Goals,+Projects,+Initiatives

=Goals, Projects and Initiatives =

Goals

 * 1) El Cajon Valley High School will meet or exceed its yearly API growth target as established by the California Department of Education.
 * 2) The percentage of 10th grades students who pass the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) will increase each year.
 * 3) The percentage of students receiving either a grade of A, B or C will increase each year. (D and F rate discussion questions)
 * 4) The percentage of students who graduate each year and the percentage of students who complete the A-G graduation requirements each year will increase.
 * 5) The percentage of students in each graduating class who complete an AP course will increase each year and the number of AP exams taken and passed will increase each year.
 * 6) The percentage of student absences coded as period truancies and all day truancies will decrease month over month from the previous year and the Average Daily Attendance (A.D.A.) will increase month over month from the previous year.

Projects

 * 1) We will develop and administer common formative assessments within each PLC and within each department to be used to inform and modify instruction.
 * 2) We will continue to create and implement school, department and PLC team SMART Goals to be monitored throughout the 2008-09 school year.
 * 3) We will develop and implement a school wide assessment and monitoring system to monitor SMART Goals and to determine the effectiveness of school programs.
 * 4) We will implement a Professional Development Plan that focuses on the implementation of best instructional practices as recommended by the WASC and SAIT visiting teams and the site Administration classroom observations.

Initiatives

 * 1) We will continue the implementation of School-wide Literacy strategies via
 * 2) Professional Development.
 * 3) We will implement a Comprehensive Integrated System of Supports for Students and Families to sustain our goal of improved student achievement.
 * 4) We will design and implement a Parent Involvement Plan to assist in our goal of improved student achievement.
 * 5) We will continue to address the issue of student connectivity and expand the before and after school programs via the ASSETS Grant to promote student connectivity and improve student achievement.
 * 6) We will expand and refine our CTE programs through the development of Career Pathways and we will design and implement 4 year post-secondary preparation plan with an awareness and development activity at each grade level.
 * 7) We will develop a comprehensive school marketing plan to effectively communicate with our community the positive things that are happening at El Cajon Valley High School to include the maintaining a viable ECHVS web page to communicate with our school community