School Innovation & Improvement Plan
Outcome goals for this academic school year
Complete ESSER School Funding Plans
2022-2023 SIIP/ESSER At-a-Glance
Colin L. Powell ES
Region 4
Jamie Luerssen, Principal
Background: The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER III) is a federal grant which requires that spending be used in specific areas. Part of the Fairfax County Public Schools spending plan identifies funding to be used for Unfinished Learning and Student Academic and Social, Emotional, Mental Health (Wellness) Needs. Schools have been given funding allocations to support the academic and wellness needs of students. Schools are required to create plans in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Wellness highlighting the strategies they will use to support these areas using their ESSER III funding. These strategies are shown below.
English Language Arts |
Outcome: Ensure students are making sufficient progress to be on grade level in English Language Arts. |
Goal: Throughout the 2022-2023 School Year, staff will utilize targeted word study instruction to ensure students are making sufficient progress to be on grade-level in English Language Arts. |
Strategy 1 Refine tier 1 instructional practices in the area of ELA. |
Strategy 2 Refine tier 2 and 3 ELA intervention to support those students identified based on data and MTSS structure. |
Strategy 3 Increase home-school partnership to support student academics. |
Mathematics |
Outcome: Ensure students are making sufficient progress to be on grade level in Mathematics. |
Goal: Throughout the 2022-2023 School Year, staff will utilize the Math Workshop Model to ensure that students are making sufficient progress to be on grade-level in Math. |
Strategy 1 Refine tier 1 instructional practices in the area of Math. |
Strategy 2 Refine tier 2 and 3 Math intervention to support those students identified based on data and MTSS structure. |
Strategy 3 Increase home-school partnership to support student academics. |
Wellness |
Outcome: Ensure students feel safe, included, and supported in the school environment. |
Goal: By the end of the 2022-2023 school year, the percentage of favorable responses on the SEL Screener will increase in the following areas: Self-Management will increase from 43% to 47%; Social Awareness will increase from 46% to 50%. |
Strategy 1 Continue to strengthen schoolwide Tier 1 Behavior/Wellness program and use of evidence-based programs. |
Strategy 2 Provide targeted small-group student support (Tier 2 and Tier 3 SEL interventions/evidence-based programs). |
Strategy 3 Partner with families to provide family education programming to promote SEL development. |
Strategy 4 Create opportunities for calming/sensory breaks across all K-6 classrooms. |
Strategy 5 Increase home-school family partnerships. |
Portrait of a Graduate (POG) |
Outcome: All students will complete a POG Presentation of Learning (POL) by 2025-26. |
Goal: 100% of students will demonstrate increased understanding of POG as reported on a student survey given at the beginning and end of the year. |
Strategy 1 The school will build an understanding with students, staff, and the community about why POG attributes and skills positively impact students within and beyond school. |
Strategy 2 Collaborative teams will align content knowledge and skills with POG attributes and skills. |
For additional information regarding this School Plan, please contact the school principal.