School Learning Plan

Equity area of focus:

In an effort to move our students further, farther, and fast Ridgewood staff will be working to define and engage systems for equitable support for our students in both academics and social/emotional learning. Building this tiered system of support strengthens core classroom instruction and provides a systematic approach for students requiring supplemental or intensive support.

Equity Goal:

All staff will work interdependently to improve instruction and support for all students.

Key Strategies:

Development and engagement of tiered supports for students (academic and behavioral) to ensure an emphasis on core instruction, equitable support, fidelity to interventions, and data based decision making. 

Tier One: Core Instruction

Tier Two: Supplemental Supports

Tier Three: Intensive Supports

Continued student referrals to  Ridgewood’s Behavioral Health & Wellness Team for student and family support that enhances core classroom instruction. 

Classroom teachers will meet three times a year to review student academic and behavioral progress, reflect on high leverage instructional moves, and make strategic plans for student support.

 

 

Academic excellence area of focus:

Ridgewood’s Academic Achievement data shows decline from 2018-2019 to 2021-2022 in both English Language Arts and Mathematics. As a school we will come up with new ways to accelerate the learning of our students and close the achievement gap for each of them.

Academic excellence Goal:

Academic Excellence Goal: Ridgewood’s overall student achievement data will revert to pre-pandemic levels in both English Language Arts and Mathematics and our targeted sub-groups (Hispanic/Latino, Students with Disabilities, & Underserved Race/Ethnicity) will continue to make progress toward matching the overall student achievement level of all Ridgewood students as measured by the Oregon State Assessment.    English Language Arts achievement will grow from 64% proficient to 78% proficient.  Mathematics achievement will grow from 54% proficient to 71% proficient.

Key Strategies: Ridgewood staff will focus on analyzing student data to increase our responsiveness to student learning needs.  Classroom teachers will set individual reading goals for students as measured by the IRLA reading assessment.    Teachers will determine,  implement, and reflect upon three evidence based high leverage classroom instructional moves to implement daily.

Key Strategies:

Ridgewood staff will focus on analyzing student data to increase our responsiveness to student learning needs. 

Classroom teachers will set individual reading goals for students as measured by the IRLA reading assessment.

Collaboration area of focus:

Happier and healthier teachers make for more successful students.

collaboration Goal:

Ridgewood staff morale will increase indicating happier and healthier teachers as measured by staff surveys three times per year and positively impacting the growth of Ridgewood’s overall student achievement. 

Key Strategies:

Administrator and staff will collaborate with an organizational psychologist.

Staff will be surveyed three times per year to listen and define what they need to feel more successful. 

Agreements and actions from surveys will be reflected in the publication and implementation of Ridgewood’s School Success Report for Staff.