Holy Family Elementary School - School Development

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Holy Family Elementary School - School Development

School Development Plan 2008-2011

Goal: To promote and maintain a safe, caring and collaborative environment by 2011

Year	Objective	Objective	Objective
2008-2009	The school community will identify and promote the importance of healthy lifestyle choices with students	Students will demonstrate their awareness of respect for self, peers, teachers, support staff, environment and learning. Introduce PBS to the school	To identify and recognize the components of teacher wellness.
2009-2010	Continue to promote importance of healthy lifestyle choices throughout the entire school community – focus on parent education, community involvement	Fully Implement PBS strategies throughout the school	Continue to focus on the holistic health of teachers through the involvement of professional services and resources available in the community.
2010-2011	Promote active parent and community involvement in student healthy lifestyle choices	Monitor, Evaluate and Revise PBS strategies as necessay	Promote, monitor and practice effective strategies that support teacher wellness.

Goal: To increase understanding and integration of technology across the curriculum by 2011

Year	Objective	Objective
2008-2009	To increase the availability of technology resources and foster staff understanding of current resources	To make effective use of technology education in the school.
2009-2010	To continue to provide technology resources and monitor staff understanding of current resources	To implement technology in various curriculum areas.
2010-2011	To update and ensure that technology resources remain current and are addressing curriculum needs and those of staff and students.	To foster cross curricular use of technology.

Goal: To increase student achievement and learning in language arts and mathematics by 2011

Year	Objective	Objective	Objective
2008-2009	To increase an awareness of mathematical language to improve understanding of problem solving and reasoning.	To increase student achievement in the various forms of writing.	To improve student reading strategies and interest
2009-2010	To apply acquired mathematical language in problem solving and reasoning.	To develop and implement the visual literacy curriculum.	To implement guided reading throughout our school.
2010-2011	To demonstrate increased competency in problem solving and reasoning.	To monitor implementation of visual literacy.	To continue to use and improve upon guided reading techniques.