SIIP At-a-Glance

• Fairhill Elementary School
• Region 2
• Ted Cooper, Principal  

English Language Arts Strategies

Outcome: Students reading on grade level by the end of 3rd grade

Goal: By the end of the 24-25 school year, the pass rate for multilingual learners on the third grade SOL will increase by 10% as measured by the third grade spring reading SOL. The percentage of students in grades K-3 meeting or exceeding the VALLS screener benchmarks will increase by 5% from fall 2024 to spring 2025.

• Strategy 1: Leverage the use of daily, explicit language comprehension lessons from the new core curriculum for building knowledge and vocabulary.
• Strategy 2: Improve daily, systematic, explicit instruction in phonological awareness, phonics, and morphology by using the new core curriculum.
• Strategy 3: Increase teacher content knowledge of evidence-based literacy instruction aligned with science-based reading research to improve the implementation of the new core curriculum.

Math Strategies

Outcome: Growth and performance on state/national/international assessments in math.

Goal: By the end of the 24-25 school year, the percentage of multilingual learners passing the grades 3-6 math SOL will increase from 61% to at least 70%. By May 2025, the percentage rate of students demonstrating expected within-year screener growth in math will increase from 64% to at least 69%, as measured by growth from 2024 spring to 2025 spring iReady math assessments.

• Strategy 1: Increase teachers' content knowledge and implementation of the 2023 FCPS mathematics program of studies.
• Strategy 2: Increase teacher implementation of explicit instruction and other components of effective mathematics intervention.
• Strategy 3: Improve teachers' implementation of Framework for Engaging & Student-Centered Mathematics Instruction. 
• Strategy 4: Ensure that all students are provided with access to rigor in their mathematics classes.

Attendance

Outcome: Maintain chronic absenteeism rate.

Goal: By the end of the 24-25 school year, Fairhill will maintain a less than 10% chronic absenteeism rate by utilizing the following strategies and interventions:

• Strategy 1: Schools will implement practices to recognize good and improved attendance to reinforce attendance and strengthen student and family engagement.
• Strategy 2: Schools will share multilingual attendance materials with families throughout the year to educate families regarding the importance of attendance for school success.
• Strategy 3: MTSS schoolwide and site intervention teams analyze attendance along with behavior and wellness data bi-monthly to identify students in need of Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions.