2023-05-25 |
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A 4.1.4 A Trauma-informed Approach
VVHS will develop a library of mental health and post-secondary planning resources/presentations that students can access when needed. For our staff we will administer updated suicide protocol and include trauma-informed practices, language, and training in each PD day offered by our school.
| Person Responsible | Estimated Completion | Funding Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Stephanie Sullivan | 2023-05-25 |