School Improvement and Innovation Plan At-a-Glance 2024-2025

• Franklin Middle School, Region 5
• Tom DeRusso, Principal

English Language Arts

By the end of the 2024-2025 school year, 100% of our multilingual learners and students with disabilities will show 2 years growth on the i-Ready screener. 

100% or all students will demonstrate one year's growth on the I-Ready screener

Strategy 1: Utilize small groups and intervention to increase opportunities for students who need more practice to master standards

Strategy 2: Increase opportunities to explicitly teach vocabulary using evidence-based methods (i.e. semantic feature analysis, analyzing word parts, Frayer model, defining words in context, semantic mapping, etc.)

Strategy 3: Increase opportunities for students to receive continuous and constructive feedback throughout the writing process

Success in Algebra Before High School

By June 2025, multilingual learners and students with disabilities will meet their growth goal as measured by the MAP screener.

By June 2025, our overall student enrollment in Algebra 1 or higher will move from 70% of 8th grade students in 24-25 to 75% of students in 25-26 as measured by SIS schedule requests.

Strategy 1: Improve teachers’ implementation of Framework for Engaging & Student-Centered Mathematics Instruction.

Strategy 2: Increase school communication about open enrollment to ensure all school staff (including elementary schools) communicate a shared message around open enrollment and mathematics course pathways.

Strategy 3: Improve collaborative teams’ alignment of instructional planning based on analysis of common assessments.

Socio-Emotional Learning and Wellness

 By Spring 2025, students who favorably respond to SEL Screener questions in the category of Cultural Awareness and Action will increase from 34% to 40%.

Strategy 1: Instructional materials and SEL practices are informed by student voice and provide a diverse representation of identities.

Strategy 2: Identified time in the master schedule is used to implement required SEL practices with fidelity to improve student perceptions of belonging and SEL skills. (MM & CC- ES or RAM- MS/HS, 3 Signature Practices- All).

Strategy 3: MTSS Schoolwide and Site Intervention teams analyze behavior/wellness data bi-monthly to evaluate implementation of Tier 1 SEL/wellness initiatives and identify students in need of Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions.