Total Quality Management

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  Total Quality Management Plan for Middle School:

   

  •  Benchmarks - The following schools/systems will serve as benchmarks: River Trail, Webb Bridge , Northwestern, and Brazlesport. River Trail, Webb Bridge and Northwestern are schools within Fulton County . They are the top 3 schools in the county in CRCT scores (see appendix). Brazelsport will provide a benchmark on how to create change in a divided county similar to Fulton County .

  •  Committees within the School -

  •  Local Steering Committee ( Local School Council)-

  • i. Members- Principal, 2 teachers, 2 parents, 2 community members, 2 students.

  • ii. Purpose- Identify and prioritize opportunities for improvement, monitor progress, and develop a plan for continuous improvement. View of entire school/community. .

  •  Local Quality Teams-

  • i. Leadership Team-

  •  Members- Principal, CSTs, Counselor, Department Heads, Team Leaders

  •  Purpose- To make decisions within the school that affect the whole school. To monitor continues improvement.

  • ii. Grade level teams-

  •  Members- All teachers on the grade level.

  •  Purpose- To handle process decisions that just affect the grade level.

  • iii. Content area teams-

  •  Members- All teachers within the content area.

  •  Purpose- To be monitor progress in content area. To identify and prioritize opportunities for improvement and to bring them to the Local Steering Committee as necessary.

  • iv. Cross curricular teams-

  •  Members- One teacher from each subject area. All members teach the same group of students.

  •  Purpose- To monitor closely student growth and improvement. To review data and look for opportunities for improvement.

  •  Data Collection-

  •  Self assessments on process

  • i. Teachers will be regularly assessed or interviewed as to their perception of the process

  •  What resources do you need to do your job more effectively?

  •  What processes can be improved to make you a more effective teacher?

  • ii. Students will be regularly assessed as the ultimate product of the school is student achievement.

  •  weekly informal and short (5 question) formal assessments

  •  every 6 weeks there will be a longer formal written assessment and performance assessment

  •  teaching is responsive to student performance on assessments

  •  students are treated as individuals and move at the pace that is appropriate for them

  •  Evaluation - The plan will be evaluated for its success based on student achievement and teacher attitudes based on interviews and assessments.

  •  Weekly Staff Development- in the process of continual improvement the staff will have weekly staff development sessions based on their perceptions of need and the student achievement data.

  •  Appendix

   

   

  Fulton County Schools
  Grade 8 Criterion Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT), Spring 2005
  School Scores by Percent in Performance Level 2 and 3
  	Location	Reading	English	Math	Total
  RiverTrail	North	97	96	96	289
  Webb Bridge	North	97	96	96	289
  Northwestern	North	97	96	95	288